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/ 4P \. ./ - pLEASANTONo City Council Staff Report May 16,2006 Law Department SUBJECT LETTER TO THE ALAMEDA COUNTY WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY EXPRESSING THE CITY'S CONCERNS ABOUT ITS INTERPRETATION OF THE "SAVE AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE LANDS" INITIATIVE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Authorize the Mayor to send a letter on behalf of the City Council. SUMMARY Council directed staff to prepare a letter to send to the Alameda County Waste Management Authority voicing the Council's concerns that the Authority is interpreting the "Save Agricultural Open Space Lands" Initiative too broadly in context of the proposed composting facility in Sunol. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND At the Council meeting on May 2, 2006, Council directed staff to prepare a letter to send to the Alameda County Waste Management Authority voicing the Council's concerns with regard to the Authority's interpretation of the "Save Agriculture and Open Space Lands" Initiative (Measure D). Specifically, there was a concern that the Authority is interpreting the "Water Management Lands" designation set forth in the East County Area Plan (as amended by Measure D in 2000) too broadly in order to allow the composting facility and that such interpretation could impact the City on other projects. Staff has drafted the attached letter for the Mayor to execute on behalf of the Council. DISCUSSION In 2000, the voters of Alameda County adopted Measure D, the "Save Agriculture and Open Space Lands" initiative, which amended the East County Area (General) Plan that covers unincorporated portions of Alameda County, including Sunol, the site of a proposed composting SR:6:l48 Page I