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NOTICE OF MEETING
REGULAR MEETING
MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Chairman Paul Garvey
Vice Chairman Scott Grzybowski
Commissioner Thomas Aiello
Commissioner Tom Barberic
Commissioner Bill Craig
Commissioner Janice Holden
Commissioner Dr. Darrienne Slater
TIME:5:00 P.M. – REGULAR MEETING
WHEN:TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2020
WHERE:FOUNTAIN HILLS COUNCIL CHAMBERS
16705 E. AVENUE OF THE FOUNTAINS, FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ
Commissioners of the Town of Fountain Hills will attend either in person or by telephone conference call; a quorum of the
Town’s Council, various Commission, Committee or Board members may be in attendance at the Commission meeting.
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right to consent before the State or any of its political subdivisions make a video or audio recording of a minor child. Meetings
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§1-602.A.9 have been waived.
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1.CALL TO ORDER – Chairman Garvey
2.ROLL CALL – Chairman Garvey
3.CALL TO THE PUBLIC
Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.01(H), public comment is permitted (not required) on matters NOT listed on the
agenda. Any such comment (i) must be within the jurisdiction of the Commission, and (ii) is subject to reasonable
time, place, and manner restrictions. The Commission will not discuss or take legal action on matters raised
during Call to the Public unless the matters are properly noticed for discussion and legal action. At the conclusion
of the Call to the Public, individual commissioners may (i) respond to criticism, (ii) ask staff to review a matter, or
(iii) ask that the matter be placed on a future Commission agenda.
4.DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION of Safety Options on the Promenade Trail
5.DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION on Emergency Marker and Landing Zone for Ridgeline Trail
6.UPDATE on the Community Services Parks, Trails, and Recreation Master Plan
7.REVIEW of Trail Counter Activity
8.DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION of Revised Work Group Structure
9.DISCUSSION on Adero Canyon Trailhead Access
10.ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING OF NOTICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing notice was duly posted in accordance with the statement filed
by the McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission with the Town Clerk.
Dated this ______ day of ____________________, 2020.
_____________________________________________
Jamie Salentine, Executive Assistant
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available for review in the Community Services' Office.
McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission Meeting of February 25, 2020 2 of 2
ITEM 4.
TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS
STAFF REPORT
Meeting Date: 02/25/2020 Meeting Type: McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission
Agenda Type: Submitting Department: Community Services
Prepared by: Jamie Salentine, Executive Assistant
Staff Contact Information: Rachael Goodwin, Community Services Director
Request to McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission (Agenda Language): DISCUSSION
AND CONSIDERATION of Safety Options on the Promenade Trail
Staff Summary (Background)
Attachments
Options for Promenade Trail
Form Review
Form Started By: Jamie Salentine Started On: 02/20/2020 06:52 AM
Final Approval Date: 02/20/2020
Promenade Trail Safety Problem
Option 1: Build steps up to the end of this area. This might be done by digging
steps into the existing surface. This might easily be done with a backhoe although
it could be done, with effort, by hand. It is our belief that this is the best option. It
would provide a solution for hikers. However, it does not address the safety
factor for bikers and it would be difficult to do if done by hand and possibly
expensive if done with backhoe.
Option 2: Build similar steps up to the entrance to the Alternate Bike trail. Then
from about 100 yards up this Alternate bike trail build a new trail to the left of the
existing Promenade trail, using some switchbacks, that would go up to the area of
the original entrance to the Western loop trail. This would allow hikers to avoid
the uphill portion of the Promenade. However, it would be somewhat difficult to
build and people would probably still use the existing Promenade trail instead of
this new alternate.
Option 3: Bypass the initial bad part of the Promenade trail that is just past the
second gate by building a new trail starting to the east of the rock outcropping
just north of the Trailhead ramada and going up to the area of the present
temporary water tower. This would be a safe way for hikers to avoid that first
part of the Promenade trail. However, it would not deal with the area from the
water tower up to the Western Loop entrance and people would probably still
tend to use the Promenade trail.
Option 1 - steps
Option 2 – steps to bypass trail
Option 3
Bypass trail
ITEM 7.
TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS
STAFF REPORT
Meeting Date: 02/25/2020 Meeting Type: McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission
Agenda Type: Submitting Department: Community Services
Prepared by: Jamie Salentine, Executive Assistant
Staff Contact Information: Rachael Goodwin, Community Services Director
Request to McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission (Agenda Language): REVIEW of Trail
Counter Activity
Staff Summary (Background)
Attachments
Trail Counter Activity
Form Review
Form Started By: Jamie Salentine Started On: 02/20/2020 07:23 AM
Final Approval Date: 02/20/2020
Botanical
Garden
Lake Overlook
Trail
Sonoran
North End
A-K & Western
Loop trails
Adero
Canyon
Overlook
Trail
2017
Jan 6121 400 250
Feb 8699 500 338
Mar 8150 700 388 Estimated
Apr 5402 600 399 4/29/19 ACT restricted access commences
May 3118 300 300 Counter not yet in service
Jun 2563 300 300
Jul 2377 300 300
Aug 1750 300 300
Sep 2100 300 300
Oct 4000 325 300
Nov 5900 375 300
Dec 7097 425 300
2017 Total 0 57277 4825 3775 0 0
2018
Jan 6984 483 240
Feb 6448 737 1059
Mar 2491 9948 1581 1461
Apr 1262 5153 2409 500
May 925 3356 898 300
Jun 563 1816 1042 300
Jul 439 1646 500 300
Aug 370 1622 500 300
Sep 650 1935 500 300
Oct 1030 3715 500 450
Nov 1630 5463 655 628
Dec 2251 5001 487 2101 7363
2018 Total 11611 53087 10292 7939 7363
2019
Jan 2291 6969 677 2550 10237
Feb 2467 5505 731 2250 9010
Mar 3295 8080 1150 4150 16564
Apr 1452 5488 1581 1879 6645
May 945 3938 754 1212 666
Jun 449 2471 254 115 183
Jul 402 1736 152 200 200
Aug 386 1533 200 200 200
Sep 690 2588 350 300 300
Oct 1087 3759 500 500 500
Nov 1720 5496 652 700 700
Dec 1818 3913 707 1083 1040
2019 Total 17002 51476 7708 15139 46245
2020
Jan 1904 7657 915 1676 1548
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2020 Total 1904 7657 915 1676 1548 0
24
9
1
12
6
2
92
5
56
3
43
9
37
0
65
0
10
3
0
16
3
0
22
5
1
22
9
1
24
6
7
32
9
5
14
5
2
94
5
44
9 40
2
38
6
69
0
10
8
7
17
2
0
18
1
8
19
0
4
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Botanical Gardens
2018
2019
2020
61
2
1
86
9
9
81
5
0
54
0
2
31
1
8
25
6
3
23
7
7
17
5
0
21
0
0
40
0
0
59
0
0
70
9
7
69
8
4
64
4
8
99
4
8
51
5
3
33
5
6
18
1
6
16
4
6
16
2
2
19
3
5
37
1
5
54
6
3
50
0
1
69
6
9
55
0
5
80
8
0
54
8
8
39
3
8
24
7
1
17
3
6
15
3
3
25
8
8
37
5
9
54
9
6
39
1
3
76
5
7
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lake Overlook Trail
2017
2018
2019
2020
40
0
50
0
70
0
60
0
30
0
30
0
30
0
30
0
30
0
32
5
37
5
42
5
48
3
73
7
15
8
1
24
0
9
89
8
10
4
2
50
0
50
0
50
0
50
0
65
5
48
7
67
7
73
1
11
5
0
15
8
1
75
4
25
4
15
2
20
0
35
0
50
0
65
2
70
7
91
5
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Sonoran North End
2017
2018
2019
2020
25
0
33
8
38
8
39
9
30
0
30
0
30
0
30
0
30
0
30
0
30
0
30
024
0
10
5
9
14
6
1
50
0
30
0
30
0
30
0
30
0
30
0
45
0
62
8
21
0
1
25
5
0
22
5
0
41
5
0
18
7
9
12
1
2
11
5
20
0
20
0
30
0
50
0
70
0
10
8
3
16
7
6
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
AK & Western Loop
2017
2018
2019
2020
73
6
3
10
2
3
7
90
1
0
16
5
6
4
66
4
5
66
6
18
3
20
0
20
0
30
0
50
0
70
0
10
4
0
15
4
8
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Adero Canyon
2018
2019
2020