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Eagle Brook Church Review Page 2 November 5, 2003 City of Lino Lakes, Minnesota 11. Copy of Rice Creek Watershed District Permit (RCWD) Application Number 03 -073 CAPROC (Conditional Approval Pending Receipt of Changes). An Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) was prepared and has received extensive review by the general public, the City of Lino Lakes, and other governing agencies. It should be noted that under the thresholds established under State of Minnesota rules, an EAW was not required for this project. However, the EAW has provided the opportunity to more thoroughly provide comment and address specific issues in more detail. As a result of the EAW, many issues and resulting comments have already been addressed by the City other agencies through the review process. The intent of this review memorandum is to provide comments for the recently submitted preliminary grading and utility plans, and to provide additional comments on issues that may have already been addressed. It should be noted that full size and 11X17 -size Application for Conditional Use permit plan sets (14 sheets) dated October 13, 2003 have been provided. These plans are considered adequate for preliminary review at this time, but are incomplete for actual construction purposes. It is expected that construction plans will ultimately be submitted as part of the approval process. General Comments - Issues Addressed in EAW Traffic and Roadways • A traffic study was conducted by SRF Consulting Group dated September 13, 2002, and reviewed by TKDA in a memo dated September 16, 2002. A response to traffic concerns is presented in more detail in the City's formal response to the EAW comments, dated May 13, 2003. In general, the greatest traffic generation would be on Sundays, with much smaller amounts during the week. Projected traffic to be generated by future residential and/or other development in this area will also contribute much higher amounts of traffic, particularly during week days. • Roadway and infrastructure improvements will be needed in this area with or without the proposed church. This not only includes lands immediately adjacent to the church site, but nearby areas of Centerville, Hugo, and Columbus Township. The three cities of Lino Lakes, Hugo, and Centerville have been collectively meeting regularly and planning for future infrastructure needs. Nevertheless, the Church will be required to address more immediate traffic issues. Based on the data provided, the Church will need to provide mitigative traffic control measures on Sunday mornings at the intersections of Main Street with 20th Avenue North (County Road 21) and the freeway ramps, and at the church entrance on 20th Avenue North. The intersection of Main Street with the I -35E ramps is of particular concem. According to the traffic study, peak traffic to and from the Church site (on Sunday mornings) will require additional traffic measures by the church, even with proposed improvements to Main Street. It is recommended that the City work with Anoka County and the Minnesota Department of Transportation as expeditiously as possible to secure funding and schedule improvements, regardless of church construction or not.