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• 'Apollo Landing /Equinox Page 5 March 4, 2005 City of Lino Lakes, Minnesota • • New project trips shown in the last row of Table 5 are not consistent with intersection movement totals on Figure 5 (Year 2007 With Apollo Landing Development) and Figure 4 (Year 2007 Without Apollo Landing Development) for the a.m. and p.m. peak hours. The new trips shown on Table 5 should equal the difference between the turn movement volumes from Figure 5 and Figure 4 for the affected movements. These numbers should be consistent to ensure the appropriate turn volumes were used in the level of service analyses. • A comparison of turn volumes from Figures 4 and 5 indicates a reduction of 70 p.m. peak southbound right turns at CSAH 23 /CR 12 under the "With- Project" scenario. This is most likely an error, as this turn movement would be expected to increase with the addition of project - generated trips. • The peak hour trips projected for the hotel are slightly lower than would be predicted using the Institute for Transportation Engineers Trip Generation handbook for an 80 -room hotel. The correct totals should be 45 a.m. peak hour trips and 49 p.m. peak hour trips. • The peak trip generator for a.m. peak hour is the 100% office scenario. This office -only scenario should be analyzed for the a.m. peak hour to establish a "worst- case" analysis during the morning peak. • 2. Future With- Project Levels of Service • Table 6 in the traffic study memorandum should include intersection approach levels of service. • The level of service analysis for with- project conditions shown in Table 6 indicates when compared to the without - project levels of service in Table 3, indicates that some turn movement LOS is estimated to improve under the with - project scenario. Specifically, at CR 23 /CR 12 in the p.m. peak hour, the northbound right turn is projected to improve from LOS B to LOS A, the southbound and eastbound left turns are shown to improve from LOS D to LOS C, and the eastbound right turn would improve from LOS C to LOS B. In addition, the northbound through and southbound left movements at CR12 /CR 153 are shown to improve from LOS A to LOS B in the p.m. peak hour. These results are not consistent with what would be expected under a with - project scenario with the addition of project trips and turn movements to the system. The size and varied uses of the site suggest that at peak periods, a fair amount of traffic will be present internally. Although, there appears to be good circulation within the site itself, the presence of a single access point may cause periodic congestion at the entrance, depending on the types of businesses established.