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•1 Regular Council Meeting 2 March 22, 1994 3 Page 4 4 Ranallo that thereshould not be a problem getting a recommendation of approval from 5 the Planning Commission. 6 The Council directed the Interim City Manager to contact the City Attorney about the 7 Mercil's request to purchase six feet of right-of-way the length of their property on the 8 south side of Townview. It was also noted that there will have to be a road survey and 9 that.the fee for the second variance will be waived. 10 C. Kim Bloom, a City resident with school-age children and Superintendent Warren 11 Rolek were present to discuss the upcoming school referendum. The election is 12 scheduled for April 19, 1994. Ms. Bloom said that the most asked question about the 13 referendum concerned open enrollment and the second concerned how the additional 14 taxes would affect residents. The Vote Yes Committee, of which Ms. Bloom is a 15 member, have held two presentations, manned a phone bank, and will hold a third 16 presentation on April 4th. She urged Councilmembers to attend the upcoming April 17 4th presentation which is scheduled for 7:00 to 8:30 P.M. in the media center. Briefly, the bond referendum will provide additional space for Wilshire Park Elementary 44I9 School; roof repairs, carpets, ceiling tiles, doors; updating and expanding instructional 20 technology; remodeling Wilshire Park classrooms, and an increase in building security. 21 Councilmember Fleming inquired how residents are responding to the open enrollment 22 issue. Ms. Bloom said most residents do not have a clear idea on what open 23 enrollment is and were not aware that the school district receives State funding for 24 implementing open enrollment. Fleming wondered if this referendum would be needed 25 if the school district did not have open enrollment. 26 Superintendent Rolek said his role was to do the research end for the referendum. He 27 indicated that when he presented his research results to the School Board, they 28 unanimously elected to go to a referendum. He distributed a chart showing the school 29 district's 1993-94 enrollment: total students, number of classrooms, ratio of students to 30 classrooms, non-resident students, etc.. Several other fliers about the referendum were 31 distributed to the Councilmembers. 32 Rosemary Franzese, a resident and member of the Planning Commission, asked about 33 the status of the contract for space in the Community Center for Community Services. 34 She was told by Superintendent Rolek that the school has developed a lease and the 35 lease will be presented to the City Council for their review. Franzese asked about tuition for reciprocal students and how many resident students leave the district. Rolek said he is aware of about 40 resident students who attend schools in other districts.