Reso 2017-096 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RE: Exhibit A -CONSISTENCY MEMORANDUM FOR THE SLTC MIXED-USE PROJECT (PLN3.6-oo67) JULY 17, 2017 Paoe 26 • Road improvements are not possible because the necessary right-of-way does not exist and cannot be acquired without significant impacts on adjacent buildings and properties. • The intersection or road segment is in a pedestrian district, such as Downtown, where the priority is on pedestrian, bicycle, and public transit access rather than vehicle traffic." Considering the intensity of pedestrian activity in the vicinity of the BART Station, the City's General Plan states that LOS E is acceptable for the four San Leandro Boulevard intersections adjacent to the SLTC, including the major intersection of Davis Street with San Leandro Boulevard located at the northeast corner of the SLTC site (Appendix C). LOS D is considered acceptable for the Davis Street intersection with Alvarado Street, located at the northwest corner of the project site. The General Plan EIR further defined the criteria for significant traffic impacts at intersections using the following circumstances. Would the project result in: • An increase in the volume -to -capacity (v/c) ratio of 0.05 or more for signalized intersections that operate at a substandard level under No Project conditions; or, • An increase in average delay of more than 5 seconds for signalized intersections that operate at a substandard level under no project conditions. Existing Conditions Existing conditions traffic volumes were collected in January 2017. As outlined in Appendix C, intersection analysis indicates that the study intersections operate from LOS A to E; none are operating at unacceptable levels. Cumulative Conditions Under cumulative conditions, the Scenario 3 study intersections analyzed in the traffic study would operate from LOS A to F, with the addition of project traffic during AM and PM peak hours. The one intersection operating at an unacceptable LOS F during the AM peak hour is the intersection of San Leandro Boulevard and Thornton Street. As outlined below, the projectwould contribute itsfairshare to traffic calming measures to reduce this impact to less than significant. Intersection Queuing Evaluation Vehicle queuing for each study intersection was evaluated and compared to existing and cumulative vehicle storage lengths. Asignificant impactwould occur if the 95th percentile queue increased by 25 feet or more and the vehicle queue would exceed the turn pocket length. Three of the five study intersections were determined to have a project related impact to queuing: Alvarado Street and Davis Street had an impact on the westbound left turn movement in the AM peak period, as well as to the northbound left turn movement during the PM peak period.