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PC: 4-15-93 SA-93-3 4 The site has direct access on Jack Tone Road and proposes a common driveway for the existing packing shed and the proposed cherry packing shed with a 35-foot-wide paved driveway for both Ingress and egress. The design of the common driveway allows the trucks to access the adjacent sites without impeding the flow of traffic on Jack Tone Road. The Department of Public Works Is requiring that the rads and width of the driveway approaches be.Improved to allow bucks to make Legal turning movements to and from Jack Tone Road.; The Department of Public Works Is also requiring acceleration and deceleration lanes at the primary driveway and an acceleration lane at the souther driveway.to improve the speed differentials of the through traffic and the merging or turning traffic. , A traffic study, completed by Omni-Means in March 1993, analyzed the potential traffic impacts associated with the development of the proposed additional cold storage for the Sierra Hills packing facility and the proposed adjacent cherry packing shed with cold storage., The study determined the traffic associated with the current operation of.the existing packing facility,which includes the processing of apples, pears, and cold storage of asparagus. The study determined that at project buildout, PM peak hour traffic would Increase by approximately 70 trip-ends over existing packing operations. This would occur during the cherry season when there are more employees working on the cherry line. The study noted that the increase In the on-site 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 Lodl wig be eliminated The traffic study Included an evaluation of the accident .history for Fairchild Lane and the relationship.between the proposed packing facility,operait€ons and the potential for Increased vehicular conflicts at the curve.on F,airchild Lane, east.of Vignolo Road 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. It was noted that there Is a concentration of reported accidents near or in the Fairchild Lane curve, and the majority of the acc lens were due to excessive speed. The study noted that the 25 MPH warning signs which are located on the approaches to the curve are appropriate for the radii of the curves. The study also 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 trafffc on Fairchild Lane as a result of the proposed project,since all large,trucks are dispatched via Jack Tope Road Any truckffic k traalong Fairchild Lazne will be the resuN of trucks hauling fruit from orchards.In the Fairchild Lane area The traffic study reviewed the intersions of Baker Lare/Jack Tone Road, Fairchild Lane/Jack Tone Road,State Route 26/Jack Tone Road,Fairchild Lame/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 signalixation. Based at existing traffic volumes, all study roadways are operating at acceptable service levels. Under exlsting plus ,project conditions, all of the, intersections are, expected to operate sattsfactorffy. 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 -14-