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1 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> AUGUST 3 , 1993 <br /> PAGE 2 <br /> 4 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Management Assistant Urbi.a responded this had been discussed <br /> 7 with the City Manager . The City Manager ' s position was to <br /> 8 commence the first public hearing of the meeting at 7 : 05 p.m. <br /> 9 as is presently the practice . <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Urbia advised this conditional use permit request was the <br /> 12 primary reason for this special Planning Commission Meeting. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Approval is being sought before school starts . If this matter <br /> 15 were not considered before the regularly-scheduled Planning <br /> 16 Commission Meeting, it would be too late to locate the <br /> 17 portable classroom on school property with Council approval . <br /> 18 <br /> 19 The Council indicated it chose to have this matter brought <br /> 20 before the Planning Commission for its review process and not <br /> 21 to have this process circumvented. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Urbia explained that this portable classroom will be used to <br /> 24 alleviate space needs for special work projects and will not <br /> 25 be used for actual classes . It will be located on the Wilshire <br /> 26 Elementary School property in an area which is not readily <br /> 27 visible from other areas of the neighborhood. <br /> is The trailer is 12 ' x 56 ' with a 4 ' hitch on the north end. It <br /> 30 will have two doors and the proposed location is twenty feet <br /> 31 from the building. State law requires it be located at least <br /> 32 ten feet from the building. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 David Abrahamson,. principal of Wilshire Elementary School , was <br /> 35 present to respond to any questions members of the Planning <br /> 36 Commission may have. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 Commissioner Werenicz observed that currently a Task Force is <br /> 39 meeting to consider permanent solutions for overcrowding in <br /> 40 the schools . He questioned why there is a plan to place this <br /> 41 trailer in this location for two years . He recalled another <br /> 42 temporary trailer issue was for a period of one year. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Urbia responded that there appears there will be a space need <br /> 45 for two years for this type of portable classroom. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Mr. Abrahamson noted there is much better lease cost for two <br /> 48 years than one. He also advised there will be no plumbing in <br /> 49 the trailer but there will be electricty and electric heat . <br /> 50 <br />