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<br />~~~ <br />-~~..~Ir.' <br /> <br />3535 VADNAIS CENTEA DRIVE, 200sfHCfNTEA, sT PAUL, MN55110 612490-2000 800325.2055 <br />ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT A nON <br /> <br />July 27, 1995 <br /> <br />RE: Roseville, Minnesota <br />Western Auto <br />Oakcrest Avenue and Snelling Avenue <br />SEH No, A-ROSEV9402.00 <br /> <br />Mr. Mike Falk <br />City Planner <br />Community Development Department <br />Ci ty of Roseville <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> <br />Dear Mr, Falk: <br /> <br />As you requested, we have reviewed the traffic impacts of the proposed Western Auto facility and <br />compared them with the estimated traffic volumes currently generated by the existing Knights of <br />Columbus building. We estimated trip generation from the two facilities and assigned the peak <br />hour traffic to the surrounding streets. <br /> <br />It appears that the proposed Western Auto facility will result in reduced traffic volumes throughout <br />the weekdays and weekends, when compared with the existing bingo operation that is housed in <br />the Knights of Columbus building. The auto facility will, ,however"result in more traffic during the <br />a.m, and p.m. peak hours of surrounding street traffic on Snelling and'Fairview Avenues, since the <br />bingo facility has no scheduled events at tl;!ese times. However, the peak hour volumes of the auto <br />facility are relatively low, and are not expected to result in any traffic operational problems on the <br />surrounding streets. <br /> <br />Existing Traffic Characte9stics <br /> <br />The Krrlghts of Columbus building is currently leased by a bingo operation which holds 19 bingo <br />sessions throughout the week. The attendance at these events is approximately 130 people during <br />the week and 170 on Friday and Saturday evenings. An average number of persons per car was <br />estimated at 1.5, resulting in the arrival of approximately 85 vehicles prior to the start of the <br />weekday events, and 115 vehicles prior to the start of the Friday and, 'Saturday events. The bingo <br />manager estimates a turnover of approximately 50 percent between consecutive bingo sessions, <br />with about half the participants leaving and hili the participants being new arrivals. Table 1 shows <br />the start times of the bingo sessions and the estimated vehicular activity before and after each <br />session. <br /> <br />SHORT ELLIOTT <br />HENDRICKSON INC <br /> <br />MINNEAPOLIS, MN <br /> <br />ST CLOUD. MN <br /> <br />CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI <br /> <br />MADISON, WI <br /> <br />LAKE COUNTY. IN <br /> <br />EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />