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RANCHO SANTA FE ROAD CLOSURE
DEPT.E NG I ICITY MGR.~
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve Daon Corporation's request to close Rancho Santa Fe
Road from Olivenhain Road to La Costa Avenue and a detour via
La Costa Avenue for a period of five months subject to the
mitigation measures enumerated in this report.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
This matter was heard by the Traffic Safety Commission on
October 7, 1985, and they recommended approval of the closure
and the detour by a two to one vote.
As a condition of tentative maps in the La Costa Area, Daon
Corporation has been required to construct full improvements
on Rancho Santa Fe Road from Olivenhain Road to La Costa
Avenue. The project construction time is estimated to be
twelve months. Daon is now requesting that this portion of .
Rancho Santa Fe Road be closed for the project to facilitate
construction and to avoid traffic safety problems. With the
closure, the estimated time of completion is eight to nine
months. To reduce the impacts which would result from re-
routing Rancho Santa Fe traffic, staff recommends limiting
full road closure to five months. During this time the west half can be built and would then provide for through traffic.
Advantages:
1. The period of time during which all drivers will be
inconvenienced will be reduced from twelve to eight
months, the last three of which will have a fully
improved roadway section.
2. The potential for accidents and tort liability claims
increases significantly in construction zones. The
road closure would eliminate this to a large extent
though access must still be provided for Calle
Barcelona.
Disadvantaqes:
1. The diverted traffic will increase volumes along the
detour. This may result in undesirable congestion.
2. The residents along La Costa Avenue may perceive an
impact due to the increase of congestion and noise.
3. Levante Street, which is not part of the detour, may
experience more traffic.
Page 2 of Agenda Bill No. R3d.7
Mitiqation:
The mitigation measures detailed below will be at the sole
expense and performed by the developer.
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Modify the signal at Olivenhain and El Camino Real to
accommodate a lane widening for the westbound lanes.
Modify striping and signal phasing at El Camino Real
and La Costa Avenue to accommodate a northbound right
turn lane and a westbound double left turn lane.
Repair the failing section of La Costa Avenue in the
vicinity of Calle Madero and post a bond of $50,000
to be used to make repairs caused by the detour.
Re-stripe La Costa Avenue from Romeria Street to
Levante Street to provide two eastbound lanes.
Re-stripe and provide necessary widening on Rancho
Santa Fe Road at La Costa Avenue as needed to provide
for a double left turn.
Pay for overtime pay so the Police Department can
provide increased surveillance in the area.
The following measures are to be accomplished by the City
to facilitate the detour. (It must be pointed out that
these measures may have merit even without the detour.)
1. Prohibit trucks from using Levante Street.
2. Remove parking from the south side of La Costa Avenue
between Romeria Street and Levante Street to allow
re-striping for the eastbound lanes.
Other Factqrs:
Staff feels the following factors should also be taken
into consideration:
1. The Police Department supports -the concept of the
road closure.
2. Even without the closure, a significant number of
drivers will use an alternate route, impacting
roadways with no mitigation made.
Page 3 of Agenda Bill No. 6367
3. The Traffic Safety Committee has reviewed the
proposal and supports the closure. The Traffic
Safety Commission met October 7, 1985 and recommends
approval of Daon's request as conditioned in the
staff report, that staff look into the feasibility of
restricting trucks on La Costa Avenue and Alga Road,
and that stop signs be posted on Levante Street on a
temporary basis to discourage through trips.
FISCAL IMPACT
All costs will be born by the developer.
EXHIBITS
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1. Location and Detour Map
2. Daon's request letter
3. Chief of Police Recommendation
4. Staff Report
a. Traffic Study
b. Collision Diagrams
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CIVIL ENGINEERING
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7750-2H EL CAMINO REAL RANCHO LA COSTA
CA RLSBAD, CALI FORN I A 92008 SURVEYING PHONE 61 9/944-1010 , PROCESSING
EXHIBIT 1
September 18, 1985
RECEIVED
Gene Donovan, City Engineer City of Carlsbad
1200 Elm Avenue Carlsbad, CA 92008 CITY OF CARLSBAD
ENGINEERING DEPARTME21
RE: Rancho Santa Fe Road
Dear Gene:
On behalf of our client, Daon Corporation, we request that Rancho Santa Fe
Road be closed from Olivenhain Road to La Costa Avenue during the construction
of Rancho Santa Fe in this section.
