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HomeMy WebLinkAbout34-09 RESOLUTIONRESOLUTION NO. 34-09 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN AGREEMENT • AS PREPARED BY THE ARKANSAS HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (AHTD) FOR HIGHWAY 265 BETWEEN TOWNSHIP STREET AND IVEY LANE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS: Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby adopts the Access Management Plan Agreement as prepared by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department (AHTD) for Highway 265 between Township Street and Ivey Lane. PASSED and APPROVED this 3rd day of February, 2009. APPROVED: B ATTEST: ���"„a K/T•Rtttttt. 4,4\c": -461Y O,c 'P .`0 "3S :FAYETTEVILLE st..)-.7. iiimileint By: C�h � �"VYai� SONDRA E. SMITH, City Crerk/Treasurer ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY RECEIVED AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT Dan Flowers Director Phonc (501)569-20(X) Fax (501)569-2400 The Honorable Lioneld Jordan Mayor of Fayetteville 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 March 31, 2009 APR 0 2 2009 CITY SOFCLEMAYORIE P.O. Box 2261 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-2261 W W W.AR KANSASHIGH W AYS.COM Dear Mayor Jordan: Reference is made to the Highway 265 Access Management Plan in Fayetteville. Enclosed is a fully executed original copy of the Plan Agreement. All parties should take the necessary actions to implement the Plan. If additional information is needed, please advise. Sincerely, Scott E Bennett Assistant Chief Engineer - Planning Enclosure c: Deputy Director and Chief Engineer Assistant Chief Engineer — Design Planning and Research Environmental Roadway Design District 4 FHWA Chris Brown, City of Fayetteville Jeff Hawkins, NWARPC ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN AGREEMENT For HIGHWAY 265 IN FAYETTEVILLE I. PARTIES — This agreement is made between the City of Fayetteville (the City), the Arkansas State Highway Commission (the Commission) acting through the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (the Department) and the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission as the designated metropolitan planning organization for Northwest Arkansas under federal transportation regulations (the MPO). Although a very short portion of the east side of the corridor north and south 'of Clear Creek Drive is in the City of Springdale, Springdale is not a formal party to the agreement. However, Springdale officials have been consulted during the Plan development and will be consulted on the rare. occasion that Springdale property may be impacted. II. ROUTE — This access management agreement pertains to Highway 265, also' known as Crossover Road south of Clear Creek Drive and Old Missouri Road to the north, from the intersection with Township Street north to the intersection with Ivey Lane, (the Roadway). See Appendix A, Figure 1. III. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE — Highway 265 is a principal arterial on the City master street plan and serves as an intra -regional arterial roadway connecting the City to its economic region. The primary purpose for this agreement is to protect the capacity of the roadway to carry significant local and intra -regional traffic while increasing the safety for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians that use this facility. It is the intent of this agreement to provide access to abutting properties consistent with this objective. IV. AUTHORITY — Both. the City and the Commission have specific legal authority to regulate access to public roads. In the case of the City, it is found in Arkansas Code Annotated 14 56-419 In the case of the Commission, it is found in Arkansas Code Annotated 27-65-107. The MPO is hereby granted standing in this access management agreement by the City and the Commission in recognition of its role in transportation planning within the metropolitan area. V. ACCESS PLAN — Management of access to the roadway is necessary to achieve the primary purpose of the agreement. The access management plan (the Plan) is detailed in Appendix A. The Plan is a Specific Access Management Plan in which all median breaks are specifically identified. Standards for driveways are also established to be applied during plat review i prior to development approval by the City. In addition, any property interconnect agreements and requirements or new local roadways needed to facilitate median construction are included in this Plan. VI. AGREEMENT ADOPTION/TERMINATION/MODIFICATION — This agreement will be deemed adopted when passed in identical form by the Fayetteville City Council, the Northwest Arkansas MPO, and the Arkansas State Highway Commission and signed by their proper representatives. This agreement may be terminated or modified, in whole or in part only by mutual agreement of all of the parties as evidenced• by resolutions adopted by each governing body VII. PLAN ADMINISTRATION — A. Permit Application. A permit issued by the Department will be required for new driveway access to the Roadway. Any legal person owning property abutting the Roadway may request a driveway access permit The permit will be requested through a designated administrative process from the City of Fayetteville. The applicant is required to submit a detailed plan for the driveway including a map showing its exact location and a design that shows the curb radii, driveway throat width and length, and that specifies the projected volume of turns into and out of the driveway Any joint access agreements with other property owners should also be submitted. After review of the application, the City determines whether the request is within the allowable parameters established by the Plan. If so, the City stamps the detailed plan with a review signature block (Appendix B), signs it indicating approval, enters any approval conditions in the comment section, and returns to the applicant. The applicant will then submit the stamped plan to the Department's District 4 Permit Officer for review. If the City has approved the application as evidenced by the signature of a properly designated administrative representative and if the application meets all Department cnteria for issuance of such a permit, the Department will sign the .approval block and issue a permit to the applicant. If the signature of a designated City representative is missing from the permit application, the Department will not issue a permit. In the