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MINUTES of THE MEETING of THE CITY COUNCIL February 6, 1981 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Kenneth Mercer called the Special Meeting of the City Council to order at 5:30 P.M., at the Cultural Arts Building. ROLL CALL The roll call is recorded as follows: Councilmembers Butler, Kephart, Mohr, Wood, and Mayor Mercer were present. Mr. Walker, City Manager, and Mr. Levine, City Attorney, were present. Mayor Mercer stated that the only item on the agenda is discussion of the Gravel Truck Ordinance. He asked if anyone in the audience would like to address the Council. Mr. Dale Turner, Mayor of Livermore, asked to speak to the Council. Mayor Turner said that the Livemore City Council met in Executive Session this morning (2-6-81), to discuss their plans to file suit against the City of Pleasanton. The Livemore City Council decided to withdraw from the suit as plaintiffs, and asked the City of Pleasanton City Council to delay enactment of the Weight Limitation Ordinance for 120 days to give them a chance to consider whether to enact a similar type ordinance that would relate to gravel trucks using certain city streets. Councilmember Wood asked if 120 days would be sufficient time. Mayor Turner stated that he thought 120 days might be a little more than was needed, however, additional time might also be required It was moved by Councilmember Kephart, and seconded by Councilmember Butler, that Ordinance No. 960, to be read by title only and waiving further reading thereof, amending Ordinance No. 954, Section2(Effective Date) to change the date to June 26, 1981, be adopted as an urgency measure. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Butler, Kephart, Mohr, Wood, and Mayor Mercer NOES: None ABSENT: None Councilmember Butler stated that whenMayor Turner had made a similar request at the January 27, 1981, Council meeting that hew as not aware of the reasons that Livemore was asking for the delay and therefore voted against the delay at that time. Mayor Mercer stated that he would like to make a few comments concerning some of the statements that had been reported by the press, to Mayor Turner. He said that the gravel truck issue and the planned suit by Livemore against Pleasanton. was an emotional issue and, therefore some statements that had been made were unfortunate. He stated that Mayor Turner had been his friend for nine years and he did not want the press statements to effect that friendship, and he would like to make a public apology. Mayor Turner stated he felt the same way and would also like to apologize to Mayor Mercer.