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<br />incorporating similar materials into all the expansion area to help make it a nice uniform,
<br />very visually-pleasing, appearance from the intersection, so when you're coming by you
<br />see one homogenous appearance. And, actually, if you go back to the landscape plan, you
<br />would see it in section showing a very similar character.
<br />With that, we have talked at length with the Planning Department and have agreed with
<br />.almost all the findings. And, we've talked with NCDOT and have gotten their input on this.
<br />We would like to move forward with the site plan with the exception of that we will accept
<br />their condition of removing the second proposed driveway. But, pending a presentation by
<br />my traffic engineer, Rynal Stephenson, we would like to keep the existing driveway a full
<br />access drive, as we understand in 2010 or so, that drive would be converted to a right-in
<br />and right-out. But, with the current facility being as it is, we can't foresee when the adjacent
<br />southern parcel would develop and give us that full access intersection with Millstone. And
<br />NCDOT has reviewed our stuff and they believe the intersection that is currently there, the
<br />existing driveway, is a functional driveway. !t's not an optimum, but it is functioning. There
<br />is enough queue space for people making alert-hand turn into our site and vice versa on
<br />Oakdale, so it seems to work right. With that, we are prepared to go forward with the right-
<br />of-way dedications. We've actually shown it on all of our plans that we submitted to the
<br />State. We have carried the additional right-of--way on 86, and it is in line with the entire
<br />sidewalk we're proposirig. We're planning on extending that to the edge of our property
<br />line. And the same with Oakdale. I believe that was actually already filed with the previous
<br />site plan, from everything I can find. I'm not 100 percent sure why it's not in the records, but
<br />we'll verify that.
<br />But, with that, I mean if there're any questions, you have of me specifically about the site
<br />plan, I'd be happy acid cover them now. Otherwise, I'll let our traffic engineer give you a
<br />quick analysis of what they found from an actual study of traffic count we've done in the
<br />past week, just to help justify why we think we're making a qualitative improvement, not
<br />pushing the quantity up too much."
<br />Vice-Chair Schofield If it's ok with the.Board, I_think we'll hear from all of_ the applicants
<br />and their consultants, and, then, perhaps, we`ll turn it -over to questions. Is that agreeable?-== ~= -_ `
<br />OK. Then, I"ve got both J.W. Smith acid Rynal Stephenson and it can be in that order, or
<br />how you choose. And again, please make sure you've been sworn in and please state
<br />your name for the Clerk.
<br />37 Rynal Stephenson Good evening. My name is Rynal Stephenson and I'm with Ramey
<br />38 Kemp and Associates, a traffic engineering firm out of Raleigh, N.C. We went out on
<br />39 Thursday of last week and conducted a traffic count in the morning from eight o'clock to ten
<br />40 o'clock and also in the afternoon from four o'clock to six o'clock PM. This handout that
<br />41 Jonathan is currently passing out -the first page gives you a summary of this brief study
<br />42 that we have conducted and is followed by a couple of tables that show the trip generation
<br />43 of the existing Credit Union and, also, if you add an additional drive-thru window, we have a
<br />44 very conservative estimate, which is towards the high end of traffic that may be generated.
<br />45 And, the second table is a summary of the level of service, which is the measure of how the
<br />46 intersections will operate during the morning and afternoon peak periods. And, it's followed
<br />47 by five figures that show the traffic volumes that we counted last Thursday and, also, the
<br />48 existing Credit Union traffic followed by some of the percentages of where the traffic is
<br />49 currently going and where we anticipate any additional traffic to go.
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