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1 of 2 Memo-102016-CC (Little Caesar's).doc 10062 Flanders Court NE – Blaine, MN 55449 – Ph: (763) 780-0450 Fax (763) 780-0452 Memo TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council FROM: Lee Elfering, City Engineer DATE: October 20, 2016 RE: Little Canada Mall Drive Thru Little Caesar’s The applicant has provided a revised layout and traffic flow plan for the addition of a pick-up window on the north end of the building. Per the plan the one way traffic flow on the north side of the CVS building would be converted to a two way drive. The width of the drive aisle between the buildings is sufficient to accommodate two way traffic. The intersection of the drive aisle between the buildings and the drive thru lane of the CVS building would become a stop condition for entrance traffic moving eastbound between the buildings and traffic exiting the CVS drive thru. Speed bumps would also be added to slow traffic along with a convex mirror for additional safety. The revised traffic flow patterns presented on the current layout eliminates the U-turn maneuver to access the pick-up window that was the most significant traffic conflict of the original site plan. The other traffic concern stated in the original memo was the limited distance to exit the pick-up window area relative to the access to the service bay entrances for the Valvoline building to the west. The applicant is proposing relocation of the trash enclosure and modification of the retaining wall to allow the main drive aisles to be shifted to the north to create more room for these movements. We had also recommended the pick-up window location be moved as far east as possible to maximize the separation of the window and the Valvoline building. Dimensions to the pick-up window were not provided on the original plan but it appears the location has remained the same based on the same 3 car stacking in the pick-up lane. Maximizing the distance between the pick-up window and the Valvoline building will benefit traffic flow for both businesses on the west end of the pick-up lane, but increasing that distance impacts the ability to stack cars within the new pick-up lane. Unfortunately the ability to stack vehicles on the west or east side of the pick-up window is limited to the available space. We do not have information on the stacking of cars at the Valvoline service lanes or for the pick-up window at a Little Caesar’s, however based on this layout only a 5 car depth can be accommodated between the two uses.