Chapter 8. Recreation and Open Space Element. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 At This Point In Time

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1 Chapter 8 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet 8.1 Itroductio The Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet addresses recreatio ad ope space resources i the Tow of Prescott Valley. It icludes a ivetory of ope space areas, recreatioal resources, ad desigatios of access poits to ope space areas ad resources, a aalysis of forecasted ope space eeds, ad implemetatio strategies to promote a regioal system of itegrated ope space. Prescott Valley s ope space ad recreatio resources iclude parks, school recreatio facilities, trails, atural lad features, ad commuity ad privately owed recreatio facilities. 8.2 At This Poit I Time The majority of Prescott Valley has ot bee developed ad visually appears as ope space but is ot ecessarily desigated o the Prescott Valley Geeral Pla 2025 Lad Use Pla as Ope Space (Chapter 4, Exhibit LU-5). Of the approximately 24,363 acres comprisig the Prescott Valley Tow Limits, approximately 1,639 acres are desigated as Ope Space. The Ope Space (OS) desigatio is iteded to provide for lad withi the Tow that meets the passive ad active recreatioal eeds of the citizes ad icludes both public ad private areas of permaet ope space for uses such as parks, golf courses, Ope Space Elemet 1. A ope space elemet that icludes: (a) A comprehesive ivetory of ope space areas, recreatioal resources ad desigatios of access poits to ope space areas ad resources. (b) A aalysis of forecasted eeds, policies for maagig ad protectig ope space areas ad resources ad implemetatio strategies to acquire additioal ope space areas ad further establish recreatioal resources. (c) Policies ad implemetatio strategies desiged to promote a regioal system of itegrated ope space ad recreatioal resources ad a cosideratio of ay existig regioal ope space plas. (Arizoa Revised Statutes, Sectio D.1) recreatioal facilities, atural ope space, recreatio trails, greebelts, lakes, ad developable portios of floodplais alog waterways. Oly accessory buildigs or those structures related to parks ad recreatio facilities are iteded for ope space lads. Zoig districts compatible with the OS desigatio iclude PL (Public Lads) ad AG (Agricultural). The Tow s Zoig Map icludes a Public Lads category, which permits uses such as parks, ope space, public recreatio facilities, ad public schools ad playgrouds. However, the Public Lads zoig category also allows uses ot related to ope space ad recreatio, such as sewage treatmet facilities, aimal shelters, libraries, ad govermet office buildigs. As show o Exhibit OS-1, Public Lad Zoig, which correspods to the Tow s zoig map, public lads comprise approximately 1,091 acres of the 24,363 total acres withi the Tow s boudaries. Furthermore, as oted above, this lad icludes several uses ot directly related to the provisio of parks, ope space, ad recreatioal facilities. Prescott Valley s ivetory of ope space ad recreatio opportuities icludes a diversity of facilities, ragig from highly developed, active recreatio sites to passive ope space. The Tow features over 263 acres of developed parklads, 9 1/2 acres of udeveloped parklad, 24 park sites, a outdoor public swimmig pool, 27 multi-purpose athletic fields, trails, two amphitheaters, ad two commuity/activity ceters. Details about the Tow s recreatio ad ope space resources are provided i the followig sectios of this Elemet. The existig ad proposed etwork of public lad/ope space ad recreatio facilities is show o Exhibit OS-1, Recreatio ad Ope Space Pla. This exhibit shows existig ad future parks, school locatios ad the Geeral Pla Chapter 8

2 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet geeral coectivity of the proposed trail system. Details ad the status of developed ad proposed trails are discussed i Sectio Parks The Tow s Parks ad Recreatio Departmet maitais 24 park sites that total over 263 acres. The Departmet follows the Natioal Parks ad Recreatio Associatio s classificatio system as its stadard of developmet for parks, opes space, ad greeways. Table OS-1, Existig, Udeveloped ad Proposed Recreatioal Facilities, idetifies the size of each park site ad provides a ivetory of the types of recreatio facilities that are provided. Moutai Valley Park, a Commuity Park, is a 68-acre multiuse site that is cetrally located o Robert Rd ad Nace Lae. Moutai Valley Park offers a wide variety of facilities, icludig soccer fields, baseball fields, softball fields, walkig trails, playgroud equipmet, covered picic areas, a outdoor swimmig pool ad splash pad (Moutai Valley Splash Aquatic Ceter), over 3,000 lieal feet of paved walkig path with exercise statios, a dog park, ad the Prescott Valley Amphitheater. Prescott Valley s other commuity park is a 34 acre proposed site located i the southwest regio of the StoeRidge developmet idetified as the StoeRidge Regioal Park. Fai Park, classified as a Natural Resource Area, is located i the southwester portio of the Tow at 2200 N. 5 th Street, ad offers approximately 100 acres of historical, cultural ad passive recreatioal activities. The park icludes a four (4) acre fishig lake, hikig trails, picic areas, ad a still-developig historical site that icludes the Barlow-Massicks house ad Fitzmaurice archeological ruis. The proposed StoeRidge Uit 7 Park (7 acres) will also offer visitors a uique geological ivetory of atural resources. Prescott Valley offers twelve (12) Neighborhood Parks. Seve (7) of these park sites itedig to serve their surroudig eighborhood do so uder the recommeded miimum five (5) acre parcel. Neighborhood Parks iclude America Legio, Atelope, Commuity Ceter, George Aderse, Graville, Proghor, Quailwood, Suflower, Toto North, Toto South, Trailhead, ad Viewpoit. Special Use Parks as the ame implies offers the commuity variable special use with a specific desiged fuctio. Special Use parks iclude the Urba Forest ad Civic Ceter Grouds. The Urba Forest, located adjacet to Moutai Valley Park, serves as a water reclamatio site ad the origiatig catalyst to the tow s urba forestry program. Civic Ceter Grouds is the uifyig feature to the civic campus site ad provides the commuity s secod outdoor amphitheater site for varied special evets ad activities. Mii parks (1 acre or less) are used to address limited, isolated or uique recreatioal eeds. Eight (8) Mii Parks are located i the tows park system with six foud withi the Stoeridge Master Plaed Developmet. Old Tow Park, a mii park, located at 3030 Tai Road was developed as the mechaism to rally support i the revitalizatio of the historical area withi Prescott Valley. Fuds for the developmet of this park were received from the Arizoa Office of Tourism. The park offers 2 covered ramadas ad a small performace stage ideal for live performaces ad arts & craft street fairs. Additioally the approximate oe-teth of a acre Lios Park serves as a memorial site. Yet to be developed parklad is foud i the form of a eighborhood park located at the itersectio of Glassford Hill Road ad Log Look Drive. This 9.5 acre site has bee amed Bob Edwards Park i memorial to the park ad recreatioal efforts of the past coucilma. Start date for developmet of this park has ot bee set. Proposed park developmet icludes the 214 acre Arizoa State Lad Trust owed Agua Fria Park site (Large Urba/Sports Complex) located at the itersectio of Glassford Hill Rd ad Sata Fe Loop. Agua Fria coceptual plas illustrate a site iclusive of both passive ad active recreatioal pursuits. Ameities iclude two softball field hubs, ie teis courts, ad multiple soccer/football overlay fields, ad a 40 acre detetio lake. Other proposed parks iclude the combiatio StoeRidge Uit 8A (2 acre) ad 8B (1 acre)sites iteded to serve as a eighborhood Geeral Pla Chapter 8

