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Ryan Streff December 30, 2013 City of Arden Hills Page 10 Table 4.Year 2015 Build Peak Hour Capacity Analysis Midday Peak P.M. Peak Intersection LOS Delay LOS Delay County Road E and Lexington Avenue B C 27 sec. County Road E and Arden Plaza East Access A/C A/F Indicates an unsignalized intersection with side-street stop conoach LOS. The delay shown represents the worst side-street approach delay. The southbound 95th percentile queue during the p.m. peak hour is approximately 100 feet, which equates to four or five vehicles. Queues of this magnitude are not expected to impact internal circulation. It should be noted that the minor queuing issue identified under existing conditions at the County Road E/Lexington Avenue intersection is expected to continue. However, these queues are not expected to impact operations of the proposed site access. Furthermore, Ramsey County is planning to reconstruct County Road E, which will provide additional intersection capacity (i.e. dual eastbound left-turn lanes) and reduce the potential for eastbound queues to impact the site access. No other significant delay or queuing issues are expected under the year 2015 build conditions. Site Plan Review A review of the proposed site plan was completed to identify any issues with respect to access, circulation, and donation drop-off operations. The following issues and potential mitigation are offered for consideration. Trucks arriving from the east along County Road E are expected to have difficulty maneuvering into the site and should be restricted, if possible. This will require coordination between Goodwill and delivery drivers to ensure all trucks o enter from the west along County Road E. To accommodate truck maneuvers on site and in particular access to the loading area, parking should be restricted from the dashed spaces shown on Figure 3. Parked vehicles in these spaces have the potential to conflict w o Goodwill should coordinate with truck drivers to ensure deliveries occur outside of the store peak periods to reduce potential conflicts at the site access. The donation drop-off vehicle storage is planned to be approximately 100 feet, which can accommodate approximately four or five vehicles. Although this storage is considered adequate based on field observations at other facilities, if o issues arise, reversing the one-way operations of the donation drop-off area should be considered to increase vehicle storage. On-site wayfinding signage should be incorporated to clearly identify the donation drop-off location.