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volumes were not as easily extracted from the Korve Report. As noted in Table 1, the project mitigation within the Offset Program should be approximately$1.46 million. This would be in addition to mitigation of impacts outside the MHTIF. Response: Based on the analysis submitted by the applicant, the Department of Public Works staff has concluded that there is currently insufficient data to conclude any impacts created by the ADTproject on additional roadways within the vicinity beyond what has already been satisfied. The Offset Program as included in the CSD MHTIF is the method chosen by the Mountain House developer to meet the fair share transportation obligation of Mountain House. The program uses excess funding on some improvements to offset other mitigation obligations in other jurisdiction. For the Offset concept to apply to other development outside Mountain House there has not been any discussion or concurrence by the City of Tracy, San Joaquin County and other jurisdictions. For ADT to mitigate its cumulative impacts,they are required to pay TIMF, contribute to the County its fair share to several intersections and roadway segments as identified in the traffic study for the project. Comment number 6: Funding in Lieu of Fees-The Korve report suggests that the project should install a traffic signal at the intersection of Berkeley Road and Mountain House Parkway. The project share is(incorrectly)estimated as 20.1 percent of the total costs. The report . suggests that the project fully fund the signal and have the excess 79.9 percent of the costs credited against other(presumably TIMF)fees. As noted above, the project fair share should have been calculated using net trips added by new development as the denominator. In addition,we would suggest that only the change in Berkeley Road volumes be used in the calculation since it is the cross street volume that will trigger the need for the traffic signal. This may result in a project fair share of 100%since little other development would be expected to impact Berkeley Road. If the project fair share remains below 100%, we would not recommend any credits against TIMF fees since it is unlikely that the TIMF anticipated a traffic signal at this location. Response: Public Works staff agrees the ADT project is fully responsible for the installation of the traffic signal without any credit allowance. Comment number 7: I-205/Mountain House Parkway PSR- We concur with Caltrans that the project should participate in a Project Study Report(PSR)for the interchange of I-205 with Mountain House Parkway.The project should be required to provide 7 percent of the cost of the PSR consistent with the analysis performed by OPTRANS using the Korve PM peak hour estimates. Response: The Public Works conditions of approval require the applicant to contribute a fair share of 11 percent of the PSR cost which amounts to$8,800. -