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Streets, which was already funded for construction in 2015-2017. He advised as <br />far as an eastbound left -turn lane at the entrance to Harmony, the volume of <br />turning movement projected with the community fell far short of the County's <br />numerical warrant for the necessity for the improvement to be constructed so <br />adding an eastbound left -turn lane at 33rd Street at 58th Avenue had not been <br />demonstrated to be warranted. <br />Mr. George Glenn, 2980 59th Avenue, wondered how the trip generation <br />reduction for an -age restricted community had been arrived at. <br />Mr. Good explained how the trip generation rate had been configured by <br />the Institute of Transportation Engineers and an independent study done by <br />Kimley-Horn & Associates. <br />Attorney Glenn questioned traffic links that had been included in the study. <br />Mr. Chris Mora, IRC Public Works Director, confirmed the traffic study did <br />not deviate from the engineering science of traffic engineering or any of the <br />County's rules and regulations in making the determinations. <br />Discussion followed about the volume of traffic and road capacity of 33rd <br />and 37th Streets. <br />Mr. Mora pointed out the widening of 66th Avenue would relieve the <br />amount of traffic on 58th Avenue when it was completed, and he estimated a 30% <br />to 40% reduction in traffic on 58th Avenue. He added the intersections at 33rd <br />and 37t" Streets and 58th Avenue had not exhibited a high rate of accident even <br />during times of traffic moving over to 58th Avenue from 66th Avenue because of <br />ongoing construction. <br />Mr. Glenn noted the Harmony property consisted of approximately 122 <br />acres with over 100 acres of either native upland or wetlands and he wondered if <br />the Environmental Study Analysis (ESA) was correct regarding the environmental <br />makeup of the property. <br />Mr. Roland DeBlois, IRC Chief of Environmental Planning and Code <br />Enforcement, said County staff had visited the site under previous reviews and <br />were familiar with the property and he was confident the ESA reflected the <br />current site conditions. He noted the high resolution of recent aerials was almost <br />a better review than site visits due to the size of the property, coupled with <br />verifications from the St. Johns River Water Management District <br />PZC/Approved 4 August 28, 2014 <br />F:\BCC\AII Committees\P&Z\2014 —AGENDAS & MINUTES\P&Z-08-28-14.doc <br />ATTACHMENT 3 158 <br />