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Vehicular Traffic. The middle school is bounded by I -35W on the north, and Elm Street to the south. Lake Drive provides a north south thoroughfare that will provide access to the site. With the development of the middle school, it is proposed that a Fourth Avenue aligning with the east property line be extended between Elm Street and Lake Drive. A traffic signal is proposed at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Lake Drive. The purpose of these street improvements is to improve traffic circulation throughout this neighborhood in the following way: a. Fourth Avenue reroutes Elm traffic to Lake Drive. b. Fourth Avenue will provide primary access to the school site at three separate locations. It is intended to orient the site traffic and parking away from residential areas. c. Lake Drive and Fourth Avenue intersection will be signalized. The signal will help channelizing traffic to one point along Lake Drive and will provide some interruption at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Lake Drive providing safe vehicular access and pedestrian/bicycle crossing at the intersection. d. Elm Street is a two lane residential street traversing from Lake Drive to Sunset Road. To channelize traffic to Lake Drive, Elm Street will become a "right turn only" at intersection with Lake Drive. Based on the feasibility study by OSM these street improvements are intended to improve traffic patterns throughout the area. Pedestrian /Bicycle Traffic. Pedestrian/Bicycle issues raised by Park Board and Police cite the following concerns: a. Crossing Lake Drive at Elm Street. b. Pedestrian and bicycle traffic from the residential areas south of the school site. In conjunction with the middle school the issue of pedestrian and bicycle becomes an important design elements. T elleviate the pedestrian/bicycle traffic concerns from the neighborhoods of Lake Drive short term solutions were recommended as follows: a. Bus service to all neighborhoods east of Lake Drive or; Participation with the city to developta4rail along Lake Drive from Aqua Lane up to Lake Drive and Fourth. Avenue inter et tion and along the new Fourth Avenue, providing trail access to the school site To address the pedestrian/bicycle) traffic from th", residential areas south of the school site a trail along Elm 'Street between Grey Heron Drive and Sunset is proposed with the city's participation. The school district policy is to participate on trail improvement along major roads up to one mile radius of the school site on a 50%50 shared cost agreement with the city. Within the general parameters of these trail corridors, a more detail off-street trail plan must be provided that identifies the more specific trail locations, the trail construction cost and the financial options. 4,A ,. i�Pnu Sl ^ ,i C, ;mak '' ' g �► <;,,P‘jjli Performance Standards. As a condition of development approval, all applicable City , ^} performance standards must be satisfactorily met. Compliance with such standards will, be evaluated in the site plan/conditional use permit review. 5