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BACKGROUND There is an existing residence located at 7661 Foothill Road which was constructed in 1972, and which has been connected to the City water system since that date. It has a septic system for sanitary sewer. The owner of 7661 Foothill Road is Charlotte Himsl. In 2007, Ms. Himsl subdivided 7661 Foothill Road into two parcels: Parcel A contained the existing residence and retained the existing situs (property) address. Parcel B was a vacant lot and assigned a situs address of 280 Oak Lane (the subject property). Subsequent to the subdivision, a building permit was issued by Alameda County for the construction of a single-family residence at 280 Oak Lane for Robert Himsl (son of Ms. Charlotte Himsl) and his family. Instead of requesting a separate water connection from the City, water service to 280 Oak Lane was connected to 7661 Foothill Road without a separate water meter nor a water backflow prevention unit. The residence at 280 Oak Lane has been sharing the water meter at 7661 Foothill Road for the last 12 years. Sanitary sewer at 280 Oak Lane is connected to the Castlewood Service Area Sewer. Robert Himsl now wishes to establish an independent City water connection for his residence 280 Oak Lane, in anticipation of selling 7661 Foothill Road. DISCUSSION Typically, when owners of property located outside of the City limits request City utility services, the City grants such requests only after determining the use on the property to be serviced would be consistent with the City's General Plan, that no subdivision of the property is proposed, and that the property owners will enter into a preannexation agreement. A preannexation agreement requires that the property owners (and any future owners) agree to: a. pay water connection fees; b. pay all costs associated with making physical connections to City water services in a manner consistent with City standards in the determination of the City Engineer or designee; c. agree to (or vote in favor if) any future proposed annexation of the property to the City; d. obtain City design review approval for any future addition or alteration to the property requiring a building permit from the County; e. agree to not subdivide the property; and f. pay all City and County processing fees for LAFCo. In this case, the property owners are requesting a water connection with the City so that the existing residence at 280 Oak Lane would no longer share the city water meter with the house at 7661 Foothill Road. Staff conferred with LAFCo staff, who support the requested connection. Pleasanton Municipal Code requires each individual property to have a direct connection to a City water main if they are receiving city water services. In this case, the subject site has been illegally sharing a single water meter with 7661 Foothill Road. In order to allow Page 2 of 3