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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
1. Initiate hearings to amend Circulation Plan to extend
Alga Road easterly of Melrose.
2. Notify County of this action.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
A traffic study has been made of the area near Alga Road and
Melrose. The study shows that extending Alga from Melrose to Rancho Santa Fe would carry 12,000 cars per day and would
relieve traffic impacts on Melrose and Rancho Santa Fe.
Based on these studies, the City Traffic Engineer recommends
that Alga extension be added to the Circulation Plan.
The land east of Melrose was annexed to Carlsbad in 1982 and is owned by Daon Corporation. At that time the city
opted to delete Alga Road from the then County Circulation Plan. The existing residents in the Meadowlark community are opposed to the Alga extension even though it has been shown on the County Circulation Plan for some years.
The Board of Supervisors is now considering deleting Alga
from Rancho Santa Fe easterly and asked. for a recommendation
from Carlsbad.
To resolve this issue it is recommended that a hearing be
scheduled and that Council make a decision when all of the
facts are known.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Bringing this to hearing will cost the City $1,000 for
staff work and studies.
EXHIBITS:
1. Memo from J. Hagaman, dated 6/25/85 (with maps)
JUNE 25, 1985
TO : FRANK ALESHIRE
FROM: James C. Hagaman, Research/Analysis Group
ALGA EXTENSION FROM MELROSE TO RANCHO SANTA FE ROAD
The County of San Diego's engineers have completed a com-
puter traffic analysis of the San Dieguito area. They
indicate that the extension of Alga east of Melrose to
Rancho Santa Fe Road is projected to handle 12,000 A.D.T.
(average daily trips) by the year 2005 (Exhibit A). They
did not analyze the redistribution of these 12,000 A.D.T.
if Alga is not extended. They assume, and the City of
Carlsbad's Engineering Department agrees, that if Alga is
not extended to Rancho Santa Fe Road that the intersection
of Melrose and Rancho Santa Fe Road will be impacted.
The City of Carlsbad, during its study of the Circulation
Element of the General Plan, also completed a computer
traffic analysis of the City and surrounding road systems.
The City's analysis was based on the area's buildout popu-
lation given the current proposed land uses and did not
extend Alga from Melrose to Rancho Santa Fe Road. The
A.D.T. of Alga just west of Melrose is 16,300 at buildout
(Exhibit B). The intersection of Melrose, Rancho Santa Fe
and Corintia will be required to handle the following volume
of A.D.T.: Melrose north 44,700 A.D.T.; Melrose south
65,400 A.D.T.; Rancho Santa Fe northeast 43,600 A.D.T. and
Corintia west 4,300 A.D.T.
In order to compare similar data with similar data, SANDAG was requested to make an additional computer analysis with
Alga extended east to Rancho Santa Fe Road, using our build-
out population (Exhibit C) .
The findings of this computer comparison are as follows:
Melrose between Alga and Rancho Santa Fe Road a reduction
of 9,700 A.D.T.; Rancho Santa Fe Road between Alga and Me1-
rose a reduction of 12,600 A.D.T.; Alga extension 13,000
A.D.T.; Alga west of Melrose an increase of 1,700 A.D.T.;
Corintia west of Melrose a reduction of 900 A.D.T.
The conclusion is that the intersection of Melrose and Rancho Santa Fe Road would have an overall reduction of 23,700 A.D.T. if Alga is extended east to Rancho Santa Fe
Road. This represents a significant reduction in the
functioning of this intersection. The City Engineer sup-
ports this conclusion.
FRANK ALESHIRE
June 25, 1985 Page 2
Recommendation :
Staff recommendation is that the Carlsbad City Council initiate an amendment to the Circulation Element of the
General Plan to add the extension of Alga Road to Rancho Santa Fe Road. Currently there are no physical structures within the proposed extension of Alga, although any pro-
posed project may be affected. r* JAMES C. AG N
Attachments/3: Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Exhibit C
c: Marty Bouman, City Engineer (w/attachments)
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1200 ELM AVENUE
CARLSBAD, CA92008-1989
Office of the City Manager
July 5, 1985
Honorable Board of Supervisors
County of San Diego
1600 Pacific Highway San Diego, CA 92101
Gentlemen:
ALGA ROAD EXTENSION
Board Order No. 36, 6/19/85
On June 19, 1985 the Board considered a proposal to
abandon the plan to extend Alga Road from Melrose
to Rancho Santa Fe. The Board continued this matter
to August 21, 1985 in order to receive input from the
City of Carlsbad.
The Carlsbad City Council considered this matter at
its regular meeting held July 2, 1985. After reviewing
a preliminary traffic study and listening to public
testimony, the council voted - not to extend Alga Road
east of Melrose.
