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The Circulation Element of the City's General Plan calls for the construction of Rose Avenue as a residential collector street from Fair Street (Division Street) to Valley Avenue. The City's General Plan established a land use designation of Medium Density Residential for those properties along the north side of Rose Avenue between Fair Street and Valley Avenue based on the infrastructure holding capacity, which included the extension of Rose Avenue to Valley Avenue. With regard to the General Plan update, the recommendations of the General Plan Steering Committee do include the extension of Rose Avenue to Valley Avenue. Informal discussions have taken place with Fair Board representatives and the City's Liaison Committee to decide if the Joint Liaison Committee will make a recommendation regarding whether or not to extend Rose Avenue so that afinal decision on the extension can be made with the adoption of the General Plan Update. If the Council were to decide not to extend Rose Avenue, then the extension would be removedfrom the General Plan. At the current time, there are no assurances that such an extension would take place if left in the General Plan, as the Fair Board's current position is that they are opposed to the extension of Rose Avenue. During the processing of the PUD for Martinique Homes (PUD-88-11), much discussion took place regarding the extension of Rose Avenue. However, given that the Fairground's Master Plan did not and currently does not anticipate this extension, PUD-88-11 was planned so that the development could occur without the extension. Contained within the September 27, 1995 Planning Commission staff report is an analysis of the possible Rose Avenue extension and its likely alignment. Staff believes that if Rose Avenue, or a street off of Rose Avenue, is extended to Valley Avenue, it would have to be extended through the Fairgrounds property in order to align with Koll Center Parkway. The problem with extending Rose Avenue along the Arroyo Del Valle to Valley Avenue is that it would connect just south of the bridge which would not allow signalization or left-turn movements. The September 27, 1995 staff report shows four different alternatives for the Rose Avenue extension through the Fairgrounds. If Rose Avenue were extended through the Fairgrounds or a decision were made not to extend Rose Avenue, additional land could be assimilated into the proposed project to address some of the concerns expressed by the surrounding property owners. For example, instead of having 50 feet of right-of-way between the property and the Fairgrounds, this road could be reduced to an emergency EVA, and the main road into this area could be changed to an expanded creek frontage road. This reconfiguration would result in additional land, gained through elimination of Rose Avenue access to the westerly portion of the site, which could be assimilated into Lots #1 - #5 based on the applicant's lotting plan. This would increase the size of those lots by approximately 450 square feet per lot. Alternatively, the September 27, 1995 Planning Commission staff report describes another alternative development plan which would reconfigure most of SR 06:013 Page 9 of 17