Admin Order 58-21-15 -- Modifying Traffic Diverter (Fairway Loop)

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through-traffic in 2000. This is an existing condition that is not altered by the proposed modified traffic diverter. 1.4.5 Presence of certain characteristics such as bike routes, bus routes, postal deliveries, service deliveries, emergency vehicle access, pedestrian access, or access to private property. The proposed modified traffic diverter will retain the existing access that allows people riding bicycles to pass through. There are no bus routes on Fairway Loop. The existing traffic diverter requires postal deliveries, service deliveries, and emergency vehicle access to use Oakway Road to access the existing residential area to the north and to use Southwood Lane to access the existing residential development to the south. People walking may continue to use Fairway Loop. The proposed modified traffic diverter, however, will allow full access to the abutting private property on the east side of Fairway Loop. Provision of this access was not provided when the diverter system was originally designed. The diverter system was installed to allow local traffic the use of Fairway Loop, without allowing the cut-through traffic from vehicles with neither an origination or destination in the neighborhood. If the diverter is not modified, the intent to allow those trips that originate or end in the neighborhood, which prompted the request for installation, will be frustrated with respect to the property that is located on the east side of Fairview Loop. See R-5040TD-C-1.7. The Traffic Engineer addressed the general considerations at EC 5.055 when the partial closure, and resulting traffic diverter on Fairway, were initially authorized in 2000 by Administrative Order No. 58- 00-06 (attached). The findings that justified the partial closure of Fairway Loop at that time are still valid, but the proposed diverter system that carried out that partial closure should be modified to better address the considerations at EC 5.055 with respect to the undeveloped land adjacent to Fairway Loop. Specifically, the 2000 Traffic Engineer’s findings regarding efficient use of the public way and use of abutting property did not adequately consider the access needs of the undeveloped property on Fairway Loop when considering the location of the diverter under EC 5.055(d), (g) and (i). The proposed modification better addresses the considerations referenced in the Traffic Diverter Modification Rule and at EC 5.055 while still addressing the ultimate purpose for the partial closure. Therefore, the proposed modification is granted. Additional Notes  A copy of the findings adopted with Administrative Order No. 58-00-06, which is repealed by this Order, is attached to this Exhibit A for reference only.  The study provided by the applicant provides a sufficient basis for review of the proposed modification; an additional study was not needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the traffic diverter.  The Traffic Engineer determined that a public hearing was warranted to consider the proposed modification. On September 8, 2020, the City mailed notice of a virtual public hearing to all addresses within the study area - bound by Southwood Lane on the south, Fairway Loop on the west (including residential development accessing Fairway Loop from the west), Fairway Loop on the north (including residential development with frontage on Fairway Loop), and Oakway Road on the east. Additional notification was sent via email to the Cal Young Neighborhood