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property. Parcel 18 is west of Junipero, next to some wetlands that would create problems in starting construction in the spring of 1999. Parcel 16 a better alternative site, just west of Pleasanton Middle School, with the cooperation of Pleasanton and San Francisco might be able to open an elementary school by September 2000. Patrick Kernan said the School District feels that it needs to be in a position to open a school by the year 2000. He stated that reasons why parcel 18 would not be a good site. Ms. Michelotti said the School Liaison Committee feels the way to get the site to work is to solve the traffic problems. She mentioned one solution might be to stagger the starting and ending times for Pleasanton Middle School and the elementary school. She said the school would open before the area is developed. As the area develops there might be a need for boundary adjustments. She also would like to see car-pooling and walking groups. Another solution might be the use of DART buses or vanpools. Buster McCurtain mentioned everyone who is working together to pick a useable site for the school. Peter MacDonald, 400 Main Street, Suite 210, said San Francisco put together some very sophisticated analysis of exact biological wetlands conditions for site 18. After several meetings it was determined that site 18 would not be available for a schedule that would guarantee opening a school by the year 2000. The problem with site 16 is traffic and TJKM has been reviewing this issue. Michael Carroll, TJKM, 4234 Hacienda Drive, presented a traffic report done for site 16. He felt site 16 would work for a school site. The site is a large rectangular site and gives the opportunity to put in long and straight traffic aisles with ample room for loading, unloading and parking. This site would allow plenty of space for vehicles to circulate throughout the site. He said if the start times were stagger for both this school site and the Pleasanton Middle School site then vehicles would have the opportunity to use both sites for parking, loading, unloading etc. He said many issues are still being worked out with the City. He said TJKM has demonstrated that this site will work and he looked forward to working with the City on this to come up with a plan that ultimately will work. Dennis Dunston, Regional Vice President for HMC Architects, said the process for the design and approval of schools is extremely long and complex due to the State agencies involved. The normal process for designing and getting an elementary school approved is three to four years. He mentioned the school bond going to legislation in November has provisions to streamline the process. He mentioned some of the agencies are involved in the process. He said the first step is to develop the eligibility list based on enrollment for the past four years, taking a weighted average and projecting the numbers out to five or six years. The way the Joint Meeting 8 06/04/98 School Board/City Council Minutes