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~~ Project Narrative for: The Crossing Church Conditional Use Permit May 31, 2011 The Crossing Church is a rapidly growing church in the Elk River Community. Not your typical church, The Crossing Church is "Church for People Who Don't Do Church". The Crossing Church has been doubling their attendance annually after moving into their new home at 829 School Street and currently holding five worship services on the weekend to serve their members. Their current worship space seats approximately 500 people and the need is huge to increase the number of seats in their worship space to reach more people. The existing building at 829 School Street is approximately 21,514 SF with a worship space/auditorium that seats 500 people. There is also youth space, youth classrooms, offices, restrooms, and a small lobby. The existing parking lot has spaces for 122 cars. Current hours of operation of The Crossing Church are Monday thru Friday, gam to 5pm. The Crossing Church is holding five weekend services; 5pm and 6:45pm on Saturdays, and 9:30am, 11:15am and 1 pm on Sundays. The peak use of the facility is obviously on the weekends with the weekdays being for general church operation where the church currently employees approximately 30 people. The Crossing Church has recently purchased the vacant property to the east which will be developed into additional parking, complete with concrete curb & gutter, bituminous paving, parking lot lighting, and landscaping to meet City of Elk River's zoning requirements. The new proposed design for the two combined properties will have a maximum 547 parking spaces and will meet the parking demands of the proposed project. The proposed addition and remodel project for The Crossing Church includes doubling the size of the worship space and adding much needed lobby space, youth spaces and classrooms. There is additionally significant work proposed to bring the building up to current code compliance with sprinkler systems, elevator, accessible restrooms, ramps, stairs, etc. The proposed additions total 25,638 sf of additional space with an area reserved for a future 2 story classroom addition of 7,360 sf. The new worship space/auditorium will seat 1500 people with room to expand to the maximum occupants allowed by parking count constraints. The exterior materials of the additions will be precast concrete panels, prefinished metal ribbed siding, glass and aluminum curtain walls. The proposed additions will have flat (low-slope) roof structures with fully adhered EPDM membrane roofs. The signage for the building will include two building signs, one freestanding sign and two area identification signs. The main building sign will be located on the north elevation along School Street to identify the building. An additional building sign is shown on the east elevation to indentify the main entrance to the building. The freestanding sign is located on the corner of School Street and Jackson Avenue. This sign will be constructed of materials to match the new building facade. It will identify the church and allow an opportunity for the church to display their sermon series which changes every four weeks. The area identification signs are located at the entrances to the parking lot off School Street and Jackson Avenue. These signs are sized to remain within the square footage requirements and shall be constructed of materials to match the new building facade. Outdoor Storage consists of a trash enclosure suitably sized for two dumpsters, one for trash and one for recycling. The materials of the trash enclosure have been selected to match the proposed additions and will be constructed of precast concrete panels and prefinished metal ribbed siding. VANMAN ARCHITECTS AND .BUILDERS iNG. 669 Wnnetka Avenue North • Suite 210 • Minneapolis, Minnesota 55427 888.327.2817 • 763.541..9552 ~ fax 763.541.4857 www.vanmanab.cam