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KLEINFEL®ER Bright People.Right Solutions. KD Anderson & Associates prepared an analysis of existing queuing patterns in the project vicinity as a basis for impact analysis. Field observations and the results of this analysis are discussed in detail in Appendix E. ESRTS provides limited off-street parking at present; a portion of the project site provides parking for a few vehicles, and the southern portion of the site is available for truck and trailer parking. Approximately 20-30 on-street spaces are available along Weber Avenue between Filbert and F Streets; 15-20 of these spaces are used by ESRTS employees on a regular basis. Environmental Impacts Traffic Impacts Level of service analysis of the project was not conducted, as documented in Appendix E. The proposed project did not meet the City of Stockton threshold for trip generation, which is 100 or more vehicle trips generated by the project in the A.M. or P.M. peak hour. KD Anderson considered the potential impacts of the project on queuing in the project vicinity. A review of the surrounding intersections indicated that vehicles currently queue along Filbert Street during the a.m. and p.m. peak hours; however, the queues are not related to the ESRTS site. Queues are present along the westbound to southbound left turn movement at the Filbert Street / Weber Avenue / Myrtle intersection. This appears to be partly due to the traffic volume along that approach as well as the signal timing at the entrance to westbound SR 4 one block south. Traffic also queues in the northbound direction, specifically along the eastbound SR 4 off-ramp and in the left turn lane for the northbound to westbound movement to the westbound SR 4 on-ramp. Few trucks were noted in these queues that could be expected to head to the recycling station. KD Anderson also analyzed the operation effects of proposed access to ESRTS with projected future recyclable traffic volumes. Access to the site is currently via two driveways midway between Filbert Street and F Street. The expanded site will remove the easterly driveway and construct a new entrance and exit at the far west side of the site; the existing driveway that will remain will not provide truck access into the site. The site expansion is projected to increase the process recycling material from the p current 133 tons per day to up to 1,000 tons per day on average. At this processing level, the site is projected to generate a total of 410 daily trips. This will increase the number of trip ends by about 276 new daily trips. Of these trip ends 102 trip ends will be new collection trucks while 174 trip ends will be transfer trucks. Based upon the existing traffic patterns observed it is expected that no significant change in traffic patterns would occur with the expansion of the Weber Avenue site. 121339/ST011 R226 3-59 October 14, 2011 Copyright 2011 Kleinfelder