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September 8, 1981
Annette Sanchez
Larry Seeman Associates, Inc.
500 Newport Center Drive, Suite 525
Newport Beach CA 92660
Subject: Rancho Carrillo Master Plan EIR
1200 ELM AVENUE
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92008
The developer is proposing the following changes to the subject master plan:
1. Relocate Palomar Airport Road to the northerly boundary
on a straighter alignment.
2. Relocate Melrose Avenue by moving its intersection with
Palomar Airport Road one-half mile west.
3. Change the land use designation at Palomar Airport Road
and Melrose Avenue from commercial to planned industrial.
The City of Carlsbad feels that all three of the above changes are justified
and will have a beneficial effect on the environmental for the following
reasons:
1. The realignment of Palomar Airport Road is a safer and more effi-
cient design. Even with the relatively low existing traffic
volume, we have been experiencing accidents on the street in-
volving the sharp curves.
2. The realignment of Melrose Avenue (and the deletion of one inter-
section) increase the intersection spacing so that it meets City
Standards which the previous plan did not. Steep grades required
on the previous plan have also been reduced. The current design
will provide a more efficient operation.
3. The relocation of the intersection of Melrose Avenue and Palomar
Airport Road also provides a good alignment in meeting Melrose
Avenue to the north in the City of Vista. The previous plan
would have required a sharp reversing curve.
Annette Sanchez
September 4, 1981
Page Two (2)
4. Elimination of the commercial designation at the intersection of
Palomar Airport Road and Melrose Avenue will reduce the traffic
generation from the area. More importantly, however, is that the
commercial designation is incompatible with the intersection of
two prime arterials. City Standards do not permit access to pro-
perty from prime arterials and any streets must be at least a
half-mile from the intersection. Should a developer succeed in
getting access onto Palomar Airport Road in spite of the Standard,
it would have a significant adverse impact on both the safety and
capacity of the street.
Sincerely,
RICHARD H. ALLEN, JR.
Principal Civil Engineer
RHA:ls
e: Joyce Crosthwaite, Planning Departing
Pat Tessier, Planning Department