Council candidate Ben Cantu wants to create a Manteca icon by painting the water tower on Wetmore Street to resemble a giant pumpkin in the sky.He’s even offered to put up the first $100 to accomplish what could end up being a $150,000 makeover of the tower built in 1962.Metro PCS has a valid contract with the city allowing it to build a 140 to 150 foot tall oil derrick-style cell tower at the new corporation yard that would also include all of the communication antennas on the 50-year-old water tower.The water tower itself can no longer hold the 300,000 gallons of water it was designed for because seismic engineers have declared it unsafe to in the event of a major earthquake.The parks maintenance department, which originally was going to be relocated to Wetmore requiring the tearing down of the water tower, no longer needs to do so since staffing changes and consolidations have put in place desired efficiencies.Councilman Vince Hernandez expressed a preference to have the Metro PCS cell tower to be a monopole designed as a giant flag.And, to top it off, the city may need a replacement water tower or tank to address long-term pressure issues.Those five factors are being considered by the Manteca City Council on Tuesday when they meet to decide the fate of the water tower as well as of the cell and data tower in the municipal corporation yard. The council meets at 7 p.m. at the Civic Center, 1001 W. Center St.Four possible options outlinedCity Manager Karen McLaughlin has outlined four possible options for the council.• Retain the water tank and include funds in the 2012-13 budget to strip and repaint the tank. This would include a renegotiation of the ground lease with Metro PCS to permit Metro to use the city’s water tank instead of construction a new cell/data tower.•Proceed with construction of the proposed cell/data tower with or without the “post flag” on top with subsequent removal of the water tower in 12 to 18 months.• Consider the alternative of constructing an 80-foot-tall flag pole in front of the corporation yard administration building to accommodate a much larger flag.