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the Livermore City Council, one (I) member appointed by the Pleasanton City Council, and one (!) member appointed by the Sierra Club. All members shall be residents of Alameda County. A representative of the City of Dublin may participate as a non-voting member. The Advisory Committee may request the assistance of representatives of park districts, land trusts and interested constitueacies such as the ranching community. 7.4.2. The Committee shall prepare two (2) priority lists of properties for acquisition in fee or permanent easement, one for each of the geographic areas of concern as defined in subsection 7.3.1. The priority lists shall give first priority to acquisition of property having significant value for preservation of native biological diversity and/or wildlife habitat, and second priority to acquisition of property having significant value for visual character and/or non-motorized recreation. The Committee shall not recommend and no money from the Open Space Account shall be spent (i) upon the acquisition of land through fee or easement where such acquisition otherwise has been required as a condition of project approval or where such acquisition would otherwise directly facilitate development of open space or (ii) upon acquisitions within the viticulture area of the South Livermore Valley Area Plan of land which otherwise would be acquired through fee or easement pursuant to Livermore or County regulatory programs. The Committee shall also prepare proposed allocations of funds in the Open Space Account for expenditure during the upcoming year from each of the proposed priority lists. Each recommended expenditure for the purchase of a permanent easement to protect open space shall include whatever level of funding the Committee finds necessary to the effective long-term monitoring and enforcement of that easement. The Committee may develop proposed allocations of funds for multiple years. 7.4.3. For each proposed acquisition, the Committee shall designate the entity (city, county, land trust, park district, conservancy or other appropriate entity) that shall be responsible for carrying out that acquisition. 7.4.4. The Committee's recommended priority lists and allocations of funds shall be submitted to the County and to the appropriate City, as identified below, by March 1 of each year. The County and the appropriate City each shall hold public discussions of the recommendations at Board and City Council meetings, respectively. The Cities and County shall determine only whether the recommendations are consistent with the criteria set forth in Subsection 7.4.2. Affmnative action on the recommendations shall be required by the Board and the Livermore City Council for expenditures in the eastern area, as depicted in Exhibit "C" attached hereto, and by the Board and the Pleasanton City Council for expenditures in the western area, as depicted in Exhibit "C" attached hereto. Action on the recommendations shall be taken by both bodies within sixty (60) days of the Committee's submission of its recommendations to the County and appropriate City. In the absence of concurrence, the recommendations shall be referred back to the Committee for reconsideration. 7.4.5. The Committee shall the recommended annually update priority lists and the proposed expenditures of funds from the Open Space Account for the upcoming year or years. 7.4.6. The Committee shall take action by majority vote of the appointed members as follows: 1 5 Final Altamont Settlement Agreement