Application for Campus Improvements: Middle School Auxiliary Road Parking

Proposed Project: Middle School Auxiliary Road Parking

Purpose: Provide additional parking (30 spaces) off of the road that connects Charger Drive to the main road at the front of the campus. This is the road where many middle school faculty currently park.

Scope of Work: The scope of the work would be to proved 30 asphalt parking spaces with concrete stops.  The approximate cost would be between $8,000 and $10,000.

Academic / Curriculum Needs: This project has no impact on curriculum

Grounds / General Improvements: Presently middle school faculty parallel park on the west end of this road. Parents are using the grass area opposite faculty parking for picking up students in order to avoid the front of the middle school traffic congestion after school. Creating a parking area on both sides of the road would greatly reduce the risk of parents backing into faculty cars. It would also add additional room for cars using this room – presently it becomes a tight one lane road when faculty are parked there.

Materials used will be identical to other parking areas around campus.

Funding: Funds would come out of the current facilities budget. Annual upkeep would be minimal: occasional repainting lines and repairing asphalt as needed.

Appropriateness: This area of the campus is designated academic but adding minimal cost parking presently produces no negative impact on the academic program. If this area were ever needed for a clear academic purpose, changes to the parking area would be very easy. Given that cars are already parking here – for pick up and by parents and students related to middle school athletic field and baseball field use – the paving and some landscaping would actually improve campus aesthetic.

Exhibits:

• Site plan with sketch attached
• Details of plants to be used in landscaping will be added.

Submitted By: Jess Garcia on behalf of the Grounds Committee                 Date: March 27, 2008

Action Taken: Tentatively Approved by the Facilities and Ground Review Board, March 27, 2008

Next 3 Steps:

1.     Add details for landscaping.

2.     Inform the community of this project for comment.

3.     Submit to executive committee of the Board for approval.