Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Eloy City Council Work Session.

Hey, I'm feet back feeding here.

Today is March sixteenth.

The time is approximately five thirty PM.

Madam Cloak may have a roll call, please.

Councilmember Valdraska.

Here.

Councilmember Curtis.

Here.

Vice Minister Mingle excused.

Councilmember Schneider.

Here.

Councilmember Garcia?

Present.

Councilmember Galindo?

Here.

Mayor Sutton.

Here.

And as far as public comment, I don't see anybody here for public comment.

So we're going to move right all to discussion items of presentation and discussion on the Bataglia Road sidewalk project.

Who is the first one up cookie?

Good evening.

Um Mayor, Vice Mayor, Council.

Tonight we would like to provide a brief overview and have a discussion regarding the proposed sidewalk project along Bataglia Road from eleven mile corner road to Sunshine Boulevard.

The project would construct a new sidewalk along the South Side shoulder of the Taglia Road, improving pedestrian safety and connectivity within the corridor while supporting future transportation and infrastructure improvement improvements in the area.

Final design is programmed in in 2026 at the total amount of 267,977 of transportation alternative funding with a local match requirement of $16,198.

Construction funding is programmed in 2028 for $2,240,510 of transportation alternative funding with a local ranch requirement of $135,428.

The scope of the project is with Cookie said to install $5,310 linear feet.

That's just a little over one mile, a five-foot wide sidewalk on the south side of Ataglia Road, from 11 mile corner road to Sun Sunshine Boulevard.

The project would also include a vertical curb and gutter, 1688 accessible sidewalk ramps, and 10 sidewalk sculptor sculptors which is drainage and concrete.

The purpose of this project was to provide a pedestrian-friendly pathway to connect unprivileged and economically disadvantaged neighborhoods with parks, schools, and municipal buildings.

The benefits to the community included safer pedestrian paths for older citizens who may want to get out and walk and exercise, provide safer access for students who may walk or bike to school to any of the four schools within the area, provide safe pedestrian-friendly access paths for citizens to make to connect to an access parks and recreational facilities within the city of Eloy.

The project included the reducing of the lane with width of the eastbound travel lane, which led to which will lead to decreases in speed vehicles, which would not adversely impact drainage patterns and pathways along the project.

Currently there are no sidewalks on Patagley Road between 2,100 to 2,600 AADT average daily traffic with most recent 85th percentile speeds at 43 miles per hour.

Speed limit is 25 miles per hour from Curl Street to 11 mile corner road and 35 miles per hour between Curral Street and Sunshine Boulevard.

Speed bumps or pumps were not practical because Battaglia Road is one of the primary emergency uh response routes for the city.

So at this time I'll turn it over to uh Sean and he will provide you an overview of the design of the project.

Thank you, Irene.

Council.

Let's see if I can get this to work.

Okay.

Do you have this on the screen in front of you?

Okay, thank you.

Um I'll try not to be redundant, but this project was awarded to Horox.

Um we are the consultant designer, I'm the consultant project manager for this.

It's run through the ADOT project development on call.

Their numbering system, it's 0000 PNELY T053901C.

Federal aid ELYO 209T.

Can you use the mic?

Is it not coming through?

There you go.

There we go.

Okay.

Um so the existing condition on this is roughly about 35 feet of existing paved road.

There's two travel lanes, one eastbound, one westbound, and approximately an eight-foot shoulder across the north side of the road.

Um along the south side of the road, a existing drainage channel parallels the road with at each crossing there is um drainage pipes that flow.

Uh the cars use the existing dirt behind the curb on the north side to park.

That looks like this.

This is a picture looking west and a picture looking east.

So in the existing condition, there is a dedicated parking area.

The majority of cars from what we saw in Google Earth and a field walk and from what we heard from the city actually used the dirt.

In the existing right-away, there is technically three parcels here where there is not road dedicated right-away.

So what you see in Cyan, the road exists in the road easement.

That's 40 foot from the section line.

So there the rest of the road is actually in right away.

So we took a snippet of the design that you see on the screen.

North is up, and along the south side, you see that there's a sidewalk design that wraps around each of the cross streets with a crosswalk ramp, and there's a dedicated, will be a dedicated crosswalk there.

So when we got this project, we took it through the scoping.

We developed three alternatives, proposed those to the city.

This one was elected, so we moved forward with it.

Um did a 60% design that was used to procure the construction funding grant, and then we've moved it to 95%.

We have not formally made that 95% smiddle.

Project got put on hold.

Now it's in their discussion right now.

Um it is environmentally cleared.

So it that the cleanance package has been completed.

Um a little nature on this job is that uh there's significant amount of drainage on the crossroads.

