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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />DRAFT - ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION __ AUGUST 2,2006 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />caliper inches of appropriate trees will be planted to attain the total caliper <br />inch requirement 0(275.5. <br /> <br />22. Hamline Avc:m.Lc.Access <br /> <br />Change conditions to: <br /> <br />. Hamline Avenue access will not be allowed. <br /> <br />I. Parking Spaces <br /> <br /> <br />Add condition 32 and the following: <br />. Reduce number of parking spaces from 25. <br /> <br />- . " <br /> <br />Dave Ehrsman, President of Arden Hills North.]--l$rllesAssociaticiriJ:st.ated the developer <br />had agreed to drop the Hamline Avenueap\Jess, reduce the signage,~'<li1~ increase the <br />landscaping. He stated they were literallytrapp..ed and th....e.....onIy place toget....out was to go <br />',' '. :>':":":'>' >'>. . '..:.' <br />southbound on Hamline Avenue. He believedthetrafli9Jstu~ywas a sham.' <br /> <br />Chair Sand closed the public hearing at 9: 14 p.m. <br /> <br />Dan Soler, Ramsey County Public Works Traffic Engin~!:~jy~tated people were correct <br />that this development was on two high volllme CountyJ.f6ads. lIe noted since the <br />reconstruction there was limited access on Highw~y;~6.I1e indicated Hamline Avenue <br />also had high voIu!11~:\Wjlh a lot of driveways and City streets on it. He stated the City <br />needed to dctcl1;l}ine iftIl~y;:felt comfortable how they were going to allow access into <br />and out of the~jte.. He stat~d tIle County was comfortable with the right-in and right-out <br />access as \veIl ~s+l?ft turntin and left tnffi,,:out. He stated the Hamline A venue access <br />could have any nutrl.~er 9f"d~ff~l)nt accesseS and it became a maller of what the City felt <br />comfortable with. . _ <br /> <br />Commissioner LarsoV askea'ifth.e;.traflic engineering firm was reliable. Mr. Soler stated <br />as far as he knew, they were a reliable firm and he did not see anything done within tIle <br />study that would trya1'1d hide or fool anyone. lIe noted traffic studies when it pertained <br />10 developments made a lot of assumptions and level of service was an "out there" <br />concept. He slated they had to look at this from a more holistic way and they would look <br />at the impacts to th.e County roads if they allowed a certain access or configuration. <br /> <br />Commissioner Zimmerman asked how many trips were eastbound on Highway 96 on a <br />daily basis. Mr. Soler responded the traffic on Highway 96 was about 50/50. He noted <br />the difference was that during different times of day that could fluctuate greatly. He <br />stated it was over 10,000 a day on eastbound Highway 96. <br /> <br />Commissioner Zimmerman asked what the traffic count was on Hamline on a daily basis. <br />Mr. Soler responded he did not have the specific answer, but he believed it was over <br />10,000. He stated lhey should refer to the traffic study for this information. <br /> <br />DRAft <br />