COMPLAINTS LODGED AGAINST SWAP MEET.

Byline: Paul O'Donoghue Daily News Staff Writer

Noise and fumes from traffic generated by the recently opened swap meet at Moorpark Community College is waking people early on Sunday mornings and disrupting the neighborhood around Kernvale Avenue, residents have told city officials.

Some brought their concerns to the City Council on Wednesday night, asking that Collins Drive be used to access the swap meet, to lighten the number of cars now using Campus Road near their homes.

``They feel the burden should be shared by allowing traffic to go up Collins Drive as well,'' said city planning department head Wayne Loftus.

The council directed Loftus to report back to them at the May 19 meeting on possible fixes for the problem.

At present, traffic is only allowed to enter the swap meet via Campus Road and leave at Collins Drive, officials said. Campus Road and Collins Drive form a loop around the campus.

In addition, some residents have complained of being awakened at 5:45 a.m. Sundays by vendors' vehicles idling as they wait to get in, officials said.

Last month, the council gave the swap meet operators a 30-day permit to run the operation, which had relocated from Simi Valley, on one of the college's parking lots. The college expects to earn $24,000 annually from the lease and will use the funds for scholarships.

In other actions:

The council postponed a vote on the proposed Carslberg housing, commercial and industrial project because of disagreement over the current plans. Council members John Wozniak and Chris Evans voted for approval for the 488-acre project in the southeast of the city. But Mayor Pat Hunter and Councilman Clint Harper voted against it.

The council also postponed consideration of the 312-apartment-unit Archstone Communities project on a 19.2-acre parcel south of downtown.

The council approved a range of measures to improve traffic problems at Peach Hill School. Those included painting a double yellow line on Christian Barrett Drive between Peach Hill Road and Cedarpine Lane; putting a ``keep clear'' marking on the street at the entrance to the school; banning parking on the south side of Christian Barrett Drive for 100 feet immediately east and west of Trailcrest; making the junction a three-way stop; and installing three crosswalks.

Resident Debbie West, who had organized a petition signed by 200 people asking for the council to improve safety, said she was generally pleased with the council actions but was concerned about teachers and others who would not be allowed to park on Trailcrest, where parking will be banned.

``I'm happy that they're going ahead,'' she said. ``I just hope they work out the parking and drop-off issues.''

The council also directed city staff to work with Moorpark Unified School District officials to investigate another alternative, which would involve allowing cars to drive directly between the school parking lot and the parking lot near Peach Hill Park. Vehicles are blocked from driving directly between the two lots.