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These new figures from Fordham Drive are similar to the one taken earlier on May 18th. • The May 18th 24-hour traffic study statistics are: Fordham south of Silver Lane 281 (estimated 140 round trips) Fordham north of 39th Avenue 446 (estimated 223 round trips) According to the Public Works Director and based on traffic information from a 1991 State traffic survey, the traffic range.for streets in residential areas is between 400 and 600 vehicles in a 24-hour period. These figures can translate into approximately an average of 10 trips per single family detached residence during a weekday, according to Robert Paddock, Transportation Planner for the Metropolitan Council during a recent telephone conversation. The range of trips generated per day per single family residence is between 4.307 and 21.9 (see attached copy of the Trip Generation published by the Institute of Transportation.Engineers and provided by Robert Paddock). Also included in this study was Macalaster Drive, which has many multi-family residences. Because the residential population of the Macalaster neighbor is more dense, a logical conclusion might be that this type of neighborhood would generate larger numbers of vehicle trips. The traffic survey taken indicates that this is not true and corresponds to the information that I received from the Metropolitan Council. As reported in my May 24th memo, the traffic count done at Evergreen on May 22nd was • intended to get a better idea of the traffic generated from this type of development. Evergreen has 37 units, which is three times more than what is proposed for the Village Commons project. Traffic counters were placed at the West entrance off of Silver Lane and at the East entrance also off of Silver Lane. The following counts were taken for the 24-hour period starting on May 22 at 7:55 AM and ending on May 23 at 7:55 AM: West Entrance — 27 units 279 (estimated 139 round trips) East Entrance — 10 units 112 (estimated 56 round trips) Once again the assumption can be made that each vehicle left and came back, so we can divide these figures in half, giving the number of trips generated. Based on this assumption, the West entrance units each generated 5 trips per day; the East entrance units each generated 5.6 trips per day. According to the Metropolitan Council, residential condominium units can be expected to generate on average 5.857 trips per unit per weekday. The range for trips generated is between .570 trips per day per unit to 11.786 trips per day per unit depending on the demographics of those living in this kind of residential dwelling. Mr. Paddock told me that a retirement community could expect to generate an average of 3.3 trips per unit per workday and other residential condominiums could generate up to an average of 5 trips per unit per day. This information from the Met Council is verified by a letter dated June 1, 1995 from Mr. • Paddock, Transportation Planner and a copy of which is attached.