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Pat Stillman, 2934 Kilkare Road, Sunol, had a concern with the water agencies not being accountable. She talked about the flooding from the Arroyo de la Laguna and that no water agency is taking responsibility for the damage. She felt public agencies should be accountable to the people who elect them. She supported an initiative and this going to the vote of the people in Zone 7 District. She found it offensive that a water agency would try and service another county. She is concerned that 1.5 million dollars is considered a mitigation when Sunol is impacted severely with traffic. She urged Council to support the initiative and join the lawsuit if necessary. Cynthia Patton, 808 McGunchey Drive, representing over 750 members in the Tri-Valley Sierra Club. In 1957 Zone 7 was established by a vote of valley residents and for years the boundaries remained unchanged. Now Zone 7 would like to change those boundaries. She felt this should go to the vote of the people within those boundaries. This vote should include all service outside the boundaries and not just for future projects. Zone 7's approval of the Dougherty Valley project, before establishing a definite expansion policy, was done prematurely. That approval has now established a precedence that the Sierra Club feels could be detrimental to the Tri-Valley area and open the door to numerous large scale developments in unincorporated areas. She found it interesting that some people felt the initiative should be county wide. The Sierra Club encourages the City of Pleasanton to join the City of Livermore and to either pursue the filing of a lawsuit or supporting an initiative. Carole Varela, 3858 Molar Avenue, agreed with what had already been said tonight. She said Zone 7 should not be allowed to go beyond its boundaries. She was concerned about the precedent that is being set with this issue. She felt future developments would be asking for water. She supported Council in participating in an initiative or lawsuit. David Glenn, 10 Tehan Canyon Road, recapped a six year drought that happened not long ago. During the drought the state reduced its allocation down to 10%. He remembered at that time the Council then was tentatively going to vote to require 50% reduction in the Pleasanton residents' home usage. He felt the memorandum of understanding had too many ambiguous statements. He said the water belongs to the citizens of Pleasanton, Livermore and Dublin, not Dougherty Valley. The people should be able to decide what they want. He encouraged Council to join the lawsuit or at the least to support an initiative. John Marchand, 5997 Parkside Drive, representing Zone 7, said at first he opposed Dougherty Valley. He clarified that the Zone 7 Boardmembers will not receive any financial gain from the Dougherty Valley. In order to supply this plan, it is critical that Zone 7 and not DSRSD have the fourth contractor share, which is in Zone 7's 1993 Capital Improvement program. Ms. Ayala asked him what would happen if Zone 7 does not supply Dougherty Valley. Pleasanton City Council 5 03/31/98 Minutes