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PDF Page 98 V. TRAFFIC IMPACTANALYSIS EVALUATION A Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) Review is required for any development that will generate over 100 peak hour vehicle trips. (See EC 9.8670 for TIA applicability requirements.) In this case, the applicant's proposed development would generate more than 100 peak hour trips and therefore includes a concurrent TIA application (TIA 12-6) which is subject to approval criteria at EC 9.8680. The applicant proposes mitigation as a result of the TIA; including intersection improvements at East 30th Avenue and Hilyard Street, a significant distance to the west of the subject site. As addressed in the following evaluation, additional analysis and mitigation appears necessary to accommodate increased traffic impacts resulting from the development at the East 3&/Hilyard intersection, and the I-5/McVay Highway interchange to the east. The city approved scope of the TIA included examining the impacts on eight intersections. These are listed in Table 2 on page 4 of the TIA. The Table indicates the jurisdiction that is in charge of each intersection studied, There are two in Lane County jurisdiction, five in ODOT jurisdiction, and only one in Eugene jurisdiction - E. 30th Ave. at Hilyard Street. The triggers in the code for requiring a TIA are listed in EC 9.8670. There are four triggers listed. This TIA was required under EC 9.8670(1), because the project at build out "will generate 100 or more vehicle trips during any peak hour." The triggers for doing a TIA beg the question of what the code requires in response to the TIA in orderto comply with the code. The four standards in EC 9.8680 are to be applied in orderto get "approval or conditional approval." As staff notes, only subsections (1) and (2) are relevant in this context. Subsection (2) describes how improvements are to be done, rather than whether they need to be done. . The focus, then, is on EC 9.8680(1), which potentially requires the applicant to make improvements determined to be needed by the TIA. EC 9.8680(1): .Traffic control devices and public or private improvements as necessary to achieve the purposes listed in this section will be implemented. These improvements may include, but are not limited to, street and intersection improvements, sidewalks, bike lanes, traffic control signs and signals, parking regulation, driveway location,.and street lighting. There are three key points worth discussing here: 1. A conversation between the project Transportation Engineer and pubic works revealed that public works had made an error and actually agreed with the project Transportation Engineer that the TIA was correct and that in fact the criterion had been met. This should be documented in the record in the form of follow a follow up email from Scott Gillespie, public works staff to planning. 2. The TIA and the data contained within ends with the conclusion that the overall system LaurelRidge Applicant Final Argument - Page 64 147 Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 902