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Mr. Jerry Guevara The Bowery Project DEIR February 5, 2020 Page 3 6, It is incorrectly stated on page 5.13-5 of the DEIR that 5,136.35 acres of parkland will be provided per Project resident at full occupancy. Table 5.18-3 appears to be missing a column for average travel times between 13 and 20 minutes. S. The project consists of 1,150 multi -family units and 80,000 square feet (SF) of commercial uses broken down into 18,000 SF of retail and 62,000 SF of quality, casual sit-down, fast food with and without drive -through and coffee/donut shop types of restaurant uses. The project trip generation is 1,012 AM, 1,315 PM and 16,785 average daily trips (ADT). The use of discounts to reduce project trip generation, such as internal and pass -by trips, results in a projected reduction of project trips as great as 42% in the PM peak hour. The reduced project trip generation with these discounts is 691 AM, 762 PM and 12,872 ADT. The use of these trip discounts results in reduced anticipated off -site impacts. The City of Tustin recommends that the worst -case scenario be presented rather than the best -case scenario. it should be noted that the analysis for The Heritage Project at 2001 East Dyer Road did not factor in pass -by trips to discount project trips. 9. The Industrial Park trip generation for the existing land use is higher than the trip generation based on the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) industrial park classification (i.e., per thousand square feet (TSF):.32 and .08 for AM in and out and PM in and out and 3.37 for ADT). The use of the higher trip generation for existing uses results in a reduced net trip generation change when compared to the proposed project, which would not be the worst -case scenario. Again, a worst -case scenario should be used when projecting trip generation for the proposed project. 10. A queuing analysis should be provided for the left -turn into Driveway 1 at Warner Avenue to determine if the forecasted 290 vehicles in the PM peak hour can be accommodated in the proposed left -turn pocket and not have a negative impact on through traffic. 11. Due to the high inbound southbound peak hour volume of 265 vehicles into Driveway 3 on Red Hill Avenue, the City of Tustin recommends a dedicated right -turn lane to separate the right -turns from through traffic in the #3 lane where speeds are 50 mph. The right -turn pocket length should be based on Synchro. 12. At Red Hill Avenue and Warner Avenue, the northbound left -turn volume in the PM peak hour increases from 578 to 860' with the project. Please demonstrate that the left -turn pocket length for northbound Red Hill Avenue can accommodate the additional 282 vehicles. 13. 2040 PM Peak Hour Mitigation: A right -turn overlap implies that there is a right -turn lane. Will the project construct one and operate it with a right -turn overlap? To remain eligible and qualify for Measure M funding, the City of Tustin does not support the conversion of the #3 through lane into a right -turn lane which would result in a downgrade of Red Hill Avenue. Should an alternative mitigation be selected, the City of Tustin's preference would be the addition of a dedicated right -turn lane on eastbound Warner Avenue to serve the high right -turn volume in the AM Peak Hour (i.e., 346 vehicles).