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l,~!' ..\..:'~' , J \ \ ' W~ter RidgeP1~ia August 21 ~ 1984 Page'S -", -- '.' ~,"-.:', . .... . ,-" _ ", ! " ~. '. '. '. ~'. i '. . .... -; ". ~ ~ ~ .~ " :~." '1--'. ", .; :1'" 0;: . . ':.-. '. ~~. .-.' .. ;, ..- ~ ." .. ,:..,~. '.' ....~ " ,-} ,. . . . . . . " ..' ,;.~ '-?:;:::;;o"::"'"':'~':~":::":~:'"';"~:':;'; :~~'::,; '. - ". ':',. .-'! ::'_ .' . _. ~. ,.............:.:. . '. ..... . .... . .,0 :., . -.:":; .'. .' 0 ,: .- - ::., : . : '.' .,... C;:' 0.. :.;_~ '...:"" _ ....". -The ;_s i te:.plan clianges ,wh f-ch - hil-ve. bt!1!" maue si nee the>in i th 1 . proposa 1 qn' Jun~ 19th Are'as fQll-ows:.>:(se.e a tttached plat);. ":. : ~~~i. 1. 22' single family units reduc'ed .to20'sin'gle family units. 2. . '44 apartment units reduced to '40 'apartment. Urtits.' 3. . Adequate parking provided for the officean.d: restaurant portion of.the site. . " 4. Two parking'spacesprovided for each apartment'uh'it. . S.Ihcrea'se 'of~apartmen.t;.puild.ing .setbacksu'off of .10th Street --ff6nr'25"'f~et'"'t6 3b't'eet. .' .... -.....~ '. --:c,'".--... ..' 6~. .M9ved.."the".e~ast. ep'trance."to .the.'north.projec.t" area as'far .''-"Y'es't.~s P9s~ible:... .... ..... ::'. '.' .:"". ; .' ~. . . - '. rhe, pUblic hearing was again continued on July 17th to August 21, a-t the d~~~lop~rl.s request. TRAFF-IC.ANALYS.IS _ To determ'ine--the'impact of increased traffic from:the Hater Ridge Plaza proposal'sfaff had, the' developer submit a lette-r stating traffic projecti! of the p'roject (see EXHIBIT A). This 1 etter \'Ias then forwarded to the.' Ramsey County Traffic Engineer (see EXHIBIT B). The' resprinse from Paul K irk w 0.1 d, T r a f f icE n gin e e r, ;" sat tach e d" i n EX H I BIT C._ Mr. Kirkwold's analysis finds tha..t the U"affic projections. submitted by - the. d eve 1. .0 per are rea $ 0 nab 1 e . Bas e don tho s e:' pro j e c t ion s the t r a f fie increase on 10th Street ~nd 9A Avenue will be \'Ie 1 1 within the str~et capacity limits. The Water Ridge Plaza prop'osa1 \'Iill--not create any need for".tfaffi~ signal construction. Much' of th.e OPpOsition by .1 oca'i .residents. ..1:0 the'p:'rop~os~ed: p.r.oj~ct was _ to :the increase' in tr.affic;. .Resi.doents stated th'et'e a:l'r'e'adY~.exist's: a traffic probl em" entering' 1 Oth_ Street. from' 9A Aven"Lie.Bas'ed 'o'n:. the. departure of . the traffic analysis from .the 'citfzen input on eX-istTng t"r-affic conditiow: the' Planning Commission has recommended d'enial.. of"the:'project. based on t r a f fie. S t a f f will' b eat t em p ti n g tog a the r mo ref i r s t h:a n d d a tab y _ putting out traffic counters for one week starting August 24. This will take cbunts on a Weekdays, a weekend, and before school begins and after school is in session. lath Street N.W. is a four lane County State Aide Highway with a capacity '.to handle over 16,000 ~ehicle trips per day (same as Silver Lake Road). lath Street is constructed to handle heavy car and truck traffic. The number'of 'average daily vehicle trips .on 10th Street for 1983 is 9300. The Wat~r Ridge Plaza project will increase traffic levels to approximate1 11 , 2 2 4 V e hie 1 e. t rip s. per day 0 n lOt h S t r e e t , The Com pre hen s i v e P 1 a n s h O}; : the year 2000'traffic projection on the street west of 8th Avenue N.W.. to be 15,900 vehicle trips per day. T~affic volumes on lath Street. will continue to increase as redevelopment of the downtown business district continues. .