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. . . ~ /],\~HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: March 6, 2006 Agenda Item 6.C TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: James Lehnhoff, City Planner) f SUBJECT: PC #: 06-007 Bruce Kunkel Bethel University 3900 Bethel Drive Site Plan Review Back!!round Currently, there are two guard shacks for security personal at the wcstern entrance to Bethel Univcrsity off of old US Highway 10. Both guard shacks are approximately 450 feet from the entrance. The smaller shack, which is approximately 8'x 4', is on a median that is roughly 30 feet long. The other shack is approximately 8'xI0' and is on the north side of the road. The University is proposing to replace the guard shacks with a single, larger Welcome Center. The new Welcome Center will be approximately 12 feet wide and 20 feet long. Thc new primary median with the Welcome Center will be approximately 75 feet long and include one parking space for a security vchicle. A sccondary median will be added to the south of the primary median to separate a new overflow traffic lane from the two regular traffic lanes for special events. The additional lane will be used for special evcnts and, at some point, will be an electronic access point for students and faculty to bypass the Welcome Center. The applicant is also proposing to construct a retaining wall to provide additional room for the sidewalk along the north side of the expanded roadway. Similar to the existing guard shacks, the new Wclcome Center is still largely a security and traffic control point for incoming vehicles; howcver, there will be security enhancements and video monitoring within thc new structure. Bethel Collcge operates undcr a Special Use Permit Master Plan. As the College comes forward with expansion plans (for eithcr new or existing structures), the proposal is reviewed against the \\Metro-inet.uslardenhillsIPlanning\Planning Cases\2001i101i-007 Bethel site plan review (PENDING) 1030206 - CC Report ~ Bethel site plan review.doc Page t of3