Planning 2017-06-22 Item 4 - Foster High School Expansion and Birth to Kindergarten - Attachment H: Applicant Response to Conditional Use Permit Criteria

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Ms. Lindsay Brown 1111 February 28, 2017 X111111111111 2160226.30 »llJllJ /a „�% Page 4 of 10 i�tgggp The first phase of the project will be to house all kindergarten and pre - school from around the District. Subsequent phases will add the infant and toddler programs, the timing for which is not yet known. The total facility capacity will be 440 students and 28 classrooms, of which 290 students and 17 classrooms will be full day kindergarten; 90 preschoolers plus infant and toddler programs of 30 -40 children (in split half -day and full -day programs). Each age group will have separate areas within the building and outdoor play areas. Project details include the following: • Pedestrian and vehicular access will enter the site from South 142nd Street along an existing easement between the church property and the middle school. The existing asphalt driveway adjacent to the church will be improved with new asphalt overlay, sidewalk, and pedestrian scale lighting. • An entry plaza at the south side of the building serving all students will help identify the main entrance to the public and create a unique identity to the school. The space will be designed to channel the public to the front door and students from parent vehicles toward the building. A secondary entry at the west side of the building will accommodate students being dropped off by buses. • Staff and visitor parking provided at the south side of the school building. Approximately 80 parking spaces will be added. • Pedestrian walkways will guide pedestrians toward the front entry of the building and are designed to minimize conflicts with the parent queueing and drop -off, which is located at the northeast side of the parking area. • The bus loop and parking is proposed at the west side of the building. Where vehicular traffic enters the site, a simple 4 -way intersection is proposed to minimize conflict between bus and car circulation at drop -off and pick -up times. • Fire access has been provided through the parking and parent drop -off lanes along the front of the building and through the bus loop and hard surface play areas to the north side of the building. • The service yard will be located on the southwest corner of the building; access to the service yard will be provided via the fire lane / bus loop. • The courtyard at the north side of the building will provide a large seating area and flexible play areas. It will provide outdoor learning opportunities for students and serve as a community gathering area at the same time. • Interior and perimeter landscaping will be provided, per the City of Tukwila's Municipal Code. • Play areas for infants, preschool, and kindergarten students are proposed along the north and east edge of the school. All play areas are laid out to facilitate easy supervision of individual age groups and will be fully fenced for security. A variety of age appropriate play equipment and activity areas will be provided, including hard and soft surface play areas with play structures and a lawn play area. 146 1310130