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Ryan Streff October 4, 2013 City of Arden Hills Page 5 For side-street stop controlled intersections, special emphasis is given to providing an estimate for the level of service of the side-street approach. Traffic operations at an unsignalized intersection with side-street stop control can be described in two ways. First, consideration is given to the overall intersection level of service. This takes into account the total number of vehicles entering the intersection and the capability of the intersection to support these volumes. Second, it is important to consider the delay on the minor approach. Since the mainline does not have to stop, the majority of delay is attributed to the side-street approaches. It is typical of intersections with higher mainline traffic volumes to experience high levels of delay (i.e. poor levels of service) on the side-street approaches, but an acceptable overall intersection level of serv Results of the existing capacity analysis shown in Table 2 indicate that all study intersections currently operate at an acceptable overall LOS C or better during the a.m. and p.m. peak hours, with the existing traffic control, geometric layout, and signal timing. Furthermore, no significant side- street delays were observed. However, relatively minor queuing i westbound left-turn movement at the County Road E/Snelling Avenue West Ramp intersection and the southbound left-turn movement at the County Road E/Old Snelling intersection during the peak hours. These queues occasionally (i.e. approximately 10 to 15 percent of the peak hour) extend beyond their current turn lane storage. It should be noted that there is a planned bridge improvement that is expected to be constructed in the year 2015 which would provide additional turn lane storage at the County Road E/Snelling Avenue ramp terminal intersections. Additional details of the planned bridge improvement are discussed later in this document. Table 2.Existing Peak Hour Capacity Analysis A.M. Peak P.M. Peak Intersection LOS Delay LOS Delay County Road E and Old Snelling B 2 sec. C 22 sec. County Road E and Snelling Avenue West Ramps B 7 sec. B sec. County Road E and Snelling Avenue East Ramps B sec. B 8 sec. County Road E and Pine Tree Drive A A 7 sec. Pine Tree Drive and Country Financial Access A/A sec. A/A 6 sec. Lexington Avenue N and Harriet Avenue A/A 7 sec. A/B 3 sec. Indicates an unsignalized intersection with all-way stop control Indicates an unsignalized intersection with side-street stop conoach LOS. The delay shown represents the worst side-street approach delay. Proposed Bethel University Expansion Bethel University intends to purchase the existing Country Financial building located along Pine Tree Drive and eventually occupy the entire 191,000 square foot facility within the next five to 15 years. Two development scenarios (i.e. Ñlikely useÒ and Ñmaximum useÒ) were identified. However, for purposes of this study, the Ñmaximum useÒ was analyzed since it provides a conservative estimate of the future conditions. Once fully occupied, the design capacity is expect to support a total of 873 people, which accounts for approximately 203 staff and up to 670 students/classroom seats.