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everyone is going out of there. He noted that this is something that is going to be more typical when this is completely built out, and just to qualify the two and to be fair, some of the congestion at Santa Rita Road and Valley Avenue is due to the fact that that level of service is failing. He further noted that there are improvements that are planned, and as soon as the City Council approves constructing those, a lot of that congestion will go away. He added that what looks really bad right now would not be so bad Santa Rita Road and Valley Avenue were not backed up all the way down past Busch Road. He stated that everyone that drives down that road, sees that every day, and that is because of an intersection failure and not because that volume is on the roadways. He pointed out that the volume question is right when one stands and look at the side of the street, and that is the number of cars that should be expected there. Commissioner O'Connor asked Mr. Tassano if he is talking about a development or a developer funding most of the intersection improvement when he said the Council has to approve the construction. Mr. Tassano replied that the improvement for Santa Rita Road at Valley Avenue is actually already approved and in the City's Traffic Improvement Fees. He noted that every developer pays for the improvements identified in the Traffic Impact Fees, and all the developers have already paid for the improvement at that intersection. Commissioner Allen then inquired what can be done about this. She noted that everyone wants to come up with an option that pays for itself and has the minimal number of units possible, so she was looking at the question of what it means for every single - family home that might be reduced against the 1,759 of the Preferred Plan. She indicated that she just wants to confirm her understanding that for every housing unit that is reduced against the 1,759 total units, about ten trips a day for a single - family home, and six trips a day for a multi - family home would be saved. Mr. Tassano confirmed that there will be fewer trips but he cannot say where there will be some savings. Commissioner Allen stated that her final question is one that has come out of the Task Force and which the Commission has talked about before regarding senior housing, the same concept as Sunflower Hills. She noted that there are certain types of specialty housing that do not have as much of an impact on schools and on traffic to the degree that those are specified within the development. She asked Mr. Tassano if she understood it correctly that senior housing has only about one - quarter the impact of a single - family home or about two trips a day or so. Mr. Tassano replied that the trips per day is about 3.5, but for the peak hour, which is what Commissioner Allen is probably referring to, it is about .25 per unit where a single - family home is 1. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 25, 2013 Page 38 of 45