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-A. <br />SEH <br />Building a Better World <br />for All of Us® <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />RE: <br />Rose Kukwa, MSHSS <br />President/CEO <br />Opportunity Community Services Inc. <br />Erin Jordan, PE (Lic. IA, MN, NE, WI) <br />June 10, 2024 <br />Event Center Traffic Study <br />SEH No. P179481 <br />Attachment I <br />MEMORANDUM <br />The City of Arden Hills, Minnesota has requested a preliminary traffic study be completed by the Owner for the <br />proposed development located at 3776 Connelly Ave, located on the northeast quadrant of the Hwy 51 and <br />County Road E interchange. This technical memorandum summarizes the findings related to estimated traffic <br />demand from the proposed development and its potential impact to the surrounding roadway network and <br />adjacent businesses. <br />SITE & PROPOSED DEVELPMENT OVERVIEW <br />The site currently has an existing 11,025 square -foot (SF) building which serves as an indoor bingo hall and is <br />zoned as General Business District (B-2). The site is accessible through one driveway located on the western <br />corner of Connelly Ave. Connelly Ave curves around the north side of "Flahertys Arden Bowl" bowling alley and <br />intersects with County Road E in two locations. The western intersection of County Road E and Connelley Ave is <br />controlled by a signal; the eastern intersection is stop -controlled on Connelly Ave. <br />The proposed development will repurpose the existing building footprint (11,025 SF) as an indoor event center <br />("Elegant Event Center"). The building's capacity is approximately 515 people. The operating hours are tailored to <br />suit the community's needs, ranging between 8 AM and 11:59 PM Monday through Thursday and between 8 AM <br />and 3 AM on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Adult Day Programs will be provided between 8AM and 4PM <br />Monday through Thursday. <br />The additional improvements include: <br />• Demolish existing covered parking structure <br />• Thickened edge sidewalk <br />• New bituminous pavement <br />• ADA upgrades, including ADA parking/access aisles (5), ADA ramp, truncated domes, and ADA landing <br />• 9'x18' parking stall sizes <br />• Adhere to parking setback requirements and removing parking closest to the entrance <br />• Concrete sidewalk <br />• Landscaping features <br />See Attachment A: Preliminary Site Plan. <br />Engineers I Architects I Planners I Scientists <br />Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc., 3535 Vadnais Center Drive, St. Paul, MN 55110-3507 <br />SEH is 100% employee -owned I sehinc.com 1 651.490.2000 1 800.325.2055 1 888.908.8166 fax <br />