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The AM and PM peak hour vehicular trips for the proposed projects were developed based on trip generation rates contained in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) publication Trip Generation, 9th Edition. This is a standard reference used by jurisdictions throughout the country and is based on actual trip generation studies at numerous locations in areas of various populations. The proposed 305 apartments and 7,520 square feet of retail space would generate a total of 163 AM peak hour trips (35 trips inbound and 128 trips outbound) and 217 PM peak hour trips (136 inbound and 81 trips outbound). It should be noted that these figures represent a conservative, worst-case scenario and do not include any trip reductions for residents and employees using transit. The traffic study concluded that traffic from the proposed project would not degrade any of the major study intersections to LOS E or worse in the near-term nor cumulative/long-term scenarios. The project driveways are not considered major intersections (as defined by the General Plan) and, therefore, are not subject to the General Plan's LOS D or better requirement. However, it is still desirable to have the project driveways operate efficient and safely. The traffic consultant and City Traffic Engineer found that the project driveways have been designed to operate efficiently and safely provided a slight modification is made to the eastern Owens Drive driveway. Staff and the traffic consultant believe that office tenants wishing to enter/exit the site from Owens Drive would primarily use the eastern Owens Drive driveway as the eastern drive aisle would provide straight and direct access to the office parking areas. Therefore, the traffic consultant and the City Traffic Engineer recommend that the eastern Owens Drive driveway be modified to accommodate additional vehicle queues leaving the site. It is recommended that the driveway be widened to 37 feet (consisting of one 15-foot wide ingress lane and two 11-foot wide egress lanes) extending 50 feet into the site as measured from the end of the driveway radius. A condition of approval addresses this item. A condition of approval has also been included to address the traffic study's recommendation to maintain the landscaping at the easterly driveway intersection to avoid sight distance conflicts. The traffic study recommends that the eastern Owens Drive driveway be monitored after the project is constructed and the CA Center reaches a typical level of occupancy to determine if signalization is warranted. The City Traffic Engineer indicated that the City would monitor the intersection and, should signalization be warranted in the future, it would be installed as a City project. The eastern Owens Drive driveway would be changed from a right-turn in/out driveway to a full access driveway to also allow left-turns in/out. It is anticipated that office tenants wishing to enter/exit the site from Owens Drive would primarily use this driveway as the eastern drive aisle would provide straight and direct access to the office parking areas. Given this added traffic, the City Traffic Engineer recommended that the eastern drive aisle be widened to 26 ft. to match the width of the other office drive aisles (compared to the 24 ft. drive aisles in the proposed residential development). This recommendation is reflected in the proposed plans. Given that this drive aisle would be adjacent to the proposed podium residences, staff believes that a traffic calming measure should be utilized in order to control/reduce vehicle speeds along this drive PUD-85-08-I D-4M Page - 15 - March 27, 2013