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PACT CHARTER SCHOOL—PROJECT NARRATIVE <br /> PACT Charter Schools proposes to acquire approximately 18 acres located at 7633 161 st Ave NW,Ramsey, MN 55303 to construct a new <br /> schoolhouse approximately 115,000 square feet.This new facility will be designed to accommodate grades six through twelve.The schools <br /> existing campus will then be home to kindergarten through fifth grades.Minor interior renovations are being planned at their existing <br /> building to better accommodate these lower grade levels. <br /> Student enrollment at the new facility is planned to reach 734 students over a 5-year period with approximately 517 students grades sixth <br /> through twelfth anticipated in its first year of operation in the Fall of 2023 at the new schoolhouse facility. PACT Charter School anticipates <br /> most of its student population will use Bus drop-off and pick-up, Parent drop-off and pick-up and Student drivers. PACT anticipates 65% <br /> (478 students)of the students will utilize approximately 12 traditional,yellow,full-size or short-size buses for school transit at this time. <br /> PACT anticipates 20%(147 students)will be parent drop off and pick up and the remaining 15%(111 students)will be student drivers. <br /> PACT anticipates these estimates to be conservative provided there are extracurricular activities occurring after standard school hours <br /> which decrease peak demand periods during standard school hours. <br /> SCHOOL OPERATIONS <br /> PACT operations will include a 9-month academic calendar from August to May with standard school hours of operations between 7:30AM <br /> to 4:OOPM. Student drop-off&pick-up periods will be between the hours of 7:30AM to 8:OOAM and 3:05PM to 3:35PM,respectively.The <br /> first 15-minutes of each morning and afternoon period is the peak demand window and it is anticipated to be similar for the new facility. <br /> SITE CIRCULATION <br /> The proposed site plan has been designed to segregate Bus/Student and Parent"transactions"in through 161 st Ave entrance and Variolite <br /> Street respectively. <br /> Buses would utilize the southernmost,proposed surface parking lot via east and west curb cuts along 161 st Avenue. <br /> Parent pick-up and drop-off will utilize easternmost,proposed curb cut along Variolite Street.Vehicles would utilize this curb cut for both <br /> ingress and egress. <br /> Student drivers will utilize the westernmost,proposed curb cut along 161 st Avenue for both ingress and egress <br /> .l <br /> it <br /> • Y, <br /> NEW DEVELOPEMENT TO THE <br /> NORTH OF TROTT BROOK <br /> NEW RAMSEY ELEMENTARY �► ' <br /> `+ SCHOOL • I <br /> .• ., - - . 2 D•• •.-. - <br /> WeUend <br /> IL <br /> ow <br /> TIV"PVT. <br /> T <br /> WETLAND <br /> y <br /> # AREA 5.5 .j• <br /> -• s ACRES t <br /> ' REGUTATORY <br /> o <br /> FLOODWAY <br /> PROPOSED PROPOSED <br /> SCHOOL ON '° CHURCH ON 10 <br /> 18 ACRES `+ +"�' 6.5 ACRES <br /> 4 -' t•. ' <br /> 161 ST.AVE.NW ' '� ;''� ;, • <br /> a <br /> 5 TON AXLE =� w �• • <br /> WEIGHT ROADS <br /> Z <br /> ' r <br /> VARIOLITE ST.NW ` <br /> BLIND INTERSECTION a ' <br />