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Memorandum <br />ver <br />To: Planning Department <br />From: Justin Femtite, P.E., City Engineer <br />Date: 12-8-2015 <br />Subject: Site Plan Review Meeting — December 7, 2015 <br />The department listed above has reviewed the application(s) listed below and has the followingcomments: <br />Case # CU 15-23, V 15-15 — Elk River School District #7281 • The identified truck turning movements interfere with proposed parking spaces. This isnotadequate. <br />2• When discussing the project with the architect prior to this submittal, we spoke of theneedtoshowaninterimparkingplanthatwillbeuseduntilthefull "west lot" isreconfigured (now indicated to be 2017). This shall include restriping of displacedparkingstallsincloserproximitytotheicearena. Maintaining the existing conditionsandlayoutforparkinginthe "west lot" is not sufficient. 3. At various planning meetings we have indicated the entrance of the access road, whichgoesbetweentheproposedadditionandtheicearena, should be reconfigured. It is hardtounderstandwhythecurbsarebeingputinonlytorequiretwosharp90degreemovements. It is further difficult to understand how this new configuration might thentieintoafinallayoutforthe "west lot" in 2017. This should be revised to provide betterflowandbesetuptomaximizeparkingandoperationalflowofthe "west ice,. 4• We have had some discussions with your traffic engineer but have yet to receive a finalreportshowingwhatwillhappentotrafficflowresultingfromthedisconnectionoftheexistingnorthlanearoundtheschool. Preliminary discussions included the possibleneedtoaddaleftturnsignaltothetrafficsignalsystemonSchoolStreetforeastboundtonorthboundmovementsintothelot. If this is still the case, the project submittalshouldreflectmakingthisimprovement.