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The Academy Charter High School MND I City of Santa Ana Planning Division • Study Intersections • Project Description • Project Trip Generation by • Project Trip Distribution • Cumulative Projects • City Roadway Design Standards • Process for Cumulative Project Forecast Methodology • Thresholds of Significance • Methodology for Identifying Neighborhood Traffic Intrusion Impacts • Identification of Peak Hours to be Assessed Prior to this initial meeting, Fehr & Peers will prepare a memorandum recommending a proposed approach. Following the completion of this meeting, Fehr & Peers will update the memorandum as needed. K Existing Conditions Analysis. Fehr & Peers will analyze existing conditions within the study area, which involves a held review to document the existing roadway and intersection configurations including the lane widths, striping patterns, traffic, location of traffic control devices, sidewalks, and transit facilities. Traffic counts available from the City will be utilized, and the following locations will be evaluated: • Fairview Avenue at 17'h Street • Fairview Avenue at Strawberry Lane • Fairview Street at Huckleberry Road • Fairview Street at Edna Drive • Fairview Street at Trask Avenue Based on discussion with City staff, this scope assumes that roadway segment counts are available at up to four roadway segments within the City of Santa Ana. However, this scope can be augmented to include intersection and roadway segment counts to be collected. A budget of counts at up to five intersections or roadway locations has been identified as an additional cost on the budget spreadsheet. The available or collected counts will be utilized for either capacity assessment on major roadway segments or will be used in the neighborhood traffic intrusion assessment. Level of Service (LOS) capacity analysis will be prepared for all existing study intersections during both the morning (am) and evening (pm) peak periods. In addition, LOS will also be prepared for the roadway segment, based on the Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways methodology, the City of Santa Ana Circulation Element, and the Orange County Congestion Management Program. Driveways to/from the project will also be reviewed by ensuring that adequate sight distance is provided at the proposed driveway locations. Fehr & Peers will conduct a gap acceptance study at the proposed driveways by to document the available gaps in traffic during the peak hour for traffic exiting the project site. Instead of preparing a new queuing assessment at school locations, Fehr & Peers proposes to use its experience and extensive inventory of queuing observations at dozens of schools throughout the state to ensure that adequate drop-off storage is provided. This would eliminate the need for a new queuing assessment work effort. n Project Traffic Forecasts. Fehr & Peers would identify project traffic estimates for daily and peak hour periods using information from the project sponsor related to employment, enrollment, and the number of on-campus residents. Fehr & Peers has also collected traffic counts at numerous schools throughout California and will utilize relevant data to supplement data for this study. • Background Traffic Forecasts. Fehr & Peers will prepare traffic forecasts including: • Existing Conditions with Project Conditions • 2013 Project Opening Year No-Project Conditions • 2013 Project Opening Year with Project Conditions Page 14 25A-26