Recommend approval of the Site Plan/Building Permit Authorization for construction of a 6,700 sq. ft. building addition and revised bus and vehicle parking areas, subject to compliance with all City codes and the following conditions:

1. The civil plans including grading, drainage, utilities and storm water management are subject to final review and approval of the City Engineer prior to issuance of the building permit.
2. A 12' paved turn lane shall be constructed on the south side of 144th Street as shown on C1.21 (Site Plan).
3. The petitioner shall dedicate right-of-way or provide an easement to relocate sidewalk south of the new turn lane on the south side of 144th Street.
4. A nursery bid list shall be submitted at the time of application of the building permit that verifies that the value of the landscape plantings meets or exceeds 2-1/2% of the value of the construction of the addition.
5. The landscape plan, including infiltration basin plantings, are subject to final review and approval by the Natural Resources Coordinator.
6. The petitioner shall provide the following agreements:
   1. Design Agreement (for design of public infrastructure).
   2. Private Installation Agreement (for installation of public infrastructure by ISD 169 contractor.
   3. Infiltration Maintenance Agreement (to ensure the long-term maintenance of the infiltration basins.

ISD 196 requests consideration of Site Plan Review/Building Permit Authorization to construct a 6,700 sq. ft. building addition on the south side of the building for four additional classrooms.  The new classrooms are constructed to replace four classrooms that will be converted to front office space to create a new secure front entrance.  The existing parking lot on the east side of the building would be modified to separate bus traffic from parent pick-up and drop-off traffic with parents using the north lot and buses using the modified south lot.  The site access would be modified to create four lanes: a passenger vehicle entrance lane, a bus entrance lane, a left turn west bound exit lane and a right turn east bound exit lane.  A 12' wide right turn lane or "refuge lane" is added to the shoulder of the south side of 144th Street to allow for off-street queuing of parent vehicles.  This will be constructed as part of a public project.

An existing landscape area in the parking lot would be removed to reconfigure the bus loop area.  Because impervious surface area is being added to the site, the District is constructing storm water retention areas.

The City does not have a parking requirement for elementary schools.  Staff has used a recommended parking formula that would require one space for every four students and one space for every three employees, which results in a total of 218 spaces required; 111 spaces are available on site; 29 parking spaces could be added on the west side of the site to bring the total number of parking spaces up to 140 if needed in the future.  The School District's architect provided a letter (attached) that analyzes parking demand at the site.  The School District states that the City's parking calculation is very high compared to neighboring communities.  Staff is comfortable with the number of parking spaces provided based on the analysis. 

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