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Messiah Lutheran Church Expansion Staff Report April 20, 2000 Page 9 Lighting: There was a concern raised at the last meeting regarding the proposed parking lot lighting. As stated earlier in this report, the photometric analysis meets City Code requirements with regard to light containment at the property lines, yet the relative height of the light standards and intensity of the bulbs will in effect create an unintentional radiance of light that will be visible to the neighborhood, an effect similar to lights from a distant city illuminating the night sky. Staff agrees that the thirty-foot tall light standards are not appropriate for such a residentially dominated area. (In comparison, neighbors adjacent to the Wynnsong Theater on Highway 10 successfully lobbied to have the light poles nearest county Road H2 limited to 20 feet in height.) On April 19, 2000, the Planning Commission, taking all these issues into consideration, approved Resolution 611-00, a resolution which recommends to the City Council approval of the conditional use permit, development review and wetland buffer request, subject to the following stipulations: 1. The design and character of the expanded areas shall match and/or complement the existing architecture of the Church. 2. Express allowance for a 400 square-foot accessory building as shown on the landscape plan date stamped April 5, 2000 shall be granted in conjunction with this resolution of approval. 3. The site plans to be reviewed by the City Council shall be revised to indicate shorter parking lot light standards (25 feet or less) and bulbs with lesser intensity lumens. 4. The site plans to be reviewed by the City Council shall be revised to indicate those areas to be used for snow storage. 5. The applicant shall guarantee all landscape plantings to be living for a period of two years and shall replace any plantings deemed dead or dying by the City Forester within thirty days receipt of written notification. 6. Approval shall be subject to the applicant being granted a Rice Creek Watershed Permit. No City permits will be issued without evidence of a Rice Creek Watershed Permit. 7. The applicant or its designee shall be responsible for obtaining City demolition or building relocation permits for the homes located at 7225 Knollwood Drive and 2824 County Road H2. 8. The wetland and the stormwater drainage pond shall be protected by a perpetual public easement per Rice Creek Watershed District requirements. 9. The applicant shall make arrangements with Ramsey County to have Lots 4 and 19 of Knollwood Park combined and joined with the Church property to