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MEMORANDUM
TO: Tina Hippeli, Brinkman Partners
Nicole Hahn, Fort Collins Traffic Operations
Fort Collins Development 8� Neighborhood Services
FROM: Matt Delich
DATE: July 8, 2016
SUBJECT: The Exchange - Transportation Impact Study
(File: 1659ME01)
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This memorandum provides a trip generation estimate and an opinion of the modal split
related to The Exchange, located in the 200 block on the east side of North College Avenue in Fort
Collins. The concept plan of The Exchange is provided in the Appendix. The area addressed in this
memorandum is the open area bracketed by the existing buildings to the north and the south. The
open area is currently used as a parking lot serving the existing land uses (restaurant, retail, and
office).
The open area is proposed to be a flexible food/retail plaza with outdoor seating. For
analysis pu�poses, food vendors were assumed to be in the five vendor structures. One of these
structures is expected to be an ice cream vendor. The assumption of all food vendors results in a
conservatively high trip generation estimate. Retail vendors would have Iower trip generation rates
compared to food vendors. Given the weather conditions in Northern Colorado, the plaza area
could be functional for 5-7 months of the year.
The trip generation was estimated using Trip Generation, 9�' Edition, ITE as the reference
document. High-turnover (sit-down) restaurant (Code 932) was selected as the land use. This type
of land use fits most of the restaurants in the Fort Collins central business district (CBD), except for
the quality restaurants (e.g. Sonny Lubick) or the street food trucks. The area of the plaza devoted
to the vendor space itself and the seating areas were used as the floor area (green space and
obvious walkways were deducted from the overall plaza area). For analysis purposes, the hours of
operation were 10 am to 9 pm. The hourly variation table on page 1884 of the reference document
was used to estimate the peak hour (noon and 5-6 pm) trip generation. Table 1 shows the
calculated daily and peak hour trip generation with no adjustments to account for the CBD location
and modal split. The high-turnover restaurant type of restaurant is likely to be patronized by people
already in the CBD for other purposes (work, shopping, etc.). This type of restaurant is not likely to
be the primary destination of a vehic{e trip. The noon peak hour trips/patrons are expected almost
entirely as pedestrians and bicyclists. During the afternoon peak hour, it is expected that no more
than 20 percent of the patrons will be destination vehicle trips, and perhaps some of these may be
linked trips related to other trip reasons in the CBD. In any case, conservatively during the peak
hours, it is estimated that 20 percent of the calculated generation will result in motor vehicle trip
ends: 19 noon peak hour trip ends and 13 afternoon peak hour trip ends. The remainder will be
pedestrian or bicycle trips.
The current parking lots on the site have 28 spaces, in consideration of loading areas.
These will be eliminated with this proposal. However, with closure of the vehicular accesses to the
parking in the open area, 15 diagonal parking spaces will be added to the east side of North College
Avenue. There is currently on-street parking on North College Avenue, Pine Street, Walnut Street,
Jefferson Street, LaPorte Avenue, and Maple Street within 0.25 miles of the site. A City of Fort
Collins parking garage is within 800 feet of the site. A bike parking area is designated to the east on
Pine Street with easy access to the plaza area. The Downtown Transit Center (MAX) is within 900
feet walking distance of the site.
It is concluded that the transportation impacts related the food/retail plaza at The Exchange
will be minimal. It is expected that the motor vehicle impact will not be significant. There is
considerable on-street and public garage parking available near the site. Do not hesitate to contact
me if there are questions or additional information is desired.
TABLE 1
Trip Generation
AWDTE Noon Peak Hour PM Peak Hour
Code Use Size
Rate Trips Rate In Rate Out Rate In Rate Out
932 High-Turnover 9.76 127.15 1240 ' 53 ` 41 � 35 * 28
Restaurant KSF
*Calculated from reference document
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