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REVIEW COMMENTS tJ.\. - ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HEKORANDUM NO. 91-o95JC June 5, 1991 TO: Jim Cherof City Attorney 0 t; -- ,...: '3- c.. llJ ~ a ~ '-!J U ~ ~ ;;;: ~ :z -, ~ ; VIA: J. Scott Miller City Manager FROM: Vincent A. Finizio Administrative Coordinator of Engineering RE: GENE B. GLICK COMPANY. INC. MAY 23. 1991 LEITER OF INQUIRY CONSTRUCTION OF MINER ROADIMELEAR P.U.D. (MISSING LINK) The Engineering Department, for the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, is in receipt of the above referenced letter from Mr. James T. Bisesi, of the Gene B. Glick Company, Inc., 8330 Woodfield Crossing Blvd., P.O. Box 40177, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240, telephone #(317) 469-0400. This department transmitted a demand letter to the Gene B. Glick Company, Inc., a copy of which was previously provided to you, requesting that the Gene B. Glick Company, Inc. submit to the City an appropriate amount of monies, based upon a Palm Beach County Engineer's Opinion of Cost, for the construction of Miner Road. The request for the subject monies specified that the Gene B. Glick Company, Inc. should submit said funds to the City within 10 days of the receipt of the certified letter which was formally received by the Gene B. Glick Company, Inc. on 5/28/91. The previous demand letter provided the Gene B. Glick Company, Inc. to commence construction of Miner Road, along the north property line of the Melear P.U.D., within 30 days from receipt of the same certified letter, providing Gene B. Glick an opportunity to commence construction of the subject roadway section in lieu of providing the requested monies. Attached for your review and consideration is the above referenced May 23, 1991 response from the Gene B. Glick Company, Inc., stating within paragraph #2, last sentence, " We are prepared and willing to fulfill any obligation we have pursuant to this subdivision". Additionally, they are requesting a copy of the subdivision improvement plans which for the most part constitutes the development plans for their section of Miner Road, now in the custody of Palm Beach County Traffic Engineering Department. It appears from their last paragraph that they are also requesting a statement identifying the incomplete improvements and I recommend that Richard Staudinger, P.E., Gee & Jenson Consulting Engineers provide the certified verification that Miner Road is not constructed along the north property line of the Melear P.U.D., for that portion owned by Gene B. Glick Company, Inc. Paragraph #1, of Mr. Bisesi's letterJncorrectly indicates that the City was to provide documentation relative to certain roadway improvements that were required in conjunction with the rezoning of the Melear property from AR to PUD. con't.. . ENGlllEERlNG DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 91-o95JC can't. RE: GENE B. GLICK COMPANY, INC./CONSTRUCTION OF MINER ROAD/KELEAR P.ll.D. Please advise me as to whether or not you wish to address Mr. Bisesi's letter, as the 10 day time interval afforded the Gene B. Glick Company, Inc. will expire on Friday, June 7, 1991. Should you require any additional information, please contact me at ext. 488. ,6~ Vincent A. Finizio VAF!ck cc: Christopher Cutro, Director of Planning W. Richard Staudinger, P.E., Gee & Jenson Consulting Engineers attachment: May 23, 1991 Gene B. Glick Company, Inc. letter STAFF COMMENTS MELEAR PUD MASTER PLAN MODIFICATION City Engineer County Traffic Engineer See attached memo See attached correspondence M E MaR AND U M May 27, 1987 RECEIVED TO: Mr. Carmen Annunziato Director of Planning ,V1AY 27 1987 PLANNING DEPT. FROM: Tom Clark City Engineer .... RE: April 1987 Traffic Distribution Study for the Melear P.U.D. by K.S. Rogers Reference is made to K.J. Kilday's letter of May 11, 1987. The Roger's study makes a valid point concerning the estimated travel distances for trips. I recommend approval of the Agreement for the Melear property as proposed by Mr. Kilday. -v,. ~a2/ Tom Clark TAC/ck "" "ice ('[ : ~ j)l'/',Jl:,i' lit ..; I ;'t' .-11"ll'\lldil' \\.nL i I. j- h.ahlnl ( 1 '\~nt) j'llt,inl't'r - I; l ."I,('J J' !-) ( ~ r (0 t 1 j \ ' \ n June 15, 1987 n T:;'r1='T'T~~ l."~--"..o....-...._ \ .-" ..-' , JUN 22 1981 Mr. Carmen Annunziato Planning Director City of Boynton Beach P,O. Box 310 Boynton Beach, FL 33435 SUBJECT: REVIEW OF MELEAR P.U.D. PHASING REQUIREMENTS PLANNIi,G ui:YL Dear Mr. Annunziato: Palm Beach County Traffic Division staff has reviewed the proposal submitted by Mr. Kieran J. Kilday to modify the Melear P.U.D. agreement for roadway improvements. The following comments are provided for your consideration in responding to this request: 1) A review of the original traffic distribution done for this project by Mr. William F. Mulhearn, P.E. in 1983 does not appear realistic in light of current land use patterns in the Vicinity of the site and because of the distribution procedure used (which did not consider nearby trip destinations within the cordon area). 