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ISRF Draft Memorandum SR F No. 02215657 To: Josh Nyquist, Executive Director of Building Operations PACT CHARTER SCHOOL From: Jeff Bednar,TOPS, Senior Traffic Engineering Specialist Tom Sachi, PE, Project Manager I Traffic Studies Date: July 6, 2022 Subject: PACT Charter School I Traffic Concerns I City of Ramsey,Minnesota This memorandum addresses the most recent traffic concerns expressed by the City of Ramsey Residents, Planning Commission and City Staff. 1. It has been suggested that an additional school site access be located on Variolite Street for school bus access. This Variolite Street bus only school site access was suggested to be restricted to a right-in/right-out only access: a. No detailed information related to the location of the suggested additional school site access on Variolite Street is available. However, considering the likely location of this Variolite Street school site access based on the layout and configuration of the proposed school site,it is likely that it would be at a location on Variolite Street that would be impacted by a crest (hill) in the vertical profile on Variolite Street north of 161 st Avenue and south of the potential school access. This crest in on Variolite Street is likely to create a sight distance obstruction at the Variolite Street school site access that could result in a traffic safety concern. b. while it may be possible to construct a restricted right-in/right-out only school site access on Variolite Street and install signing prohibiting the restricted left-turn movements, the effectiveness of this condition would rely on traffic law enforcement, therefore the effectiveness of this restriction would be directly proportional to the level of law enforcement activity assigned to it. A more effective right-in/right-out only access would require physical restriction with raised median/channelizing islands on Variolite Street that would involve a costly roadway improvement on the recently improved Variolite Street segment. Additionally, it will be a challenging effort to restrict the use of this access to buses only and prohibit its use by parent and student drivers through educational programs alone. C. The two proposed school site access intersections on 161 st Avenue would operate at overall Levels of Service (LOS) A with the school site exiting approaches operating at a LOS B or better during all school related peak hours. From this analysis it is concluded that an additional school site access on Variolite Street would not be needed in order to provide intersection capacity relief. 2. The traffic counts used in the traffic study were only collected for one day: a. Vehicle turning movement and pedestrian/bicyclist counts were collected (based on video camera imaging) by SRF for April 14 through April 17, 2022 for the weekday a.m. www.srfconsu I t i ng.com 3701 Wayzata Boulevard,Suite 100 1 Minneapolis,MN 55416-3791 1 763.475.0010 Fax:1.866.440.6364 An Equal Opportunity Employer