TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS SCOPE LTR 2020-02-11
February 11, 2020
Mr. Garrett Simon
CM Wave Development LLC
2440 Junction Place, Suite 200
Boulder, CO 80301
SUBJECT: TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS REVISED SCOPE COMMENTS
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 2019-0002
ZONE CHANGE 2019-0004
SPECIFIC PLAN 2019-0003 (AMENDMENT 5 TO SP 03-067)
TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 2019-0005 (TTM 37815)
MASTER PROJECT 2019-0004
Dear Mr. Simon,
The City’s Traffic Engineer and Planning staff have completed their review of the revised scoping
letter prepared by Urban Crossroads and submitted to us on January 30th, and have the following
comments:
1. The Specific Plan discusses “pop up villages” but does not define them. In comments
provided to MSA Consultants, we have asked that they be defined and described.
Because we are currently unaware of the intent of this use, they may impact the land
use description and quantities provided in the Scoping Letter. Please coordinate with
MSA to determine whether they need to be added to the land use and trip calculations,
either in the long term analysis or in the special event analysis.
2. We previously asked for an analysis of whether the proposed project intersections
meet City separation standards (comment #4 in our letter of December 12, 2019).
Please add this analysis to the Scoping Letter and TIA.
3. We previously asked for an analysis of when each improvement is required (end of
comment #8 in our letter of December 12, 2019). The Scoping Letter is not clear that
this will be provided. Please clearly so state.
4. We previously asked for a centralized list of all improvements and when they must be
implemented (comment #10 in our letter of December 12, 2019). Please add this to
the Scoping Letter.
5. In our meeting on January 22, 2020, you stated that special events would involve
7,000 guests. The scoping letter cites 2,500 guests. This is a significant difference,
and if the TIA analyzes 2,500 guests, the project will be conditioned to not exceed
that number. If you were to propose an event that involved more than 2,500 guests,
additional CEQA review would be required prior to the issuance of a Temporary Use
Permit for such an event.
Please provide an amended Scoping Letter which incorporates these comments in Track
Changes, so that we can review and finalize the document. If you have any questions please
contact me at ncriste@terranovaplanning.com, and/or at (760) 777-7132 or (760) 341-4800.
Sincerely,
Nicole Sauviat Criste
Consulting Planner