So each of these crossroads was is very detailed so that they can be constructed and not pond or flood.

The typical section that's proposed is on your screen.

Uh this is looking to the east.

I don't know why I said west.

That's wrong.

Um along the north side, which is the last left of the typical section, there is an existing curb and gutter.

So what this design has done is it shifts the lanes to the north to the left side of the screen.

It eliminates that eight foot of parking, and then it puts in a curb and gutter and sidewalk along the south side of the road.

So the benefits of this job.

Um a thing that was proposed to us that was quite significant, and that's what we heard from the city is that attaining the right-of-way could be a deal breaker on this project.

So this project stays within the road easement.

If you put a sidewalk on the north side of the north curb and gutter, you have about three feet.

So a five-foot sidewalk would be two foot out of the road easement, which would then require dedicating the right-of-way or some sort of action.

So this design does not require that.

This design also has no significant channel impacts.

Um, an alternative we looked at was keeping the what road in the existing width without narrowing it and adding a sidewalk on the south side.

That does then narrow the training channel and also makes it very difficult to not impact the head walls of the culverts at the crossroads.

So this our current design does not touch the pipe culverts that does not extend the head walls, it wraps around them.

So the one of the key um considerations other than right-away was cost, and eliminating all those pipe extensions is a rather significant amount of cost.

Then this does not have any utility relocations along the north side.

There are um communication right pedestals and fire hydrants that the sidewalk would either have to wrap around or get relocated.

We have mixed mix of both that would be have to be addressed on a case-by-case basis.

Then there are no impacts to driveways along the north side.

Um, there are I believe two driveways.

This in this project ties into it.

Technically is an impact, but the impact is minimal.

Um, so we do not have to affect a significant amount of driveways on the north side, which would be if it was the sidewalk was flipped.

And then it does maintain the existing parking patterns.

It allows for that dirt to still be used, which from what we heard from the city was something that was favorable.

Um that's it on our design, and I'll answer any questions.

Questions will not.

Go ahead, sir.

You said that it would take away parking, but did you mean on the south side?

So I will go back.

Not the north side.

Yeah, so technically that that dirt stays, right?

The dirt stays.

The existing white striped eight-foot shoulder, which would be considered a parking aisle in the existing position, is no longer.

We eliminate that eight feet, we shift the two lanes to the north and just maintain only two lanes of pavement.

Uh what's the legality of those people parking on that dirt?

I mean, is there dirt or is it?

I mean, I don't have a problem with it.

I'm sure there's a legal aspect to it though.

Yeah, and I I can't confidently speak to whose responsibility that would be, but technically, if we have uh right-away in that area, they can't park there.

So probably right now they're not able to park there.

It depends on where their property line ends.

So we'd have to take a look at the maps and see where their property line ends.

If it ends at the curb, then it is their property essentially.

But if it doesn't, if the property line is that gate, then that's where they're limited to park.

I believe the property line for the most part is the fence line.

It's pretty consistent that you can see in the picture.

Because the issue I would have is somebody exiting a vehicle and getting slammed by somebody coming down the street, because now it is an eight-foot buffer between the street and the vehicle.

You know what I'm saying?

I mean, I don't have a problem when I'm talking there, but I just don't want that to be a liability for us.

So I just need clarification from the question that council member Curtis asked was that when I originally saw the plans for this project, the sidewalk was proposed for this, I believe, which was the south side, which was where um the drainage stitch is.

But in looking at these designs, I'm assuming it's the north side, which is where the residentials uh properties are um which one is correct.

So when you say original, what did you see?

Um existing design when this project was given to us.

We created three alternatives.

So what was the original?

The original proposal that I remember seeing, and I raised concerns about was that the sidewalk was going to be on the side where the drainage um ditches are.

And I it and I raised concerns because you know it especially during monsoon, those drainage dish ditches, the water flows really fast through it.

But now that I see this proposal, this proposal seems to be it's on the north side.

It's still where the drainage ditches are.

So the proposed design is on the south side.

When we looked at three different alternatives, one of them was to run a sidewalk on the north side north of the existing curb.

One of them was to run a sidewalk on the south side without narrowing the the existing road.

And the current proposed design is to run it along the south side while running, while narrowing the road.

So what's on the screen now at the typical section?

On the right, there's a four-to-one tie-in slope that's coming off the back of that sidewalk.

So there's a one-foot buffer from the back of the sidewalk plus that four to one tie-in where we are separating the pedestrians from the existing channel.

But yeah, is are there any uh proposals to have some kind of safety or buffer for pedestrians on the side of the drainage ditch?

So at a four-one slope from an ADA perspective and safety perspective, it does not warrant um handrail.

