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AttachmentG <br />DevelopingtheAUARsiteinanysignificantwaywillrisksignificanttrafficoperationsfailureonthecityandcountyroad <br />networkasMnDOTmustprioritizetheoperationsofI35Wgivenitsimportancetothebroaderregion.Thesamehighly <br />etrafficdemandstogrowhere. <br />convenientaccessthatcausesthissitetobedesirablefordevelopmentwillcaus <br />LetterdatedMay9,2012toDebraBloom,CityEngineerfromTonyFischer,MNDOTFreewayAnalysisSupervisorand <br />GayleGedstad,MNDOTNorthAreaTrafficSupportAreaManager(emphasisadded) <br />blicinterest.Thecity <br />ItissafetoassumethatMN5hx­plannersareexpertsontrafficmatters,lookingoutforthepu <br />staffhasapparentlyacceptedab5hx­conclusionsthatWala©·x­trafficstudyunderestimatestrafficvolumes,since <br />WalMartisbeingaskedtopaypartofthesubstantialcostsofmakingimmediateimprovementstothe35W <br />entrance/exitrampatClevelandandTwinLakesParkway.(Whyonlypart?Whowillpaytherest?) <br />Butinaddition,andevenmoretroublingfromourneighborhoodperspective,Wala©·x­trafficstudyisincomplete.It <br />doesnotanalyzeorevenconsidertrafficimpactsonFairviewAvenueorCountyRoadD.L·x­asthoughtheresidential <br />neighborhoods7š“x·evenexist‘weliterallyarenotcounted,and7š“x·countinWala©·x­trafficstudy.TheAUAR <br />didstudyimpactsonintersectionsofFairviewandCountyRoadC,TerraceDrive,LydiaAvenue,andCountyRoadD,as <br />ofthese <br />wellastheintersectionofCountyRoadDandCleveland.Mitigationrequirementsarespecifiedforeach <br />intersections.SeeTwinLakesFinalAUARUpdate,datedOctober15,2007,pp.6364.TheAUARalsospecifically <br />requires(aspartofitsMitigationPlan)that: <br />15)TheCitywillrequireatrafficimpactanalysisforalldevelopmentprojectswithintheAUARarea.Thetrafficimpact <br />analysiswillassisttheCityandotherroadauthorizesindeterminingtheappropriatemitigationmeasuresthatare <br />requiredtoreasonablymitigateimpactsofaspecificdevelopmentproposal.IftheCitydeterminesthataspecific <br />proposedprojectcausesimpactsthatexceedthethresholdsthatthemitigationstrategieswheremeanttoaddress(see <br />gationStrategy16),thenthedevelopmentintensity/densityofsuchaprojectmayneedtobereduced. <br />Miti <br />TwinLakesFinalAUARUpdate,datedOctober15,2007,p.62. <br />IfthecityisnotgoingtoupdatetheAUAR,thenitmustfollowthe!…!wx­specificmitigationrequirementsfortrafficon <br />herway,furtherenvironmentalstudyandreviewisneeded‘thecityneedsan <br />FairviewandCountyRoadD.Eit <br />independentanalysisofallofthetrafficimpactsoftheproposedWalMart,includingimpactsontheTwinLakes <br />residentialneighborhoods,todeterminewhetherthedevelopmentintensityexceedsAUARthresholds. <br />EconomicImpacts <br />3 <br />Page14of95 <br /> <br />