3 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet park; the StoeRidge Uit 7 (7 acres) atural resource park; ad the StoeRidge Regioal Park (34.6 acres) servig as a possible sports complex. Alog the Highway 69 Corridor, betwee the roadway ad the frotage streets, the Tow has developed a series of cotiuous, liear parks. These ladscaped strips/etries provide areas of ope space ad serve as a buffer zoe betwee the Highway 69 Corridor ad commercial/idustrial uses School Recreatioal Facilities College/School sites i Prescott Valley ca be made available for public recreatioal use durig o-school hours ad o weekeds through itergovermetal joit use facility agreemets as approved by Tow Coucil ad the parterig agecy. Cooperatio betwee the commuity college, school district, charter school ad the Tow will provide critical recreatio facilities while providig a efficiet use of public resources. Examples of such parterig give the Tow the ability to operate gymasium based services while schools ca coduct athletic field ad aquatic team sports. These facilities offer additioal recreatio resources for Prescott Valley residets, ad are show o Exhibit OS-1: Future School Facilities, that may provide recreatio resources also appear o the exhibit Trails ad Natural Lad Features Multi-Use Path / Trail System Prescott Valley has ot historically had a dedicated pedestria ad bicycle system. Subdivisio stadards were ot required whe the majority of Prescott s twety uits were platted aroud 1972, icludig requiremets for sidewalks or bike laes. All subdivisios sice 2000 have required sidewalks o local streets ad Multi-Use Paths (MUPs) o Collectors ad Mior Arterials to meet the stated Goals of the Geeral Pla The 2002 Streets ad Ifrastructure Committee amog other thigs recommeded that Tow improved streets should also iclude multimodal (pedestria/bicycle) uses where possible ad that a high priority be placed upo fudig of safety ehacemets ad access to schools ad parks usig sources other tha those desigated for priority street improvemets. Most recet Tow street improvemets prioritized by the Streets ad Ifrastructure Committee have icluded pedestria access as MUPs, sidewalks ad bike laes where possible. O October 16, 2001, the Parks & Recreatio Commissio adopted a Tow of Prescott Valley Pedestria/Bicycle Master Pla desigatig the proposed locatios for the various types of alterative trasportatio facilities. This pla has bee updated from time to time by the Parks ad Recreatio Commissio; it serves as a advisory documet for plaig purposes ad was the mai referece i idetifyig the Multi-use Path / Trail System o Exhibit OS-1. Goal CIR-A2 i Chapter 6, Circulatio Elemet states: Icrease coectivity betwee local parks ad public facilities through a comprehesive trails system. Withi Chapter 8, Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet Goal OS-A5: Provide access to ope space ad parks, ad likages betwee ope space, parks, ad user- specific destiatios. Goal OS- A5 icludes te implemetatio Policies, the first three specifically related to Trails: OS-A5.1 OS-A5.2 OS-A5.3 Provide access to public ope space areas ad parks. Provide a trail system that coects the Tow s ope space, parks, ad select activity ceters, such as commuity ad regioal commercial developmet, i a cohesive maer ad, where appropriate, icludes multi-use facilities (pedestria ad bikes). Support the Trails ad Ope Space Pla prepared by the Tow s Parks ad Recreatio Departmet. The Tow prepared its first Parks ad Recreatio Master Pla which was ratified October 7, Oe of the top perceived eeds accordig to the stakeholders was: Trails, icludig bicycle trails, ad coectors withi parks that coordiate with Couty ad State Trails. Geeral Pla Chapter 8

