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Memo to Mayor and City Council Page 2 May 20, 1996 parking lot facility and upgrading of the current parking facility will be included. Primary access points into the new church parking lot will be off Gates Avenue along the north property line, off of 4th Street at the current access point just east of Irving and a newly established driveway immediately north of Holt Street. The new church facility will require the removal of one building from the church campus. However, the existing rectory, church and school will all be left in place and continue to be utilize by the church. In total, the St. Andrew's campus will have approximately 54,000 square feet of building space when the church is finally completed. Surrounding Land Use Immediately northeast and southeast of the proposed church facility are existing single family homes. As part of the development plans, it has been recommended that additional landscaping be provided along the parking areas to protect and buffer the residential areas from the newly installed parking area. At the Planning Commission meeting, the resident in the southeast corner did express concern regarding vehicle lights shining in the direction of the existing home. The revised development plan will reflect additional landscaping to mitigate the resident's concerns. Parking As mentioned, the new church facility will also include a new parking area to accommodate approximately 275 on site parking stalls. Based on the 1,000 seats proposed at this time, the ordinance requires 333 spaces be provided on site. However, staff believes that the proposed improvements will certainly improve the current situation and reduce the amount of on street parking that currently exists. This is not to suggest that there will no longer be any on street parking because, much like any other church, on street parking may be a common occurrence. The church has expressed some interest of possibly pursuing the opportunities to expand the parking further to the east at a later point in time which will again provide additional on site parking. Northerly Driveway onto Gates At the point of the church's new driveway intersection with Gates, there is an existing driveway from a residence which also accesses onto Gates. This existing driveway will be directly affected by the church's construction of a new driveway onto Gates. Staff has sent a letter to the owners (Opportunity Workshop, Inc.), explaining the proposed improvements. Upon receiving the letter, Paul Jaeger of Opportunity Workshop, Inc. informed staff that he has s:XcouncilXcu96-6.doc