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Planning Director Stan Boling recapped the memorandum of September 8, 2008, <br />to provide an update on Imagine Schools, a Kindergarten through Eighth Grade (K-8) facility <br />being constructed at 6000 4th Street, between 58th Avenue and 66th Avenue. Through aerial <br />slides, he depicted the proposed site plan for the school, which was designed to be built in two <br />phases — Phase 1 for Kindergarten through Grade 5, with 500 students; and Phase 2 for Grades 6 <br />through 8, with an estimated total of 750 students at build out. Due to a larger than expected <br />enrollment, the school wanted to proceed with Phase II, without the requirement that was <br />stipulated by the Board in April 2008, to have the left turn lane in place prior to their receiving <br />their Certificate of Occupancy (CO). Director Boling acknowledged that based on the technical <br />turn lane threshold standards in the LDR's, staff had not recommended putting in the left turn <br />lane. <br />Through a PowerPoint presentation (copy on file), Director Boling outlined and <br />detailed the options discussed by the Planning & Zoning Commission (PZC) and by staff, which <br />included using law enforcement for interim traffic control; and the posting of financial security <br />relative to construction of the left turn lane. He noted that the financial security would not <br />cover the cost of any right-of-way acquisition or for culverting the canal, which was a possible <br />design option. He thereafter presented staff's recommendation for Board approval to modify <br />the left turn condition and give Imagine Schools their CO for Phases 1 and 2; to have them put <br />in the left turn lane in one year or more, if conditions warrant, and to have them post the <br />security for a future turn lane. <br />Vice Chairman Davis disclosed that he had conducted business activities and had <br />conversations with Mr. Charlie Wilson, a representative of Imagine Schools. Chairman <br />Bowden and Commissioners O'Bryan and Wheeler acknowledged having had conversations <br />with staff, school representatives, and/or property owners around the project. Legal counsel <br />was sought from Attorney Collins, who made the determination that it would be appropriate for <br />the Commissioners to vote. <br />17 <br />September 16, 2008 <br />