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Dre (event organizer) told the committee that Creative Flagstaff and the Downtown Business Alliance were involved in permitting, and that ARDEX funding will cover the street-closure costs: Dre said the ARDEX grant would cover barrier personnel and the permit (\"about $1,275, I think\") and that Creative Flagstaff would stipend the organizer $500 if the organization performs administrative tasks. Dre said he paid additional out-of-pocket costs for a larger band sound system (about $1,200) and a videographer (about $900) after a neighborhood sustainability grant application was not funded.

The event will include a parked Mountain Lion (bus) activation with poets performing at intervals, music on the square from two bands, vendor booths, bike vendors and partner organizations including Flagstaff Biking Organization, MetroPlan, High Country Adaptive and others. Dre said he will provide in-person paper surveys at the event and a QR code for online responses; he intends to distribute the survey widely (to event attendees, mailing lists and others) and to collect a few hundred responses if possible. Committee members said broader distribution to mailing lists would be helpful; Dre said the survey is still being finalized and expected to be ready in early next week.

Committee members discussed parking availability downtown after hours and methods for collecting data to evaluate the street-closure impact on businesses. Dre said the event is scheduled for May 2 and encouraged committee members to attend and promote it.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Flagstaff Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting - April 24, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Organizers described programming and funding for a Car Free First Friday street closure on Aspen Street, including ARDEX funding to cover barriers and permits and an in-person/online survey to collect community feedback.","taxTitle","Flagstaff City, Coconino County, Arizona","taxId",4650,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6576330,"City staff brief committee on status of federal grants and Safe Streets master plan",121,1857000,1978000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3129075-f2a7fe7fa56e76340be941b9fb9b4835&start=1857&end=1978","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3129075-f2a7fe7fa56e76340be941b9fb9b4835/thumbnail_1857000.jpg","/articles/6576330/Flagstaff-City/Coconino-County/Arizona/City-staff-brief-committee-on-status-of-federal-grants-and-Safe-Streets-master-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6576330-9b8e5fb73ca2d26fb72ce4c166afac81/orig.mp4?Expires=1770406197&Signature=VAWy0MdTWSpYaVQHbRZBmzPpi3catUmKBlKQYWbk67vPdLZ9ruydx5Vdo1Ua4UUIiwrlGbybXx3t7zxla1o-R95~x~tP7vPHjn2arumjkY4G9c--WcN6J-o-MsviPMEqIEcvwjhhCQ49r5NHDCMj1SSTWZfGOaAFGU77stdl5reB8QZ0WcLqw-w811vE9bi~Tf3340j8wTW8eukF13J5T0j2wMd5t33caGhXhRPWW3IEsscqPwqt7y8XTb6UvhCujO9AT34uHv7~6SjsQSmrw3wqlsYfl8gK-g~Uz62rM0dctbUHuycS7A0ROj2V6-hRCtnWG-g83lGqwegrpS2qVQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City staff summarized the status of several federal transportation grants, answered committee questions about review of older awards under the current federal administration, and described progress on the Safe Streets master plan and several capital projects.

Chris (presenter) listed active grants with signed agreements and those still pending. Active, signed projects include a HSIP roundabout project at Fourth/Cedar/Locke (under construction), the Butler Avenue complete-streets conversion, an \"infra downtown mile\" project with crossings at BNSF and Route 66, an ADOT Transportation Alternatives Safe Routes to School planning effort in partnership with MetroPlan and Mountain Line, a Federal Transit Administration first-mile/last-mile project, and the SS4A (Safe Streets and Roads for All) master planning award (about $2.4 million) that will go to procurement later in spring. Pending awards without signed agreements included a RAISE grant award for Butler Avenue and a HSIP project to add streetlights and retroreflective backplates along Highway 89; staff said these have been awarded but do not yet have signed grant agreements.

Staff and the committee discussed the possible effects of the new federal administration’s executive orders on pending grants. Martin told the committee that grants with signed agreements and those where funds have already been obligated give the city more protection from federal review, and he said the city’s FHWA contacts indicated reviews were under way for some awards but that staff did not expect cancellations for projects that are already obligated or that do not conflict with the administration’s priorities. He used a planned streetlight/retroreflective backplate project as an example of an effort unlikely to draw review.

On the Safe Streets master plan, staff said the grant agreement was finalized in December 2024, a scoping team of interagency stakeholders (city, Mountain Line, county, MetroPlan) has conducted about 30 stakeholder interviews, and scoping will be finalized ahead of a procurement expected in the coming month or two. Staff said public engagement events have not yet occurred but will be scheduled and circulated to the PAC and BAC when the project is ready for public input.

Staff also gave brief status notes on other projects: the Butler Avenue conversion is moving to procurement for environmental review and then design; Safe Routes to School work is beginning with traffic counts and data collection; the city plans to replace or repair about eight miles of asphalt foots trails this summer, focusing first on school access segments; and the micro-mobility share outreach phase is wrapping up with vendor outreach and cross-committee input expected soon.

