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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Presbyterian Homes is proposing a residential development consisting of 303 total Multifamily Housing Units, 173 units of Senior Adult Multifamily Housing building, and 22 Senior Single-family housing units. For a total of 498 housing units on site.The development is located on the block northwest of MN-47(St Francis Blvd) & CSAH 5 (Nowthen Blvd)which is the area around the Lord of Life Church. The church will remain on site. The site is anticipated to generate 153 new trips during the AM peak hour(40 entering, 113 exiting), 168 new trips during the PM peak hour (100 entering, 68 exiting), and 161 new trips in the Sunday peak hour(86 entering, 75 exiting). The site will include three (3) accesses. The northern access will be via Cobalt St to the north. This is a gated access only and will generally not serve a significant amount of site traffic. The second access is a right-in/right-out access located along CSAH 5 which leads to the north of the parking lot for the residential and church. The third (and primary)site access is across from Iodine St on CSAH 5,this access is expected to be the see nearly all of the site's traffic. The two accesses on CSAH 5 are in the same locations as the existing accesses and the Cobalt St access would be an extension of the current dead-end road. A capacity analysis was performed for Existing Year(2023), Opening Year(2027) No-Build, Opening Year (2027) Build, Horizon Year (2040) No-Build, and Horizon Year (2040) Build. In all scenarios, the study intersections are anticipated to operate at an acceptable LOS in the weekday AM and PM peak hours as well as the Sunday peak hours. Analysis showed that the build conditions have minimal impacts on the LOS at the study area intersections, with some movements seeing small increases in delay and LOS. It is anticipated that all intersections will operate at LOS D or better with the lone exception being the exiting movement of the site access (westbound left turns) operating at LOS E in the AM peak hour. Though not ideal, it is not anticipated to see any queueing issues or become a major issue in any way. Additionally, there are some longer delays (LOS E/F) for various other minor side street movements at intersections along CSAH 5, however there is minimal queuing and anticipated delays are not uncommon on a higher volume corridor like CSAH 5. No changes to the road geometry are necessary based on the operational analysis results with the addition of development traffic. Side-street stop control is adequate at the site accesses. However, based on conversations with Anoka County, the following improvements should be considered: • A northbound right turn lane at the north site access. • Reconfigure the northwest bound approach at the Iodine Street/site access&CSAH 5 to eliminate the trap lane and provide a dedicated northwest bound right turn lane. APPENDIX A. Exhibits B. Turning Movement Counts C. Site Layout Exhibit D. SimTraffic Analysis Results Haviland Fields-Ramsey, MN Traffic Impact Analysis I October 2023