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properly plan where school sites should be. Many times, it's vacant
<br />land, available property, or such. It would be unique for this City
<br />to properly plan, based on noise ratios, traffic, you know, based on
<br />all the needs around the school, and actually start to pinpoint where
<br />the best sites are. We can do it for fire stations; we can do it for
<br />schools. And that's probably the proper planning to do it, is if we
<br />get the necessary information from the School District, and we
<br />take a look, because we are the land use people, is we should be
<br />the ones to start identifying where would be the proper spots for
<br />school sites and such.
<br />And I just want to say it, because there are some neighboring cities
<br />where the School District is out purchasing land, the cheapest spots
<br />that they can, using ... use of Eminent Domain. And there is an
<br />uproar from the community of where those sites are, and they're
<br />going to their respective City Councils, objecting to the land use of
<br />where some of these sites are, with traffic, major thoroughfare,
<br />intersections nearby, that they look at as possible hazards for
<br />students. So, I think it's incumbent for ourselves as the land use
<br />people in the city to make those suggestions as to what are the best
<br />choices within the city.
<br />Mayor Young: Okay, Glenda, and then Tony. Sorry, Miss Nardine.
<br />Glenda Nardine: Okay, thank you. Just on Surlene's point, because I have a couple
<br />of other points that I haven't addressed yet, but I've been trying to
<br />wait in line. For the school districts, I agree with what Surlene is
<br />saying here. The language that I feel that should be added to this is,
<br />"the support efforts by school districts to develop existing or new
<br />facilities in response to their increased enrollment." Mainly
<br />because there is a school that they're using right now that could be
<br />renovated back, which is Madison School, to be an elementary
<br />school, that could be used, and if they need assistance in doing that
<br />for relocation of administrative offices, so we could open up that
<br />elementary school. So, then, I think that the existing schools we
<br />have, we should look about supporting their efforts.
<br />Also, with what Bob's saying, as far as traffic goes, if it comes to a
<br />point of dropping more portables at school districts, or adding
<br />second floors to the school districts, the impact that that would
<br />have on the neighborhoods and the surrounding areas that we
<br />should have some type of input. If there is no impact, then that
<br />would be an alternative, as opposed to looking at floating a bond
<br />for a new school. So, I think the language in here needs to be
<br />improved, as far as our role when it comes to the new facility
<br />planning.
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