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r^Y-04 “1999 14:57 BENSHQOF & RSSOC.bl£i IbVl <br />IQ!^ BENSHOOF & ASSOCIATES, INC. <br />- TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS <br />hy}' • U ' 5" B <br />I 1(H17 EXCELSIOR BOUIEVARD. SUITE TWO / HOPKINS. MN 55343/(612) 238-1667/FAX (612) 238-1671 <br />I <br />r <br />F <br />F <br />F <br />F <br />F <br />1: <br />1: <br />t <br />C <br />t <br />t <br />c <br />1: <br />May 4,1999 n2Z2rs2D REF=ERTORLE:98-39 <br />\m 0 5 1999 <br />Woodhill Avenue Residents <br />do Kfr. Chiles Maile <br />1260 Woodhill Avenue . <br />Orono, MN 55391 <br />Ci i Y Or Cri0i\’0 <br />RE: Updated Traffic Review of Possible Access Connection to Woodhill Avenue from <br />Woodhill Country Club <br />Dear Residents: <br />PURPOSE <br />This letter is to update the review we performed about a year ago regarding the traffic <br />impacts of the access connection that Woodhill Countty Club has proposed to establish to <br />and from Woodhill Avenue. The results of our prior review were documented in a If ner <br />to you dated May 26.1998. Recently, the Woodhill Countjy Club submitted to Ae City <br />of Orono an application for a conditional use permit amendment. The two principal <br />purposes of this amendment are: 1) to acknowledge certain basic lights of access for the <br />Countiy Club to Woodhill Avenue and 2) to impose certain restrictions and conditions <br />on the Country Club’s proposed use of an access connection to Woodhill Avenue. <br />We have carefblly reviewed the Woodhill Countiy Club’s current application. In <br />addition, we have reviewed the letter submhted by Edward Axt of the Parsons <br />Biinckerhoff firm to James McCarthy of the. Lindquist A Vennum firm dated April 30, <br />1999, which documents a traffic study performed by the Parson firm of the proposed <br />/aaccess connection to Woodhill Avenue. In evaluating the traffic impacts of the Country <br />Club’s application, we also have accounted for the following items: information that we <br />established a year ago. current observations on Woodhill Avenue and at the intersection <br />of County Highway 15 and Woodhill Country Club Road, and information from <br />Hennepin County regarding improvements to County Highway 15. <br />The results of our current traffic review are presented in the following sections: <br />• Insufficient study regarding adequacy of access on County Highway 15 <br />• Negative impacts caused by Country Club use of Woodhill Avenue <br />• Possible option of one-way in only access • <br />• Recommended conditions if City Council approves access <br />• Conclusions