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Implemenfing a traffic signal at Fairview Avenue/Lydia Avenue Directing outbound right turns and inbound left turns to and from the west via the Co/lege west gate during the p.m. peak hour and adding an eastbound 150-foot left turn lane at the west gate and appropriate berming on the south side of the intersecfion to accommodate inbound left turns from the west and to mitigate potential impacts from car headlights to residential properties to the south. One additional exc/usive eastbound left turn lane af'Snelling Avenue/Lydia Avenue with left furn /anes extended to 200 feei (fhe College should dedicate the right-of-way required on either side of Lydia Avenue to accommodate the new lanes). Develop Travel Demand N institutional measures that operations. The Draft EAW did not reflect all will be updafed to reflect this. �t"(TDM) Plan her improve fi `ic mitigation hour traffic The EAW 4. Comment: The EAW claims that there will be, no significant change in the noise emissions from the Campus. The tree buffer between the Athletic fields and Lydia were proposed to be removed in the plan4p[esented in April at the Roseville Plann�ng Commission. How will the change in noise emissions be handled wifli"the removal of the buffer? 5 � Response: The proposed plans for building locations and landscaping on the carrmpus�are conceptual at this time. The concept plan indicates that some trees may neetl,to be removed,to a�ccommodate new buildrngs. The College and designers. will mrnimize rerr�oval, of�,existing trees to the extent that is possible in � ,�> developing the final plans. The`Gollege will submit final landscape plans to ihe Cify prior to project initiation, and will include protection of existing frees, screening, and a tree,�replacement program as part of the overall landscaping plan. �"`�;;-';'�>.1. .�� Comment: The EAW does not address the visual impact of the field house located as proposed to the Roseville Planning Commission. Response: The College will save as much existing vegetation as is practical, and will establish new vegetation to reduce the visual impacts of fhe proposed improvements. The College does not anticipate adverse visual impacts such as fhose identified for EAW analysis (glare from intense lighting, large visible smoke plumes, efc.) In terms to neighbors to the west of fhe site, the significant wooded area surrounding the drainage creek west of the proposed fieldhouse will not be changed. Comment: The EAW does not address the impact to the bluff adjacent to Little Lake Johanna as a result of the new field house location. Response: As noted in the response to Question 16 of the EAW, "Steep slopes exist near the project areas and extra care will be given to prevent erosion and TKDA Projecf No. 13529.002 Page 8 Draft Date: July 9, 2007