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Mr. Mike Falk October 4,1995 Page 2 McDonald's, etc. They may also choose to go to the other side of the building, where the volume of vehicles served is expected to be lighter due to the orientation of traffic during the morning peak hour. We expect that approximately one-third of the traffic to Outpost Java will be from westbound traffic on County Road B,leaving the adjacent neighborhood enroute to Snelling Avenue for their morning commute. Therefore, only 10 to 15 vehicles per hour are likely to use the drive aisle which faces north. Leaving the kiosk and the drive through lanes at a 90 degree angle with the drive aisles would result in drivers attempting to enter each drive through lane from two directions. Sometimes the queue would be arranged for a right turn into the drive through lane. At other times, the queue could form such that vehicles would turn left into the drive through lane. Sometimes, drivers may even form a queue from both directions which would be confusing and would block traffic from exiting the other drive through lane. We have illustrated this in the attached drawing (Drawing 1). To resolve this problem, we have sketched three possible arrangements of the kiosk and the drive through lanes, labeled Drawings 2, 3 and 4. Drawing 2 changes two rows of existing parking from a 90 degree angle to a 60 degree angle. This results in easier entry to the drive through lane from the desired direction, and discourages entry from the opposite direction. This arrangement provides stacking for three vehicles in the northbound drive through lane, and approximately five vehicles in the southbound drive through lane. This stacking is expected to be adequate. Approximately 14 parking spaces are lost using this arrangement. Depending upon the length of the queue, approximately 5 to 10 additional spaces may be inaccessible due to being blocked by queued vehicles. This is not expected to have a significant impact on the availability of parking, especially since this portion of the parking area is seldom used during weekdays (especially in the mornings) with the possible exception of the holiday shopping season. Drawing 3 places the building in the middle of a drive aisle, with drive through lanes next to the building and drive aisles outside the drive through lanes. Stacking for approximately six vehicles would be available for the northbound drive through lane. Stacking for approximately four vehicles would be available for the southbound lane. Any additional vehicles could start to interfere with through traffic on the main drive aisle between Target and the Wave Car Wash, Perkins, etc. Also, when the southbound drive through lane is full, drivers turning into the southbound lane which bypasses the drive through lane will have to swing wide to make the turn due to the tight turning radius. During times when no vehicles are queued in the drive through lane, other vehicles are likely to use it as an aisle instead of using the adjacent bypass lane. This option results in the loss of 19 spaces and renders another 5 or 6 spaces inaccessible with queues of four vehicles in the northbound drive through lane. Drawing 4 shows the Outpost Java building along the west side of the parking lot, with the drive through lanes on either side, and the drive aisle relocated to the north. A raised median is shown separating the drive through lanes from the drive aisle. End islands are also shown at the west ends of the parking rows, adjacent to the drive aisles. This arrangement provides approximately four