4 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet Implemetatio The stated goals for coectivity are geerally accomplished with developig facilities for pedestria ad bicycles as Multi-Use Paths (MUPs) or Trails. A MUP is ay two-way path or trail desigated for multiple, o-motorized uses such as bicycles, pedestrias. Such paths are 8 to 10 feet wide ad are costructed of cocrete or asphalt. MUPs may be desiged accordig to AASHTO stadards ad be wheelchair accessible where possible. MUPs are geerally iteded to correspod to the Mior Arterial ad Collector Roadway System idetified i exhibit CIR-11 i Chapter 6, Circulatio Elemet. A MUP may be developed adjacet to the roadway or, as a Greebelt path set back or idepedet from a adjacet roadway. A Trail as idetified serves the same purpose of coectio ad likage betwee public ad quasi-public facilities i the Tow, but also coects existig or plaed regioal trails i the Couty ad other area Tows ad Cities. Trails would be a similar 10 foot width but typically ot be hard surfaced or desiged for AASHTO or ADA compliace i that they would be i atural exitig terrais. Other local streets are idetified o Exhibit OS-1 that provide opportuity to lik to exitig or plaed MUPs. These streets typically would be origial Tow streets without sidewalks or wideed shoulders. Some local coector streets may be recetly improved with pedestria orieted sidewalks ad other portios may iclude sidewalks or MUPs i the future. Most MUPs developed sice 2002 have bee built i cojuctio with residetial developmets as idetified o curret Exhibit GA-1, icludig MUPs o StoeRidge Drive which provide access betwee Highway 69 ad the Stoeridge residetial developmet. From the easter portio of Tow, the multi-use Trail kow as the Iro Kig Trial coects to the City of Prescott Peavie Trail ad provides access to the orther portio of Glassford Hill, which is also plaed for a separate multi-use Trail from Prescott Valley access locatios. As stated i Policy OS- A5.4 the Tow will cotiue to require all ew developmet to build the appropriate segmet of the Prescott Valley MUP System that is adjacet to their developmet, or to cotribute to a fud to build ad adjacet MUP i the future. The Yavapai Trails Associatio ( plas ad coordiates o-mortorized regioal trail developmet ad coectivity ad is recogized by the City of Prescott, Prescott Valley, ad Chio Valley, as well as Yavapai Couty, the Prescott Natioal Forest, the Bureau of Lad Maagemet, ad the state of Arizoa. Exhibit OS-1 refereces existig ad future locatios for coectivity to such regioal facilities ad iclude: Black Cayo Trail, sigle-track bike trail via Lyx Creek, State Route 69 MUP expasio, MUP coectio to Prescott Lakes Blvd, Circle Trail ad Peavie extesio to Chio Valley. Geeral Pla Chapter 8

5 MINGUS WEST VIEWPOINT PRONGHORN RANCH?Ó LEGEND Future extesio to Chio Valley PEAVINE TRAIL Coectio to "Circle Trail" Future coectio to Prescott Lakes Blvd MUP IRON KING TRAIL 31 Proposed Glassford Hill Ope Space & Coservatio Area Lyx Creek GRANVILLE Coectio to future S.R. 69 Corridor MUP?¾ VICTORIAN ESTATES CASTLE CANYON MESA STONERID GE DR GLASSFORD HILL RD 6 14 Stoeridge Golf Course?Ó 9 STONERIDGE VIEWPOI N T DR LAKESHORE DR FLORENTINE RD 2 ROBERT R D SPOUSE DR NAVAJO DR 1 LAKESHORE DR 8 5 VALLEY RD 10 P.C.C PRESCOTT COUNTRY CLUB P.C.C Agua Fria River?¾ SUPERSTITION DR Golf Course Geeral corridor for future North-South Arterial with MUP. To be determied i cojuctio with future developmet plas for the regio. Quailwood Grees Golf Course QUAILWOOD MEADOWS Tow Limits Tow Parks (PL Zoig) Proposed Tow Parks Other No-Park PL Zoig Curret & Proposed School Sites Proposed Glassford Hill Coservatio Area Multi-Use Path / Trail System Built Multi-Use Path Future Multi-Use Path Built Trail Streets Future Trail Local Coector Street Miles [ TOWN PARKS 1 America Legio Park 2 Atelope Park 3 Civic Ceter Grouds Bob Edwards Park 4 (Udeveloped) 5 Commuity Ceter Park 6 Fai Park 7 Fece Lie Park 8 George Aderso Park 9 Graville Park 10 Home Fire Park 11 Lios Park 12 Moutai Valley Park 13 Old Tow Park 14 Overlook Park 15 Proghor Park 16 Quailwood Park 17 Settlers Park 18 Stoeridge Trailhead Park 19 Stoeridge Uit 7 Park (Udeveloped) 20 Suflower Park 21 Toto Park North 22 Toto Park South 23 Urba Forest 24 Viewpoit Park 25 Village Square Park 26 Wader Way Park PROPOSED PARKS 27 Agua Fria Regioal Park 28 StoeRidge Commuity Park 29 StoeRidge Park 8A 30 Future StoeRidge Park OTHER OPEN SPACE 31 Proposed- Glassford Hill Ope Space ad Coservatio Area Future sigle-track coectio to PV via Lyx Creek 16 Recreatio ad Ope Space Pla Exhibit OS-1

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7 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet Table OS-1 Existig Park ad Recreatioal Facilities Refer to Exhibit OS-1 Geeral Pla Chapter 8

