Section 1731. Community participation

1. Prior to the commencing of new
  construction or building additions of an educational  facility,  or  the
  acquisition  of  real property or any interest therein for such purpose,
  the authority shall file a copy of the site plan of such facility in its
  offices and shall provide a copy thereof to the  city  board,  the  city
  planning  commission  and the community school board and community board
  of the district in which the facility will be located.    Upon  request,
  any other person shall be furnished with such plan or a summary thereof.
  The authority shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the
  city  a  notice  of  the filing of such plan and the availability of the
  plan and a summary thereof. Such plan shall include, in the case of  any
  project  for  which the acquisition of real property or interest therein
  is proposed, the recommended site, any alternate sites  considered,  and
  any rationale as to why the alternate sites were not selected.
    2.  Within  thirty days after publication of the notice required under
  subdivision one of this section, a public hearing with sufficient public
  notice shall be held by each affected community school board on  any  or
  all  aspects  of  the  site plan and by each affected community board on
  aspects of the site plan which relate to the general public use  of  the
  educational facility and to its impact on the surrounding community. The
  affected  board  may  request  the  attendance of representatives of the
  authority or the city board at a hearing and the authority or  the  city
  board  shall  comply with such requests. If the proposed project affects
  two or more school districts or community boards, then a hearing may  be
  held jointly by the affected community school boards and/or the affected
  community boards. Any affected community school board, together with any
  affected  community  board,  may  at  their  mutual discretion, elect to
  conduct a hearing jointly.
    3. Within forty-five days  after  publication  of  such  notice,  each
  affected  community  school  board  or community board shall prepare and
  submit to the authority, written comments on the site  plan.  Any  other
  organization  or  person  shall  also  have  the  opportunity to present
  written comments on the plan during this period. Each  comment  received
  by the authority on such plan at any time prior to action being taken by
  the  authority  on  the  plan  shall  be  considered by the authority in
  connection with such action.
    4. After due consideration of such comments, if any, the authority may
  affirm, modify or withdraw the plan.
    5. Nothing herein shall preclude the authority from  holding  hearings
  on  the site plan, provided, however, that any such hearings on the site
  plan shall be conducted within the period specified in subdivision three
  of this section.