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_____________________________________________________________________________________________ City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for May 8, 2019 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2018\PC 18-014 - Mounds View School District - 1900 & 1901 Lake Valentine Road\Memos Reports Page 11 of 14 4. Traffic Study The use of the parking lot on the north side of Lake Valentine Road for student and staff parking creates the potential for conflicts between pedestrians crossing the road and automotive vehicles. Safety improvements are required to mitigate the potential impacts of these conflicts. The applicant has provided an initial traffic impact study and a draft plan to address these issues. However, the traffic report submitted to the city on March 19, 2019 by Wenck states that a school speed zone shall be implemented. The recommend speed limit on Lake Valentine Road shall be reduced to from the posted speed of 35 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour during peak school time. The report also states that in order for the school speed zone to be effective, additional law enforcement activity will be need during times when the speed limit is reduce. The enforcement shall include assisting pedestrians crossing the road and regulating speed. Suggested Findings of Fact Staff offers the following findings of fact for consideration: 1. The property located at 1900 Lake Valentine Road is designed for Public and Institutional uses on the 2040 Land Use Plan map. 2. The property located at 1901 Lake Valentine Road is designated for Low Density Residential uses on the 2040 Land Use Plan map. 3. The properties located at 1900 and 1901 Lake Valentine Road are located in the R-1 Single Family Residential District. 4. The R-1 district is consistent with the existing and proposed Public and Institutional designation. 5. The Applicant has proposed a Master Planned Unit Development in order to include noncontiguous parcels as a single use. Other components of the proposal are classroom and gymnasium additions, reconfiguration of the bus parking lot and the staff and student parking lots, and reconfiguration of athletic fields. 6. The Applicant has submitted a Master and Final Planned Unit Development. 7. The Master PUD is generally consistent with the requirements of the City Code. 8. Where the plan is not in conformance with the City Code, flexibility has been requested by the Applicant and/or conditions have been placed on an approval that would mitigate the nonconformity. 9. Flexibility through the PUD process has been requested in the following areas: planting island coverage, tree replacement, building height, and wall signage. 10. The proposed development plan exceeds the minimum requirements of the City Code in the following areas: lot size, building coverage, landscape coverage, setbacks, street trees, perennials and shrubs, tree selection, lighting, screening, location and number of parking stalls, aesthetics and freestanding signs. 11. The Master PUD is in conformance with the draft Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan, as proposed to be amended. The properties at 1900 and 1901 Lake Valentine Road are zoned R-1, Single Family Residential. Compatible uses such as educational campuses are also intended for this zoning district. 12. With the applied conditions, the application is not anticipated to create a negative impact on the immediate area or the community as a whole.