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BOOK 59 PAGE 130 By providing a neighborhood commercial center at the S.R. A-1-A/C.R. 510 intersection, approximately 4,746 ADT would be attracted to that site rather than traveling across Wabasso Bridge. This would reduce North Island ADT's to 16,459 off -island trips and provide the bridge with a Level of Service approaching "C". Analysis Conclusion Based upon the assumptions stated at the beginning of the analysis, a neighborhood commercial center which serves the residents of the north barrier island will be needed by the year 2000. Although the ultimate size of this center will depend upon several market factors, approximately 20,137 square feet of gross leasable area on a site with a size from three to seven acres will be needed at the S.R. A-1-A/C.R. 510 or C.R. 510/U.S.1 intersection. Both intersections contain sufficient acreage to accommodate such a facility. The major advantage, however, to locating the center at the S.R. A -1-A/ C.R. 510 intersection is that it can best serve commercial trips orig- inating on the island and keep additional traffic off the Wabasso bridge. RECOMMENDATION The Comprehensive Plan designates a twenty-five acre tourist/ commercial node at the intersection of A -1-A and C.R.510 which permits resort commercial uses (16.59 acres already committed) and neighborhood commercial uses. Staff recommends that the twenty-five acre node be retained in the area of the S.R. A-1-A/C.R. 510 intersection and that the remaining vacant acreage be allowed to be used for neighborhood commercial uses. Mr. Challacombe reviewed the above memo in detail, emphasizing that staff is looking at neighborhood uses only and not anything that would attract traffic from off -island. What staff has in mind is a down -sized Publix-type grocery store and a smaller Eckerd's. Their population study shows that there is sufficient population right now to support a small neighborhood center somewhere in the vicinity of the intersection. Chairman Scurlock stated that he personally still has a real problem with locating the 25 acres at that intersection, and he is absolutely convinced that the further away from the inter- section you get, the better the traffic situation will be; witness the Vero Mall intersection at U.S.1. The Administrator pointed out that all the Board actually would be designating today would be the size of the node by deciding whether the remaining uncommitted seven acres would remain in the node or not. 52 177