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i 2 APPEAL U&TENT: 'That Jack Tone, with its proposed improvements as condltlons of approval, would satisfactorily handle the traffic. More�, the Planning did not question the traffic consultant that was corrtrakxA by the County even though he was present. The Planning Commission did not consider its own traffic consultanWs report that there would be 2,210 less tucks using the fatties with the expansion of the apple shed by adding two cold sUxap buildings. By adding two cold storage buildings,time will be less tredllo and thus, Jack Tone Road will be seder.' RESPONSE: The Department of Public Works contracted with Omni-Means for a traffic study to include a determination of the existing peak hour traffic conditions in the vicinity of the project, estimation of the traffic that the project is expected to generate, the distribution of project tredfic to the existing street system and an assessment of the impact of project tredfic on intersections In the area. The traffic study recommended a nortit xmW left-turn lane beginning 350 feet north of Fairchild Lane and extending to the main access. The DeparlmeM of Public Works made this a Condition of Approval and added that the left-turn lame should extend 400 feet to the north of the main driveway. The traffic study also recommended that a southbound rpt-tum deceleration lane be provided at the main driveway. The Department of Public Works made this a Condltlon of Approval and added the requirement of an acceleration lane for the main driveway and for the exit driveway at the southern potion of the site. Todd Greenwood, an Engineer with Omnl-Means, was present at the hearing but the questions ooncerning traffic were not addressed to him. The traffic study did report that with controliedatmosphere storage on-site at the existing packing shed, the number of annual large truck trip ends will be reduced by 2,210. Testimony from two of the opponents questioned the accuracy and the validity of the traffic study. 3. APPEAL STATEMENT: 'The Planning Commission listened to people who live along Fairchild Lane and assumed that the applicarit's bucks will use Fairchild Lane,when by the admissions of these people,the applicant's bucks do not use Fairchild Lore.' RESPONSE' Comm. Morn said that the Commission should consider the public's safety and welfare; and, he felt that additional truck traffic on Fairchild Lane would create problems. The testimony of several of the property owners on Fairchild Lane voiced their concern about the traffic on Fairchild Lane. The Final Traffic Study completed by Omni-Means in March 1993, noted that there Is no expected increase In large truck traffic on Fa&chiki mane as a result of the proposed project,since all large trucks are dispatched via Jack Tone Road 4. APPEAL STATEMENT: q'hall there has already been one packing shed on this property since 1977,and its use Is compatible with the zoning. The planning C.osian attempted to set rules as to how small or how large a farm or apple shed should be. There are mo mules establishing how large or small a farming community should be or how small or large a packing shed should be." B08 LETTER PAGE 2