2013-050 - Addendum to the Final Environment Imapct Report No. 2006-01

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middle drive aisle will be demolished. The existing 4 -story parking garage, the northern drive aisle and the eastern drive aisle will remain. The project will have restricted right -turn in/right -turn out access from the existing driveway (Driveway 1) on Cabrillo Park Drive that connects to the drive aisle along the northern property line, see Figure 2. As a project feature, the drive aisle will be turned into a fire lane with decorative paving. The north fire lane will include a drop - offloading area approximately 80 feet east of Cabrillo Park Drive. Cabrillo Park Drive is a four -lane arterial street with a raised median. The project will have restricted right and left -turn in/right -turn out access from the existing driveway (Driveway 2) on East lot Street approximately 475' east of Cabrillo Park Drive that connects to the drive aisle along the eastern property line, see Figure 2. As a project feature, the drive aisle will be turned into a fire lane with decorative paving. There is also a covered loading area at the northeast corner of the project site that can be accessed by both fire lanes. The left -turn in access is provided by an existing left -turn lane. East let Street is a six -lane major arterial with a raised median along the project frontage. The purpose of this analysis is to evaluate the operational characteristics and design features of the site access locations based on the projected inbound and outbound peak hour volumes. The impact of the decrease in the number of residential apartment units from the previously analyzed 374 units to the proposed 254 units will be documented. TRIP GENERATION The proposed project will develop the same parcel as the previously approved First and Cabrillo Towers project except it will contain 120 fewer residential dwelling units and changing the 8,957 square feet of retail/commercial use into 2,424 square feet of support service retail use. Also, the project will have two (2) access locations; a restricted right -turn in/right -turn out access on Cabrillo Park Drive that is presently operational and a restricted right and left -turn in/right -turn out access on East Ia' Street that is presently operational. Consistent with the Traffic Analysis Scope of Work the trip generation rates for the proposed project were calculated using the ITE Trip Generation Manual, 80, Edition for a high -rise apartment development. To determine the potential level of project impact, the trips being generated by the previously approved project based on the approved First and Cabrillo Towers Project Traffic Impact Study dated March 2007 prepared by EIP Associates were compared to the trips being generated by the proposed project. As shown in Table 3 the First and Cabrillo Towers project was projected to generate 1,961 daily trips with 143 and 166 trips occurring during the AM and PM peak hours. The proposed First Street Apartments project is projected to generate 1,067 daily drips with 76 and 89 trips occurring during the AM and PM peak hours. By comparison, the proposed project is projected to generate 894 fewer daily trips, 67 fewer AM peak hour trips and 77 fewer PM peak hour trips than the First and Cabrillo Towers project. It should be stated that the small accessory/support retail service provided on -site in intended mainly for the project residents. This use is not expected to generate any additional trips, and in fact could reduce project trips.