Agenda - Planning Commission - 10/01/1996

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In general, CSAH #5 is in excellent repair and has very good horizontal and vertical design features which provide excellent sight lines at most points along the Lord of Life frontage. The CSAH//5 right-of-way, adjacent to the Lord of Life property, in 120' wide (60' each side of the roadway centerline) and the posted speed limit is 55 MPH. Existing and Proposed Traffic Volumes Recent traffic volume counts taken by the Anoka County Highway Department on CSAH #5, just northwest of its intersection with T.H.//47, have yielded the following results: 4700 vehicles per day CVDP) in 1993; and 5150 vehicles per day (VDP) in 1995. The Anoka County Transportation Forecast for the year 2010 for this segment of CS.Mi//5 is 5500 VPD which appears extremely conservative or low based on the current counts and the anticipated growth in the area. Proposed Improvements and Timing With the exception of the proposed realignment of CSAH g5 at its intersection with T.H. #47 as proposed by MnBOT by the year. 1999, Anoka County currently has no plans or projects for further improvements along this portion of CSAH Access Issues When Lord of Life built its present facility, Anoka County granted access to CSAH//5 at the existing location which is adjacent :to a single family residential driveway. A condition of the church's access permit to CSAH #5 was that the driveway to the single family residence would be vacated if the church obtained that parcel. The current access location onto CSAH #5 at about 145th Avenue (at the inside of a horizontal curve in alignment) provides excellent sight distance visibility although some low hanging branches need to be trimmed or removed. · Anoka County Highway Department Views and Comments The Anoka County Highway Department conducted a field review in late June or early July and formally responded on July 11, 1996, as provided in Appendix C, to the existing site plan and the Master Plan for Lord of Life Lutheran Church, which had been submitted to them in early June, for review and comment. A summary of their findings and recommendations were: With the possible exception of the C2ilAH//5 realignment at its intersection with T.H. #47, the existing right-of-way along CSAH ~5 should be adequate for any future reconstruction needs; All ingress-egress from this site should occur at a single location and the current access location is an excellent location; ° An access option which would be considered by Anoka County would be the creation of a one-way pair with one access point facilitating entering traffic only and the second access handling only exiting traffic; · Any access point must be well-separated from the CSAH//5 - T.H.//47 intersection; and · The-existing field entrance onto the church property just north of Dysprosium Street NW alignment 'should be removed as part of this church development. 6