rare case that a driveway permit is submitted to the Department in the short section within the City of Springdale, all signatories will be informed of 2 the application and will make anoint determination in consultation with the City of Springdale. B. Amending the Plan. A Plan amendment (variance) will be considered at the request of any of the parties to this agreement or at the request of an applicant whose permit request has been denied by any of the parties. The proposed amendment must be adopted in identical form by the Fayetteville City Council, the Northwest Arkansas MPO, and the Arkansas State Highway Commission to become effective. The Plan will be updated immediately after construction of each widened portion of the Roadway is completed to reflect any changes to driveway location due to that construction if necessary. Pursuan to Resolution No. 3 q-c5bf the Fayetteville City Council approved on the 3 rd day of 6 -bum r� , 2009 /_sot of ayor Lio Jordan Pursuant to Resolution No. 02-o9 of the Northwest Arkansas MPO approved on the,' day offe4ruariv , 2009 Pursuant to Minute Order No. '& 9"o2I of the Arkansas State Highway Commission approved on the 14" day of J uoaaq , 2009 i{ai11 )/.. ri Da 1 Flowers I ector Arkansas St. e Highway and Transportation Department 3 APPENDIX A HIGHWAY 265 ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN Design Concept As a principal arterial, the proposed design for Highway 265 from Township to Ivey Lane (Figure 1) is intended to balance the need to provide for long distance travel on the roadway and reasonable access to abutting properties while at the same time maintaining the capacity of the roadway to operate in a safe and efficient manner. Consequently, access to abutting property is subordinate to the goal of traffic movement and subject to necessary management of entrances and exits. Design Elements Raised median -divided facility • Median breaks generally spaced at 1/4 mile intervals • Traffic signals generally spaced at 1/2 mile intervals Future signal locations at median breaks will be determined by meeting warrants, on a case by case basis. Future median breaks may be considered if there is an identified safety or operational problem, or both, at an adjacent intersection with an existing median break. Quick turn -around (bulb -out) design at all median breaks to allow U-turns. Nine (9) full directional median breaks (identified by MB# on the following maps) with quick turnarounds at the following locations: • MB #1 - Ferguson Avenue/Candlewood Drive, • MB #2 - Old Wire Road, • MB #3 - Par Court, • MB #4 - Joyce Boulevard, • MB #5 - Sterling Court, • MB #6 - West Zion Road, • MB #7 - East Zion Road, • MB #8 - Hearthstone Drive, and • MB #9 - Albright Road. 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No parcels along the Roadway shall be subdivided into lot sizes too small to meet the minimum access point spacing requirement unless a written easement agreement is executed between adjacent properties. Existing driveways (identified by ED# on the following maps) in place at the date of the adoption of this Plan that do not conform with the standards herein shall be designated as nonconforming features and shall be brought into compliance with the applicable standards under the following conditions: (a) When new access connection permits are requested; (b) Upon expansion or improvements to commercial or multi -family residential property greater than 50 percent of the assessed property value or gross floor area or volume, or (c) As roadway improvements allow. The location and number of existing driveways shall be updated and amended into the Plan immediately after construction of each widened portion of the Roadway is completed. Property that fronts the Roadway and a lower -classification street should place higher priority on accessing the lower -classification street. A-3 r \. 8002 uaaeW 4o sir aoAor d!ysuMol - sAeManpa 6ugs!xj 592 AeMg6!H Z aan6!J ' Air 1 Trivoi 011 1r ♦ r. •••.t1 f 1 4.0 A 1 J • 1 r vr Iae I• ran. 440 JegwnN Neale ue!paw - # 8W aegwnN Mea►anua 6u9spx3 - # as %' 4!4''kms • .41 see 800Z 113ae1AI 40 sb auei ASA! 04 aoAor - sAemenpa 6u!Ts!xJ 993 Ae^^116!H 8 eJn6!d CONCEPT SPECIFICS OF EACH MEDIAN BREAK MB #1- Ferguson Avenue/Candlewood Drive Rationa/e - Proposed median break is greater than 1/4 mile from Old Wire Road to the north and Township Street to the south. Two established neighborhoods on either side of Highway 265 will be served by MB #1. A-6 r040440 r01 dgn 10/25/2007 952 59 AM MB #I- Ferguson AN enue/Candlowood Driv e MB #2 - Old Wire Road Rationale - Proposed median break is located at an existing signalized intersection. Old Wire Road, functionally classified as a minor arterial, serves the growing area of eastern Fayetteville and parts of Washington County. It also serves a recently built fire station (Fire Station No. 5) immediately to the west. Conditions — Approximately 300 feet to the south of MB #2 will be a mountable curb for access to and from Fire Station No. 5. This is not to be considered a median break, but only a design allowance for emergency vehicles only. A-8 r040440 r01 dgn 10/25/2007 9 55 59 AM MB #2 - Old Wire Road MB #3 - Par Court Rationale - Proposed median break is located at approximately 1 /2 mile between Old Wire Road and Joyce Boulevard. Par Court serves an established subdivision west of Highway 265. The City of Fayetteville's Master Street Plan (MSP) extends Bridgewater Lane as a collector to the west to Highway 265 at Birdie Drive. This connection was made on the Fayetteville MSP after the May 2007 public hearing, assuming the median break was proposed at Birdie Drive. However, the access to Birdie Drive is located within a horizontal curve on Highway 265, while Par Court is not. Par Court is also directly west of Bridgewater Lane which would facilitate a smoother future connection to the east. For the above reasons, a median break is proposed at Par Court. r040440_r01 dgn 10/25/2007 9:59 42 AM MB #3 - Par Court MB #4 - Joyce Boulevard Rationale - Proposed median break is located at an existing signalized intersection. Joyce Boulevard, functionally classified as a minor arterial, serves the growing commercial and residential areas of north Fayetteville and parts of Washington County. MB #5 - Rationale Sterling Court - Proposed median break is greater than 1/4 mile from West Zion Road to the north and Joyce Boulevard to the south. Sterling Court serves an established duplex subdivision east of Highway 265.