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• Mounds View Planning Commission April 16, 1997 Special Meeting Page 7 discussion that occurred at the last Planning Commission meeting where issues were reviewed and consensus by the Planning Commission was reached. She did not review the Comprehensive Plan Amendment because that was just discussed and she noted that traffic and access would be discussed last. She reviewed parking, the buffer along County Road H2, the degree of encroachment into the wetland buffer, what possible improvements should be done with the proposal regarding accel and decel lanes and walkways, signage, the size of the theater complex, concerns of surrounding schools, and a comparison with the existing zoning. She indicated that the Planning Commission had arrived at agreement on these issues at the last meeting. She noted that traffic and access were deferred to this meeting because the City just received the supplemental traffic report. She indicated that the supplemental report was provided to the Planning Commission and the traffic consultants, Charlene Zimmer and Nancy Heuer of SRF Consulting, were present to answer any questions. She added that the new diagram included in the report showed the traffic count expected for the daily volume, the peak hour for the streets, and the peak hour for the generator(i.e. the theater). The new diagram also showed the estimated number of U-turns that are expected to occur during the peak hour for the generator at the Long Lake Road/Highway 10 • intersection, the Edgewood Drive break in the median, and the County Road H2/ Highway 10 intersection. The supplemental traffic report also showed how the consultants made adjustments to the traffic distribution based on a region-wide model instead using the current traffic distribution on adjacent streets. This change was in response to questions about the influence of the Long Lake Road/Silver Lake Road/1-694 system since the theaters are expected to be a regional draw. It showed that the volumes on Highway 10 are reduced and more traffic travels west and south using County Road H2 and Long Lake Road. More traffic goes through the County Road H2/Long Lake Road intersection, and the level of service would go from "B" to "C" during the peak hour of the street. This change in level of service means an additional one-second delay at that intersection. She added that the consultants were asked by the Planning Commission to look at alternative land uses in the report; using existing zoning or the existing Comprehensive Plan designation and other possible land uses that have been considered. She indicated that five scenarios were used: existing zoning (duplexes on H-2 and neighborhood business on the rest of the property), the Comprehensive Plan Designation (single family homes on the entire parcel), townhomes, apartments and corporate office/offices on the entire parcel. She reported that the use producing the highest amount of traffic during the peaks was the existing zoning. She added that the residential scenarios indicated less traffic would be produced than the current proposal. •