Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/26/2022

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Josh Nyquist, Executive Director of Building OperationsApril28, 2022 PACT Charter School | Traffic Impact Study tğŭĻЊВ Summary of Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations Based on thisproposed PACT Charter Schooldevelopment traffic impact study and analysis, the following summary of findings, conclusions and recommendations isoffered for your consideration: 1.Results of the existing weekday traffic operations analysisindicate that all study intersections currently operate at acceptable overall LOS B or better during the a.m. commuter (school arrival) peak hour (7:30-8:30 a.m.), school dismissal peak hour (2:30-3:30 p.m.) and p.m. commuter peak hour (4:00-5:00 p.m.), under existing traffic control and intersection geometrics. No significant queuing or delay issues were identified, except at theArmstrong Boulevard/Alpine Drive intersection where the westbound approach is operating at aLOS E during the p.m. peak hour. 2.The segment of 161stAvenue between Armstrong Boulevard and Variolite Street has been identified to be improved/reconstructed as part of the City of Ramsey Capital Improvements Plan for year 2024.Design of this future 161st Avenue improvement/reconstruction is currently under consideration. It has been suggested that it may be possible to reschedule this 161st Avenue improvementand/or reconstructionto coincide with the proposed PACT Charter School project. 3.Anannual growth rate of one percent was applied to the existing peak hour traffic volumes to develop year 2028background traffic forecasts(no proposed PACT Charter School site-generated traffic is included in this scenario). Note that year 2028 represents the year where the PACT Charter School can be assumed to be completed with full occupancy of the proposed development and includes all phases of the proposed PACT Charter School project plus completion of the adjacent future proposed St. Katharine Drexel Church. 4.Results of the year 2028 no-build intersection capacity analysis indicate that all study intersections are expected to continue to operate at an acceptable overall LOS B or better during the peak hours under existing traffic control and intersection geometrics. No significant queuing or delay issues were identified, except for the Armstrong Boulevard/Alpine Drive intersection where the westbound approach would now operate at a LOS F during the p.m. peak hour (note: no proposed PACT Charter School site-generated traffic is included in this scenario). 5.Results of the weekday vehicle trip generation estimate indicate that the proposed PACT Charter School and St. Katharine Drexel Churchdevelopment is expected to generate a total of 627 a.m. combined peak hour trips, 547 school dismissal peak hour trips, 187 p.m. commuter peak hour trips, and 2,498 daily trip ends (50 percent in/50 percent out). 6.Results of the Sunday vehicle trip generation estimate indicate that the proposed St. Katharine Drexel Churchdevelopment is expected to generate a total of 128 a.m. combined peak hour trips and 523 daily trip ends (50 percent in/50 percent out). It was assumed that there would be no PACT Charter Schoolconcurrent events held on Sunday.