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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPackets - Council Packets (9)Council Meeting Regular Session February 3, 2016 1 Town Council Meeting Announcements 2 Upcoming Meetings 3 4 5 Oracle Road (State Route 77) Tangerine Road to Pinal County Line Project Update Town of Oro Valley Council Meeting Feb. 3, 2016 Jeremy Moore ADOT Assistant District Engineer 6 Project Overview Project Improvements Wildlife Crossings Schedule Update Presentation Topics 7 Project Overview Location: SR 77 - Tangerine Road to Pinal County Line Contractor: Granite Construction Company Contract Amount: $33,867,768.00 Contract Duration: Construction 22 months Landscape establishment 24 months 8 Project Overview (cont’d) Start of Construction: Summer 2014 Anticipated Construction Completion: Summer 2016 Utility Coordination On-going Public Outreach Local Businesses Residents 9 Project Improvements Project improvements completed: An additional 12-foot wide travel lane in each direction for a total of six travel lanes throughout the project area 10-foot wide shoulders allowing cyclists to use widened shoulders (7-foot wide with curb in Catalina) Raised-center medians and left-turn lanes in the Catalina area Retaining walls Sound barriers Traffic signal improvements 10 Project Improvements (cont’d) Drainage improvements Shared-use path on the east side of Oracle Road from Wilds Road to Eagle Crest Ranch Boulevard Two wildlife crossing structures Seeding Speed limits will be raised back up by February 11 Traffic signal improvements Vehicle and pedestrian detection are active Project Improvements (cont’d) 12 Wildlife Crossings Two wildlife crossing structures allow wildlife to migrate safely between the Santa Catalina and Tortolita mountains, without crossing the roadway at street level Made possible through RTA funding Constructed at the same time as this project Provides wildlife connectivity and reduces roadway hazards Overpass is located south of Wilds Road at approximately milepost 84.6 Underpass is located just south of North Big Wash Overlook at approximately milepost 83.9 13 Wildlife Crossings (cont’d) 14 Wildlife Crossings (cont’d) Worked with Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection Underpass widened to encourage crossing Before After 15 Wildlife crossings are complete Minor work to be done: painting and galvanization Wildlife Crossings (cont’d) 16 Remaining Work: Seeding Decomposed granite Erosion control measures Final paving ARACFC (rubberized asphalt) – June 2016 Final Striping – July 2016 Project Complete – Summer 2016 Schedule Update 17 Email: prico@azdot.gov Phone: 520-388-4233 or 855.712.8530 Visit the project website: azdot.gov/oracleroadtopinal Thank you for your partnership Contact Information 18 19 Temporary Signs in the Right-of-Way Town Council February 3, 2016 20 Temporary signs in the right-of-way Purpose Current enforcement suspended U.S. Supreme Court Ruling - Reed v. Town of Gilbert Content neutral regardless of sign type Arizona State Law Political signs Sign walkers At a September 2015 council meeting we learned about the United States Supreme Court ruling, Reed vs. Town of Gilbert, that forever changed how we are to look at signs in the ROW. At that Council meeting there was a vote to suspend sign code enforcement until we could work out the details. The Supreme Court ruling tells us that we must look at signs in a content neutral manner. That means we can no longer look at the message on the sign to determine if a sign is allowed or prohibited in the ROW. We can only focus on the design, size and location. We have also learned that State Law will continue to allow certain signs in the ROW regardless of Town Zoning….. which includes political signs and sign walkers. 21 State Law Supersedes Zoning The political signs are allowed in the ROW within a specific time frame associated with an election. Also sign walkers are allowed in the ROW within certain parameters. This preempts the Towns ability to substantially regulate either these sign types. 22 Oro Valley Allowed Sign Types Rancho Vistoso Community Yard Sales This weekend Open House Sign Zones Looking at a sign in a content neutral manner means we can no longer regulate the specific message on the sign or who can place the sign in the right-of-way. Each sign type currently in the code and shown on this slide, must now be allowed for virtually any message. 23 Content Neutral Open House Any Message For example, the this type of sign currently allows realtors to place an open house sign in the ROW. But now that we know we cannot regulate the message on the sign, we must determine how to move forward knowing that we must allow any message on the sign. 24 Options Allow all signs in the right-of-way Prohibit all signs in the right-of-way Except those regulated by the State Middle ground Focus on one or more sign types Limit time, place, quantity Paul’s Slide 25 26