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Garry Loeffler: I just want to reiterate to my colleagues, the model I'm borrowing from is Pleasanton, which we hold up as a "successful community," which has high -performing schools. And it's because the cornerstone is the joint effort between the two agencies. They have no hidden secrets, as best I can figure out. All planning information is shared, and the public is totally aware, because they work from the same sheet of music. So, I tend to advocate for being an expectation in our community, versus going back to our past practices, which was to go off to separate roads at different times, in terms of our decisions. Mayor Young: Thank you. Mr. Santos? Tony Santos: Yes, I personally concur with Garry, only because of history and the history in which I was involved. I recall coming onto the City Council in 1984, and during the summer of '84, presented with the closure of Pacific High School. My colleague Bob was sitting in the same seat in which he's sitting now at that very time. We had basically no control over what happened at that site, and that happened with the other schools that I mentioned previously. And we need some kind of wording within this document, which would reverse that past trend, where we work ... and I like the term "will," along with what Garry says, because it forces both bodies to work together in solving some very major issues. You know, the reverse is happening in 1992 than what happened in '84. In '84, we were closing school sites. Now, in '92, they are asking us to find a school site. [inaudible]: [inaudible — said that the year is 2002, not 1992] Tony Santos: 2002. I'm sorry. Lost track. 2002. Now, they're asking us the reverse of what happened just 18 years ago. And this is a dilemma. Therefore, the Council, community and the School District must do it together — we just must. [Mayor Young]: I appreciate your pleading for "must," but I also heard the City Attorney say that we had no control. Mr. Badger? "OB" Badger: Well, that was the point I was going to make. I ... I want to work with the School Board as much as I can, I really do, having had the experience of working with the schools. But I keep hearing the word "control." I asked a couple of questions before: if they to close a school, can we stop them? Mayor Young: No. 7