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7. Comment: New parking ramp will add parking for 495 vehicles. The houses near this ramp will be impacted on a daily basis by noise, emissions, and light pollution. Response: Noise: The project includes several mitigation measures to avoid and minimize noise impacts. For vehicles entering and leaving the ramp, speeds will be severely restricted due to the design of the road providing access to the ramp. Speeds of vehicles entering will be less than 25 mph. Noise will be further mitigated by the fact that half the ramp will be below grade. The College will work to maintain as many of the trees east of the parking ramp as possible, and has worked with neighbors to increase plantings along the eastern border of the College to mitigate fhe noise effects of the parking ramp. The walls will also minimize vehicle noise transfer from the ramp. Air Quality/Emissions: The level of incr�' '° d traffic expected from the proposed development will not significantly im ir quality. The Traffic analysis notes that most of the intersections anal will operate at leve/s of service similar to their current levels after the proposed expansion, with the exception of 2 intersections - Fairview Avenue/Lydia Avenue and at the College Entrance, where some additional congestion due fo the proposed expansion as well as background growth in oti�er fraffic is noted. The EAW includes mitigation measures for these i��te�secfio s that will improve traffic flow at these intersecfions and mitigate prop��c�congestiot��pr d air quality impacts. Modeling completed for th�AW predicts that ca n monoxide emission ai the Lydia Avenue/College entrance intersection will de�rease by 60% and increase slightly (6%) at the Lydia AvenuelSnelling Avenue intersection under the Year 2018 cumulative traffic scenario wifh mitigation measures implemented, compared to expected conditions;it� 2018 with background traffic only. Lights: The parking ramp will be ned to prevent lights from emanating into nearby houses. Commonly, the wa'�' are designed to a specific height which will prevent the headlighfs of cars from being directed into the nearby homes. The parking. amp will be designed to meet all standards of the Cify lighting In addition, °" existing trees and the College's commitment for additional plantings of �p�iferous trees will further reduce the effects of car lights or safety �,qhts associ�r� with the ramp. 8. e �v circular road passing by a residential neighborhood will increase the �' of cars to that of a high volume collector road. Is this one-way, one lane roac� swelled by parking spaces along its way, large enough to serve this volume of traffic? Will an even larger road be needed in the future? Response: The current plan is to maintain the one-way loop from just east of the new parking ramp to be built near the existing tennis courts. The ramp will have two-way access to the main access road to and from the south. A new pedestrian tunnel will be constructed to lessen conflicts with vehicles for pedestrians accessing the north half of the campus and to maintain the available roadway capacity at all times. The new roadway will provide the capacity for the future anticipated traffic levels. TKDA Project No. 13529.002 Page 5 Draft Date: July 9, 2007