The construction area would be closed for 9 months, allowing for access to
Calle Barcelona (Polygon Project).
Real from Olivenhain Road to La Costa Avenue and La Costa Avenue from El Camino
Real to Rancho Santa Fe Road.
Through traffic would detour via El Camino
For a number of traffic and safety reasons it will be more beneficial for
the city to close this section of Rancho Santa Fe than to allow traffic through
the construction site for a protracted construction period.
The road closure will allow construction to be completed within nine (9) months rather than the twelve (12) months required otherwise.
Since the earthwork in this project essentially requires cutting on the west half of the road and filling on the east half, grading pulls will re- quire continual crossing of traffic.
be continuous and the earthwork, paving and drains, etc. will proceed in sequence.
If the road.is closed, the operation will
Furthemre, crossing traffic with the fill will cause an unsafe condition because of congestion with the mix of cars and construction vehicles, and be-
cause mud spillage will surely occur making the traffic lanes slippery (espe- cially during the rain season).
The recormended detour via El Camino Real and La Costa Avenue certainly can
absorb the additional detour traffic. detour route is far outweighed by the inconvenience of threading through the con- struction site with a number of crossing guards. In fact, we feel most traffic
will opt for the El Camino - La Costa route even if allowed to use Rancho Santa
Fe because of the inconvenience and safety.
Also, any inconvenience of driving the
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Finally, by comparison, the Alga road widening construction took eleven months The Alga project necessarily allowed traffic to complete (March to February 1984). to continue during construction and the accident rate increased to 10 for the year
1983 to 16 for the year 1984.
The Rancho Santa Fe project is much larger in scope, is a longer stretch of
road and in the last year 13 accidents have occured along the current alignment.
For these reasons we feel it will be mre beneficial to close Rancho Santa Fe during construction. concern regarding the safety of letting the traffic continue through this project during construction. The C&ssion asked the staff to report on the feasibility of closing Rancho Santa Fe Road similar to the closing of Carlsbad Boulevard for
its reconstruction. If we can be of any help in preparing your report or any ex-
hibits for the COmnission, we would be more than happy to do so.
The Carlsbad Traffic Safety Comnission recently expressed
Please call if you have any questions.
Very truly yours,
O'DAY CONSULTANTS / A
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SEPTEMBER 20, 1985
TO: CITY ENGINEER
FROM: Police Chief
RANCHO SANTA FE ROAD
It has come to my attention that you are considering as an alternative during the construction of Rancho Santa Fe Road the possibility of closing the road from Olivenhain to La Costa Avenue in order to expedite the construction of this critical roadway.
I've discussed this possibility with my traffic division and management team and. have come to the conclusion that this would be a reasonable alternative to consider as the advantages that would be gained from the full closure of the road rather than the partial closure is an extremely accelerated construc- tion. the rebuilding of a road such as this. La Costa Avenue and Olivenhain Road. cause some inconvenience and possibly some neighborhood complaints, the a1 ternative far outweighs the inconvenience.
I would like to recommend to you that the alternative that you're considering of closing the road entirely for a period to accommodate the more rapid re- construction of the roadway is a favorable alternative that the police depart- ment would support and that the staff has indicated that they would attempt to do everything possible to mitigate any adverse affects on the surrounding community.
It would also eliminate the many hazards that are dealt with during Traffic could be rerouted, utilizing Although the rerouting of traffic will
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me or traffic ichael Shipley.
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EXHIBIT 3
October 4, 1985
TO: CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Kent Sears, Principal Civil Engineer
STAFF REPORT - PROPOSED RANCHO SANTA FE ROAD CLOSURE
As a condition of tentative maps in the La Costa Area, Daon Corporation has been required to construct full improvements on
Rancho Santa Fe Road from Olivenhain Road to La Costa Avenue.
