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City of Shorewood
Advisory Panel Meeting
Minnetonka Country Club
Redevelopment:
Transportation Workshop
April 28, 2015
Agenda- Workshop #5
Transportation
• Welcome, introductions, comments,
response to previous questions
• Summary of work to date
• Objectives for tonight’s meeting and
beyond
• Transportation Workshop
MindMixer
http://minnetonkacc.mindmixer.com/
Tonight’s Objectives
• How are design decisions about roadways made?
• Functional classification, road capacity, measuring
congestion, fit with nearby land use
• How do communities plan for roadway needs?
• Trip generation models, future traffic volumes
• What concerns do Shorewood residents have
about traffic related to MCC redevelopment?
• What are options to address these concerns?
Instruction Related to the
Open Meeting Law
City Attorney, Tim Keane
Summary of Process to Date:
• City Council retreat – set scope
• Appointed Advisory Panel- role
• Panel identified questions, necessary
information, strengths, opportunities,
weaknesses and threats
• Vision Statement – Goals
• Water & Natural Resources Workshop
• Land Use Workshop
Advisory Panel Next Steps in the
Process
• Concept Alternative Workshop:
bringing it all together
• Concept Alternative Workshop: refine
and prep for City Council presentation
• Advisory Panel presentation to City
Council
Next Steps Beyond the Advisory
Panel
• Mattamy submits application for
Comprehensive Plan amendment and
subdivison (PUD?)
• Lawsuit explanation
• City reviews proposal at the Planning
Commission, processes all other permits,
public hearing(s)
• City Council reviews proposal, Advisory
Panel, staff and consultant
recommendations and makes decisions.
Next Steps Beyond the Advisory
Panel
• Mattamy submits application for
Comprehensive Plan Amendment and
subdivision (PUD?) (Lawsuit explanation)
• City reviews proposal at the Planning
Commission, processes all other permits,
public hearing(s).
• City Council reviews proposal, Advisory
Panel, staff and consultant
recommendations and makes decision.
Agenda
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Existing transportation system
Roadway capacity and measures of congestion
Land use and transportation relationship
Future traffic volumes and transportation needs
Existing traffic concerns
Objectives for Tonight’s
Workshop
• Provide the Advisory Panel with an
overview of the existing transportation
system
• Demonstrate the relationship between
land use and transportation
• Gain an understanding of existing
traffic conditions, the range of
potential solutions and the positive and
negative aspects of each
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Existing Transportation System
There are over 52 miles of
roadways within the City of
Shorewood.
Who Owns and Maintains
Shorewood’s Roads?
• Existing Roadways within Shorewood
• State Routes = 2.4 miles
• County Routes = 1.5 miles
• Local (City) Routes = 48.6 miles
• Local Routes
• Municipal State-Aid Streets = 9.2 miles
• City Streets = 39.4 miles
Existing Roadway Jurisdictions
How do Roadways Function?
• Three Major Categories:
• Arterials
• Collectors
• Local Streets
Existing Functional Classification
Access versus Mobility
Source: MnDOT Traffic Safety Fundamentals Handbook, 2008
Adjacent Roadways
How Much Traffic Do Arterials,
Collectors, and Local Streets
Typically Carry?
In Urban Areas:
• Principal Arterials (like Hwy 7) =
15,000 – 100,000 vehicles per day (vpd)
• Minor Arterials (County Road 19) =
5,000 – 30,000 vpd
• Collectors (Smithtown & Country Club
Roads) = 1,000 – 15,000 vpd
• Local Streets = less than 1,000 vpd
Existing Traffic Volumes
Existing Traffic Volumes
Existing traffic volumes around the
Minnetonka Country Club are well within
the typical ranges for how each
roadway functions.
Other Transportation Modes
• Transit
• Pedestrians/Bicycles
Transit
Route 671:
Express Service
Excelsior –
Deephaven Minneapolis
Pedestrian/Bicycle Systems
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Roadway Capacity &
Measures of Roadway
Congestion
How do I know if a roadway will
operate well under existing and
future conditions?
Roadway Capacity
ADT = Average Daily Traffic Volume (in vehicles per day)
Measures of Roadway
Congestion
• Volume-to-Capacity Ratios
(planning-level)
• Levels of Service
(detailed traffic analysis)
Volume-to-Capacity (V/C) Ratios
(Planning-level studies)
𝑽𝑽𝑽𝑽𝑽𝑽𝑽𝑽𝑽𝑽𝑽𝑽
𝑽𝑽/𝑪𝑪 =
𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪
Where:
• Under Capacity: V/C < 0.85
• Near Capacity: 0.85 ≤ V/C ≤ 1.0
• Over Capacity: 1.0 < V/C
Levels of Service (LOS)
(Detailed traffic analysis)
Study Area V/C Ratios
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Land Use &
Transportation Relationship
Traffic volumes on a roadway
are impacted by the
surrounding land use.
How do we Determine the
Amount of Traffic Produced by
Various Land Uses?
