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<br />w <br /> <br />BENSHOOF & ASSOCIATES, INC. <br /> <br />TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS <br />10417 EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD, SUITE TWO / HOPKINS, MN 55343/ (952) 238-1667/ FI'J( (952) 238-1671 <br /> <br />June 25, 2004 <br /> <br />Refer to File: 03-44 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />John Hinzman, City of Hastings <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Edward F. Terhaar <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Results of Updated Traffic Study for Proposed Residential Development <br />in Hastings, MN <br /> <br />As requested, we have updated the traffic study as presented in our July 8, 2003 report to <br />account for the following two items: (1) traffic volume adjustments to account for traffic <br />generated by the nearby High School and (2) trip generation adjustments to account for <br />changes in development size. The resultant updated volumes were then used to update <br />the Level of Service analysis for each intersection reviewed in the original study. <br /> <br />Traffic volumes on both Featherstone Road and 4th Street were adjusted to account for <br />traffic generated by the nearby High School. Traffic volumes as presented in the High <br />School Traffic Impact Study dated March 4, 1999 were used for our adjustments. This <br />report assumed the school would contain 2,000 students and 175 staff persons. The <br />weekday a.m. and p.m. peak hour volumes presented in our report were increased by the <br />amounts presented in the High School report. <br /> <br />The development trip generation as presented in our original report was adjusted to <br />account for the smaller size of the proposed development. In our original repot, we had <br />assumed a development consisting of 90 condominium units. The current proposal <br />consists of 72 condominium units. This adjustment resulted in a trip generation reduction <br />of approximately 20 percent for this development. <br /> <br />The resultant volumes were then used to update the Level of Service analyses presented <br />in the original report. The updated analysis indicated that all levels of service as <br />presented in the original report remain unchanged using the updated volumes. Therefore, <br />the analysis intersections will operate at acceptable levels of service as presented in the <br />original report. <br /> <br />",--_.,- <br />