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by a couple of tables that show the trip generation of the; existing Credit Union and, also, if you add
<br />an additional drive-through window, we have a very: conservative estimate, which is towards the
<br />high end of the traffic that maybe generated.. And,`the second table is a summary of level. of
<br />service, which is the measure. of haw the intersections will operate during. the morning and
<br />afternoon peak periods, And it's: followed by some five figures that show the-traffic volumes that we
<br />counted last Thursday and, also., the existing Credit Union traffic followed by same of the
<br />percentages of where the traffic is currently going, and where we anticipate::-any additional traffic to
<br />go.
<br />We went out and did traffic counts on Thursday, and came back and looked at those traffic volumes
<br />and got an idea of where. the traffic was going. We wanted to get an idea of how the intersections.
<br />would operate if the expansion were to occur and an additional drive-through lane were added, with
<br />some expansion of the office space:...
<br />If L can refer to Table 1 on he second page; there was a traffic study done -for this development in
<br />1.997, I 'believe. On the very first line of-that table,. which shows you the estimated traffic-numbers
<br />or trips hat will be generated by the Credit Union, and if you will look down on the secontl row.,
<br />where it says, "RKA Count," that is the traffic volumes that we counted:, l would like to point out that
<br />the 1997 traffic study based the trips on the square footage of the development of the. site. And it
<br />appears that it's a little bit: low in the morning; but it's a little bit high in the evenings. So when .the
<br />Credit Union was built, it accommodated these traffic volumes and in the afternoon the traffic
<br />volumes are not quite as high as what the -study was predicting.
<br />But the very last row in Ghat table will show you the traffic numbers that we believe. could potentially
<br />be generated wifh this .expansion. And, like I said earlier, this is a very conservative estimate
<br />because you're adding one drive-through window to an existing bank that likely has their clientele
<br />base already built up. So these numbers should be pretty conservative. And they would also take
<br />into consideration any expansion of the actual buildings to a few of the offices that may be built.
<br />'We took these numbers and distributed them out across the intersections and performed an
<br />analysis ofthe intersections: If you'll look on Table 2, which is on the following page, it gives yo;u a
<br />brief summary of-the restalts of that analysis. The first raw is the Old 8610akdale signalized
<br />intersection. You can see that existing in the morning, it a;perates at a level of service B, which'is
<br />quite good. Now, please understand that the side streets-are given less green time because they
<br />have Tess traffic on them. So they would experience a little bit more delay than the traffic on Old 86,
<br />which is given more of the green time. But, as you can ee, it operates at a level of sen+ice B in thee:
<br />morning and afternoon. And when you add in the expansion of the Credit Union, you can see the:
<br />levels of service all remain.. the same. And the numerical values in parentheses are' the delay
<br />calculations -the average delay experienced by a vehicle in seconds. And you can see there is
<br />very little change there. You're taking a relatively small increase in traffic and you're spreading it
<br />out aver these two intersections, the two. driveways, and as a result, you're not increasing. traffic a
<br />great deal there.
<br />This analysis that we looked of does consider that there isone driveway, the existing driveway, on
<br />01d 86 is a full access.. So, it remains 'allowing less in and less:out in the future. And., one thing.. I'd
<br />like to point out is if that is made: into aright-in and right-out, what you will have is -Like the
<br />,gentleman that asked about earlier, `How would the vehicles get: in and out?'-The vehicles to exit
<br />wanting to go-.back north on Old 86 aregoing to have to use the:0akdale driveway. And,'you can
<br />-see, if you lookon Figure 1,,which is on the following page, that has the existing traffic volumes at
<br />the Oakdale/Old 86 intersection. If you'll look specifically at the left turn from Oakdale onto
<br />northbound Old 86s there are 140 cars in the morning and -112 in the afternoon. That volume is
<br />going to increase. l know that I said earlier that minor street movem°ent is given less green time.
<br />because the traffic on O(d 86 is heavier. And if you force those cars to turn, to go out the old
<br />Oakdale Road driveway, they're going to have to turn left from Oakdale onto Old 86 at the: light
<br />where they're going to .have some delay there, instead of going out onto OId 86. If you're going o
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