For Transportation Commission Meeting [October 6, 2021]
TO: Honorable Chairperson and Commission
APPROVAL: Michael Tahan, Interim Public works Director
FROM: Justin Schlaefli, Consultant Engineer, TKE Engineering
Title
Traffic Impact Analysis - Dutch Brothers Coffee & Express Wash on the Southwest Corner of Valley Boulevard and Riverside Avenue.
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BACKGROUND:
In July 2021, the Project Scoping Agreement for the Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) was approved. The project is a Dutch Brothers Coffee & Express Wash Project (hereinafter referred to as Project). The project applicant proposes to construct a 950 square-foot (SF) Dutch Brothers Coffee with drive-through window and an express wash with a 130-foot wash tunnel. The project site is currently occupied by the vacant 10,000 SF Hometown Buffet and is located on the southwest quadrant of Riverside Avenue and Valley Boulevard in the City of Rialto, California.
The first TIA was submitted on August 30, 2021, and it was reviewed with review comments prepared. On September 10, 2021, a revised second TIA was submitted and subsequently reviewed.
Consistent with City of Rialto TIA guidelines, study intersections were identified to include freeway interchanges within two (2) miles that were designated to take more than 40% of total traffic from the project and intersections which project traffic contributed 50 or more peak hour trips. This included two (2) intersections as listed below:
1. Gateway Plaza at Valley Boulevard
2. Riverside Avenue at Valley Boulevard
This site appears to comply with zoning on the property.
The site location is shown on Page 4 of the TIA, which is included as Attachment 1, while the site plan is shown on Page 6 of the TIA, which is included as Attachment 2.
Truck Turn Templates are on page 24 of the TIA which is included as Attachment 3.
The site will be accessed through an existing signal at Gateway Plaza and Valley Boulevard.
The trip generation rate for this...
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