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Committee Chair Davis asked Mr. Smoke, In terms of working with the neighbors, what have <br /> been the key issues you think that have caused changes to be made to these plans? <br /> Mr. Smoke responded, I think listening to some of their concerns and educating them on the <br /> previous PUD and what was allowed. There was a lot of misconception early on. Also a lot of <br /> the concerns about traffic, and we are actively working with the City on that. <br /> Committee Chair Davis then opened the floor to questions from the committee members. <br /> Committeemember Jerry Phipps asked, Doesn't the no connection to Mayflower conflict with <br /> the requirement on how long a dead-end street can exist? <br /> Mr. McMorrow replied, Well, we could put in a cul-de-sac for sure and make sure the <br /> p p <br /> intersection is appropriate for the traffic in and out. <br /> Mr. Phipps rebutted, But a cul-de-sac wouldn't really alleviate the problem of the road being <br /> blocked at one point or another and a whole lot of people not having a way out. <br /> Mr. McMorrow replied, That can be solved by providing an emergency access connection only <br /> for emergency services. <br /> Committeemember Broden asked, Is someone going to address the traffic concerns with regard <br /> to this? <br /> Corbitt Kerr, Director of Redevelopment Engineering, stated, I know one of the concerns has <br /> been truck-traffic and also the generation of new vehicle traffic to surface the proposed <br /> development. MACOG has done a number of traffic counts so we have very good data in terms <br /> of what is currently traveling through those roads. I did print out some copies of what that is. The <br /> average annual traffic is relatively low. The majority of the truck traffic is not semi-truck, it is <br /> primarily just box trucks. The majority of the distribution centers in that area are serviced by <br /> semis. There certainly is some truck traffic in that area but it is relatively low in comparison to <br /> streets of like-classification. The City is committed to addressing any traffic concerns or <br /> congestion in that area. We are open to improvements in that area whether they be paving, or <br /> intersection improvements/signage. We will be working with the developer on the extension of <br /> Dylan Drive. On Adams Road,there are one thousand (1000) cars per day. Of those, eight and a <br /> half(8.5%) are trucks. However, the number of semi-trucks on the day it was counted was <br /> fourteen(14) on Adams Road. On Mayflower Road on the day this was counted in 2014,there <br /> were five hundred and seventeen(517)vehicles,thirty-seven(37)trucks,two (2) of which were <br /> semi-trucks on that single day. These numbers are relative to Ameritech Dr. where most of these <br /> semis are driving. Ameritech Dr. has five thousand five hundred (5,500) cars a day, and roughly <br /> eighteen hundred (1,800)trucks and nine hundred (900)plus semis a day. We do understand <br /> there is concern,but there are certain measures we are ready to take to reduce that. <br /> Commiteemember Broden asked, What about the bridge by the overpass? <br /> 10 <br />