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s " "'S8i 3535 VADNAIS CENTER DRIVE. 200 SEH CENTER, ST. PAUL. MN 55110 612490-2000 800325-2055 ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT A nON September 18, 1997 RE: Roseville, Minnesota Centre Pointe Business Park Site Plan Review Phase II Building SEH No. A-ROSEV9402.00 Mr. Jay Kennedy Assistant City Engineer City of Roseville 2660 Civic Center Drive RoseviIle, MN 55113-1899 Dear Jay: We have completed our site plan review of the Centre Pointe Phase II building as recently requested. The building is at the intersection of Cleveland Avenue and the south entrance to Centre Pointe Drive. This site plan is dated August 13, 1997. We previously reviewed the overall concept for the development which had a single building on Lot 4. The building was 95,530 square feet and was proposed to be an office showroom. The new development (Phase II) consists of two buildings with a total of 10 1,886 square feet. Both buildings are designated as office warehouse. We have three major concerns relative to the site plan. The primary concern is the circulation of trucks onto the site, through the loading area and back out to Centre Pointe Drive. The driveway from Centre Pointe Drive to the south side of the buildings, which will be the entrance for trucks based on the one way pattern, is only 24 feet in width. This is significantly narrower than will be needed to accommodate the type of trucks shown at the loading areas. The entrance from the parking lot to the loading zone is also relatively narrow. The concern is that full length trucks parked at some of the loading docks will block the flow of traffic through the area. It also appears to be very difficult to get trucks to position themselves at some of the loading docks. The northernmost loading dock of Building B will require a very interesting "jackknife type" maneuver for access. Whenever a truck is at that loading position, the circulation through the area will be totally blocked. This will also hold true whenever a truck is at the second loading dock from the north at Building B or where there are certain combinations of trucks in loading position. A full length truck parked at the southernmost loading dock to Building B could also' block the path of other trucks, especially if there was also a vehicle at the south loading dock of Building A. The concern is not only with the ability of trucks to maneuver to the docks and to bypass one another, but the delays and backup which could occur if an area is blocked for some time and three or four other trucks arrive. There is very limited storage for trucks in the area. SHORT ELLIOTT HENDRICKSON INC, MINNEAPOLIS, MN ST CLOUD, MN CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI MADISON WI LAKE COUNTY, IN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER