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Ms. Ayala asked if a joint meeting would still be necessary if there was progress to report from the next Committee meeting. Mr. Tarver said yes. Two members of a Committee could say something was acceptable and when it comes back to the whole Council, there could be different approaches or assumptions. He preferred a joint discussion. Ms. Ayala wanted a written report to the Council after Thursday's meeting. Mr. Tarver said fine, but the School District is to make the decision (of a shortfall) after consultation with the committee. That is throughout the agreement. He is not a part of the committee and he wants to communicate to the Board and have a joint meeting. If everything is done and there are no issues, then it will be a short meeting. Ms. Acosta urged Council to have an alternative in mind in the event a joint meeting cannot be scheduled before July 1. In all fairness to the Committee, there has not been much to report to this point, but after Thursday, there may be something to report. Ms. Ayala agreed that a lot can be accomplished on Thursday and she confirmed that there would be a written report. Tim Kleffman, 3027 Briggs Court, member of the Reduce Overcrowded Campuses Alliance, said there was a website for ROCA at www.overcrowded.org. He agreed there was more support on the School Board for taking care of the high school. ROCA is hoping serious consideration will be given to looking at a full comprehensive third high school. There was discussion of shifting the populations and ROCA has concerns about that. There does not appear to be excess capacity at the time it is needed in either the elementary or middle schools. You can't shift if there is no room. He felt there were two issues with the school impact fee committee. One is when construction starts and the other is when the funding is available. In an ideal situation, the two issues will coincide, but it is possible to do one without the other. For example, as soon as it is decided that a new high school is needed, we need to have the money available in the cash flow chart. The Committee and the School District work on that cash flow. ROCA wants the money for the improvements to the high school to be provided in 2000. Moving those funds to 2001 is unacceptable. That does not mean to say that we want the work on the expansion started as soon as possible. He wants the funding shown on the cash flow and the School Board to quickly decide which will do and then go do it. We also want the Vineyard Elementary Improvements shown on the cash flow as early as possible. If the demographic projects come in as expected, we believe it will be needed as well. That leads to the shortfall declaration. He would like to see a shortfall declared. Two out of the three scenarios (with the high school moved out) shows a shortfall. If we move the high school back to where it was, all three scenarios show a shortfall during this period. It is important to declare the shortfall, but that does not have to be tied to expanding Exhibit B or deciding on a third high school. If we don't declare the shortfall, that will guarantee that we will not have the money needed to move forward. He will be attending the next committee meeting on Thursday and is looking forward to the discussion regarding the request for an independent audit. Pleasanton City Council 26 06/01/99 Minutes