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of the creek. She also wanted to know whose responsibility it is to maintain the bottom of the creek. Peter Cohen, 1602 Martin Avenue, said this is the third year out of four years that he could not sign his children up for evening swim lessons. He said his wife called Delcea Wills, the Aquatic Supervisor, who informed them that they needed to stand in line at 6 a.m. the first day of sign-ups. He felt there were not enough evening classes being offered and that there should be a mechanism for people to drop out if they decided not to use the space. He asked Council to direct the Parks and Community Services Department to look into the availability of more evening swim classes at the aquatic center. Peggy Purnell, 2472 Via De Los Milagros, said she has been watching the progress of two demonstration sewage recycling projects. The two projects are in the City of Livermore and the Dublin San Ramon Services District (Clean Water Revival Project). Both of these projects are planning to inject reverse osmosis treated sewage into the groundwater aquifer. The Regional Water Quality Control Board may approve this even though the National Resource Council released a report stating that reclaimed waste water should be used to augment drinking water supply as a last resort and only after other sources and conservation measures had been used. The Safe Water Committee is a group of concerned citizens who oppose the injection of reverse osmosis treated sewage into the groundwater basin. The Committee believes it is a health and safety issue for the citizens of Pleasanton. She wanted to know what the City had to say. She asked that an item be put on the agenda for discussion and invited the Council to attend the reverse osmosis workshop to be held on Thursday, August 6, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. at the Zone 7, Administration Building, 5997 Parkside Drive. Geoff Cooper, 7534 Flagstone Drive, thanked Council for the refreshments here this evening. He said high quality pure drinking water is very important to a community. He is frustrated over the lack of attention to the injection of reverse osmosis treated water. He noted concerns raised by the National Research Council and how reclaimed water should be used for other uses first. He felt the projects were being pushed through without being investigated thoroughly. He asked who was responsible for the basin and why are the agencies ignoring citizens' input and concerns. He said the sewage will not have time to diffuse underground and will come out at the extraction wells and for several weeks residents might be exposed to toxic waste. He asked who was responsible for the aquifer. He felt the only supporters are paid representatives of development groups. He understood the City of Pleasanton could not pursue this legally because of the memorandum of understanding negotiated as pan of the LAVWMA agreement. He was prepared to support the LAVWMA agreement until now. He thought that if the RO project goes through, there should be a disclosure statement stating that every house getting water from Zone 7 is getting recycled water. He asked if this issue could be put on a future agenda to allow for discussion. Mayor Tarver reiterated the items brought up for discussion: the creek, the evening swimming classes and the water issue. Pleasanton City Council 5 08/04/98 Minutes