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impacts. The City Council on March 24, 1997 made its findings on the second EAW — that there were no additional significant environmental impacts requiring an Environmental Impact Statement. 3.2 Additional staff and consultant analysis were completed to address traffic and other issues raised in the EAW comments and from the Planning Commission meeting, While traffic was proj ected to increase on the site and adj acent to the site as the PUD was completed, the road system had the capacity to handle the traffic. 3.3 Traffic volume and capacity were studied as pa.r� of the Ryan project and within the EAW. The study concluded that Cleveland Avenue (4 lanes), County Roads C(4 lanes) and D(2 to 3 lanes), and the I-35W ramps had the capacity to handle the expected 8,000 vehicle trips per day. BRW recommended establishing thresholds for future improvements (as needed) after the developments are in place, including turning lanes, entry/exit ramps, and possibly new stoplights at Lydia and Cleveland Avenue. 3.4 In the 1997 traffic study, and again in the current proj ect review, staff found that hotel traffic tends to do the reverse of Centre Pointe Business Park employees by entering the site in the late afternoon or early evening and leaving the site by mid-morning. While peak PM trips for the entire PUD may increase by 35 to 50 vehicles when the entire PUD is completed, the overall daily volume may be down by 500 or more vehicle trips. CSM projects 909 daily trips from the hotel project (7 trips /room). By comparison, an office building of 70,000 s.f. would generate 560 to 630 trips (between 8 and 9 trips per 1,000 s.f. of office space similarly sized office facility). However, many of the business hotel trips will be to or from hotel to businesses and/or restaurants within the PUD not on the adjacent county road system. Because of the complete pathway and sidewalk systems, staff expects further internal trip reductions because of pedestrian trips. 3.5 Ramsey County's Year 2000 Transportation Plan (completed by tr�c consultant SRF) estimates the following volumes on roads near Centre Pointe. Road Ramsey Cty. Ramsey Cty BRW EAW Ramsey Cty counts 1997 Estimated (97) for trips Estimated and 1999 Trips 2010 in 2011 Trips 2020 Cty Rd. ": 10,400 (99) -11,300 13,500 12,000 Fair: Clevel'd 11,200 (97) Cty Rd. ��C": 18, 700 (99) 16, 600 17, 700 17, 400 Fair.-Clevel'd 16,450 (97) Cty Rd. "C": 17, 700 (99) 18, 500 19, 000 20,100 Cleve: I35W 15, 700 (97) Cleveland : 7, 500 (99) 9, 500 13, 300 10, 800 Cty Itd D to 7,900 (97) c-2 Cleveland : 9,100 (99) 8,200 9,500 12,000 Cty Rd C-2 7,400 (97) To C.