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Planning Commission Minutes March 26, 1991 Page 7 . Ms. Szklarski addressed staff's concern with the traffic flow and site access. She stated that when Highland Commercial Park was reviewed by the City Council they put a stipulation on the request that there be no access off of School Street allowed without City Council approval. Staff is recommending that the applicants come back with a revised site plan showing the access to and from the site. Terry Maurer, City Engineer was in agreement. Dick Ensted explained that if Holiday has to come back in April with a new proposal, the issue would be void as there is a stipulation in their purchase agreement with the School District that by May 1, 1991, all of the contingencies on the site plan must be approved. Mr. Ensted stated that he did not know how they could address all of staff's concerns tonight and still get the required information to the City council on time. He stated that they have a real problem if this issue is postponed unless they can come up with an al ternati ve solution such as holding a special Planning Commission meeting prior to the April 15th City Council meeting. . Mark Nelson addressed the grading and traffic/access issues. He felt there was come confusion at the concept review meeting regarding these issues. Tim Keane, City Attorney, stated that there were a lot of issues and questions raised by staff at the concept review meeting and it was the developer's responsibility to find solutions to these concerns. Mr. Keane stated that staff was not at the meeting to redesign the developer's plans but to give them comments and reactions to these issues prior to preparing a plan that would be submitted to the Planning Commission for formal review and public hearing. Commissioner VanValkenburg suggested a special Planning Commission meeting be held prior to the April 15th Ci ty Counei 1 meeting so that staff could get together with the developer and work out the traffic/access and drainage problems prior to the City Council meeting. Chairperson Johnson was in favor of tabling this issue but was opposed to a special meeting. After some discussion on this issue, Tim Keane, City Attorney suggested that if the Planning Commission was willing to hold a special meeting, they should allow staff enough time to work with the developer and put together a revision to see if these issues could be ironed out. COMMISSIONER SPOTTS MOVED TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO APRIL 9, 1991, AT WHICH TIME THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING AT CITY HALL STARTING AT 5:30 P.M. COMMISSIONER VANVALKENBURG SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. Commissioner Schroeder left the meeting at this time. 12. Q.91Wi tt9nal Use Permit by Lincoln Elementary School/P. H. . Janelle Szklarski, Zoning Assistant, stated that the applicant is proposing a 47,000 square foot addition to the existing Elementary School located at the corner of Jackson Avenue and School Street. Ms. Szklarski reviewed the factors as outlined in her memo that need to be