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• Mounds View Planning Commission April 16, 1997 Special Meeting Page 9 the way it is zoned now actually produced more traffic than the current proposal. The difference is when the peak for developed property would occur. The peak for the different development would occur at different times, but the overjimpact is less. He was also concerned with the traffic impact on Longake. e`-d and County Road H2 and how it compares to the prey'•us Charlene Zimmer, Principal for SRF ConsultirO dressed •: x n indicatin. that the only changes that have occurred in "study h do: iistri n of traffic on Long Lake Road and County Ro: :Tx 2 th insulted 136'04410i .1 sed the regional traffic forecasting model to distrii : nps. She brie ed the results as noted in the revised traffic study. S s fined that what occurred is that the volumes did increase on CountyRoa.' :<: �,;� Lake Road from the last report from five to nine percent. She noted thatx * j zRoad H2 would have x�xzxzx�..`.xx::z�; an increase in traffic of 11 percent daily.• _ xxx,x <x.;;xx.. N x.•:: iv The Planning Commission and SRFCon� .cussed: arious traffic routes and distribution. .{.p:�;.z�` 'xzY xxxx ,,.. • Commissioner Johnsto xxxxxx. ua n; pressed� ome cor,:i�em with the safety of U-turns and indicated he did not see *d ,x�, �"ress��n the stir. Ms. Zimmer indicated that two of the three intersectior re sign;: 1 d whi.•.1.k.lfrianages the traffic flow and, they- ore, reduces :, a number o 4g.. f ;, r • the s.•ggestion by the Police Department to align entrance of the theater and signalize it. He asked this ,m .i t the traffic flow. Ms. Zimmer indicated that they had nQ: : ;,{ is flow y sis along Highway 10 with Edgewood Drive being a si Q4s, Shbelieved, however, that the level of congestion, to a a extent -d by-how-the-signals-are-timed-and-how-they gress. lithe expressed :'� of the concerns with adding a signal would be that it would Azib } complicate the #gsion of traffic and studies would need to be done to AK+ determine whether or not a signal could be effectively added on Highway 10. With regard to th ;`1 w of traffic, the opinion of the consultant was, that it was better to the . theater entrance to right-in, right-out because it helps on a high volume :x:::.xxx mak r ;; x xxxx: Aas Highway 10. Regarding left turns, the consultant added that it is ��\.:Y\�kx`YxYYxxx.rxi�\k2 ::mer-to have a four-legged intersection and it is better to have it signalized. Ms. Zimmer expressed some concerns with the number of access points because the more access points you have the more impact you have on safety and traffic flow. In terms of getting in and out of the site, a signalized, four-legged intersection is the . desirable solution. But in terms of the traffic flow on Highway 10, there is a