By Town Crier Staff

From where Mountain View city staffers sit, the plan for a new 2.3 million-gallon reservoir at the site of an existing one on Miramonte Avenue is a done deal. But many Los Altos residents, whose homes surround the site on three sides, are still lobbying city council to do something about it.

Residents along Stanley, Berry and Russell avenues, and Diamond Court, have been worried about the reservoir expansion plans since Mountain View introduced them in 1999.

Reacting to the initial protests, Mountain View staffers did revise the plan, lowering the capacity of the new reservoir from 3 million gallons and designing it to be more below ground.

But neighbors remain unconvinced that the new reservoir and the existing one, first constructed in 1945, would not be vulnerable to cracking in the event of a major earthquake.

The concerned residents have organized into a new group, FLOOD (Families of Los Altos Opposing Oncoming Deluge) and plan to address the Los Altos City Council at Tuesday’s meeting.

Mountain View officials said the reservoir is being built to accommodate the need for an emergency water supply.

Construction is slated to begin next year.