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Ms. Dennis felt this fulfilled the desire to protect the capacity approved by the voters, but to return the matter to the voters for any expansion. Mr. Roush explained that contractually Council is obligated to put this particular project to the voters. He assumed that it is possible to have a different project that would not be put to the voters, but that is a political decision. Mayor Tarver said the alternative initiative suggested is to allow the voters to indicate whether they want further input in matters dealing with future capacity. Without the corresponding measure, a future Council could change the project. Mr. Roush presented a hypothetical situation where only the first measure was presented to the voters and it was passed. Six months from now it was determined that the dual pipeline was infeasible; there would then be some question whether the single pipeline, even though it did not increase capacity, would have to be presented to the voters. If the companion measure is placed on the ballot and expressly provides that only an increase in the export pipeline capacity is necessary to be submitted to the voters, then it can be inferred that having a single pipeline would not have to be submitted to the voters. Ms. Dennis liked having the second measure on the ballot because it helps describe the objective of the project. Bob Cordtz,' 262 West Angela, supported all of the issues. He supported extending the term of the mayor and felt the Mayor needed more assistance. People would be surprised at how much time is spent on mayoral duties. He also supported the second LAVWMA measure and expressed concerns about the Zone 7 management. He is afraid the aquifer will be pumped dry to fulfill the Zone 7 water commitments. Mayor Tarver was willing to work on the wording of the second ballot measure, but the issue is to make sure LAVWMA is not prevented from making minor adjustments to the project without going to a vote. Ms. Ayala was worried that having two measures would confuse people. Ms. Dennis felt the ballot arguments would explain everything and having the Councilmembers sign the arguments would give confidence to the residents that this is a good project. She liked example #2 in the staff report and accepted the minor changes made by the City of Livermore in the second measure. She felt the ballot arguments can assure people that any future expansion will be returned to the voters for approval.. Pleasanton City Council 6 07/21/98 Minutes