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Mr. Mike Falk May 30, 1995 Page 2 The retail component of the proposal could generate approximately 900 vehicle trips per day and approximately 70 in the p.m. peak hour. The circulation plan around the retail and the Boston Market is oriented towards the major access to Lincoln Drive, similar to that of the previously proposed bank. We do have some concerns relative to storage, parking and design details. There is approximately 50 feet from the order board for the drive-thru to the drive aisle leading to Lincoln Drive. This is storage for approximately three cars. The fourth car, if in line, could block the aisle. This would require any traffic coming from the easterly aisle of parking for Don Pablo's Mexican Kitchen or coming from the back of the retail store to be blocked. There is also room for only three vehicles between the order board and the pick up window. Thus, the storage in the drive-thru window area is minimal. Boston Market does appear to have less drive-thru traffic than other fast food restaurants, but the storage could be a problem. The parking in front of the Boston Market is a dead end aisle. Although there is an opportunity to cut through parking spaces to get back out to the aisle leading to Lincoln Drive, a full parking lot will result in the inability of motorists to maneuver. If the aisles are full, any motorists traveling down the parking aisle will have no space to turnaround. Thus, they must back out through parking lot into another aisle area. This could be resolved by moving the opening in the parking from in front of the entrance to the retail shop to the east edge of the parking lot directly in front of Boston Market. Thus, traffic traveling down the first parking aisle in front of the retail or the Boston Market does have access back out to another aisle without requiring a backing maneuver. Other disadvantages of a dead end aisle are the inability of the last vehicle to maneuver out of the parking space. There are also some concerns with the operation of the drive--thru window in conflict with the two- way traffic on the north and east side of the retail building. Traffic leaving the pick up window will be on the left side of a roadway traveling around a virtually blind comer into the potential face of eastbound traffic. Two-way circulation is not needed for the site unless there is some specific service vehicle need that we do not understand. Similarly, on the east side of the building, there/ are some interesting conflicts at the intersection of the north~south parking aisle from Don Pablo's Mexican Kitchen, the two-way roadway on the east side of Boston Market and the east-west aisle leading to Lincoln Drive. The offset north-south movement and the inclusion of the drive--thru window aisle could confuse motorists. A one--way northbound and eastbound movement around the east and north sides of the building may solve these concerns. Truck traffic circulating in the parking lot, particularly for Boston Market and the retail, will not fit through some of the intersections without considerable encroachment on centerlines or raised islands. These comers should be checked and adjusted. There is an opening in the island between the order board and the pick up window for Boston Market. The opening is not big enough to permit a vehicle to maneuver through. If the maneuver