Maricopa County Regional Trail System Plan
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Maricopa County Regional Trail System Plan Adopted August 16, 2004 Maricopa Trail Maricopa County Trail Commission Maricopa County Department of Transportation Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Maricopa County Planning and Development Flood Control District of Maricopa County We have an obligation to protect open spaces for future generations. Maricopa County Regional Trail System Plan VISION Our vision is to connect the majestic open spaces of the Maricopa County Regional Parks with a nonmotorized trail system. The Maricopa Trail Maricopa County Regional Trail System Plan - page 1 Credits Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Andrew Kunasek, District 3, Chairman Fulton Brock, District 1 Don Stapley, District 2 Max Wilson, District 4 Mary Rose Wilcox, District 5 Maricopa County Trail Commission Supervisor Max Wilson, District 4 Chairman Supervisor Andrew Kunasek, District 3 Parks Commission Members: Citizen Members: Laurel Arndt, Chair Art Wirtz, District 2 Randy Virden, Vice-Chair Jim Burke, District 3 Felipe Zubia, District 5 Stakeholders: Carol Erwin, Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Fred Pfeifer, Arizona Public Service (APS) James Duncan, Salt River Project (SRP) Teri Raml, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ex-officio Members: William Scalzo, Chief Community Services Officer Pictured from left to right Laurel Arndt, Supervisor Andy Kunasek, Fred Pfeifer, Carol Erwin, Arizona’s Official State Historian, Marshall Trimble, and Art Wirtz pose with the commemorative branded trail marker Mike Ellegood, Director, Public Works at the Maricopa Trail groundbreaking ceremony at Anthem November 12, 2003. Joy Rich, Chief Regional Development Services Officer Project Team Former Members: Reed Kempton, MCDOT, Project Manager Supervisor Fulton Brock, District 1 Eric Gorsegner Kristen Mandeville, MCDOT Supervisor Don Stapley, District 2 Pat Schneider Cheryl Toy, MCDOT Representative Carolyn Allen Bruce Ellison Christopher Coover, Regional Trail Manager Bill Lanford Karen Stewart, Community Services Agency Jerry Aster Carole Songer, Community Services Agency Jack Stapley Roberta Crowe, MCDOT Dennis Holcomb, Flood Control District of Maricopa County Matthew Holm, Planning and Development page 2 - Maricopa County Regional Trail System Plan Contents Vision 1 Credits 2 Figures 4 Introduction 5 Maricopa County Regional Trail System Map 6 Relationship to Comprehensive Plan 7 Goals and Policies 8 Design Guidelines 9 Sun Circle Trail 10 Maricopa Trail 21 Central Arizona Project Aqueduct 61 Priority Two 72 Maricopa County Department of Transportation Priority Three 82 2901 West Durango Street Phoenix, AZ 85009 Priority Four 93 602-506-8600 Project Corridors Map 117 Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Segment Table 118 411 North Central Avenue, Suite 470 Public Involvement 122 Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-506-2930 Implementation Plan 129 Appendix A - Analysis and Trail Classification 131 Maricopa County Planning and Development Appendix B - Design Guidelines 150 411 North Central Avenue, Third Floor Appendix C - Liability for Attractive Nuisance 162 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Appendix D - Subdivision Regulation 163 602-506-3301 Appendix E - Plans 164 Appendix F - Funding Sources 186 Flood Control District of Maricopa County Appendix G - Glossary 192 2801 West Durango Street Appendix H - References 194 Phoenix, AZ 85009 602-506-1501 Maricopa County Regional Trail System Plan - page 3 Figures Figure 1: Regional Trail System 6 Figure 43: San Tan Mountain Regional Park 50 Figure 93: McDowell Mountain Regional Park Trails 85 Figure 2: Grade 5% 9 Figure 44: Hawes Road 52 Figure 94: Rio Verde 85 Figure 3: Grade 12.5% 9 Figure 45: RWCD Irrigation Lateral 53 Figure 95: Tonto National Forest Trails 85 Figure 4: Sun Circle Trail Map, Plate 2 10 Figure 46: Southern portion of Consolidated Canal 54 Figure 96: Power line Trail 86 Figure 5: Sun Circle Trail 11 Figure 47: Gila River 55 Figure 97: Grand Canal 87 Figure 6: New River & Lower Agua Fria 12 Figure 48: Estrella Mountain Regional Park 56 Figure 98: Roosevelt Irrigation District Canal 88 Figure 7: Arizona Canal 13 Figure 49: Robins Butte Wildlife Area 58 Figure 99: Bullard Wash 89 Figure 8: South Canal 14 Figure 50: Buckeye Hills Regional Park 59 Figure 100: Channel Alignment 89 Figure 9: South Canal 14 Figure 51: Proposed FCD Channels 60 Figure 101: Bullard Wash Channel Improvements 89 Figure 10: Consolidated Canal 15 Figure 52: CAP Priority Three and Four 62 Figure 102: Hassayampa River 90 Figure 11: Western Canal 16 Figure 53: CAP Priority One and Two 63 Figure 103: Hassayampa River 90 Figure 12: National Trail 17 Figure 54: CAP across Scottsdale 64 Figure 104: Trilby Wash 91 Figure 13: SRP Power line 19 Figure 55: CAP across SRP-MIC 64 Figure 105: Morgan City Wash 92 Figure 14: Salt River 20 Figure 56: CAP across Peoria 65 Figure 106: Morgan City Wash 92 Figure 15: Maricopa Trail 21 Figure 57: CAP across Phoenix 66 Figure 107: Priority Four Segments 93 