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<br />1 | Page Grove Community Church <br /> <br /> <br />May 5, 2021 <br /> <br />To: Chad Feigum, PLA <br /> <br /> <br />From: Vernon Swing, PE <br /> <br />Re: Trip Generation Study – Grove Community Church, Arden Hills, MN <br /> <br /> <br />Per your request, Swing Traffic Solutions, LLC has conducted a trip generation analysis for the proposed <br />Grove Community Church in Arden Hills, MN. The proposed redevelopment will reutilize the space <br />within the existing 40,063 square foot office/warehouse building at 1275 Red Fox Road to provide a <br />worship hall and classrooms for the parishioners of the church. The site is approximately located in the <br />southeast quadrant of the Snelling Avenue and I-694 interchange. This memorandum identifies the <br />anticipated site generated traffic for the proposed use based on the current members, and considers the <br />trip generation if the church maximizes the membership for the space. <br /> <br />Trip Generation <br />The Grove Community Church will have worship services at 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM on Sundays, and will <br />have adult worship classes and prayer services on Wednesday evenings after 6:00 PM. Both of these <br />times do not coincide with peak traffic flows in the area. In fact, the Sunday services occur when the <br />adjacent business are closed. The trip generation for the proposed Grove Community Church has been <br />estimated based on the methodology described by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) in Trip <br />Generation, 10th Edition. The proposed use corresponds with ITE Land Use Codes 560. Table 1 <br />summarizes the findings based on the existing membership of 600 parishioners and assumes each <br />service will include approximately 300 members, and the Wednesday evening classes will include 75 <br />members. <br />Table 1 <br />Trip Generation – Proposed Church <br />Based on Existing Memborship <br />Land Use ITE Code Sunday Peak Trips Weekday Church Peak Trips <br />Enter Exit Enter Exit <br />Church (600 members) 560 80 Trips 79 Trips 22 Trips 22 Trips <br />TOTAL Trips 159 Trips 44 Trips <br />As shown in Table 1, the new use is estimated to generate 159 trips, 80 trips entering and 79 trips <br />exiting trips during the Sunday 11:00 AM – Noon service time, and 159 trips, 80 entering and 79 exiting <br />during the 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM service time. During the Wednesday evening class times 6:00 PM – 7:00 <br />PM the Church is estimated to generate 44 Trips 22 entering and 22 exiting. Based on the times of the <br /> Attachment J