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Commissioner Narum requested clarification that the PUD modification for the Business Park is where a lot of concerns she has with the Negative Declaration would actually be addressed. Mr. Dolan replied that it is likely this would be the case; however, a few concerns may have to wait until a project came forward. Commissioner Narum stated that if the Commission felt that the park standard is not up to what it wants, and if all three properties had high-density housing to the point where you would almost need to set aside a piece of land somewhere, it appears this would need to be addressed in the Business Park PUD modification as opposed to one of the individual parcels where a piece of the property would gave to be set aside for a park. Mr. Dolan stated that he thinks the overall PUD process would be forced to anticipate the scenario that would create that demand. Commissioner Narum inquired if the point in time the School District would indicate that it can or cannot handle the number of students that the development is expected to generate would be at the time when the rezoning is approved, the PUD for the Business Park is modified, or the individual PUDs start coming in. Mr. Dolan replied that the school issue is a difficult one in all communities because everybody perceives that their school cannot handle more growth. He stated that in this case, based on recent events, there are situations of bigger classroom sizes; unfortunately, the expectation that boundaries among schools are not adjusted in response to development is probably unrealistic. He noted that this happens in every community and that families are affected by it. He added that while this is not ideal, if this is part of the equation, there is a lot of lead time to gear up for it so that a likely solution can be found if there is a particular school with an issue. Commissioner Narum inquired whether or not the Commission could add a condition to the PUD that prior to building, the School District would have to evaluate the situation. Mr. Dolan replied that the School District must respond to those children who show up for school and not vice versa. Mr. Roush clarified that in the early 1990’s when the School District and the City were attempting to determine how many schools would be needed for eventual build-out of the City, it was assumed that ten elementary schools would be needed, three middle schools, and two high schools of an expanded nature.He continued that as a result of that, there was a nexus study done in terms of how much money would have to be collected as residential property developed such that the facilities would be in place when the children arrived. He noted that this process continued for 15 or more years, and when growth seemed to slow significantly in the early 2000, the School District made a decision not to build a tenth elementary school, although this is still within its Master Plan. He added that presumably, given the amount of growth, this may cause PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 23, 2009 Page 15 of 34