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Legacy at Wood's Edge Record of Decision City of Lino Lakes January 2004 • The northern portion of the site has been used as a sandblasting facility for approximately 25 years. The aboveground storage tanks will be removed as part of the development and remedial action will be taken if necessary. Further evaluation of the soils in the vicinity of the aboveground storage tanks and the vehicle storage area will be conducted to determine if any petroleum releases have occurred or whether past land uses may have adversely impacted the soils on the site. The proposed commercial and residential developments are not expected to have petroleum or oil storage tanks. The land uses associated with the commercial development are expected to be retail and/or restaurant types of uses. Traffic AM and PM Peak Hour trip generation rates were developed for the proposed development as well as the existing facilities (City Hall complex, Fairview Clinic, and Lino Lakes State Bank). Trips to /from each building were assigned to the street system within the development. This provided a tabulation of traffic volumes at various locations within the development, as well as at the intersection of Town Center Parkway and Lake Drive (CSAH 23). According to this analysis, the Peak Hour traffic volume is 1,155 trips, which occurs from 4:30 -5:30 pm. Based on the traffic analysis, a concept transportation improvement plan was developed for the Town Center Parkway and Lake Drive intersection. On Town Center Parkway, the plan includes three outbound lanes to separate left turn, through, and right turning traffic and also includes two inbound travel lanes. Signalization of this intersection would also be necessary to maintain acceptable levels of service and provided a controlled pedestrian crossing. According to the 2020 Traffic Volume Forecast in the Lino Lakes Transportation Plan, traffic volumes on Lake Drive are anticipated to increase to over 17,000 trips per day. Regardless of the proposed development, improvements to Lake Drive are expected in the future. However, to accommodate the full development of the Legacy at Wood's Edge Development, several additional improvements to Lake Drive are being proposed. The concept transportation plan has proposed the construction of two southbound left turn lanes between the intersection of Town Center Parkway and the I -35W bridge. Furthermore, traffic signals at Town Center Parkway and both ramps to I -35W are anticipated. To signalize the south ramp intersection, the existing off ramp and on ramp intersections, which are now separated, need to be aligned to a single intersection, which would require the reconstruction of approximately 400 -feet of the northbound on ramp. DRAFT