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Mill Avenue Streetscape Update Work Study Session January 15, 2026 1 Overview • Project Purpose & Elements • Progress of Construction • Business, Event & Resident Outreach • Remaining Construction • Next Steps 2 Performance Measures • 1.05 – Feeling of Safety in Your Neighborhood • 3.14 – ADA Transition Plan • 3.26 – 20 Minute City • 4.11 – Tree and Shade Canopy • 5.03 – Capital Investment Created 3 Project Purpose & Elements Elements (all new): • Irrigation & Electrical Lines • Sidewalk Brick & Expanded Pedestrian Space • ADA Improvements • Bike Racks • Greater Diversity of Trees & Expanded Planting Areas • String Lighting • Mosaic Medallions with Tempe Images • Light & Signal Foundations • Bus Shelters with Indigenous Designs • Mill Ave Gateway Structure Purpose: • Refresh Mill Ave Infrastructure (40+ years since upgrades) • Support Tempe & its Businesses, Events & Residents 4 Project Area / Mill Ave (University to Rio Salado) 5 Progress of Construction Overview • Began Summer 2024 • Sidewalks installed • 7 intersections/corners completed • Signal & light foundations completed • All electrical & irrigation lines completed • ADA Improvements completed • Trees installed 6 Irrigation and Electrical Lines • New irrigation lines to support tree and plant success • New electrical lines to support downtown events, growth and operations needs 7 Sidewalk Brick & Expanded Pedestrian Space • New red brick and concrete pavers • Concrete bands delineating patios from pedestrian area • “Bulb-outs” to create expanded pedestrian space at multiple intersections 8 ADA Improvements • New pedestrian ramps at all intersections • New push buttons with current ADA requirements • Sidewalk cross-slope improvements 9 Trees and Expanded Planting Areas • 5 new sustainable desert tree species • 125 new trees • Chinese Pistache, Ghost Gum Eucalyptus, Mastic, Olive, Tipu • Expanded planter islands, using mulch • Preserve existing healthy Ficus 10 String Lighting • Overhead string lights installed • Fourth St, Mill - Maple • Sixth St, Myrtle - Maple 11 Mosaic Medallions 12 Bus Shelters with Indigenous Designs • Partnered with Heiku, Public Art, Transit to develop designs into new shelters • Artists: Joshua Yazzie, Jacob Butler • 3 new shelters on Mill Ave 13 Mill Ave Gateway Sign 14 Communication Regular updates: • DTA • Contractor engagement • Targeted & 1:1 communications with directly impacted businesses • Monthly public recorded meetings • Customized construction solutions 15 Events and Business Outreach Continued Event Coordination with DTA, Tempe Tourism, ASU, Businesses Tempe Blooms Festival of the Arts Innings Festival Fantasy of Lights Parade … and more 16 90% Complete Punchlist Items Some Intersection Corners Gateway Install (block closure, several days) Paving & Striping (late Spring/early Summer) Monthly Public Project Updates Target project completion date Fall 2026 Project Status / Next Steps 17 Questions 18