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July 15, 2019
Andy Reitelbach, Senior Planner
Albemarle County Community
Development 401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
RE: Tandem Friends School (TM 91-2A) - Proposed Pavilion Expansion •
Special Use Permit Amendment Project Narrative
Dear Andy,
This is to serve as our narrative to accompany the submission of our Special Use Permit
Amendment request to construct a dining and meeting pavilion for the students at Tandem
Friends School. The existing school has a maximum enrollment of 250 students and
enrollment will not expand with this proposal as discussed at the pre -application meeting.
There is currently an approved Special Use permit (SP2015-00021) for an expansion to
the Middle School, which has been indicated on the attached concept plan. The Middle
School will not be built at this time, but is shown on the attached concept plan.
PROJECT PROPOSAL
The proposal is to construct a new open -type pavilion building which will have a
maximum footprint of 4,500-sf and a maximum height of 35 feet There will be a
maximum of one (1) story above -grade at the front (west side) of the new building and a
maximum of two (2) stories above grade at the rear (east side] of the building. The
maximum school enrollment of 250 students will not change with this proposal. The
proposed building will be located to the northeast of the existing school
buildings/courtyard. The new building is anticipated to meet two essential needs
identified by school administrators: to provide unique dining, and additional meeting
space. At this point, the design of the building is conceptual, so a proposed building
envelope is indicated on the concept plan. Since there is no proposed expansion in
enrollment, the parking requirements will still be met by the current parking program. No
additional outdoor events will be held; and the new structure would serve as a `rain
location' for those events that are held.
279 TANDEM LANE CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22902
P 434.296.1303 F 434.296.1886 tandemfriends.org
We thank you very much for your review of this project and look forward to your thoughtful
review and staff report
Best Regards,
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Michelle Schlesinger, CPA, CGMA
Cc: William Adams, Train Architects
Tom Keogh, Train Architects
Whitney Thompson, Tandem Friends School
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