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Ms. Purnell said DSRSD states that this project is a sewer disposal project. Mayor Tarver said it could reduce the amount of storage capacity that needs to be built in order to ship it to the pipeline that goes to the Bay. What comes into the treatment plant is limited to enough to serve the General Plans. The question is what is done with the water and sewage after it is treated. It can go in the groundwater, used for recycling or put in the pipeline and shipped out to the Bay. This is not directly covered by the pipeline expansion. If the sewage is not put in the groundwater, then it needs to be stored some other way, until it can be put in the pipe that goes to the Bay. Reverse osmosis is a way of reducing the cost of the operation of the system. Ms. Ayala said this is a subject that needs to be presented from all sides, so that is why it will be put on an agenda as soon as possible. Ms. Purnell said Public Health Services has already approved this and the only Board left is the Regional Water Quality Control Board. She said the Department of Health Services states that it is incapable of protecting the drinking water right now and that they need help from local agencies. She is concerned that the reverse osmosis water will not be protected against contamination. Robert Cordtz, 262 West Angela, thanked the Mayor for going to the Zone 7 regular Board meeting of July 22 and speaking. He is concerned with the way the Board is proceeding, especially with having a Deputy Counsel from Alameda County. He opposed a countywide district initiative election. He would like a copy of the letter stating the Board's position and the letter Scott Haggerty sent to the Mayor stating a special election for an initiative would cost approximately $1 million over the regular election. He did want to see it go to an initiative so that every time the Board changes this issue is resurrected. He understood the Mayor said the City of Pleasanton was not going to buy into the Zone 7 program and was going to go forward with an initiative. He said in 1992 he came before the City Council and proposed that the City look into the allocation of water per acre-feet. He said the City has not addressed this since 1982. The number he had in 1992 was 7000-acre feet. He would like the City to get the amount of water it is supposed to. He would like that issue to be put on a future agenda. He said all the candidates running for a Zone 7 Board position are asked if they would support servicing outside the districts boundaries. He said everyone said no, but now the whole Board is voting to service outside the district boundaries. Mayor Tarver said the City is in the process of negotiating with Zone 7 for a review and update of the contract. When the negotiations are complete there will be a public hearing held. Ms. Acosta said the City began the process because it needed more information and a detailed review of the City's water rights. The City has been working with an independent attorney to give the best possible advice in negotiating the contract. The City is finalizing the Pleasanton City Council 7 08/18/98 Minutes