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August 2, 2010 Re: Conditional Use permit, Elk River Lutheran Church - ELCA for 19437 Evans, Elk River We are seeking to use the property at 19437 Evans, Elk River for our Church office, meeting and worship space on a temporary basis for up to five years. Currently we are assembling on Sunday mornings at Lincoln Elementary and are renting an office in Downtown Elk River. The proposed lease agreement is for two years with aone-year option. It is the intention of Elk River Lutheran Church to purchase land in the Elk River area and build a permanent structure within this timeline. Two additional bathrooms will be added to the existing facility to meet code requirements. The existing office space will be enclosed to give the pastor a private conference space and additional office space and classroom space will be defined by the use of portable walls. The combined three exits of 144 inches exceed the minimum fire exit requirements. Existing parking of 126 spaces is sufficient for the calculated maximum occupancy load of the assembly. No free- standing signage will be constructed, there is no proposed screening of the site and no outdoor storage will be sought. The primary use of the space will take place on Sunday mornings between the hours of 8 am and 12:30 pm. Monday through Friday the office will be used for work and occasionally for small group meetings of between five and twenty people. Currently there are two employees and several volunteers. We project adding up to 5 employees during the time of the lease. The space will also be used for evening meetings of between two and twenty people. Confirmation classes have not yet been scheduled but are likely to be scheduled one evening each week. Sunday school will be scheduled during the Sunday morning hours directly after the first worship service. Sunday morning will be the only time that a substantial number of parking spaces will be used. If we experience our anticipated growth, a second service will be added on Sunday morning. The Sunday school for children will be scheduled for the hour between the two services to allow time for the parking lot to be cleared before people start arriving for the second service. When we do schedule a second service time, the parking lot will still be cleared by the 12:30 time. (With our current schedule with one worship service, the parking lot clears by about 11:00.) During weekdays and on any evenings, we anticipate that fewer than thirty parking places will be used at any one time for scheduled meetings and confirmation classes. During the season of Lent, Wednesday evening services may be scheduled with an anticipated attendance of about 50. We anticipate sufficient growth will happen over the next three years that will require the addition of a second worship time. It is planned to control the size of any one assembly to be less than the calculated maximum occupancy by adding additional worship times within the Sunday morning time slot. The maximum daily worship attendance is likely to be on Christmas and Easter. On those days, the assembly size will be controlled by adding enough services to accommodate the anticipated attendance. Hours of operation (on back):