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St. Anthony Nm New Brighton INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 282 December 15, 2008 Mr. Mike Mornson, City Manager City of St. Anthony Village 3301 Silver Lake Road St. Anthony, MN 55418 Subject: St. Anthony — New Brighton Schools Proposed Sitework Safety Improvements Dear Mike: As you know, the St. Anthony — New Brighton School District is currently in the process of planning and design for our upcoming facility improvement projects that will be completed at both District facilities. Included in the project scopes are a number of maintenance -related improvements including ventilation system improvements, interior space renovations, building additions for a computer lab at Wilshire Park and expansion of the kitchen at the MSAIS Building. In addition, there will also be significant site related modifications and enhancements to improve safety and traffic flow at the MS/I-IS Building. The purpose of this letter is directly related to the site -related improvements at the MS/HS building. In order to improve safety for students, staff, and other visitors, a key component of the proposed scope includes completely separating the bus drop-off area from the parent drop-off` loop at the front (south side) of the building along 33"1 Avenue. These traffic activities currently take place in the same location which is not an ideal situation. The proposed solution will provide expansion of the existing front drive loop to better accommodate the needs of parent drop off. Additional on-site parking will also be incorporated into the expanded loop in an effort to reduce the amount of street stopping and parking along 33"' Avenue. Furthermore, the topography along the front of the building will be modified so that the newly expanded drive loop will more closely follow the current grade of 33`s Avenue. This will greatly improve sightlines along 33`6 Avenue, which will allow for safer access to and from the drive. In addition, the proposed solution includes the development of a new dedicated bus loop on the existing service road located immediately to the west of the MS/HS building. This new dedicated bus loop will ensure the much needed safe separation between buses and vehicles at the beginning and end of each school day. Based on existing information, we are aware that the existing service road located immediately west of the building is a City -owned service road. An agreement between the City and School District currently allows for on-going limited District use of the access road in exchange for improvements that were completed by the district at the Dr. Rod Thompson, Superintendent r rthompson@stanihony.kl2.mn.us 3303 33rd Avenue NE ■ St. Anthony, MN 55418 ■ I: 612.706.1150 f: 612.706.1020 a vnaw.staot1iony.k12.mo.us 56