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Attachment B <br /> ws b <br /> Memorandum <br /> To: Mr. Todd Blomstrom, Public Works Director/City Engineer <br /> Mr. Mike Mrosla, Community Development Manager/City Planner <br /> City of Arden Hills <br /> From: Sean Delmore, PE, PTOE <br /> Erik Seiberlich, Senior Project Manager <br /> Date: February 28, 2020 <br /> Re: Lake Valentine Road Traffic and Pedestrian Study <br /> WSB Project No. 014908-000 <br /> 75; INTRODUCTION <br /> 0 The purpose of this technical memorandum is to summarize the existing traffic and pedestrian <br /> 0 conditions at Mounds View High School in the City of Arden Hills. Improvement alternatives will <br /> W be developed and analyzed so that recommendations for potential mitigation measures will be <br /> U) included in the analysis. <br /> 0 <br /> The study area (shown in Figure 1) is located along Lake Valentine Road, east of 1-35W and <br /> Co west of Fairview Avenue, in the vicinity of Mounds View High School. A previous traffic and <br /> parking study was completed by Wenck in May of 2019, but ultimately lacked what the City of <br /> LO Arden Hills needed for recommended improvements to the study area. This study will include a <br /> more comprehensive set of recommendations for Lake Valentine Road and how to provide a <br /> safer, well operating roadway system without restraint to the existing site conditions. Existing <br /> vehicle and pedestrian counts were collected as well as drone footage during school peak hours <br /> for analysis. <br /> LO <br /> LO <br /> The study intersections in the vicinity of Mounds View High School (shown in Figure 2) are as <br /> � follows (as of the time of data collection): <br /> � 0 Lake Valentine Road &West School Access <br /> o Lake Valentine Road &West Parking Access <br /> a0 Lake Valentine Road & East Parking Access <br /> z 0 Lake Valentine Road & Bus Parking/Janet Court <br /> Z Lake Valentine Road & South Parking Access <br /> 0 EXISTING SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM & PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES <br /> Lake Valentine Road is a two-lane undivided major collector roadway, beginning at Old Trunk <br /> F_ Highway (TH) 10 and becomes 10th Street west of I-35W. The speed limit on Lake Valentine <br /> Z) Road is 35 mph. Sidewalk is provided on the south side of Lake Valentine Road between the <br /> U) <br /> East Parking Access and South Parking Access, and from the West School Access to the west of <br /> U) the study area. <br /> W <br /> Z) <br /> W See Figure 2 for the existing (MnDOT 2017) annual average daily traffic (AADT) volumes <br /> > surrounding the study area. The following describes the existing geometry and traffic control at <br /> a <br /> a the study intersections: <br /> z <br /> W <br /> X Lake Valentine Road &West School Access- This is a three-legged intersection with <br /> the northbound approach being stop controlled. The westbound approach on Lake <br /> K:\014908-000\Traffic\Traffic Study\Lake Valentine Road Study.docx <br />