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Mr. Thomas Paschke July 15,2004 Page 2 Lexington Avenue exit and Grandview Avenue. Traffic from Roseville and St. Paul from the south will primarily use Lexington Avenue with some traffic on Victoria Street. Traffic coming from areas to the north will use either Lexington Avenue or other roads and County Road B2 to Chatsworth Street. Based on the location of the parking lots at the site, it is anticipated more than half of the traffic will use Grandview Avenue towards Lexington Avenue. Less than one-quarter of the traffic will use Lovell Avenue to the east to reach either Victoria Street or Dale Street. The remaining traffic will primarily use Chatsworth Street and County Road B2 to either the east or west. In the peak hour on Sunday, it is anticipated there would be 86 eastbound and 56 westbound vehicles on Grandview Avenue. This is compared to an estimated 47 total vehicles presently generated by the church on Grandview Avenue. On Sundays, there are low volumes of traffic on adjacent streets, except that generated by other churches, such as King of Kings Church on Dale Street. Immediately following or preceding a church service, church traffic volumes on Grandview Avenue will be noticeable, and some short congestion or delays will occur at intersections of Grandview Avenue and Lexington Avenue and, to a lesser degree, Chatsworth Street and County Road B2. These should only last 5 to 10 minutes and will present no safety hazards. As an example, the 56 westbound vehicles on Chatsworth Street will be spread over a 5 to 10 minute period, meaning 5 to 10 vehicles per minute will be traveling on Chatsworth Street. On Wednesdays, the volumes from the church will be less noticeable, but other traffic will be higher. With the multiple directions of approach, there will be no congestion on the city street system caused by the Real Life Church. For comparison purposes, we estimate the church on a Sunday would generate a total of approximately 500 vehicles the entire day. On a Wednesday, we estimate the church would generate approximately 200 to 250 vehicle trips. The remaining five days of the week would generate approximately 100 vehicles per day. If the area was developed into 14 single family units, it would generate approximately 140 trips per day. If there were 40 multiple dwelling units on the site, it would generate approximately 280 vehicles per day. These would occur six days a week with a slightly lesser volume on Sundays. Site Plan The new parking lot is on the west side of the proposed addition to the building. An entrance to Grandview Avenue is proposed for the far west end of the parking lot. This means much of the traffic will enter the parking lot from the west side, park, and then the pedestrians from the vehicles will walk to the east. This will minimize vehicle-pedestrian conflicts. Traffic from the east will probably be oriented to the existing parking lot and again, with the entrance on the east side, have minimum conflicts between entering vehicles and pedestrian movements. The parking and travel aisle along the north side of the building is only 25 feet in width. Thus, if there is a vehicle stopped at the curb for passenger discharge or pickup, there is only one lane remaining. A second concern is that traffic traveling east on Grandview Avenue will be unable to make the 180 degree tum to travel back west in the circulation aisle on this site north of the church. One potential solution to these two concerns would be to designate the aisle on the north side as one-way eastbound. This would make the east entrance an exit only and may facilitate better flow of traffic within the parking lot and along the north side of the building.