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,- He stated that if the Energy Plan is adopted it will help locally. He advised that he would like to see the Plan moving forward before he is satisfied that we don't have an issue with air quality. Commissioner Sullivan stated that the third issue is schools. He advised that the General Plan states that the goal is 600 students for an elementary school. He reported that the school district's forecast presented at the school board meeting a couple of weeks ago shows that with nine schools the average enrollment is 674 students. He further reported that the information indicates that in 2005, with the opening of Neal School, the average will be 619, and without Neal School it will be 688. He advised that even with the opening of Neal School the average elementary school enrollment will be over the General Plan goal. Commissioner Sullivan commented that based on the history of the school district, he does not have a high level of confidence that Neal School will open in 2005, Commissioner Sullivan advised that he has these three infrastructure issues with the Growth Management Report and he is not ready to say that he will support the allocations that are proposed. He stated that he would like to propose an alternative to what is in the report. Commissioners Kameny and Roberts excused themselves from the dais, noting that they own property within 500 feet ofthe projects that are being considered for growth management allocations. Mr. Swift clarified that the Growth Management Report traffic analysis does not assume the completion of the West Las Positas Interchange or Stoneridge Drive extension, and that with all r- of the approved commercial projects and the residential projects that currently have growth management approval the study shows that LOS D or better can still be achieved. Mr. Swift advised that with regard to regional improvements, both 1-580 and 1-680 are at LOS E over major segments of their routes and there are no scheduled improvements that will decrease the congestion. Mr. Swift reported that the Energy Plan is currently scheduled for review by the City Council on December 3. With regard to schools, Mr. Swift advised that when the 1992 agreement was reached between the school district and the developers, the school district's master plan specified that new elementary schools be no greater than 650 students. That agreement also established "capacities" for the existing schools, almost all of which exceeded 650 students, These larger capacities were to be retained; new development was to pay for capacity needs beyond "what existed." He further advised that the school district's modified policy is for a target of 600- student schools with a ten percent factor that would allow them to go to 660 students. He noted that the school board's current policy is to try and have all of the elementary schools reduced in size and the district is moving to make the elementary schools smaller as they renovate the schools. ~ Commissioner Sullivan noted that the City has entered into development agreements in order to attempt to build the Vineyard Corridor out in an orderly fashion and to get the infrastructure and school in place. He further noted that it appears that the school district has dropped out of the agreement, but he does not feel the City should drop out of the agreements. He stated that he is proposing that the Planning Commission honor the growth management allocations and requests PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES November 25, 2002 Page 10