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LAVWMA is using the 21 MGD of dry weather flows, it has been close in exceeding that capacity during wet weather. Mr. Lum stated the current dry weather flow through LAVWMA is about 12 MGD but in January this year it was running at full capacity. Current storage will allow about 5-10 years of continued growth before there's an unacceptable risk of overflows from the storage ponds during the peak wet weather. Seventy-one MGD is the maximum size of the proposed peak wet weather flow. LAVWMA needs to have large enough capacity for the peak flows during the wet season or it will have to build more storage. Ms. Dennis requested clarification on whether the proposal would limit LAVWMA to 32 MGD of average dry weather flow. She believed what is really at stake is the wet weather capacity, not the average dry weather flow. It essentially means LAVWMA must, during wet weather, store the excess capacity or put it in the pipe. Mayor Tarver says there is no agreement at this time so we don't know of any restrictions that might be imposed. Getting an agreement is one thing, getting the residents to support it is another. Having an agreement in hand allows us to ask the voters would they support it. If there are conditions put on by Hayward, then we should discuss that too. Ms. Dennis stated that the size of the pipe and the wet weather flow were something different than the piece of the agreement whether there is going to be a limit on what our - average dry weather flow is. Mayor Tarver stated there are two issues: the replacement of the pipeline, which is extremely expensive; and the other is building storage ponds, if we don't get the wet weather flow taken care of and if the pipe isn't big enough. He was worried that the storage ponds might overflow before the pipe is installed, since it'll take 5-7 years to do it. Mr. Pico asked what is the population that our existing agreement could suppert. Right now it supports 55,000 people. What is the projected population if we didn't add any sewer capacity? Mr. Swift said 5.1 to 6.9 MGD of dry weather flow is all we can produce before we will have used up our capacity in the LAVWMA system. The reserves that the City has set aside all have growth management approval and that is 2500 to 3000 units beyond today. That will add approximately another 10,000 people. Mr. Pico asked if the disposal capacity we now have would allow us to have a City that has 65-70 thousand residents and effectively provide sewer service for all the commercial and office development that is projected at build out of the City. This proposal asks for a 50% 05/16/95 -16-