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Ms. Ayala asked what the advantage would be to the County in approving this fee if the fee is going towards open space. Mr. Haggerty said the open space purchase was always in the agreement. Supervisor King's motion was specific that the fee would be spent in the east county. Ms. Ayala asked if the argument was about money. Mr. Haggerty said Supervisor Campbell's main reason in approving the permit was to gain fifty years of landfill capacity for Alameda County jurisdictions. Mayor Tarver felt the most important thing is the validation of the attorney' s assessment of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors' willingness not to do anything about this. He wanted to know how to improve upon a Board's decision that is terrible and its unwillingness to talk to Pleasanton. Mr. Pico said another alternative is not to support compromising this and directing the Councilmember to the Authority to deny this settlement and continue to take a strong position against this megadump. This may help get this agreement back into the hands of the County supervisors for renegotiation or discussion. He felt the opportunity was presenting itself to change the perspective of the Board of Supervisors. Mr. Haggerry believed the apprehension on the Board's part is a reluctance to bring something back that a prior Board has already made a decision on. He felt the Board now would be more receptive. Steve Bloom, 1517 E. 17~ Street, Oakland, representing the Sierra Club, Solid Waste subcommittee, mentioned several things addressed in the staff report were already in the CUP as approved by the Supervisors or are minor in nature. The main thing to note is the overall project size is 2.6 million rather than 2.16 million. He said the total legally obligated tonnage is 1.1 million tons. The rest of the tonnage is material that the Waste Management Authority would like to assume into an overall total, but it is not actually there, only as a negotiating tool. Another issue is the solid waste facilities permit that is critical to this expansion. It is a co-equal document. Right now there are six votes against granting the solid waste facilities permit. One vote is all that is necessary to stop the facilities permit. He felt if this happened Waste Management would come back with a better agreement. He hoped that Council would not rush forward. Ms. Michelotti asked if he had information on the TVTC regional fee. Mr. Bloom felt Supervisor Haggerty had addressed this already. Pleasanton City Council 31 05119/98 Minutes