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Mr. Yuen, in his letter to the Council dated February 1, 2007, has presented argument that the actual visit count may be much higher than we aze estimating. The basis of his azgurnent is statistics from the San Diego Development Code and the Institute of Transportation Engineers. In reviewing those statistics, I note the following problems: 1. We do not know the assumptions. The number of visitors is more directly related to the number and nature of units rather than the number of square feet under roof. Older facilities tend to have more units per square foot and hence more traffic. Facilities that cater to commercial tenants have significantly more traffic than facilities that cater to residential tenants. 2. The statistical samples aze small. This is obvious from the standazd deviation, which is a measure of the dispersion around the mean. The Institute Study shows a mean of 2.5 cars per day, with a wide range from 1.21-4.36 and a standard deviation of 1.78. On a positive note, the studies have indicated that that only 6% of the visits occur during the morning peak traffic and 9% during the afternoon peak traffic rush hours. Peak hours for the generator are between 1:00-5:00 pm weekdays, Noon-1:OOpm Saturdays, and 1:OOpm and 4:OOpm Sundays. Summary We are designing a modem facility with average unit size of 100sq.ft. We will not be allowing commercial activities to be carried out from this location. Our experience is that non-commercial customers put their things in storage and razely return until they remove them. We feel comfortable with our previous estimate of approximately 20 vehicles per day once the facility has rented up and stabilized. Sincerely, Tim Gazdner Applicant Encl: 2005 Self-Storage Almanac Traffic Study & Applicant Prepazed Graphs A-American Traffic Count for Hawaii Operation for January 2007