8 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet GLASSFORD HILL Located betwee Highway 69 ad Highway 89A, Glassford Hill is a well-kow Prescott Valley ladmark. I the 1880s, this ow extict volcao was used by the Uited States govermet as a heliograph statio for trasmissio of su-reflected messages for Fort Whipple. It was operated by Coloel William A. Glassford, the moutai s amesake. Glassford Hill, a property of the Arizoa State Lad Trust, curretly is a grazig area for cattle ad refuge for ative species. The Glassford Hill Coordiatio Pla (Jauary 2001), prepared by a Citizes Advisory Committee, desigated a 1,800-acre area betwee Watso Lake ad Prescott Valley to be Glassford Hill Preserve. The Pla would allow public access ad uses i the Preserve that are compatible with the existig grazig ad coservatio activities, ad also protect Glassford Hill as a gateway attractio of atural beauty. WATERWAYS Two primary waterways flow through the Tow of Prescott Valley, the Agua Fria River ad Lyx Creek. Agua Fria River. The Agua Fria River crosses the orther ad easter portios of Prescott Valley. The river s flood plai is largely udeveloped. Vegetatio is domiated by short grasses with scattered forbs, shrubs ad cacti. Overgrazig has altered the atural ladscape, but may of the ative grasslad species remai. Lyx Creek. Lyx Creek rus through the souther area of Prescott Valley ad empties ito the Agua Fria River at a poit southeast of Tow. The Creek passes through Fai Park, where a dam has created a small lake with fishig opportuities. PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST The Prescott Natioal Forest is oe of six atioal forests i Arizoa. It covers approximately 1.2 millio acres i Yavapai ad Cocoio Couties. The Prescott NF cosists of two geographically separate lad areas (easter ad wester) that are admiistered as three rager districts: the Chio Valley Rager District, which covers the areas east ad west of Chio Valley; the Bradshaw Rager District, which covers the area ear Prescott ad south ito the Bradshaw Moutais; ad the Verde Rager District, which covers the area just orth of Jerome ad Clarkdale ad alog the souther side of the Verde Valley. The mild climate of the Prescott NF ecourages year-roud recreatio activity. Trail ad day use are primary activity types ad iclude: off-highway vehicle ridig, horseback ridig, hikig, bikig, hutig, fishig, ad wildlife viewig. Most visitors to the forest live i Yavapai Couty. Maricopa Couty residets comprise the ext largest group, with portios of the Prescott NF located less tha 90 miles from the Phoeix metropolita area. There are 36 developed sites o the Prescott NF. Those with highest use iclude: Thumb Butte, Lyx Lake Recreatio Area, ad Graite Basi Recreatio Area. The area surroudig the city of Prescott has the highest cocetratio of recreatio activity o the Prescott NF ad limits primitive campig to desigated sites Recreatio Programs Recreatioal services are facilitated through the recommedatios of two Coucil-appoited Commissios (Parks ad Recreatio ad Arts ad Culture) ad the efforts of a professioal staff segmeted ito seve (7) divisios of operatio (Commuity ad Outdoor Educatio, Adaptive Recreatio, Aquatics, Ice Skatig, Arts ad Culture, Athletics, ad Special Evets) to create a diverse portfolio with specialized programs. These iovative ad high valued programs strive to promote ad egage a healthy commuity. Recreatioal services iclude, but are ot limited to: adult softball ad volleyball, dace, music, yoga, martial arts, swim lessos, ice skatig, art classes, teis lessos, istructioal basketball, aerobics, ad kick boxig. Geeral Pla Chapter 8

9 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet Through parterships the Parks ad Recreatio Departmet supports the area s youth sports leagues, icludig the Prescott Valley Little League, Prescott Valley Youth Football ad Cheer Associatio. Yavapai Soccer League, VARDAR Soccer League, alog with other civic ad o-profit groups like the Cetral Arizoa Seior Associatio (CASA), Boys ad Girls Club of Cetral Yavapai, ad the Boy Scouts, ad Girl Scouts of America. The Parks ad Recreatio Departmet also teams up each year with the Chamber of Commerce to offer various commuity evets, icludig Prescott Valley Days, Battle of the Bads, ad a holiday lightig program. COMMUNITY FACILITIES The followig Tow facilities house ad/or ivolve commuity activities. Youth & Family Services Ceter. The 3,500 square foot multi-purpose buildig is owed by the Tow ad leased by the Boys & Girls Club of Cetral Yavapai which hosts a variety of youth activities. Durig off hours of Boys & Girls Club programmig, the Tow offers 50+ Aerobics classes begiig September through May. Commuity Ceter. The 6,000 square-foot facility is owed by the Tow of Prescott Valley ad leased by the Cetral Arizoa Seior Associatio (CASA). It houses a variety of seior citize activities ad programs, icludig CASA, Meals o Wheels ad Prescott Valley Food Bak programs. Prescott Valley Amphitheater. Located iside MoutaiValleyPark, the outdoor multi-purpose facility offers 2 softball fields ad a full size soccer field. The facility was desiged to also host cocert evets with ope seatig o the mai grass area as well at the surroudig grass slopes. The Amphitheater has lightig for ighttime evets. Civic Ceter Amphitheater. Located at the Civic Ceter, the outdoor facility hosts local evets. The amphitheater offers a cocrete stage ad a large grass area for ope seatig but does ot provide lightig for eveig based evets Special Use Facilities I additio to public facilities, several private recreatioal facilities i Prescott Valley ad the surroudig area cotribute to the recreatioal ad ope space resources of the commuity. The Etertaimet District. Located i the heart of dowtow Prescott Valley, its boudaries house Harkis 14 movie theatre, Freedom Statio (games ad mii golf for the etire family), restaurats, ad a variety of other retails establishmets. The Fai Sigature Group schedules arts & craft exhibits ad outdoor cocerts throughout the year. Prescott Golf & Coutry Club. Located i Dewey, east of Prescott Valley, the Prescott Golf & Coutry Club was established i 1971 ad is estled i the golde paoramic valley betwee the Migus ad Bradshaw Moutai rages. The Club ot oly offers breathtakig views, but also fast bet grass ad lush tree lied fairways. Prescott Golf & Coutry Club is a semi-private regulatio 18-hole par 72 golf course desiged for all skill levels allowig play from 5,700 yards to 6,800 yards. The Club also offers a doublesided practice facility with drivig tees, chippig ad puttig grees. The Club offers ecoomical gree fee rates ad memberships; it also offers a outside Pavilio, Cocktail Louge, Diig ad Baquet facilities. Geeral Pla Chapter 8

