Sundog DISConnect

08/02/2025

Prescott taxpayers must be the ones to determine any changes to our open space lands.

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07/28/2025

Bonnie McMinn‘s letter says it all. Vote YES on Proposition 484 by August 5.

07/30/2024

On July 31--TOMORROW--the General Plan Committee will review and comment on the complete draft General Plan.

Please review and note sections or language you want to give feedback on.

Once complete, staff will be sending out announcements regarding the public 60-day comment period and how you can participate.

We will keep you updated on the process.

Visit this link for the Prescott General Plan Review Committee July 31st Agenda Packet (includes the draft Plan):

https://prescottaz.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1688/files/agenda/3359

07/15/2024

Please join us at the General Plan Review Committee meeting to be held THIS WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 at 2 p.m. at Council Chambers 201 N Montezuma.

Agenda packet. https://prescottaz.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1643/files/report/1327

Note agenda item 4A: Presentation, Review & Discussion of the Draft 2025 Prescott General Plan.

AT THE OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC, residents may comment & address the Committee on matters NOT included on the Agenda.

OTHER COMMENTS MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE AT THEIR DISCRETION. Check with Tammy DeWitt before the meeting.

The link above includes the full draft 2025 General Plan. To search for words or phrases on an Apple device, use Command + F, and a search bar will open in the top right corner of your screen. On a PC, use Control + F. Check for other wording of interest to you.

The Sundog Connector is referenced on page 40 of the draft as a CYMPO recommendation without comment regarding public opposition or the EXCESSIVE cost.

05/28/2024

04/18/2024

PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR INPUT!

The ACT UP and 69 Corridor Master Plan Surveys are waiting for your participation!

ACT-UP: https://www.cympo.org/actup/

SR 69 Master Plan Survey: https://www.cympo.org/sr69/

As these projects progress, let's insist on establishing wildlife connectivity and habitat protection by regional agencies and municipalities.

03/22/2024

Greetings, engaged citizens,
We want to update you on some recent occurrences relating to the Sundog Connector. The Sundog Connector Design Concept Report is "received, is unlikely to proceed, but not dead.” The CYMPO Executive Board receiving the Final Design Concept Report means that it was deemed complete and done properly and released payment to the AECOM consultant team. The vote to receive brought the study to its conclusion but did not determine further actions. At this meeting, Mayor Goode stated that we need to begin the SR69 improvements, and that the connector road would be a detriment to Prescott. He also acknowledged legitimate concerns over emergency access but thinks the benefit of a reduction of one-minute travel time via the connector is not worth the cost. A group of Yavapai Hills homeowners is currently collaborating with City staff to devise logical and low-impact emergency and evacuation routes from some neighborhoods of concern. Cactus Place to Robin Drive is a probable egress for consideration.

Even though there appears to be no appetite to proceed with any more planning at this time, it's possible that plans to build this highway could be exhumed! To help keep it at bay, Sundog DISconnect is working on the process to prevent Sundog Connector plans from being included in the 2025 City of Prescott General Plan.
The reasons? Let's start with excessive costs, limited benefits, community opposition, wildlife endangerment, habitat destruction, noise, pollution, and negative impact on neighborhoods and the Regional Park. Another is that the mention of the word "Sundog" or the words "Sundog Connector" in the 2015 General Plan were repeatedly used as a justification for proceeding with and promoting the plans. Yet none of these references suggested the Connector be constructed or that the public had "voted for it."

We think it's best to clean up that part of the General Plan's Circulation Element, and we'll keep you informed. Thank you for your continued interest and advocacy!
Sundog DISConnect

02/09/2024

Due to the information shared by groups like Sundog DISConnect, public opinion has shifted significantly in the last several months. Even though the number of respondents for each of these polls is small, it reflects the sentiment we are hearing throughout the community. See how the opposition has grown. You can participate in the poll. Go to the Daily Courier main page at https://www.dcourier.com/. You don't need to be a subscriber. Scroll down passing the following sections: Local & State, Sports, and Odd & Interesting. Below Opinions and on the right side of the screen, find the poll. You can take the poll or just look at the results. Check out the previous polls, too.

12/31/2023

CYMPO’s two proposed four-lane Sundog Highway routes are shown here. One will be selected and released in the Draft Concept Design Report by CYMPO-AECOM during first quarter 2024 although a NO BUILD option is required to be an option also. The public is very clear and consistent in supporting the NO BUILD option. No build is not the same as no road, because these projects can be revisited in the future. The public will have opportunities to comment on the Draft Design Concept Report. Reading this summary of the September CYMPO-AECOM open house will be useful. You can find that here: http://tinyurl.com/3samzffr.

Full-length Alternative 3 is 3.5 miles from the jail traffic circle at Prescott Lakes Parkway to the Home Depot/Hobby Lobby traffic circle in Prescott Valley. It comes within 200 feet of neighborhoods.

Alternative 7 extends from the jail traffic circle on Prescott Lake Parkway to a proposed traffic circle on Sunrise Blvd in Yavapai Hills. AECOM has not disclosed what changes will be made to Sunrise to accommodate heavy traffic.

This would be planned as a 90 to 100-foot wide lighted highway that will conflict with the passive recreation nature of the Glassford Dells Regional Park and create a barrier to the already restricted movement of wildlife. This approximated width doesn't include. of course, the hillside setbacks that would be necessary for the huge roadcuts.

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