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Mr. Mike Falk February 7, 1996 Page 2 The driveway locations on both Woodbridge Street and Minnesota Avenue are relatively close to Rice Street. As shown on the sketch layout we received, there is room to store approximately two cars on Woodbridge Street and three cars on Minnesota Avenue between Rice Street and the entrance. With the existing volumes of traffic and the additional volumes from the Super America station, there will be times when vehicles could back up past the service station entrances. Efforts should be made to move the entrances as far to the west as possible, recognizing the need to maintain onsite circulation and adequate turning radii. If the third vehicle on Woodbridge Street blocks the entrance to the Super America station, the heavy southbound inbound movement could be blocked, potentially backing out onto Rice Street. The primary concern on Minnesota A venue is the backup onsite or if a vehicle leaving the station blocks the westbound lane of Minnesota A venue. On-street circulation is relatively straightforv,ard. There will be some maneU\'ering of vehicles to travel back to Minnesota A venue to utilize the traffic signal at Rice Street. These maneuvers will require backing up in some instances. Truck circulation onsite also appears relatively tight, although the drawing we have is no longer to scale. It appears that transports supplying the underground storage tanks will have to approach from the Woodbridge Street entrance. The turn from Minnesota A venue to the storage tanks is very tight. Service vehicles to either the trash container or the service entrance on the south side of the building will also have to do maneuvering in front of the store. They will be in direct conflict with vehicles using the car wash. Since deli\'eries occur at various times by different vendors, there will be some problems associated with the maneuvering. These will be onsite and will not affect Minnesota Avenue. Vetucles accessing the car wash do have a reasonable amount of storage west and south of the building. Occasionally the lines will back out in front of the store. These should be relatively rare, and the long lines are likely to discourage too many people from blocking traffic. ,Parking onsite is relatively scarce. There are three general spaces on the north and one on the south. Since there are generally two employees in the store, this leaves only two spaces for customers. This will force many of the inside customers to park in front of the store, reducing available circulation. This is a common occurrence at similarly designed stores, and while it presents potential safety concerns, it is more of an inconvenience or annoyance. In summary, the traffic volumes generated by the Super America store should have impact primarily on the Minnesota Avenue and Woodbridge Street sections between the entrances and Rice Street. There will be very little additional traffic on other portions of Minnesota Avenue or Woodbridge Street or on Rice Street. , , . ..