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Exhibit A Diamonds Petition for EAW December, 2007 Page 5 Controlling stormwater will help mitigate water quality impacts. As stated before, an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan and a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program (SWPPP) will be submitted and approved as part of the permitting process. No vehicle maintenance or fueling will be allowed on the property. Any waste generated on the property will be handled by a licensed waste hauler, as is currently being done. Air Quality Impacts Carbon monoxide levels are projected to remain below the MPCA standards because the .existing roadway system (along with planned improvements) appears to have sufficient capacity to handle trips generated by the proposed events. Congestion is not expected on local or regional roadways and adverse air quality effects do not appear likely. No air quality monitoring has been completed for the proposed project at this time and no mitigation measures are being proposed. Traffic and Parking Impacts Currently, there are 320 parking spaces in the asphalt parking lot and space to hold an additional 110 cars on the frontage area of the property (which the property owner has an ' agreement with the City to use), for a total of 430 parking spaces available. No additional parking is proposed. The Diamonds property has experience with traffic and parking for large events at their property. The Diamonds property reached capacity for parking on 26 softball tournaments, 1 music festival and almost every Thursday night throughout the summer for 2007. TH 10/169 is the major thoroughfare for the region to the Twin Cities Metro Area. This highway is afour-lane divided expressway through Ramsey and is classified as a Principal Arterial. The entrance to the Diamonds property is off of TH 10/169 between Armstrong Boulevard NW and Ramsey Boulevard NW. Armstrong Boulevard NW (CSAH 83) and Ramsey Boulevard NW (CSAH 56) are classified as A-Minor Expanders. The roadway classifications were collected from the Metropolitan Council as updated on 9-26-2006. TH 10/169 is 60 mph east of Armstrong Boulevard NW (CSAH 83). The City analyzed existing traffic counts for the Ramsey Crossings EAW in 2006. Existing 2006 traffic counts for TH 10/169 at Armstrong Boulevard NW (CSAH 83) were: Eastbound AM peals 1.,808 vehicles, PM peak 1,139 vehicles; Westbound AM peak 852 vehicles, and PM peals 1,730 vehicles. The peak traffic volumes generally occur on weekdays at 8 to 9 am and at 5 to 6 pm. The 2006 Average Daily Traffic for TH 10/169 in the area of the Diamonds property was 43,000 vehicles. .There are many residential and other developments in process in the City of Ramsey, such as Brookfield, Sweetbay Ridge, Shade Tree Cottages, etc. Using the. existing traffic growth rate of 2.5% in Anoka County, the estimated baseline traffic with no additional new developments was projected and added to the total Ramsey Town Center traffic. The Ramsey Town Center traffic was forecasted in the Ramsey Town Ce~zter AUAR: Tr•aj~c Alzalysis, March 2003. This traffic was redistributed based on the access configuration of Armstrong Boulevard supplied by TKDA, which was different than the proposed accesses -250-