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their traffic generation implications. As the study process evolves to various alternative considerations, it may be necessary to review the density and types of development in order to achieve an optimum solution to the overall land use/traffic balance. If that should occur, the consultant will document the findings and review the recommendations with the Ciry. TASK 3 - SHORT RANGE &LONG RANGE FACILITY NEEDS The process used to assess the need to accommodate future traffic growth will require several assumptions and technical iterations. First, both short and long range land use growth scenarios will be defined through the completion of Task 2. This projection will be made for city wide growth as well as a more specific subarea development proposal on the North Shore area of Lake Decatur. Traffic generations associated with those land use growth scenarios will be calculated and distributed to the pre-defined eacisting subarea street network. This network will be a cordoned-off subarea of the city wide network. currenfly being prepared. As the newly-generated traffic is distributed into the network on its various projected time tables, impact to the mobility and capacity of the existing street system will be revealed. Bucher,Willis&Ratliff intends to analyze the traffic impact on three timing scenarios: a short range and long range impact with an intermediate scenario. The timing of these projections will be in concert with the City comprehensive plan, as well as a reasonable Lake Shore redevelopment schedule. TASK 4 - IMPROVEMENT ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS If the results of the analysis from Task 3 reveal that no significant adverse impact will be realized from the land use growth, then theoretically the study would only focus on a minor street alignment change to accommodate the proposed development in a so-called No-Change scenario. In addition, the consultant will consider the removal of major truck traffic or trafFic in general from Lake Shore Drive without causing significant harm to the downtown area or the City's neighborhoods. However,if the analysis reveals a possible deficiency of existing facilities to handle the newly generated and redistributed traffic, then the consultant will review various viable improvement alternatives to upgrade the existing street network to the desirable service level. The City staff identified the following six (6) alternatives to be included by the consultant in the analysis: � (1) No-Change, (2) Relocating highway north of current route,immediately in front of the water treatment facility, and to the north of the Red Cross Building, (3) Relocating Route 105/Lake Shore Drive along south Hilton Street, north to east Marion Street and northwest to ali n with East Cleveland Avenue g � (4) Cul-de-sac Lake Shore Drive at Maffit Street, 9