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City of Santa Ana
<br />Project Description
<br />Visitor parking would be provided within the east portion of the site, and will have a separate egress
<br />driveway onto Fairview Street.
<br />The architectural style of the project would be contemporary /modern, incorporating concrete,
<br />vertical corrugated siding, smooth siding, wood, and glass. Project elevations are provided in Figure
<br />2 -6. Each floor of the three Family Unit Buildings ( Buildings A, B, and b) would function as one
<br />family unit and include five student bedrooms (accommodating 10 students), a guardian suite, a
<br />kitchen, dining groom, living room, laundry, and a social worker resident office. Second and third
<br />story units would also include a front porch. The guardian suites each include two bedrooms, a
<br />living area, kitchen, and full bathroom.
<br />The Residential Administration /Support Building (Building C) would include offices and other areas
<br />dedicated to maintenance and housekeeping, in addition to a 1,300 square foot community room for
<br />events and meetings. Building E, the Administration, Classroom, and Assembly Building, would
<br />include offices for staff, a theater, student union, juice bar, fitness area, and classrooms for fine and
<br />applied arts and technology. Classroom Building G, which consists of a three -story structure, would
<br />contain a total of 12 classrooms equipped with a lab and learning commons on each level.
<br />Phase If would include Classroom Building H, containing a total of six labs, three on each floor, and a
<br />gymnasium that includes a 9,500 square foot basketball court, storage and maintenance areas,
<br />concessions, and a 2,400 square foot fitness area.
<br />The project would also include improvements to the existing onsite drainage facilities and
<br />installation of new landscaping and hardscape throughout the project area. As shown in Table 2 -2,
<br />buildout of the project would result in a slight reduction in the impervious surfaces on site. Pervious
<br />areas on site will consist of landscaping areas and permeable pavers.
<br />Table 2 -2. Summary of impervious Surfaces on the Project Site
<br />Pervious
<br />Impervious
<br />Square Footage Percent
<br />Square Footage Percent
<br />Existing Conditions 81,000 26%
<br />230,540 74%
<br />Buildout Conditions 87,231 28%
<br />224,309 72%
<br />Operations
<br />Tile Academy will operate on a traditional school schedule, typically starting in late August or early
<br />September, and ending in mid -June. The estimated schedule for the 2013 -2014 school year is to
<br />begin oil Thursday, August 29, 2013 and end on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. The total number of school
<br />days will be approximately 184 days per school year. However, the residential component of the
<br />project would operate year - round.
<br />The Academy will serve both the foster youth and educationally at -risk students residing in Orange
<br />County in grades 9 -12. Eighty of the students will reside on the campus in the residential facilities. In
<br />its first year of operation starting September 2013, the charter high school will serve approximately
<br />80 students in 9th grade. Each subsequent year, it will add an additional 80 9th grade students until
<br />it reaches an enrollment of 320 students that will be served by the Phase I facilities, with 80 residing
<br />onsite. The addition of Phase it will allow the school to serve a total of 450 students, of which a
<br />The Academy Charter High School June 2012
<br />Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration 2 -4 ICF 00914.11
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