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�� � �� July 15, 2004 NIr. Thomas Paschke City Planner City of Roseville 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 55113-1815 Dear Thomas: RE: Roseville, Minnesota Real Life Church Grandview Avenue and Chatsworth Street SEHNo. A-ROSEV9801.00 14.00 We have reviewed the site plan and the City staff report forwarded to us on July 8, 2004 relating to the Real Life Church request for a conditional use permit. A conditional use permit requires the City to consider impacts of traffic and the impact on general public health, safety, and welfare. As such, we have calculated the anticipated trip generation from the church and reviewed the traffic operation of the parking lot and the on-site roads, as well as the surrounding street system. Estimating trip generation at churches can be difficult. There are a number of studies, but there is a lot of variation in the results of the studies. The number of trips is generally related to the number of seats in the worship area. However, the number of trips is modified by simultaneous activities that take place in the buildings, such as children worship services, educational sessions, or study groups. The number of services held and the ti� between the services impacts the peak loading of the traffic generated by the facility. Generally, there is also considerable variation based on the time of the year with low volumes occurring in the su�a.er and higher volumes occurring during holidays and especially church festivities and holidays. 'Th� maj�r �mpact �f' �ur�h traffic is on Sunday mornings. �ris is generally the time of the week when tr�f�ic. fln �djaccat ��s at its lowest daytime activity. Secondary traffic impacts usually occur on the traditir�l 1Yc�da� night periods, although individual churches may have impacts on other weekdays. ��"` � ��i�E�� S�i�d,�}�• $�Ri�ities will also have some impacts on traffic on the surrounding street syst�m. Calculating the �€�inber of trips by estimating traffic from the size of the church, the number of s�. � potenhal ��nt activities, and the availability of parking, we estimate the peak hour of traff�c w�oald occur sc�reelime �unday morning with a volume of approximately 250 vehicles. This assumes � traffic fraFn vr�e service will occur within a short timeframe of the arrival traffic for the fall�wi� �, Based on the number and size of rooms available for Wednesday night activities, and tollaw�� p�a� observed and calculated for other churches, we would estimate the peak hour on a��dne�d��+ +�+�auld have a maximum peak hour traffic generation of 80 vehicles. There are a number of approaches from a regional transportation system to the church site. Traffie on the east from Highway 36 is anticipated to use both the Dale Street exit and Lovell Avenue and the Lexington Avenue exit and Grandview Avenue. Traff'ic f�tn the west on Highway 36 is anticipated to use the Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc., 3636Vadnais Center Drive, St. Paul, MN 66110-5196 SEH is an equal opportunity employer � www,sehinc.com � 661.490.2000 � 800.326.2066 � 661.490.2160 fax