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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 severa/ 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 fhe fact that half the ramp will be below grade. The College wil! work to maintain as many of the trees east of the parking ramp as possib/e, and has worked with neighbors to increase plantings along the eastern border of the College to mitigate the noise effects of the parking ramp. The walls will also minimize vehicle noise transfer from the ramp. Air Quality/Emissions: The level of increased traffic expected from the proposed development will not significantly ►mpact. air quality. The Traffic analysis notes that most of the infersections analyzerl'will operate at levels of service similar to fheir current levels after the prop�osed expans�on,: �nrith the exception of 2 intersections - Fairview Avenue/Lyd�a Avenue and at the College Entrance, where some additional congestion due �o th`e'proposed expansion as well as � «�� background growth m ofher tratfic is noted�The EAW includes mitigafion measures for these �n�ersectians that will mprove traffic flow at these intersections and m�tigat;e�proposed,,congestrori and air quality impacts. Modeling ca��{eted fo� the EAW predreis t��at carbon n, onaxide emission at fre Lydia Avenue/College entrar�ce interSect�oi� will decrease by 60% and increase 14 :l .". `�'` °'% �'T?"� slightly (6%) at the Lydia Avenue/Snelling Av,enue intersection under the Year 2018 cumulative traffic scenario wifh mitigation�measures implemented, compared to expected conditions�in 2018 with background traffic only. Lights: The parking ramp will be designed to prevent lights from emanating into �� : nearby houses. Commonly, the wa1Ls'�are designed to a specific height which will prevent the headlights of cars from being directed into the nearby homes. The parkrng camp will be designed to meet all standards of the City lighting ordrnances. ` � �Jr� ` In addition�#ti� existing trees and the College's commifinent for additional ��,`��,� plantings of��O�iferous trees wi11 further reduce the effects of car lights or safety 4��"lights associated with the ramp. "� ''- . 8. �omment New circular road passing by a residential neighborhood will increase a,�,ati�t�� ....Y�' the volurrie of cars to that of a high volume collector road. Is this one-way, one �.�4:.�-� lane road, 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 fhe new parking ramp to be built near the existing tennis courts. The ramp will have two-way access fo the main access road to and from the south. A new pedestrian tunnel will be constructed to /essen conflicts with vehicles for pedestrians accessing the north half of fhe campus and to maintain the available roadway capacity at all times. The new roadway will provide the capacity for the future anticipated fraffic levels. TKDA Project No. 13529.002 Page 5 Draft Date: July 9, 2007