01-17-2017 Planning Commission Packet

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Narrative-Good Shepherd Kitchen Remodeling. December 14, 2016 TO: Orono Planning Commission City of Orono,Minnesota FROM: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church We are requesting permission from the Orono Planning Commission and the City of Orono to remodel our current kitchen at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church,3745 Shoreline Drive,Orono, MN, and to add on an 18' by 24' addition to the kitchen to bring it up to current standards and codes. The original building at Good Shepherd,which includes the current kitchen,was built in 1959. We did the second phase of our building, our last addition,which included the sanctuary, common or lobby area, and church offices, in 1971. We did a major remodel of our initial structure in 2003,replacing an energy-inefficient curtain wall of windows on the original building and the roof on the original building, as well as adding more efficient furnaces/boilers to heat the structure. But the church kitchen has never been remodeled,and is in its original 1959 format. The current kitchen area will be remodeled on both levels. The lower level under the current kitchen will only be slightly altered. The exterior exit door and hallway to the Sunday School/childcare classrooms will remain the same. The women's restroom will remain the same, and the men's restroom will be remodeled to include a handicap accessible toilet. A hallway to a lower level workroom in the new addition will also be created. On the upper level of the current structure,the proposed building project includes a remodeling of the current storage or pantry area, and a replacing of part of the current kitchen area with a family, handicap accessible bathroom, as well as an opening up of part of the kitchen area to allow more fluid flow of food serving into the Fellowship Hall. So the proposed project includes an accessibility upgrade to a lower level toilet facility, and the addition of a new accessible toilet facility on the upper level adjacent to the Fellowship Hall. The overall fixture count for toilet facilities will remain the same. The proposed new 18' by 24' kitchen addition will also be on the same two levels. The lower level will include a small storage area for our lawn maintenance and snow removal equipment and tools. This will eliminate the need for the current free-standing storage shed to the south of the existing building on our property. The lower level will also include a workroom for the Shoreline Childcare staff. Shoreline Childcare has shared our facility space with us since 1969, and they have never had and currently have no designated work space for their staff. Often during their daily prep times,the staff are sitting on the floor in the lower lobby working on computers to plan their class schedules or cutting out and laminating bulletin board projects. The new 18' by 24' addition on the upper level will update and expand the 1959 kitchen, allowing us to meet all current state, county, and city licensing and health codes.We are currently grandfathered in on many of these updated codes, and this new kitchen remodel and expansion will allow us to bring our kitchen up to date.