TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council
FROM: Eva Cutro, Community Development Director
DATE: January 26, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Community Development Department
CONTACT:
Staff Contact
Eva Cutro, 480-348-3522
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AGENDA TITLE:
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Visually Significant Corridors Master Plan
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The character of a town and its neighborhoods is largely determined by the appearance of its streetscape. The streetscape may include a variety of elements, such as vehicle travel lanes, bike lanes, sidewalks, street furniture, utility poles, trees, accent plantings, lighting, and signage. To encourage high-quality streets that demonstrate the positive character and image of the Town, the concept of Visually Significant Corridors has been included in the Town’s General Plan and is one of the Town Council’s Quality of Life Initiatives.
To assure exceptional visually significant corridors are created, the Town retained Environmental Planning Group (EPG) to develop the Town’s Visually Significant Corridors Master Plan. The focus shall be on the major arterials of Tatum Boulevard and Lincoln Drive, but the plan shall also address fundamental quality of life issues within a streetscape, such as safety, accessibility, and Town identity, while promoting attractive treatments that reflect the Paradise Valley quality of life. The final product will be a user-friendly manual, which will include design objectives and guidelines, diagrams, photographs and other information necessary to clearly illustrate appropriate design principals for Tatum Boulevard and Lincoln Drive, as well as other roadways the Town may wish to later designate as Visually Significant Corridors.
It is expected that the process to develop this Master Plan will take approximately twelve months. The consultants will introduce the concept at tonight’s meeting and requests preliminary feedback from the Mayor and Town Councilmembers to five questions that can be found in the attached power point. This is just the first step of many. The consultants will outline their plan in more detail during their presentation.