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6e Discussion regarding the City's ComDrehenslve Emergencv Management Plan UDdate. (IR 06:002) Tessa Burns, Disaster Coordinator, presented the staff report. From a regional perspective, Ms. McGovern asked if the City had backup plans on how to gain access to water if the City waterlines were destroyed. Ms. Burns said public works agencies have plans to work with the different water retailers to get additional water. If local resources are tapped, the City could go through different levels to request additional resources. Mr. Fialho said if the local water distribution system, which the City operates, was destroyed it would take some time to get the system up; however, there are at least three other resources the City could rely on to get water into the Valley. There was no action taken or required on this item. 7. MATTERS INITIATED BY COUNCIL Ms. McGovern asked if the City was responsible for the poor quality of the groundwater in the Happy Valley area? Mr. Roush said the quality of the groundwater in the Happy Valley area depended upon the depth of the well and where it is located which could make a difference in terms of the quality of the water in terms of drinking standards. As staff indicated to Council through a memorandum, staff is in the process of monitoring a number of the private wells to determine what the quality of those wells are and determine if there are any impacts resulting from the operation of the Golf Course. Staff took readings in March, April and June 2005 and has set the monitoring up on a regular basis to ensure that nothing the City's operation is doing is causing any impact to the quality of the groundwater. In the overall scheme of things, the quality of the groundwater may not be as good for reasons unrelated to anything that the City is doing. Ms. McGovern asked if the condition of private wells and groundwater is discussed when someone purchases property in the Happy Valley area, and would the buyer know if their well was contaminated before he or she purchased their property? Mr. Roush said a seller would be under obligation to disclose it if there were problems associated with the groundwater if a buyer was going to rely on well water. He did not know if this would be part of the public record, but it would be part of the disclosure that the seller would be required to provide to the buyer. Ms. McGovern wondered if there was a way for Council to publicly find out whose wells were contaminated and for how long. She asked if there was a way to review the County's records when it had a discussion about no more septic tanks in the area to find out what kind of information the County had and what wells were contaminated. Mr. Fialho believed this information was public record. Pleasanton City Council Minutes 19 01/03/06