Figure 16: White Tank Mountain Regional Park 22 Figure 58: CAP across Maricopa County land 66 Figure 108: Black Canyon Trail 94 Figure 17: Waterfall Wash 24 Figure 59: CAP across Phoenix 66 Figure 109: Arizona Trail 95 Figure 18: McMicken Corridor 25 Figure 60: CAP across Scottsdale 66 Figure 110: Power line Floodway 96 Figure 19: McMicken Dam 26 Figure 61: Granite Reef Dam 67 Figure 111: Power line Floodway 96 Figure 20: Upper Agua Fria 27 Figure 62: CAP across Mesa 68 Figure 112: Power line Corridor 97 Figure 21: Lake Pleasant Regional Park 28 Figure 63: CAP across Apache Junction 68 Figure 113: Waterman Wash 98 Figure 22: Lake Pleasant 29 Figure 64: CAP across Apache Junction 68 Figure 114: Sierra Estrella Wilderness Area 99 Figure 23: Old Haul Road 30 Figure 65: CAP across Maricopa County land 68 Figure 115: Unnamed Wash Corridor 99 Figure 24: Anthem 30 Figure 66: CAP in Pinal County 69 Figure 116: Unnamed Wash Corridor 100 Figure 25: Greer Ranch 31 Figure 67: CAP across Maricopa County land 70 Figure 117: Vekol Wash 100 Figure 26: Cave Creek Regional Park 33 Figure 68: CAP across Buckeye 70 Figure 118: Gas Pipeline 101 Figure 27: Go John Trail 34 Figure 69: CAP across Maricopa County land 70 Figure 119: North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness Area 102 Figure 28: Cahava Springs 34 Figure 70: CAP across Surprise 70 Figure 120: SR-85 Power line 103 Figure 29: Spur Cross Trail 35 Figure 71: CAP across Peoria 70 Figure 121: Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail 104 Figure 30: Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area 36 Figure 72: CAP across Maricopa County land 70 Figure 122: Sauceda Wash 105 Figure 31: Trail 247 38 Figure 73: CAP across Buckeye 71 Figure 123: Gunnery Range 105 Figure 32: City of Scottsdale Trail 38 Figure 74: Priority Two Segments 71 Figure 124: Gila River 106 Figure 33: Stagecoach Pass 39 Figure 75: Agua Fria River 72 Figure 125: Fourth of July Wash 107 Figure 34: McDowell Mountain Regional Park 40 Figure 76: McMicken Outlet Wash 73 Figure 126: Centennial Wash 107 Figure 35: 136th Street 42 Figure 77: Cave Creek Wash 73 Figure 127: Centennial Wash 108 Figure 36: McDowell Sonoran Preserve 43 Figure 78: Cave Creek Regional Park Trails 74 Figure 128: Harquahala FRS 109 Figure 37: CAP across Scottsdale 44 Figure 79: State Trust Land 75 Figure 129: Old Camp Wash 110 Figure 38: CAP across SRP-MIC 44 Figure 80: Usery Mountain Regional Park Trails 75 Figure 130: Tiger Wash 110 Figure 39: Bulldog Canyon 45 Figure 81: Signal Butte Floodway 76 Figure 131: Harquahala Mountain Wilderness Area 111 Figure 40: Usery Mountain Regional Park 46 Figure 82: Queen Creek in Pinal County 77 Figure 132: Power line Corridor 112 Figure 41: RWCD Canal and EMF 48 Figure 83: Queen Creek in Maricopa County 78 Figure 133: Hummingbird Springs Wilderness Area 113 Figure 42: Sanokai Wash 49 Figure 84: Salt River 78 Figure 134: Vulture Peak 114 Figure 85: Gila River 79 Figure 135: Wickenburg Connection 115 Figure 86: Hassayampa River 80 Figure 136: White Tank Western Connection 115 Figure 87: Buckeye FRS 1, 2, and 3 80 Figure 137: White Tank Mountain Regional Park Trails 115 Figure 88: Priority Three Segments 81 Figure 138: Flood Control District Regional Conveyance Channel 116 Figure 89: New River 82 Figure 139: Northern Avenue 116 Figure 90: Daisy Mountain north 83 Figure 140: Drainage Channels 116 Figure 91: Daisy Mountain API 84 Figure 141: Buckeye/Sun Valley Area Drainage Master Plan 116 Figure 92: Deadman Wash in Anthem 84 Figure 142: Project Corridors 117 page 4 - Maricopa County Regional Trail System Plan Introduction In February 2000, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors pilot project centered on Lake Pleasant Regional Park. Their Priority Two segments are important regional corridors that (BOS) formed the Maricopa County Trail Commission and task was to identify the best trail corridors linking White Tank connect to the Maricopa Trail and may provide connections to unveiled their plans to develop a Regional Trail System. The Mountain Regional Park, Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Spur regional park systems. Priority Three segments are regional trail system plan was compiled in three stages over a period of Cross Ranch Conservation Area, and Cave Creek Recreation corridors that are not key components of the regional trail nearly five years. It represents a comprehensive system of Area. This pilot project became Phase One of the Maricopa system at this time, but may become important future trails. All nonmotorized trail corridors that will help guide the planning County Trail System Plan and was adopted by the Maricopa other trail corridors are assigned Priority Four. process as Maricopa County moves through the 21st Century. County Board of Supervisors (BOS) on September 4, 2002. The Maricopa County Regional Trail System is a collection of The plan recognizes the importance of the Sun Circle Trail, Phase Two began with the hiring of two full-time trail planners trail corridors under the jurisdiction and control of many different establishes the Maricopa Trail, and identifies future trail and a trail program manager.