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<br /> <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />PC AGENDA ITEM - 3C <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> <br />DATE: December 8, 2021 <br /> <br />TO: Planning Commission Chair and Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Jane Kansier, AICP, Consulting Planner <br />Jessica Jagoe, City Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #21-028 – Public Hearing Required <br /> Applicant: ISD #621: Mounds View Public Schools <br /> Property Location: 1900 and 1901 Lake Valentine Road <br />Request: PUD Amendment <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />Mounds View Public Schools (“The Applicant”) the applicant is requesting an amendment to the <br />approved Planned Unit Development (PUD) Amendment for Mounds View High School. The <br />proposed amendment finalizes the road and safety improvements for Lake Valentine Road, and <br />identifies the final design of the parking lot located at 1901 Lake Valentine Road. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />1. Planned Unit Development <br /> <br />At their May 22, 2019 and subsequently amended on April 27, 2020, the City Council approved <br />Planning Case 18-014 for a Planned Unit Development with Mounds View Public Schools for <br />Mounds View High School. The approved PUD allowed for several additions to the existing <br />high school, a reconfiguration of the existing parking lot, and the use of the property at 1901 <br />Lake Valentine Road, for parking and other school purposes. The amendment approved in April, <br />2020, added 14 additional conditions to the existing Planned Unit Development to address <br />existing traffic and pedestrian safety issues based on the findings contained within the traffic <br />study report, an evaluation of existing site conditions, and the Planned Unit Development <br />Agreement. The terms of the PUD approval require the School District to implement safety <br />improvements on Lake Valentine Road to address traffic and increased pedestrian crossings <br />between the school building and the north parking lot, including installation of turn lanes and <br />other access improvements, trail and sidewalk improvements, pedestrian signal, signage and <br />striping modifications, and drainage and utility improvements.