I-10 Twin Peaks Traffic Interchange, Environmental Assessment

Public Involvement/Project Coordination October 2005
Comment: Concerns about amenities – park facilities (1 comment)
Response: Project amenities are discussed in Chapter 3, Preferred Alternative, page 3-
11).
Comment: Expressed desire to receive information from website (1 comment)
Response: The Town intends to establish a website for this project, but one has not yet
been established.
During the initial public information meeting, concerns were expressed regarding the
safety of children attending Twin Peaks Elementary School. As a result, the Town of
Marana chose Twin Peaks Elementary School as their initial Safe Routes to School
program and a “Safe Routes to School” committee was formed. The committee consisted
of representatives from the Town of Marana’s Engineering staff, Twin Peaks Elementary
School staff (the Principal and a teacher), a parent of a student at Twin Peaks Elementary
School, the Marana Unified School District’s Facilities and Transportation Department,
the Marana Police Department, and an engineering consultant. The committee
recommended the construction of a 4,500-foot long, 14-foot wide shared use path along
the south side of Twin Peaks Road from Silverbell Road to Coachline Boulevard and
along Coachline Boulevard from Twin Peaks Road approximately 725 feet to the south.
The shared use path was discussed subsequently with the Town of Marana’s Parks and
Recreation Department and nearby homeowners associations. As the design of the shared
use path advances, an open house would be held to solicit additional input from the
community. The Town participated also in a School Safety Day held at Twin Peaks
Elementary School as part of the educational efforts initiated by the Town. Although the
Twin Peaks Road TI project does not provide funding for this shared use path, the social,
economic, and environmental effects of this path are addressed within this document to
increase the probability of the grant application’s success.
Public Information Open House #2 - Comments and Response Summary
Approximately 135 people attended an open house on March 22, 2004 at Twin Peaks
Elementary School, 7995 W. Twin Peaks Road. A presentation on the status of the
project, project schedule, and Twin Peaks Road TI location alternatives was given at 7:00
p.m. The project team was available before and after the presentation to answer questions
and receive comments from open house participants. Comment forms were available for
participants to record any comments or ask any questions. The public was asked
specifically to comment on the three Twin Peaks Road TI alignment alternatives
presented. The most common comment, as it was in the first public information meeting,
was that the TI should be constructed as quickly as possible. Notifications were mailed to
approximately 700 residents, businesses, and government agency personnel who are
stakeholders in the project or who had expressed interest in the project. Newspaper
advertisements were placed in the March 7, 2004, Sunday Arizona Daily Star and the
weekly Northwest Explorer newspapers on March 10, 2004. The advertisements for the
meeting may be found in Appendix A.
Interstate 10 Traffic Interchange at
Twin Peaks/Linda Vista
5-8
Project No.: NH-010-D (AIW)
TRACS No.: 10 PM 236 H5838 01D