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<br />K:\014908-000\Traffic\Traffic Study\Lake Valentine Road Study.docx 701 XENIA AVENUE S | SUITE 300 | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | 55416 | 763.541.4800 | WSBENG.COM Memorandum <br /> <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 /> <br />From: Sean Delmore, PE, PTOE <br /> Erik Seiberlich, Senior Project Manager <br /> <br />Date: February 28, 2020 <br /> <br />Re: Lake Valentine Road Traffic and Pedestrian Study <br /> WSB Project No. 014908-000 <br /> <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The purpose of this technical memorandum is to summarize the existing traffic and pedestrian <br />conditions at Mounds View High School in the City of Arden Hills. Improvement alternatives will <br />be developed and analyzed so that recommendations for potential mitigation measures will be <br />included in the analysis. <br /> <br />The study area (shown in Figure 1) is located along Lake Valentine Road, east of I-35W and <br />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 />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 /> <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 />• Lake Valentine Road & West School Access <br />• Lake Valentine Road & West Parking Access <br />• Lake Valentine Road & East Parking Access <br />• Lake Valentine Road & Bus Parking/Janet Court <br />• Lake Valentine Road & South Parking Access <br /> <br />EXISTING SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM & PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES <br />Lake Valentine Road is a two-lane undivided major collector roadway, beginning at Old Trunk <br />Highway (TH) 10 and becomes 10th Street west of I-35W. The speed limit on Lake Valentine <br />Road is 35 mph. Sidewalk is provided on the south side of Lake Valentine Road between the <br />East Parking Access and South Parking Access, and from the West School Access to the west of <br />the study area. <br /> <br />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 />the study intersections: <br /> <br />• 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