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-~ Harry Schroeder/Amoco Station 7 July 1992 Page 3 <br />branches of these trees. We would recommend that a landscape plan be prepared by a registered <br />landscape architect. <br />The access drive that extends to the north from the Amoco site used to be a frontage road for <br />Snelling Avenue. The detail of how the this frontage road is terminated has always been an issue at <br />this corner. Originally this street went through to Larpenteur Avenue. This resulted in many <br />accidents between cars turning right from Snelling and from the frontage road, since these roads <br />were only 20 to 30 feet apart. This situation was remedied when the frontage road was blocked off <br />and terminated at the Amoco Station as it does in the existing condition. The problem with this <br />configuration is that it results in some traffic flowing through the Amoco Site. The proposed <br />reconfiguration of this roadway/driveway basically has the same problem of directing traffic from <br />the old frontage road through the Amoco Site. Although there is ample room for cars to pass by <br />when cars are parked at the gas pumps, this is still an awkward solution. <br />Obviously it makes sense to continue to provide access to and from Snelling Avenue for the Amoco <br />site. At the very least, there should be clear signage at the northernmost entry drive for the Falcon - <br />Heights Shopping Center, the last point to get off of the Frontage Road, indicating that the road is <br />an access drive and does not go through to Larpenteur Avenue. <br />Other than .the issues discussed above, the proposed driveway and site alterations represent <br />improvements to the function and appearance of this corner. <br />• <br /> <br />