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· Second, implementing this condition means delaying the approval of the tenant's business license, thereby delaying the tenant's business-start. The City Council may wish to discuss this requirement. Staff has not included it as a condition of approval. Comparison of Home Depot's Trip Generation Rates to Other Land Uses Table 7 on page 27 of the Planning Commission staff report (Attachment 11) compares the trip generation rates for Home Deport to other commercial uses, including grocery stores, from the City's Base Line Traffic Report. These are ranked highest to lowest for the p.m. rate, the critical period for the Stanley BoulevardNalley Avenue/Bernal Avenue intersection. Home Depot's trip generation rate for the critical p.m. peak hour is lower than the trip generation rate for a grocery store or for the automotive uses already located in the Stanley Business Park westerly of Bernal Avenue. Home Depot's Johnson Drive Store At its work session, the Planning Commission requested staff to consider the traffic impacts to the proposed Home Depot if the existing Home Depot on Johnson Drive were closed. Attached is the Letter from Greg George, Real Estate Manager for Home Depot on this question. As stated in Mr. George's letter, if the Johnson Drive store closes, an estimated 465 additional trips per weekday and 776 trips per weekend would then travel to the proposed Home Depot. However, according to Mr. George, the Johnson Drive store has nine years remaining on its lease; closing that store would leave a large portion of Home Depot's market share to competitors. However, should the Johnson Drive store close, some of those customers would use other building supply/hardware stores including the Lowe's planned for Dublin near the Dublin BoulevardlTassajara Road intersection. Summary of Traffic Mitiqations The following traffic mitigation measures and features are proposed: · The applicant will modify the existing eastbound right-turn lane on Stanley Boulevard to an eastbound through lane, continue the through-lane across the project's frontage, and re-construct the northbound free right turn lane on Bernal Avenue. As conditioned, project occupancy may not occur until the eastbound and northbound improvements are complete and accepted by the City. · The applicant will install a traffic signal at the Bernal Avenue/Utah Street intersection. · For the remaining impacted intersections, the applicant will pay City traffic mitigation fees and Tri-Valley Transportation Council fees - estimated to be approximately $2,000,000 - to construct improvements at these intersections. As conditioned, the total fees will be paid with issuance of the first building permit. Page 13 of 21