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Ms. Michelotti said that she and Ms. Ayala were on the school liaison committee which the committee had addressed some of the issues raised by the speaker. The School Board is an entity unto itself and makes decisions independently. She said if the speaker had a concern about the boundary it needed to be taken directly to the School Board. Mayor Tarvet said the School Board was responsible and had the authority to site and design schools and address boundary changes. He agreed the process needed to be improved and more time needed to be spent in making boundary change. He would like to see the School Board and City Council work together. Ms. Ayala said the School Board President was in the audience. She hoped to always see School Board members in the audience. As a liaison between the City and the School Board, she planned to attend many, if not all, the School Board meetings. Christopher Schlies, 3972 Fernwood Way, said council should put a stop to growth. Developers were prepared to provide any amenity to get their projects approved. He felt the quality of life in Pleasant was being jeopardized because growth was occurring too fast. Stan Erickson, 3684 Chillingham Court, asked Council to reconsider the decision made at the March 18 Council meeting regarding growth management. He would like to see a citizens committee created to address the question on growth management. The General Plan Steering Committee intended a growth rate limitation. The point was to put together a committee that was going to set standards for the quality of life. He said Pleasanton has a fine quality of life and the citizens do not want to lose this. He was asking Council to call for a formation of a citizens committee that would counterbalance the developers' committee. Let the committee be allowed to put together standards for quality of life and ways to achieve these standards. He felt this could be accomplished in six months. He asked Council to put on the next agenda the question of establishing a citizens committee to set quality of life standards. Debra Barker, 5018 Blackbird Way, representing the Planning Commission, asked Council if it had seen the resolution from the Planning Commission regarding growth management. Ms. Acosta said that Council had seen the resolution. Staff sent the resolution out to Council two ways. A copy of the resolution was sent to Council directly and a copy was also in the Planning Commission actions. Ms. Barker said it was never brought up by staff that Council had seen this resolution. The Planning Commission has requested Council to address growth management. The feeling from the residents was that Pleasanton was growing too fast. She said the Planning Commission, at its March 26 meeting, had already approved 750 units. This did not include the San Francisco project. She wanted Council to address the issue and stick to the 350-750 a year. She said Council needed to lay out goals. The Planning Commission also felt staff should City Council 04/01/97 Minutes 6