The projected constructin time is twelve months. Daon is now
requesting that this portion of Rancho Santa Fe Road be closed
for the project to facilitate construction and to avoid traffic
safety problems. The estimated time of completion with the road closure is three months less.
The original intent for this project was to maintain one lane of
traffic in each direction. The negative aspects of this can be
significant. Accidents in construction zones account for a large
percentage of tort claims against cities. This is because of the
interaction of construction traffic, the lack of maintenance of
construction zone signing, debris from construction activity, and
from presenting the driver with what is usually an unfamiliar,
uncomfortable situation. During the construction of Alga Road
eleven accidents occurred. Three of these can be directly
related to the construc.tion activity and one indirectly related.
For the same period, prior to any construction activity, there
were nine accidents. We could expect similar increases on the
Rancho Santa Fe Road project which is larger in scope.
Closure of the road during construction would eliminate these
problems to a large extent. There will still be a need to
provide access to Calle Barcelona and maintain barricades and
signing for the ends of the project. Other problems which will
result from diverting traffic which would normally use the road
should also be considered. This may result in undesirable
congestion at intersections along the detour route. To assess
this impact, Wes Pringle and Associates evaluated the level of
service change and the ability of the intersections to
accommodate the increase. This evaluation indicates that the
roadway can handle the increased demand with the mitigation
measures described below:
EXHIBIT 4
Staff Report
Proposed Rancho Santa Fe Road Closure
October 4, 1985 Page: 2
A. The intersection of Olivenhain Road and El Camino Real
is predicted to operate at an unacceptable level with
the addition of diverted traffic. This can be improved
to a tolerable level (on a temporary basis) by widening
Olivenhain Road to allow for two lanes. This will
require signal modifications to relocate some signal
hardware and the addition of some A.C. paving.
8. The intersection of El Camino Real and La Costa Avenue
is presently operating at near capacity. The analysis
done by Wes Pringle and Associates indicates the
diverted traffic will exceed the theoretical capacity.
However, by providing a right turn lane for northbound
traffic and a left turn and optional right turn lane for
westbound traffic (this will necessitate a change to
signal phasing), the operation will be brought to
existing levels.
C. On La Costa Avenue eastbound from Romeria Street to
Levante Street, only one lane exists. Because 17,500
vehicles per day are expected to use the roadway, two
lanes are recommended to accomplish this. It will be
necessary to remove approximately 96 parking spaces.
Ninety six homes front on La Costa Avenue in this
section. These spaces will be Lost when normally
occurring volumes on La Costa Avenue reach a certain
level.
D. With the road closure, the intersection of Rancho Santa
Fe Road and La Costa Avenue will act as a 90 degree turn with no stopping required. To allow for the double left
turn from eastbound to northbound, it will be necessary
to re-stripe and possibly to provide additional pavement
width on the north leg.
Other impacts of the detour are as follows:
A. The detour traffic will be preceived as a significant
impact in terms of noise and volumes for the residents of La Costa Avenue. The 17,500 vhicles per day
prediccted as a result of the detour is not expected to
exceed future volumes. No mitigation is suggested
therefor.
EXHIBIT 4
Staff Report
Proposed Rancho Santa Fe Road Closure
October 4, 1985
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It is anticipated that some traffic will use Levante
Street as an alternate route. This should be
discouraged. It is recommended that 'trucks be
prohibited during the duration of the project. Detour
signing should be such to make it clear that Levante
Street is not the detour route.
Due to the increased activity on the detour route and on
Levante Street, there will be a need for increased
enforcement. It is recommended that Daon be responsible
for the funds to provide the level of police
surveillance deemed necessary by the Chief of Police.
Certain sections of La Costa Avenue have been identified
as failing now, especially in the vicinity of Cadencia.
It is recommended that these sections be repaired by
the developer prior to commencement of the work and that
a bond be posted for repair of any damage determined by
the City Engineer to have been a direct result of the
detour. The amount of that bond is suggested to be not
less than $30,000.
