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Eagle Brook Church page 11 control personnel at the driveways. During non -event times, both driveways could be used for entry and exit. Parking: The plan provides for adequate parking, as indicated in the table below. It is possible that the church will expand in the future. The EAW analysis included the potential expansion. If the hypothetical expansion of 700 seats occurs, it would require an additional 233 parking spaces. The plan accommodates this potential with a grassy area south of the western parking lot area. It is common practice in Lino Lakes to attempt to minimize the impervious surface. Only 23% of the site will be impervious surface. The plan proposes 47 more parking spaces than required. The elimination of 47 spaces would amount to one double row. This would not accomplish much and would negatively affect the circulation design within the parking lot. Traffic: The traffic analysis prepared for the EAW raised concern over the Sunday peak periods at 35E ramps and at the 20th Ave. /Main St. intersection. The City's requirements for CUPs, site plans , and subdivisions include level of service (LOS) criteria (listed below under CUP Criteria). The level of service criteria do not apply to the freeway interchange. (See d.7.) The difficulty arises when looking at the larger picture. The 20th Ave. /Main St. intersection is 1 1/2 miles from the proposed church site. This is quite a distance for establishing levels of service for roadways. In addition, that intersection is in another municipality (Centerville), a location over which Lino Lakes has no jurisdiction. These questions loom even larger in relation to the I -35E interchange. First, the level of service criteria do not apply to the freeway interchange. Second, it is clear that no project applicant can reconstruct a freeway interchange unless the proposed development project is huge enough to cover the costs. (For example, a large shopping mall, sports arena, or commercial development such as the Best Buy site in Richfield.) Both MnDOT and Anoka County would have to be involved in such a project. An even more difficult question arises in considering the implications. Land in the vicinity of the interchange is guided and zoned for commercial and industrial development. If a large retail, office, or industrial project is proposed in that area that would create traffic and violate the level of service restrictions, we would have to deny the project unless the interchange were reconstructed to handle the traffic. Forty acres of Resolution 04 -17, page 11 Zoning Ord. Parking Space Requirement Spaces Required Spaces Provided worship area: 2100 seats 1 space per 3 seats 700 other 1 per classroom, other 13 total 713 760 plus potential for addl. 300+ It is common practice in Lino Lakes to attempt to minimize the impervious surface. Only 23% of the site will be impervious surface. The plan proposes 47 more parking spaces than required. The elimination of 47 spaces would amount to one double row. This would not accomplish much and would negatively affect the circulation design within the parking lot. Traffic: The traffic analysis prepared for the EAW raised concern over the Sunday peak periods at 35E ramps and at the 20th Ave. /Main St. intersection. The City's requirements for CUPs, site plans , and subdivisions include level of service (LOS) criteria (listed below under CUP Criteria). The level of service criteria do not apply to the freeway interchange. (See d.7.) The difficulty arises when looking at the larger picture. The 20th Ave. /Main St. intersection is 1 1/2 miles from the proposed church site. This is quite a distance for establishing levels of service for roadways. In addition, that intersection is in another municipality (Centerville), a location over which Lino Lakes has no jurisdiction. These questions loom even larger in relation to the I -35E interchange. First, the level of service criteria do not apply to the freeway interchange. Second, it is clear that no project applicant can reconstruct a freeway interchange unless the proposed development project is huge enough to cover the costs. (For example, a large shopping mall, sports arena, or commercial development such as the Best Buy site in Richfield.) Both MnDOT and Anoka County would have to be involved in such a project. An even more difficult question arises in considering the implications. Land in the vicinity of the interchange is guided and zoned for commercial and industrial development. If a large retail, office, or industrial project is proposed in that area that would create traffic and violate the level of service restrictions, we would have to deny the project unless the interchange were reconstructed to handle the traffic. Forty acres of Resolution 04 -17, page 11