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This interim alignment requires three roadway crossings and staff gave consideration to elimi- nating two of these three crossings by adding a crosswalk along the east side of the Stanley Boulevard/Valley Avenue/Bernal Avenue intersection. Adding the surface-level pedestrian crossing to the east leg of this intersection, however, will adds signitlcant delay to the intersec- tion, as additional time is required to accommodate the new pedestrian movement. This added delay would make future coordination of Stanley Boulevard impossible and reduce the level of service to an unacceptable level. The ultimate design of the Iron Horse Trail is to mirror the original intent of the Community Trails Master Plan by extending the trail to the east along the north side of Stanley Boulevard where an ultimate trail crossing to the south side could be completed at Shadow Cliffs signalized intersection. This ultimate trail design shall be incorporated into the East Side Specilic Plan. Until the time that this Specilic plan is completed and in place, the interim trail alignment will remain. Staff notes that a crosswalk would be painted to cross the north side of the Stanley Boulevard/Valley Avenue/Bernal Avenue intersection for the trail users that do not cross at Boulder Street. Comparison of Home Depot's Trip Generation Rates to Other band Uses At its work session, the Planning Commission, requested staff compare Home Depot's trips to the equivalent number of residential trips, and to look carefully into low traffic-generating uses especially for the satellite buildings. For the purpose of determining when a traffic report is re- quired for a commercial application, staff has equated one single-family home to 1,000 square feet of commercial floor area -one single-family home equals 10 average daily trips. Using this methodology, the Home Depot - 141,192 square feet -equals 141 homes, the Longs Drugs - 15,789 square feet -equals 16 homes, the three satellite stores buildings - 31,500 square feet - equals 32 homes, and the fast food restaurant pad - 5,000 square foot -equals 5 homes. Table 6 shows this comparison using the trip generation rates from the City's Base Line Traffic Report. These are ranked highest to lowest for the p.m. rate, the critical movement for the Stanley Boulevard/Valley Avenue/Bernal Avenue intersection. For similar p.m. trip rates, staff then used the a.m. trip rate. Table 5: Comparison of the A.M./P.M. Trip Generation Rates for Various Land Uses Rank Land Use Units AM Rate % AM In % AM Out PM Rate % PM In % PM Out 1. Convenience Stores 1,000 sq. ft. 67A3 50% 50% 52.41 51% 49% 2. Restaurant -Fast Food 1,000 sq. ft. 53.1 I 51 % 49% 34.64 52% 48% 3. Bank 1,000 sq. ft. 4.07 50% 50% 33.15 50% 50% 4. Credit Union 1,000 sq. ft. 4.07 50% 50% 33.15 50% 50% 5. Neighborhood Shopping Center 1,000 sq. ft. 4.80 60% 40% 13.20 50% 50% PCUP-165/PDR-529/PMOD-81-25-7M Puge 25 of 36 Decernber 13, 2006