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Mr. Swift explained the condition had been modified to require the study in six months or when the hotel is occupied. It is also possible that a modified trip generation could be adopted at this time based on a broader group of studies and no further study would be necessary in the future. Mr. Pico asked if there was any time constraint involved. Mr. Swift indicated the developer is attempting to modify the design guidelines for allocation of trips to particular sites to determine the development potentials. The Planning Commission accepted the traffic study and recommended a trip rate of one-half the normal standard. Mayor Tarver declared the public heating open. Mark Sweeney, Prudential Insurance Company, 4309 Hacienda Drive, indicated the staff report and conditions were acceptable, except for Condition #4. Also the developer had problems with Condition #5. He asked Council to accept the Planning Commission recommendation and adopt the reduced trip generation rate. He explained the problems with waiting one year to measure the trip generation. He indicated four traffic studies were done on hotels similar to this hotel and they bear out the assumptions of substantially fewer trips for a suite-type hotel. He urged adoption of the .47 figure for p.m. and .53 for a.m. periods. Dennis Meikleham, Summerfield Hotel Corporation, 8 100 E. 22nd Street, Building 500, Wichita, Kansas, described the extended stay hotel concept and the standards of his company. He explained the ITE study referred to Embassy Suite hotels which are full service hotels with suite rooms, restaurants, meeting space, ballrooms, etc. An extended stay hotel like the Summerfield hotel is not full service in that there is no restaurant available to the public, very little meeting space and generally there are no bars; so there is significan~y less traffic for these hotels. The patrons of Summerfield Hotels are usually staying longer than five days for executive training, temporary job assignments, or are relocating to the area. In addition, he pointed out that there would be a shuffle or van to assist the occupants in reaching local destinations. Chris Kinzel, TJKM, 7741 Oak Creek Court, Pleasanton, indicated his firm had done traffic studies for this type of hotel and agreed with the assumption that the suite hotel has a considerably lower trip generation. He related discussions with Bill van Gelder, Pleasanton's Traffic Engineer. Mr. Tarver asked what the effect of the traffic projections would be on Prudential. If the projections are valid and substantiated later when actual measurements are taken, what harm will there be to Prudential? - 6 - 11/05/96