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Josh Nyquist,Executive Director of Building Operations July 6,2022 PACT Charter School I Traffic Concerns Page 3 5. Please explain if there are any concerns regarding school bus queuing on northbound Variolite Street turning left to westbound 161 st Avenue: a. The northbound left-turn from Variolite Street to westbound 161 st Avenue would operate at level of service (LOS) A,with only eight seconds of average delay per left-turning vehicle and a 95th percentile queue of one vehicle or less under the 2028 build conditions during all school related peak hours. From this analysis it is concluded that the northbound left-turn lane queue (including school buses) would not spillback into the northbound through lane. 6. What is the overall daily capacity of Variolite Street and 161 st Avenue? a. Based on the City of Ramsey's current comprehensive plan transportation element, the planning level daily capacity of Variolite Street, a two-lane major collector street through the study area,is 9,000 vehicles.The existing average daily traffic volume on Variolite Street south of 161 st Avenue is 1,364, which is 15 percent of the planning level daily capacity. Adding 40 percent of the school generated daily traffic assigned to Variolite Street south of 161 st Avenue of 978 vehicles plus 95 vehicles of background traffic growth, the total 2028 daily traffic volume on Variolite Street south of 161 st Avenue is forecast at 21437 vehicles which is only 27 percent of the planning level daily capacity resulting in a reserve capacity of 73 percent. b. The planning level daily capacity of 161 st Avenue, a two-lane local street through the study area,is assumed at 8,000 vehicles, a widely accepted value for two-lane roadways.The existing average daily traffic volume on 161 st Avenue west of Variolite Street is 1,000, which is 12.5 percent of the planning level daily capacity. Adding 55 percent of the school generated daily traffic assigned to 161 st Avenue west of Variolite Street of 1,345 vehicles plus 70 vehicles of background traffic growth, the total 2028 daily traffic volume on 161 st Avenue west of Variolite Street is forecast at 2,415 vehicles which is only 30 percent of the planning level daily capacity resulting in a reserve capacity of 70 percent, an abundance of reserve capacity. 7. It has been suggested that the school site design provide a southbound left and right-turn lane at the west school access to 161 st Avenue: a. While this could be done and it may somewhat improve operations, the traffic operations analysis does not show a need to provide this additional capacity/operational improvement since the proposed single lane of approach provides an overall intersection level of service (LOS) A with the southbound approach at LOS B during all school related peak hours. G:\15657 PACT Charter-SchooAAeportr\15657 PACT-Charter-School Traffic-Concerns 220705 Draft.docx