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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 may be generated. And, the second table is a summary of level of
<br />service, which is the measure of how 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 some 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 I can refer to Table 1 an the second page, there was a traffic study done far this development in
<br />1997, I believe. On the very first line of that table, which shows you the estimated traffic numbers
<br />or trips that will be generated by the Credit Union, and if you will look down on the second raw,
<br />where it says, "RKA Count," that is the traffic volumes that we counted. I would like to point out that
<br />the 1997 traffic study based the trips an 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 raw in that table will show you the traffic numbers that we believe could potentially
<br />be generated with 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 of the intersections. If you'll look on Table 2, which is on the following page, it gives you a
<br />brief summary of the results of that analysis. The first row is the Old 86/Oakdale signalized
<br />intersection. You can see that existing in the morning, it operates 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 less traffic on them. Sa 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 see, it operates at a level of service B in the
<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 at does consider that there is one driveway, the existing driveway, an
<br />Old 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 are going to have to use the Oakdale driveway. And, you can
<br />see, if you look on 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 $6, there are 140 cars in the morning and 112 in the afternoon. That volume is
<br />going to increase. I know that I said earlier that minor street movement is given less green time
<br />because the traffic on Old 86 is heavier. And if you farce 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 Old 86. If you're going to
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