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THE CITY OF ~ ~~ ~~~i m ~ m ::i:: 1~~ j~L~£~S~NTONo MEMORANDUM Date: July 7, 2008 To: Planning Commissioners From: Steve Otto, Associate Planner Subject: Case PUD-74, Ponderosa Homes II, Inc. ATTACHMENT 5 Since the writing of the Planning Commission staff report, staff received several questions from Nancy Allen, which are included below. Staff responses to the questions are italicized. Hi Steve, Thank you for your feedback from Mike Tassano on the traffic question. When I read the detail Mike referenced in the ITE handbook, I saw that the handbook said the data for traffic will vary significantly depending on age and activity status of the occupants, which I still do not understand and am wondering if Pam and team have more detail on expected status of proposed community (vs. the actual profile of existing owners in their highest end area near Mohr avenue which I thought was close to 50 also. Response from Traffic Engineering: The land use the City used for the project is "Senior Adult Housing -Detached ". There are 5 land uses available for our use in the ITE trip generation manual: Senior Adult Housing (Detached), Senior Adult Housing (Attached), Congregate Care Facility, Assisted Living, and Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC). Ofthese fve, the "SeniorAdult Housing-Detached" description most closely matched the land use for the proposed project. Here is a brief description of the land use (abridged): "...detached independent living developments, including retirement communities, age-restricted housing and active adult communities. These developments may include amenities such as ...24-hour security....and common recreational facilities. However, they generally lack centralized dining and on- site health facilities. They may or may not be gated. Residents in these communities are typically active (requiring little to no medical supervision). The percentage of retired residents varies be development.... " The Senior Adult Housing (Detached) trip generation information used in the ITE manual is a collection of field data and volumes generated from studies of existing facilities. The facilities vary in size and description and are not necessarily concentrated in one part of the country. There is no way to know the details of each individual study included in the manual. However, all of them meet the general description above (minimum age requirements, mix of retirement/working active adults, few if any children at home permanently, etc.).