There is some isolated areas at the crossroads where we're wrapping around, and we have maybe 20 feet lengths of guardrail because the in those areas it's steeper than four to one, or it's an actual drop-off.

Um so those areas are protected.

I would say those are singular, not parallel to the entire road.

Okay, thank you.

Yeah.

Yes.

Yes.

So that's why.

That's eight feet currently.

Yes.

So you're moving a center of the road.

Yes.

Approximately plus or minus footage.

Yes.

The dirt is roughly eight to ten feet wide.

I'd have to measure it.

I don't know how to talk.

Yes.

From what we heard in this alternative development process from the city was that this was a consistent practice that existed out there, and there was not a desire to significantly change it.

And I just got a comment.

Can you continue to speak into the mic?

They're saying it's still hard to pick you up.

Sorry to feel it.

I feel like I'm hearing myself run clear.

Okay.

So I I think the design makes sense and everything.

Um I just have the same concern as the mayor, and I think as long as someone looks into it and alleviates our concern, just what is the legalities if someone does make the change, someone opens a door and they get slammed into and run over.

Do we need to put up parking signs or do we need to put a little a little tight, like three foot, you know, line, or what what's what's the implications for safety, basically?

I'd say one thing that would be an implication is this is supposed to be a dedicated parking aisle where they are already supposed to be between the curb and gutter and the white line.

So if they're using that, it would be the same issue in the current existing condition.

Understood.

Now it's gonna be a new situation.

So we I just think we should check into that before we say good to go.

And I have the same concerns.

And so why are they not using their driveways?

I know that um I live on sunshine, not all houses have driveways on sunshine.

Um, but there's plenty of not a lot, no parking signs along the road.

So people find ways to park their cars inside their yards.

Um why is that?

I can't speak to that at all.

I don't know.

I think maybe a suggestion before we even you know we move forward and start the construction is we send out at least one or two notices to each one of these homeowners that are in this area and advising them that this is what we're doing and what impact it may have on them in educating them that yes, you can still continue parking on there.

However, you know, there's the risk because now you have traffic coming in that other eight-foot section.

Um and Councilmember Vedrosca, I'm pretty sure that Irene and Scampo, they already did send out notices, and I um as far as I'm aware, I don't believe we got any feedback on that.

I believe it was a dot that did the A dot did.

They had uh uh outreach to all those folks that live along there.

Yeah, to let them know the design.

And they got no feedback from all the the residents.

And regardless of that too, if you want us to put out a separate notice or do like a town hall or something to try to get more feedback just so they're aware, we can always do that.

That's just above and beyond what's required.

It's just you know, we get to get so many notices and junk mail these days, like they probably didn't even read it, is my guess, you know, or even know what it meant.

So I I would think some form of communication and you know, maybe I haven't taken a look at every house on this road to see if they all have driveway parking.

Seems like most of them do, but it might just be a habit that they're parking there and that it's convenient that there might be the possibility of them being able to park in their driveways instead.

Uh you know, we just have to kind of I think we just need to be aware that we don't want to create a more dangerous situation on this road where we're trying to create a safer situation for the residents.

That as long as we figure that part out, I think it's a great thing.

And I think that's something that that we can um give notices and probably more outreach because this project's still about two years away.

So Cookie, I have a quick question for you.

The the houses that are um on this section of the tagula, do they uh have an alleyway where they put out their trash bins?

No, it all comes up through the front.

It comes up through the front as well.

Okay, thank you.

Yeah, uh thinking down the road a little bit.

In we're putting a sewer line down particular, correct?

Where's the sewer one going to be?

Jeremy.

I'll let Jeremy answer that question because he's pretty much on that project there.

So the sewer line is slated to be in the center of the westbound lane is what's proposed right now.

Um and in talking with uh Sun Corridor on the Bataglia sidewalk and uh Bataglia sewer projects, we'd like to see the the sewer line go in prior to any sidewalk to minimize any damage or inputs on the left lane is that lane is changing to the north, correct?

Correct.

Yeah, and so you put the sewer line in, it means it's not gonna really be in the center of the road.

It's gotta be displaced to look am I correct?

That's correct.

The engineers that we'll be designing it are aware of the the narrowing of the road.

So the existing sewer line that runs down Batagli is on the south side.

So we're trying to, with the depth of that sewer line, keep that distance between the two so it's more constructible.

So it would push the new line further further north.

That will probably get the attention of the people parking there too.

The other the other thing I would uh just throw out, we with our hopes are expecting some growth of residential and Esperanza and further down.

And are we limiting the potential size of this road?

Are we gonna be happy with the size, the total width of the road with uh more pedestrian or more uh residential traffic through the expansion down in the uh I guess closer to sunshine because what we're doing now with the sidewalk and the the road width, we're kind of fixing that road width forever.

