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a site on the west side of Foothill Road for safet}~ r'e~tsons~ He urged the City Council to consider the school site prol~ILe~ carefully in their deliverations of the shopping center site. Mr. Ted Fairfield stated that MacKay and So-raps were cooperating and trying to work out alternate school sites to '~he ~a~isfaction of everyone. Mr. Stu Hill, Director, Center for Environmental. Affalrs, Barton- Aschman Associates, Inc. stated that he has had association with the Division of Highways, and felt there was no conleli. ct )~et~,~een t/~e state- ments of Mr. Hart and Mr. Taylor. He further st~l"~ed ~.le Division of Highways approves or disapproves a project because of suaff recommend- ations of a project, the recommendations of the State Director of Public Works and the recommendations of the project by ~cl~.~± ~.~,ca! community. Dr. Art Larsen, 5023 Blackbird Wa~, Murray ~'~.~..~.c~,I ~>i~trict Trustee, stated this is not the first time the School Di~ii!-.'Lct !z~ds had to change school sites, and that much money and time had a.l ready been expended in an attempt to find a suitable location. Mayor Reid recessed the meeting at 10:30 p~ll.! Mayor Reid reconvened the meeting at 10:40 P~D4o Mayor Reid stated that Willow-West would ~a~,~,~-? ti'~ei~' presentation at this time. Mr. Edgar commented that reports regarding t!~= '~il?f.o~-lqest appeal had been previously sent to the City Council~ Mr. Castro stated that the technical mater3~,-s.~. re~arding Willow- West was basically the same as Stoneridge, tJ~at tl'~e~e were advantages and disadvantages to both sites, but the Stonelrid!Te s~_%e ~vas the most acceptable. Mr. Sooby said that in regard to the public v:orks facilities, the sanitary sewer was no problem but the water service was of some concern since there was no storage available. Mr. Jack Corley stated that since the time t])is proposed project was first started and heard by the Planning Commission there had been some changes, and a new developer interested in ~.he site~ Mr. J. Bernard Deasy, President of Winmar Development Co., Inc., stated that his company was contacted about a mont.'~'~ ago by Willow- West as being the developer of this proposed regiona! shopping center site. After going over the data that was avail F~c~!e on the site, his company felt this was a good location and area i~>~'. such a development. He further stated the advantages of this site as being close to the industrial area, financial capability of developethan, the willingness of the adjacent property owners (Southern Pacific and Latter Day Saints Church) for compatible development, installation of road system, the accessi~ili_ty to the railroad, and the fact that f~rst phase develop- ment could be started immediately and opened by 1975~! Dir. Deasy said his company is willing to advance funds to the City fo~' improvements, that will be less than the cost of improvements for the Stoneridge site. Mr. David W. Pickard, Vice President of Burk~, l~'aber~ Nicolais and Archuleta, showed slides and drawings of va!'ious shopplng centers that his firm had developed. He stated he felt the industrial park nearby would be an asset to the proposed site, and. that the location was ideal because of where it is situated in the Valley. Mr. Donald Fris~er, consulting traffic engineel- fror Willow-West, stated that with phased development, the traffic syste~ could be worked out as growth demanded. tie recommended that Hopyard Road be widened and an overpass at Stoneridge Drive. The Interchange at Los Positas would be of great benefit to the regional center as well as others in the City. -5- 10/30/72