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Page 1 of 4 PC AGENDA ITEM – 3B MEMORANDUM DATE: August 4, 2021 TO: Planning Commission Chair and Commissioners FROM: Jessica Jagoe, Senior Planner SUBJECT: Planning Case #21-017 – Public Hearing Required Applicant: ISD #621: Mounds View Public Schools Property Location: 1900 and 1901 Lake Valentine Road Request: PUD Amendment Requested Action Mounds View Public Schools (“The Applicant”) the applicant is requesting a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Amendment for an extension for the timing of construction of road and safety improvements as it relates to the alignment of Lake Valentine Road at 1900 and 1901 Lake Valentine Road. Background 1. Planned Unit Development At their May 22, 2019 and subsequently amended on April 27, 2020, the City Council approved Planning Case 18-014 for a Planned Unit Development with Mounds View Public Schools for Mounds View High School. The amendment added 14 additional conditions to the existing Planned Unit Development to address existing traffic and pedestrian safety issues based on the findings contained within the study report, an evaluation of existing site conditions, and the Planned Unit Development Agreement. The terms of the PUD approval requires the School District to implement safety improvements on Lake Valentine Road to address traffic and increased pedestrian crossings between the school building and the north parking lot, including installation of turn lanes and other access improvements, trail and sidewalk improvements, pedestrian signal, signage and striping modifications, and drainage and utility improvements. The Applicant originally proposed two separate phases of traffic and pedestrian safety improvements for Lake Valentine Road. Phase 1 safety improvements, installed in 2020, which included installation of a pedestrian traffic signal system, crosswalk markings, temporary painted center median, curb ramps and sidewalk pedestrian routes to the front of the school.