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Mitre - Ramirez, Norma Subject: FW: The Met Project- Notice of Public Hearing March 5, 2012 From: Luckham, Elise [mai Ito: eluckham @firstam.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:31 PM To: Richard Barretto; Higgins, Taig; Huizar, Maria; Robert Bisno Cc: Miller, Steven K. Subject: The Met Project- Notice of Public Hearing March 5, 2012 We are in receipt of the Notice of Public Hearing for The Met project to be heard before the City Council on Monday, March 5, 2012. Please note the following concern that First American has with the project: After reviewing the Appendix E Traffic Impact Analysis report dated November 9, 2011 and prepared by Linscott Law & Greenspan Engineers we note that the intersection we are most concerned about increased traffic into is the intersection of First American Way and First American Way South. Although 16 intersections were considered in the study, this intersection, immediately adjacent to subject property was not evaluated. We are concerned about increased congestion and safety risks with an additional 300 vehicles passing through the intersection, particularly during the highest traffic hours at the start and end of the business day and around the lunchtime hours. The current egress for the subject property routes ALL vehicles to this intersection for, what will in most cases, be a u -turn. Each direction of the 3 -way stop has multiple lanes so it will not be evident that a left turn is a u -turn and there is increased risk of a collision in our opinion. While the project itself is not problematic to the neighboring businesses, the increased traffic at the intersection mentioned is of great concern and we believe requires additional analysis. Please make the Council aware of our concerns so that they can be addressed accordingly. Thank you. Elise Luckham VP, Director Corporate Real Estate First American First American 1 First American Way, Santa Ana, CA 92707 Direct: 714 - 250 -3111 Fax: 714 - 824 -5868 Email: eluckhamCalfirstam.com A member of the First American Financial Corporation family of companies I NYSE: FAF This message may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above or may contain information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, disseminating, distributing or copying this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message by mistake, please immediately notify us by 75A -195