To mitigate and to minimize these negative impacts, staff
suggests limiting full road closure to five months. During this
period the west half can be built. This section would then be
opened. Allowances for time extension would be made for rain,
holidays and other factors as approved by the City Engineer. To
promote compliance with this deadline, Daon could require their
contractor to pay liquidated damages for each day beyond the
deadline and could award a bonus for completion prior to the
deadline.
CONCLUSIONS:
It is difficult to assess qualitatively the pros and cons of this
proposal. Though the negative aspects described in this report
seem to out-number the benefits, staff feels the potential
problems posed by the mix of construction activity and through traffic out-weigh those concerns. This opinion also considers
that the length of time during which all will be effected will be
significantly reduced. In addition, it .is assumed that even with
a provision for the through traffic on Rancho Santa Fe Road, a
significant number of drivers will choose to take Levante Street
and La Costa Avenue to avoid the congestion. This will be done
without the benefit of any of the mitigation measures.
EXHIBIT 4
Staff Report
Proposed Rancho Santa Fe Road Closure
October 4, 1985
EXHIBITS:
1. Traffic Study
2. Collision Diagrams
A. Alga Road - During Construction
B. Alga Road - Prior to Construction
C. Rancho Santa Fe Road
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EXHIBIT 4
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TRAFFIC 8 TRANSPORTATION ENGINE ERIN G
September 23, 1985
Mr. Bill Kennedy DAON Corporation 5150 Avenida Encinas Carlsbad, CA 92008
Dear Mr. Kennedy:
This letter summarizes our review of traffic factors related to the temporary
closure of a section of Rancho Santa Fe Road and the diversion of traffic that
it would create.
City Staff, and upon recent road surveys made by us.
This study is based upon information supplied by you and
The project would completely close Rancho Santa Fe Road between La Costa
Avenue and Olivenhain Road to allow the improvement of Rancho Santa Fe Road
to its ultimate right-of-way.
it at a time. It is estimated that the project would take five to six months
to complete.
El Camino Real and La Costa Avenue instead of Rancho Santa Fe Road. The pro-
ject and the area it would impact are shown in Figure 1.
This would be in lieu of improving half of
The diverted traffic would be expected to use Olivenhain Road,
PM PEAK HOUR ANALYSIS
To determine the project's impact, PM peak hour analyses were performed for
the following four intersections:
La Costa Avenue & El Camino Real
La Costa Avenue & Rancho Santa Fe Road
Olivenhain Road & El Camino Real
Olivenhain Road - Rancho Santa Fe Road & Camino Alvaro.
Recent PM peak hour counts were available for three of the intersections that
were analyzed. A count was then made of the fourth intersection. The counts
were utilized to simulate how traffic would be diverted if Rancho Santa Fe
Road were closed. The diverted traffic volumes were then added to the existing
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traffic volumes to estimate the volumes at the intersections during the closure.
Intersection Capacity Uti1 ization (ICU) analyses were performed uti1 izing the
existing and diverted traffic volumes to evaluate potential project impacts
upon the intersections. (The ICU methodology and relationship to Level of
Service (LOS) is described in Appendix A.) The ICU analyses are contained
in Appendix B and sumnarized in Table 1. The impacts of the traffic diversion
upon each intersection are discussed in the following paragraphs.
As can be seen in Table 1, the intersection of La Costa Avenue and El Camino
Real is currently operating at LOS E with an ICU value of 0.98.
usually an unacceptable level. The diverted traffic would increase the ICU
value to 1.29 or LOS F.
reduced to 1.09.
existing condition, and should be acceptable for the short term. The proposed
improvements include adding a northbound right turn lane, adding a southbound
right turn lane, and converting the westbound through lane to an optional
through or left lane. This last improvement would not only lower the ICU
value, but would assure adequate storage room for the left-turning vehicles.
All three improvements would simply require restriping the existing pavement.
The creation of an optional through-or-left lane would also require split
phasing for the eastbound and westbound traffic.
