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• • 13- V To: James Andre, City Manager From: Charles V. Honchell, Public Works Director Re: February 8, 1988, Council Agenda, Item B-4, School District Parking Expansion. Date February 8, 1988 The February 8, 1988, Council Agenda Item B--4 is for the modification of the school district property at the Fairview Community Center. Specifically, this is for the conversion of what is now a grassy area into a large parking lot. The Public Works Department has expressed a concern that the plan shows eight parking spaces at the south end of the lot which will be backing out onto the service road. This is not considered a desirable design, and the plans should be modified to have these spaces either removed or turned so they access off the entrance to the lot. It is our understanding that it is necessary to have several spaces in close proximity to the sidewalk leading to the day care center. If this is the case, then it is closer to designate the eight spacers immediately to the west as these drop-off, short term parking locations. The second item concern,._, the necessary ponding that the conversion of this area from grass to asphalt will require. Having potentially large volumes of water ponded exclusively in the parking lot prior to its exiting through a reduced and controlled outlet into the storm sewer, while workable from a storm drainage standpoint, may prove to be difficult for the actual users of the lot. It would seem desirable to utilize the green areas adjacent to this lot as sm,:ll detention ponds to the greatest extent possible. It is, therefore, recommended that condition one on the council action be, specifically, modified to read "Construction is to be accomplished as outlined on the plans submitted on February 3,, 1988, except no parking spaces shall directly have their access to the main circulation road, and that green areas be utilized to the maximum extent feasible for detention ponding purposes."