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7.A. - Page 404 Commissioner Radcliffe noted page 38, and stated 16 seems to provide a shorter queue and keeps trips generated fairly close to what they are at 12. Commissioner Bondonno stated that this chart may be misleading but the analysis of the 16 gas pumps in this table and the diagrams does not correlate with what is happening on the ground of Costco Redwood City. It's more indicative of other sites that have 16 fueling stations. Ms. Hennum stated this table does not address having 16 positions in Redwood City. She stated that what is known right now is Redwood City generates 400 trips in the peak hour and because there are only 12 positions, the maximum queue is about 56 vehicles. She stated based on data from other sites there are 16 positions generating less than what Redwood City does today, and there are some generating slightly more. She stated that all data points to the fact that if you increase the number of positions it's not going to linearly increase the number of trips that are coming. There may be some increase and we estimated a conservative amount of that based on this convenience factor. She stated statistically speaking, if there are more pumps, the queues will be decreased, even if the demand increases slightly. Mr. Lyon stated that even during the PM peak, if Costco's queue length is reduced people may still make the choice of not wanting to wrestle with PM peak traffic volumes. Ms. Hennum stated there was a lot of concern about providing this gas station with 16 pumps, so the final decisions were made to only have 12. What that ultimately showed is there is no direct correlation with the number of pumps and trip generation. Commissioner Bondonno asked what mechanisms the Planning Commission has to put teeth into this to ask Costco to look outside their immediate project with regards to traffic. Ms. Ramirez asked if Commissioner Bondonno does not feel he has sufficient information before him, then he can ask the City to go back and conduct additional studies before moving forward with a decision on the Costco project. She stated separate from offsite conditions and traffic studies, he can also ask for proposals on the internal traffic condition. Commissioner Bondonno stated he believes he has sufficient study and data on these conditions. He asked if it's possible for the Planning Commission to ask Costco to, on their own, do their own study analyses and make a positive recommendation regarding traffic flow in and out of their site. Ms. Ramirez asked if he means their internal traffic. Commissioner Bondonno asked how far"in their own site" can go. Mr. Lyon asked if Commissioner Bondonno is asking if there is an ability to include conditions of approval to require Costco to prove what they said is true in the analysis, or come back with an alternative that demonstrates an improvement on or off site. Commissioner Bondonno asked if it is in the purview of the Planning Commission to add conditions of approval beyond what has been submitted in the Staff Report. Ms. Ramirez replied yes. Page 12 of 21