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Eagle Brook Church • page 4 • Three, retail or office warehouse uses on 40 acres will have greater sustained traffic impacts than the church. However, the intensity of impact during peak times will be less than the church's peak times. First, the traffic analysis in the EAW did not address services on days other than Sunday. Information received from the church on December 3rd indicates two Saturday services. It may well be that in the future, additional service times will be added during weekdays. Once the church is approved and built, the City has no way to limit service times. The traffic analysis should be expanded to address service times on Saturday and weekdays. Second, it is true that study's recommendation to use traffic control personnel to mitigate impacts did not raise the level of service to a required level. As noted at the November P & Z meeting, the critical locations are 1 V2 and 1 3/4 miles away from the church site. In addition, the City of Lino Lakes does not have control of the intersections in questions. The 20th Ave. and Main St. intersection is completely within the City of Centerville. The I -35E ramps are subject to the jurisdictions of Anoka County and MnDOT. Anoka County will reconstruct the 20th Ave. intersection pending the results of the current study of Main St. (CSAH 14) from I -35W to I35 -E. This is likely to occur within 10 years. The I -35E ramps function at unacceptable levels now. Reconstructing them involves reconstructing the entire interchange. Neither the state nor the federal government have funding available for this. If no development is to occur that will increase traffic at the interchange, the economic development goals for the interchange area must be re- examined. Third, the comparing the church proposal to 40 acres of retail or office warehouse development is not necessarily instructive. For one thing, there are well over 40 acres of developable land on the church site. For another, development in the surrounding area will increase over time as well, and this must be considered. A third point is that a short, intense peak once or twice a week should be compared to a significant increase in ongoing, daily traffic generation five or six days a week. One must also consider the activity level on the site itself for different land uses. Clarification of the County Ditch Drainage Area and Affect On Design: Residents raised a question about the area being drained by the county ditch as it exists now. The Watershed District has stated about 600 acres, residents say more. Private drain tiles typically are not all documented. It is impossible to know how many private landowners have installed tiles that cross a natural subwatershed boundary, which would increase a drainage area for a downstream tile. However, this question is a red herring. Regardless of the drainage area, the drainage rate of the tile/ditch must not be altered. This is the salient point. The drainage design must maintain the existing flow capacity.