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Location Yeax Bu�lt Desi n � �adius Waod�yt�za Avenue 1999 cul-de-sac 2'7 ft. Irene Couri 24Q0 cul-de-sac 32.5 ft. Vicioria Street 2003 cul-de-sac �8 ft. A �ewoad Point 2005 inodified �aaz�azxze�rhead � 6.Q POLICY I�I�C�T�SION 2 fi. l Ciiy staff ha� cliseussed t�e cawrt d�cision and the results of our investigatioz� with t�Ze 3 City Attaz�ey, who l�as advised ihe City ta revis� the Code sa as to can£arm to these 4 previaus council decisinns. 5 6.2 This seetion af t�e City Cade applies ta all �treets: newly ennstruct�d or reca�structed. 6 Tk�e znaja�rzty of the road� on �hese lists were reconstruction projects where sta�� 7 recomme�ded an "alternate design" to reduce impacts ia surrounding paraperties, but none 8 a� �k�em meet all three criteria as described in. code. City sta�� eels very strangly thai g some flexibiliry be preserved to recognzze extenuating circumstances in regards to cul-de- 10 sac design. Wit�out t�is flexibility, ��ai'i wiIi no� be able �a work wi�h prapez�ty owners on � 1 developing road designs �hat work for both the City az�d the pxaperty ow�er. Benefits fnr 12 reduced cul-de-sac diatnet�r/a�tenaatzva turnarou�d designs include: 13 a. Long term maint�nance: there is a cost savings in zzaa�erial a�d �ime �or s�nalier cu1- 14 de-sacs; � 5 b. Reductian in hard surface: rain that falls o� hard surfaee does nat infiltrate and 16 requires stoz� water treatment. The City's standart� cul-d��-sac daes not ta�e this into 17 account; ancl � 8 e. Impacts �o surrouriding �roperties: aretrofitting a"standard" eul-de�sac into a rnaiure 19 neighborhood can result in iree loss and con�ersio� o� front ya�rds iniq pavemer�t. It 2� can als� reqt�ire �he purckzase o� righfi-of �ay, sig�ificantly increasing construction 21 costs. 22 6.3 At its fneeting o�Noverr�ber 19, 2007, i�e City Co�uzci� discussed �he need to arnend t�e 23 tex� af the Subdi�ision �rc�inance to address the recent cauri deeision, eliminai:� t�e 24 int�r�aI eoz�flicts with respec�: ta cui-de-sacs, and bring the text af the Ordi�ance in line 25 with �he City's long-s�anding interpretation. The Council concluded thi� discussxa� by 26 eiiareeting the �lanning Commissian �o hald a public kzear'�ng and �ecommend a text 27 amendment t�at will resolve these issues. 28 6.4 On Deceamb�r S, 2407, t�e Planning Cammissian held �e public hearing £or t�e proposed 29 T�X�' AM�NDM�N�r. At the conclusion of th� public �eari�g, i�a Planxaing Ca�nrriission 3o voted unanimously (7-0) to recoz�a�nez�d ap�roval af the proposed T�x'r Atvr�N�Nt�N�'. PRQJ�OII Cu1-de-sacs RCA 321207 � Page 3 oi 4