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9A Page 45 Ho»orable Mayor Pierce and Ciry C;oun.c.�l April 3, 2007 1'age 4 mitigation measures were req�Fired to address the less-than-significant traffic itnpacts of the Project. (IS/MND at pp. 23-24.) The IS/MND's conclusions were based on Hexagon Transportation Consultants ?nc.'s Trans�orra:ion Impact Arialysis ("Impact Analysis") fo:the pro�osed P:ejec�. Using che City's standard traFfic analysis methodology,.the Impacz Analysis found rhat the proposed Project would result in 252 new daily trips, with only 19 trips occurring during peak morning craffic periods and L2 during peak afternoon tratfic periods. Tiie Impact Analysis applied the City's srandard of s:gnificance for�leterminin� traffic impacts, w}iicr► reqt.iires a finding of a significant adverse impact for projects which would resulr in a degradation of the ]evel of service ("I.OS") of an unsignalized interseetion fro�n an acceptable LOS D or be�ter to an unacceptable LOS E or F and/or resulc in rxaffic volumes snfficient ro require signalization of the intersection. The Impact Analysis determined thaC, under project co�iditions, the Woodside Road/Horgan Avenue intersection would reiT�ain at L4S C Ur better and would not require signalization. According to the analysis, the projea would result in only one more car qiieuing at the inrersection (during peak afternoon traEfic �eriods). Based on traffic counts and the Impaa Analysis, che IS/MND appropriately concluded that the proposed 1'roJect would not result in a significanc transportation or traffic impact. Although the ISIMND concludec� that Che Project would have a less �han significant t;•ansportacion and traffic impact, to address neighborhood traf�ic and pedestrian circulation concems and to Further lessen �he aIready less-�han-signiFcan� impact, rhe City agreed co paint die cui-b in fronr.oC t�ae existing nursery school at 20 Horgan Avenue green to create four short-cerin parking spaces for tlie nursery. Moreover, to minimize tf�e possibilicy of cut-throu�h �raffic at Newcasrle Drive, che owners of that private street are co:zsidering the installa�ian of bollards and/or speed bumps. Finally, the C'try is working wicli the o�vner of the car wash ad}acent to the Project co pc-ovide additional parking oii Woodside Roaci. This will allow more customer and employee parking on at the car wash anc� on Woodside Road, moving ir away from the Project's frontage. Addicionally, tSze Projecc's proposed on-site parking su��ply exceeds the Ciry's parking requirements for this area which would further minimize the potential for the Pr�jecr residents to coi�tribure to �he existin�oFf-site parlcing den�iarid. i�inall}', nc�clvitllsraneiin�; its un.�3�imoi.is vc�te to recornmend adopriot7 of chc IS/IvINI7 and supporting fndings, the Plaiiilin�;Co�nmission also recomrnended that a "traffic moniroring report" be ��repared for rhe neighborhood surrounc�ing the Project approxiii�ately o«e year aFrer occu��ancy. 'r'his nlanit<�ring��ould noc be fc�cused specif cally on the I'rojec� ai�d is intestided to Eipdare tl�e City on gener,.�l rraffic patterns in the greater neighl�orhood. V�'e un�iersc:a��d that tl�e f-�ampton (.)aks O�vne�s Associa�ion has quesrioned wherher reqEiiriri� a rraffic n�o�litoc-i�ig repor� violates t�1e California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") by deFerring analysis of the E�rojcc�'s porcnt.ial «�aFfic impacts (see e.g., 5irrrdltrorn v. Courtty ofli�li�ndoczrlo {1998) "202 Cal.l�pp.3d 29(). ]n Sura�l~�zrorrt, the Court ofA}�peal considered and rejected a miti�ation ��easure �vElic}� rccj�iircd rhar hydrologica.l srudies be preparcd a,fter approval oF the p��ojea in order to demonstrate the absence oFsignificant adverse hydrological impacts. "I'he court found that such a mitigation measure i�nproperly defcrred analysis of�a �orentially significanc impact. (Id. at 30C} 999991�4O82e�5