This is
With simple improvements, the ICU value could be
While this would still be LOS F, it would be closer to the
The existing ICU value for La Costa Avenue and Rancho Santa Fe Road is 0.44
(LOS A).
geometrics would increase the ICU value to 0.61 (LOS B), which is acceptable.
With the northbound leg removed, the intersection is reduced to two basic
movements:
It is proposed that the southbound lanes be restriped to allow right turns
from both lanes while still allowing some through movements for construction
purposes. It is also proposed that the eastbound right turn lane be restriped
as a through lane to serve construction vehicles for the extension of La Costa
Avenue.
The diverted traffic and necessary changes in the intersection
southbound right and eastbound left, which are opposing movements.
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INTERSECTION
Table 1
ICU SUMMARY
Rancho Santa Fe Road Closure & Diversion
EXISTING
EX I STING +DIVERSION W/IMPROV EXISTING +DIVERSION
ICU/ (LOS) ICU/ (LOS) ICU/ (LOS)
La Costa Avenue 81 El Camino Real 0.98 (E) 1.29 (F) 1.09 (F)
0.61 (B) La Costa Avenue & Rancho Santa Fe Rd 0.44 (A) -
Olivenhain Rd & El Camino Real 0.61 (B) 1.12 (F)
Olivenhain Rd-Rancho Santa Fe Rd 0.34 (A) 0.42 (A) -
& Camino Alvaro
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The diversion of traffic would increase the ICU value of Olivenhain Road and
El Camino Real from an acceptable 0.61 (LOS B) to a normally unacceptable
1.12 (LOS F). No simple improvements could be made to improve the operation
of the intersection.
to 1.00 to be adequate for the short term.
However, an ICU value of 1.12 should be close enough
As indicated in Table 1, the intersection of Olivenhain Road and Rancho Santa
Fe Road and Camino Alvaro is currently operating at LOS A and would continue
to do so with the traffic diversion. No improvements would be needed.
In general, although not all of the intersections would operate at desirable
levels, they should be tolerable for the short term if the proposed improvements
were made. The benefit of the proposed project would be to eliminate the
prolonged hazardous interface between traffic and the construction zone, which
would occur if Rancho Santa Fe Road were to be construcdone half at a time.
DAILY TRAFFIC ANALY S IS
The impact upon daily traffic on La Costa Avenue was also examined.
Avenue between El Camino Real and Rancho Santa Fe Road is a four lane secondary
highway, which generally has a maximum capacity of 20,000 vehicles per day.
is a section of La Costa Avenue between Romeria Street and Levante Street (see
Figure l), which has only one lane eastbound.
capacity of the road.
per day.
La Costa
There
This would tend to reduce the
The existing volume on La Costa Avenue is 8,477 vehicles
A recent 24-hour count on Rancho Santa Fe Road just south of La Costa Avenue
shows the PM peak hour traffic to be 8.64 percent of daily traffic.
applied to the PM peak hour diverted traffic on La Costa Avenue to arrive at
an estimate of the additional daily traffic on La Costa Avenue due to the diver-
sion. It is estimated that the diversion would increase the traffic by 8,990
trips per day for a total of 17,467 daily trips on La Costa Avenue between El
Camino Real and Rancho Santa Fe Road. Although it would be a substantial in-
crease, it would be within the capacity of the roadway and tolerable for the
limited period of the closure.
This was
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ACCESS TO COLINAS DE OR0 DEVELOPMENT
Calle Barcelona cutrently intersects Rancho Santa Fe Road between La Costa Avenue
and Olivenhain Road, and serves the new Colinas de Oro development. Although
plans are not finalized, it is expected that the intersection of Calle Barce-
lona and Rancho Santa Fe Road would be kept open and all-weather access on
the easterly side of Rancho Santa Fe Road would be maintained to provide
access for Colinas de Oro.
SUMMARY
This study has reviewed the traffic factors related to the proposed six-month
closure of Rancho Santa Fe Road between La Costa Avenue and Olivenhain Road.
