January 17, Ron Waldthausen Platte Valley LLC 1378 Promontory Bluff View Colorado Springs, CO 80921

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2 LSC TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS, INC. 545 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 210 Colorado Springs, CO (719) FAX (719) E mail: lsc@lsctrans.com Website: January 17, 2019 Ron Waldthausen Platte Valley LLC 1378 Promontory Bluff View Colorado Springs, CO Dear Ron: RE: Appaloosa Hwy 24 Subdivision Filing No. 1A El Paso County, Colorado Traffic Memorandum LSC # In response to your request, LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. has prepared this Traffic Memorandum for the proposed Appaloosa Highway 24 Subdivision Filing No. 1A located northeast of the intersection of US Highway 24 and Amelia Street in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado. A site location exhibit is attached. SITE LAND USE AND ACCESS The site is 4.67 acres and is zoned I 2 CAD O. The County parcel number is A threelot subdivision is proposed (replat). A copy of the subdivision plat is attached for reference. Based on the zoning, a light industrial land use has been assumed in this report. Using a 0.35 floor area ratio for the three proposed lots, the following are the estimated building square footages for each of the lots: Lot 1 (43,697 square feet of land area): Light Industrial 15,294 square feet of floor area Lot 2 (43,907 square feet of land area): Light Industrial 15,367 square feet of floor area Lot 3 (445,652 square feet of land area): Light Industrial 40,478 square feet of floor area These lots would only access the adjacent local streets Amelia Street and Terminal Avenue. No direct parcel access to Highway 24 is allowed or proposed. Lot access placement and design should be per Engineering Criteria Manual section The access sight distance criteria in section D [ Any potentially obstructing objects, such as but not limited to advertising signs, structures, trees, and bushes, shall be designed, placed, and maintained at a height not to interfere with the sight distance needed by any vehicle using the access ] would apply. Amelia Street and Terminal Avenue have straight horizontal alignments with no significant vertical curvature that would limit access sight distance.

3 Ron Waldthausen Page 2 January 17, 2019 Appaloosa Highway 24 Subdivision Filing No. 1A Traffic Memorandum ADJACENT ROADWAYS AND STREETS Amelia Avenue and Terminal Avenue are not identified as Collector or Arterial Streets on the County Major Transportation Corridors Plan. The El Paso County roadway inventory identifies these roadways as secondary service, Local roads. US Highway 24 is located just south of the site. No direct lot access is proposed to Highway 24. The intersection of Amelia Avenue/US Highway 24 is a Stop sign controlled, right in/rightout intersection. TRIP GENERATION An estimate of the vehicle trips expected to be generated by the proposed subdivision has been made using the nationally published trip generation rates found in Trip Generation, 10th Edition, 2017 by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). Table 1 shows the trip generation estimate. Table 1: Detailed Trip Generation Trip Generation Rates (1) Trips Generated Land Trip Average Morning Afternoon Average Morning Afternoon Use Generation Weekday Peak Hour Peak Hour Weekday Peak Hour Peak Hour Lot No. Code ITE Land Use Units In & Out In Out In Out In & Out In Out In Out Lot General Light Industrial KSF (2) Lot General Light Industrial KSF Lot General Light Industrial KSF Site Total Notes: (1) Trip Generation, 10th Edition, 2017 by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) (2) KSF = Thousand square feet of floor area Projected Trip Generation The proposed non residential subdivision is projected to generate about 353 total vehicle trips on the average weekday, with about half entering and half exiting the site during a 24 hour period. During the morning peak hour, which generally occurs for one hour between 6:30 and 8:30 a.m., about 44 vehicles would enter and 6 vehicles would exit the site. During the evening peak hour, which generally occurs for one hour between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m., about 6 vehicles would enter and 39 vehicles would exit the site. Peak Hour Access Level of Service LSC would anticipate the level of service at the site access points to Amelia Street and Terminal Avenue to operate at levels of service which meet County standards.

4 Ron Waldthausen Page 3 January 17, 2019 Appaloosa Highway 24 Subdivision Filing No. 1A Traffic Memorandum Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities This site is part of an established industrial area and generally there are no sidewalks within this industrial area. LSC would not anticipate significant pedestrian or cycling trips to be generated by this subdivision. Any commuter cyclists traveling to/from this site would likely ride within the local streets in the area from and to the north or northeast. FINDINGS/CONCLUSIONS The proposed non residential subdivision is projected to generate about 353 total vehicletrips on the average weekday, with about half entering and half exiting the site during a 24 hour period. During the morning peak hour, which generally occurs for one hour between 6:30 and 8:30 a.m., about 44 vehicles would enter and 6 vehicles would exit the site. During the evening peak hour, which generally occurs for one hour between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m., about 6 vehicles would enter and 39 vehicles would exit the site. These lots would only access the adjacent local streets Amelia Street and Terminal Avenue. No direct parcel access to Highway 24 is allowed or proposed. Lot access placement and design should be per Engineering Criteria Manual section LSC would anticipate the level of service at the site access points to Amelia Street and Terminal Avenue to operate at levels of service that meet County standards. It is unlikely that auxiliary turn lanes would be required on Amelia Street and Terminal Avenue at site access points. The adjacent Local streets are not currently striped, and it is unlikely that striping would need to be added due to this development. LSC would not anticipate significant pedestrian or cycling trips to be generated by this subdivision. Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this report. Respectfully submitted, LSC TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS, INC. By: Jeffrey C. Hodsdon, P.E., PTOE Principal JCH:bjwb Enclosures: Site Location Exhibit Subdivision Plat Exhibit

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