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NorthPointe Road System Red Oak Lane, Cypress Street and 21St Avenue South are minor collector roads within the NorthPointe residential development. Minor collector roads are designed and intended to handle 1,000+ daily trips. Per the original 2013 NorthPointe Traffic Study, the entire NorthPointe residential development (single family homes and senior apartment) was projected to have 313 housing units and generate approximately 2,534 daily trips. This is well within the capacity of the entire NorthPointe road system. The actual housing unit count of 299 is less than the original 313. In December 2019, a Traffic Impact Study completed for Nadeau Acres collected existing daily traffic counts on Red Oak Lane east of 20th Avenue S. at 1,000 ADT. The City also collected daily traffic counts in August 2021 on Red Oak Lane east of 201h Ave S. at 987 ADT. These trip counts are consistent and are low for a minor collector road. Figure 6 of the 2021 Traffic Analysis completed for NorthPointe Garden Estates indicates 10 additional AM peak trips and 8 additional PM peak trips on Red Oak Lane. As noted, level of service is not impacted. The 18 existing homes on Chestnut Street generate approximately 180 daily trips. The local road has capacity for 1,000 daily trips. Chestnut Street has capacity for an additional 233 daily trips generated by the senior housing building. It should also be noted that Chestnut Street, 21St Avenue S., Cypress St. and Red Oak Lane all have sidewalks that provide safe pedestrian corridors in the area. A trail from Chestnut Street extends to NorthPointe Park. Further, with future development of the property south of NorthPointe, Cypress Street and Chestnut Street will extend south and Birch Street will extend east providing additional ingress and egress roads to the development. Conclusion The traffic study results are similar and marginally better than predicted in the original analysis. The proposed development has appropriate access to the site and to the surrounding roadway network. The traffic operational analysis indicates there is available capacity on the roadways surrounding the site to accommodate site -generated traffic. Staff will re-evaluate resident concerns regarding current speeding and traffic issues on Red Oak Lane and Dogwood Court unrelated to the NorthPointe Garden Estates project. Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) 15