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14 A new full-access intersection will be constructed at this location. • An east/west minor collector road extending to 4th Avenue is required. Per the 2040 Transportation Plan and the Access Management Plan, Robinson Drive is shown to extend east to 4th Avenue as the east/west minor collector. This serves as an important backage road to CSAH 14 (Main St), provides connectivity and efficient emergency response between neighborhoods, and distributes traffic throughout the area. Under the proposed plan, Robinson Drive is not a continuous roadway. It terminates at an intersection with another street that extends to the east lot line. However, due a large wetland complex, connection to 4th Avenue at this location may not be viable and it may have to shift north or south. The City completed a wetland delineation on property to the east in 2023. These factors should be reviewed as part of the street alignment evaluation. A secondary east/west connection to 4th Avenue shall be evaluated at Carl Street. The connection of local streets and neighborhoods is a standard transportation design practice and has been implemented throughout the City. For example, with the Saddle Club development and the connection of Fox Road and the St. Clair Estates connection to Hokah Drive and Sioux Lane. The Carl Street connection is also supported by Lino Lakes Public Safety-Police Division and Fire Division in order to provide faster and more direct emergency response to the entire area. Street connectivity is further supported by the following City Code Sections: § 1001.096 LAND REQUIREMENTS. (2) Proposed subdivisions shall be coordinated with surrounding properties and/or neighborhoods so that the city as a whole may develop efficiently and harmoniously. § 1001.100 STREETS AND ALLEYS. (3) Streets, continuous. Except for cul-de-sacs, streets shall connect with streets already dedicated in adjoining or adjacent subdivisions or provide for future connections to adjoining unsubdivided tracts, or shall be a reasonable projection of streets in the nearest subdivided tracts. The arrangement of thoroughfares and collector streets shall be considered in their relation to the reasonable circulation of traffic, to topographic conditions, to runoff of storm water, to public convenience and safety, and in their appropriate relation to the proposed uses of the area to be served. Private streets are proposed in the townhome neighborhoods. City Code Section 1007.054 Private Streets details private street requirements that shall be met.