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_ . . . .. .... .., .... ., .. I P 111111vIvII II I UI r 0/ U t Ms. Allen August 26, 2005 Page 2 • The Department recommends that the Lead Agency encourage the developer to submit a scope of work for conducting the TTS prior to circulating the local development application for comment in order to expedite the Department's review.. This will insure that the TTS submitted follows the Department's guidelines as stated in the Caltrans Guide for the Preparation of Traffic Impact Studies, dated December 2002 (TIS guide). The TIS guide is available online at the following web address: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/Planning_tools/lools.htTn- • This proposed development may not create a major impact on SR-4 when considered by itself. However,when combined with the cumulative impacts of other existing and proposed development in this arca, the resulting traffic will contribute to the significant congestion forecasted to the SR-4 mainline and at the South Walker Lane intersection of SR-4/ South Walker Lane. Therefore, the Department recommends the collection of impact fees on a "Fair Share"basis for future improvements to these facilities. • While recognizing that topographic and environmental constraints may preclude a strict interconnected grid street network,roads which are routed in parallel can provide an alternative to using the interregional roads or highway, thereby helping to alleviate congestion on State facilities. A street system with minimal interconnectedness—where drivers are siphoned from local streets to major streets or highways -- concentrates traffic, leaving few cboices to drivers. An interconnected grid street system offers the traveler multiple paths to reach any destination, thereby alleviating potential congestion by providing alternative routes. If you have any questions or would like to discuss our continents in more detail, please contact Dan Brewer at(209) 948-7142(e-mail: dan.brewer-Rdot.ca.gov)or me at(209) 941-1921. Sincerely, M AS, lef Of ice of intermodal Planning "Caltrans improves mobility across California"