10 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet Prescott Trap & Skeet Club. This facility is located immediately east of Prescott Valley o Highway 69 i Dewey. The club was established i 1974 ad offers gu safety ad marksmaship istructio o a 25 yard pistol rage, five trap ad two skeet fields, alog with a FITASC/5-stad course. Stoeridge Golf Course & Clubhouse. With sweepig, paoramic Prescott Valley golf course views ad surroudig moutais, the 14,586 square foot clubhouse offers a full-service golf shop, large coferece room, cozy grille, ad large outdoor patio. The staff ad facilities ca comfortably accommodate almost ay size group from large corporate touramets to small itimate gatherigs. Tim s Toyota Ceter (TTC). This multipurpose facility located i Prescott Valley at 3201 N. Mai Street, seats approximately 5,100 for hockey, soccer ad football ad up to 6,200 for cocerts. The facility ca also host boxig, basketball, rodeo, ice shows ad theatrical productios. Tim s Toyota Ceter has 2,365 parkig spaces, 22 private luxury suites ad 2 party suites. It was desiged ad built to meet all ADA specificatios to accommodate guests with disabilities. Tim s Toyota Ceter is maaged by Ecore Facility Maagemet, a wholly owed subsidiary of Global Etertaimet Corporatio. Tim s Toyota Ceter is home to the Arizoa Sudog s Hockey Club, Cetral Hockey League ad the Arizoa Adrealie Idoor Football Team, AIFA. 8.3 Lookig Toward 2025 Additioal parks ad recreatioal facilities will be eeded as Prescott Valley grows ad these facilities eed to be carefully sized ad distributed. The proposed Agua Fria Park will provide a large urba park i a curretly uderserved area. However, eighborhood parks are also eeded i close proximity, i.e., withi ½-mile, of where people live. New developmet will provide the eighborhood parks ad trail system likages that will be eeded by ew residets. I accordace with adopted stadards for parks, recreatioal facilities, trails, ad ope space, all Plaed Area Developmets (PADs) will eed to provide a appropriate level of park ad recreatioal facilities o cotiguous ad fully developable sites. Prescott Valley s atural lad forms ad its views toward the moutais will be preserved through policies that address view corridors ad adherece to the Glassford Hill Coordiatio Pla. The trail ad ope space likages provided by udeveloped flood plais will help retai the feelig of opeess valued by residets. Furthermore, the Lad Use Pla s relatively low desity desigatios o the edges of tow ad the growth tiers that discourage leapfrog developmet ito curretly udeveloped ope space will also help to maitai the coutry character ad expasiveess of Prescott Valley. The Lad Use Pla provides may opportuities for atural ope space ad recreatio facilities. However, the Tow s residets ad decisio makers will eed to idetify ad secure fudig to acquire, costruct, operate, ad maitai both atural ope space ad recreatioal space ad facilities. The fudig may come from a umber of sources, icludig those listed i the Cost of Developmet Elemet (Sectios ad 8.3) or voter approved dedicated fudig Parks Needs Aalysis STANDARDS FOR ANALYSIS Stadards for the provisio of parks, ope space, ad recreatio facilities vary from commuity to commuity. To provide geeral guidace o the types ad amouts of parks ad recreatio facilities that could be required to meet commuity eeds, the Natioal Recreatio ad Parks Associatio (NRPA) has established a stadard set of criteria, which are frequetly used as parks ad recreatio bechmarks. As see i Table OS-2, Natioal Recreatio ad Parks Associatio Suggested Stadards, these bechmarks suggest a miimum size, service area, ad service area populatio rage for parks ad recreatio facilities. Prescott Valley has adopted the NRPA suggested stadards for recreatio resources for the purpose of the Geeral Pla 2025 to determie a geeral eeds aalysis for the Tow. Geeral Pla Chapter 8

11 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet Table OS-2 Natioal Recreatio Parks Associatio Miimum Stadards Park Type Size Geographic Service Area Service Area Populatio Large Urba Park 75 or more acres Commuity-wide Variable Commuity Park acres miles 3.4 acres / 1000 people Neighborhood Park acres miles 3.4 acres / 1000 people Special Use Park Variable Variable Variable Natural Resource Park Variable Commuity-wide Variable Mii Park 2500 sq ft 1 acre Less tha 0.25 mile Variable 1 Based o NRPA stadard of 6.8 acres of parks per 1,000 residets ad acreage for trails ad ope space equal to a maximum 10 acres per 1,000 NEEDS ANALYSIS FINDINGS Existig Needs. The Needs Aalysis doe for the existig Prescott Valley populatio of 38,822 persos is show i Table OS-3, Existig Parks ad Recreatioal Needs. While large parks such as Fai Park ad Moutai Valley Park serve a importat role i the overall commuity, eighborhood parks are crucial park elemets because they provide a equitable allocatio of recreatio opportuities i very ear proximity to residets. Childre i particular eed to safely ad quickly access these facilities. The Tow is committed to providig quality developmet that is walkable ad provides commuity level services i all eighborhoods, existig ad ew. As see i Exhibit OS-1, Recreatio ad Ope Space Pla, the distributio of eighborhood parks is very ueve i Prescott Valley ad due to their size their service radius, which represets the ability to adequately meet citizes eeds ad expectatios through special allocatio, is greatly reduced. The majority of iteded eighborhood parks do ot meet the miimum required acreage ad thus, most residetial areas are ot located withi a ¼-mile or ½-mile of a eighborhood park. PARKS SERVICE AREA RADIUS Service Area is a measure of the level of public accessibility to parks, the quatity of parklad per perso, or umber of the recreatioal facilities per perso. Service Area Radius is measured by the distace to a developed park. For example, a 1/2-mile walkig distace from a home to a Neighborhood Park (7 to 10 miutes) is a commo goal. Service Area for quatity of parklad per perso is calculated as acres of developed parklad per 1,000 populatio as idicated i Table OS-2. The service area for Mii Parks is assiged a ¼ mile radius. Neighborhood Parks are assiged a ½ mile radius. Commuity Parks are assiged up to a 3 mile radius but ca be cosidered to fuctio as eighborhood parklad for the adjacet resideces. Exhibit OS-2 shows locatios of Mii Parks, Neighborhood Parks ad Commuity Parks ad the Parks Service Area Radius. Idetified are both the Service Area Radius of parks meetig the adopted size ad service stadards ad also the Service Radius Area of parks that do ot meet stadards ad the radius is show i a ratio to the actual park acreage. Geeral Pla Chapter 8

