(3)AR 121509 Environmental Addendum

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comments, it did not change the fact that the correct number was used in the Project's Traffic Impact Analysis and the EIR. B. All Buildings Over 100,000 Square Feet are Designated High - Cube Warehouse The Court also expressed concern about how the High -Cube Warehouse square footage for the Project was determined. This number was based on the anticipated warehouse use of all buildings over 100,000 square feet. Accordingly, consistent with industry standards and the definition of High -Cube Warehouse, the Traffic Impact Analysis and EIR's traffic analysis for the Project applied the High -Cube Warehouse trip generation rate to all buildings on the Property greater than 100,000 square feet. As described in Rialto's own Request for Judicial Notice, the County of San Bernardino Department of Public Works defines High -Cube Warehouses as generally "greater than 100,000 square feet." The 100,000 square foot threshold for a High -Cube Warehouse use has also been adopted by the San Bernardino Associated Governments ("SANBAG").4 SANBAG has determined that a High -Cube Warehouse trip generation rate can be used in traffic impact analysis reports for warehouses that are greater than 100,000 square feet in size. Following is a table illustrating the Project buildings assumed to be used as High - Cube Warehouses in the Traffic Impact Analysis and EIR's traffic analysis. The data used in this table corresponds to the square footage data in the Conceptual Site Plan set forth in Figure 1-3 of the EIR. (A.R., p. 1904) .a ti .+i`+7luiil±tgtre�tauirs�e., ., ' Buildin �e3�isedrx� Site i'in=' . , Building 4 100,128 Building 6 101,354 Building 7 122,810 Building 9 462,907 Building 10 174,995 Building 11 124,588 Total Hi ' -Cube Warehouse Square Footage 1 1084 782 The conceptual site plan contained hypothetical breakdowns of each building to gain a preliminary understanding of parking. The breakdowns between office, manufacturing and warehouse square footage allocated within each building were hypothetical portrayals of the intended land uses for the site. Under the guidelines promulgated by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and the Institution of Transportation Engineers, the traffic generation 4 The April 19, 2005 SANBAG memorandum, attached as Appendix F to the Traffic Impact Analysis, cites a trip generation study sponsored by the National Association of Industrial Office Properties and endorsed by the Comprehensive Transportation Plan Technical Advisory Committee. 6 wc-141612