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Ryan Streff October 4, 2013 City of Arden Hills Page 17 Conclusions and Recommendations Based on the analysis the following conclusions and recommendations are offered for your consideration: Intersection vehicular and pedestrian/bicyclist counts were collected by SRF during the a.m. and p.m. peak periods on Thursday September 26, 2013. Results of the existing capacity analysis indicate that all study intersections currently operate at an acceptable overall LOS C or better during the a.m. and p.m. peak hours. No significant side- street delays were observed. Relatively minor queuing issues were identified for the westboun o County Road E/Snelling Avenue West Ramp intersection and the southbound left-turn movement at the County Road E/Old Snelling intersection, where queues occasionally extend beyond their current turn lane storage. Bethel University is expected to occupy the Country Financial building in three phases, while fully occupying the facility by year 2025. Once fully occupied, the design capacity is expected to support a total of 873 people, which o accounts for approximately 203 staff and up to 670 students/clas To account for general background growth in the area, an annual growth rate of one-half percent was applied to the existing turning movement counts to develop year 2018 and year 2025 background traffic forecasts. Since trip generation for universities can vary significantly ba employees, class times, and access to amenities, specific weekday vehicular counts were reviewed at the existing Bethel University access locations and used to identify the future expansion trip generation. Phase 2 is expected to generate a total of approximately 252 a.m. peak hour, 256 p.m. peak o hour, and 2,539 daily site trips while Phase 3 is expected to generate approximately 145 a.m. peak hour, 194 p.m. peak hour, and 1,957 daily site trips. Results of the year 2018 (Phase 2) build operations analysis indicates that all study intersections are expected to operate at an acceptable overall LOS C or better, except the County Road E/ Old Snelling intersection during the p.m. peak hour. The 95th percentile queues in both the eastbound and southbound directions are expected to extend up to approximately 500 feet. This intersection is expected to be approaching capacity by year 2018, regardless of the o proposed expansion. To address the poor operations at the County Road E/Old Snelling intersection under year 2018 (Phase 2) build conditions, construction/installation of a roundabout or traffic signal should be considered. However, since the poor operations would likely occur for only a short period each day (i.e. o one or two hours), the City/County may deem this acceptable given the relatively high costs associated with these improvements.