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13 VIEWPOINT DR MINGUS WEST Ô? PRONGHORN RANCH NC HPKW Y VIEWPOINT SERVICE RADIUS & PARK TYPE MEET SERVICE STANDARDS A ORN R NGH DO NOT MEET SERVICE STANDARDS (radius show i proportio to park acerage) 1/4 MILE / MINI PARK 1/4 MILE / MINI PARK 1/2 MILE / NEIGHBORHOOD PARK 1/2 MILE / NEIGHBORHOOD PARK PRO 3 MILE / COMMUNITY PARK 3/8 MILE SERVICE AREA NOTE: MINI (1acre or less), NEIGHBORHOOD (5-10acres), COMMUNITY (30-50 acres) 2 9 LEGEND D R RT BE RO GRANVILLE ER IDGED R VICTORIAN ESTATES N STO ¾? 28 FLORENTINE R D VALL EY RD ¾? STONERIDGE 0 11 SUNSET LN CASTLE CANYON MESA DR RE HO ES NAVA JOD R D ILLR DH OR SSF GLA PRESCOTT COUNTRY CLUB 16 QUAILWOOD MEADOWS [ America Legio Park 18 Stoeridge Trailhead Park 2 Atelope Park 3 19 Civic Ceter Grouds Stoeridge Uit 7 Park (Udeveloped) 4 Bob Edwards Park (Udeveloped) Miles TOWN PARKS SPOUSE DR GRANVILLE LAK HO ND OD R MANLEYDR Proposed 31 Glassford Hill Ope Space & Coservatio Area Proposed Glassford Hill Coservatio Area Tow Limits Proposed Tow Parks Tow Parks (PL Zoig) Residetial Zoig Parcels 27 5 Commuity Ceter Park 6 Fai Park 7 Fece Lie Park 8 George Aderso Park 9 Graville Park 10 Home Fire Park 11 Lios Park 12 Moutai Valley Park 13 Old Tow Park 14 Overlook Park 15 Proghor Park 16 Quailwood Park 17 Settlers Park 20 Suflower Park 21 Toto Park North 22 Toto Park South 23 Urba Forest 24 Viewpoit Park Village Square Park Wader Way Park PROPOSED PARKS 27 Agua Fria Regioal Park 29 StoeRidge Park 8A 30 Future StoeRidge Park 28 StoeRidge Commuity Park OTHER OPEN SPACE 31 ProposedGlassford Hill Ope Space ad Coservatio Area Parks Service Area Raduis Exhibit OS-2

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15 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet Table OS-3 Existig Parks ad Recreatioal Needs Facility Type Plaig Stadard 2011Coditios (acres) 2025 Needs* (38,822 populatio) Parks Commuity Park 30 or more acres Neighborhood Park 5 10 acres Mii-Park / Tot Lot Less tha 5 acres Special Use Parks Variable Total *Based o the stadards i Table OS Needs. The Needs Aalysis doe for the 2025 timeframe icludes the three differet populatio scearios for Prescott Valley Treds, Moderate Growth, ad Accelerated Growth. As see i Table OS-4, 2025 Parks ad Recreatioal Needs, there will be a future eed for parks ragig from 28 to 144 acres, depedig o which populatio sceario occurs. Already approved but ot yet completed residetial subdivisios will add a additioal 49 acres of Neighborhood parks ad recreatioal facilities. The proposed Agua Fria Park, located i the ortheast area of Tow, will add approximately 320 acres of park ad/or ope space; however it will ot serve as Neighborhood Park space for residets livig more tha a ½-mile away. Acreage for Plaed ad Proposed Parks ad Recreatioal Facilities is listed i Table OS-5. Prescott Valley has relied o ew developmet to build the eeded parks as well as cotribute to the eed for trails ad ope space. Stadards for park size, area served, locatio, ad type of facilities to be icluded for ew subdivisios will be required to comply with the Tow s policy of 6.8 acres of park/lad per 1,000 residets, with a miimum that five cotiguous acres be developed. As see i Exhibit OS-1, Recreatio ad Ope Space Pla, the distributio of eighborhood parks is very ueve i Prescott Valley. The future park ad recreatioal facilities i Tow eed to be carefully sized, desiged, ad located to cosider the eeds of future ad surroudig residets. Table OS Parks ad Recreatioal Needs 2025 Needs (Acres)* More Aggressive Sceario (67,938 populatio) Facility Type Plaig Stadard Existig Coditios (acres) Treds Sceario (58,233populatio) Most Aggressive Sceario (77,644 populatio) Parks Commuity Park 30 or more acres Neighborhood Park 5 10 acres Total *Based o the stadards i Table OS-3. Geeral Pla Chapter 8

