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Ms. Debra Bloom June 21, 2000 Page 2 site. However, the number of spaces allotted to visitors frequently is full indicating a continued flow of visitor traffic. In addition, Mn/DOT employees have indicated the parking lot can reach capacity on days when most employees are in the building and visitor numbers are high. The on-site circulation pattern for the building is interesting. Visitors can park in the circle at the entrance or in the designated spaces in the northeast comer of the parking lot. The remainder of the lot is primarily for employees and has a typical center aisle with parking aisles and spaces on either side. Loading, service and delivery patterns are different in that vehicles must circulate through the parking areas to reach the delivery doors. Under the revised site plan, some additional parking will be provided in an area to the west of the existing parking. A parking bay will be essentially removed. The number of spaces changed is not apparent from the infonnation provided. Service vehicle circulation will remain some"vhat unique in that delivery vehicles will still drive through a parking area to reach the delivery area. While details are not available, it appears that there may be some concern over aisle widths and especially over turning radii at certain areas for larger service vehicles. This should be reviewed with final construction plans. In summary, the additional RTMC building will add little traffic to the peak hours at the site and will not create problems for traffic on any County or City street. The primary reason for little impact from the RTMC, and from Mn/DOT employees, is the combination of flex hours and shift work. Should another business with set hours use the building, significant traffic problems could occur. With set hours, a majority of the potential 700 plus employees in the building could leave at about the same time creating significant delays to outbound traffic and creating similar inbound morning concerns. Potential solutions would be to signalize the entrance to County Road B-2 (a concern is the close spacing to the Highway 51 ramps) or even construct a connection to the east ramp intersection of Highway 51 (existing topography may make this difficult). The circulation pattern, especially for service vehicles, which is already unique, needs to be reviewed in more detail. If you have any questions, or need any additional information, please call me. Sincerely, Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. 4~~ IJ/~ Glen Van Wormer, P.E. Manager Transportation Engineering Group sah l\spfile, 1 \corpdoclwplprojectslrslrosev\980 1 \clblooro.j07 .doc