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something the district really wants to do." Ms. Hintzke added, "We've already spent $4.4M on improvements up to the property so it's ready to be built." Mr. Fialho stated, 'It changes the landscape a bit as it relates to the Vineyard Avenue specific plan and would require some time." Councilmember Narum asked, "Have you had any luck in identifying a space in the northwestern part where it would be suitable for an elementary school." Superintendent Ahmadi responded, "That's what President Hintzke referred to earlier and we are doing an RFP with a land broker, to locate land and to where it's appropriate to have the most need." Trustee Grant commented all of the Trustees, Mayor Thorne and the City Councilmembers plus Mr. Fiahlo and Ms. Ahmadi for the partnerships between the district and the city which currently exits. He stated, "We have saves thousands of dollars working together in how the city was laid out. There's more opportunities where we can take infrastructures and open space in this community for projects which can be used throughout the day and evening and the expense of those would be shared. This is the generation of leadership for Pleasanton. We work collaboratively well for this community." Councilmember Cook-kallio commented, "I appreciate your kind words as feeling is mutual." She shared her experience of a conference she attended in Yosemite recently which spoke about what defines a health community. One of the questions was, "Do you have a regular established instituionalized way of talking to your school board?There are few cities who have the similar liaison tha we are here in Pleasanton. This was one of the highlights that determined if your city had a health relationship with your board and to be in constant conversation and what was important to the community. I was delighted to hear this as this is important and thank you forhosting this meeting to speak on topics that are important to all of us." Superintendent Ahmadi thanked everyone for their support as well and said, "Our students are a very important part of this community and are our future leaders." Trustee Bowser commented, "This is my fourth joint city meeting and it was nice to have postivie upbeat with students and the action items that our these agencies are responsible for. It's great for the public to see us together having these discussions and feedback and questions. I really enjoyed the format." Mayor Thorne commented that since 1995 he's been on the City Liaison Committee and stated, "It's collaborative and it's a model for a lot of cities." He thanked the distirct for giving him some really good results to report out in the city. 7. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:33 p.m. Joint City Council Page 11 of 11 March 17,2014 PUSD Board Minutes