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November 28, 2018
South Windsor Board of Education
C/O The LRC Group
Henry Thomas
160 West Street, Suite E
Cromwell, CT 06416
RE: 949 Avery Street— Philip R. Smith Elementary School
WPCA Approval — P&Z Application No. 18-36P
Dear Mr. Thomas:
The South Windsor Water Pollution Control Authority, at its regular meeting of November 7, 2018,
approved the application as presented for connection to the Town's sewerage system for the
proposed 64,674 sq. ft. elementary school, on property located at 949 Avery Street, South Windsor,
CT and as more specifically shown on plans entitled "Town of South Windsor, Philip R. Smith
Elementary School, 949 Avery Street, South Windsor, CT 06074", Prepared by LRC Group,
Cromwell, CT. Drawing No. C3.0 "Overall Grading & Utilities Plan", Drawing No. C3.1 "Grading &
Utilities Plan Enlargement South", Drawing No. C3.2 "Grading & Utilities Plan Enlargement North" and
Drawing No. C5.3 "Site Utility Details", dated 7/3/2018, Revisions: 8/14/18, 8/31/18, and 10/31/18.
This approval is subject to the following conditions:
1. Submit copy of the easement between the homeowners association and the developer;
2. Technical approval of the Town of South Windsor Engineering Department; and
3. Final Authority approval and acceptance of the sanitary sewerage connection is conditioned
upon the installed sewer line having been inspected by the Town staff, and upon the written
verification of the Town staff that said sanitary sewer line was installed in substantial
conformance with the design plans approved by the Authority, and meeting all regulations and
appropriate technical specifications relating to sanitary sewer construction.
This approval letter must be superimposed on the final approval plans.
Sincerely yours,
Rich d Aries, an
Wate Pollution Control Authority
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cc: Michael J. Gantick, Director of Public Works
Jeff Doolittle, Town Engineer
Michelle Lipe, Town Planner
Chris Dougan, Chief Building Inspector
TOWN OF SOUTH WINDSOR
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Date: November I, 2018
Re: Philip R. Smith Elementary School
LRC Job# 17-2145
via Hand Delivery
Attn: Town of South Windsor
Water Pollution Control Authority
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South Windsor, CT
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&C5.3 10/31/18
2 7/3/18 - Project Narrative revised 9/19/18
I WPCA Application Form
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PHILIP R. SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Project Narrative July 3, 2018;Revised Sept 6, 2018
Revised Sept. 19, 2019
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SCHOOL AND SITE:
The site for the proposed new Philip R. Smith Elementary School is the existing site of the current Philip
R. Smith Elementary School. The replacement of the school is an element of Phase 2 of the "South
Windsor Public Schools Elementary Schools Master Plan" adopted by the South Windsor Board of
Education on October 29, 2013
The current school building of 42,750 s.f. (exterior dimensions) will be replaced by a new building of
60,540 s.f. (exterior dimensions) as originally submitted. In order to accommodate changes in enrollment
expectation, the proposed building includes up to 3 classroom spaces as an add alternate to the project, which
brings the revised total area of the building to 63,889 square feet The additional classrooms would be
constructed as an expansion of the second floor classroom bar, and would not increase the footprint of the school
on the site. The new school building will provide for contemporary standards for space provisions and
teaching environments/technologies, as well as modern lighting, mechanical and plumbing systems.
During construction, the school operations will be moved to the former Orchard Hill Elementary
School building. This allows the site plan configuration to place the new building in part over space
where the current building resides, while providing for separation of bus and automobile traffic and
greatly enhanced parking and circulation patterns. The new building will face Avery Street with the
primary academic areas, and common spaces sited in a wing facing south. When complete, the school
will have increased parking capacity (from 63 to I I I spaces) and new game fields and playgrounds.
Access to the site for automobiles and service traffic will be via a modestly relocated entrance drive
from Avery Street. Parent drop-off activities will occur along the south side of the new building and all
such traffic will exit back to Avery Street via the primary drive as they do currently. Bus access will be
by way of new entrance drive at the northern edge of the Avery Street frontage, and allow for a
separate loading and unloading zone on the east side of the new building. Buses will exit the property
by way of the relocated primary drive to Avery Street.
A paved firelane (doubling as a pedestrian and bicycle trail) circulates through the back of the school.
During school hours, this drive will be gated off to prevent vehicular access.
In addition to improvements for vehicular circulation, the property will also be served by walks and
pedestrian/bicycle trails from both entrance drives off of Avery Street, and connect to existing trails and
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open space parcels north and west of the school property. This connectivity is consistent with the
accessible route requirements throughout the school property.
PARKING.
In regards to parking, the applicant is requesting modification or relief from the parking requirement of
Table 6.4.3.13. Using the table's rate of I space per 250 s.f. of gross floor area for educational use, the
proposed building would require 259 parking spaces. Such a requirement far exceeds the school day
need for parking at the site, and beyond the environmental impact to the site and additional impervious
coverage, it would be impractical to maintain and costly to construct over twice the amount of parking
proposed by the current plan. Faculty and staff are projected to number 54 people, leaving 57 parking
spaces available for use by visitors and parents during a typical school day — an increase of 48 spaces
over existing conditions. These 57 spaces represent 50% of available parking spaces. The total
permanec parking being provided is also a practical limit when balancing the siting of the building and
program requirements such as play, recreational fields and services to the building, as well as
considerations for the amount of impervious surface and the related stormwater quality management
improvements that accompany parking.
