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Wood stated that Resolution No. 54, Series 1998, is the recall of a Special Review Use and Final Development Plan which was initiated by the Planning Commission at their September 8, 1998, meeting. The Commission recalled the Special Review Use and Final PUD due to complaints received on the record at that meeting regarding an overflowing trash dumpster as well as traffic and parking complaints associated with the St. Louis parking management plan. The complaints were received during a public hearing for St. Louis' request for a Special Review Use for a middle school at 841 Grant Avenue. The Special Review Use and Final PUD before Council tonight is the result of a City approval in 1992 for a Final PUD Development Plan and a Special Review Use for a two- phase expansion of the church facility and the operation of a school. Resolution No. 11, Series 1995, amended that PUD approval for the expansion of an existing child care facility at 901 Grant Avenue. This amendment, as directed by Council, required that a parking management plan be put into place and such plan would have to come back before Council for approval prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the church. That was brought back before Council as a discussion/direction item and was approved. The plan designates two loading and unloading zones. One, on the west side of Grant, is a ten-minute loading zone between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. This allows parents of preschoolers to walk their child into the building, register them, and return to their vehicle. The loading/unloading zone for K-5 was designated on South Street and is a formal 'no parking' zone from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The parking management plan also required that the alley be designated as a 'no parking' zone. The Council also approved, as part of the parking management plan, a four-way stop at the intersection of Grant and South Street. All those items are in compliance with the PUD parking management plan. There is also a designated area in the playground location which provides on-site parking for Sunday services. During the interim between September 8, and October 13, the Department of Public Safety observed traffic patterns over a two-week period during both a.m./p.m, peak drop-off and pick-up times. Problems observed include unoccupied cars in 'no parking' zones, parking over the time limit, U-tums on all four adjoining right-of-ways, failing to stop at stop signs, as well as other unsafe traffic movements related to the loading and unloading of children. A memo from Police Chief Bruce Goodman dated October 6, summarizes the problems observed and recommends changes to the parking management plan. The recommended changes did not call for substantial modifications to the parking management plan as much as they point to the need for education and enforcement of the plan currently in place. Modifications include: maintaining the clockwise traffic flow but utilizing the full length of South Street and a portion of Lincoln Avenue adjacent to the St. Louis playground as a drop-off for the non-preschool children, and recommending that staff park their cars at least a block away to reduce congestion. A flyer outlining traffic and safety issues was prepared by Chief Goodman and handed out to the parents of St. Louis School children. He stated that Commander Tom Bock is in attendance tonight to answer any questions Council might have. The Planning Commission did hold a public hearing on October 13, 1998, and approved, by a vote of 6:0, Resolution No. 55, Series 1998, with modifications to the previously approved Special Review Use and Final PUD Development Plan for 901 Grant Avenue. Three of the conditions relate to changes in the parking management plan. Conditions number four and five are related to trash and the noise reduction system that the neighborhood and church have discussed. There is both a ground-mounted HVAC system and a roof-mounted HVAC system which have been the focus of some discussion between the neighborhood and the church. The recall of a Special Review Use can only address