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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 21, 2012 Page 15 Mr. Lloyd advised that while the impervious surface addressed storm water and cumulative environmental impacts, and since that was not his area of expertise, he deferred to the City Engineer for a response. Public Notice At request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Lloyd advised the City Council that published and mailed notices had been provided for the Public Hearing at the Planning Commission level on February 1, 2012 related to the Preliminary Plat proposal. Mr. Lloyd,with Mayor Roe's concurrence, noted that additional announcements at City Council meetings, updates on the City's website, e-mail notices to inter- ested parties having requested updates on this proposed development, along with media coverage of the issue over the months. Traffic and Mitigation at the Intersections of Fairview Avenue at Lydia Avenue and County Road D Ms. Bloom provided information, based on a traffic study by the City's consult- ing engineer, S.R.F. in the context of the AUAR and review of sixteen (16) dif- ferent improvements identified for mitigation in the AUAR, based on peak hours, not daily trips. Ms. Bloom advised that the earlier review of service lev- els for those intersections dated January 22, 2012, for Subarea 1, Block 4, using Scenario C, not Scenario A, reviewed trip generation estimate comparisons and trip generation differences in the context of numbers from the AUAR and what is currently proposed with this development. Councilmember Pust sought clarification on why Ms. Bloom was referencing "Scenario C,"rather than the previous focus on"Scenario A." Ms. Bloom clarified that in the four (4) scenarios, "Scenario A" addressed the highest and worst case scenario; and based on the infrastructure improvement plan, engineers found that"Scenario A"was not applicable and would not come to fruition, since it was based on 43,000 vehicles per day versus this actual 28,000 vehicles per day projection overall for the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area. Councilmember Pust questioned how the 28,000 vehicles per day for the entire area corresponded with the 6,000 vehicles per hour mentioned by Councilmem- ber Willmus. Mayor Roe referenced the MnDOT correspondence included in the meeting ma- terials, clarifying that it addressed 100,000 trips per day, or 6,000 per hour, but was for all trips on I-35W heading into the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area. Ms. Bloom concurred, further clarifying that the referenced letter had been an initial response from MnDOT before they had received any subsequent infor- mation, when the plat had been first submitted for review. As a result of their