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• Main Street Village page 7 The southern driveways from the gas station and the large retail site should be moved west approximately 70' to avoid conflicts with the intersection of the slip lane road. This new driveway location will allow for ample access to the gas pumps and the convenience store and shouldn't cause parking or circulation problems on the south side lot. • The PUD requirement is for an internal road to be a minimum of 26' (Sec 2, Subd.10, B.6). This road narrows to a pavement width of 25' on the plan and must be corrected. This will be an important circulation route for the development area, providing access to the larger development area. • This means we must know that the second access can be constructed. We do not yet have sufficient geotechnical information (soil borings) to be confident that this `road' can be built. This is the reason the application is still incomplete. The specific timing of the construction of the second access in relation to the phasing of development on the site will need to be established if the project is to be approved. However, it is vital to know up front if the soils will support the access route. Lino Lakes has a joint powers agreement with Anoka County that limits the number of accesses that will be allowed on Otter Lake Road (Co. Rd. 84) between Main Street. and Cedar Street. We can have a total of six driveways and three roads. There are five driveways now and two roads. We would prefer to use the allocation wisely. We have suggested that the new southern access on this development site be planned along the property line with the City's water tower. This would allow the elimination of the existing water tower driveway onto Otter Lake Road: the water tower driveway would be on the new access `road'. This would save a driveway access and possibly provide a little more usable land for the development site. A traffic study was prepared for the development. The study considers the existing proposal (phase one) and future development on the site. The study assumes the existing bank road will be a full access point with phase one of the development, but be converted to right - in/right -out only with full development. As to the southern access, it will function properly with a stop sign with full development but will require a traffic signal by 2030 because of the increasing background traffic. The intersection of Otter Lake Road and Main St. will function well until 2030. The AUAR's traffic analysis also recognized that this intersection will fail at that time. This is an important transportation planning issue that will require the attention of both County and City. It likely will require further improvements such as additional lanes on Main St. The plan includes an addition five feet of right of way dedicated for Otter Lake Road as well as a triangle for future needs at the Main St. intersection. However, this is shown only on the northern portion of the site. The dedication must be shown on the southern part as well. • The internal road leading to Otter Lake Road must be 26' in width. It is 30'+ on the east, but only 25' on the west end.