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

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F. CIRCULATION F. 1 Create a circulation plan element that identifies existing, planned, and proposed arterial and collector streets needed to serve the plan area and the region. The Airport Connector is now completed and provides the region's first freeway, tying Pioneer Parkway to SR 89A for a new east-west beltway. The four interchanges planned will link to intersecting streets, of which the SR 89 and the Glassford Hill Rd. intersections will be primary for commuting traffic. At least one collector-level street would be warranted that ties Glassford Hill Rd. extension to SR 89, perhaps best located south of Black Hill about 1.5 miles north of the airport's main runway. This alignment would help anchor future commercial nodes and create a separation of 2 miles from the intersection of Outer Loop Rd and SR 89 at the north. Due to property owner preference, it is probably best to consider this alignment as Deep Well has indicated an interest in developing. Any new east-west collector street will impact wildlife movement corridors making game fencing imperative and gap fencing advisable where roads cross any reserved movement areas. An east-west connector street tying Williamson Valley Road (WVR) to SR 89 is tougher to imagine given the existing residential development that lines WVR. Possible options lie outside of the ASAP study area and the scope of this plan, although a continuation of the alignment south of Black Hill described above may be feasible in the very long term. Any future development of significant scale on this west side will certainly need to assess connections to Pioneer Parkway and Outer Loop Road as well as to SR 89. Connecting Ruger Road to Melville Road to create a circumfrential road around the airport is planned as part of the Prescott Airport's 2020 Master Plan. Industrial users indicate interest in this occurring sooner than the Phase 3 period planned. Accumulation of funds to build the connection influences the timing. Extending Ruger Road to the city's vacant IA tract by an eventual industrial user could provide a major segment of the connection. Another proposal is to create a new road that runs from SR 89 (north of Ruger Road's intersection), and encircles the main runway's clear zone to intersect with Melville Road on the east. The new road alignment would open up additional land for industrial/employment and help separate future industrial traffic from residential. Only one road need extend northeastward to the City's IA tract, however. Some in the biking community have suggested that old Hwy 89A remain open to maintain a desirable paved link between Prescott and Prescott Valley. This may be an option for the private property owners to consider as they look into overall master planning of the ranch and the need for access and street frontage. A possible realignment of old 89A to create a new bridge and intersection at SR89 may be indicated should the conceived multi-purpose center be constructed on the Polk property. F.2 Support bike and pedestrian routes that further recreational and commuter pursuits. This and other Prescott specific area plans promote alternative modes of transportation as responsible and sustainable functions of community planning. As a general rule when new collector or arterial streets are planned and built, bike lanes and sidewalks (or separated multi- use trails) should be provided. Controlled access highways such as Glassford Hill Road extension should creatively include bike lanes and walkways, perhaps adjacent to right-of-way, since they are not part of the ADOT standard design. The 8-ft. wide outer shoulders and 12-ft. wide separated trail designed into Pioneer Parkway, will unfortunately not be extended as part 19