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in this project: Athena Way, Joseph Way, Powers <br />Avenue, and Tina Avenue. <br />Street name changes should be considered. There is <br />presently a Joseph Road in the County, north of <br />Manteca. In the City of Manteca there is also a <br />Powers Avenue. Duplication of street names leads to <br />confusion in describing locations and in dispatching <br />police, fire, and ambulance service, as well as mail <br />and deliveries. <br />Street locations could be designed differently. Tina <br />Avenue opens on to Cherokee about 400' east of Cherry - <br />land Avenue. It would be safer and less confusing, <br />especially when Cherokee Road is widened, to move the <br />intersection of Tina Avenue and Cherokee Road 260' <br />further to the east. Joseph Way is a cul-de-sac. <br />People enjoy living in the quiet trafficless area of <br />a cul-de-sac, yet by ending in a cul-de-sac instead of <br />curving to bypass it, much turn -around traffic will be <br />trapped; in particular, visitors and delivery people <br />on foggy evenings will drive into such a cul-de-sac <br />before they realize that they should have turned west <br />at Athena Way in order to leave the subdivision. <br />Police protection rests with the San Joaquin County <br />Sheriff's Department. Such a subdivision as this <br />gets regular patrols; however, Sheriff's units do <br />not patrol a defined route.. For their own protection <br />prowl cars move at random in a given district. <br />District 7 is the district in which this subdivision <br />would be located. Two cars are assigned to the district. <br />The district extends from Wilson Way on the west to <br />3 miles east of Highway 99, north to Cherokee Road <br />and south to Linden Road (Highway 26). Patrol cars <br />pass the subdivision several times each day, but are <br />near enough to arrive on-call within 5 minutes. Two <br />other patrol cars overlap districts with District 7 <br />and could also arrive at the subdivision quickly <br />(conversation with Mr. Weaver, Sheriff's Office 2/3/74). <br />Street layout and design greatly affect the efficiency <br />of patrol units in visual surveillance and apprehension <br />of vandals, burglars, or other law violators. Although <br />cul-de-sacs provide peaceful circles of residences, the <br />rear of each house is difficult to observe. It is also <br />difficult for a prowl car to turn around in a cul-de-sac <br />if there are owners' vehicles or visitors parked at the <br />curb. By joining two cul-de-sacs to make a "circle", <br />patrol vehicles may make a more logical circuit with <br />less repetition. Less repetition means a saving in time, <br />gas, and taxpayer dollars. The arc of the "circle" and <br />the length of the circle should be kept short. Houses <br />at the center of the circle receive the fewest bypasses <br />from other residents. Residents near the intersection <br />of the circle and the local collector will experience <br />-26- <br />