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Mayor Young: Go ahead, Surlene. Surlene Grant: Then, Barry, how is that different from 46.02-a that's in the hard copy of the books? "Support new facility planning; support efforts by both school districts to develop new facilities in response to increases in enrollment; provide the necessary assistance in project planning in permitting for future projects." Mayor Young: The first two sentences are identical. It's the third sentence that he was suggesting ... Surlene Grant: Oh. Mayor Young: ... suggesting changed language to. Can you read that again, Barry, or did you write it down? Barry: The third sentence ... Mayor Young: The third sentence would be ... Barry: "The City and School Districts should work together to conduct planning activities to meet anticipated needs." Mayor Young: Okay. Would that satisfy both your concerns and Glenda's? And how about you, Garry? Garry Loeffler: Again, I go back to a statement that was made earlier, that the major land use planner in this community is the City. And it's our obligation, I think, to be there to identify — and I mean, the language says, "will work together." The community expects us to work together, and to identify possible future sites. I mean, to me, it's very clear to the community what we're about. Anyway, so ... Mayor Young: The City Attorney would like to make a comment. Liane Randolph: One benefit of the language that Barry has proposed is that the School District, by law, can opt out of our planning process. So, phrasing it in the way that Barry has suggested, sort of makes it more reciprocal. The City ... the parties will work together on joint planning, because they don't have to follow out land use. We are the experts, but they can ignore us. So, having that language there kind of makes it a little more reciprocal, and that makes it more of a joint effort. Mayor Young: Go ahead, Garry.