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• Main Street Village page 7 1) The "slip ramp" into the site from Main St. was negotiated with the Anoka County Highway Dept. as part of the CSAH 14/8 improvement project and the I -35E interchange project. This access will allow vehicles to leave Main St. to enter the site, but not exit the site onto Main St. It will not pose a safety problem on Main St. The slip ramp route continues south and intersects with the existing bank access road. The plan shows the bank road ending in a "T" except for a driveway entrance to the larger retail building lot, L2 B2. The intersection has a stop in all four directions. Most of the traffic flows north and south. 2) Circulation in the central area of the site has been the topic of extensive discussion because of substantial redesign of the primary internal roads. The May 2007 traffic study included vehicle movement counts. The volume of traffic that would converge on the central, four -way stop, "T" intersection was a major red flag. We learned later that two numbers at the CR 84 access (the bank road) were transposed in the submitted study. Correction of this data eliminated staff's concern for severe congestion for vehicles entering the site via the slip ramp from CSAH 14. 3) Access to the coffee shop drive through windows will be through the lot's parking lot exclusively. This improves circulation over the earlier design. The revision eliminates concern with severe congestion at this point. • 4) The existing bank lot was approved in May 2000. The bank's western driveway is centered on the edge of the bank lot. This was designed as a shared driveway, to be shared by the bank and a future lot. The current driveway was a condition of approval for the subdivision that created the bank lot and for the conditional use permit that allowed the bank drive through. The current Main Street Village proposal does not include a lot on the west side of the bank, so there is no need for a shared driveway. If the new internal road is to be constructed, the existing driveway should be moved east to separate it from the intersection. This will align the driveway with the bank's drive through approach, so it should work fine. However, moving the bank's driveway requires the agreement of the bank. Such an agreement is a condition of approval for the Main Street Village project. 5) The existing access road along the north side of the bank will become right- in/right -out in the foreseeable future. Otter Lake Road will be reconstructed in this area in order to accommodate future traffic, and at that time a median will be created. It is possible that Anoka County could require that the existing access be converted to right - in/out with this initial portion (phase one) of the project. Either way, the second, southern access on Otter Lake Road is a key element as it will be the primary access to the development area. This means we must know that the second access can be constructed. The geotechnical data shows it is feasible. The construction of the second access must occur with any additional development on the site because this route is vital to the overall circulation of the site. 6) Our Zoning Ordinance requires that specific findings be made for conditional use permits. One relates to traffic capacity and Level of Service (LOS). The requirement specific to