CC - Agendas - City Council - REGULAR - 11/28/2017

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Phoenix. The Prescott Municipal Airport is an enterprise fund that generally operates on its own revenues, supplemented by state and federal grants when possible. Prescott City Council recently directed that General Fund contributions are also used. Significant improvements are planned for the airport that, once funded, will enhance its ability to continue serving the Central Yavapai Region. The 1998 Airport Master Plan for City of Prescott's Ernest A. Love Field calls for phased improvements sufficient to meet the service demands of the regional airport through the year 2020 (see Executive Summary in Appendix D). Major capital improvements include new hangars, pavement and drainage improvements, constructing a new airline terminal and a public perimeter service road. In addition, planned runway extensions will allow for bigger passenger planes to serve the region. Circulation — Major arterials include SR 89 and Willow Creek Road running north-south, and SR 89A and Pioneer Parkway running east-west. All of these roads are the focus of major improvements designed to increase capacity and circulation alternatives in the region. SR 89, from Pioneer Parkway to Outer Loop Road, is due to be widened to 5 lanes around the year 2018. Willow Creek Road is undergoing widening to 5 lanes. SR 89A is a controlled access highway with grade separated interchanges (Appendix E). It connects to Pioneer Parkway, a 4-lane controlled access arterial that connects Williamson Valley Road to SR 89. Fiaure 2 shows these regional roads as well as Prescott's major water and sewer infrastructure, and gas and power transmission lines. Another planned controlled access highway is Glassford Hill extension, connecting SR 89A to Outer Loop Road in Chino Valley. Identified in the County's 20-year regional road plan and intended to be developer driven, the alignment of this road has implications for land use in proximity to the airport. Ultimately these combined arterials will provide an inner beltway for the region, to eventually be supplemented by the possible Tri-city Parkway connecting SR 89 to I- 17. Appendix F shows the region's proposed 2018 road network, including the traffic volumes, service levels, and road widths. The recent survey of airport area employers indicates interest in better circulation around the airport. A full 35% of the businesses responding pointed to the need for a street that encircles the airport, relieving the "one way in/one way out" condition that presently exists. The airport's 2020 Master Plan calls for such a road to be built as part of the Phase 3 improvements. The new rails-to-trails Peavine Trail occupies what was the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad right-of-way (ROW). The first segment from Watson Woods to SR 89A is open for public use. The second segment running from SR 89A to Section 7 north of the airport is now under negotiation for purchase to tie Watson Woods to Chino Valley's Peavine Trail link. Expansion plans for the main runway and aggregate mining within the historic RR ROW will necessitate adjusting a portion of the trail alignment. The trail adjustment could coincide with the future airport circumferential road and/or a multi-use open space corridor incorporating Granite Creek. Town of Prescott Valley is also pursuing a rails-to-trails link that would tie the Peavine Trail to Glassford Hill Road through Sections 7, 8, 9, and 10. 9