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Item No. PC: 4-15-93 SA-93-4 Page 4 - During the apple season from August through October, the applicant estimates 850 incoming farmers'bucks, which averages 14 trucks per day. The applicant estimates that the increase in the number of employees would be 20 to 30, so the approximate number in the increase of vehicles would be 10 to 15. The applicant estimates that from the beginning of the season in August thresh March, there would be 1080 refrigerated trucks that would remove the packed fruit from the site. This would average about six or seven trips per day. A traffic study, completed by Omni-Means in March 1993; noted that the increase in the cold storage facilities will eliminate the need for off-site storage. Consequently,the number of shuttle truck trips to move the fruit back and forth from existing storage facilities located in Stockton and Lodi will be eliminated. The traffic study included an evaluation of the accident history for Fairchild Lane and the relatiorship between the proposed packing facility operations and the potential for increased vehicular conflicts.at the subject curve. Based on the number of reported accidents and the existing traffic volumes being carried by Fairchild Lane, the accident rates are below statewide averages for expected accidents on similar facilities. The study noted that the increased traffic volume on Fairchild Lane at the curve would be approximately 32 vehicles in the PM peak hour and 321 vehicle movements on a daily basis for only the period when cherries are being processed There is no expected increase in large truck traffic on Fairchild Lane as a result of the proposed project,since all large trucks are dispatched via Jack Tone Road. Any truck traffic along Fairchild Lane is a resutt of truck hauling fruits from orchards in the Fairchild Lane area. The traffic study reviewed the intersections of Baker Lane/Jack Tone Road, Fairchild Lane/Jack Tone Road,State Route 26/Jack Tone Road, Fairchild Lane/Alpine Road,and Fairchild Lane/State Route 88. Good operating conditions are experienced at all intersections during the PM peak hour demand period, and none of the Intersections meet peak hour warrants for signaiization. Based on existing traffic volumes, all study roadways are operating at acceptable service levels. Under existing plus project conditions, all of the intersections are expected to operate satisfactorily. The proposed project was evaluated within the context of cumulative.conditions to provide a condition for impacts associated with the site. Under the cumulative conditions prior to the addition of the project, the fallowing three intersections would operate acceptably: Jack Tone Road/Baker Road, Jack Tone Road/Fairchild Lane, and Fairchild Lane/Alpine Road. The Intersections of Jack Tone Road/State Rout 26 and Fairchild Lane/State Route 88 would meet peak hour volume warrants for signalization. The addition of project traffic to the cumulative conditions would have only a minimal effect on intersection operations. The study recommends street widenings to accommodate additional travel lanes and expanded intersection channelizaflon as the primary physical improvements that are prescribed to reduce the impacts to a less-than-significant levet. The traffic study includes the recommendation that the primary access point.(900 feet north of Fairchild Lane) should include a northbound left-tum lane. The center left4um lane should eodend north to the minor driveway (1,300 feet north of Fairchild Laine).