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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FEBRUARY 4, 2004 APPROVED 1 • 2 Community Development Director Grochala stated residents did raise many other issues. 3 Staff believes all issues other than the traffic issues have been resolved. 4 5 City Planner Smyser noted the interchange is exempt from the levels of service standards. 6 Staff is not as concerned with the levels of service on the freeway. The big issue is 7 vehicles being stacked on the freeway ramp. There would, however, be delays at other 8 intersections in the area. 9 10 Mr. Steve Elmer, TKDA, advised he looked at the information that was just received and 11 has evaluated it. Levels of service and delays were also reviewed. It has been 12 determined that there would be significant delays and lowered levels of services at several 13 intersections. There would also be quite extensive stacking problems, public safety 14 concerns and access issues. 15 16 Councilmember Carlson stated the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) was 17 completed in October 2002. The church also completed a traffic analysis. She asked 18 why neither of those reports including issues about stacking on the freeway ramp. 19 20 City Planner Smyser reviewed the process the project has gone through noting none of 21 the agencies involved mentioned stacking issues. Staff received that information on 22 Monday. The important thing is that now the City knows about the stacking issue. As 23 the application went through the City process additional information continued to be 24 pulled out and the stacking issue was identified. • 25 26 Mayor Bergeson suggested it is the responsibility of MnDOT to raise the stacking issue. 27 City Planner Smyser stated the stacking issue remained under everyone's radar. 28 Something was not identified until recently resulting in an additional issue with the 29 project. 30 31 Community Development Director Grochala stated staff is evaluating the additional 32 information along with possible options. Without further time review time, staff cannot 33 recommend approval of the project. 34 35 Mayor Bergeson requested Eagle Brook Church advise staff regarding the extension by 36 noon on Friday, February 6, 2004. 37 38 Ms. Sue Steinwell, attorney for Eagle Brook, stated she has talked to staff regarding a 39 possible extension. She indicated she would let staff know if the extension would be 40 granted. She asked the engineer to discuss the traffic issues further. 41 42 Ms. Maureen Cody, Traffic Engineer for Eagle Brook, stated the main concerns are the 43 Saturday evening and Sunday morning church services. The analysis results are similar 44 for both days. The information in the EAW for Sunday morning has not changed since 45 the EAW was completed. The recommendation was for traffic control during the peak 46 times. The model was based on the worst-case scenario and based on a systems 47 perspective. That is how it was determined that there would be a 45% reduction in traffic • 48 with the traffic controls. MnDOT, Anoka County and the Metropolitan Council have