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required to qualify the initiative would be a substantial amount (50,000 to 60,000). If the jurisdiction is determined to be just Zone 7, then the amount of signatures required would be approximately 10,000. It is up to the Zone 7 Board to make the decision regarding the jurisdiction. If the proponents of the initiative disagreed, then they have the option to go to court to decide what the jurisdiction should be. Mayor Tarver asked if the vote of the initiative would be County wide. Mr. Roush said if the jurisdiction is determined to be County wide then the vote would be County wide. Mayor Tarver asked what staff's opinion was. Mr. Roush felt the better argument is that the jurisdiction is district wide rather than County wide but he understood the argument that the Deputy County Counsel is making. He was unable to locate any case law that would determine the issue definitively. Ms. Ayala felt if the rationale behind the initiative process is for the governing bodies to hear from the people they are serving, then the jurisdiction should be within the Zone 7 boundaries. Mayor Tarver asked for public testimony. Lois Lutz, 4545 Entrada Court, spoke in favor of forcing a vote on any expansion outside of Alameda County by Zone 7. She preferred that it not be an advisory vote. She believed that people should not be served who do not get to vote for the Board of Directors for Zone 7. She felt the future need for agriculture water has not been considered. She supported joining the City of Livermore in the lawsuit. Margaret Tracy, 1262 Madison Avenue, Livermore, said unbalanced growth is a problem. Unbalanced growth is growth that is approved but is without a clear identified sustainable source of water. This is a problem for urban and agricultural areas. Growth will require acquiring the fourth contractor's share of the southbay aqueduct from the State; expanding the southbay aqueduct carrying capacity; increasing the two water treatment plants; building a third treatment plant to purify raw state water for domestic urban use; increasing pipeline capacity across the valley and finding additional water storage areas. Zone 7 was established in 1957 by valley residents. The residents should have an oppommity to vote on whether to expand water service outside the district boundary. This vote would involve increasing the capacity of the treatment plant, delivery systems and storage in the ground water basin to benefit those that live outside the district boundaries, who do not pay taxes to support Zone 7 nor vote for Zone 7 Board members. This vote should be retroactive to include all service outside the district boundary. Growth will have to be accelerated to make the payments required in a timely manner. She urged the Council to join the City of Livermore for litigation Pleasanton City Council 3 03/31/98 Minutes