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• • John Atz of Kimley Horn, 601 21' Street, noted that several traffic issues had been raised and he would try to address them. He understood the Board's difficulty in dealing with the intricacies of the Code. He pointed out that the Code requires that two traffic studies be done, one for the maximum development that could occur (6 families per acre) and then for the development that is proposed. He explained that under the first study, the development would be of significant impact at SR60 and 58th Avenue Later they will do another specific study to the actual build -out size At approximately half (using the projection of 3.5 units per acres), the impact on the same intersection is no longer significant according to the County's Code. He suggested they keep in mind that the intersection would not get better if they do not approve this request for rezoning because the intersection will stay "broken" until the County gets enough money from developers to pay for its improvement. Commissioner Neuberger wanted information about the intersection's present capacity and specifically how many cars go through the intersection southbound. County Traffic Engineer Christopher Mora PE recalled that the SR60-58th Avenue intersection currently fails at a level of service (LOS) of "F". That means that it fails capacity during PM peak hours/peak season. Most of the other hours of the day and year, it operates within capacity. Mr. Atz stated that 715 vehicles are southbound on Kings Highway at the peak hour. Mr. Mora advised that roughly 7,000 vehicles per day would be southbound on Kings Highway at the intersection. Lynn Silkworth, 5895 Glen Eagle Drive, president of the Bent Pine Community Association, reported that Newport Properties has approached the BPCA and shown good faith and concern. They have offered to limit development to 3.5 homes per acre or a net of 630 homes on a minimum of 7,000 square foot lots. He believed they are sincere but the September 23, 2003 23