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Mr. Pico said he did not know because he has not seen the financing plan or the alternative costs of the project. He said there are still a lot of issues to be resolved and the longer the project is delayed the more potential for deterioration and failure of the existing pipeline and the higher the cost will go for the installation. He wanted to avoid another lengthy environmental impact analysis and a vote of the people. Ms. Michelotti would like to hear from staff and the community regarding abandoning the existing pipeline and the other alternatives. Ms. Dennis understood the new routes were unavoidable and the main difference between using a single pipeline versus a dual pipeline would be the cost. Mr. Pico said it is known that the cost of a dual pipeline would be more expensive. The debate has been whether it would be a dual or single pipeline. He said the construction of the pipeline will have major impacts on the communities and the timing of the construction needs to be taken into consideration. Ms. Michelotti remembered an alternative that rerouted the pipe along Laurel Creek and moved the pipeline further south away from the Stoneridge Mall. Ms. Ayala had a concem with doing the constructiontwice. Mr. Pico said the second construction is along the freeway and hopefully the impacts to the city streets would be minimal. He said whether a single pipeline or dual pipeline is used, there would be negative impacts to the city streets, 1-580/I-680 interchange and Castro Valley. Mr. Roush said the project, which the voters approved, is the dual pipeline. In order to go to a single pipeline the project would need to go back to the voters. Measure V provides that the voters do not have to vote on a change to the project, so long as the overall design capacity of 41.2mgd does not change. Ms. Michelotti had concems with how the pipeline would be going through the City of Pleasanton. She did not want the pipeline going through the Foothill interchange. She would like the pipeline rerouted to the south and only a single pipeline through the City of Pleasanton, to hook up with a dual pipeline in Castro Valley. Ms. Ayala wanted to use the dollars entrusted to the City Council for the best possible solution. Ms. Michelotti said the pipeline has been a concern for five years and the longer the process takes the higher the cost to correct. Pleasanton City Council 10 04/20/99 Minutes