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Bonestroo
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Anderlik
Associates
Engineers & Architects
To
Re:
Dennis Postler
From: Shelly Johnson
Date: 2/12/04
Oakgreen Village — 58 Street N. Limited Access
Project No. 55-04-000
Pursuant to the suggestion you received from Councilmernber McComber regarding the limitation of the easterly
access on 58 Street N. to right in/right out only, 1 can honestly say that we did consider that option. We didn't
recommend such limitation as we didn't believe that the outbound left turn would be a serious problem in the
future. This is not to say that there won't be some delay in the future for that movement. If that were to occur,
we would expect that some of those people would drive that extra distance to use the westerly access. If there
were a direct connection from the eastern segment of the Oakgreen Village development to the north, to the
future east-west roadway (59 Street) that will connect to Oakgreen Avenue N., then a limitation on the access in
question would have more validity. Keep in mind that you would have to repeat the same access limitation on
the south side of 58 Street N.
One thing that could possibly be considered is the inclusion of a condition in the site plan review/Developer's
Agreerppnt — some condition that states if the left turn ever begins to create a safety problem (subject to an
analysi§), 01.9 fly could limit the access. I'm not sure whether such a condition could be upheld, but it is a
thougt4,
We ceryinly tiplOyq that Coun9i4nember McComber has a concern that needs to be watched and if it does
becon NnT merits correction.
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