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, have not yet been determined; however, the applicant would prefer to have a full access on Hamline. The development would share the Hamline Avenue access with the existing .. daycare. B. Traffic Study A traffic study was completed by Traffic Data Inc. in 200S that was submitted with the original 76,000 square feet of office space proposal for this property (pC# 05-12). A copy of that report has been included with this report. Although the traffic study is a little over one ycar old, the underlying circumstances around the study have not significantly changed, and the results of the study are, according to Traffic Data Inc., likely still valid. The conclusion from page IS ofthe 200S traffic report was: The Level of Service at the study intersections will not be significantly degraded by adding traffic to the roadway network from the proposed office park development. The existing roadway network can safely accommodate the addition of the development's traffic if the following improvements are made: . Change the signing and striping on eastbound Highway 96 at the site's driveway (the existing old city hall driveway) to provide an exclusive right turn lane. . Construct a larger than required radius (SO foot radius if feasible) on the northwest and southwest comers of the Hamline A venuelKarth Lake Circle intersection to improve traffic flow in and out ofthe site. . The day care center's new driveway will intersect the office park's . driveway approximately 40 feet west of the Hamline Avenue/ Karth Lake Circle/Site access intersection. The eastbound and southbound traffie should be stop controlled so the office park traffic doesn't dominate the day care center traffic. The westbound traffic should not be stop controlled. Traffic should enter the site unimpeded. In the traffic report, it was hypothesized that traffic may slightly decrease on Hamline Avenue once the construction on Lexington Avenue is finished. In 200S, Lexington Avenue was being expanded, whieh may have caused some drivers to temporarily use Hamline Avenue instead of Lexington Avenue. A second traffic study has not been completed to confirm that hypothesis. At the 200S meeting, a Ramsey County Engineer, Dan Soler, agreed with the results of the traffic study and stated that traffic generated by the development would not measurably impact existing traffie operations on Highway 96 or Hamline Avenue. The report from Traffic Data Inc. and the conclusions from Ramsey County were based on a development proposal of 76,000 square feet of office space. Since the proposed office development has decreased to 62,432 square feet, it is feasible that the traffic generated from the proposed City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meetingfor August 2,2006 \\Metro-inet.us\ardenhills\Planning\Planning Cases\2006\06-023 Royal Oaks PUD & Preliminary Plat (PENDING)\071706 Royal Oaks PUD & . Preliminar)' Piat.doc Page 14 of24