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NEED FOR USE American Student Transportation of Mounds View, Inc.has been granted the School Bus Pupil Transportation contact by the Mounds View School District#621 for 2012-2016. We are seeking a special use permit for the property located at 401 1st Street SW to locate our school bus terminal. This will be an ideal location for us because there is good access to arterial roads within an industrial area of similar uses. This will benefit the community by having a school bus terminal that is located within the district. SUMMARY OF INTENDED USE This site is ideal for us. The property is a former lumberyard. The area under the main building is approximately 120 feet wide and 370 feet long. The column spacing is 26. Coming from the North,we can pull our buses in to face South and get them under cover. This improves bus safety by keeping ice and snow off the buses as much as possible during the winter. The area under the shed is fire protected by a dry-type fire sprinkler system. On the Northwest corner of the main building, there is an office with doors on the North,West, and East sides. Our intention is that drivers come to work through the west entrance, enter the office through either the west or north doors, receive their work orders and then proceed to the buses through the east door. This improves safety and complies with DOT laws. All of our office staff undergoes impaired recognition training and having the drivers come through the office before going out to the buses is essential for that program to work. There is a small 6 bay shop with overhead drive in doors on the western edge of the property that we would use to perform maintenance to our buses. This was formerly used as a shop and has a flammable waste trap, fire-sprinkler system and a small shop office. FENCING AND GATES The entire site is gated and fenced for security of the buses at night. The fence is a cedar slat privacy fence. We intent to maintain that fence as-is and bring it to good repair should there be any problems. LANDSCAPING The existing landscaping appeared to be a well-suited layout at the time of planting. We intend to bring the lawn maintenance up to speed with regards to mowing, edging, and fertilizing. We will trim the shrubs and replace any overgrowth that don't do well after a proper trimming. GRADING AND DRAINAGE There should be no grading required for our use. There is blacktop available for all vehicles to park upon and it is in good repair. We will spray for weeds and repair any small cracks, but there is nothing major. The blacktop is curbed and guttered and drains into a holding pond on the Southeastern corner of the property.