Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/02/2002

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trip distributiort. The three (3) numbers shown at each lo¢ation on Exhibit B are the anticipated'exiting volumes on a daily bmsis, during the A.M. pe~d~ traffic liour and during the P.M. peak traffic hour. In summary., all trips leaving the development: initially will have to access 1 $3rd Avenue NW' at the Iodine Street N~ intersection. Those trips destined to the northeast, east and southeast, estimated at 76% of all outbound trips f~om the subdivision, will travel easbvard on I$3rd Avenue to gain access to T.H. #47. Those outbound trips destined to the northwest, west and southwest will also access Avenue and travel wes~wvard to CSAH #5 (Nowthen Boulevard) before dispensing to the north, west and :south. In a similar manner, Exhibit C, entitled ~'Entering Trip Summary", provides a graphical and numerical' representation oft he anticipamd routing of trips attempting to gain access to the Sunflower Ridge Development on a daily basis as weIl as duFmg the A.M. and P.M. peak tra~c hours. Th~ entering routings are essentially the same as those exiting. That is all trips must access the subdiv, ision via 153~a Avenue NSV from the east and west. Conclusion Ia summary, the number of trips generated by the proposed Sunflower P, Jdge Development will not significantly impact any existing residential subdivision in the vicinity except those trips specificaIly destined for those neighborhoods. The proposed future local street extensions to the east would be ~xpected to serve only inter-neighborhood trips and have negligible impact ~n ~educing the traffic volumes on the surrounding arterial - collector street system. However, the proposed !itture extension of Iodine Street NB/to the north to I$6m Lane NV¢ [n the Wildlife Sanctuary Development provides access to TH #47 and can be expected to provide an attractive and time saving route for those trips destined to or from TH #47 to the nor~&. As shown on Exhibits B m~,d C, how'ever, that represents only forty-four (44) inbound and forty-four (44) outbound trips on a daily basis. Therefore~ it does not add significant traffic volumes within the Wildlife Sanctuary Development in the future when the connection is made nor significantly reduces the volumes at the 15? Avenue NSV - TH #47' intersection. From a traffic operations and traffic safety standpoint, I find the layout of the ~proposed development ~o be very reasonable and practical. The subdivision accesses directly onto 153~ Avenue NW, whiCh.is part of the City's arterial,collector street system. The proposed subdivision layout does not promote significant or unremsonable volumes of development generated traffic through adjacent, existing or future pIam. " If you have further questions, need additional information, or wish to discuss this manor in greater ' -detail, please contact me. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you on this matter. Sincerely, Hakanson Anderson Associates, Inc. Jan~s E. Jo~n~n, P.E. Transportation Engineer JEl:dlc G.\P RIVAT2'.,hS00\2844\2844-05trafl]c.dm: ~~ Hakanson ~ ~i-~ ~. Anderson ~ ~'~ Assoc.,Inc.