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'j Collector streets in the area are Orchard Street and Walnut Street to the east and East 19th Avenue to the south. The other streets are unclassified and are therefore considered local streets. East 15th Avenue from Agate Street east . toward Franklin Boulevard east of Walnut Street is the major designated'bike route for the area. Attached is an existing arterial street and bike route map. Street widths in the area vary from 66 feet for East 15th Avenue, lOO feet for Villard Street, and 120 feet for Franklin Boulevard. All are paved with curbs and gutters. The alley one-half block east of Moss Street is 20 feet wide and is paved from Franklin Boulevard south approximately 400 feet, the area adjacent to the applicant's property. The remainder is a good-condition gravel surface. Staff has toured Moss Street a number of times since the subject request was initially submitted and finds its use is primarily oriented toward the Williams Bakery facility. Some trucks are being parked temporarily on Moss Street adjacent to the ba~ery. The Traffic Division of the Public Works Department has reviewed the subject request with specific consideration being traffic movement at the intersection of Moss Street, Franklin Boulevard and East 13th Avenue, the north-south alley one-half block east or Moss Street, and the proposed turnaround/cul-de-sac terminating Moss Street north of East l5th Avenue. Their findings are based on current traffic counts and those counts done at the time the Fairmount/University Special Area Study was in progress, and street configurations in the area. They conclude that the proposed vacation does not appear to conflict with applicable transportation plans' and will result in little disruption in safe traffic movements. . . Moss Street from the subject request south to East 13th Avenue will terminate e in a cul-de-sac at the southerly boundary of the requested vacation. A standard, paved turnaround will occur, ending in a cul-de-sac-type street less than 400 feet long. The bulb portion of the cul-de-sac/turnaround will be constructed with curb cuts providing pedestrian and bicycle access along the southerly boundary of the Williams Bakery development. Necessary sidewalk easements will be granted by the University, providing continuity to the existing sidewalks on the southerly portion of Moss Street north of 15th Avenue. The Metropolitan Area General Plan makes no specific reference to Moss Street between 13th Avenue and 15th Avenue. However, the subject request is within the boundaries of the Fairmount/University Special Area Study adopted by resolution in September 1982. The following are findings and policies regarding specific sections of the study. Again, no specific reference is made to Moss Street; however, the following information will provide background for this review. The highest volumes of traffic concentration are on Franklin Boulevard, Agate Street, 18th Avenue, and 19th Avenue, descending in that order. Policies regarding traffic circulation encourage and reinforce the idea of a hierarchy of streets in the area. This includes good traffic management for the use of designated arterials for high-traffic volume to local streets for the use by abutting property owners. East 15th Avenue is the major bike route in the e STAFF NOTES--Planning Commission/City eouncil October 28, 1985 Page 4