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Houseal Lavigne | Elk River Downtown Subarea Plan Page 2 of 4 SCOPE OF WORK Our scope of work ensures that City staff, citizens, business owners, key stakeholders and community leaders, and elected officials are engaged at key phases of the planning process to produce a meaningful and responsive Downtown Subarea Plan for the City of Elk River. Task 1: Kick-Off & Engagement Meetings will be conducted with City staff, elected and appointed officials, and an Advisory Committee prior to undertaking public outreach activities with key stakeholders and the public. • 1a: City Staff Kick-off Meeting • 1b: Downtown Subarea Plan Advisory Committee Kick-off Meeting (Mtg #1) • 1c: Elected & Appointed Officials Roundtable Discussion • 1d: Key Stakeholder Interviews • 1e: Downtown Visioning Workshop • 1f: Data Collection, Research & Downtown Reconnaissance Task 2: Downtown Traffic Study Recognizing ongoing input from community residents and stakeholders, the City of Elk River seeks to understand the impacts of conversion of Main Street from two-way to one- way traffic operations from Parish Avenue to Lowell Avenue. Conversion of Jackson Avenue from Main Street to US Highway 10 has also been considered. The traffic study will identify existing traffic patterns in the downtown area, forecast revised traffic patterns with one-way operations, and compare the operational results of both scenarios. The study outcomes will provide information for the City to use in responding to community questions and could help evaluate future development scenarios as part of the Downtown Subarea Frameworks and the ongoing Comprehensive Plan Update project. Key objectives of the traffic study, in order of priority, are: 1) To evaluate operations of the existing downtown street network and assess opportunities to “optimize” the network for operations improvements. 2) Assess the feasibility of one-way operations and evaluate impacts of potential conversion from two-way to one-way operations. 3) Qualitatively evaluate pedestrian/multi-modal needs and opportunities in the downtown environment as part of the context for traffic operations goals. The study will be based upon existing traffic volumes and eight intersections of interest. A review of historical crash data and projecting traffic volumes are not included in this scope of services. • 2a: Data Collection o Obtain Turning Movement Count Data o Obtain Origin/Destination Data o Data Reduction • 2b: Traffic Engineering Analysis o Build Traffic Model o Analyze Existing Traffic o Build Concept Traffic Model o Analyze Build Concept