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Bay Municipal Utility District would only have six months of water supply. After one year, if all water rights within the State of California were suspended, and every drop of water that was within the semi-tropic water basin was gone, Los Angeles would run out of water in approximately one year. In eighteen months you would see the collapse of the seventh largest economy in the world. Twenty-one million people without water. At this time, Zone 7 would still have a year and half of water left. The difference between having Dougherty Valley or not in that failure mode analysis is the difference between three years and three and one-half years. There being no further speakers the public hearing was closed. Ms. Ayala said the City has been negotiating in good faith for years regarding the sewer expansion. She felt a lot could be accomplished by working with the entities in this region, rather than fighting each other. She said she would actively be talking with Zone 7. Mayor Tarver said in the closed session Council was in agreement with the accords and working on making a settlement. He could not say this is a good deal and wanted to let the Council know that he had moved away from his position in support of this. He said the principles of agreement on the LAVWMA expansion, the settlement of Dougherty Valley, the hope that everyone would cooperate and work together on the vision of the Valley, is intricately tied together and if this was going to happen, the Board would not have taken the position that it took during the discussions. It would have put the matter to an advisory vote before its constituents. He felt there were a number of people in all the cities that Zone 7 represents that would vote. He had a fear that Zone 7 was going to say this is a County initiative. He heard people state that Zone 7 is not interested in serving outside its boundaries. He had difficulty in understanding why the Board needed the words, "unless you make findings". He felt there were a lot of people that would disagree with the Board wisdom about whether or not there is significant benefit involved in this latest decision. The City has agreed that Dougherty Valley can proceed and to a sewer expansion, but Zone 7 was not there. He could not understand what the argument was about. He felt he has made enough compromises. He would support and assist in an initiative and strongly urged that it be Zone 7 District's residents and not Alameda County residents. Ms. Dennis said there is a serious problem with the memorandum of understanding, that if the Council votes to accept it there is not consensus in the Zone. She felt there would be a lot of people involved in the effort to improve the language to eliminate the qualifications. She questioned the value of getting involved in a lawsuit. She wanted to put the efforts into negotiating the qualifying language away or giving the voters a chance to vote on the language. She preferred a binding vote and felt the voters would ask for a binding vote. She understood the difficulty in making such a decision and that Zone 7 was sincere. But because the people have not been involved, they do not trust Zone 7's decision. She felt this memorandum of understanding was a work in progress and also that the people would be able to gather enough signatures. Pleasanton City Council 9 03/31/98 Minutes