2) The revised traffic distribution done by Mr. Ken Rogers, P.E'. for the commercial portion of this project is stated to be based "upon the projected 1995 population patterns within a two mile project area", The intent of the County Traffic Performance Standards is, however, that the traffic distribution be representative of conditions that will exist at the time the development is assumed to be built out, 3) The revised traffic distribution done by Mr, Ken Rogers, P.E. for the residential portion of the project appears reasonable. 4) Given the revised traffic distribution, it appears that at least one additional road segment (Congress Avenue south of Boynton Beach Boulevard) will qualify as Category A. A construction project which will widen this segment to 4 lanes is currently scheduled to begin September 1987. 5) Given the severe overcapacity conditions on Ilypoluxo Road between 1-95 and Congress Avenue (which has a volume/capacity ratio of 1.66), it is imperative that no additional traffic be placed on this roadway segment until the 4 lane section is ooen to traffic. .. An Equal Opportunity - Affirmative Action Employer BOX 2429 WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33402-1989 (305) 684-4000 r~ge 2 6) Although it is difficult to anticipate the results of a redistribution of traffic from the commercial portion of the site, it appears that Lantana Road from 1-95 to Congress Avenue will be carrying less traffic (435 trips) than the significant impact/Category "A" threshold for a two-l ane roadway (575 trips), The condition that Lantana Road be four-laned as a prerequisite for issuance of building permits of the commercial property and remaining 50% of the residential units could therefore be dropped. 7} The following revision of paragraph #6 of the agreement appears to be warranted: "The project development shall be 1 imited to fi fty percent (50%) of the residential units approved on the subject property. The balance of the residential units and all of the commercial property shall not be issued building permits until such time as HVDOluxo Road from 1-95 to Conqress Avenue and Conqress Avenue from Bovnton Beach Boulevard to L-28 Canal are constructed as 4 lane facilities." Your transmittal of this information for our review is appreciated. Please do not hesitate to call me or Mr. Allan Ennis of my staff if you have any Questions. Sincerely, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER ~;tL Charles R. Walker, Jr., P.E. Director, Traffic Division CRW/AAE/jd File: SID "Melear" TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION STUDY ~'OR MELEAR PUD APRIL, 1987 Prepared By: K. S. ROGERS, P.E. K. S. ROGERS, CONSULTING ENGINEER, INC. 1495 Forest Hill Boulevard, Suite F West Palm Beach, FL 33406 305-964-7300 Fla. Reg. No. 20468 " f TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION STUDY FOR MELEAR PUD This office has been retained to prepare a Traffic Distribution Study for the Melear PUD. This 154.6 acre PUD is located on the west side of Congress Avenue and on the south side of Miner Road, in Section 18, Township 45 South, Range 43 East, in Boynton Beach, Florida. This PUD was approved by the City of Boynton Beach approximately four years ago. At that time, the project was approved with a condition which limited the construction for up to 50% of the residential units until certain road improvements were completed. These limitations were based upon the volume of traffic expected to be generated on the affected roadway links. Since this project's approval, there has been significant development in the project's study area which would have an effect on the distibution and assignment of this project's traffic. It is the purpose of this Study to revisit the traffic distribution originally prepared for this project, adjust the distribution where warranted as a result of land use changes in the project study area and to determine what effect, if any, the modification to the distribution and road assignment will have on the phasing of this development. Included as a part of the PUD Application was the "Traffic Impact Analysis for a Portion of Section 18-45-43", January 27, 1983, prepared by William F. Mulhearn, P.E. The phasing controls placed on the PUD approval were based upon the distribution and roadway assignment presented in that analysis. These phasing to fifty percent both Lantana Road lane roadways. controls will allow the construction of up (50%) of the total residential units until and Hypoluxo Road are constructed as four In the past four years, there has been a significant amount of development in the project area