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W • Inbound traffic is a mix of office workers and visitors to the Social Security Administration office. These visitors tend to take more time at the parking garage entry gate to pay for entry and create intermittent queues of inbound vehicles that stretch back to the middle of Xerox Centre Drive. • The majority of inbound vehicles originate from north of Cabrillo Park Drive and are most likely from the Interstate 5 (1-5) ramps along 4th Street. • Heavy inbound traffic occurs between 8:00 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. During this period, Xerox Centre parking garage staff physically operates the parking garage gate in order to minimize inbound vehicle queues. These existing queues reach the midpoint of Xerox Centre Drive between the parking garage and Cabrillo Park Drive during this period and completely block the area in front of The Madison's sole proposed driveway. Evening Peak Period ISA also visited the site on Friday, December 1, 2017, between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and made the following observations: • The traffic pattern along Cabrillo Park Drive is heavily directional with evening rush hour traffic concentrated on the northbound side of the street (the 1-5 on-ramp being a likely destination). This period of heavy traffic creates situations where the northbound lanes of Cabrillo Park Drive are completely congested between 4th Street and 1st Street, frequently resulting in vehicles waiting in the middle of the intersection. • The congestion along Cabrillo Park Drive results in backup on Xerox Centre Drive from outbound vehicles that are attempting to make left -turns onto Cabrillo Park Drive but are unable to do so due to vehicles stopped in the intersection. This exacerbates the queues to where they stretch unbroken from the stop bar at Cabrillo Park Drive back well into the parking structure during the most congested portions of the evening. These observations are in stark contrast to the report's limited mathematical calculations of queues along Xerox Centre Drive. These calculations neither represent the actual existing traffic conditions as they relate to outbound queues nor do they address the Inbound queues at the existing Xerox Centre parking structure. Sample photographs of existing queues during both visits are provided in Attachment B. Both the observed morning inbound and evening outbound queues extend past the area where The Madison proposes to place its sole access point and will likely affect the ability of vehicles to enter and exit The Madison's proposed driveway. Because these queues were observed to be managed through an existing parking garage gate attendant, it is likely these existing queues are minimized to their fullest extent and would not benefit from additional traffic management staff at either the existing Xerox Centre driveway or The Madison's proposed driveway, REPORT RECOMMENDATION REVIEW The report recommends the placement of a Keep Clear intersection marking in the turn -around area directly in front of The Madison's proposed driveway to maintain acceptable access Into and out of Xerox 4/171] vP,\PMH17D1\dac\Summary4 dardxxv