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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - MAY 1,2002 4 , Commissioner Galatowitsch stated therc were certain critcria required in order for a street vacation, and requested staff to indicate what that criteria was. Mr. Parrish replied the main criterion was if the City did not have a need for the road anymore. Hc stated vacations were something that the Plalllling Commission would look at. He indicated he would provide updated information with respect to the vacation requirements. Commissioner Zimmennan stated two other conditions should be thc City Council approving vacation of Fernwood and thc approval of the vacation of the easement along Femwood because without those two items happening, thc two parcels could not be consolidated. Mr. Pamsh agrced and indicted this was an oversight on his part Commissioner Lemberg stated utility easements would need to be retained. Mr. Parrish replied that was correct. Commissioner Lembcrg also agreed with Chair Sand that thc traffic study needed to be looked at before the Commission could make any decisions, Chair Sand rcquested staff research if this was consistcnt with the Comprehensive Plan. Chair Sand asked if applicants wallted to give a presentation. J olm Larson and Judd Brasch, RSP Architects; Dave Reimer of Guidant; Dan Riehle of Guidant; David Abbey of Parsons Engineering; and John Krausserl of Rehder I Engineering. Mr. Larson gave a presentation of Guidant's proposal. He stated they wanted to initiate a workgroup within the next two weeks consisting ofresidcnts of Arden Hills, Arden Hills staff, representatives of the City of Shoreview, County Representatives, Guidant staff, etc. to look at the traffic issues, Mr. Abbcy stated the traffic study ranged all of the way from Highway 96 to Interstate 694 and looked at the year 2025 as well as the current year. He stated they were finishing up on the future year issues at this time, He gavc a brief presentation on Guidant's proposal regarding the traffic, Commissioner Lemberg asked if there would be split work shifts. Mr. Larson replied Guidant had three shifts and the traffic varied at diffcrent times. C01111nissioner Zimmerman expressed concern about the increase of traffic on Lexington Avenue if the Guidant facility was full with 8,000 cars. Hc asked how many cars were able to exit per cycle and how many cycles would it take to exit all of the vchicles. Mr. Abbey replied they had not figured this out yet, but he believed all of the vehicles would be cycled out within an hour. Mr. Larson pointed out that Lexington Avenue was not the only access that would be . used. There were other accesses to get in and out of the facility. Mr. Larson stated they wanted to work with the neighbors regarding traffic. He stated it was incumbent upon Guidant to use the best access off of the campus. He indicated the traffic study they had tied to the PuTI and the numbers they reached were a worse case senario.