6/21/1994 SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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D' fan said the lawns are a concern shared by the environmentalists . .fie said the areas close to the main entry will be cultivated and of course the athletic fields . The rest will be native , wooded areas . Merry sue said during night functions, people will not use the parking lots , they will park along the road, the lots are too far away . Dan asked if they should provide for on street parking along the entry drive for visitor parking? Dr. DeMoura asked how far away the parking lot is from the building".? Dan said at the student parking lot , the closest point of the building to the closest space is 200 feet, 400 feet from the furthest spaced Bill Jones shares J an i ce # s concerns about maintenance and would like to see :. a preliminary maintenance and landscaping budget. Dan said they will make every effort to make this a low maintenance site., Ed said they hear what the Committee is saying , they want it more compact, make the travel distances between parking lots and building more compact and maintenance costs . Tom Fudala said compactness is an issue . The west side of the site has wasted space . The main road runs between the student parking lot and the building , it would be safer to have it on the outside of the parking . At the last meeting the committee voted to move the site no closer to the river , yet this plan shows it closer to the river . The meeting with the environmental groups saw a plan where everything was 100 feet further away . There is parking added next to the tennis courts and it is not necessary. Dan said they have tried to maintain the Soo-boo feet buffer from the river, Steve Gree l i sh and Tori Fudal a debated which regulations are applicable to river buffer . They d i sag reed on how far do we have to be f rom the r 1 ver . Peter asked if we now encroach on 100 feet from the top of the bank? Coal i said it varies es from 100-350 feet■ Paul asked Tom if he is saying we are now in violation? Torn said the architects presented a plan to the environmental groups and now you went back on that by moving closer to the river. Steve said that was only an input process , we are still in the planning process.. Peter explained there is a question in Tom' s mind that this incorporates the 100 foot move- to the east, requested by the PAC Dan explained the site plans have been revised each week , He would have to review the records to see if it has moved to the east. There is no intentional shift to the east. Ed asked the committee if 500-600 feet from the river i s sufficient The committee agreed it i s . Paul made a motion that there be no more move to the east than is shown on this plan (6/21 /94 ) , Steve seconded the motion . Discussion .- Merry iscussion .herr sue added that we ask the architect to look at moving to the west . Peter added we should direct, the architect to maintain a 500-600 foot buffer from the river . .-le asked Tom is he would agree we are now 500-600 feet from the river .? 5