20 additional event parking spaces can be provided by parallel parking on a portion of the new bus loop drive.
Overflow parking for large events both in the existing configuration and in the proposed use has been & will
continue to be on the existing front lawn area which is made accessible by means of a sloped curb profile at the
upper end of the main entrance drive. This provides for at least a net of 71 additional parking spaces that can
be available to accommodate event parking. The configuration of this area is conducive to delineation by traffic
cones or post and ribbons put in place at the time of an event
SITE LIGHTING.
Site lighting is provided by the use of high performance, full cut-off and low profile (small size) post mounted
fixtures with LED lamp sources. The fixtures are mounted primarily at 12' height with some fixtures in the
interior of the parking lot being set at 16'height The nature of the fixture housing, optics and LED lamp source
provides for very crisp control of the light patterns and sharp cutoff of back lighting where lights are located on
the perimeter of parking areas and drives. Being full cutoff; fixtures are "dark sky"friendly and compliant with
the zoning requirements. The LED lamps are specified at a color temperature of 3,000K (Kelvin) which is worm
and closer to incandescent light temperature.
On typical school days, pole mounted lighting will be turned on throughout the site at nightfall by means of light
sensors, and will be turned off by timeclock at 11:30 p.m. This schedule accommodates the regular anticipated
occupancy of the facility until 1 1:00 p.m. Pole mounted site lighting will be activated at 4:00 a.m. by timeclock
controller, and will remain on until turned off by photocell as sufficient daylight breaks.
Excepting lighting at the school's main entrance that may be ornamental in nature, all building mounted lighting
associated with exit and entrance doors will be full cut-off in nature, design to cast light down onto walking
surfaces, and fixtures will not have exposed lamp sources.
TRAFFIC CONTROL GATES:
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Two swinging pipe gates will be installed at either end of the firelane that runs around the north and west sides
of the school with the intent of restricting traffic behind the school during school hours. These gates will be
closed by school personnel before busses have arrived with students for morning arrival, and will remain closed
until school dismissal and bus loading activities are complete. Gates will generally remain open evenings, nights
and weekends to facilitate police patrols and service functions at the site before or after school hours.
STUDENT LOADING AND UNLOADING:
Buses will discharge students on the curbline along the east side of the school(facing Avery Street) as they arrive
at the site. Students will be monitored and guided by school staff to ensure that students are kept out of the bus
travel lanes, and that students walking to the site use the raised or delineated crosswalks at either end of the bus
staging zone.
After school student loading will occur when all buses are staged in some loading zone. When loaded and ready,
the second line of busses will be released as a group. It is anticipated that school staff will be in the bus loading
zone to facilitate safe student boarding and dismissal.
Parents may discharge students directly to the sidewalk by means of the curbline on the west side of the school.
Students will be monitored and guided by school staff to ensure that students are kept out of the travel lanes.
Parents may also park and walk students to the front door area.
SERVICE AND DELIVERY TRAFFIC:
Trash Collection will be scheduled to occur before the bus loading period. Collection of general trash is
anticipated to occur 3 times per week during the school year. Collection of recyclables trash is anticipated to
occur no more than 2 times per week during the school year. Note that dumpsters are located on a heavy duty
concrete pad and enclosed by a solid wood panel fence and gate.
Food services and supply deliveries will be made to the school's loading dock before the bus unloading or loading
period, and at specific times: 7:30 am — 8:00 am 4-10:30 am and 2-3 pm (this is designated by food services
staff hours of operation and planned around arrival/dismissal and recess waves)
Mail, UPS and Fed Ex deliveries which are typically made during the school day may utilize the bus drop off
curbline and make deliveries to the Main Office via the school's main entrance.
PERIMETER GATES AND PUBLIC TRAILS
Improved bicycle and pedestrian trail or walk connections will be made to existing trails that occur in the area
around and along Dart Brook. Presently, there are two openings in the existing fence that lead to these trails. In
conjunction with the pavement improvements, a new 4'clear gate will be installed in these locations, with signage
posted on the brook side of the gate indicating that the school grounds are closed to the public during school
hours. The existing gate on the northwest fenceline and into the woods will be removed and the opening closed
with new fence fabric.
In its current existing configuration, the use of trails and play areas by non-school occupants has not been a
problem. As reported it is rare that parents bring kids to use the play areas during school hours and if so, they
are asked to come back once school is out There is no knowledge of anyone using the trails behind the school
during school hours.
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The potential to use the new sewer connection route from the north end of the school site through to Sedgewick
Circle has been considered. As this is not on school property, it is not thought to be a viable option for the scope
of this project
LANDSCAPE TREATMENTS:
Landscape plantings shown on the plans are shown with the intent of compliance with the zoning regulations for
Landscape and Buffers (Section 6.2) and Parking Lot Landscaping(Section 6.4.6 and table 6.4.6.A).
Beyond those requirements, new tree plantings have been included for future shade benefits related to play
areas, or for enhancing the school image/entrance experience, however, excessive new planting simply for
ornament or decoration has been avoided, particularly around the immediate building perimeter. Plants have
been selected for durability and hardiness, and are native or variations on natives to minimize or eliminate
requirements for supplemental watering(once established).
Proposed plantings are appropriate to the scale of a new public school project and are not excessive or rising to
the level of landscape improvements on might find on commercial properties.
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