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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL APRIL 27, 1994 SuperAmerica will have on existing traffic, and also review the site circulation of the proposed SuperAmerica. Van Wormer reported that SEH primarily works for cities as well as a few developers, and does a good deal of traffic studies of this nature. Van Wormer reported that they have determined that SA will generate 2,500 vehicle trips per day. During the A.M. peak, there will be 140 trips. That is 70 trips in and 70 trips out of the SA site. During the P.M. peak there will be 160 trips, 80 in and 80 out. A good deal of this traffic will not be new traffic, but rather traffic which is already traveling through the area. This traffic to the SA site will be coming from a number of different directions. Van Wormer reported that 65% of the 2,500 trips will be from traffic already in or next to the Little Canada Road/Country Drive intersection. 35% of the 2,500 trips will be new traffic. That is, people coming from their homes or diverting from another trip just to patronize SuperAmerica. Van Wormer pointed out that even through 65% of the traffic is already existing, the use of the SA site will require a turn in and out of the site. Van Wormer reported that during off-peak hours there will be very little problem with traffic flow and turns into and out of the SA site. Van Wormer explained the diagram included as part of the SEH traffic study which shows the amount of turns in and out of both access points proposed for SA during A.M., P.M., and off-peak hours. Van Wormer felt that traffic to the SA site will be spread primarily from 6 A.M. until 11 P.M. without a concentration during the A.M. and P.M. peaks. Van Wormer pointed out that Grumpy's Restaurant has an 8- hour operation. Van Wormer indicated that typically restaurants have a 16 or 24 hour per day operation. The study compared the SA proposal with a typical restaurant operation. Van Wormer estimated that a restaurant would generate 800 vehicle trips per day, or about 1/3 what a SA would. More traffic would divert to a restaurant rather than be picked up from the traffic already on the street. About 25% of restaurant traffic would be generated from drive-bys. Therefore, SA would generate 2,500 vehicle trips per day - 65% of which would come from drive-by traffic. A restaurant would generate 800 trips per day - 25% of which would come from drive-by 3