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C * w- <br />M%it ■%«rfii€ft#f^ir <br />510 First Aver^ue North <br />Suite 550 <br />Minneapolis, MN 55403 <br />612 371-0443 <br />Fdx 612-371-4410 <br />April 30. 1999 f.; .V 1» 3 <br />Mr James McCarthy <br />Lindauist & Vennum <br />4200 IDS Center <br />80 South Fight Street <br />Minneapolis. MN 55402-2205 <br />V.»» fc i C • N... I . . <br />Re Woodhill County Club <br />Tratlic Access <br />Dear Mr McCarthy. <br />Parsons Brinckerholl. Inc is pleased to present a tralfic study examining the impact on trallic <br />patterns and traffic safety by Woodhill County Club's proposal to restore reguia'’ vehicular <br />access to Woodhill Avenue The information contained m the traffic study was cbtamed <rorr on- <br />Site observations, the City of Orono. Hennepin County. Minnesota Department of Transportation. <br />Woodhill s proposed amendments to its 1968 Conditional Use Permit. Woodhill's By-Laws. <br />Coffin & Gronberg Inc engineering plan dated 4/23/99. and accepted principles of traffic <br />engineering <br />Our report provides a review and summary ol the <br />• Existing Access Description and Issues <br />• Woodhiil' s Proposed Use of ;ts Secondary Access to Woodhill Avenue <br />Tralfic and Safety Impacts of Proposed CUP Amendmert <br />SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS <br />Woodhill County Club s CUP amendment proposal will have a minimal impact on Woodhill <br />Avenue and fne Woodhill Ridge development it will improve safety for Woodhill families and <br />overall improve traffic safety in Orono. on Woodhill Road. Woodhill Avenue. CR 15. and Orono <br />Orchard Road <br />EXISTING ACCESS DESCRIPTION AND ISSUES <br />The Woodhill Country Club is served by two access penis The scutn access (Woodhill <br />Road) IS the mam ent^nce to the c'ub The west access (Woodnili Avenue) has been a <br />secondary access since the club was buiit in 1915-19" 7 A h story of the club s use is <br />contained m Woodhill s CUP application The access has not been used for regu'ar <br />vehicular traffic since 1980 <br />Unlike most county clubs WooahiH has a very defined set of rules on membership sve <br />and use of the club outside of family social occasions Family memberships have been <br />limited to about 4(30 for decades, resulting m less daily activ ty and special socia' <br />activities than most clubs As described m this section, the duo olaces s gi’uftcart <br />constrair'its on members using the dub for any political or business entertainment <br />purposes These limitations result in relatively lower levels of traffic m and out of the <br />club <br />O^raCentwyof <br />Mn§Iueorli9$ MMOmlhneB