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Joint City of Pleasanton and Pleasanton Unified School District Liaison Committee December 12, 2016 Page 6 high school, with a 10 percent contingency planned for each site, subject to board discretion and financial considerations.6 Program 7.3: Partner with organizations that provide educational opportunities for all ages and interests. Policy 8: Coordinate with the School District to maintain elementary schools within student walking distance whenever feasible and allow other community-related activities within these facilities. Program 8.1: Partner with the School District and community groups to use schools as neighborhood centers. These neighborhood centers should offer a wide range of services and programs. The state's Planning and Zoning Law also establishes notification requirements and a meet and confer procedure for long-range planning documents. Before the City takes action to adopt or substantially amend its General Plan, it must refer the proposal to PUSD. (Gov. Code, § 65352.2(b).) Before PUSD completes a school facility needs analysis,a master plan,or other long-range plan, it must notify the City. (Gov. Code, § 65352.2(c).) After such notification,either the City or PUSD may request a meeting to discuss various issues such as"methods of coordinating planning,design, and construction of new school facilities and school sites in coordination with the existing or planned infrastructure,general plan,and zoning designations of the city."(Gov. Code,65352.2(d).) In addition to these formal notification and meet and confer provisions,in Pleasanton,there is close coordination between the City Manager's Office,the Community Development Department, and PUSD related to land use planning and residential development on a day-to-day basis. The Community Development Department regularly sends proposed General Plan amendments and other land use changes to PUSD for review and works with PUSD to make sure that it is aware of ongoing and future residential development projects. The City also encourages developers to work closely with PUSD. Finally,the City has a School District Liaison Committee that coordinates with PUSD regularly about development and other issues that may impact PUSD's future planning and decision making to ensure that it can respond and adjust to new information that may impact school siting and infrastructure. V. CONCLUSION The state has preempted the field of school facility financing. Statutorily authorized fees are the exclusive method of considering and mitigating impacts on school facilities that occur or might occur as the result of the approval of any development project. 6 The second sentence of this Program was simply intended to be a statement of what the School District's enrollment size targets were at the time the General Plan was amended to include this Program,recognizing that they may change over time. This is clear from the language in the policy that the numbers reflected"the current target"and that they were"subject to board discretion and financial considerations." There is no requirement that the City amend its General Plan every time the School District receives new demographic data or amends its master plan. Additionally,as outlined above,the City may not rely on school enrollment size,or this Program,as a basis to deny a development project.