TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
DATE: June 22, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Town Manager
Staff Contact Kevin Burke, 480-348-3690
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Discussion of the Indian Bend Road Traffic Calming Measure Associated with Five Star/Ritz Carlton Development.
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Council Goals or Other Policies / Statutory Requirements:
Infrastructure - For efficient and effective execution, review and seek improvements for the planning, timing and coordination of infrastructure maintenance and enhancement.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Provide feedback and direction regarding the traffic calming measure approved by the City of Scottsdale on Indian Bend Road between Scottsdale Road and the Town limits.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Timeline of Decision Points
As a refresher to this topic that was part of the January 2016 Development Agreement (D.A.) between the Town of Paradise Valley and Five Star Development concerning what is generally known as the Ritz Carlton parcel, below is a timeline of decision points:
- Five Star and Town of Paradise Valley (TPV) TPV agreed that Palmeraie (the commercial element of the project split between Paradise Valley and Scottsdale) traffic should be prioritized to enter the development at 6750 N. Scottsdale Road. This is the current signalized intersection that enables movement into and out of the Spectrum. It was projected at time of the D.A. that such entrance would require a double left turn lane.
- City of Scottsdale (COS) did not approve this. They prioritized the Palmeraie traffic to enter at Indian Bend.
- Because COS prioritized Palmeraie traffic to Indian Bend, the "Ritz Carlton Resort Master Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA)" dated November 2015 called for traffic calming on Indian Bend (Executive Summary page 4, first bullet and Future Rodway Improvements page 29-31).
- As a side note, the left turn lane at 6750 Scottsdale Road was approved as a single lane permissibl...
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