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the future. But this was not a reason to sign. He believed any proposal for a shared service is irrelevant and should be avoided based on the Tri-City agreement policy. He said DSRSD had enough money in the bank to build its own facility. There are three options available: 1) no water service to Dublin and no contract; 2) a pannership, shared service and costs, revenues to Pleasanton and great benefits to Dublin; 3) and full disengagement of the situation, i.e., sell the entire water line system and tank to Dublin. He supported option number 1, no water service to Dublin and no contract. Ms. Dennis said this was an interesting study project on hydrology. This is a complex issue, but the financial benefits are short term and clear. It is also clear that this would be an extremely complex system which would require lots of management. It is made more complex because the two entities need it for different reasons. She felt there would be problems in the long term. She did not support the Principles; she felt the timing was not right. Ms. Ayala asked if DSRSD concerns were political? Mayor Tarver said the reaction of the DSRSD policy makers at the joint meeting was to forget the Principles. Staff has been working on this for seven years and has not reached a resolution yet. Ms. Ayala asked if the City's concerns were brought up at the joint meetings? Mayor Tarver said he never gave DSRSD the impression that he wanted a joint use facility. Ms. Acosta said there was a long period of deferral while other negotiations were going on and only in the last seven months has staff's effort been concentrated on this joint use project. Ms. Ayala was disappointed that something couldn't be worked out. She was concerned that a message was being sent that the City did not want to work with DSRSD and save the citizens money. Mayor Tarver said today is different. He felt the City needed to take little steps. LAVWMA is an enormous undertaking for all the agencies. He believed the City had its hands full. He felt the City could fix the existing tank. Ms. Michelotti appreciated staff's efforts. She said $1.5 million was spent to install and size the tank so it could be used for a joint effort project. She respected the other Councilmembers' political positions. She felt any time two agencies can work together to save money and to have one tank visible on a hillside, with only set of infrastructure to serve two agencies, was a good thing. Ms. Ayala asked how much it would cost the City to do this project on its own? Pleasanton City Council 22 6/2/98 Minutes