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Item No. 2 PC: 4-15-93 SA-93-3 z Page 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 wkidt of the driveway approaches be improved to allow trucks to make legal fuming moyaments to and from Jack Tone Road. The Department ol,Public Works is also requiring acceleration and deceleration lanes at the primary driveway and an acceleration tare at the southemmost driveways to Improve the speed differentials of the through traffic and the merging or turning traffic. A traffic study,completed by Omni-Means in March 199% analyzed the potential traffic impacts associated with the development of the proposed additional cold storage for the Sierra Hills pad" facilly and the proposed adymm chemic packing shed with cold storage. The study detem*vd the traffic wed with the current operation of the exbbng 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 track trips to move the fruit back and forth from existing storage facilities located in Stockton and Lc df win be eliminated. The traffic study included an evaluation of the accident history for Fairchild Lane and the relationship between the proposed packing facility operations and the potential for increased vehicular conflicts at the curve on Fairchild 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 accidents 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 bifilc on Fairchild Lane as a result of the proposed project, since all large trucks are dispatched via Jack Tone Road. Any truck traffic Wong Fairchild Lane will be the result of trucks hauling fruit from orchards in the Fairdit Lane area The traffic study reviewed the intersections of Baker Lane/Jack Tone Road, Fairchild Lane/Jack Tone Road,State Route 25/Jack Tone Road,Fairchild Lane/Alpine Road,and Fairchild Lane/State Rtxrte 88. Good operating conditions are experienced at all intwlOctions during the PM peak hkwr demand period, and none of the intersections meet peak hour warrants for signalization. Based on existing traffic volumes, all study roadways are operating at acceptable service levels. Under exiad V plus project conditions, all of the intersections are expected to operate satclarrm MY. 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