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computer City, Case No. 2505 page 3 These involved moving the building on si te as well suggesting changes to the internal design of the Crossroads parking lot. Computer City has tried, in good faith we believe, to address these concerns, and has offered a revised plan (attached). The plan keeps the building in its original location, but changes the parking lot to a one-way circulation pattern entering at the west edge of the site. This eliminates all left-hand turning movements out of the computer city site into the congested area. Left-hand turns are the major source of traffic. conflicts and accidents. wi th this plan the only left turn movement out of the Computer City site would be at the far east end of the site, about 380' away from the congested intersection. The BC District standards call for an integrated plan for the entire district. This is a good idea if a plan is actually prepared for the entire district. A plan was prepared that integrated most of the rest of the properties in this district, less this parcel. Is it reasonable to expect this parcel to be responsible for integration into the larger center, especially when it is under separate ownership? It is important to note that there is an existing internal traffic congestion problem in the Crossroads Center. The proposed Computer City development cannot be expected to solve that problem. What is reasonable is to devise a plan that does the least to exacerbate the problem. Any new development on this parcel will generate more traffic. It is our understanding that the owner of Crossroads (Welsh companies) attempted to purchase this site and intended to develop a large video store there. This would have been a smaller building, but probably would have generated equal or greater traffic. There are ways to improve the traffic problems in this shopping center. Both Welsh and Computer City have offered additional land or design solutions to improve the situation. These approaches might include moving the right turn access on County Road B-2, closing off some internal access points within the Crossroads parking lots, or adding small amounts of parking on remnant land. An example of these suggestions are shown on the attached sketch. Representatives of Welsh have indicated a sincere willingness to solve the traffic congestion problem, and any effective response to the traffic problem requires action by Welsh, but they are not the applicant here. The city has no leverage in this Special Use Permit application to compel Welsh to do anything. The Computer City revised plan directly addresses the issue raised concerning traffic congestion and would remove the most troublesome movements - left turns - from the congested area. It would reasonably accomplish what was asked.