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e He noted events are in a state of flux right now and staff did not know which alternatives to recommend. In response to a question from Mr. Delay, Mr. Long agreed that any citizen or citizen's group could seek to enforce the Federal law in this regard. Mr. Delay expressed disappointment at the City's being in this situation. He noted the City has made a large investment both in staff time and dollars in an attempt to solve the problem. This resulted in a plan that was acceptable to most people and did an effective job resulting in better air quality for the entire area. He was disappointed that the the seed growers seemed to have lost sight of the efforts that have been made to date. He felt it might be dangerous for the seed growers to continue to push for passage of this bill as it might be more damaging to them. Mayor Keller said he felt the seed industry knows of the City's position in this issue. He expressed disappointment that the seed industry has again decided to take this route to address the issue. He felt the City's position has been very reasonable and should continue to be defended. Mr. Long said he might possibly have another report and request for Council action at next Wednesday's meeting. In any event, he would keep Council apprised. e D. Community School Program--Mr. Lieuallen had attended a recent School Board meeting. The context of a report by the District's Research and Development Committee regarding the Community School's program had been discussed. He was asked to get direction from Council regarding discussion/negotiation of the policies and direction of the program, since the City does participate in funding. He noted the policies that the Council had passed a year or so ago have some problems in that they are vague. He felt they do need to be more clearly looked at to establish a clearer policy. He noted the policy statement had been drawn up by the Community School's program and was adopted by both the School Board and the City Council. He said it was necessary to reevaluate, and perhaps negotiate with the School Board, the expectations of the program and what the responsibilities would be under that program. Ms. Schue had read the report and said, if it were accurate, she felt some adjustments needed to made in the goals. She would support review of the whole direction of the program. City Manager noted that the most constructive process would be to form a Councl subcommittee and act in time to take it through the budget process. Mayor Keller nominated Scott Lieuallen and Brian Obie to serve as a subcommittee to review the goals and policies of the program, with a report back to Council. e 3/28/79--3 117