exhibit f: recreational purposes and aspects · 2019. 5. 20. · exhibit f-1 irvington to kino...
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Tucson Electric Power Company CEC Application Irvington to Kino 138 kV Transmission Line Project April 2018
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EXHIBIT F: RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND ASPECTS
State the extent, if any, the proposed site or route will be available to the public for recreational purposes, consistent with safety considerations and regulations and attach any plans the applicant may have concerning the development of the recreational aspects of the proposed site or route.
The alternative routes would be located within public road right‐of‐way to the extent practical and will be available to the public consistent with existing use. Alternative B is located directly adjacent to soccer fields at Kino Sports Complex and would therefore be co‐located with this use.
Various recreational activities occur close to the preferred and alternative routes. There are also several municipal parks near the alternative routes that offer sports and playground facilities (see Exhibit F‐1). Although these facilities are located in proximity to the alternative routes, the Project would not prevent current recreation uses at these facilities.
Table 6 lists the recreational facilities adjacent to the alternative routes. Other neighborhood parks and recreation centers are located 1500 feet or more from the alternatives.
Table 6. Recreation Facilities Adjacent to Alternatives
Recreation Facility Location Adjacent to Alternative
Quincie Douglas Recreation Center, Pool, Library, and Silver Lake Park Soccer Fields
Northwest of the intersection of South Kino Parkway and East 36th Street
North of Alternative A
Kino Sports Complex (spring training fields)
Between I‐10 and East Ajo Way North of Alternative B
South of Alternative C
Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
South of East Ajo Way South of Alternative C
Kino Sports Complex (soccer fields), Kino Veterans Memorial Pool, Sam Lena Recreation Area, Mulcahy YMCA
North of East Ajo Way North of Alternative C
Julian Wash Greenway (trail) Runs northwest from South Rita Road to I‐10
Crossed by Alternative A at Irvington Road and Benson Highway.
Tucson Diversion Channel (trail) Runs northeast from Julian Wash Greenway east of Kino Parkway to Kino Environmental
Crossed by Alternative B at I‐10
Crossed by Alternative C at East Ajo Way
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Tucson Electric Power Company CEC Application Irvington to Kino 138 kV Transmission Line Project April 2018
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Recreation Facility Location Adjacent to Alternative
Restoration Project north of East Ajo Way
Kino Environmental Restoration Project (trail and passive recreation)
North of East Ajo Way North of Alternative C
The Julian Wash Greenway is part of The Loop, a shared‐use trail complex throughout Pima County and City of Tucson, that has both soft and hard surface trails. Pima County is developing “The Loop” around metropolitan Tucson with links to Marana, Oro Valley, and South Tucson. Pima County residents and visitors on foot, bikes, skates, and horses can enjoy the more than 120 miles of shared‐use paths that have already been completed.
Kino Sports Complex (south of Ajo Way, and including Veterans Memorial Stadium) covers 155 acres, and is the largest professional sports and entertainment venue of its kind in Pima County. If offers recreational arenas for youth, high school, collegiate, semi‐pro, and professional grass sports and provides a setting for social gatherings, concerts, and community events.
Kino Sports Complex (north of Ajo Way) is primarily dedicated to soccer and long field activities with a lighted 2,000‐seat North Grandstand field, four soccer fields, and a 3,000‐seat stadium (North Stadium).
The Kino Environmental Restoration Project was created from a 50‐acre detention basin. It covers 141 acres, and contains 28 acres of riparian and open water including a 5.6 acre, fifty‐foot deep pond; 21 acres of grassland, mesquite bosque, marsh and upland vegetation that rises to an elevation of 2,520 feet; and another 92 acres that includes flood control structures, a basin earthen berm, and a recreational path that surrounds the basin. Recreational opportunities include bird‐watching, wildlife viewing, and a 2.2 mile paved trail for walking, running, and bicycling.
Visitors to these recreational facilities would experience an impact from the added structures in the viewshed (see visual simulations in Exhibit G‐5). The existing structures within view of the recreational facilities include the railroad, I‐10, the Sundt Generating Station, various commercial and industrial facilities, and multiple power distribution and transmission lines, therefore the impact of the Project’s additional structures is indirect and negligible.
The proposed Project would not directly impact the facilities or any of the current recreation uses.
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Tucson Electric Power Company CEC Application Irvington to Kino 138 kV Transmission Line Project April 2018
EXHIBIT F‐1
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Kino Env. Restoration Project
Silverlake Park
Kino Veterans Memorial Sports Complex
Mulcahy YMCA
Julian Wash Greenway
The Bridges
I-10
36th St
Ajo Way
Irvington Rd
Alvern
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Benson Highway
Kino P
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Aviation Parkway
Swan R
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Kino
Irvington
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Exhibit F-1Irvington to Kino 138kV Transmission Line ProjectRecreation
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Date Sources:TEPPima County GISCity of TucsonBasemap: ESRI World TopographicProjection: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 12NScale: 1:30,000
Revised Study AreaUnion Pacific RailroadParkstrails
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Line Siting Alternatives
Existing TEP Transmission138kV46kV
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