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- ensure that there were no more trips created as a result of the school than would be created if there were a typical office use of the building. Cazden West has proposed a number of ways to achieve strip-neutral status, including staggering their class starting times to start after the morning commute, bringing a significant amount of their students to school in buses and van pools, as well as car pooling. Cazden West had surveyed their parents regarding their travel patterns to identify their routes and number of people in the vehicles. Carden West has committed to entering into a lease agreement with two or three full-sized buses and will set up the use of van pools, as well. Mr. Iserson advised that staff worked very closely with the City Engineer on the traffic analysis and concluded that the staff and students attending the 7:00 a.m. session would generate slightly lower traffic levels than an office tenant occupying the building. The 9:20 a.m. class sessions would commence after the peak-hour period. The 8:15 a.m. session would result in 106 trips, 36 trips being from parents already using Hacienda Park for their work commute; 18 of those pazents have committed to bringing their children on the way to work. Carden West would generate 18 evening staff trips and no evening student trips, a significant decrease in the number of afternoon peak-hour trips. He noted that the traffic situation on Black Avenue would be improved if this school were to be moved. He noted that this application would be a good demonstration of the use of TSM for private businesses and schools. He noted that strip-neutral status would be very important as the enrollment of the school increased. He noted that there must be audits every year and that the school must demonstrate that the traffic mitigation measures were in use and worked to promote alternative transportation measures. Staff developed the following conditions: 1. The applicant must follow a Traffic Management Plan throughout the life of the school on this site; 2. Any new or increased enrollment will be programmed such that increased bus or van pool use, or staggered times, would limit school traffic to no more than 70 trips per hour during the a.m. peak hour; 3. The school must provide annual audits to document these actions, to be reviewed by staff. Any deviation must be brought before the Planning Commission with a staff report and a traffic report, or the school would be precluded from expanding until it were able to develop an acceptable mitigation; 4. The lease agreements for the buses and vans would be maintained throughout the life of the school; 5. The school must hire an on-site traffic systems manager to supervise the traffic management, to do the annual audits, to ensure that parents who have committed to use the buses and van pools continue to do so; and 6. Carden West would participate in the various traffic programs offered by Hacienda Park to businesses in the Park. Mr. Iserson advised that the applicant has agreed to these conditions and has already retained a traffic systems manager. He noted that the 180 parking spaces were more than adequate for the school, staff, and pazents. He noted that the applicant has submitted a PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES Apri128, 2004 Page 4 of 16