File #: RES 19-20    Version: 1 Name: Resolution and Support I-11
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/13/2019 In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 6/4/2019 Final action: 6/4/2019
Title: A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, endorsing the Pinal County I-11 Coalition's support for the Federal Highway Administration and Arizona Department of Transportation's Interstate 11 Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement and Preliminary Section 4(F) Evaluation. Discussion and Action.
Attachments: 1. Resolution 19-20, 2. Exhibit A, 3. Resolution (May 21, 2019 Version)

TITLE

A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, endorsing the Pinal County I-11 Coalition's support for the Federal Highway Administration and Arizona Department of Transportation's Interstate 11 Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement and Preliminary Section 4(F) Evaluation.  Discussion and Action. 

 

AGENDA ITEM DESCRIPTION

The Interstate 11 (I-11) Corridor Study, which was initiated in November 2014, is 280 miles long and traverses the counties of Santa Cruz, Pima, Pinal, Maricopa and Yavapai within central and southern Arizona.  The Pinal County I-11 Coalition has declared their support of the environmental review process for the location of I-11 and for Option I2 (Barnes Road alignment) and Option I1( Montogomery Road alignment) as they are consistent with the West Pinal Freeway programmed for right of way preservation in Phase II of the Pinal Regional Transportation Plan approved by Pinal County voters in 2017.  The Pinal County I-11 Coalition is requesting that Cities in Pinal County endorse their support of the environmental review process and of Option I2 and Option I1. 

 

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends endorsing the support of the Pinal County I-11 Coalition.