FRANK ALESHIRE
City Manager
FA:b
cc: Mayor and Council
City Clerk
City Engineer
R. J. Massman, Public Works
TELEPHONE
(619) 438.5561
No. 36
On March 6, 1985, Board Order No. 28, the Board of Supervisors heard Leon Aschbrenner, representing Meadowlark Community Church
concerning the extension of Alga Road, San Marcos area, and referred the
matter to the Department of Public Works (DPW) for review and report back
to the Board. The Board now considers this matter.
There is presented to the Board a letter, Board of Supervisors
Document No. 677308, from DPW and the Chief Administrative Officer
recommending that the Board deny the request to abandon the plan to
extend Alga Road from Melrose Avenue to Rancho Santa Fe Road and
reaffirm the Board's support for the eventual construction of Alga
Road to major roadway standards fromMdmse Avenue to Rancho Santa Fe
Road in accordance with the current Circulation Element.
There is on file a letter, Board of Supervisors Document
No. 677861, from the City of Carlsbad written to DPW concerning the
road and recommending that the County not close its options to reserve a future alignment for Alga Road.
It is suggested that the matter be continued for 60 days in
order to receive input from the City of Carlsbad.
ON MOTION of Supervisor Eckert, seconded by Supervisor Golding
the Board of Supervisors orders action held in abeyance until
August 21, 1985 on the Meadowlark Community Church proposal that the County abandon the plan to extend Alga Road, San Marcos area.
Roll call on the foregoing motion results in the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Bailey, Golding, Williams and Eckert
NOES: Supervisors None ABSENT: Supervisor Bilbray
--- SS. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) County of San Diego ) -- - -- .
I, !CATHRYN A. NFT.SON, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors (Acting) of the County of
of San Diego, State of California, hereby certify that I have compared the
foregoing copy with the ori inal order adopted by said Board at a re ular
meeting thereof held JEe 9 9, 1985
which original order is now on file in my office; that the same contains
a full, true and correct transcript therefrom and of the whole thereof.
day of June, 1985 (36)
, by the vote thereln state --g;.---.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Board of Supervisors, this19th
KATHRYN A. NELSON
1200 ELM AVENUE
CARLSBAD. CA 92008-1989
Office of the City f ngineer
TELEPHONE
(619) 438-5541
June 11 , 1985
Mr. R. J. Massman, Director Department of Public Works Building 2
5555 Over1 and Avenue
San Diego, CA 92123
SUBJECT: ALGA ROAD BETWEEN MELROSE AND RANCHO SANTA FE ROAD
Dear Mr. Massman:
With reference to your letter of May 30, 1985, I was enlightened by a meeting with Mr. William Hoeben of your department relative to the alignment of Alga Road. I had previously been led to believe that the alignment was somewhat controversial because as it moved easterly from Melrose, it arced to the north, across an established subdivision, to
form a continuous alignment with Rancho Santa Fe Road. From a traffic standpoint, that would obviously be very desirable, but the disruption of an existing neighborhood would make such an alignment difficult to
support.
However, Mr. Hoeben showed us an alignment whlch is virtually a straight easterly extension of Alga, across Melrose, to a right angle intersection with Rancho Santa Fe Road. Admittedly, it severs a parcel of land owned by the Meadowlark Community Church, but the land is vacant. I personally feel that any result of such severance can be remedied, so that the Church (or a subsequent owner) could still have an adequate building site.
Accordingly, it is my recommendation that the County not close its options to reserve a future alignment for Alga Road. As to the City of Carlsbad's official position, staff will need some time to obtain a reconsideration of the matter by the City. the City's official position on the question, "Will Carlsbad reserve the Alga Road segment within their jurisdiction when and if a development is
proposed in the location identified on Exhibit B (from your letter of
May 30, 1985)."
I feel that within 60 days, we can give you
Acting Ci ty Engi neer
cc: .Frank Mannen, Frank Aleshire, Jim Hagaman, Michael Holzmiller William Hoeben, Dwight Smith
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CITY OF CARLSBAD
VINCENT F. BIONDO, JR.
CITY ATTORNEY
DANIEL S. HENTSCHKE
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
1200 ELM AVENUE
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92008-1989
(619) 438-5531
July 16, 1985
V'Frank Asaro
Asaro & Associates 41 1 Brookes Avenue San Diego, California 92103
RE: July 12, 1985 Letter Ward - Tamarack Avenue
Dear Mr. Asaro:
your client was offered a bite at the apple; he chose to not
to bite, but rather to fight. The apple is now gone; there can be no second bite. Your request is denied.
Assistant City Attorney
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cc: Mayor and Council City Manager
City Clerk