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STAFF REPORT TO: Mayor Keis and Members of the City Council FROM: Jessica Jagoe, Associate Planner DATE: September 6, 2018 RE: 2925 Country Drive – PUD Amendment Revised Site Plan Follow-up Report Based on the discussion at the Planning Commission meeting on August 9th, the Academy of Sciences and Agriculture (AFSA) requested that their planning application be tabled until the September 12th City Council meeting in order to provide time for them to complete a traffic study and prepare additional information to address questions raised. Included with this memo is a supplemental narrative with details on functionality of operations, revised site plan, photos, and traffic study. The City Engineer will be preparing a separate report addressing the traffic study and any other engineering related concerns. Based on the Engineer’s initial review of the traffic study we have requested some additional information relative to the traffic and flow in and around the site. This additional information will be provided on Monday and the Engineer will submit his report after the additional information is reviewed. For this report, planning staff will try to address those items as previously identified in my August 3rd Planning Commission memo. Site Analysis AFSA has configured the site to operate in a one way traffic pattern. The south driveway will be designated as ingress only so traffic will flow around the back of the building and exit from the north driveway. They have labeled areas for staff parking and parent/visitor parking within overall 82 parking spaces available. The site as it exists today has 115 parking spaces, but some of those spaces will be converted to playground area. Four parking spaces closest to the south entrance have been labeled as Floating Staff for employees that may come and go throughout the school day. AFSA will have approximately 40 employees during the school year and 12 or less working during the summer months. The school had previously indicated they had six full size buses with some smaller vans for special pickups. The new narrative has identified that during the first year they will operate six full size buses and 1-14 passenger buses daily. At full capacity, they will have up to 10 full size buses. AFSA will continue their arrangement with R&S Automotive for bus overnight storage. However, they will have a couple of buses on site during the day for pick-up or drop-off (transportation between schools during the day) or in case of an emergency. They are requesting to have overnight parking for up to three passenger vans. The revised site plan does not indicate where those passenger vans would be stored overnight or where the buses would be parked during the day. The timing of arrivals and departures by staff as well as students/parents has been included in the new narrative.