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STATEMENT OF FACT: .The Board finds and declares that Mitigation Measure 9-2 accurately sets forth the level of impact at Bird Road and State Route 132 as a result of the traffic improvements completed at that intersection by Teichert Aggregates. The Board has been provided with and has reviewed the Project Study Report prepared by Sierra Engineering in 1994, and approved b Caltrans. The Board notes that Teichert PP Y Aggregates has successfully completed the improvements to the intersection of State Route 132 and Bird Road as set forth in the Project Study Report, and concurs with the EIR that these improvements mitigate Impact 9-2 as set forth above,to levels of insignificance. The Board also concurs with the conclusion of the PSR/PR that the intersection of Bird Road and State Route 132 operates at acceptable levels of service for the foreseeable future given the improvements made at that intersection by Teichert Aggregates. The Board further notes that the cumulative traffic impacts of each of the quarry.excavation.projects (Granite Construction, Teichert Aggregates, DSS Engineering Contractors,RMS Lonestar, and Brown Sand, Inc.) are greatly overstated,based on the written and oral testimony of the applicant and the information submitted to the Board from the California Department of Mines and Geology. As such,the Board finds and declares, and concurs with the conclusion of the Final EIR, that the aforementioned improvements by Teichert Aggregates to the intersection of State Route 132 and Bird Road are sufficient to mitigate Impact 9-2 to a less than significant level. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT 9-3 The only roadway with peak hour traffic volumes exceeding available roadway capacities is State Route 132. This route was over capacity under existing traffic volumes. It is anticipated that prior to the 20 year, future traffic conditions, that the highway will be constructed to four traffic lanes with left and right turn and acceleration lanes. With these improvements the LOS in the PM peak hour will be "B" in the eastbound direction and "A" in the westbound direction. The LOS remains at this level for all Future and Future plus Project conditions. FINDING: Changes or alterations have been required in or incorporated into the project that avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effects as identified in the Final EIR. i STATEMENT OF FACT: The Board finds and declares that Impact 9-3, above, is overstated significantly, due to the fact that the traffic analysis relied upon in the Final EIR projected more than 5,500 trips, a number which far exceeds the estimated and foreseeable regional market for sand and gravel throughout the life of the project. In making this determination, the Board has relied upon the projections of future gravel extraction provided by the State Division of Mines and Geology, and has noted the remarkable accuracy of those projections over the preceding 30 year period. i In addition, the Board concurs with the Final EIR, and Mitigation Measure 9-31 . . which concludes that the mitigation requirements for this project should be the same as for"Existing Traffic/Project Traffic", and should be directly related to the number of trip ends to be generated by the project. 'The Final EIR also correctly states that this project will contribute only a small share of additional traffic to State Route 132. Therefore, the Board of Supervisors finds and declares that the payment by the applicant of the County's a