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<br />~ ,- <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. GonIre Huwe <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />August 9, 1990 <br /> <br />six vehicles in the a.m. peak. hour, eight~ in the p.m. peak hour, and 80 <br />vehicles on a daily basis. The 80 development trips per day represen! just & four <br />perceat increase over the existing daily '\1)!ume on Minnesota Ave. of I,SSO vehicles.. <br /> <br />Accounting for" the projedrd devdopment trips, described above, plus tire e risDng <br />volumes. the tDbI pkojeaed pDJt=e&t voIlJDleS for the a.m. peat hOUT me <br />shown ill Figure 1 and for the P m. hour are shown in Figure 2. 1bese fi!!OJ'CS <br />show thai 11M: .. vohnBe on Ave.. west of Rice St. is 7S v~ in the <br />a.m. ~.... ea::'13 vekicles io the p.m. peak hour. DoriDg both peak pezYxIs the <br />prir.;wpal eBect of tile development is to increase left toms from the south OR Rice SL <br />10 die west CJR Minnesota Ave., with aU of diose veIIicles ~ t...:miDa left 0Btu <br />the site driveway. The reason for this left turn pattern is that access at the site <br />driveway on Rice St. will be restricted to right turnS oaIy. <br /> <br />EFFF.CT"" OF DEVELOPMENT "l1tAE..IC <br /> <br />Utilizing tile projeditms shown iu Figmes 1 and 2, capacity analyses have bees <br />pe.furmed to determiIIe the effects the developmoot traffic 011 tbe ~ of ~ <br />service on MiDPeS01a Ave. These amIyses Inwe iBdicared daat tke_ ~ trips <br />would ROt cause any change in the levd of traffic service provided at 11m ia&sectioa of <br />Minne80ta Ave. aad Rice -st., eitIiet uader existiRg ooadifions Oi upoa completiou of <br />me ptmned Ria: St. improvement ~ect iP 1991. Under all oondiIiOld, the level of <br />service would be within nonntd stmIdards and would 00 uncbanged by the development. <br /> <br />RepntiDg Ni&mesota Ave. west of Rice St., it.is impodlmt (0 note tIi8.t Ibis is a <br />M8Didpa1 State-Aid Route and a desiguated CoUector in the City's ~ <br />Plat'.. As such, MDmeaota Ave.. is i1I.tended to serve a COI1ecdOD sad distritmritm <br />function, ~ trips betweeo several nearby aeiahbmhoods and 818 regional <br />arterial routes. Wesr Qf the site driveway, tlte ~ aDd ~op1eld mlf <br />volumes on Minnesota Ave. (1 gso and 1930 vehicles, respecdve1y) are ioUy COwi.stent <br />with staRdard criteria for a coDector route. Also, capacity aaalyses iI1dicate that die <br />iulefSeC1ion of the site driveway and Minnesota Ave. would function fffectiveIy, with <br />no adverse impacts for b'8ffic on Minnesota Ave. <br /> <br />On 8ft O\waU. basis, considering die poinb pn:sented in the July 20th mentonmdum and <br />the f1mtip.gs preseI~ above, it is concluded that the proposed develo~ wiD cause <br />no adverse traffic effects at the interSection of Minnesota Ave. and Ri~ St. or on <br />Minnesota AYe. to the west. <br /> <br />1 <br />.~ <br />J <br /> <br />, , <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />