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Mounds View Planning Commission January 7, 1998 • Regular Meeting Page 3 want to be left out of any of the theater and ring road development processes. She asked the Planning Commission for their reassurance that notices would be sent for all meetings pertaining to this issue. Chairperson Peterson told Ms. Olsen that no more formal action has been taken on the theater development concept plan since early 1997. He added that the ring road idea and involvement of the Mn/DOT had come later in the year. Director Jopke agreed with Commissioner Peterson and added that Mn/DOT's involvement with the signaling of Highway 10 for this project is not tied in to the ring road concept. The signal issue is a stand-alone item. Ms. Olsen stated that it is the Association's understanding that if the developer could get the traffic lighting as proposed that the ring road would not be needed. Commissioner Miller asked Ms. Olsen who, in her opinion, would be using the ring road if it is developed. Ms. Olsen told the Commission that the ring road would increase the traffic on Mounds • View Drive. She referred to comments that had been made by the developer; saying that he, too, thought that most of the traffic would be coming from the south and southwest and not from the north. Several of the Commissioners disagreed and stated that the logical traffic flow would be across H-2 and up Long Lake Road. Commission Obert added that most of the people coming in to use the theater will be coming from outside of Mounds View, and the side streets, such as Mounds View Drive, would not be used. Commission Stevenson referred to a traffic study that was done for the theater development. The study showed that traffic would not increase much on Mounds View Drive. He also suggested that if the speed limit on Mounds View drive was kept very low people would not want to use the road. Director Jopke stated that SRF, the City Engineering firm, was asked to look at the theater development traffic study a second time taking into account the possibility of the ring road connection. This study showed a 200-400 car increase on Mounds View Drive if the ring road is developed. • Commissioner Brasaemle added that this recent study was made not showing a curb cut on H-2.