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TIA REVIEW COMMENTS DATE: February 26, 2024 TO: Colin Cortes and Chris Kerr I City of Woodburn FROM: Jenna Bogert, PE I DKS Associates SUBJECT: US Market Gas Station (Newberg Hwy) TIA Review (CU 24-02) Project #24150-000 INTRODUCTION DKS Associates has conducted a review of the transportation impact analysis (TIA) for the US Market Gas Station.1 The proposed development is located at 2540 & 2600 Newberg Highway in Woodburn, Oregon, and consists of six vehicle fueling pumps (12 fueling positions, a convenience market with attached office space and another, separate office building on-site. The purpose of this TIA review is to determine whether the submitted TIA meets the requirements of Section 3.04.05 in the Woodburn Development Ordinance and to also provide comments related to the analysis methodology and assumptions, proposed mitigations, and any suggested revisions to the TIA. TIA COMMENTS 1. Traffic analyses typically use traffic counts that were collected within the last two years, but the traffic counts in this TIA were collected in 2019. It is recommended that new traffic counts be collected at the study intersections identified in the TIA and that all subsequent analysis be revised. Moreover, the lasting impacts of COVID-19 on daily commuter and travel patterns in Woodburn were not captured in the 2019 traffic counts and should be accounted for in the TIA using recently collected traffic counts or counts collected within the last two years. 2. Please update the safety review with the most recent five years of crash data available (2017 – 2021). 3. Please update the growth forecast with current ODOT Future Highway Volume Table data and use a growth rate of 0.5% per year on City streets per the Woodburn Development Ordinance Section 2.04.05.F.5. 4. Please re-analyze the future vehicle operating conditions based on the year of the proposed site’s expected completion/occupancy. An analysis for a 10-year horizon is not required. 1 Woodburn US Market Transportation Impact Analysis, Transight Consulting, August 13, 2021. ---PAGE BREAK--- WOODBURN US MARKET GAS STATION (NEWBERG HIGHWAY) • TIA REVIEW • FEBRUARY 26, 2024 2 5. Please update the list of Approved/In-Process Developments to the following: o Project Basie o Allison Way Apartments o Woodland Crossing Apartments o Woodburn Senior Living Apartments o Smith Creek Development o Port of Willamette o Schultz Farm o Specht Industrial Development o Brighton Pointe Subdivision 6. Please update the proposed development’s trip generation based on rates from the most recent edition of the ITE Trip Generation Manual, which is the 11th Edition. Please also use the building square-footages consistent in the site plan submitted with the land use application. 7. Please include an evaluation of the access spacing for both site driveways (at OR 214 and at Oregon Way). Compare the site’s access spacing to the applicable City and ODOT standards. If the site accesses do not meet the City or ODOT standards, the TIA should contain recommended alterations to the site driveways or safety improvements that would satisfy or support a deviation from the standards.