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£0'd Mr. Steve Ach October 10, 1997 Page Two The second issue that the Planning Commission questioned was the potential for conflicting traffic movements with vehicles entedng the site off of Evans Avenue and Culver's customers parking and backing out of parking stalls immediately adjacent to this drive isle off of Evans Avenue. As you are aware, this site has the potential to hoic approximately 30,000 square feet of general retain in addition to the Culver's site. One potential solution that was discussed at the Planning Commission meeting was to move the driveway on Evans Avenue further to the south and allow only that driveway access to serve the entire site. In looking at this solution, we have done two things. First, we have tried to estimate the total number of trips that this site could possibly generate. We have assumed that, after the Culver's restaurant is constructed, the remaining area could support approximately 30,000 square feet of retail. Based on 30,000 square feet of general retail, the a.m. and p.m. peak hour traffic could be up to 150 vehicles plus Culver's traffic. This would appear to be more than one driveway could adequatety service. We also had a meeting to discuss the potential of one driveway access versus two with the Developer, Mr. Rick Foster. Mr. Foster has indicated that he would prefer that there be two driveway points into this site from Evans Avenue to service the future development of the site. This poses a potential problem if we assume that the site needs two driveway accesses, either because of the Developer's wishes or the amount of traffic generated. If the currently proposed driveway is moved one parking row, or 40 feet, to the south, this will start to cramp a second access into the site, remembering that the most northerly Sax's Foods driveway is just south of the lot line. It is our feeling that, with two driveways, off of Evans Avenue and an interconnect between this site and the Sax's Food site, the potential conflicts between the vehicles entering the site and parking at the Culver';; restaurant site would be minimal. Therefore, we would recommend that it be constructed as proposed with one exception. We would recommend that the driveway access onto Evans Avenue be widened from 24 feet to 30 feet, and the drive isle between rows of parking for this access point also be maintained at 30 feet. Typically, these drive isles would be 24 feet wide. If you have any questions regarding these two comments, please call. Sincerely, Howard R. Green Company r, P.E. Terry Howard R. Green Company O:~RO~8Ol43Oj\43O-100!.oct. rcv $ia: [~la/~ Imdo~CONSULTING ENGINEERS 00:60 666~-0~-1D0