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NOV-22-1996 10:36 P.03i06 Mr. Steve Ach November 22, 1996 • Page Two • The design of the Holiday Station Store would allow right turns off of School Street to access the businesses which will locate north of the Holiday site. We understand the Iot immediately to the north will likely be a video store. This would make the corridor between the gas pumps and the front door of the store much like a thoroughfare. This will present a potential unsafe condition for pedestrians walking between their vehicle at the gas pumps and the store. • The City specifically dealt with the School District in the most recent upgrade of School Street to eliminate the access from their property onto School Street at that time. This was done so that this issue would not be a point of contention when the School District sold their property and it was redeveloped. • A few years ago, there was a proposal to redevelop this site under the name of Highland Commercial Park. At that time, City Council action indicated that there would be no access onto School Street unless specifically granted by the City Council. All actions since that development have indicated Council would look negatively on such an • access. 2. The only access into the site is off of Freeport Avenue. It is in approximately the same location as the current access to the School Administration Building. In fact, the inbound traffic lane is actually 20 feet further south than the existing driveway. This location will leave approximately 125 feet for a vehicle turning off of School Street heading north on Freeport Avenue to react to a vehicle wanting to turn into or out of this driveway. Assuming the site immediately north of the Holiday site will be a video store, there is the potential in the p.m. peak hour to have over 500 trips entering and exiting this location. This will pose a significant number of conflicting movements in a relatively short span. Anything that could be done to redesign the site and move the driveway further north would help this situation. Consideration should be given to whether or not the potential exists for moving this driveway even further to the north. 3. The driveway width is shown to be 41 feet from back of curb to back of curb. This will allow for three lanes of traffic, one inbound and two outbound. The two outbound lanes will be signed for left turn only and right turn only. This way, vehicles wanting to turn right, heading north • on Freeport Avenue, will not have to wait for vehicles wanting to turn left to go southbound on Freeport Avenue. 230/345-2109.nov