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" ' #07-3250 <br /> Js►nu�ry 11,2007 <br /> Pnge 9 of 12 <br /> Tm•�nsport�tion Issues, Vehicullz•Access <br /> Ti°cr.ffr.c Gene���ctio�z. The City's traffic consnli:�.iit reviewed tlie prior iiieclical office proposal for a <br /> 23,000 s,f office buildiiig aud 70 unit Oroizo Woocls seiiior housiiig building ui November of <br /> 2000. Based oii stanclarc�ized trip geiierltioii rates, a 70 Lu1it buildiilg was expected to�generate <br /> 120 trips iii and�120 trips out per day on weekd�,ys, less oii weekends, where the medical office .. <br /> Lise as approved was expectecl to geiler�te 130-ii�/130-out weekcl�ys and signiFcaiitly less.on <br /> weelceiids. Total trip generatioii would then have been 250-i�/250-out on weelcdays. � <br /> Tl�.e curreizt proposal does not specifically contemplate niedical office use, aiid it does iiot <br /> � conteinplate any retail use. Staff believes the proposed general office use yvill not significaiitly <br /> differ in traffic generatioil from the earlier approved uses, aiid i11ay geiierate less traffic. <br /> E�:ter•io�� Sit.e Access. Access to tlie site was origulally establisheci ch�ring the approval process <br /> for PUD No. 2, aild consists of a sliared rigllt-ii�/right-out driveway access directly to Highway <br /> 12 at the southwest corner of tlie Senior Housing property, and a �shared driveway access <br /> � eastward tYuough the Seuior Housuig site to Brov�n�. Road North. Fut�ire access potential to tlle <br /> west eaists at the iiorthwest corner of the site where it abuts Outlot D, Sugarwoods. Outlot D <br /> was platted as a poteiitiai service road corridor behuld tlle Ororio Shopping Center aiid Service <br /> 800 buildiilgs, with possible connections southward to 12/Brin�llall, or west tluough the Otten <br /> Brathers property to Wi.11ow Drive. At tlus tiine the City has no plans to develop Outlot D for <br /> this use, but it remains available for fiiture use, The applicants are proposulg no connectioii to <br /> Outlot D, but have designed the parking lot so that such a connection would be reasonably <br /> feasible in the futi.ire. Applicants have asked that cross-easeii�ents for pi�blic ingress/egress over <br /> tlle property aiid tlie Senior housing site be establislled, as the current easements iizay be oi�ly for <br /> private use. The City Attorney will review tlus. � <br /> U.S. Highway 12 is in the process of being relocated to the south, and existuig Highway 12 will . <br /> ' eventually be "t�uned back" to Heiulepui Counfy. As part of tlie Highway 12 xelocation project, <br /> Browil Road soutl� of 12 was realigned to be directly across from Brovv�i north of 12, creatiiig a <br /> signalized cross intersection aiid nlaking access to a.iid from the Senior Housing site nluch less <br /> difficttlt. <br /> Tlie Cities of Long Lake atid Orono have been meeting for more thaii two years oii a regt.il� <br /> basis in preparation for tlie"ttiriiback" of Highway 12 to the County. An importailt aspect of this � <br /> process is defiiuiZg how existing Highway 12 will fiitiction oilce the bypass is opened, Please � <br /> read Ron Moorse's letter to the applicant dated May 26, 2005 which discusses t11e issue of <br /> providiiig access for the property to Highway 12 tluough tlie `welding shop' site to the <br /> inu�lediate southwest, as a su�erior alterilative to the accesses tluough the Senior Housiilg <br /> � propei�:y. A full-turning-movement access directly 'across 12 fi•oni Shaugluiessy Avenue is <br /> coiiteznplafed as one of two poteiiti�tl such iiltersections on 12 between Browil and Wi11ow. Tl�is <br /> would provide a inuch inore direct access to applicants' site, especially for eastbotuld traff'�c � <br /> desizizlg to enter the site, wluch could avoid havulg to go all the.way to Brown, do a U-furn or <br /> driue tluough the Senior Housing driveway sysfienl. . . <br />