16 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet Table OS-5 Plaed ad Proposed Parks ad Recreatioal Facilities Descriptio Acreage Future Facilities to be Built i Approved Subdivisios StoeRidge 49.6 Graville 7.0 Viewpoit Proghor Rach Subtotal 43.0 Proposed Parks Agua Fria GRAND TOTAL Proposed site must meet eighborhood park developmet criteria as it curretly resides i Floodplai. 2 Site must meet eighborhood park developmet criteria. 8.4 Guidig Priciples, Goals ad Policies GUIDING PRINCIPLE OS-A: PRESERVE AND ENHANCE ITS KEY NATURAL FEATURES, INCLUDING NATURAL OPEN SPACE AND VISTAS. GOAL: OS-A1 Create ad maitai a high quality of life through the provisio of adequate atural ope space. POLICIES: OS-A1.1 OS-A1.2 OS-A1.3 OS-A4.4 OS-A1.5 OS-A1.6 Establish criteria for defiig atural ope space usig topographic elevatio differetials, desity of atural vegetatio, atural draiage ways, areas that sustai o-goig populatios of bird ad aimal species, or other appropriate criteria. Establish stadards for the appropriate quatity of atural ope space ad trails eeded for the Tow as a whole ad of idividual developmet projects. Idetify ad formally recogize atural ope space ad cultural resources that may be preserved, protected ad ehaced; ad which may iclude floodplais, wildlife corridors, recreatio areas, historical sites, regioal parks, ad doated private lad. Ecourage the doatio of atural ope space to the Tow from private property owers. Ecourage the appropriate use of atural ope space for a variety of activities ad orgaizatios. Icrease public awareess about the importace of protectig ad maitaiig atural ope space areas. GOAL: OS-A2 Maitai the sese of evirometal opeess through the ecouragemet of vista protectio ad ope space corridors. POLICIES: OS-A2.1 Idetify views, vistas, ad ope space corridors that should be preserved. Geeral Pla Chapter 8

17 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet OS-A2.2 OS-A2.3 Ecourage the protectio of view corridors alog major streets ad i eighborhoods. Ecourage iterjurisdictioal dialogue desiged to protect valued atural ope space outside of the Tow boudaries. GOAL: OS-A3 Ecourage the protectio of major lad forms i the area to prevet developmet or other ecroachmet o these atural features. POLICIES: OS-A3.1 OS-A3.2 OS-A3.3 Preserve the areas surroudig ad atop Glassford Hill as atural ope space. Support the recommedatios ad strategies of the Glassford Hill Coordiatio Pla. Idetify other lad forms or features i the area that should be cosidered for protectio or allowed oly limited developmet. GOAL: OS-A4 Ecourage the preservatio of atural ope space throughout the Tow ad regio that has evirometal value ad ca also be used for educatioal purposes. POLICIES: OS-A4.1 OS-A4.2 OS-A4.3 Pursue agreemets with other agecies that are mutually beeficial i sharig atural ope space ad educatioal facilities ad programs. Itegrate educatioal/iterpretative facilities ito ope space areas that are used for water recharge facilities. Support urba fishig i appropriate areas. GOAL: OS-A5 Provide access to ope space ad parks, ad likages betwee ope space, parks, ad user-specific destiatios. POLICIES: OS-A5.1 OS-A5.2 OS-A5.3 OS-A5.4 OS-A5.5 OS-A5.6 OS-A5.7 Provide access to public ope space areas ad parks. Provide a trail system that coects the Tow s ope space, parks, ad select activity ceters, such as commuity ad regioal commercial developmet, i a cohesive maer ad, where appropriate, icludes multi-use facilities (pedestria ad bikes). Support the Trails ad Ope Space Pla prepared by the Tow s Public Works Departmet. Require all ew developmet to build the appropriate segmet of the Prescott Valley Trails System that is adjacet to their developmet, if o trail exists, or to cotribute to a fud to build the trail i the future. Support use of the Tow s floodplais ad appropriate buffer zoes as primary likages i the parks ad ope space system. Obtai public easemets, as eeded, to coect compoets of public ope space ad the proposed Prescott Valley Trails System. Where appropriate opportuities exist, work with homeowers associatios to ope selected existig private paths ad trails to the public. Geeral Pla Chapter 8

18 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet OS-A5.8 OS-A5.9 OS-A5.10 Coordiate regioal access poits ad likages with other appropriate jurisdictioal etities withi the regio. Pursue agreemets with appropriate agecies to secure easemets ad rights-of-way for trails ad paths. Esure that the Tow s trail system is itegrated ito the desig of all capital improvemet project plas, icludig those for parks, draiage chaels, roadways, etc. GUIDING PRINCIPLE OS-B: PROVIDE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE, PARKS, AND TRAILS. GOAL: OS-B1 Cotiue to provide ad expad recreatioal services ad park facilities to serve Prescott Valley residets ad visitors. POLICIES: OS-B1.1 OS-B1.2 OS-B1.3 OS-B1.4 OS-B1.5 OS-B1.6 OS-B1.6 Cotiue to improve the existig udeveloped park properties to complete plaed facilities ad ameities. Develop parks, trails, ad recreatioal ope space stadards for size, populatio served, type of facility, ad locatio that is appropriate for Prescott Valley. Evaluate existig ad future parks by adopted stadards ad the iteded primary user groups. Establish typical ameities that should be icluded for each park type or recreatioal facility accordig to their classificatio. Parks should have a mix of passive ad active recreatio ameities ad recreatioal programs that address the various iterests of childre, tees, adults, ad seiors. Ecourage the public ad private developmet of public plazas ad parks, which provide public gatherig space, i the Tow Ceter ad i the commuity area of the Village PADs. Establish a cultural ad historical pla explorig the potetial uses of these resources, outliig priorities, idetifyig methods of guidig work efforts, ad explore developmet, operatio, maiteace ad fudig strategies. GOAL: OS-B2 New developmet shall participate i the Tow s recreatio ad ope space system. POLICIES: OS-B2.1 OS-B2.2 OS-B2.3 Idetify properties ad coectios to create opportuities for developmet of vistas, public plazas, ad public art features to ecourage activity for future lad uses. Require ew developmet at the coceptual stage, with assistace of the Parks ad Recreatio Director, to provide ope space ad Neighborhood Parks to serve their ew eighborhoods, i accordace with adopted stadards for size, locatio, ad the eeds of the primary users. Ecourage ew developmet to co-locate Neighborhood Parks with school facilities ad ay existig ope space ad parks, ad to discourage the locatio of Neighborhood Parks adjacet to arterial streets. Geeral Pla Chapter 8

