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Community Plan Catoosa Community Overview Catoosa Catoosa is a city of just over 7,000 residents adjacent to the northeast border of Tulsa. The city contains two major regional destinations: the Hard Rock Casino located at the southern end and the Tulsa Port of Catoosa just north of city limits along SH-167. Both locations are employment centers: the Casino includes two hotels, several restaurants, and other attractions, and 70 companies are located at the Port s industrial park that employ 4,000 people. Other commercial development in Catoosa is centered on the two-lane main street, Cherokee Street, which also is the location of City offices, Catoosa High School (at the southern end) and Catoosa Elementary School. The industrial park between Tiger Switch Road and Pine Street is an additional employment location just outside the city boundary. Catoosa s residential development is dispersed throughout the city in small pockets. Chapter 6: Catoosa Community Plan 98

Policy Review and Recommendations Catoosa s existing standards require the provision of sidewalks on both sides of primary and secondary arterials, as well as residential collector streets. Furthermore, standards have been codified to provide for ADA compliant facilities providing comfortable walking and biking connections for residents and visitors. Fieldwork in Catoosa revealed that these standards have not resulted in a complete sidewalk network as much of the city developed before they were adopted. While current standards call for the provision of pedestrian and bicycle facilities throughout the City, sections of the existing Subdivision Ordinance call for the construction of new roadways laid out in such a way that their use by throughtraffic is discouraged. This in turn may lead to the construction of subdivisions where streets are disjointed and include cul-de-sacs and make pedestrian and bicycle connectivity difficult. Recommendations Consider adopting design guidelines for pedestrian and bicycle facilities outlined in the GO Plan. Consider amending Subdivision Regulations to specify pedestrian and bicycle connections for cul-de-sac ends to the rest of the street network and requiring new streets to align with existing streets across arterials. Consider retrofitting arterials and collector streets to subdivision ordinance standards. Existing design standards call for four-foot sidewalks on residential streets with three-foot buffers on arterials. There is no specification for bicycle facility design. 99 Chapter 6: Catoosa Community Plan

n 145 e ave s 145 e ave 161 e ave n n 161 e ave s lynnlane rd n lynnlane rd s 193 e ave deaddog rd hwy167nb expy creek Pedestrian Network Recommendations The pedestrian facility recommendations in this Plan comprise two elements: a prioritization of known sidewalk gaps on arterial streets and specific infrastructure recommendations for the community s chosen focus area. The Focus Area selected was Cherokee Street to connect the High School to City Hall. The map and project list below detail a prioritized set of improvements to fill sidewalk gaps on arterials. Arterial sidewalk gaps are targeted because these streets have the highest traffic volumes and speeds, but also many destinations for pedestrians, as well as some transit routes. Over 65 percent of the nine pedestrian crashes reported in Catoosa in the five years ending July 2014 were located on arterial streets. While filling sidewalk gaps on arterials may reduce the number of vehicle-pedestrian crashes, many conflicts actually occur at intersections. Recommended treatments for arterial intersections appear in Appendix A: Design Guidelines and in Chapter 3: Pedestrian Strategy where some typical safety improvements for major arterial intersections are presented in the concept designs. R O G E R S C O U N T Y redbud dr C a t o o s a e rice st w denbo st n cherokee st e apache st n hwy66sb expy tigerswitch rd s cherokee st rogers e/will trail e pine st e 580 rd C h e r o k e e H i l l s G o l f C o u r s e T u l s a e admiral pl W A G O N E R C O U N T Y Pedestrian or bicycle crash Chapter 6: Catoosa Community Plan 100

e 56 st n e apache st e admiral pl e pine st n 141 e ave e 36 st n e 66 st n Chapter 6: Catoosa Community Plan 101 User: <bol><ita>gomerso</ita></bol> Path: <bol><ita>o:\active PROJECTS\5421 Tulsa Regional Bike & Ped Master Plan\GIS\MXDs\201508_August\Tulsa_Ped_Mapbook_Community_Focus_Areas.mxd</ita></bol> Date: 8/26/2015 Path : O:\ACTIVE PROJECTS\5421 Tulsa Regional Bike & Ped Master Plan\GIS\MXDs\201508_August\Tulsa_Ped_Mapbook_Communit y_focus_areas.mx d User: gomerso n 161 e ave C h e r o k e e H i l l s G o l f C o u r s e n 145 e ave e 580 rd 101 Chapter 6: Catoosa Community Plan Miles Exported: 8/2 6/2 015 0 0.6 1.2 n lynnlane rd n 129 e ave T u l s a C a t o o s a R O G E R S C O U N T Y Focus Area Outside Jurisdiction 5 4 3 2 1 Prioritized Sidewalk Gaps by Quintile n 145 e ave Catoosa Tulsa Regional Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan T U L S A C O U N T Y Pedestrian Improvements 8/26/2015

