Albany Park School Expansion Project

Albany Park School Expansion Project

The proposed school expansion would require the reconfiguration and/or replacement of leased buildings with purchased buildings. Seven portable classrooms would be added, expanding the student capacity by 175 students; the schools' maximum student capacity would increase to 900 from 725. Approximately 15 staff would be added, increasing the number to 65/70 faculty and staff from the present number of 50/55. Improvements would be made to the curbs, streets, gutters, and parking lots as required; parking would be increased by 30 additional spaces. Nighttime lighting would be required for the parking lots and walkways, as the school would be used in the evenings for community meetings and parent/teacher meetings. No nighttime lighting would be required for the playfields. The playfield area would be enhanced to accommodate two baseball fields and hard court ball games. Busing would be provided for special education students; otherwise students would walk or bike or be transported to school by car. Construction is anticipated to begin during the first quarter of 2009. The school expansion would be built in one phase. Significant impacts were determined to occur relative to the following seven resource areas: aesthetic, agricultural resources, air quality, geology and soils, hydrology and water quality, noise, and public services. The proposed mitigation measures would reduce these significant impacts to less than significant.

Delano

Kern