Committee members asked where to find more public information about the Safe Streets master plan and were told that public meetings and outreach will be announced once the project reaches the public-participation stage.","City staff told advisory committee members which federal grants have signed agreements, which are pending, and provided an update on the Safe Streets master plan scoping and procurement schedule.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6576335,"Advisory committees approve letters supporting Mount Elden trail and Fort Valley road grants",933,471000,1404000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3129075-f2a7fe7fa56e76340be941b9fb9b4835&start=471&end=1404","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3129075-f2a7fe7fa56e76340be941b9fb9b4835/thumbnail_471000.jpg","/articles/6576335/Flagstaff-City/Coconino-County/Arizona/Advisory-committees-approve-letters-supporting-Mount-Elden-trail-and-Fort-Valley-road-grants","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6576335-379b03fa60118475731779d7dcb95989/orig.mp4?Expires=1770406197&Signature=ZjmxbGQ9p2QnMkyMaiKx4TPiSKnmdunrZJSlUBhIX95Z2GBFmtPgfnJs6FDqSvertRVpQnHFlohs~0Qb2nXKLFqMOonMYtIC1bnduJxmFvrR6wS6Lhl8cusgggFgQWJI7t9QPdimh3PQs505fMXQcihCkuPrjjbT6W1DfPokdZIw7KC71n86CkUzEiUEOgZE1o0Kk7e~DHO8Q7S9yBx5clA2LKjMPX9g~9cWsvkQtieEMV3gJ43qsNIPxSXCftR-VotWencLvEjGug6jTzxSvMtRBOlwRGQaYFOcYuUkHa9YM7E2dXqygJmQBy2Csn2WVCTTmMImjD0tSAsxhHK3Nw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Members of Flagstaff’s Bicycle and Pedestrian advisory committees voted unanimously to authorize two letters of support for separate Transportation Alternatives grant applications: one from the Coconino National Forest for a Mount Elden urban trail and one from the City of Flagstaff for Fort Valley Road mobility enhancements.

The committee approved a motion to provide a letter backing the Forest Service’s application for design and future construction of roughly 5.5 miles of 48-inch-wide crushed-aggregate urban trail along the base of Mount Elden, connecting Buffalo Park to Sandy Seep Trailhead and linking toward Stoney Park. Pat McGurvey, recreation staff for the Flagstaff District of the Coconino National Forest, said the project would follow some existing logging-road footprints and that proposed trail construction would include a 4-inch base with a 2-inch crushed-granite surface \"so same like strollers, yeah — pretty hard.\" McGurvey told the committee the Forest seeks a letter to include with its ADOT Transportation Alternatives grant application and hoped to submit the grant by next Friday.

The committee approved a separate letter supporting the City of Flagstaff’s Fort Valley Road mobility enhancements grant application. Chris Fair, speaking for the city, described the project area running from Navajo Road north toward Secrest Elementary School and said the grant request is primarily for 60% scoping to identify missing curb, gutter and sidewalk segments on the east side of Fort Valley, driveway pan and ADA improvements, right-of-way needs and places where travel lanes could be widened to create safer bike shoulders. Fair said the city’s cost estimate for scoping is about $592,000 with a grant request of $558,000 and that the grant would carry a 5.7% local match.

Committee members asked questions about how the Mount Elden project would manage braided social trails and signage; McGurvey said roughly 10 miles of trails in the project zone are slated for adoption or reroute to become system trails and that some informal paths would be obliterated where they do not make sense. On Fort Valley, committee members raised concerns about nighttime glare from vehicle headlights and suggested considering visibility and signage for cyclists, as well as ADA-compliant driveway pan designs and yield/stop markings at high-use driveways. Fair said ADA considerations and improved signage and stop bars are part of the scoping work.

Both motions passed by voice vote and were recorded as carrying 4–0. For the Forest Service letter, a committee member said he would format the draft onto city letterhead and obtain the signature. For the Fort Valley letter, committee members asked that the draft include language explicitly noting pedestrian benefits; one committee member suggested adding a sentence acknowledging pedestrian improvements.

Votes at a glance

- Letter of support for Coconino National Forest Transportation Alternatives grant (Mount Elden Dry Lake Hills Recreation Planning Project): vote recorded as 4 yes, 0 no. Motion to provide letter carries.
- Letter of support for City of Flagstaff Transportation Alternatives scoping grant (Fort Valley Road mobility enhancements project): vote recorded as 4 yes, 0 no. Motion to provide letter carries.

The committee’s approvals will allow staff to finalize the draft letters and place them on city letterhead for signature and submittal with the respective grant applications.","Flagstaff advisory committee members voted unanimously to authorize letters of support for a U.S. Forest Service Transportation Alternatives grant for a Mount Elden urban trail and for a City of Flagstaff Transportation Alternatives scoping grant for Fort Valley Road mobility improvements.","actionData","errors"]

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Organizers outline Car Free First Friday plans; ARDEX grant to cover street-closure costs

City staff brief committee on status of federal grants and Safe Streets master plan

Advisory committees approve letters supporting Mount Elden trail and Fort Valley road grants