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e . . Mr, Todd Mohagen Mr. Tom Jacobson -3- March 7, 2003 Proiected Post Development Volumes Trip generation was estimated for the p.m. peak hour using observations from an existing Anchor Bank in North St. Paul. We understand that the interior functions of the bank will close for normal business purposes at 4:00 p,m. The drive-through will remain open until 6:00 p,m, Also, the ATM machine on the site will be available for use after 4:00 p.m. Thus, during the p,m. peak hour of 4:30 to 5 :30 p.m., traffic activities at the bank will consist of the arrival and departure of drive-through customers and A TM users, and the departure of bank employees who finish their work shift at about 5:00 p.m, (11 to 12 persons). Based on the experiences at the Anchor Bank in North St. Paul, and the employee projections at the new Arden Hills Bank, we have estimated that a total of 40 trips will be entering the site and 50 trips will be exiting the site during the p,m, peak hour. Pass-by trips are existing trips on County Road E that will include a stop at the development in the future. From information published in the Institute of Transportation Engineers' (ITE) 6th Edition of Trip Generation, we have estimated that 45% of the customer trips generated by the bank will be pass-by trips. Therefore the new trips generated are projected to be 22 entering and 33 exiting, and the pass-by trips are 18 entering and 17 exiting. Through observations of existing traffic pattems in the surrounding area, trip distribution percentages by route and direction were determined as follows for the net new development trips: · 50% to/from the west on County Road E; · 40% to/from the east on County Road E; · 10% to/from the south on Pine Tree Drive. Pass-by trips were assigned only to County Road E, with 55% to/from the west and 45% to/from the east. The entering trips will be entering through the Pine Tree Drive access. The exiting traffic will have a choice between the Pine Tree Drive access and the County Road E access. Exiting onto County Road E appears to be the most convenient exit for the eastbound and westbound traffic from the drive-through and ATM machine, and the south access will better accommodate the southbound traffic. For employee exiting trips, we expect that some of these motorists will use the County Road E driveway to travel eastbound or westbound on County Road E, whereas other employees will use the Pine Tree Drive driveway to access County Road E. We expect that all employees destined to the south on Pine Tree Drive will use the driveway on Pine Tree Drive. Using the preceding trip generation and directional distribution projections, we added the development trips to the existing volumes to determine the post-development volumes for the p.m. peak hour. Figure 1 shows the existing and projected volumes for the p.m. peak hour.