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centerline, which exceeds the City's design goal of a 128-foot centerline-to-centerline separa- tion. Some neighbors believe that the loop street's intersections with Cameron Drive should be changed, with the west "leg" moved closer to the west project boundary towards the rear prop- erty lines of the Palmer Drive properties and the east "leg" relocated to directly access Martin A venue between the Selway, Lai, and Blaine properties. At the second Planning Commission work session, staff stated its reasons for not supporting a direct connection to Martin Avenue: . It may not reduce traffic impacts to Cameron A venue. Measured from the 900 curve of Street "A", the connection to Martin Avenue will be approximately 480 feet long, equal to the 480-foot distance from the 900 curve to Cameron Avenue. Although equal in dis- tance, staff believes that the future residents of this development would still use the Cam- eron Avenue connection for Street "A" as the shortest route from their homes to Mohr Avenue. If Lots 16 and 21 were to be terminated with a cul-de-sac or turn-around but remain connected to Cameron Avenue, the net effect will still be 24 lots using Cameron Avenue. . It will place a public street behind the Lai and Blain properties making these properties double frontage lots. If the Street "A" connection to Martin Avenue were to become heavily used by project traffic and neighborhood traffic, the rear yards ofthese properties and the Selway property would be subjected to traffic noise. (The Blain property would be impacted by traffic noise from Street "A", Diablo Court, and Martin Avenue.) Termi- nating the east leg of Street "A" with a cul-de-sac or turn-around may also create double- frontage lots within the proposed development. The City has avoided double-frontage lots within new developments and between proposed/existing developments. . The direct connection from Cameron Avenue to Martin Avenue may become a "cut- through-traffic" route for parents dropping off/picking up their children at Mohr Elemen- tary School. The 24 lots of this development using Cameron Avenue will generate approximately 240 trips per day and 24 trips during the a.m.lp.m. peak hours. As stated in the "Traffic Section" of this staff report, the project traffic anticipated to be added to Cameron Avenue will not cause it to exceed its present LOS "c" condition. Therefore, staff considers there to be adequate street ca- pacity on Cameron Avenue to handle the project's traffic. Staff does not dismiss the neighbors' concerns/comments pertaining to the traffic issues on Cameron Avenue, including the high vehicle speeds observed during the a.m.lp.m. peak hours. The applicant has addressed Cameron Avenue traffic calming by reconstructing Cameron A ve- nue with a curvilinear alignment. Additional traffic calming measures can be handled on an on- going basis by the City at any time. Item 6,e.. PUD-50 Page 18 of29 June 28, 2006