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5.1 .--Q A.( ( / Item� # 5.1.• ` City of -t ,, Elk River MEMORANDUM TO: Planning Commission FROM: Michele McPherso�4;Director of Planning DATE: February 22, 2001 SUBJECT: Case No. CU 01-11 Request by ISD #728 to Expand Senior High Parking Lot Request Independent School District #728 requests approval of a conditional use permit for the expansion of the senior high school parking lot. Location III 900 School Street Zoning/Land Use R1 c (Single Family Residential) / MR (Medium Density Residential) Attachments • Location map • Aerial photo • City Engineer's letter dated February 14, 2001 • Site plan Analysis In 2000, the existing Elk River High School parking lot was reconstructed. At that time, staff was made aware that future plans would include an expansion of the parking lot into the existing ball field. The access to the parking lot is controlled and limited by an entry facility located on School Street. The ordinance requires one parking space for each classroom and one space for • every three students. The parking facility will provide space for an additional 372 parking spaces. This meets the parking required for 1,116 students based on 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • TDD & Phone (763) 441-7420 • Fax (763) 441-7425 Memo to Planning Commission/CU 01-11 February 22,2001 Page 2 • one space per three students. The current parking lot has 242 spaces; which provides parking for 726 students, again based on the student-parking ratio. The City Engineer has reviewed this request and his comments are outlined in the attached letter to Robert Baker. Staff would recommend that these comments be incorporated into the final approval for the expanded parking facility. In order to offset the loss of green space due to the parking expansion, the school district intends on removing a portion of the parking located north of the high school along Jackson Avenue (see attached aerial photo). Recommendation Over the years, the City has received a number of complaints regarding excessive off-site parking by students attending Elk River Senior High. The proposed expansion will provide on-site parking spaces for students as well as faculty. Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval of this request to the City Council with one condition: 1. All comments of the City Engineer be incorporated into the plan. • • S:\PLANNING\MICHMC\PLREPRTS\CU01-11.DOC . Wej PA wnm 1111111/1611111111111 I 410 . o6t�f2 k('3 a -a o/;,,gilliffmreilill5 ,FII R`7 101 vn �, 1�"'QrP� 10.511?: 16oa04 '1,! %,a 2�► ieo *ova. ,,, . 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'„ yh * _ • { } � yj1 • • ..ri -owarc R, Green Com many February 14, 2001 File: 813370J-0240 Mr. Robert Baker 12131 Grouse Street, #201 Coon Rapids, MN 55433 RE: ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGH PARKING EXPANSION II Dear Mr. Baker: We have received a revised copy of the Elk River Senior High Parking Lot Expansion dated February 6, 2001. As requested by Michele McPherson, we have reviewed this revised plan relative to our comments from January 12, 2001. Based upon our review, we would offer the following comments: 1. A small ponding area has been added to the green space and the parking lot grades have been revised so that the northwest corner of the parking lot will drain to the ponding area. We would suggest providing an emergency overflow at the south end of the ponding area at an overflow elevation of approximately 907.5. This way, if the holding pond ever fills to capacity, it can drain out the south end and along the southerly curb line to the catch basins near the entrance. 2. There is a catch basin directly north of the entrance approximately center point of the parking lot at elevation 909.83. We would suggest lowering the rim on this catch basin so that a much larger area can flow into the catch basin and drain through the storm sewer pipe system. As it sits right now, in any fairly substantial storm event runoff will tend to bypass this catch basin. 3. We would still recommend that there be drive isles at the south end of the parking rows so that someone searching for an open spot does not get stuck at the end of the row of parking stalls with no way to exit other than backing up. In fact, we would suggest that consideration be given to providing for head-in parking along that south curb line and creating a drive isle through the double rows of parking a little bit north of this head-in parking. The single row of parking can still stay intact to prevent shortcuts out the entrance. We believe this would be a better layout and may actually provide a few additional parking stalls. 4. One item that we did not comment on in our January 12, 2001, letter was the auto gate proposed for the exit from the parking lot. These are currently located in the public right-of- way near the curb line. We question if this is the appropriate location for these. What happens if the gates rise, but because of traffic on School Street, a car is not allowed to exit the ramp? Or the reverse, if there is an opening for more than one car to exit onto School Street, does each successive car have to wait for the gate to come down and then go back up? We believe it would be better for the gates to be located near the guardhouse, which is on school property and will allow some stacking in the driveway past the gates as cars wait • for an opening to exit onto School Street. O:\PROJ\813370j\0240\Ltr 02-14-01 Baker.doc 1326 Energy Park Drive • St. Paul, MN 55108 • 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389 Mr. Robert Baker • February 14, 2001 Page Two If you have any questions regarding these comments, please call. Sincerely, Howard R. Green Company Terry J. Maurer, P.E. TJM:tw cc: Michele McPherson, Director of Planning Tom Kohler, Linden Construction, Inc., 307 Jackson Avenue, Elk River, MN 55330 • • O:\PROJ\813370j\0240\Ltr 02-14-01 Baker.doc Howarc R. Green Company CONSULTING ENGINEERS • . • ,..k U - r LIN. Z i sr os -i C y i � ' ; 11111 a $ i �� __ ob 1111111 e,9 1 I Fat 1 I _ • =+4- t bl — '. Q2 r: r • oWt a °6' s • , 1 v \ -' X III I 11 NI N I •�' , � S • o . 11 ` _ ,,, � 1 a NADH®t, ' -;g,,;----_• V,,lm, , il , .., ,.., V ,,I a,. \� ,,. l • ., T /� lii IT 8@ 8. , ?,„. .,.,41. " -----i _ , -- - s 1 i . p i J N , lie-\ T Y s ` a66`o . \.• 0 • .\ ..... 4. 1 • - 0 _COW__4rdcC6.7A114., -'"` h‘ a0\ \° � pec VE. 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