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