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163 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 547 occurring, so my concern is that it's not actually representative of the impact on the neighborhood traffic that it's going to <br /> 548 have. <br /> 549 <br /> 550 Bob Hornik-All I can tell you is that the professionals who did the study and the professionals who reviewed the study, <br /> 551 said it was good. <br /> 552 <br /> 553 Beth Bronson- I appreciate that input. <br /> 554 <br /> 555 Brent Purdum-DOT reviewed the traffic analysis study. When they did the traffic analysis study off the 2021 numbers, <br /> 556 they submitted it, then DOT,takes those numbers and does their research.Then the DOT were the ones that said, "Yes, <br /> 557 you know traffic analysis study still meets today's numbers. What we need to do is put one right turn lane on White Cross <br /> 558 Road leading to the site and that was it. <br /> 559 <br /> 560 Beth Bronson-You don't have an ingress on 54, correct? <br /> 561 <br /> 562 Brent Purdum-Correct. <br /> 563 <br /> 564 Beth Bronson-Part of the traffic analysis was that you could not have an ingress on 54 because that would impact the <br /> 565 traffic, correct? <br /> 566 <br /> 567 Brent Purdum-All of that was researched, all of that was included in their study. <br /> 568 <br /> 569 Beth Bronson- I absolutely agree with that assessment, that you couldn't have a right-hand turn lane on 54. I'm not <br /> 570 questioning their professionalism or their aptitude, not at all. I am not an expert, I'm just a resident who has been in this <br /> 571 area for a very long time. I've seen that intersection and I've seen what happens to people trying to turn left to White <br /> 572 Cross going westbound. I've seen how traffic accordions for eastbound traffic that is coming down 54. During peak <br /> 573 hours,there can be an issue there.The fact that no one actually went out to this spot to do this impact analysis.They <br /> 574 just used existing numbers, correct? <br /> 575 <br /> 576 Bob Hornik- I can't tell you whether Kimley Horn went out there and sat there and did a traffic count. I assume that they <br /> 577 did. <br /> 578 <br /> 579 Brent Purdum-They go out to that intersection,they sit out there, and they have car counters. It's not just that <br /> 580 intersection they'll look down the roads,they will look all over. They are not just looking at a chart.They are going to that <br /> 581 site, that intersection to collect all their data.That's part of their data collection is physically being at the site. <br /> 582 <br /> 583 Beth Bronson- I was trying to find, in the report, what days they were there.All I can see is that they are basing it on <br /> 584 2021 numbers,which would indicate that they were using an average that was already aggregated from a previous <br /> 585 report that was similar enough. <br /> 586 <br /> 587 Brent Purdum-During the time that we went from the regular rezoning to this conditional rezoning, that's when they were <br /> 588 onsite. <br /> 589 <br /> 590 Beth Bronson-Thank you, I appreciate that. <br /> 591 <br /> 592 Adam Beeman-Any other questions or can we open it up to public comment? <br /> 593 <br /> 594 David Blankfard-What does staff think about the reduction in the number of parking spaces? Do you think that's <br /> 595 adequate? <br /> 596 <br /> 597 Brian Collie-Towards that question referring to the trip generation numbers,we feel that 54 spaces there per the UDO is <br /> 598 overkill.We feel that any paved surface that's not needed there is better. <br /> 599 <br /> 600 Diantha Rau- I just want to speak to the character of our rural community which was mentioned by several folks here. <br /> 601 Facades and aesthetically pleasing buildings are one thing, but the character of our community is its people and our <br />