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Council approves Exhibit A concept to restore West Granite Creek Park; neighbors raise trail-safety concerns
Summary
Prescott officials approved Exhibit A, a conceptual plan to restore West Granite Creek Park with a smaller parking footprint and a circular drop-off; the vote passed 5–2. Neighbors and Prescott Alternative Transportation urged redesign of the drop-off because it sits over an established Greenways Trail.
The Prescott City Council voted 5–2 on Nov. 4 to adopt Exhibit A as the conceptual plan for West Granite Creek Park and asked staff to include the project in the next fiscal year capital-improvement program budget.
Parks and Recreation Director Christy Diaz Trahan presented two plans developed after council direction in February. Both plans include park restoration, an ADA parking space, reduced parking compared with an earlier 44-space design, trail connectivity, plantings, play features and a drop-off area. Exhibit A emphasizes a pull-through circular drop-off and 20 parking spaces (including one ADA space) with short pedestrian routes to the splash pad; Exhibit B retained more open recreation area and used a raised crosswalk and a “pinch” in the road to slow vehicles.
During the presentation, a city traffic engineer supplied distances from the…
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