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-------- ~~ . . Bethel College 1997 Traffic Study Purpose and Scope The City of Arden Hills, Minnesota (City), issued an Amended Special Use Permit (1] to Bethel College on July 27,1981. The applicable special condition of the Special Use Permit (SUP) is repeated below. 6. TraffIC generated by the normal college use shall not exceed volumes anticipated . for low to medium density (approximately 3 to 4.5 dwelling units per acre) residential development of the site (approximately 3200 to 3300 trips per day). In 1996 Bethel College prepared an updated Master Plan for the campus. During the Master Plan's review process, it was agreed (by Bethel College and the City) that a campus traffic study would be completed. The objective of the study was to determine the impact that the college has on adjacent roadways, namely Highway 511Snelling Avenue to the east and Old Highway 10IHamline Avenue to the west. In January 1997 Stanley Consultants, Inc. (SCI), was retained by Bethel College to perform the traffic study. In addition to the study scope described in the preceding paragraph, the scope of work was to include a determination of the applicability of trip generation relationships that were established for the college in 1978. Campus/Local Traffic Description The main roadway which passes through the Bethel College Campus is the east-west oriented, "Bethel Drive," Access to and from Bethel Drive is achieved at two locations, At the east end of campus, traffic accesses Bethel Drive from southbound Snelling Avenuef[runk Highway 51. Access into campus at this location is closed from approximately 11:00 p,m. to 6:00 a.m. every night by means of a gate. At the west end of campus, traffic accesses Bethel Drive from Hamline Avenue/Old Highway 10. In addition, there exists a "frontage road" to Snelling Avenue on the east side campus. The frontage road provides . mjw:mjw/ral:13444rpt.001 1-1 STANLEY CONSULTANTS