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“In response, the property owner has come forward with a concept plan that would have the building torn down and create townhome units within the lot. A timeframe for development would be determined based on the approval of the concept plan.”

The planned unit development concept allows for flexibility in building and lot sizes, and the city has approved several PUD developments in recent years.

The plan commission was presented concepts for both a 16 and 20-unit development on the parcel and sent a recommendation to the city council that it favored 16 units.

Plan commission member Josh Gergen said developers have been talking about doing something at the site for a long time.

“We’ve been hearing about these concepts for about a dozen years,” he said.

CAB Company

The Prescott Crazy About Baseball (CAB) Company planned renovations at Firehall Field were approved by the Prescott City Council Monday night.

The city plan commission unanimously recommended approval of the plan July 5, which includes a new grandstand with a press box behind home plate. Adjacent to that would be a plaza area and new concession/restroom building. The plan also includes new dugouts.

The property Firehall Field is located on is owned by the Prescott School District, which has a lease agreement with the CAB Company for operation of the baseball field at S. Walnut and S. Flora Streets.

It was noted at the plan commission meeting that bleachers currently in place behind home plate could be moved down the third base line, though they are owned by the school district.

CAB Company is raising funds to pay for the project and hopes that the City of Prescott would install sewer and water laterals to the concession/ restroom building when the project gets underway.

The CAB Company also appealed to the city its Parks and Public Property Committee meeting in June for help with water for the baseball field.

Mayor Rob Daugherty turned down a request from the organization for addition- al free water for the field last month. The organization said they had a verbal agreement for water from the city and had already this year used 500,000 gallons.

Brady Randolph and Chuck Block of the CAB Company attended the June 29 meeting and talked about the number of visitors the baseball field generates for the Prescott area. They said 60-80 games are played by baseball clubs not associated with the school district, and that Firehall Field brings 30,000 people to the community a year. They said that in prior years, the city has granted an exemption to them for water usage in the 500,000-to-1-million-gallon range. They estimated that 800,000 gallons are used at the field annually.

Committee members suggested the organization reach out for grant funding and said that water bill exemptions are not common practice for the city.

New signage will point the way in downtown Prescott With a new look to the riverfront in downtown Prescott, new modern signage will direct visitors to local attractions.

The Prescott City Council on Monday night approved the purchase of new signs. With a savings of $79,083 from the original bid projection for the riverfront rebuild, some of the savings will be used to purchase new signage. Three new signs downtown at a cost of $34,010.97 will come from the tax incremental financing fund that is covering project costs. A sign for the non-motorized boat launch and Prescott beach signs – at a cost of $3,202.70 – will be paid for through the city parks escrow fund.

Signs will be installed in October when the riverfront project is complete.

A “Welcome to Prescott” sign will be 101 inches by 101 inches. The price of that sign is $18,639.75.

New freestanding direction signs will be installed to point the way to Firehall Field, Public Square Park Magee Park and the Prescott Riverfront.

Preliminary plans were reviewed by the Prescott Plan Commission and City Council for townhomes on the site of a former treatment center at 445 Court Street. Drawing courtesy of City of Prescott

New downtown Prescott signage will provide a finishing touch to the Prescott riverfront redevelopment project underway this summer. Signs will be put in place at the close of the project in the fall. Drawings courtesy of City of Prescott