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. . June 16, 1978 Application for Special Use Permit SP-8l PURPOSE To consider an application for a Special Use Permit for use of a school facility for community education programs, senior citizens programs, and Ramsey County health programs. BACKGROUND Applicant: Independent School District 621 Location: 701 8th Avenue NW Zoninq: R-l, Single family The New Brighton Elementary School has recently closed and the school district is now proposing to use the building as a Community Resourse Center. Activities intended for the property and building are shown on the attached list that the applicant has submitted. The Zoning Code states that public and private service agencies are permitted in an R-l district by means of a special use permit. We have two primary concerns for the use of this former elemenatry school. First, we have had no experience with this type of resource center within the City and, therefore, are somewhat limited in knowledge as to what to expect or what problems could potentially arise. The use of this building for such purposes listed would appear to be ideally suited and the nature of the various uses proposed would also seem to be compatible with the surrounding property. While the particular use would seem to be appropriate, we do feel that it would be wise in any approval of the special use permit to require a review of the permit after a one-year period of time to further assess the use of the property and the impacts on adjacent property. A second concern that we do have in regard to the request is that the intended uses are certain to create a general level of activity and traffic that is not similar to the prior use being the elementary school, The level of activity raises the question of whether or not there is sufficient parking space on the site to accommodate all of the potential vehicles. Parking on the