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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - September 7, 1993 Page - 7 - NEW BUSINESS (continued) in a different direction. He said the headworks would still be needed, even if the Plant were used as a pump station, because the flow would still come to the Plant, and there would still be grit and odors. Council Member Corbett said she is very concerned about the issue of odor control and the quality of life for residents in the area. She said Council Member Kerr made allegations that must be addressed. She wants to see a report come back to the Council on these figures. Mayor Faria asked if the item tonight was for design, bid, and construction. Mr. Taylor said tonight's item was just for the design of the project, and it would come back to the Council at a future date for authorization to go to bid and also would come back for award of the contract. He said it is his opinion that the project would still need to be done if the sewage flow were being pumped to EBMUD from the Plant. He recommended that the Council proceed with the design work tonight. Tonight's action would approve $40,000 for the design work, not the $300,000 for construction, which could be stopped if necessary. Mr. Taylor said, regarding San Leandro's cost of treating, "garbage in is garbage out. " He said, the study to which Council Member Kerr referred is not a validated study because every sewage treatment organization came up with different factors to put in. San Leandro's factors included everything to do with our Water Pollution Control Plant and other agencies didn't. Many of the agencies did not include the factors San Leandro did. Council Member Kerr said this was a study done by the City of Millbrae in October 1992, and there was a previous report that was far different from this one. Mr. Taylor said they are not validated studies. Council Member Corbett said she would be interested to know how much staff time would be taken up by this report. Mike Oliver said staff would talk to EBMUD and get back to the Council . Council Member Polvorosa moved the Resolution, seconded by Council Member Nahm. Council Member Perry clarified that this was for approval of the design stage only, and a report on the other issues, including the feasibility of consolidation with EBMUD, etc. , would come back at a later date. She asked that Council Member Kerr share those figures with the other Council Members. She said it is disheartening to hear information at a meeting. She said concerns should be shared with staff. Council Member Kerr said he understood the 1992 report had been given to all the Council Members.