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- ~ - Mr. Bruce Thompson - 5 - March 3, 2003 Table 1 Existing Capacity Analysis Level of Service Results ! Level of Service Intersection I I P.M. Peak A.M. Peak T' I I , A/D CSAH 96/Snelling Avcnuc AID I CSAH 96/Hamline Avenue D 1=-~ D I *' Indicates an unsignalized inh::rsection. The overall LOS is shO\vn l~lllO\Yed by the worst approJch LOS. Proposed Development The proposed development is the relocation of the Ramsey County Public Works operation along with other governmental maintcnance operations. to the northwest quadrant of CSAI-I 96/Hamline Avenuc, with full completion expected by year 2005 (see Figure 3: Proposed Site Plan). The north approach of Hamline Avenue at CSAH 96 is currently only an access roadway to the Milmesota Army National Guard Vehicle Storage facility. This roadway will also provide the only access to the proposed Ramsey County Public Works Facility and a new Minnesota Army 1\ational Guard Field Maintenance Shop. Traffic Forecasts Traffic fi)recasts were dcvclopcd !(lr year 2005. Forecast volumes for year 2005 represent onc veal' after the proposed development is constructed. A two-pcrcent yearly gn)\\th rate was used to account for grov\1h in background traffic volumes. This gro\\1h rate is based on rccelll historical grovvth trends on roadways within the study area and is consistent with the percentage used for the Guidant Traffic lmpact Study. T rip generation cstimates t,x the proposed development were generated for the a.m./p.m. peak homs based on employmcnt information that was provided by Ramsey County and the Army National Guard. The a.m. peak hour for the Ramsey County Public Works facility occurs during the peak hour of CSAH 96, however the p.m. peak hom for this facility is ITom 3: 15-4: 15, which is before the p.m. peak hour on CSAII 96. ln order to represent a worst-case scenario, it was assumed the all employees arrive and leave work during the peak hours for CSAH 96. In addition. it was assumed that 30 percent of the Ramscy County Public Works employees and 10 percent of the Army National Guard employees will leave the site in a work vehicle shortly aftcr their arrival. Ten-percent of employees at each facility will return just before leaving work for thc day. These additional trips were ineluded in the a.m. and p.m. peak hours. Trips gcnerated for the proposcd Guidant facility for year 2005 were also added to the forecasted volumes. The trip generation results are displayed in Table 2.