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Extract of Draft Minutes, Planning Commission Meeting of July 7,2004: <br />2 <br />3 Plannin� File 3584: Request by Family Academy Charter School to renew and <br />4 expand their existing Interim Use Permit allowing an additional temporary <br />5 classroom facility at Advent Lutheran Chu�rcb, 3000 Hamline Avenue for a period <br />6 of one year. <br />7 <br />8 Chair Mulder opened the hearing and requested City Planner Thomas Paschke to present <br />9 the verbal summary of the staff report dated July 7,2004. <br />10 <br />11 Thomas Paschke advised that Family Academy is seeking approval to renew and expand <br />12 their current Interim Use Permit grantedby the City Council on June 17,2002. The <br />13 proposal would expand the use on the site for an additiona182 foot by 56 foot temparary <br />14 classroom facility to be placed east of the existing temparary classroom facility and south <br />15 of the temparary office and east parking lot. The proposal also seeks to extendthe <br />16 current Interim Use Permit for a period of one year from September 25,2004 to <br />17 September 24,2005. Staff recommended approval with conditions. <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />Member Bakeman asked if conditions for prior permits on this site are consistentwith the <br />proposal. <br />Chair Mulder asked if sprinklered facilities are required in a temporary facility (no). <br />24 Member Bakeman asked what age children will be in the facility and where the restxoom <br />25 facilitieswill be located. Ann Hennesy, Director of Family Academy, explained that the <br />26 need for space (over 200 students) relates to library and other space. Hours of operation <br />27 will be 8:00 a.m. to 2; 30 p.m,, for 2004/2005, Member Bakeman asked for details of <br />28 facilitiesrouting to the bathrooms. <br />29 <br />30 Chair Mulder asked if the school will remain for more than one year (not sure). This is <br />31 the fifthyear of operation on the site. At some point, this temparary situationmust come <br />32 to an end. A firm plan will be made for ne� year and years beyond. <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />41 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />Rose Mossan asked if the Academy would be pre-school to 9`h, or include 10�' through <br />� �`� grades as well. <br />Sb�,�t Swiff, 1253 Josephine Road, asked how long is "interim" and invited more <br />comment from residents on Josephine Road. Neighbors do not want the interim school in <br />this location for five more years. Josephine is a popular (traffic use) street with over <br />2,000 cars per day. <br />Chair Mulder closed the public hearing. <br />Motion: Member Pust moved, secondedby Member Bakeman, to recommend approval <br />of the request by Family Academy to expand and renew their existing Interim Use Permit <br />at Advent Lutheran Church, 3 000 Hamline Avenue, based on the comments in Section 5, <br />the findings in Section 6 and the conditions in Section 7(as indicated below) of the <br />