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9, Access and Circulation, - No significant change from the approved Special Use Permit. . Hamline Avenue will serve as the access to tbe property for botb maintenance vehicles and for passenger vehicles, The public access to tbe RCPWF and Sheriff Patrol Station will be via an access road that will run along the south side of the property adjacent to Highway 96. This entrance will also serve as the access point for the Sheriff Department's vehicles, The maintenance vehicle entrance will continue to be via Ben Franklin Avenue, north of the current National Guard facility, This access pattern should minimize tbe interaction of the maintenance vehicles and passengcr vehicles on the site. As part of tbis project Hamline Avenue would function as a private access road (part of the road is on National Guard property) for the County and for the National Guard, As part ofthe Highway 96 reconstruction, a sidewalk will be included along the north side of Highway 96 from Hamline Avenue east to match up with sidewalk in front of the Army Reserve Center. The future development of the TCAAP may include tbe extension of the sidewalk west of Hamline Avenue, At such time as the sidewalk is extended west of Hamline Avenue, a connection should be made from RCPWF's internal sidewalk systems to the public sidewalk, This would likely entail a connection between the concrete entry walk and tbe public sidewalk. The City Engineer has recommended that tbe applicant taper the roadway widtb of Hamline avenue north of tbe access drive to the Ramsey County Public Works Facility and Sheriff . Station. Currently, the plans show the roadway tapering down to 28 feet ofwidtb quite close to Hamline A venue, The City Engineer has commented that tbis will not leave adequate room for vehicle queing, Staff has included as a condition of approval that the applicant maintain a roadway width of 40 feet until just north of tbe private access drive where the roadway widtb can taper down to the proposed 28 feet width, The southern parking lot entrance to the Sheriff Station parking lot is point of concern for staff. It appears that this parking lot entrance would enter the private access road at a corner which would minimize sightlines and increase the possibility of accidents, Staff would suggest that tbis access either be removed completely (leaving just one access) or be relocated to the east side of the parking lot where tbe driveway access could enter the private access drive at a relatively straight stretch of road, Staff has included reworking tbe driveway access to the Sheriff Station parking lot as a condition of approval. Lastly, as a convenience element, staff would suggest an additional directional sign near the northern driveway access to the Sheriff Station which would point traffic to tbe entrance for Ramsey County Public Works and Arden Hills Public Works (and tbe other tenants in the building west oftbe Sheriff Patrol Station). PC 003-26- PC Report 10/01/03 - Page 7 of 1] e