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Sue Evans, 5610 Paseo Navarro, stated she has worked for over ten years to convince the School Board to build a school in the Del Prado neighborhood and asks the Planning Commission not to change the designation on the school property. She noted the School Board has always argued that this site was too small to build a school. Further, she advised the estimated build-out number of students in the Stoneridge area is less than the number of children currently in Del Prado. She feels a school should be built where the children are now, and she also stated the School Board has been unwilling to review their facts and demographics. Kathy Rubin, 2256 Corte Melina, feels the school site should remain as such until the demographic. numbers are more accurately assessed. She stated there has been a definite increase in the demographics in the neighborhood over the past years. Steven Ethier, 2298 Camino Brazos, inquired if the property was zoned PUD, would the new houses resemble the surrounding residences. Chairman Wright advised if the property was rezoned to a PUD, the developer would have to get design approval from the Planning Commission before construction could begin. Mr. Ethier would prefer the property to stay as an undeveloped field. Julie Testa, 2825 Victoria Ridge Court and would like the designation to remain as a school site. Her children go to Vintage Hills, and she has concern with the over-crowding problems in that school. She feels Pleasanton' s quality schools are at risk. Greg Evans, 5610 Paseo Navarro, feels the current situation is a result of the School Board not negotiating in good faith with the people of Pleasanton. He noted the schools are over- crowded and is determined to make the over-crowded school issue a City issue. He would like to redirect the Stoneridge school funding to the Del Prado school. He wants to send a clear signal to the City Council and the School Board that there should not be an elementary school at the Stoneridge site; rather, it should be built at Del Prado. Furthermore, the speaker feels the Del Prado site should not be rezoned in the General Plan and that it is time for cooperation among all Boards in Pleasanton. Christine Bourg is a teacher at Walnut Grove and a member of the General Plan Steering Committee. She is upset that the plan is to keep Walnut Grove and Donlon schools over- crowded. Examples of the over-crowding are the playgrounds are too small and the children wait too long to play on the equipment, increased traffic problems with parents driving their children to school, the third graders cannot have a program in one night because the Multi- purpose room cannot accommodate all of the people, and the teachers and administrators cannot get to know the children individually. In response to Commissioner Hovingh, Ms. Bourg advised there are six modular buildings in use at Walnut Grove. Plaoning Commission Minutes Page 12 November 9, 1994