September 11, 2024 Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

09/27/2024 06:14:01 AM Page 109 to 112 of 180 28 of 71 sheets 109 MR. CARDOZA: Okay.1 And then looking at, you know, the main2 entrance, regarding the main entrance in the center of3 Building A as far as parking?4 THE WITNESS: Yes, we'll do the same thing.5 MR. CARDOZA: Okay.6 When you look at the main turn style Joe, so7 that would be the -- right there. To the left.8 MR. KLEIN: The roundabout.9 THE WITNESS: To the right.10 MR. KLEIN: Right there.11 MR. CARDOZA: Right there.12 And this is the yield sign. So the only13 thing is you testified the reason why you have, you14 know, you looked at these streets but you have, you15 know, parts of Warner that have a sidewalk on one side16 of the street. I do see people potentially wanting to17 jump, if they're walking the entire, you know, length of18 this site, from one side of Warner to Kuzik.19 THE WITNESS: The top left leg?20 MR. CARDOZA: Yeah, top left leg.21 THE WITNESS: So this is the comment that22 CME probably had the biggest comment on. They wanted us23 to clean this design up. Tighten this design. There's24 actually too many arrows shown here. This will be a25 110 single lane, what's known as a single lane urban1 roundabout. And there's some specific guidance they2 refer to under the Federal Highway Administration MTB to3 stripe this area. So we will work and clean that up.4 Now, in terms of pedestrian crossing. CME also5 did ask for additional crossings on Kuzik Drive. We6 believe that we would be placing one to the upper left7 where the crown of the road is. We can look at this8 area, I'm just not fully clear on the grading in this9 area, so I can look at this area with Mr. Anderson as to10 whether we can get a crosswalk of that leg between the11 clubhouse and Building A2. I don't want to commit to it12 until I understand the grading specifically in this13 area.14 MR. CARDOZA: Thank you.15 If that's the case, so just to clarify. The16 roundabout you said is going to be a one lane17 roundabout. So as far as what we're seeing the18 additional arrows in the center --19 THE WITNESS: Would go away and the center20 is basically a 30 foot median island.21 MR. CARDOZA: Median island. Okay.22 THE WITNESS: I think we all traveled23 through roundabouts these days that have been starting24 to get built to proper standards and that's what CME is25 111 referring to and that's what we'll incorporate on the1 plan.2 MR.

all traveled23 through roundabouts these days that have been starting24 to get built to proper standards and that's what CME is25 111 referring to and that's what we'll incorporate on the1 plan.2 MR. CARDOZA: Those are all my questions. I3 appreciate your testimony, specifically all that you4 would be doing to make this bicycle friendly and I thank5 you, Mr. Pehnke.6 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Kapferer.7 MS. KAPFERER: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.8 Thank you, Mr. Pehnke.9 My first questions about trip generation.10 Can you talk a bit more, provide some numbers, give us11 some idea what the peak hour trips are so the public can12 understand what the changes might be?13 THE WITNESS: Sure. So, again, for the14 benefit of the public that may not know what a traffic15 engineering study looks at. We focus on what's known as16 the peak hours. In terms of residential development,17 your peak hours are generally occurring during, you18 know, commuter hours. Morning peak hour weekday,19 evening peek hour during weekday, basically when people20 are flowing to work and returning from work and that's21 generally when you do a traffic count. You'll find, on22 Oval Road you'll find a distinct peak. In this case we23 were basically saying a peak hour occurring some place24 between 8:00 and 9:00 in the morning and then again I25 112 think it occurs between 5:00 and 6:00 in the evening.1 Quite frankly that can vary any given day, but that's2 we're we generally see in the roadway hitting the3 highest. So when we make traffic projections for4 redevelopment we look to see what that development would5 generate during those peak hours. And peak hours is6 what is used for the analysis to make sure that the7 roadways can work, the signals can work, stop signs can8 work. Because if they work for the peak they obviously9 work for the other hours of the day. So in terms of10 trip generation, as I referenced, traffic engineers and11 transportation planners reference a document known as12 Trip Generation. It is the public -- it's basically an13 accumulation of actual traffic counts that have been14 done at similar uses, whether it be a shopping center,15 an office building or in this case a multifamily,16 multistory apartment building. And the data base has17 been proven out time again to be fairly representative.18 And we're not looking for exact numbers as traffic19 engineers, we're looking for

ly,16 multistory apartment building. And the data base has17 been proven out time again to be fairly representative.18 And we're not looking for exact numbers as traffic19 engineers, we're looking for the general levels of20 traffic. So at the end of the day you go out and count,21 you might see lower, you might see it a little bit22 higher, but we basically try to understand the general23 level.24 So in terms of trip generation for the 49625