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Section 3.0 – Project Description <br /> <br /> <br />City of Redwood City 10 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />Sandpiper Elementary School Facilities Expansion November 2016 <br />As shown on Figure 2.2-3, the proposed classroom building location currently consists of a paved <br />area, landscaping including trees and small shrubs, and an outdoor play area, which would all be <br />removed and/or relocated to accommodate the proposed classroom building. <br /> <br />An existing pump station is located immediately south of the proposed classroom building location. <br />The pump station is surrounded by a six-foot solid wood fence on all sides with a driveway onto the <br />cul-de-sac at the end of Egret Lane providing access. The pump station, including the surrounding <br />fence, would not be affected by the proposed project. <br /> <br />3.2.2 Kindergarten Classroom <br /> <br />The proposed one-story modular Kindergarten classroom would be located in line with the existing <br />classrooms buildings along the northeastern boundary of the project site (refer to Figure 3.2-1). The <br />classroom would be approximately 1,500 sf in size and would have a maximum height of <br />approximately 15 feet. The proposed location of the classroom currently contains the Kindergarten <br />play area, which would be relocated to accommodate the proposed classroom building. <br /> <br />The existing Kindergarten play area is an approximately 1,800 sf area covered with a rubberized play <br />surface and a play structure. The play area would be relocated onto the existing asphalt play area that <br />is located between the existing school buildings and the northern site boundary (refer to Figure 3.2- <br />1). <br /> <br />3.3.3 Other Additions, Improvements and Modifications <br /> <br />The proposed project includes other various additions and improvements to the project site, both on <br />the Sandpiper Community Center/Sandpiper Park property and the Sandpiper Elementary School <br />campus. The locations of the proposed additions and improvements are shown on Figure 3.2-1. <br />Additions to the community center and park include an outdoor seating and gathering area located <br />south of the existing Sandpiper Park play field and bike racks and a new public restroom that would <br />be approximately 500 sf in size and located adjacent to the proposed two-story school building. <br />Additionally, the outdoor play area adjacent the existing community center building would be <br />reconfigured to accommodate the proposed two-story classroom building, and the community center <br />parking lot would be expanded by six parking spaces. The reconfigured outdoor play area would be <br />the same size as the existing outdoor play area. <br /> <br />Improvements to the elementary school include modernizing the existing music/science building, <br />converting an existing classroom into a workroom and offices, and re-striping the northern asphalt <br />play area to include two basketball courts. The proposed project would also relocate the existing <br />trash enclosure away from the adjacent residences to the school parking lot, resulting in the net loss <br />of one parking space. The loss of the parking space in the school parking lot would offset by the six <br />additional parking spaces in the community center parking lot. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />7.A. - Page 41