So with the uh proposed improvements with the Esperanza they had submitted um some time ago, it did expand Bataglia um more so to the north.

It did not expand it to the south because there's a ditch there and no room to expand.

So they did create uh eastbound right turn lanes to pull into the development um, or I should say westbound and eastbound center turn lanes to allow the the north northern turn limp turn lane.

Um there was sidewalk going on their frontage along the their the north side of the of their property as well, yeah.

That's that's west of sunshine between well the the Esperanza development.

I mean you've seen the roads out there.

So they were addressing the the site that was built 20 years ago um with future phases to to be built later on.

I haven't seen any plans on that come in.

Can we go back to the map that shows where it because it goes from 11 mile to sunshine, right?

So is it where's Esperanza on relation on this map?

Where it is possible, Main Street.

Yeah, so uh the east line of the Esperanza development would be about main street going to the west to where the that church is.

Yeah.

Is there room to do those lanes and everything up in that area?

There for their development plans would be to improve and widen to the north in front of that development itself, and then future phases would would address their needs as well.

So narrow down there.

Yeah.

Just for clarification.

So the Esperanza is where it says Township 7 range.

Yeah, Main Street where it shows the construction sidewalk and the arrow.

Uh Esperanza is almost directly north of that.

Sorry, which map are you looking at?

Should be on your screen.

Yeah, Jeremy, you could also point with your cursor.

Did you guys have your cursor up there?

Can you see the cursor on there?

Okay.

So this is this is where the Esperanza development is.

Right here.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, a portion of them.

And then if you look.

Yeah, yeah.

I was gonna say a portion of them.

So Esperanza, when we're looking north, they're gonna be how many acres is that, Jeremy?

Like 300 or something like that?

Um I think the whole development, I think is over 600, but the the unit they're building right now, I think is around a hundred acres.

I'd have to double check on that.

Yeah, so you have that development there north, and then also if you're looking east, if this is you know true true north looking at this map.

If you look east of Sunshine Boulevard, that's also where the Walton project is, Palmia.

So that will also be more um development of that road when they come online as well.

I was just thinking ahead that right now Patacula is pretty much of a through fare if you start all the way down to Arizona City and start heading east, it goes all the way over to 87.

Yeah, I guess it builds a good case, Irene.

Why we need uh housing wood extended so we can take it.

So it's starting to happen.

That's a fight that's well on the way.

As well as 87 in the yeah.

So you guys are good?

Yeah, yeah, I think so.

Does anybody else have anything they'd like to add?

Or mayor.

Go ahead.

I will make a thank you.

I wasn't going to, but I'm thinking with this patient, I keep thinking about it.

That eight foot may be missed quite a bit.

Because it on a daily basis, it they park on the on the dirt.

Weekends, when they hold any kind of activities there, family functions, birthday parties, but they're parked all down that eight foot lane.

So either way, they're already getting out on the side of traffic as they come through.

Uh I don't think that's gonna make a difference if we cut it out.

It's just gonna be they're losing parking spots for family events.

Yeah, now they have parking like everybody else in the city, one thing in front.

Yeah.

Yeah.

They lose their double parking feature.

You could have no parking between certain hours.

You know, during a day where you see a lot more traffic through there, say no parking and at night, maybe they need a place to park for the night to go out at overnight parking or something.

But I've seen that a lot of places or cities where there's no parking during certain hours.

Yeah, we can look into putting those signs, you know, that say no parking between 7 and 4 p.m.

And then they can park there after, like close to that, because that is gonna be the through road.

So, first of all, city staff.

Well, yeah, go ahead, Matt.

Thanks for trying to do that.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

Uh so I just wanted to clarify that with this, the whole purpose of having this study session, this work session tonight really was to get input from Mayor and Council that this is the plan that you want to move forward with.

So I'm seeing head nods that that is yes.

Um, because if we didn't, the impact of it would be we'd essentially have to pay the cost for re-engineering of the project if we wanted to go with a different option.

But hearing that everybody's okay with it, we're gonna move forward with this option.

So okay, all right, good.

That's all I have now.

So city staff, I thank you all for the work you put in.

And I know it's been a lot.

And cookie smiling, yeah, that's good.

That's good.

And to some other favorite people in the room, some Carta, Irene, everybody.

You guys absolutely rock.

We're looking at what $300,000 worth of $400,000 worth of grants just past month.

And we can't thank you enough from our little city as far as that goes.

And if everybody's done, I will adjourn this meeting.

Motion to adjourn.

So moved.

Seg it.

Second.

It's a nice project.

Yeah, it is.

Thank you to them.

Oh, yeah.

I think we need a lot more sidewalks in this town, and that's a really