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Mro Edgar' reminded the City Council and audience that the item before the City Council tonight for' consideration was the request of Murray School District to annex certain properties to the City of Pleasanton and authorize the City staff whether or not to begin annexation preceedings~, Mr. Scheidig explained the process of annexation proceedings. Mr. Wm. O'Connell, 7647 Driftwood, stated ~hat the cost factor of public -- utilities and hillside building had not been mentioned, and also the adverse environmental impact. Mrs. Lilly Ault, 4848 Treewood Court, questL~oned the amount of land to be annexed (45 acres), stating this was mo~a ~han originally discussed, and she felt the added cost to the taxpayers was unfai~o Councilman Mori requested a definitive shady and recommendations be made as to the type of safety precautions that would be taken if the school site was located on Foothill Road. Councilman Kinney stated that with all factors considered the West Foothill site is probably the best site within the Pleasan~on area but questioned the need for building a school now due to decline in growth° Councilman Herlihy expressed his opposition ~o the site s~a~ing it would cost the City $100,000.00 just to get the schooll started, that ~'one wants to look at concrete overpasses in a rural area, that saiety precautions would not make Foot- hill Road sa£e £or children crossing, that Foothill Road would not be widened for at least ten years, and that i~ was premature to put a school on the proposed Foothill Road location~ It was moved by Councilman Reid ~hat the staff be authorized to initiate annexation proceedings for certain properties on Foothill Road as requested by Murray School District. The motion died for lack of a second~ Mayor Pearson declared that, based upon the motion made and lack of a second, the staff should be directed not to begin annexation proceedings on the requested Foothill Road property. Councilman Reid requested the Council to authorize the staff to re-open negotiations with the Murray School District to look for another site possibly already within the City. Mayor Pearson instructed the staff' to work with Murray School District re- garding alternate sites. Mayor Pearson recessed the meeting at 9:55 P~M. Mayor Pearson reconvened the meeting at 10:05 P~IM. ~epo.rt Re~~ed En ineers ~o perform wor~ related to the project r~ort for intercepto~ Sewer Line necessar to phase out the Pleasanton Plant in accordance with Federal and State Grant requirements Re~t_~Re!_~~rom Kennedy Engineers to perform work for t~e City Council related to possible alternatives to phasin~ out the Pleasanton Plant -- Mr~ E~gar stated these items were continued from the meeting of September 24, 1973~ He presented the staff reports regarding these items, stating that Item One relatee to the paper work necessary for Grant application, and that Item Two pro- poses a feasibility study of alternative~ to the sewer problem. Mr. Edgar stated that positive action needs to be taken regarding sewage treatment for the City of Pleasanton and that it is imperative to develop work programs to look at alterna- tives. 10/1/73