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provick~i by the project proponents by a postcaui and telephone survey to measure the public support DSRSD has requested a decision tknn the Regional Water Quality Conlrol Board prior to the Pleaunton ~4~. The Boird has indicated it will not mike a decision until after the vote. Pleasanton is the only one of the three affected cities that is able to voice its opinion by a vote. She urged people to vote no on Measure J. She urged people to attend the next Regional Water Quslity Con~ol Board meeting and indicated they could cail City Hail to get the telephone number and address of the Board members. The meeting is at 9:30 a.m., 2/16/00, at 1515 Chy Street, Oakland. She aiso indicated there was a meeting at Zone 7, Parkside Drive and Hopyard Road, on 2/3/00 at 7:30 p.m. C-ary Jones, 6805 Payne Road, indicated he worked in the hazardous materials pwfession. He referred to a reverse osmosis project in San Antonio, Texas and described problems caused by an arsenic buildup in the water. He said seven people had died from arsenic. He stated ha~rdous materiai can he contacted by ingestion, inhalation, injection or absorption. He was concerned about waste from hospitals, funeral parlors or industries that use toxic substances. He did not believe there wss enough long term history on this process and did not want to use this process until more information was available. Leah Jones, 6805 Payne Road, refexred to an erticle in the New Ycn'k Times about arsenic problems in water from reverse osmosis. ~She said it takes ten to twenty ycers to see the outcome from this process. She expressed concerns about human failure end improper maintenance of the system. She refsl~ved to the disclosures that would he required in real estate transactions and the economic effect this would have in Plessanton. She referred to patches to help people stop smoking or to deliver medication and felt that toxins could be absorbed through the skin by bathing or washing haliris. Steve Grimes, 3722 Cameron Avenue, asked who would he responsible if an accident occurred. Will DSRSD post a bond? There is no guarantee there will be no problems. He felt this issue was about money. Plesssnton is a great place to live and we should not take a risk that could change that. He expressed concern that there is no representative from Pleasanton on the Zone 7 Board. He believed people would not live here if this process is approved. He asked people to come to the Februm'y 15 Council meeting to show their opposition. Mayor Tsrver said a better way to show opposition would be at the polls. Council has provided that method of showing how the residents feel about the issue. Sondra Bierre, 980 Plesllng Drive, thanked Council for putting the measure on the ballot and urged the voters to vote against it. The groundwater bnsin is a valuable resource and Pleasanton residents drink more of it than surrounding cities. Dublin and Sen Ramon residents drink surface or delta water and it is not fair for them to say the revorse osmosis treated water is good to drink. She had great concerns about this process and believed it should only be used on potable water, not on wastewater. She was concerned about unk-nown contsminants that have not been identified. She did not care how highly treated the water was or what the scientific studies indicated, she did not want anyone to drink this treated water. She believed this was too extreme a recycling project P!_,~,~nton City Cotmoil 6 02/01/00 Minutes