19 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet OS-B2.4 OS-B2.5 OS-B2.6 Through the developmet process, require dedicatio of public access easemets ad rights-of-way to create coected public trails, paths, ad bicycle routes. Require all ew developmet to build likages from their parks ad ope space areas to the appropriate earest segmet of the Prescott Valley Trails System. New developmet should address the likig of their ope space, parks, ad trails, as appropriate ad feasible, to adjacet developmets. GOAL: OS-B3 Establish joit-use agreemets betwee Humboldt Uified School District ad the Tow for recreatioal ad educatioal opportuities. POLICIES: OS-B3.1 OS-B3.2 OS-B3.3 Negotiate joit use agreemets with the Humboldt Uified School District to share recreatioal, cultural ad educatioal opportuities ad to esure public access to recreatio facilities i ay eighborhoods curretly lackig park facilities. Work with the Humboldt Uified School District to ot fece or lock gates betwee Tow parks ad HUSD outdoor facilities. Maximize joit use ad developmet opportuities to augmet park ad recreatioal facilities, but do ot rely exclusively o joit parterships to provide the park ad recreatioal eeds for the commuity. GOAL: OS-B4 Provide sufficiet resources to acquire, develop, ad upgrade parks, trails, ad ope space recreatioal facilities, ad assure their log-term maiteace ad operatio. POLICIES: OS-B4.1 OS-B4.2 OS-B4.3 OS-B4.4 OS-B4.5 Provide adequate fudig for acquisitio ad costructio of ew parks, trails, trailheads, recreatio facilities ad ope space i existig ad ew eighborhoods through sales tax, bods, system developmet fees, grats, ad other meas. Ecourage commuity, public, ad private orgaizatios to support the maiteace ad operatio of existig ad ew recreatioal facilities. Develop a subsidy cost recovery philosophy, which provides the framework for creatig a pricig strategy ad policy. Implemet Park Facilities Needs Assessmet, ad traslate ito a five-year capital improvemet pla. Determie facility life cycles, ad idetify log-term capital spedig requiremets. Develop a formal maiteace maagemet system with specific objectives, work order system, resource ivetory, plaig ad schedulig system, prevetive maiteace program, ad performace stadards. GOAL: OS-B5 Establish public ad private parterships to provide public ad private park ad recreatio ivestmets for a more effective use of public fuds. POLICIES: OS-B5.1 OS-B5.2 Icorporate private parks, special purpose facilities, trails ad ope space with existig ad future public facilities, where feasible. Ecourage employers to provide public ope space, gatherig spaces, ad recreatioal facilities for their employees, whe appropriate. Geeral Pla Chapter 8

20 Recreatio ad Ope Space Elemet OS-B5.3 OS-B5.4 OS-B5.6 OS-B5.7 OS-B5.8 OS-B5.9 Promote voluteer participatio i all aspects of recreatio programs. Coordiate with eighborig jurisdictios ad agecies to provide regioal systems. Use compatible recreatio uses, such as golf courses, as buffer areas for wastewater treatmet facilities ad appropriate riparia habitats. Explore opportuities to locate trails alog existig utility trasmissio corridors. Cotiue to work with the Yavapai Couty Flood Cotrol District for co-locatio of parks ad usable ope space. Pursue fudig from state, federal, ad other appropriate fudig sources to costruct park, trail, ad ope space recreatioal facilities i the Prescott Valley Trails System. GOAL: OS-B6 Desig ad operate safe parks, recreatioal ope space, trails, ad recreatioal facilities. POLICIES: OS-B6.1 OS-B6.2 OS-B6.3 OS-B6.4 Develop public trails, paths, ope spaces, ad parks that are attractive, safe, ad easy to maitai. Promote the use of Crime Prevetio through Evirometal Desig (CPTED) techiques whe desigig ad buildig parks ad trails. Desig ad istall appropriate lightig i all Tow parks. Form voluteer citize patrols to help keep parks safe ad secure. GOAL: OS-B6 Develop short ad log-term pla for programmig opportuities ad icrease customer service efficiecies. POLICIES: OS-B6.1 OS-B6.2 OS-B6.3 Implemet the use of basic maagemet tools such as parks ad recreatio maagemet software to provide rapid ad accurate customer service data for the developmet of a systematic log-term plaig process. Utilize parks ad recreatio maagemet software i a proactive mode to query overall commuity eeds rather tha offerig those activities that are status quo with existig participats. Implemet the use of automated systems allowig people the opportuity to register for services at their coveiece from their choice of locatio rather tha the established office hours at the Civic Ceter. Geeral Pla Chapter 8