Cherokee Street from the High School to City Hall 7 OK-16 Tig er Sw E P in itc hr d e St S Che rokee Catoosa High School St Cherokee Elementary School OK-6 6 Roadway Barrier High Pedestrian Movement Spot improvement Needed Why is this a focus area? Proximity to the sports park on the east side of OK-66 Elementary school and Pre-kindergarten school on each side of Cherokee Street South end of Cherokee Street has High School and Middle School Intersection of Cherokee and N 193rd East Ave has a number of destinations: casino, hotel, retirement complex, Wal-Mart, and retail strip development There are several planned signalized intersections along Cherokee, especially at E Pine Street Crossing of OK-66 from Cherokee Street There are also conversations about the need for midblock crossings along Cherokee and OK-66E Confluence of streets at Cherokee and E Ford Street and E Ford Street and OK-66E cause traffic congestion and turning conflicts Need to have conversations with ODOT to discuss options along state owned streets Four pedestrian crashes occurred in this area from July 2009 to July 2014, including one fatality Crossing of OK-66 on E Pine Street Chapter 6: Catoosa Community Plan 102

Cherokee Street from the High School to City Hall Proposed solutions Add sidewalks along Cherokee to provide pedestrian access and network Add a center median along parts of OK-66 E to narrow lanes and to provide areas for mid-block crossings where needed Re-design intersection at E Ford St and OK-66 E to introduce a traffic signal and crosswalks Re-design intersection at E Pine St and Cherokee to add a traffic signal and crosswalks Add sidewalks and crossings to provide access along E Pine St, across OK-66 to provide additional pedestrian and bicycle connectivity When E Pine St is reconstructed, it should be designed as a 3-lane street and sidewalks should be added along it Sidewalk with tree lawn For design specifics on these recommended facilities, see Appendix A: Design Guidelines. Center median added for refuge area High Visibility Crosswalks at Intersection 103 Chapter 6: Catoosa Community Plan Mid-block Crossing of an Arterial

Ti g er S wit ch Rd Add Crosswalk 6 OK-6 Add Sidewalks Add Signal and Crosswalks e St Cherokee Street from the High School to City Hall E Pin S C h e rokee St 7 OK-16 Recomended Bike Lanes Recomended Sidepath Signed Route Church/Civic/School Site Residential Development Industrial Retail Development Chapter 6: Catoosa Community Plan 104

Bicycle Network Recommendations The bicycle facility recommendations for Catoosa were developed through the process described in Chapter 2, including a number of conversations and reviews with the City Planner and City staff. These recommendations connect neighborhoods, commercial centers, schools and other major destinations with a range of facility types appropriate to the given street type. For instance, a sidepath is recommended along Tiger Switch Road that would connect the center of Catoosa to another sidepath on Pine Street that leads to the western edge of Tulsa. The set of recommendations for Catoosa was prioritized according to the process described in Chapter 4 incorporating measurable variables that define the safety and connectivity of projects, The results of this process are included in Appendix C. The prioritization process is only a tool in determining how a city should go about implementing projects. Other factors such as grant opportunities or development may enable a city to develop the network in an order not consistent with the priorities. The list in the appendix should be used as a guide and not as an implementation schedule. While this prioritization listed represents a quantitative assessment of the projects, the City should also consult this Plan whenever street reconstruction or resurfacing projects occur to capitalize on programmed project investments. Catoosa TOTAL MILEAGE COST PER MILE TOTAL COST Signed Route 6.79 $ 800 to 18,500 $5,000 Bike Lane 2.59 $71,600 $185,000 Sidepath 4.38 $719,000 $3,150,000 Trail 3.68 $888,100 $3,272,000 Total 17.44 $6,612,000 105 Chapter 6: Catoosa Community Plan

e 66 st n TULSA COUNTY n ave trail 7e 17 a catoos ort of mohawk/p rd e 6 6 st n trail sko se e 540 rd R O C a t o o s a n 14 E R e hwy 266 expy G e apache st S ea ut u t io na ee cr k C ra lt na w e/ ill g ro s er il e ric e st st o ch dr w de nbo 1 e ave redbud e 580 rd l ai tr O U N T py ex i4 4 e 106 Chapter 6: Catoosa Community Plan sb ex p y hw y66 e 56 st n T u l s a e apache st tig er h t es n hwy167nb expy ro ke sw itc deaddog rd Cherokee Hills Golf Course e pine st Path: <bol><ita>o:\active PROJECTS\5421 Tulsa Regional Bike & Ped Master Plan\GIS\MXDs\201508_August\Tulsa_Mapbook_Community_Focus_Areas.mxd</ita></bol> n lynnlane rd n 193 e av e sc he n 161 e ave n 161 e ave n 145 e ave n 145 e ave e 36 st n User: <bol><ita>gomerso</ita></bol> Pa th: O:\AC TIV E PROJECT S\5421 Tulsa R egio nal Bike & Ped Master Pla n\g IS\MX Ds\201508_Aug ust\tulsa_mapboo k_c ommunity_f ocus_areas.mxd U ser: g omerso n 129 e ave Y Final Network 8/31/2015 Tulsa Regional Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan 0.6 1.2 Catoosa Recommendations Trail Sidepath Bike Lane Signed Route Unpaved Trail 0 Exported: 8/31/2015 Date: 8/31/2015 Miles Chapter 6: Catoosa Community Plan 106