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for today and tomorrow. He said in this case he would almost defer to what the School Board says as they would have to have expertise in their own school. 1VIrs. Hoff-Smath agreed with Mr. Yager and said she does not like the idea of having an additional pole just for pole sake, especially when it is already a congested area. She said if they go with the proposed location, people will figure out a way around it. They can reconfigure where they need to meet. Mr. Spalding said Sprint can put something on a new pole. If the new pole served as a basis for lighting, it may be needed in the area where the tennis courts are now. It would be appropriate to have additional lighting. Mrs. Hoff-Smith asked if there are future development plans for that area. 1VIr. Hylancl said he has been with the school district for 13 years and any kind of exterior lighting has been done with consideration to the neighbors. He has asked every year to increase the lighting in the parking lot. The problem with that is the people on Revere don't want their yards looking like Jacobs Field. They have tried to ininimize where they put lights. He does not envision lights being put up on a pole by the tennis courts for that reason. He said he is not present to speak for the Board of Education. He said at the time this was proposed, the Board did go down to the site and did aDree on it. He is giving his own opinion as Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds. Mr. Hreha asked if the Board agreed that this is the location of choice. Mr. Richards said yes. Mr. Hyland said it is his understanding that the contract signed was based on the drawings that were presented that did indicate that is the location where the pole is going. 1VIr. Robert Matson, the School District Treasurer, came forward and said the Board of Education really didn't look at any other alternative sites. He said as Mr. Hyland indicated, these were initially the sites that Sprint had selected for them. It made sense at the time because of being able to replace one of the light poles. We believed that was the best based upon the alternatives that they were looking at. They did not look at anything else in other areas of the district. He said you need to be careful when saying that they are saying it is the best location. The Board of Education is concerned about the safety of the kids, that is the number one priority. Mr. Hreha asked Mr. Matson if he thinks the Board might want to revisit this since the Board did not consider the site the Cominission is suggesting as an alternative. Mr. lo'Iatson said it is a possibility to look at it if that is the desire of the Coinmission. Mr. Richards said when they originally were looking at different locations they had one of their meetings at the high school and they walked over to the site. They reviewed it and compared it in relation to the northerly location and eventually ended up staking out the area that the compound would occupy. They left the stakes out for a couple weeks so people could go take a look. He said after looking at that, the Board came to the determination that it was acceptable in its current location and they w,ent through quite a bit of discussion regarding access to the site and that was reworked. It was originally going under the bleachers and back through past the concession stand, and it was agreed to use the asphalt path and continue it on to the site based on the request of one of the members. Mr. Hreha said his point is he is wondering if during that process the were considering "Site A versus Site B, and then along came Site X" that wasn't being considered and the Board never really had the chance to think about that. He said after the tower is built it is too late and they don't want the School Board to come back and say, "if only they could have put it across the creek, life would be better." If they are going to consider a different location, now is the time to do it. Ms. Habinski said the Board had the opportunity to consider it when they walked the site with Mr. Richards. The school was always very behind the concept of using this pole for lighting, for having a dual purpose for the pole. 1VIr. Matson disagreed and said the Board only looked at the site at the stadium because that is where Sprint had indicated they wanted it. There was never an alternative. He said he does not want words put in the Board of Education's mouth. Ms. Habinski said her assessment as the project manager for Sprint was that they went to the school and made the most obvious proposal, a light replacement. That is typically what they do whenever they go into a high school. Mrs. Hoff-Smith said that is why we have these community processes so we get the input of the entire community. She thinks the School Board has the right to hear what the Commission is suggesting. Ms. Habinski said she does not want there to be a strain here, a feeling that Sprint is jamming this down the School Board's throat. Mr. Hreha said in light of all of this, the two central groups involved, Sprint and the Board of Education, now seem to be at odds. Rather than go to war over it, go back and look at the other site. Take both groups out there, review it, and find out if it is workable. Mr. Koeth said he wants to go back to the meeting on December 23. The request was to 6