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a small amount of the traffic generated by the project will use and impact this roadway segment. Council staff's concerns surfaced during its re -review of the 1993 traffic study (which was prompted by this NOPC request). If traffic volume growth rates for the segment are higher than estimated in the traffic study as recent county traffic count data for the 1994 peak season seem to suggest, then future level of service problems could develop. To ensure that such problems do not develop, Regional Planning Council staff has recommended that _ the county closely monitor this segment. Although the project traffic analysis shows that some project traffic will impact the segment, the Regional Planning Council did not recommend that a monitoring condition be attached to approval of this request. However, county traffic engineering staff has reviewed the traffic study and related materials and recommends that a monitoring condition be attached to approval of the request (see attachment #4). Such a monitoring condition would be similar to certain monitoring conditions contained in the Grand Harbor D.O., and would require the developer to annually monitor the level of service of US 1 between 4th Street and Oslo Road. According to the condition, if level of service problems are discovered, then no further project building permits will be issued until improvements to correct the level of service problem have been programmed for construction. The Rimley Horn & Associates project traffic engineer has stated that he has no objection to this monitoring condition. *Approval of Request To approve the request, the Board of County Commissioners will need to adopt a resolution that approves the request, amends the D.O. traffic conditions as requested, and adds any special conditions of approval. With the monitoring condition described above, it is staff's position that the requested modifications to D.O. traffic conditions are reasonable and should be approved. Therefore, the resolution proposed by staff (see attachment #6) approves the requested traffic condition modifications and adds the special monitoring condition recommended by county traffic engineering. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners: 1. Determine that the request does not constitute a substantial deviation; and 2. Adopt the attached resolution approving the NOPC request to modify certain D.O. traffic conditions, as contained in the NOPC application materials, and adding the monitoring condition as recommended by county traffic engineering. MAY 24� 41 KKK �4 r�r 486 I