G-201 Wilkinson 8-15-22 From: MARGARET WILKINSON
To: Plannina Mailbox; Hastay.Johanna
Subject: [EXTERNAL]Application 22-0002-Written Testimony
Date: Monday,August 15,2022 11:18:28 AM
Attachments: 06-0069 recommendations.odf
In the Parking Study Report dated April 12, 2020 performed by Scott Edwards
Architecture states that the available parking spaces for both the Golf Course and
LORAC is 177 spaces. Using their calculations (75 for the golf course and 126 for
LORAC), a minimum of 201 spaces are required .They justify the 10% reduction by
several mitigants, one of which is the path to Cloverleaf. This assumes that the
majority of people in that section of Palisades will walk to LORAC. In reality, most
people will drive due to time and other factors. As an example, many people drive to
the Greentree pool, even though that is right in the neighborhood. Students drive to
park on Marjorie for the school, even though they live under a mile away.
It is also interesting to note that the facility comparisons that illustrated a greater need
for parking but city staff had decided that they were not analogous to LORAC and
therefore not reliable. I am not sure why they would not be useful in determining the
number of parking spaces required.
The report states that LORAC event parking demand may exceed supply, Hazelia
Field and Lakeridge High School are identified as potential overflow lots. However,
the path to Cloverleaf will provide an attractive alternative to both, given that it avoids
Stafford all together and is roughly the same distance from Hazelia.
It is unfortunate that the impact to Fernwood, Marjorie, and Cloverleaf street were not
addressed in the traffic or parking study. While they are not directly connected to
LORAC, they will be impacted.
I moved into the neighborhood in 2009, the year after Lakeridge was allowed to host
home varsity football games, As part if the approval, the school district was required
to host semiannual neighborhood meetings, reporting back to the city manager and
reviewed annually by DRC. I started attending the meeting and was very sad when
the requirement expired in 2014. I thought that it provided an important means of
communicating issues between the school and the neighborhood.
Everyone involved has admitted that there is much that they do not know about the
impacts to traffic and the neighborhood. More importantly, there is a lot of changes
proposed to the Stafford area in addition to these three projects. Let's create a
means to communicate and resolve issues before we have another situation like the
pickleball courts in George Rogers park. In conclusion, I am asking that as part of the
approval, neighborhood meetings will be required, at least annual with a report back
to DRC with any unresolved issues, I have attached the requirement from 06-0069.
Thank you for your attention to this.
approval that staff would recommend based on the record at the time of writing this report. However,
additional evidence may be presented to the Commission at the public hearing on this application; staff will
provide its final recommendation to the Commission following the close of the record.
VI. TENTATIVE RECOMMENDATION
Staff tentatively recommends approval of LU 06-0069, based on the record at the time of writing this
report, subject to the following conditions:
A. Prior to approval of a Hermit to grade the practice field:
1. The School District shall require all users of the facility to sign an agreement stating that they
agree to adhere to the no parking policy in the neighborhood and that parking is limited to the
school parking lots. In addition, group users shall agree to adhere to the time limitations
imposed by this Conditional Use approval and shall be responsible for clean-up of garbage
and litter. A copy of each executed agreement shall be filed with the City and School District.
The School District shall undertake at least the following in order to meet the requirements of
this condition:
(a). All users of the practice field are required to sign a Conditions for Use form,with a map
indicating parking and no-parking areas.
(b). Every six months, communication with coaches and teams, outreach efforts at parent-
student athletic meetings, and notices in the school newspaper shall advise practice field
users of restrictions on parking off-site in the adjacent neighborhood.
(c). Every six months (or more frequently as the School District may decide),the School
District shall have a meeting with neighborhood representatives to review the success of
its efforts to assure off-site parking from practice field use has been controlled to the
degree necessary for compatibility with the neighborhood. Minutes of these meetings
shall be submitted to the City Manager for review.
(d). The School District shall maintain the master schedule of practice field events, field use
and user agreements, and shall retain such records for a period of not less than two years
that can be accessed upon request to determine compliance.
2. No event shall be scheduled to use the practice field that will require parking spaces which
exceed the available on-site parking.
3. Annual written reports shall be filed with the City Manager by April 15th of each year through
April 15,2014. These reports shall include the minutes of at least two neighborhood meetings
conducted within the proceeding year and shall address any relevant conditions of approval
established through the CUP process. This will enable the City Manager to determine
whether the information contained in the reports warrants referral to the Development Review
Commission for review pursuant to LOC 50.69.030 or 50.86.030 (3).
B. Prior to Issuance of Any Building Permit,the Applicant/Owner Shall:
1. Submit final engineered construction drawings illustrate conformance to Exhibits E-4
through E-10, and shall include the following supplementary materials and notes:
2. Verify the depth of the water line crossing the west end of the practice field, and submit
certified results to the City's Engineering Division. If, in the opinion of the City Engineer, any
aspect of the proposed construction will impose an undue operational or maintenance burden or
liability on the City,then the applicant shall mitigate for this liability in a manner acceptable to
the City Engineer, including, as one option, rerouting the water line in a new public easement.
3. Construction Plans shall indicate a fence that is 80% open above 4-feet high. Compliance with
requirement that the lower feet of the fence be sight-obscuring is deferred for one year from the
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