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The Village, LLC Redevelopment EAW – Record of Decision City of Saint Anthony Village WSB Project No. 2170-380 Page 9 Comment 12 (Hennepin County): Is there any storm sewer connection (existing or proposed) between the project site and Kenzie Terrace (Hennepin County Road 153)? If so, this connection will require further review and permitting by Hennepin County. Connections to the Hennepin County storm sewer system are only allowed at existing connection locations by permit. Response to Comment 12: There is one existing storm sewer connection between the project site and Kenzie Terrace. Permits will be obtained at the time of preliminary plat review for the re- development. The City of Saint Anthony Village and Hennepin County have processes in place to address storm water in the permit and plan approval processes. Comment 13 (Hennepin County): The traffic analysis discussed in the Transportation Section of the EAW needs to provide a 20 year projection for 2038 (not a 12 year projection for 2030) and should be reflected throughout the document and in the suggested mitigation. The analysis should also assume the full intersections are not rebuilt to roundabouts, unless that is what is proposed with the development. Response to Comment 13: The analysis for 2030 included assumption of full build of the proposed development with a minimal background traffic growth of 0.15%/year. Increasing the traffic volumes from 2030 to 2038 would increase the background traffic conditions by only 1.2%. The recommended mitigation plan identified short term and long term improvements. The short term improvements are based on the 2018 conditions assuming the full build of the development. The long term represents improvements that should/could be considered as traffic increases. The recommendation indicated that roundabouts should be considered. At the point when additional intersection improvements are needed an Intersection Control Evaluation (ICE) would be completed to determine the best solution for each intersection. Based on our engineering judgement the requested modification will not in our opinion change the recommended mitigation. However, the City of Saint Anthony Village will work with Hennepin County to make any necessary changes to the Traffic Study through the development approval process. Comment 14 (Hennepin County): It was suggested to optimize the signal time and coordination between the St Anthony Blvd intersections at New Brighton Blvd (CR 88) and Silver Lake Blvd/Kenzie Terrace (CR 153) – What signal timings were used in the analysis? The synchro/sim traffic files will need review by Hennepin County Response to Comment 14: The signal timing used for the intersections was based on optimization of the intersection traffic conditions using the Synchro/SimTraffic software. The worksheet will be provided to Hennepin County for review with the revised Traffic Study. Comment 15 (Hennepin County): What is the logic of lengthening the NW bound left-turn lane on St. Anthony Parkway to the southbound New Brighton Blvd (CSAH 88) from 125’ to 200’ suggested as mitigation? The traffic study shows the movement largely stays the same through build and non-build scenarios. Is this suggesting that many residents/visitors to the development would cut through the shopping center via Pentagon Dr? Response to Comment 15: Although the changes are not significant, the anticipated vehicle queue lengths will be reaching the available storage based on the Synchro/SimTraffic analysis. 28