Existing traffic conditions were reviewed to provide a basis for the study. A
simulation of the diverted traffic was made. The resulting trips were added
to the existing trips and used to evaluate the ability of the road system to
accommodate the altered circulation pattern. These analyses indicated that
some intersections would operate at usually unacceptable levels, but that
with improvements, they should be tolerable over the short duration of the
project. Potential problems were identified and mitigation measures recommended.
Principal findings of the study are the following:
1. Three of the four intersections currently operate at LOS A or B.
La Costa Avenue and El Camino Real currently operates at LOS E.
2. With the diversion, two intersections would continue to operate at
LOS A or B. The other two would operate at LOS F.
3. With simple improvements, the intersections that would operate at
LOS F should operate at adequate levels over the short term of the
project .
4. The diversion would increase the daily traffic on La Costa Avenue
between El Camino Real and Rancho Santa Fe Road from 8,477 vehicles
per day to 17,467 vehicles per day.
of the roadway.
This would be within the capacity
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5. The proposed project would eliminate the prolonged hazardous inter-
face between the traffic and the construction zone, which would
occur if Rancho Santa Fe Road were to be improved one half at a
time.
on the easter
MITIGATION MEASURES
The foll owing measures
of the project.
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6. Access would be provided to the Colinas de Oro development; probably
de of Rancho Santa Fe Road.
recornended to mi tigate potenti a1 traffic impacts
1. La Costa Avenue and El Camino Real should have the following improve-
ments:
turn lane; and convert the westbound through lane to an optional
through or left turn lane by restriping.
add one northbound right turn lane; add one southbound right
2. La Costa Avenue and Rancho Santa Fe Road should have the following
improvements: convert the southbound optional through or right turn
lane to a right turn lane only; convert the southbound through only
lane to an optional through or right turn lane; convert the eastbound
right turn lane to a through lane by restriping.
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We trust that this study will be of assistance to you in the processing of
this project. If you have any questions or require additional information,
please contact us.
Respectfully submitted,
WESTON PRINGLE & ASSOCIATES
Robert A. Belknap, P.E.
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625 North Vulean Avenue Leucadla. Californlo 92024
71 41753-6491
October 21, 1985
CounciJ.man Richard Chick City of Carlsbad 1200 Elm Avenue Carlsbad, Ca. 92008
Dear Councilman Chick,
A ban Diesuito
Union High School District
Your reconsideration of Tuesday's October 15, 1985 decision to close Rancho Santa Fe Road is respectfully requested. The closure of Rancho Santa Fe Road presents serious safety and routing problems to the school children in the San Dieguito area as follows:
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With the closure of Rancho Santa Fe, vehicular traffic will be forced to use La Costa Avenue or Levante. A poll of our professional drivers indicates
that Levante will be the road of choice. Currently ten student bus stops exist along Levante. Increased traffic along this residential feeder street will pose a greater risk of accident to these children, partic- ularly since traffic flows significantly faster than
the posted speed.
The risk is magnified in thc afternoon when students which use stops along Levante are "red-lighted" and escorted across the street in the afternoon. As you know, school bus drivers are required by law to escort
and flash their bus' red light when students cross the street. Cars are required to stop to allow students to safely cross the street. While most drivers recoy nize and obey this law, there are a significant number of drivers who fail to recognize it. As a result, increased traffic along Levante will aggravate this problem. Generally, the more traffic along'a corridor, the less safe it becomes to cross students.
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3) With the closure of Rancho Santa Fe Road, eleven (11) , buses will be forced to take a circuitous route to service students in the San Dieguito area, We estimate over 800 students will be delayed going to school and arriving home every day by 30 minutes if buses are
forced to use La Costa Avenue or Levante for route ingress or egress, Since P.M. buses are already late, we expect a further aggravation of the problem.
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As with many issues brought before City Counsel, both the pro and con sides of closing Rancho Santa Fe Road can be supported.. by good arguments. While in attendance at your October 15th .I meeting, both sides of the question were heard. Yet upon re- view of the issue the following seems apparent:
1) Both Levante and La Costa Avenue are not designed nor capable of handling traffic generated by the
closure of Rancho Santa Fe Road. Certainly the accident risk is as great along these roads as
the risk of through traffic along a construction area.
