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September 28, 1976 TO: Thomas F. Lewcock, City Manager FROM: James F. Winkels, City Planner SUBJECT: Traffic Proposals for Rice Creek Plaza At its September 15th meeting:,. concern was stated for the number of driveways on Silver,Lake Road and also for the general internal/external circulation patterns of the proposed shopping. Centex. Since that meeting the applicant,. R.G.E. Corporation, has. had a. consulting firm study .the situation and report on possible.: alternatives. The applicant and consultant have provided new information in the form of actua rather than estimated; traffis volumes during peak hours,_a revised proposed plan for driveways off of-Silver Lake Road, and,-two alternative designs for driveway location-that were considered. The. updated traffic volume sketch indicates.thatactual traffic is higher than the estimated volume, particularly for- northbound traffic, which 'is shown .to be nearly double that estimated in the September 7 Traffic impact Ananysis. The. consultant has indicated,`however,-that he sees no change in the estimated number of trips generated as a result of the proposed development. .The revised-proposed plane the. applicant and consultant have provided has as its main features the closing of the Super Valu's southern driveway on.Silver.-.Lake-Road and the closing of the Taco John's driveway on Silver. Lake Road. In addition, the main driveway for the shopping center has been positioned approximately five (5)..feet'.farther south which would create a sl ht off-set in_al nment with the-driving g g lane located directly in front of the shopping'center. The applicant has indicated that the owners of the Super Valu and Taco John's have agreed to close.-.the above mentioned driveways. In an ag~eement'to close the. Taco John driveway the;R.CE. Corporation would pro~ride'access'to Tack John's from. the southern shopping center driveway running just south of the ~. proposed .steak house.