which has a major effect of the distribution of this project's traffic. These recent improvements include the opening of the Boynton Mall, the start of development of the Quantum Industrial Park, the major office development on Congress Avenue south of Boynton Beach Boulevard, the construction of two major strip shopping centers at the intersection of Hypoluxo Road and Congress Avenue and the expansion of the Atlantis Plaza at Lantana Road and Congress Avenue to include a large Zayre Department Store and other local retail shops. There are several different methods available to a Traffic Engineer in performing a Distribution Analysis. A weighted gravity distribution shall be performed in this Analysis. As this is a mixed use PUD, separate distributions for both the residential and commercial uses have been performed. The residential distribution was calculated by performing separate distributions for each of the six primary trip purposes (work, shopping, school, recreation, social and miscellaneous), identifying the major at tractors for each of these trip purposes. To verify the north-south distribution along Congress Avenue, this office performed a 24 hour turning movement count of the existing project entrance. The distribution, as calculated, was within one percent (1%) of the observed north-south split, thus verifying the major north-south distribution. -2- For the commercial portion of this project, a weighted gravity distribution was performed based upon the projected 1995 population patterns within a two mile project area. The residential, commercial and total distribution and roadway assignment are shown in Figure 1. There are significant differences comparing the distribution and assignment in this Study with that presented in the Analysis prepared by William F. Mulhearn, P.E. The main reason for these differences is the different distribution methods utilized. Mr. Mulhearn used the External Cordon Study Method. As acknowledged by Mr. Mulhearn, "The only fallacy with regard to using this methodology is that the trip generation represents an overestimation, i.e., all trips are assumed to enter and exit at the cordon line (no trips are dissipated within the cordon area)." This method assumes that all trip ends will be at least five miles from the PUD. This method's accuracy decreases as the distance away from the project increases. This method greatly overestimates the traffic at the fringe of the study area. Again, in comparison of distributed volumes from the two reports reveals that the degree of discrepancy increases as the distance from the project increases. The primary reason for this is the amount of traffic which is dissipated within four miles of the subject site. In addition, the distribution prepared by Mr. Mulhearn assumes that all traffic attracted to the commercial portion of this PUD will originate in excess of five miles from the site. In fact, this type of commercial use generally has a market area of two miles. Addressing was previously volumes which both Hypoluxo 1-95. the phasing conditions placed on this PUD, it assumed that this project would be generating exceeded the Significant Impact thresholds for and Lantana Roads between Congress Avenue and -3- ~":T <o.b~ ....flrIIG 0....'<<> I- \-:.. :; ..obf <00 .. , '" '" g"or ('I (t) 11) CID , ~ .. .. ..,<0 ... 0 "'0 '" ..... '" "'.. 0 ell. '" '" .. sa.I ;-y I III . "".. ."of ,. I ~\D "'" . <" ",,,0\ .....,.,"" 4 .,~....o ..... .. \-..... '" <o...br ~""r ... ... '" .. "''''~r .. .. .. .. 'CO.........., ....~...a:I ,.. UI....1lI l- 0...... ....,..1(11) . ~ . ~ I '" .. 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'i 0 ;Z '" ... 9 ,.. .. ,.. 0 :s: 0 III ,IV\:I1. ,,\:IV 1.1'''' uu U:~ u......u _.c4~ ...0:0:... ~t-"'''' 0:....0: ...<4t- ,,~OO o ;z;za::~ ~ z-llIll1- . - III t;02t1l I g;c:~~ ",a:UU oJ .....l,r .....0<1''''' Oc1COC\l cAc."J1C\I .. .. r dole \:.,5 roger5, cOflsultiflg APR 87 eng,neer. ,ne. OlSTRIBUTEO TRAFFIC , west palm beacn, \\ t'gufe 1 -------~----~---------~~ This study presents that this PUD will a Significant Impact on Lantana Road. appropriate, based upon the conclusions Report, to modify the phasing conditions as construction of Lantana Road. generate less than It therefore is presented in this they relate to the It is recommended, based upon the results presented in this project relating to it is suggested that the revised to read: this Report, Lantana Road that any phasing for be deleted. Therefore, phasing conditions for this project be 1. That building permits for no more than 50% of the residential units be issued until the contract is awarded for the widening of Hypoluxo Road from Congress Avenue to 1-95. 2. The remainder of the building permits be allowed to be issued at such time that the contract for construction of Hypoluxo Road from Congress Avenue to 1-95 is awarded. -4-