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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 21,2012 Page 16 initial review, Ms. Bloom advised that MnDOT had requested, and had been provided with, additional information from the City's traffic consultant, SRF, as well as the developer's traffic engineer. Ms. Bloom briefly reviewed the process for determining and projecting traffic counts, based on a regional model, and including potential mitigation efforts outlined in the AUAR, and if and how the service level at those intersections changed, and improvements that needed to happen. In the packet of materials, Ms. Bloom referred to the Development Agreement that included mitigation for those identified with this project, with nothing identified at Cleveland or Fair- view Avenues at their intersection with County Road D. Ms. Bloom advised that the level of service with the addition of this development did not change according to the analysis by SRF for the regional study. Ms. Bloom noted that the only mitigation addressed were included in the materials provided to the public and City Council, those that needed attention specific to this develop- ment, and included in the draft Development Agreement. Councilmember Pust summarized that the model did not flag any mitigation other than at Twin Lakes Parkway, County Road C and Cleveland Avenue. Ms. Bloom concurred, noting that mitigation included a right turn lane at Coun- ty Road C and Cleveland Avenue; two (2) improvements by the developer — a right turn off Twin Lakes Parkway and another off County Road C; and inter- change improvements of concern to the City and/or State to ensure traffic flow. Ms. Bloom advised that the mitigation was detailed in the draft Development Agreement, with the developer asked to contribute financially for those identi- fied mitigation efforts. Councilmember Pust asked Ms. Bloom to explain to the public why vehicles traveling to and from the proposed Wal-Mart development wouldn't increase traffic at Fairview Avenue and County Road D. Ms. Bloom advised that it was based on directional distribution, with regional trips coming off the highway to the store and then back onto the highway. Ms. Bloom opined that Wal-Mart most likely anticipated a significant draw from the Roseville neighborhood as well or they would not be seeking to locate there. Councilmember Pust opined if there was a back-up getting back onto the inter- state, there would most likely be an obvious back-up to those other intersections as well,but the change was not projected to be significant. Ms. Bloom advised that the nexus of models and information was based on po- tential failure in the regional system. Ms. Bloom noted the significant traffic impacts already being felt on the system already with construction projects on Snelling and Lexington Avenues, I-694, and County Road E; with most