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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 14, 1994 to 8 vehicles between the intersection and the driveway to SA. There could be a problem during the P.M. peak when the heaviest traffic comes out of the industrial park. But the A.M. peak would have more traffic northbound on Country Drive, therefore, the problem could be larger at that time. Voss pointed out that his building has a Little Canada Road curb cut approximately 40 feet from the proposed SA curb cut, and asked if a no left turn restriction would apply to his site as well. DeLonais replied that it would not. Crary asked how many customers to the SA site would be turning left. Van Wormer anticipated that of the 70 A.M. peak customers to the site, 30 would be making left turns into the site. Knudsen pointed out that there is an issue here with pre- existing traffic. The data presented suggests that the SA proposal would not add a great deal of additional traffic to what already exists. Knudsen asked SA for information on the process they went through to determine that the site was of interest to them. Van Tassel reported that they have stores located on intersections with traffic volumes of 36,000 per day and no traffic light. Van Tassel reported that SA typically looks for sites with traffic volumes of 20,000; however, this is not typical in the Twin Cities area because of the well - developed freeway system. Van Tassel reported that the traffic volumes for this site are somewhat lower than typical, but the size of the store proposed is somewhat smaller. The store has been sized to fit the facility and the amount of business that SA feels the site will generate. Garske asked about traffic to the SA site from the freeway. Van Wormer estimated that of the 2,500 trips the SA site will generate, 65% will be from existing traffic on Little Canada Road and Country Drive and 35% will come from somewhere else, including the freeway, north 8