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Director Keating advised that the other parcel is bordered by roads on three sides - the road that connects the Boulevard to the entrance road, and then it also is bordered by the Boulevard and the entrance road. The 400' probably would come up to the western edge of that Schlitt parcel and would provide the opportunity to get a marginal access connection there. He continued that Attorney Barkett's recommendation of clustering with a deeper depth was looked into, but one of the disadvantages is that you have the bridge to the south and less room to move around with the access points. Unfortunately this situation is not the best of all worlds, and the canal separating the other commercial property to the south just exasperates the problem. Commissioner Bowman believed OCR generates less traffic than CL and asked why we have not considered OCR. Director Keating felt that is a good point and advised that the Board does not have to make that recommendation today; as long as it is transmitted and the Land Use designation is changed, the Board can take action on the rezoning however they wish at the next hearing. Commissioner Wheeler inquired about the difference in traffic for 17 acres commercial as opposed to 10 acres commercial and the remainder multiple family. Director Keating stated that unless you look at the site plan and can see the relationship between retail commercial, fast food, and other uses, etc., you cannot be specific, but he felt generally you can consider a reduction comparable to the reduction in size, or about 1/3. Chairman Scurlock believed we will have to discuss specific details at great length when this item comes back to us from the DCA review. Commissioner Eggert commented that apparently HUD's number of trips for senior citizens is much lower than those trips in some other subdivisions and hoped this would be taken into account also. 57 BOOK 72 ME 216 APR 2 61988