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From: To:AH Planning Subject:PC#20-011 Date:Thursday, July 9, 2020 4:22:10 PM Caution: This email originated outside our organization; please use caution. Arden Hills Planning Commission: In response to your letter dated June 24, 2020 RE: PC#20-011 North Heights Planned Unit Development and Conditional Use Permit, I’m offering the following feedback for your consideration. While I do want to be a good neighbor, I have concerns with the proposal as it would have further negative traffic implications for my property. If I understand the proposal, up to 100 children would utilize the program for either half or full-day daycare purposes. My concern is not the use case itself, rather the additional traffic that would it would create and that impact on my property: • This proposal would increase traffic; up to 3-times a day between 7am and 6pm – 5 days a week. • If the program recruited even 50% capacity - that would equate to up to 200 vehicle events daily (1-vehicle arriving/departing twice a day) If it reached capacity of 100 Children - that would equal 400 vehicle events throughout the day. • Under present roadway conditions, the majority of this traffic will flow Eastbound and further disrupt my ability to enter/exit my property. • With existing traffic volume/patterns on 96 – accessing my property during morning and evening rush hour is difficult enough. This would be an additional burden. • There are existing traffic issues today with Sunday services traffic – but I’m less inclined to make a case against those being they are “Church Services”. While I’m comfortable with Sunday services traffic under the auspice of being a good neighbor and hey – it’s Church! - I’m less comfortable with increasing traffic volume on 96 and Old Snelling beginning as soon as 0630, and having that continue at Noon’ish and again at 6PM Monday through Fridays. As it stands now-I often have to wait for infrequent traffic breaks to enter/exit my property. Increasing traffic, specifically that which would also take advantage of these infrequent traffic breaks, would further complicate my situation. For those reasons I would be against this proposal. Thank you, Hans Molenaar 1550 Highway #96 Arden Hills, MN 55112