DISPUTE MAY END IN A CUL DE SAC.Byline: Angela M. Lemire Staff Writer Traffic and planning officials will pursue plans to create cul de sacs CUL DE SAC. This is a French phrase, which signifies, literally, the bottom of a bag, and, figuratively, a street not open at both ends. It seems not to be settled whether a cul de sac is to be considered a highway. See 1 Campb. R. 260; 11 East, R. 376, note; 5 Taunt. R. 137; 5 B. & Ald. where Calgrove Boulevard and Valley Street meet, heeding a request from residents that would require an amendment to the city's general plan and extensive impact studies. With Councilman Frank Ferry dissenting, the City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to direct city staffers to conduct the environmental assessments needed before downgrading downgrading A reduction in the quality rating of a security issue, generally a bond. A downgrading may occur for various reasons including a period of losses, or increased debt service required by restructuring a firm's capital to include more debt and less the secondary-road designation of Calgrove Boulevard between Creekside Drive and Maple Street, said City Traffic Engineer Bahman Janka. The city would have to designate des·ig·nate tr.v. des·ig·nat·ed, des·ig·nat·ing, des·ig·nates 1. To indicate or specify; point out. 2. To give a name or title to; characterize. 3. Calgrove Boulevard to a local access road in the general plan - Santa Clarita's master guideline guideline Medtalk A series of recommendations by a body of experts in a particular discipline. See Cancer screening guidelines, Cardiac profile guidelines, Gatekeeper guidelines, Harvard guidelines, Transfusion guidelines. for development - before building cul de sacs where a gate now separates it from Valley Street. That process will include feasibility studies The analysis of a problem to determine if it can be solved effectively. The operational (will it work?), economical (costs and benefits) and technical (can it be built?) aspects are part of the study. Results of the study determine whether the solution should be implemented. that take subdivision regulations into account and assess the proposal's impact on traffic patterns, air quality and noise, followed by approval hearings before the Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle and the City Council, Janka said. The council, which voted after more than 20 supporters and opponents to the proposal testified Tuesday night, also approved the transfer of $100,000 from city contingency funds to hire a consultant and conduct environmental impact studies for the project. Residents of neighborhoods adjoining Calgrove Boulevard and Valley Street requested the cul de sacs between their roadways as a permanent end to a 15-year old dispute over a card-activated gate maintained by the Hidden Valley Homeowners Association on Calgrove. Residents from both neighborhoods recently agreed that they wanted to continue blocking traffic between the two public roadways. |
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