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PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION The purpose of this traffic study is to detennine what impact a proposed increase in office space in the Centre Pointe Business Park will have on the adjacent roadway system. The results of this study will be used by the City ofRoseville during its development review process and will be included as part of a voluntary Environmental Assessment Worksheet. The Centre Pointe Business Park is located south of County Road D between I-35W and Cleveland Avenue in the City ofRoseville. IllSTORY OF CENTRE POINTE BUSINESS PARK AND PRIOR TRAFFIC STUDIES The Veritas Software Company ("Veritas") proposes to expand its corporate facilities by approximately 122,000 square feet within a portion of the Centre Pointe Business Park. Ryan Companies US, Inc. is assisting Veritas in the development of its corporate . facilities. In 1985, Woodbridge Properties, Inc. proposed constructing Centre Pointe, which included 647,080 square feet of office and garden/office/service space. As part of the approval process, an Environmental Assessment Worksheet, Traffic Study, and Development Plans were prepared for the City ofRoseville in December of 1985. In February 1986, the City ofRoseville adopted a negative declaration on the need for an Environmental Impact Statement, and approved Woodbridge's development plans. Woodbridge constructed supporting infrastructure for Centre Pointe (internal roads, stonnwater ponds, and utilities) and three buildings. Due to market conditions, Woodbridge did not complete the project. In January of 1997, Ryan Companies US, Inc. became the developer of Centre Pointe and submitted an EA W, Traffic Study, and related Development Plans. Additionally, an Indirect Source Pennit was issued by the Minnesota Pollution C<;mtrol Agency. The Traffic Study submitted by Ryan was prepared by the OSM fIrm dated November 1996. Another Traffic Study was prepared by the BRW firm (March 1997), on behalf of the City ofRoseville. The City used the BRW Traffic Study for its decisions concerning the EA Wand Development Plans. The Ryan proposal included a total of619,600 square feet; this total did not include the three buildings already constructed by Woodbridge. In March 1997, the City again adopted a negative~declaration on the need for an Environmental Impact Statement for the revised Centre Pointe. In April 1997, the City approved the revised Centre Pointe Development Plans and Planned Unit Development. In February, 2000, the 1997 PUD was administratively amended to allow an increase in building square footage by 10% (61,464 square feet) in Centre Pointe. The southern 16 acres of Centre Pointe were sold to Veritas in 2000. Veritas is experiencing exponential growth and needs more office space than was approved in the amended PUD. The 122,000 square foot increase in the PUD now proposed would be accomplished by redesigning two proposed buildings and adding a parking structure. When approved, the Centre Pointe Business Parle - 1 - Janwuy IS, 200 1