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Bond 2000: Scottsdale Road Streetscape & Scenic Corridor Enhancement

Bond 2000: Scottsdale Road Streetscape & Scenic Corridor Enhancement. * Courtesy of Tim Conner, Scottsdale Planning. Bond 2000 Goals Scottsdale Rd. / Scenic Corridor. Enhance Scottsdale Road’s streetscape to reflect its significance as a signature roadway in Scottsdale.

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Bond 2000: Scottsdale Road Streetscape & Scenic Corridor Enhancement

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  1. Bond 2000:Scottsdale Road Streetscape & Scenic Corridor Enhancement * Courtesy of Tim Conner, Scottsdale Planning

  2. Bond 2000 Goals Scottsdale Rd. / Scenic Corridor • Enhance Scottsdale Road’s streetscape to reflect its significance as a signature roadway in Scottsdale. • Acquire, preserve and restore desert lands along Scottsdale Road’s Scenic Corridor. • Improve Scottsdale Road’s Image through landscaping, street hardware, street signs, underground power lines, walkways, trails, transit facilities and public art.

  3. $27M Bond Funding $4.4M Federal Transportation Grants (to date) 24.5 miles Approx $1M/ mile 6 Segments

  4. Guiding Principles • A Signature Street That Is: • A 25 Mile Celebration • Safe and Secure • A Corridor of Light and Shadow • A Series of Pedestrian Oriented • “Green Spots” • An Expression of: Form, • Line, Color, Texture, Pattern, • with Scale, and Repetition • Environmentally Sustainable and Maintainable

  5. Elements of Distinction and Continuity • Elements of Distinction: Unique character for in each Segment • Type of Stone, Color • Walls • Context-based Plant Planting, • Elements of Continuity: Common thread thematic elements repeated throughout the corridor • Green Spots • Mile and Half-Mile Markers • Benches, Street Furnishings

  6. Desert Foothills Scenic Drive Options for Consideration

  7. Desert Foothills Scenic DriveSource of Community Pride • A Unique Opportunity • Part of our heritage • “The Most Beautiful Desert in the World!” • 50th Anniversary in 2013

  8. Friends of the Scenic Drive – GPPAOverall Desert Foothills Scenic Drive Objectives • Less is more • Emphasize Distinctive Characteristics • Desert Foothills Heritage • Roadside Vegetation • Desert & Mountain Views • Rural Equestrian Environment • Link to McDowell Sonoran Preserve • Implement, Follow Preservation-Related Ordinances

  9. Recommended Actions • Strengthen Roadside Vegetation • Bury Remaining Powerlines • De-emphasize Infrastructure • Paint to blend in • Screen • Minimize signage • Maintain maximum ROW, dirt shoulders, scenic setbacks • Post & Rail at Intersections, etc. • Install vegetative median • Protect and implement trails plan • Special Treatment for Major Intersections?

  10. Recommended Actions • Restore Plant Identification Signs • Install distinctive road signs • Scottsdale Road, Happy Valley Road to Carefree Highway • Major Cross Streets • Minor Streets • Upgrade Scenic Drive exhibits, areas • Create Memory Park

  11. Desert Foothills Scenic DriveMemory Park • Expand Existing Scenic Drive Exhibits • Scenic Drive history • Flora • Fauna • Enhance Scenic Drive Web site • Relate to Heard Museum North, el Pedregal, MacDonald’s Ranch • Encourage Merchant Identification

  12. Introductory Exhibit It’s our hope that the Scenic Drive inspires “other communities to TAKE ACTION IN THE PRESERVATION OF natural beauties in their areas … this is truly an example of a community doing things for itself with a minimum of government assistance.” Vince Thelander, May 1966 - Topographic Map - Exhibit Overview

  13. Exhibits • Time & Events • People & Places • Preservation • For Information:www.scenicdrive.org • The Peak Magazine

  14. Scottsdale’s Proposed Schedules • Segment 6 –Happy Valley to Carefree Highway • In-house Scenic Corridor and Trail Study Spring - 2008 • Scoping & Consultant Selection - 2008 • Design – 2009 • Construction – 2010 • * Dates as of 02/08

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