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2) While traffic may still reroute i'tself along Levante and La Costa Avenue as many maintain because of construction delays on Rancho San'ta Fe Road, clearly most traffic will continue to use Rancho Santa Fe if it remains open. Rancho Santa Fe Road will still
be the road of choice because it is significantly faster than a detour.
3) School children are at much greater risk if traffic is forced to use Levante.
For these reasons, and in accordance with' your minority report, I urge you to keep Rancho Santa Fe Road open during construction.
Sincerely,
Stanley H. Ross Director of Transportation
CC: Mayor Cassler
Chief Councilman Lewis
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SAN DIEGUITO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
625 North Vulcan Ave. Leucadia, California 92024 a 753-6491
MEMORANDUM
., To: John Daily
From: stan ROSS h/
Subject: Additional Cost for Closure
of Rancho Santa Fe Road
The following itemizes,the additional cost which would be
accrued if Rancho Santa Fe Road closes.
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Name of Route
' San nieguito - J,
Oak Crest -B
Diegu en o -E
Capri -F
Flora Vista - A
Flora Vista - B
Flora Vista - D
21 Miles x 7 Buses
147 Miles x $2.20/Mile
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II of Miles (Rd. Trip)
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21
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= $323.40 Per Day
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LOCATION MAP
VlcINnY MAP
N.T.S.
ENCINITAS UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
189 UNION STREET
ENCINITAS. CALIFORNIA 92024
~~ AREA CODE 61 9 753-1 152
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Anthony J Brandenburg. President
Mary Jo Norhnan, CW6
Willlam Cadi. Member
Van Riley. Member
Sandra Schultz. Member
Donald E. Lmdabm. Superintanden1
and Board Secrelary
"Excellence Is Our God"
October 14, 1985
llr. Frank Aleshire
City Manager
City of Carlsbad
1200 Elm Avenue
Carlsbad, CA 92008-1989
Dear Hr. Aleshire:
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed
closing cf Rancho Santa Fc Road. The Encinitas Enion School
District believes that the closing of the road will create hardship upon the district.
Currently over 500 students are bused from the La Costa area to both Flora Vista School and Capri School. The closing of Rancho Santa Fe Road will not only extend the route, but it will create difficulties in getting in and out of housing areas on either side of La Costa Avenue and Le Vante. This is also true of Ponderosa and the new developments along Rancho Santa Fe Xoad.
We recognize that tile request is being made for safety reasons.
IIowever, we question whether any thought has been given to the
safety of children who await the school bus on streets that will
be used to detour cars. Or, has the impact upon school bus routes
been discussed? We would urge you to consider other alternatives.
Superintendent
1200 ELM AVENUE
CARLSEAD, CA 92008-1989
Office of the Clty Manager
October 8, 1985
Superintendent
Encinitas Union Elementary School District
189 Union St.
Encinitas, CA 92024
TELEPHONE
(619) 438-5561
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To Whom It May Concern:
’ RANCHO SANTA FE ROAD - CLOSURE
On October 15, 1985 at 6:OO pm, the City Council will consider
a request to close Rancho Santa Fe Road for five months begin-
ning November 15, 1985.
The proposed closure will be between Olivenhain Road and La
Casta AYZ~W ~llow CUIIS tructiori of a six-lane, Civiued ma ]or
arterial. Enclosed is a copy of the staff report on the closure
and detour.
The City would appreciate any comments you may have on this proposal.
Very truly yours, a. a
Frank Aleshire -
City Manager
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Enclosure
, ...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad will
hold a public hearing at the City Council Chambers,
1200 Elm Avenue, Carlsbad, California, at 6:OO
P.M., on Tuesday, November 5, 1985, to reconsider
the closure of Rancho Santa Fe Road.
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
The City Council
of the City of Carlsbad
will hold a public hearing
at the City Council Chambers
to reconsider the closure
of Rancho Santa Fe Road.
Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m.
1200 Elm Avenue
Carlsbad, CA