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Mr. K. Kristufek -9- February 13, 1992 The parcel of land'proposed for the Amoco development has also been approved for another type of development, specifically a 9,200 square foot office building. Since a bank would be a logical tenant in such an office building, trip generation was estimated for a 9,200 square foot building with office and drive-in bank uses. These combined land uses would generate approximately 60 a.m. peak hour trips and 220 p.m. peak hour trips. In comparison to the new trips generated by the Amoco development, the office/bank development would generate significantly more trips. The next step in the traffic forecasting process was to assign the Amoco and residential trips to the roadway system. Based on Amoco's market area and previous traffic studies for the site, the trip distribution for the Amoco site and the residential parcel is expected to be oriented as follows: 20 percent to/from Lexington Avenue north of Grandview Avenue 30 percent to/from TH 36 east of Lexington Avenue 30 percent to/from TH 36 west of Lexington A venue 20 percent to/from Lexington Avenue south of TH 36 . . . . For assignment of the residential trips, 85 percent were assigned to Lexington A venue and 15 percent to the east via Lovell A venue. Based on the above trip generation and distribution, the projected a.m. and p.m. peak hour trips were assigned to the roadway system. These traffic forecasts are presented in Figures 5 and 6. TRAFFIC ANALYSIS The traffic issues identified by City staff and neighborhood residents included: internal traffic circulation, traffic impacts at Amoco's access driveways, and traffic operations at the Lexington Avenue intersections with westbound T.R. 36 ramps, the shared PUD access, and at Grandview Avenue. The proposed site plan provides for eight gas pump spaces and additional storage space for queueing of eight more vehicles at the gas pumps. The car wash is proposed to accommodate eight to nine queued vehicles. The majority of Amoco customers are expected to make a right turn and enter the site from northbound Lexington A venue, proceed to the gas pumps and/or the car wash and then exit the site via the shared PUD driveway out to Lexington Avenue. Based on other traffic studies of local gas/convenience facilities, it is expected that the internal circulation and queuing requirements are adequate and will operate effectively without causing adverse impacts on or off the Amoco site. The proposed Amoco site plan (See Figure 2) indicates full access to Lexington A venue via the shared PUD access roadway and a right in/out only access directly to Lexington A venue. Based on the site plan, the internal site circulation, and the traffic forecasts presented above, the Amoco site access driveways are expected to provide adequate and safe access to/from the site. The new Amoco driveway on Lexington Avenue will function effectively because right turns in and out only will be allowed at this driveway.