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customers want to leave the property to get back to the freeway, what they would do is go across all those lanes to get into that triple left -turn lane, which is illegal but would probably still be done. He noted that the City does have a traffic study moving forward to see how that changes some of the circulation and what some of the safety elements are. He added that staff has asked the consultant to do additional study on a right -turn lane with another right -turn pocket, and he will look at other locations where this may have worked well. Mr. Dolan added that the access is not necessarily only for the benefit of the current applicants. He noted that there are two other sites in the area that are not yet taken, and the applicant will be initially developing five acres in the back that would make the future acquisition and development of those other two locations more attractive to a future dealership or some other use that might want similar access. He stated that staff will figure out, following the traffic study, what its ultimate recommendation will be, but in the meantime, this is part of the application, and it cannot be ignored. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS REOPENED. Massoud Modjtehedi, ASE Construction Management, in response to Commissioner Piper's earlier question why the access was not originally approved, stated that, to the best of his knowledge, the previous applicants had never asked for access from El Charro Road. He indicated that staff should know that better than he would. Commissioner Piper clarified that she was not implying that it was rejected but was asking why it was not originally planned for. Mr. Modjtehedi stated that nobody had requested that before and that this is the first time that request was made. He noted that they were looking at the 16 -acre lot with having only one access from a side street, so for obvious reasons, it was very important in terms of marketing to have that access from El Charro Road. He continued that with that being said, they made sure that the public safety is well thought -out, and that is the reason why they are hiring this consultant to make sure that they can take care of any issues as soon as possible. He emphasized that this is for ingress only; there are no exits. He added that they are dedicating some of their land to make the exit line wider so there is no through- traffic that would be obstructed by slowing down the cars at that intersection. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Commissioner Balch referred to the site plan and noted that the proposed ingress off of El Charro Road would bisect Lot 3. He inquired if the parking lot to the south of Lot 3, on the corner of Stoneridge Drive and El Charro Road, would be part of the Lot 3 property and not of Lot 2. Ms. Bonn replied that the applicant can correct her if she is mistaken, but she believes it is intended for Lot 3 in the future. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, July 23, 2014 Page 7 of 14