5.
City Council Combined Special Meeting/Work Session
- Meeting Date:
- 09/13/2016
- From:
- Jeff Bauman, Traffic Engineer
- Department:
- Planning & Development Services
Co-Submitter:
David Wessel
TITLE:
Lone Tree Traffic Interchange - discussion on possibly reducing or eliminating the requirement that development pay for their transportation impact to the Lone Tree / I-40 Traffic Interchange.
DESIRED OUTCOME:
Staff will inform City Council on the background and history of the Lone Tree Traffic Interchange, through the regional planning process and associated documents, the ADOT I 40 Design Concept Report, and the involvement of private development in this project over time. Staff is seeking direction on the possibility of reducing or deleting the requirement that developers pay for their transportation impact to the Lone Tree / I-40 Interchange.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Lone Tree Traffic Interchange (TI) has been a part of City planning documents since1987 with its inclusion in Growth Management Guide 2000 and continues to be a part of the City's transportation future with its inclusion in the Flagstaff Regional Plan 2030: Place Matters, 2014. The design of the TI and the costs of the TI have fluctuated over time, but the benefits to the adjacent areas and to the broader network have continued to be confirmed with each iteration of the regional transportation model. All of the recent developments in the general area of the Lone Tree TI have contributed land for right of way and / or funding towards construction.
City Council has a number of options to consider:
City Council has a number of options to consider:
- Council may direct staff to pursue additional or more focused information.
- Council may choose to continue requiring development to pay for their transportation impact to the Lone Tree Traffic Interchange as has been done in the past.
- Council may choose to explore other tools for development to pay for transportation impacts.
- Council may choose to stop requiring development to pay for their transportation impact to the Lone Tree Traffic Interchange.
INFORMATION:
COUNCIL GOALS:
3) Provide sustainable and equitable public facilities, services, and infrastructure systems in an efficient and effective manner to serve all population areas and demographics
5) Explore and adopt policies to lower the costs associated with housing to the end user
6) Provide a well-managed transportation system
7) Continue to implement the Flagstaff Regional Plan and focus efforts on specific plans
REGIONAL PLAN:
T1 - Improve mobility and access throughout the region
3) Provide sustainable and equitable public facilities, services, and infrastructure systems in an efficient and effective manner to serve all population areas and demographics
5) Explore and adopt policies to lower the costs associated with housing to the end user
6) Provide a well-managed transportation system
7) Continue to implement the Flagstaff Regional Plan and focus efforts on specific plans
REGIONAL PLAN:
T1 - Improve mobility and access throughout the region