• Trip Generation Estimates
• Trip generation is the estimation of how
many trips are created and attracted by a
given land use
• ITE Trip Generation Manual provides trip
generation guidance based on a
nationwide database of over 5,500 studies
in 172 different land use categories
Trip Generation Example
Trip Generation Example
Potential Access Locations
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Future Traffic Volumes &
Transportation Needs
Will Traffic Volumes Increase in
the Future?
Any increase in future traffic volumes will
be caused by one of two things:
• Background traffic growth
• Expected to be minimal (0.5%/year)
• Redevelopment-related traffic
• MCC Redevelopment
Future Traffic Volumes
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Existing Traffic Concerns
Based on input received from
the small-group exercise during
our last workshop.
Existing Traffic Concerns from
Advisory Panel
• “Traffic nightmares!”
• “Concern that traffic not increase on
Country Club Road”
• “How will MCC affect traffic
surrounding the development?”
• “Pedestrian, bicycle safety”
County Road 19/Smithtown
Road Intersection
• The CR 19/Smithtown Road intersection
was reconfigured to reduce the
cut-through traffic on Country Club
Road
County Road 19/Smithtown
Road Intersection
• Traffic volumes along Country Club
Road dropped 1,250 vehicles per day
after the County Road 19/Smithtown
Road reconfiguration.
CR 19 /
Smithtown Rd
Reconfigured
Country Club Road Cut-Through
Traffic
In order to estimate the amount of
existing traffic that uses Country Club
Road as a cut-through between County
Road 19 and Highway 7, a vehicle-trace
study was conducted during the a.m.
peak hour.
Country Club Road:
Vehicle Trace Study Results
Preliminary Findings:
• Less than 10% of the SB vehicles from CR
19 were destined to Hwy 7
• 5% were destined to City Hall and/or
Yellowstone Trail
• 10% were destined to BJ’s Automotive
• 15% were destined to Shorewood Village
Shopping Area
• 55% were destined to TH 41
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Range of Potential Solutions:
Bicycling and Walking
Opportunities for transportation
and recreation
Potential Trail Improvements
Council exploring the use of tax
abatement to fund trails
• Sidewalk extension planned for Smithtown
Road
• Internal trails and Country Club Road trails
on MCC property?
Potential Bike and Pedestrian
Improvements
• Planning grants through Hennepin
County Active Living, Blue Cross Blue
Shield, Safe Routes to School
Infrastructure program
• Most fund planning and demonstration
projects, not infrastructure
• County funds fund County roads
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Range of Potential Solutions:
Traffic
Every change has trade-offs
Country Club Road Options
1. Upgrade Country Club Road
2. Close Country Club Road
3. Status Quo – limited improvements
Option #1:
Upgrade Country Club Road
Potential improvements include:
• Widen pavement
• Add sidewalk and/or trail
• Improve sight-distance at intersections
• Install traffic calming
(i.e. – speed humps, raised crosswalks)
Option #1:
Upgrade Country Club Road
Pros:
• Improved operations and safety
Cons:
• Significant right-of-way impacts
• High costs
• Likely increased traffic volumes &
speeds
Option #2:
Close Country Club Road
Potential improvements include:
• Close Country Club Road to through
traffic
• Maintain access to Echo Road from
Smithtown
• End Country Club south of Echo Road
Option #2:
Close Country Club Road
Pros:
• Minimal right-of-way impacts
• Decreased traffic volumes
Cons:
• Impact on State MSA funds – potential loss
• Increase in traffic volumes on parallel routes
• Increased emergency vehicle response times
Option #3:
Status quo
This option is considered the minimal
improvements alternative.
• Country Club Road remains as is:
• No widening
• No trail/sidewalk
• Limited additional traffic calming –
(options: intersections, speed humps, etc.)
Option #3:
Status quo
Pros:
• No right-of-way impacts
• Limited cost
Cons:
• Does not reduce existing traffic
Weigh In
Rank the alternatives
• Option 1: Improve and widen Country Club
Rd.
• Option 2: Close Country Club Rd to through
traffic
• Option 3: Maintain status quo, limited
changes
Tell us why you chose your ranking
• What trade-offs are important to you?
Wrap up and Summarize
Where we’ve been:
• Why the system is what it is
• Options for modifying the transportation system
• Advisory Panel preferences
Where we’re going:
• Develop and discuss concept alternatives that depict possible
outcomes, tying together previous workshops
• Discuss and refine with Advisory Panel in next two meetings.
• Present Advisory Panel preferences to City Council to inform their
decision-making.
Remember:
• Advisory Panel may not reach consensus. Our task is to represent
the Panel’s opinions to the City Council. These opinions may be
diverging. The City Council’s task is to take these opinions under
advisement as they respond to development requests from
Mattamy.
Upcoming Dates
May 5
• Share opinions on transportation options and
ranking
• Introduce concept alternatives
May 19
• Refine concept alternatives
• Prepare for City Council presentation
June 8
• Presentation to City Council at joint session
Thank you.