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Memo to the Mayor and City Council/P 96-13 July 21, 1997 Page 3 ---------..-------------------------- 193rd Avenue As discussed at previous meetings, 193rd Avenue extending from Proctor Road to County Road No.1 is a road that serves as a cut-through along a route which has a road in relatively poor condition. Staff has recommended to the Council at previous meetings the best long-term solution is to close 193rd Avenue to vehicle traffic and converting 193rd to a pedestrian corridor. The right of way for 193rd Avenue should not be vacated but retained to preserve all opportunities in the future. It is expected County Road No. 1 and Proctor Avenue would be signalized in the future; therefore, the traffic on Proctor should be directed down to this intersection. The residents in the Cherrywood Hills and Lafayette Woods developments will still have the opportunity through the local streets within the development to exit out to County Road No. 1. However, the convenience for the non-local traffic to short-cut from Proctor to County Road 1 will no longer be available. The best time to close 193rd Avenue to vehicle traffic may be sometime this year in conjunction with the improvements to Cherrywood Hills and Lafayette Woods 2nd Addition, which will extend down to County Road No. 1. The concern of a property owner immediately south of 193rd was to make sure that closing 193rd would not land-lock her property. With the redesigned plat of Cherrywood Hills having the Rush Street cul-de-sac extended all the way to 193rd, the property owner to the south of 193rd would have the opportunity in the future to extend the Rush Street cul-de-sac into her property for access. It is difficult to say at this time how far that cul-de-sac would have to be extended without knowing the amount of developable property south of 193rd. Proctor Avenue The County has recommended improvements to Proctor Avenue (County Road No. 77) as part of this plat. This will be a condition of plat approval (see attached letter). Pedestrian Svstem The proposed plat is also including an extension of the sidewalk system which was started in the Lafayette Woods development. The sidewalk would extend down the west side of Rush Street out of the Lafayette Woods development and then extend east along the south side of Highland Road. As discussed with the Council in previous meetings, it appears the best location for the sidewalk along Highland Road between Proctor and Jackson will be along the south side. Therefore, the sidewalk system will make a logical connection with that future system. As discussed above, 193rd Avenue can f: \shrdoc \council\p96-13x2.doc