Project Details

At the September 23rd South Addition Community Council (SACC) Meeting, the Inlet View Elementary School (IVES) Replacement project was presented to the Community Council as part of the Urban Design Commission (UDC) process. It was determined that due to the full schedule on the agenda and the limited time that was available to present, that a separate special SACC meeting would be scheduled in order for members of the community to provide input.

This leaflet is the invite that was distributed throughout the neighborhood for the special SACC meeting that took place on October 9th, 2021.

To go along with the special SACC meeting leaflet that was distributed prior to the special SACC meeting on October 9th, 2021, this Project Briefing and Questions/Answers document includes an extensive amount of project information and background on the project. It also includes a detailed FAQs section.

Used as a tool for the special SACC meeting presentation, this concept design package includes project information starting with background information on the project, identifying what the significant existing school and site concerns are, describing the Building Design Committees (BDC) purpose, summarizing the history of design workshops held, development of site layout concepts, shadow studies, and presenting the current design. 

As part of the design process when our team was exploring site layout options, we looked at the sun path and shadows to help define the best orientation and placement of the new school. This is the shadow study images that was generated. 

As part of the design process when our team was exploring site layout options, we looked at the sun path and shadows to help define the best orientation and placement of the new school. This is the shadow study video that was generated.  

As part of the design process when our team was exploring site layout options, we looked at the traffic patterns in the neighborhood along with on-site queuing. This is the traffic and queue study that was generated.

This document is a detailed compilation of information that is an ongoing record of project responses and comments. Items covered in this document are 1) Comments Received Before the Oct. 9th, 2021 Special SACC Meeting, 2) Questions & Answers from the Oct. 9th, 2021 Special SACC Meeting, 3) Comments via Chat from the Oct. 9th, 2021 Special SACC Meeting, and 4) Comments Received After the Oct. 9th, 2021 Special SACC Meeting.

This document is the results of the initial Geotech Analysis that was completed for the project. The site is located in the Municipality of Anchorage Seismic Zone 5 and within a prehistoric landslide block. Our teams Geotech Engineer performed a slope stability analysis under seismic and pseudo-seismic loading and determined the site to be stable with a suitable factor of safety. Based on the results of our geotechnical evaluation and our slope stability analysis, the engineer concluded that the site is suitable to support the current infrastructure and proposed improvements provided that the design and construction

recommendations presented in this report are followed.

The report also presents the results of the slope stability analysis, as well as design and construction recommendations for future improvements to the site in the following report.

At the direction of ASD to gather additional information pertaining to the soils on the school site, our engineer was directed to complete shear strength testing of the soils collected during the subsurface investigation of the Inlet View Elementary School site. This document records the results of the shear strength testing as an addendum to the report titled “Geotechnical Report for the Inlet View Elementary

School” dated November 2015.

The results of the testing indicate that the shear strength of the soils is 20 to 50% higher than we estimated for our original report design. The initial strength assumed was deliberately chosen to be less than expected. The original evaluation showed the site to be stable with the weaker strength values, so the conclusions of the original report do not change.

Based on the design process shifting paths to design a replacement school, our team began to look at different site layout options. Since we were looking now at the possibility of building on the south end of the site we needed to complete a new Geotech analysis that focused on the south end of the site to verify if building on the south side was an option.

This work was completed and this document shows the findings that the soil conditions are fairly uniform across the site and that groundwater occurs at depths ranging from approximately 5 to 10 feet below the existing ground surface across the entire project site.

This document shows the results of the feasibility study that was completed for ASD to determine if there was a savings/payback to install solar panels at ASD Schools. 

The results of the study found that each solar panel configuration examined (ground mount, roof mount, and canopy mount) had a breakeven return on investment beyond 25 years. The poor returns were determined to be driven by poor solar resource, with yields near 800 kWh/kW/year.

In response to repeat questions asking about green space calculations, this document shows the green space calculations of just the play areas for the existing school site, the current design site layout, and alternative site layouts discussed with the Anchorage Assembly.