Saticoy & Wells Community Plan & Development ... - City Of Ventura

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.15 Traffic and CirculationAs indicated above and in Table 4.15-6, the Wells/Darling Road intersection, located at thesouthwest corner of the Broome site would have a significant impact associated withcumulative growth through the year 2025. Development of the Broome site would contribute tothe traffic generation at this intersection. However, it should be noted that development of theretail land uses is consistent with the proposed Community Plan planning principle “Get theretail right.” This principle identifies additional retail growth in the east neighborhood, whichcontain both the Broome and Saticoy Village properties. Other than basic neighborhoodservices, the nearest retail services are located 3-5 miles away along the Victoria Avenue andMain Street Corridors. Therefore, placement of new retail services on the Broome site wouldprovide additional retail services in an area that currently lacks such services. This wouldgenerally be expected to allow Project Area residents to reduce the length of certain shoppingtrips, thereby reducing the overall vehicular miles traveled and impacts to the regionaltransportation system.Mitigation Measures. The intersection of Darling Road/Wells Road would experienceunacceptable LOS ratings under baseline improvement conditions in the 2025 scenario. Asnoted above, the 2005 General Plan EIR identified an improvement that would reduce the trafficimpacts at this Project Area intersection to a less than significant level. This improvementconsists of adding an eastbound left-turn lane, second southbound left-turn lane, and secondwestbound left-turn lane at the Darling Road/Wells Road intersection. Table 4.15-7 shows theICU and LOS ratings for that intersection with these improvements.Table 4.15-7Forecast LOS with Darling Rd/Wells Rd ImprovementsLocationAM PeakPM PeakICU LOS ICU LOSDarling Road/Wells Road 0.63 B 0.88 DSource: City of Ventura General Plan EIR, 2005.Project Area developments would be required to pay a fair share contribution towardimplementation of planned improvements at the Darling Road/Wells Road intersection.Significance after Mitigation. The above mentioned mitigation, from the 2005 GeneralPlan FEIR, would reduce impacts to a less than significant level.Impact T-2Implementation of the Project would be expected to generallyenhance the use of alternative transportation modes, includingtransit, bicycling, and walking. Impacts relating to alternativetransportation are Class IV, beneficial.The proposed Community Plan includes policies and actions that promote the increased use ofalternative transportation modes within the Project Area. The Community Plan and Code isincluded in Appendix B. In addition to the modes of transportation, the Project incorporates thegoals of compact neighborhoods, pedestrian and bicycle circulation improvements and4.15-14City of Ventura