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Commissioner Bird did not know what kind of analyses they would go through, but felt common sense tells you that when you have to cross through traffic that isn't even there yet, it will increase the chances for accident and injury. Right now there is no cross traffic on that entranceway. Director Davis advised that the original traffic study performed by Wilbur Smith made some traffic distribution assumptions, one of which was that 10% of the traffic from the site would use the Vista Gardens access road connecting to Indian River Boulevard. He did not concur with the 10% because of what they have seen since the Boulevard has been opened. The consultant has done a little bit more analysis on that, and basically, they have distributed 30% of the traffic to that access road. Based on the 30%, they feel that the storage within that area between Vista Gardens road and the Boulevard could accommodate about 204 vehicles an hour, which means that 3-4 vehicles would be turning left every minute, or a left-hand turn off the Boulevard every 15 seconds. Commissioner Bowman could not imagine what will happen when the Boulevard is extended north to 53rd Street and the Boulevard becomes a major highway. Director Davis advised that the results of the most recent analysis has been that a signal will be needed to provide the appropriate access to the site, and he assumed that the consultant is talking about U.S. #1, where we don't have autonomous control with the DOT to put a signal in. Commissioner Eggert asked about Indian River Boulevard and Vista Trail, and Director Davis stated that at this time we do have autonomous control there, unless proper signalization is imposed and we have to tie the two together and coordinate it with the signal at U.S. #1. He felt that probably should be done. Commissioner Bird asked about someone coming south and wishing to turn into the main entrance of the shopping center on 33 APR 51988 L, BOOK 71 PAGE 462