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Page 24 of 27 Due to the small size of the Project and the fact that residential uses do not generate large numbers of trips, the City determined that a formal TIA was not required. The City’s Senior Transportation Coordinator prepared a memorandum outlining the project’s estimated trip generation using rates for the “Residential Condominium/Townhouse” land use category from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation, 9th Edition. The analysis also relied upon data from the TIA and Addendum prepared for the 603 Jefferson residential project located directly across Jefferson Avenue. The 603 Jefferson TIA analyzed a 92-unit project; however, the project that was ultimately approved was reduced in size to 68 units. When the Project’s 20-units are considered with the 68-unit project approved for 603 Jefferson, the total number of units between the two sites is less than the number of units analyzed in the TIA for 603 Jefferson (i.e. the original 92-unit project). The 603 Jefferson TIA concluded that the 92-unit project would add relatively little traffic to each of the five nearby intersections, and that the overall potential effect on traffic operations would be minimal. In addition, current traffic counts were taken in March and April of 2016 for all five nearby intersections studied in the 603 Jefferson TIA. Trip data for the Jefferson/Veterans, Main/Veterans, and Main/Bradford was collected and summarized in an Addendum to the 603 Jefferson TIA, and the data for the intersections at Jefferson/Marshall and Main/Marshall was collected as part of the analysis for the 2075 Broadway development project that was approved by the Planning Commission on April 19, 2016. All of the intersection trip data was compared to the 2010 Existing Conditions and the 2030 Cumulative scenario studied in the DTPP EIR. The findings of these studies were as follows: · The intersections at Jefferson/Veterans, Main/Veterans, and Main/Bradford exhibited lower AM and PM peak hour volumes than the 2010 Existing Conditions. · The intersections at Jefferson/Marshall and Main/Marshall exhibited higher AM and PM peak hour volumes than the 2010 Existing Conditions; however, both intersections function at a LOS B or C, which is considered an acceptable level of service. · All of the 2016 intersection counts are below the 2030 Cumulative scenario analyzed in the DTPP EIR. Based on the small estimated number of trips generated by the Project and the intersection operations analyses prepared for the 603 Jefferson TIA, the memorandum concluded that the 612 Jefferson project will not result in any new significant impact or substantially increase the severity of any previously identified significant impact related to transportation, traffic, or circulation. iii. Further CEQA Analysis for Building Height, Setback, and Historic Resource Impacts is Not Required 8.A. - Page 24