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• <br />• <br />Memo to Jim Studenski Page 2 August 23, 2002 <br />3. The traffic analysis offers broad conclusions about the need for an east -west minor <br />arterial without taking into consideration the critical issue of emergency access. Fire, <br />police and emergency services would be provided from the local fire and police <br />departments located along Lake Drive southeast of the proposed development. The lack <br />of an east -west connecting minor collector from Carl Street would add as much as 0.75 to <br />1 mile to the emergency response route and another 0.75 to 1 mile to the closest freeway <br />access at the I -35W ramps at Lake Drive for hospital emergencies. When every minute is <br />critical in any emergency response, efficient emergency access can be a life or death <br />issue. <br />4. The technical memorandum should clearly state in the introduction and conclusion <br />sections that the conclusions offered in this memo were derived solely from an analysis <br />of projected traffic demand and available roadway capacity. The overall merits of an east - <br />west connecting minor collector were analyzed and documented in a TKDA memo to Jim <br />Studenski dated June 4, 2002. The criteria considered in that analysis included emergency <br />access, local residential access, grid system connectivity, and layout efficiency. <br />