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BETHEL COLLEGE . . & SEMINARY e-- Office of Campus Services Bethel College & Seminary 3900 Bethel Drive, St. Paul, l'vfinnesota 55112.6999 6\1.638.6431 www.bcthcledu April 16, 2004 Mr. Peter Helegers City of Arden Hills Arden Hills,:MN 55112 Dear Peter: In Bethel Co liege and Seminary's strategic plan we are projecting that our traditional college enrollment will reach a maximum of2,950 students sometime in the next few years. Other programs including the Seminary and the Center for Graduate and Continuing Studies will continue to grow but primarily in off campus venues. e To meet the college goal Bethel has recently submitted and received approval for a new sophomore residence hall. In addition to this we anticipate starting construction on our student life center (SLC) sometime in the next three to five years. The completion ofthe SLC will allow for additional classrooms to be built in our main complex in space vacated by the food service, campus store, and post office. Our greatest challenge lies between the present and the time the new classrooms are constructed in space vacated by SLC functions. To this end we are proposing the installation of five modular units containing four classrooms and a common corridor. The modulars would be located on the east end of Kresge Courtyard immediately north of the Robertson Center. This location is ideal for a number of reasons. It is relatively close to our academic classrooms and on a major pedestrian thoroughfare. It is also nicely situated between natural berms on the east and west ends. Although visible from a number of places on campus, the site provides a very natural setting for these structures. In this location it will not be visible from any public or private location in Arden Hills. To accommodate the new classrooms we will need to remove a number of trees and construct a retaining wall at each end of the project. The site will be landscaped when the five units are removed. e