From: Gerald Fisher
Sent: Thu Aug 19 10:31:09 2021
To: 'Dan Haga'
Cc: ' (Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us)'; Mac Corthell; Dan Zinder
Subject: RE: Molalla Site Traffic Impact Analysis
Importance: Normal
Hi Dan,
I’ve confirmed with ODOT that the following intersections will need to be included and warrants ran. Please follow the ODOT requirements for a traffic analysis since this effects a state highway. Here are the intersections.
OR 211 Intersection
OR 213
Commercial Pkwy-Industrial Way
Molalla Forest Road
Ona Way
Leroy Avenue
Dixon Avenue
Once done it will need to be submitted to Planning with your application packet. Dan Zinder, Associate Planner is likely going to be your primary contact. He or Mac will let you know if that changes. Thanks.
Regards,
Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director
City of Molalla
117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 |Molalla, OR 97038
Office: 503.829.6855 | Direct: 503.759.0218
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From: Dan Haga <danh@branchengineering.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 1:51 PM
To: Gerald Fisher <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>
Cc: ' (Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us)' <Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us>; Mac Corthell <mcorthell@cityofmolalla.com>
Subject: RE: Molalla Site Traffic Impact Analysis
Sounds Good, Thanks Gerald!
DAN HAGA, P.E.
Project Engineer
BRANCH ENGINEERING, INC.
310 5th Street, Springfield, OR 97477
p_ 541.746.0637 ext. 113
Springfield OR | Albany-Corvallis OR
From: Gerald Fisher <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 1:49 PM
To: Dan Haga <danh@branchengineering.com>
Cc: ' (Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us)' <Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us>; Mac Corthell <mcorthell@cityofmolalla.com>
Subject: RE: Molalla Site Traffic Impact Analysis
Thanks Dan. I will talk to Avi offline and get back to you.
Regards,
Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director
City of Molalla
117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 |Molalla, OR 97038
Office: 503.829.6855 | Direct: 503.759.0218
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From: Dan Haga <danh@branchengineering.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 1:37 PM
To: Gerald Fisher <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>
Cc: ' (Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us)' <Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us>; Mac Corthell <mcorthell@cityofmolalla.com>
Subject: RE: Molalla Site Traffic Impact Analysis
Thanks Gerald,
I get 26 PM peak hour trips with the development. Per 17-3.6.020 A 1., the Molalla threshold appears to be 25 peak hour trips during an AM or PM peak hour. If credit is available for the existing single-family residence on the site, the trip generation is reduced to 25 new PM peak hour trips, but the caveat says 25 or fewer, so I am assuming the City will want a TIA. ODOT’s Development Review Guidelines (at the link I sent yesterday) do not specifically require a TIA from ODOT. The primary access would be located OR 211, which would require a new driveway approach application. ODOT typically does not require a TIA unless the trip generation exceeds 400 ADT, and the extent of their study area when a TIA is required (from the DRG) is defined by an increase of existing traffic volumes by 10 percent or more, which shouldn’t require any intersections to be analyzed from ODOT.
DAN HAGA, P.E.
Project Engineer
BRANCH ENGINEERING, INC.
310 5th Street, Springfield, OR 97477
p_ 541.746.0637 ext. 113
Springfield OR | Albany-Corvallis OR
From: Gerald Fisher <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 1:17 PM
To: Dan Haga <danh@branchengineering.com>
Cc: ' (Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us)' <Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us>; Mac Corthell <mcorthell@cityofmolalla.com>
Subject: RE: Molalla Site Traffic Impact Analysis
Hi Dan,
Please go to our code website https://qcode.us/codes/molalla/ and look at chapter 17-3.6.020 to determine if this development meets the TIA requirements for the City of Molalla. It likely will meet TIA requirements and once you’ve determined that then you can request which intersection need to have warrant analysis performed. Avi and I will select the intersections and then I will send you a list. Thanks.
Regards,
Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director
City of Molalla
117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 |Molalla, OR 97038
Office: 503.829.6855 | Direct: 503.759.0218
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From: Dan Haga <danh@branchengineering.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 10:36 AM
To: Gerald Fisher <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>
Cc: ' (Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us)' <Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us>
Subject: FW: Molalla Site Traffic Impact Analysis
Hi Gerald,
I inadvertently sent the e-mail below to another jurisdiction (Millersburg – I was working on multiple proposals) yesterday regarding traffic impact analysis applicability and scoping for a proposed multi-family residential development site on OR211 in Molalla. Could you assist me with this, or forward to someone at the City who can? The development proposal is to develop 60 residential multi-family dwelling unit in several 3-story buildings. More details are included below. I sent this to ODOT yesterday too.
Thank You,
DAN HAGA, P.E.
Project Engineer
BRANCH ENGINEERING, INC.
310 5th Street, Springfield, OR 97477
p_ 541.746.0637 ext. 113
Springfield OR | Albany-Corvallis OR
From: Dan Haga
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2021 3:27 PM
To: ' (Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us)' <Abraham.TAYAR@odot.state.or.us>; jbooth@cityofmillersburg.org
Subject: Molalla Site Traffic Impact Analysis
Avi and Janelle,
I have a site in Molalla on OR211 (ODOT 161) that is proposing to develop 60 attached dwelling units in several 3-Story Buildings. The site is located at: 1000 W. Main Street, Molalla, OR, and is identified as tax lot 01500 of assessor’s map 52E08C. The applicant says that they have met with the City and that ODOT has issued preliminary comments based on the proposal. The approximate mile point stationing is 11.85 of OR 211. Since the current edition of the ITE Trip Generation Manual has apartment uses by number of stories, it appears that the proposal to construct three story attached housing units would fall into the Mid-Rise Multi-Family Housing Land Use Category (ITE Code 221). From the ITE 10 web utility, it looks like the development would generate an estimated 326 ADT trips, with 22 average trips during the AM Peak Hour of adjacent Street traffic, and 26 PM trips during the afternoon peak hour of street traffic. Will ODOT (and City of Molalla) require a traffic impact analysis for this proposal? If a TIA is required, can you provide a scope of the analysis that is required? It looks like there is also one single family detached dwelling that is going to be removed with the proposed development, that could reduce the incremental peak hour trip generation increase by one trip. Based on the AADT at the east side of the intersection at OR213 and OR211, it is unlikely that the site’s incremental traffic increase would be greater than the typical day to -day fluctuation in peak or daily traffic approaching volumes, and would be well below the 10 percent threshold identified in the Development Review Guidelines (May 4, 2017 – Section 3.3 “Identifying An Analysis Study Area) to require an analysis of that or other intersections other than the site driveway approach on OR211.
Thank You,
https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Planning/Documents/Development-Review-Guidelines.pdf
DAN HAGA, P.E.
Project Engineer
BRANCH ENGINEERING, INC.
310 5th Street, Springfield, OR 97477
p_ 541.746.0637 ext. 113
Springfield OR | Albany-Corvallis OR