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MINUTES of THE MEETING of THE CITY COUNCIL February 24, 1977 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Robert Philcox called the Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council to order at 5:00 P.M. ROLL CALL The roll call is recorded as follows: Councilmembers Brandes, Herlihy, LeClaire, Mercer, and ~[~yor Philcox were present. Mr. Edgar, City ~nager, Mr. Scheidig, City Attorney, Mr. Campbell, Assistant City Manager/Director o'f Public Works, and Mr. Walker, Assistant to the City ~nager, were present. Mr. John Davis, representing LAVW~L~, was also present. REVIEW OF MID-YEAR BUDGET Mr. Edgar indicated that the report had been prepared and discussed with individual members of the City Council. Certain questions+ that were raised had been answered by Mr. Walker, and that unless additional questions were forthcoming the staff had no additional comments to make at this time. Mr. Ec~gar ,~ent on to state that the information included in the Mid--Year Budget would be used with the information included in the Preliminary Budget in ordar to determine the forecast for next year. The Preliminary Budget is to be presented to the city Council in approximately one month. After several questions were answered, Councilmember Mercer commended Mr. Walker on his presentation and efforts in preparing the Mid-Year B~dget. REVIEW OF LAVWMA ALTERNATIVES Mr. Edgar presented a preliminary staff report which indicated that there were several options now pending before the LAVWMA Board as follows: A. A May 1977 election which would involve a broadly worded bond issue. B. A May 1977 election which would involve specific authorization for the Dublin Canyon (Boekmer Summit) alternative. C. A November 1977 election which would involve authorization for the se!~cted project. Mr. Edgar indicated that Option C, in th~ staff's opinion, is the only option which would enable the LAVItMA Board to accomplish what they now intend to do. !i-~yor Philcox stated that he felt the project was a mandated project and that O~tions A and B were not feasible at this time because of the need to accomplish the studies. He did feel that Pleasanton's particular problem with the Sunol Plant was unique and that it was important for the Pleasanton City Council to formulate and implement a solution as soon as possible.