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Santa Claus, One Santa Lane, indicated he used the Bemal property onc~ a year as atransferspotfortlzgi~stothcTri-Valley. He Wanted to makc sure that thc area be kcpt as open space es much as possible. He also suppotted a golf coursc on the site. Assemblyman Tom Torlakson, Chairman of the Transportation Committee of the State Assembly and Co-Chair of the Local Government Caucus, reported on activities concerning the return of properly taxes to address local transportation problems. The Legislature is working on a four point transportation plan to make more efficient use of the funds collected and to take more of the State general fund for transportation. He is proposing a bill ( AB 1612) that would return $100 million a y~ar to local government for street r,~airs and for public transportation services. The third par of the plan is to propose bond issues for expansion of public transpo~on projects like the extension of BART. The fourth point is the renewal of the half cent sales tax. He acknowledged that more work needs to be done in balancing jobs and housing and to manage growth. He also reco_oniTmt the need to remove State roadblocks to the expeditious construction of schools end in~. Ms. Ayala referred to the joint meeting of th~ S~hool Board and City Council and the suggestion of reVrmenm~ves from each body going to Sa~amento to di~uss financing for the City and School District. Assemblyman Torlakson commended the joint cooperation and pledged his support. Jack Hovingh, 4250 Muirwood Drive, referred to a ne~ article comm~mdin~ Becky Denni.~. He exprms~ his concern about any limitalien of public testimony. Panlctte Salisbury, 6170 Corte Trancus, thanked Council for placing the edvisory measure on th~ ballot regarding the injection of reverse osmosis fretted water into the groundwater. She urSed citizens to vote against this measure. She did not want Pleasanton to be a guinea pig for this process. She did not believe Pleasanton needs this water and did not want to run the rL_~lc Of contmmimd4rtg the ~und water supply. If the grolffld*vvater bitsin is contaminated, it iS irreversible. Zone 7 has indicated there is enough water for Valley uses without adding the treated water. She believed this process is bein~ used for Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) to increase sewer capacity. She said the water to be injected into the groundwater would come from the local residences, businesses, Santa Rita prison, hospitals, labs and industrial operations. She did not want anything injected into the grotmdwater basin. She asked people to vote no on Measure J. Peggy Pureell, 2472 Via de los Milagros, indicated the groundwater basin insu~s the residents of the V alley fxom loss of water supply in dry years and flexibility in the event of disaster. It is a great resource and needs to be protected. If not for this ballot measure, the Regional Water Quality Control Board would have to rely on the data Pleesanion City Council Minutes 5 02/01/00