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Councilman Herlihy questioned the expenditure of funds since this line would become obsolete when the Sunel T~eatment Plant is phased out° The City should be engineering lines for eventual phase out of the Sunol Plant so that this won't have to be done at the last minute. Councilman Reid concurred, and requested that an inventory be taken, on the age of all existing lines, and maintained in order to avoid emergency situations such as this one. It was moved by Councilman Mo~i, and seconded by Councilman Herlthy, that Resolution No. 73-117, approving plans and specifications for Sewer Line on the Civic Center Site, and authorization to advertise for bids, be approved. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmen Herlihy, Mori, Reid, and Mayor Pearson NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Kinney Report of the Director of Field Services~ Re: Trees on Hopyard and Black Avenues Mr. Eaton presented the staff' report regarding this matter, stating that the trees on Black and Hopyard had been planted in August when it was too hot, and also there was some question as no the condition of the soil which may have con- tributed to the state o~ the trees~ Mr~ Eaton reported some of the trees were not dead and with extza care they should come back into fairly good condition. Councilman Reid commen~ed that all pertinent data regarding the best time to plant trees, best size of trees for planting, etc., should be furnished in order to avoid this error happening again, and requested that the public be informed as to the number of trees that the City had replaced. Mayor Pearson expressed his concern regarding sterilization of the soil around trees, and reiterated his belief that smaller planted trees grow better than larger ones. Councilman Herlihy inquired as to when the United Nations Pathway of Trees would be started. Matters for the Information o£ the Council Mr. Edgar presented the presentation of the Mayor regarding State Grant Priority List that was presented =o the State Water Quality Control Board in Sacramento on July 3, 1973, Mr. Edgar presented the ~inanciai analysis of Project 2 by Stone and Young- berg on Zone 7 Revenue Bond i~sue, and ask if the Council would like to have Stone and Youngberg appear nc explain the report in further detail. The Council requested that this be done~ REPORTS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY Report, .Re: Status of Civic Cenner Mr. Scheidig briefly reviewed the procedural steps taken to date regarding this project. He stated that construction bids would be opened on Tuesday, July 10th; also that final approval o~~ the project, loan arrangements and documents would be before the Board of Directors of the Non-Profit Corporation and the City Council on Monday, July 16~h, COMMUNICATIONS There were no Communications presented at this meeting. CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPOR'IS Councilman Reid reminded the Council that any resolutions the Councilmen de- sire to have considerled by [he League of California Cities should be submitted to the Resolutions Committee of the East Bay Division prior to July 20th. Mayor Pearson stated that he had appeared before the Water Quality Control Board in Sacramento on July 3rd, and that this matter would be discussed again on August 2nd. Councilman Re~d commended Mayor Pearson and the staff on the comments presented to tLhe Water Board° 2. 7/9/73