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City of Santa Ana -Park View at Town and Country Manor <br />Draft EIR <br />4.6 - Tranwortation and Traffic <br />4.6.1 - Introduction <br />and Traffic <br />This section describes the existing transportation and traffic setting and potential effects from project <br />implementation on the site and its surrounding area. Descriptions and analysis in this section are <br />based on information contained in the Traffic Impact Analysis for Proposed Park View at Town <br />Country Manor, prepared in June 2009 by Kimley -Horn and Associates, Inc. (KHA 2009), and <br />included in this Draft EIR as Appendix E. The scope of the analysis in the Traffic Impact Analysis <br />was developed under the direction of the City of Santa Ana Transportation & Development Services <br />Division and Planning and Building Agency staffs. The Traffic Impact Analysis also satisfies the <br />traffic impact requirements of the County of Orange Congestion Management Program (CMP). <br />Comment letters addressing transportation and traffic on the Notice of Preparation (NOP) of the EIR <br />for the Park View at Town and Country Manor project, contained in Appendix A, were received by <br />the City of Santa Ana from: <br />1) Caltrans, requesting that: <br />a. The project traffic impact analysis use the method outlined in the latest version of the <br />Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) when analyzing traffic impacts on State <br />Transportation Facilities; <br />b. Specified software be utilized in the analysis; <br />c. Analysis of the following segment types be analyzed within the influence area of the <br />project: Merge /Diverge at On/Off Ramps; Weaving; Queuing and its effects at Off <br />Ramps; and Mainline; and <br />d. Analysis of the following intersections be included in the analysis: EB SR -22 On/Off <br />Ramps at Town and Country; WB SR -22 On/Off Ramps at La Vera; NB I -5 Off <br />Ramp at Main Street.; and SB I -5 Off Ramp at Main Street. <br />2) The City of Orange, requesting evaluation of project traffic on intersections and arterial <br />segments in Orange. The project study area includes these intersections and arterial segments <br />within the City of Orange, which were analyzed during the project Traffic Impact Analysis <br />under the analysis scenarios requested by the City of Orange. The City of Orange also <br />identified approved or pending projects that they felt could contribute to cumulative traffic <br />impacts, which have been incorporated into the cumulative analysis in the project Traffic <br />Impact Analysis contained in Appendix E. <br />3) Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), commenting that they currently have one <br />route operating along Lawson Street and that there is an existing bus stop located along the <br />Michael Brandman Associates 4.6 -1 <br />H\Cl t(PN- JMb327b32]003MMVB2]0030 Sec01 Tmspo md¢ <br />