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B. Traffio and Circulation Impacts: 1. The City finds that the initially proposed 149 unit development plan could result in exceeding the City's emergency road standards for length on "C" Court and slope on "E" Court. This is a significant impact (Final EIR, pages 4-6 through 4- 7). 2. The City finds that project extension of Mirador Drive to Bernal Avenue would create a potential significant impact on street safety along Mirador Drive (Final EIR, page 4-10). 3. The City finds that approval of the 149 unie development plan as initially proposed would result in significant traffic safety conflicts between pedestrian and autos along the project's Bernal Avenue frontage. This is a significant impact (Final EIR, page 4-11). Facts: 1. The project applicant reduced the length of "E" Court to approximately 500', well under the 700' limit set-forth in the guidelines by the Institute of Transportation Engineers for cul-de-sac streets, reducing this impact to an insignificant level. 2. The project applicant will extend Mirador Drive to "B" Court providing a direct connection to Bernal Avenue, and therefore, a second emergency access to "B" Court. Additionally, making Mirador Drive a through street reduces the length of "C" Court to approximately 640', which is under the 700' limit set forth in the guidelines by the Institute of Transportation Engineers for cul-de-sac streets, reducing this impact to a less than significant level. 3. Maximum street grades for most project streets and courts would have a maximum grade of from 9% to 10% which is well under the City's emergency road standard. This impact is reduced to a less than significant level. 4. Maximum street grades on "G", "K", and "L" courts would have a maximum grade of 15%, consistent with the City's emergency road standard, but exceeding the Final EIR recommendation of 12%. Thus the 107 - 4 -