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December 14, 2018 Ben Gozola City of New Brighton Planning Commission 803 Old Highway 8 Northwest New Brighton, Minnesota 55112 Re: Independent School District #621 Mounds View Public Schools Irondale High School Additions and Renovations Narrative Commission No. 172257 Dear Ben: Independent School District #621 is submitting the following project narrative in compliance with the Land Use Application requirements for the Irondale High School Additions and Renovation project. Scope of Work: As part of the approved 2017 Referendum, Mounds View School District, with input from students, staff, and community, plan to renovate and add onto Irondale High School. The design encourages a sense of community and student ownership through creating new and more flexible physical environments designed to support the schools core values. The school project creates a welcome, comfortable, safe and secure place where students can embrace who they are. The school plans to add a new auditorium to the south side of the building. The new auditorium will address a growing student population as well as pro vide the space and technology integral to a contemporary high school auditorium. The new auditorium will provide a total of 642 seats. Brick and precast that matches the existing school building will be incorporated into the new exterior of the auditorium. Exterior metal panels and accent lighting designs draws from the history of New Brighton and the iron mill that spurred the development of the area. Additionally, two classroom additions are proposed. The first classroom addition is located on the west side of the existing building and the second addition will occupy a portion of the existing courtyard. The main office addition will be relocated on the south side of the main gym to accommodate the new auditorium as well as provide a new secured entry vestibule. The additions draws from the design and materials of the existing building while bringing in more natural light and supporting flexible educational environments. Finally, the scope of work includes major renovations to portions of the interior of the existing building. The primary purpose of the renovations is to alleviate congestion within the hallway intersections and repurpose existing spaces to better facilitate student needs. The expansion of the hallway intersections will displace classrooms, which will be relocated within the existing building. With a new pool planned for Edgewood Middle School, the existing high school pool will be converted into a new fitness room. The existing auditorium will be reconfigured into a new multipurpose room. The main lobby will be expanded into a new commons and auditorium lobby with support spaces for student and community use.