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would not make a difference since it is such a short distance. However, there are tennis courts, and stands, and a narrow piece of land there. A number of board members indicated there are no stands back there. Ms. Amy Habinski, a representative from Sprint, indicated there are, in fact, stands there. 1VIr. Koeth said the stands can be moved and with Sprint's help, the tennis courts can be moved. He then asked for a representative from the Board of Education. Ms. Habinski said there are 2 representatives present. She said to reiterate what Mr. Richards has said, they are not saying they cannot use that location but they don't think it makes the best sense or is the most advantageous place to put it. What Mr. Richards was trying to get to is the way the creek curves, when you go across it you end up close to the edge of the parking lot before you have enough room to build. Mr. Koeth said where Sprint has it now they are blocking off a big section of where the spectators can actually walk to get to the stadium. The Commission is looking out for the schools and the City in this situation. Ms. Habinski said Sprint has approached this in a way that made sense to them. They wanted to go with a dual purpose pole. It is a pole for them and lighting for the field. Mr. Koeth asked if they are putting new lights on the pole. 1VIs. Habinski said the school may at some point upgrade their lighting. Mr. Koeth asked if Sprint plans to help the school. 1VIs. Habinski said there are no plans to do that. Mr. Koeth said if they were to eliminate one of the poles at the end of the stands, then it would be another configuration for the lights. There has to be another sets of lights on the pole if they grant this. The poles they have now at the end of the stadium, on the last telephone pole, are not where they would want it to be if Sprint put another set of lights there. Ms. Habinski indicated the Board needs to direct that to the school. Mr. .Ioe Hyland, the Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds for the school district, came forward. He said the drawing that has been used for this proposal is not an actual drawing. It is part of a proposal that was done by an architectural firm years ago to give them some options as to what they can do. Where you see tennis courts behind the stands there, they don't exist. The actual courts are part of what looks like a parking lot on the drawing. He said when Sprint first came to them with the proposal, one of the things the school said is they don't want a stand-alone pole that has no function for the school system itself. They then took a look at the only place they have taller structures, the light poles for the stadium. There are 4 poles. There are two directly behind the stands, one on the north and one on the south side set closer to the track. The concern they discussed is the distance they need to be from the property lines, which is how they ended up near the field. He said most people that come into the stadium are coming in from the Middle School parking lot so putting the tower on the north end would be a bigger problem as far as accessibility. There are track events that take place on that end. On the south end of the home stands where the current light pole is, in their estimation, it would be the least obtrusive. He said if they replaced the existing pole there by putting the same lights on the pole, they are basically not changing anything as far as lighting for the football field. They are looking to do some upgrades for that stadium and if they were to upgrade, they would not want to have 8 poles out there. They could conceivably have 4 poles. They have restricted Sprint as to where they go because there are existing poles there and that pole is dependent on the other 7 poles in order to focus the lights on the stadium. One of the options they felt they could have is a replacement of this pole in that area and it could become the focal point of where the other 3 poles would be placed in the stadium itsel£ He believes the pole that is down there has 3 guide wires that actually come down and are more of a safety hazard than what Sprint is proposing to put around the base of the pole. When this was brought to the School Board, at a meeting at the high school, the entire School Board and other interested parties at the meeting all walked down to the proposed site. It was at that point that it was agreed that would probably be the only location on the school site that would be acceptable for placement of the pole. 1VIr. Spalding aslced Mr. Hyland as the buildings and grounds person, when they are talking about upgrading the stadium, doesn't it make sense that the area around the stadium be as free of impediments as possible. He said they may be impeding the development of the stadium by putting up such a structure along with its surroundings. As Mr. Koeth said, if they move the pole to the other side they would probably need lighting over there too. He said if they are going to upb ade the stadium anyway, it makes sense to him to have the area as free of impediments as possible. Mr. Hyland said if it was a desire to have the area free of impediments, they would not even consider the pole being there. That pole being on the other side, as it is now there are 8 4