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SITE PLAN <br /> Dan Salien presented the revised site plan . They have given the outdoor <br /> spaces more character . <br /> There is double barreled entry with egress from Old Barnstable Rd , 3 <br /> islands dividing the lanes . He proposed the first two islands be wooded and <br /> the third could be lawn , opening up the view of the architecture. <br /> Student parking , at northwest corner for 225 cars . Visitor and faculty <br /> parking also has 225 spaces and can be used for athletic facilities . There <br /> is also parking in the rear of the building . <br /> The parking areas are curving ; by hugging the corners it provides for more <br /> of a buffer . Generous woodlands can now occur on either side of the <br /> classroom wing . From inside , there is little sense you are next to a <br /> parking lot. <br /> There is a ring road around the building , as required by the Fire Dept. To <br /> cut costs, the southerly lane could get access through the parking lot . It <br /> could save $50 , 000 in road costs . He will discuss this at Thursday ' s <br /> meeting with the Police and Fire Dept. <br /> Bill Martiros asked the total acreage for the school , parking and fields? <br /> Dan has not calculated that. <br /> Bill said the Committee was given 2 sites . Other sites were not considered <br /> because they were not big enough . We have 200 acres and seem to <br /> concentrate it all in one area. <br /> Dan said they are responding to a number of influences with varying <br /> agendas. There is a request to remain 500-600 feet from the river , a <br /> request to remain 400 feet from 151 , to provide a buffer on the 151 /Old <br /> Barnstable Rd corner and the negotiation process with the performing arts <br /> center . <br /> Peter asked Bill if he thinks the Committee compromised the siting of the <br /> school because of the performing arts center? <br /> Bill said absolutely . The school siting should be in the best location . <br /> We should have invited them in and showed them where the high school is . <br /> The Committee agreed that is what they did , sited the school first. <br /> Steve added they asked the Committee to move the school and we didn ' t . <br /> Dr . DeMoura explained they do fire drills regularly and 1 , 100 children will <br /> have to be out of the building . Is there room for them if the parking lots <br /> has to b <br /> are filled? The Fire Department says the area for them to stande <br /> paved and plowed in the winter. <br /> Ray said they put the school where it works best with the exterior <br /> functions . The site is not so compact. Educationally you have to be <br /> concerned about the relationship between gym and fields, principal watching <br /> kids coming from their cars . The control of the school improves as the <br /> adjacencies are more direct. <br /> Janice would agree it is not compact enough for the reasons Ray listed . <br /> She wants to know how much wooded area there is between the building and <br /> the parking lots? Teachers usually carrying a lot with them, their lot <br /> seems miles from their teaching stations . As a School Committee member, <br /> she would like to know the maintenance cost for the lawns . Unfortunately, <br /> the school department does not have the funds needed for maintenance. <br /> 4 <br />