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0 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 jugodiscussed and she noted that traffic and access would be discussed la t She viewed parking, the buffer along County Road H2, the degree of e "``ki `' ent into the wetland buffer, what possible improvements sh Ate do . Th proposal regarding accel and decel lanes and walkways '` na e t }"' ' " g , f € r. theatern complex, concerns of surrounding schools, a comp `n wit:; '° sstin $�€ zoning. She indicated that the Planning Co sion:.on `` arrived at`' "`" it~'on %these issues at the last meeting. She noted':z,.2;. a ..X..},.>e < ,.. c and access 41#jeered to this meeting because the City just receivedthe up0mental traffic report. She indicated that the supplemental report was pr€A;z :` Planning Commission and the traffic consultants, Charlene Zimmetend M,; # ,4r of SRF Consulting, were present to answerany y questions. dded tha ,�'�<.diagram included in the report showed the traffic coup pt P count.4400 �: r the d Vume the peak hour for the streets, and the peak hour 4he•" .rator i.e. tf theater). The new diagram also showed the estimatell numWOkat are expected to occur during the peak hour for the generator etthe Lan' `gge Road/Highway 10 111 intersection, the Edgewoo 9 ve bre '•m the median, and the County Road H2/ Highway 10 intersection, Wsupplmental traffic report also showed how the consultants made adju tints to•the traffic. : nbution based on a region-wide model instead usin :: heh"urrent lotion on adjacent streets. This change t.w T spons }rtluence of the Long Lake Road/Silver ..;.. €> < :v: ions a I-694} 4,,,' :: ' ce the` aters are expected to be a regional draw. It shot : • he vole eS o-Iighway 10 are reduced and more traffic travels west and sOi;: µ` :k;. Coun` oa:j2 and Long Lake Road. More traffic goes through the C `' "k' _ `��•,,�»,��,, o. '< . H2/Lon re Road intersection, and the level of service would * nggoj S tpeak hour of the street. This change in level of i'vice means � pnaone-second delay at tl'iat intersection. She added that 4 the consultants Fro` ': ked by the Planning Commission to look at alternative land , uses in the rep z u ing existing zoning or the existing Comprehensive Plan } },� designation anotherpossible land uses that have been considered. She m....1.."4indicated thatve scenarios were used: existing zoning (duplexes on H-2 and mat" 4neighbo business on the rest of the property), the Comprehensive Plan 1 } 02gfan (single family homes on the entire parcel), townhomes, apartments IlleParporate 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. i