Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2020 08 13

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 25, 2020 Page 7 of 24 its capacity in the near future though. There have been discussion to have additional lanes along the Northwest Parkway but it will need some major reconstruction at some point of time. Zuccaro shows a graph for trip distribution within the city. He says that most of the traffic is assumed to come off Highway 36. Moline asks that based on that graph, that is a total of 60% that does not come further into Louisville. Zuccaro says yes, that is the assumption. Fulmer agrees and says that that is correct. Given the fact that there is a larger employer and more retail activity, there will be a lot more trips to and from on Highway 36. One of the benefits of this project though is that it is right along this highway so most of those trips will be affecting the Northwest Parkway and this highway. Moline asks if this traffic graph takes into account visits that would originate from the project site and an individual travelling to either McCaslin Blvd or downtown. Is that captured in these numbers as well? Fulmer says yes, that is also captured. Diehl says that obviously the city has invested in doing their own fiscal analysis study. Is there a precedent for the city to get a second opinion from the applicant's traffic study? Zuccaro says that typically what a city will do and what we have chosen to do is hire a third party engineer to review the traffic study and also have our in-house engineer review it as well. Our city engineering staff and engineer consultant found that the applicant's traffic study is professionally done and is a reliable source and because of that, the city did not find it necessary to conduct our own traffic study. Moline asks that as far as improvements to the Highway 36 interchange, does the city have any particular role in pushing that forward? Zuccaro says that from a jurisdictional standpoint, we would collaborate and be involved but on a project of this scale, we are coordinating with all other jurisdictions and have some concurrence on what those improvements look like. It is technically outside of the city's jurisdiction though. Howe asks if the extension of Campus Drive be done independently of this project. Zuccaro says that he would not say that without this project you could not do it. If there was an acquisition of the right of way and funding, it could be possible. From the city's standpoint though, when this issue has been brought up, the city prefers the extension to coincide when a development has been approved for this property.