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'.•■j' 03 i'» <br />V‘«» ■ • * <br />pmnmmm 510 Fnt A mu * No»n <br />•rMcAvr^ir 5u.» 530 O'"! <br />tAM^woFs. MNSU03 <br />C12 371 04*3 <br />Far 612 371-4410 <br />■ V;V?r <br />April 30. 1999 <br />Mr Jarnes McCarthy <br />Lindquist & Vennum <br />4200 IDS Ceniftr <br />00 South Eight Street <br />Mmrieapoiis. MN 55402-2205 <br />Re V/oodhili County Club <br />Trallic Access <br />Dear Mr McCarthy. <br />Parsons Bnnckerhoft. Inc is pleased to present a trafLc study exam-mng • e imoaci cn irat'.c <br />patterns and traMic safety by WooOhiti County Ciub s proposal to resto'e regular veh cu ar <br />access to Woodhill Avenue The mlormation ccntamed m the trallic study was obiamed from on* <br />Site observations, the City of Orono. Hennepm County. Minnesota Departnnent of Transportation. <br />Woodhiiis proposed amendments to its i960 Conditional Use Permit. V/oodhiil’s By-Laws. <br />Collin & Gronberg Inc engineering plan dated 4/23/99, and accepted principles of trait c <br />engineering <br />Our report provides a review and summary of the <br />• Existing Access Description and issues <br />• Woodhiil ■ s Proposed Use of its Secondary Accesu to Woodhill Avenue <br />• Traffic and Safety Impacts of Proposed CUP Amendment <br />SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS <br />Woodhill County Club s CUP amendment proposal wiH hove a minimal impact on Wocdniii <br />Avenue and tne Woodhill Ridge devcicpmeni it will improve safely for Woodhill fam iics and <br />overall improve traffic safety m Orono. on Woodhill Road. Woodhill Avenue. CR 15. and Orono <br />Orchard Road <br />EXISTING ACCESS DESCRIPTION AND ISSUES <br />The Woodhill Cour>try Club is served by two access pemts The scutn access (Woodh-ii <br />Road) IS the mam entrance to the Cub The west access (Woodhill Avenue) has been a <br />secondary access since the club was built m 1915-^917 A history of the club s use is <br />contained m Woodhill s CUP application The access has not been used for regular <br />vehicular traffic since 1980 <br />Unlike mosi county clubs. Woodhill has a very delmed set of rules on rrembersn.p s-20 <br />and use of me dub outside of family social occasions Family memberships have been <br />limited to about 400 for decades, resulting m less daily activity and special socai <br />activities than rrx}st clubs As described m this section, the dub places signiticar: <br />constraints on members using the dub for any political or business entertainment <br />purposes These limitations result in relatively lower levels of traffic in and out of me <br />club <br />SSXi