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Initial Study and Negative Declaration <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> a. The City Traffic Engineer has reviewed the proposed project and visited the <br /> project site to observe existing traffic patterns. The City Traffic Engineer concluded <br /> that the car wash is not expected to generate vehicle trips over and above the <br /> trips generated by the existing fueling stations. The 9th Generation of the Institute <br /> of Transportation Engineers Trip Generation Handbook has the AM trip generation <br /> rate for a convenience market at 67.03 trips per 1 ,000 square feet and the PM trip <br /> generation at 52.41 trips per 1 ,000 square feet. As such, approximately 165 trips <br /> would be generated in the a.m. peak hours and approximately 129 additional trips <br /> would be generated in the p.m. peak hours by the convenience store. The Traffic <br /> Engineer does not expect the proposed project to result in a significant increase in <br /> the a.m. peak hours. <br /> The City's 2005-2025 General Plan Circulation Element includes existing and <br /> buildout peak-hour traffic volumes on major roadways. The following table <br /> shows the existing and anticipated a.m. and p.m. peak-hour traffic volumes <br /> on Santa Rita Road and W. Las Positas Boulevard 8: <br /> Existing A.M. Buildout Existing P.M. Buildout <br /> Peak-Hour Volumes Peak-Hour Volumes <br /> Volumes Volumes <br /> Santa Rita Rd. north of W. Las 2,290 3,400 3,330 4,400 <br /> Positas Blvd. <br /> Santa Rita Rd. south of W. Las 3,010 3,400 3,340 3,900 <br /> Positas Blvd <br /> W. Las Positas Blvd. east of 1 ,390 1,500 1 ,860 2,000 <br /> Santa Rita Rd. <br /> W. Las Positas Blvd. west of 2,190 3,400 2,620 3,700 <br /> Santa Rita Rd. I <br /> The General Plan also indicates the existing Level of Service (LOS) during the <br /> p.m. peak-hour at W. Las Positas Boulevard and Santa Rita Road is LOS C. The <br /> General Plan projects the LOS at buildout of the General Plan would be LOS <br /> D. <br /> The anticipated 119 net new trips generated by the project would not <br /> substantially change the LOS of the intersection of W. Las Positas Boulevard <br /> and Santa Rita Road in either the existing or cumulative (General Plan <br /> buildout) condition. Therefore, -no project-specific traffic study or <br /> improvements to the existing circulation system are warranted. However, the <br /> project applicant would be required to pay regional and local traffic fees to <br /> offset the increase in trips resulting from the proposed project. Staff will <br /> include this as a condition of approval of the project. <br /> 42 <br />