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7.0 PROJECT IMPACTS: TRAFFIC/VEHICLE PARHING: 7.1 The traffic patterns in the area are 22,000 daily vehicle trips on Rice Street, 17,000 on Larpenteur, less than 1,000 on North McCarrons, and 700 on Western Avenue. There is no significant growth proj ected on these streets. �zuh lane of road has a capacity of 4,000 to 6,000 vehicles per day. 7.2 Access to the site from both the north and south is critical. The North McCarrons Neighborhood Study concluded that a high-density redevelopment plan for the Guptil site will generate between 200 to 400 additional trips per day, which will be distributed among and along the two exit areas (Elmer and McCarrons, as well as Rice Street). (If developed as a senior facility, such facilities tend to have 40 to 60% less traffic than other types of housing.) 73 The neighborhood's existing vehicle trips are estimated at approximately 800 to 1000 trips per day. The traffic capacity levels of the existing roadways, Elmer and McCarrons, are 2,000 trips per day based upon a standard width road (Source - North McCarrons Neighborhood Study). 7.4 Traffic generation (Source: Institute of Traffic Engineers — Traffic Generation Manual) for the development condominium and town homes is estimated to be 5.85 vehicle trips per unit or a total of 2$7 total trips. The condominium has a projected total of 252 trips in a 24 hour period affecting McCarrons Boulevard and the town home development has a total of 35 trips in a 24 hour period affecting Elmer Street. This includes vehicles that enter and exit each site and includes trips such as the mail truck and garbage pick-up. 7.5 The southeast comer of Rice Street at Highway 36 will eventually have a 1`vInT70T commuter parking and Transit pick-up shelter, primary for riders heading to downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. 7.6 The Guptil proposal can accommodate up to 44 underground parking spaces, 17 on-site surface parking spaces, and 4 surface parking spaces shared with the Galilee Church for a total of 66 parking spaces. The town house proposal indicates 2 garage spaces for each unit and 2 driveway parking spaces per unit for a total of 2� parking spaces. 7.7 The City Code requires off-street parking to consist of 1 enclosed (garage) and 1 surface space for each unit of a condominium (with no age restrictions) or town home. In the case of the proposal the condominium development is required to have a minimum of 86 on-site parking spaces and the town home proposal 12 on-site spaces. 7.8 In light of the proposal and staffs support for the condominium, on-site parking is an issue. The City Code requires 84 spaces and the proposal indicates 66 (originally a senior complex), a 20 stall deficiency for market rate units. To correct this situation the developer must: age restrict (55 or older) a certain number of units, reduce the total number of units, and/or negotiate greater shared parking at Galilee Church or the Armory. PF3S75_RCA_Fina(Development_082205 Page G of 8