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Main Street Village page 6 • There is no designated floodplain on the site as shown on the FEMA map. The plans show little space for snow storage after plowing. A snow storage area must be designated or snow must be completely removed from the site. This report discusses the AUAR requirements for stormwater management in a previous section. Roads, Access, Traffic, Circulation: A traffic study was prepared for the development. The study analyzes the current proposal (phase one), full development of the site (phase 2), and year 2030. 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 phase two. 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. That is, this will occur without the proposed Main St. Village project. 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 additional five feet of right of way dedicated for Otter Lake Road as well as a triangle for future needs at the Main St. intersection. This is shown on the plans. The site ultimately will have four access points: a right -in only slip ramp from Main St.; the existing access on Otter Lake Road north of the bank; a new access on Otter Lake Road north of the water tower; and the service road along I -3 5E. The internal circulation design has changed significantly since the concept review. Some issues remain, some have been resolved, and new issues have arisen from the change. • The "slip ramp" into the site from Main St. was negotiated with the Anoka County Highway Dept. as part of the CSAH 14/8 improvement project and the I -35E interchange project. This access will allow vehicles to leave Main St. to enter the site, but not exit the site onto Main St. It will not pose a safety problem on Main St., but there are some issues to consider. • The slip ramp route continues south and intersects with the existing bank access road. In the first layout, this was be a four -way intersection, with traffic continuing unimpeded on the bank road but a stop sign for southbound vehicles on the slip ramp road. The October plan shows the bank road ending in a "T" except for a driveway entrance to the larger retail building lot, L2 B2. This is a significant revision. The intersection has a stop in all four directions and, perhaps more importantly, the most direct traffic flow is no longer west to east but north and south. The applicant's traffic study shows that the major vehicle entrance movement ultimately will be west to east on the bank road in 2030. Even at phase 2, the bank road and the slip ramp entrance will be about the same.