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Mounds View City Council December 12, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 5 1 Mr. Grage commented on the parking situation for the Woodale Apartments and reviewed the 2 parking that was provided by the four comparable apartments. He reported Brighton Oaks has a 3 lower rate of parking than was proposed for the Woodale Apartments. He indicated the Woodale 4 Apartments would have 14 units that were considered carless and tenants would not have vehicles. 5 He explained this would put the number of spaces per unit above all of the other comparable 6 apartment complexes. He stated the comparable apartment buildings have excess parking, which 7 meant the City’s requirements were exceeding the industry standards when it comes to parking. 8 9 Mr. Grage summarized his comments and reviewed the number of AM and PM trips per day, 10 noting the number of trips would be less throughout the rest of the day. He explained the 11 surrounding intersections would continue to perform at Levels A and B if this development were 12 to occur. He reported the range of parking spaces needed for a development of this size was 183 13 to 199 parking spaces and the project was proposing to have 197 parking spaces. 14 15 Council Member Meehlhause requested further information regarding the 14 proposed carless 16 units. Mr. Ackman explained 10% of the 140 units would be set aside at 30% AMI. He reported 17 it has been his experience that the individuals living in these units typically don’t have cars. 18 19 Council Member Meehlhause asked what Level Service A and B meant for intersections. Mr. 20 Grage explained intersections are graded Level A through F on terms of their performance. He 21 stated Level Service A is typically under 10 seconds of delay and Level Service B was 10 to 15 22 seconds of delay. 23 24 Mayor Mueller questioned if the traffic study was taken off of snapshots or videos. Mr. Grage 25 reported the traffic study was based off of live videos taken from Wednesday, December 1 through 26 Friday, December 3. He reported the days covered AM and PM peak hours, along with traffic from 27 a typical school day. 28 29 Further discussion ensued regarding the traffic study and the number of cars utilizing Woodale 30 Drive. 31 32 Mayor Mueller asked if the Boulevard apartment complex was studied by the developer for 33 parking purposes. Mr. Grage stated this complex was studied. 34 35 Mayor Mueller noted the Boulevard was an affordable complex that was built in 2019 that has 60 36 units and has 60 underground parking spaces and 60 surface stalls. Mr. Grage reported 93 of the 37 120 parking stalls were being occupied when he studied the complex. 38 39 Mayor Mueller inquired what type of mass transit support the other apartment buildings had and 40 questioned how this impacted the parking situation. Mr. Grage stated he was simply reporting on 41 parking data and he did not have this information. 42 43 Mayor Mueller opened the public hearing at 7:29 p.m. 44 45 Bob King, 7408 Silver Lake Road, asked if this project had been cleared with Ramsey County. 46