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PUD-74 Environmental Checklist <br />either an increase in traffic levels or a change in <br />location that results in substantial safety risks? <br />d) Substantially increase hazards due to a design ^ ^ ^ ^ <br />feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous <br />intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm <br />equipment)? <br />e) Result in inadequate emergency access? ^ ^ ^X ^ <br />f) Result in inadequate parking capacity? ^ ^ ^ ^X <br />g) Conflict with adopted policies, plans, or programs ^ ^ ^ ^ <br />supporting alternative transportation (e.g., bus <br />turnouts, bicycle racks)? <br />Discussion <br />a) The traffic study indicates that the Valley Avenue at Santa Rita Road intersection would <br />operate at LOS "E" in the PM peak hour in the existing plus approved project scenario. <br />The traffic from this project would add a very small overall average delay of 1.6 seconds <br />to this intersection, resulting in no change to the LOS at this intersection in both the AM <br />and PM peak hours. The constmction of a third southbound left-turn lane at this <br />intersection will allow it to operate at LOS D in the PM peak hour. The City is also <br />exploring other mitigations for this intersection. Because this mitigation is considered to <br />be City wide, the project's payment of the City and Tri-Valley Traffic Impact Fees is <br />considered to be its mitigation of this improvement. Therefore, this would be aless- <br />than-significant-impact. <br />b) Because the proposed project would not create 100 or more new peak hour trips, the <br />project would not exceed, either individually or cumulatively, a level of service standard <br />established by the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency for designated <br />roads or highways and the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency's <br />Congestion Management Program (CMP) analysis is not required. Therefore, this would <br />be no-impact. <br />c) The proposed buildings would measure a maximum of 26'/z-feet tall and would not <br />require air traffic to change their flight path. Furthermore, the proposed residences would <br />not increase air traffic levels. Therefore, this would be no-impact. <br />d,e) The project streets and emergency vehicle access roads have been designed to City <br />standards and would provide adequate sight distances and to accommodate the safe <br />turning radius of emergency vehicles. The project entry gate would be provided with an <br />automatic opening feature to allow emergency vehicles to enter the project without delay. <br />Therefore, these issues would be ales-than-significant-impact <br />35 <br />