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There being no further testimony, Mayor Tarver declared the public hearing closed. There was a break at 10:00 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:10 p.m. It was moved by Ms. Mohr, and seconded by Ms. Michelotti, that Resolution No. 95-121, be adopted, approving the Negative Declaration. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Dennis, Michelotti, Mohr, Pico, and Mayor Tarver NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Ms. Michelotti felt the entire community will benefit from the sale of this property. The City originally had the opportunity to buy this property for park but chose not to and felt her focus had to be with the children who will benefit from the monies acquired from the sale of this site. Ms. Dennis stated this was a difficult decision because the opponents have many valid reasons to keep this current land designation. She felt efforts to improve Walnut Grove is a more productive focus, especially since the School Board does not support Del Prado as a school site. Ms. Michelotti commented that the redesignation and the rezoning really had to be accompanied with the development plan. Had this development plan not come forward at the same time, she would not have been eager to change the designation. Ms. Mohr commented that it was her understanding that the decision on whether there would be a school on the Del Prado or Stoneridge sites was no longer an issue; that the bids had gone out for Stoneridge. Mr. Pico felt that challenging the School Board's decision has been healthy for the community. He felt that there had been more dialogue and open discussion than normal. In this process, he felt he had become educated to the reality that the City has virtually no way to impact the decision of the School Board as to where it places its schools. The fact that there has been no challenge to the School Board means that there is no reason to expect that there will be any change in the near future with the School Board's decision that this is a surplus site. He felt that there is no reason to hope that there will be a school site at Del Prado and he felt the options for a school site there are gone forever. Mr. Pico stated that this is a critical piece of property and he didn't agree that the proper land use designation is for the PUD proposal. Mayor Tarver felt that this is and was planned for a school site. He believed that there will be a need for this property to be a school site when the reduced class sizes are required. He felt that this property should be reserved for future planning of schools or portables or some 10/17/95 - 16-