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<br />Metropolitan District <br />1500 County Road B-2 West <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> <br />An equal opportunity employer <br /> <br />May 8, 2019 <br /> <br />Rachel Juba, Community Development Director <br />City of Hugo <br />14669 Fitzgerald Ave. N. <br />Hugo, MN 55038 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Apple Academy <br />MnDOT Review # S19-021 <br />13845 Forest Blvd (NE quad US 61 and 138th St Blvd.) <br />City of Hugo, Washington County <br />Control Section: 8206 <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Juba: <br /> <br />MnDOT has reviewed the site plan and project information received 4/16/19 for the above-referenced <br />project. Before further development, please address the following: <br /> <br />Traffic <br />Access to the proposed development is shown via an internal connection to the existing <br />TGK Automotive driveway on the east side of US 61 that will be shared. This will add more left turns <br />being made by vehicles exiting onto southbound US 61. Also, on US 61 there will be more vehicles in <br />both directions slowing and stopping to wait for oncoming traffic to clear before making left turns into <br />the entrance driveway. This will likely create more instances of through-drivers attempting to pass on <br />the right on the shoulders. <br /> <br />These additional left turns onto and off of US 61, which will likely be at peak AM and PM travel times <br />due to typical school drop-off and pick-up schedules, are a safety concern because of the high volumes <br />and speed of traffic on US 61 at the driveway location. <br /> <br />MnDOT recommends that the city work closely with the property owner(s) to develop and implement <br />improvements to signage and sight lines at the driveway entrance to improve driver safety. MnDOT also <br />recommends that the city request information from the property owner(s) to help understand additional <br />potential future uses and associated trip generation that could further increase use of the TGK <br />Automotive driveway. <br /> <br />Please contact Kaare Festvog of the Metro District’s Traffic Engineering Section at <br />Kaare.Festvog@state.mn.us or 651-234-7814 with questions. <br /> <br />Drainage <br />A drainage permit (Form 30795‐02) will be required for this site to ensure that current drainage rates to <br />MnDOT right-of-way will not be increased. Please provide computations and plans so that MnDOT may <br />verify that the proposed development maintains or reduces drainage rates to the state right-of-way. <br />Please include both existing and proposed site conditions. Drainage permit applications are available and <br />may be submitted online at: https://dotapp7.dot.state.mn.us/OLPA. Please submit the following <br />documents with the drainage permit application: