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TO: The HonorahP City Council
FROM: Niall Fritz, Director of Community Development
DATE: September 19, 1984
SUBJECT: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. GPA 84-1
AC and GILBERT COMPONENTS
After reviewing the subject request in May, your Council directed
that before proceeding a special study was to be conducted by the
area bounded by Moorpark Road on the east, Tierra Rejada Road on
the west, Los Angeles Avenue on the north, and the Arroyo Simi on
the south. Your Council directed that the issues to be studied
were land use compatibility, traffic, flood protection, and
any other items which the City Planning Commission may deem appro-
priate to be included. The Planning Committee has reviewed the
matter and have added no additional items to the study. The
Commission also reviewed several land use alternatives proposed by
staff to be studied and added an additional alternative. Your
Council also directed that consideration be given to a new General
Plan land use designation of Commercial Office.
Since it has not been possible for the study to be completed within
the original 90 days directed by your Council, several members of
the Council have requested that the study be returned at this time
and the information that has been obtained presented.
As your Council will recall, the major concern with the proposed
request for AC Construction to redesignate their 6.8 acres to
commercial was the additional traffic impacts on Moorpark Road and
L.A. Avenue . The EIR had identified that with cumulative traffic,
L.A. Avenue would be significantly over capacity. L.A. Avenue has
been designed to be a six lane street. In order to obtain additional
capacity, Los Angeles Avenue could be reconfigured to change the
parking lanes into travel lanes. Under this design, the roadway would
have no parking and would have eight traffic lanes. This can be
accomplished within the existing roadway design by decreasing the
width of travel lanes from 12 feet to 10 or 11 feet.
If Los Angeles Avenue is reconfigured, then more intense land uses
could be accommodated. A commercial office use would be expected
to produce only 30% of the number of average daily trips generated
by a commercial retail use. Per acre, the number of trips generated
would be as folows:
Medium Density (3.5 DU/AC) = 35 ADT/AC
High Density (7 DU/AC) = 70
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September 19, 1984
Very Density (15 DU/AC) = 150
Commercial Office = 193
Commercial Retail = 657
Therefore, from a traffic standpoint, changes in land use from
medium density-residential to commercial/office within the study
area would be supportable with the above described changes to
Los Angeles Avenue. A preliminary cost estimate from the City
Engineer for doing a traffic study within the designated area,
which would indicate the location and size of collector streets,
intersection points with Los Angeles Avenue, and intersection
designs to accommodate traffic volumes is $4,000 to $8,500
depending upon the number of land use alternatives analyzed
(one to three) .
Regarding the flood control issues, the City Engineer has
reviewed the information available from the County Flood Control
District and has submitted a proposal of $15,300 to $22,500 to
complete a study of alternatives to provide comprehensive flood
protection within the area. The basic alternatives would be
to raise all building pads above the flood level or construct
a levee.