1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:13,200 Good afternoon and welcome to uh our transcom meeting on this August the 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:21,039 20th, 2026. It's 1:36. Sorry for the delayed uh start. This is a transcom and 3 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:27,920 uh we'd like to excuse our chair, Mayor Mark Shepard. Uh he's out of town. Uh or 4 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:33,200 he's not in this town, so he would be in another town that's out away from here. 5 00:00:31,679 --> 00:00:39,360 Uh would like to have you start down there. 6 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:43,120 Uh thank you so much at uh let's start with you, Rosie, and then we'll go 7 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:47,440 around the table. Then I'll have Andrea introduce those of you who have chosen 8 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:51,920 to be online, and then she'll give you the instructions then. But Rosie, go 9 00:00:49,039 --> 00:00:56,640 ahead. Rosie Hernandez and I'm part of the admin team at WFRC. 10 00:00:54,879 --> 00:01:02,719 » Jordan Chandler, also part of the admin team at WFRC. 11 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:06,760 » Tiffany PCO, UDOT, program development. >> Dan Dugan, Salt Lake City, 12 00:01:06,799 --> 00:01:14,600 » Brook Duza, Sandy City Council. >> Sheldon Burge, Tila Cog, 13 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:22,000 » Andrea Pearson, part of the admin team at WFRC. Andrew Guber, executive 14 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:27,759 director here at WFRC. Welcome everybody in person and online. 15 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:32,000 » Wayne Benion, WFRC staff. >> Ed Nolton, WFRC deputy director, chief 16 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:34,640 planner. >> Ivan Morero, Federal Highway 17 00:01:33,439 --> 00:01:38,320 Administration. >> Jiren Robertson with Utah Transit 18 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:46,079 Authority. >> Ethan Ray, project manager, UTA. 19 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:49,439 » Fibultani, WFRC staff. Matt Gray and I've just started with 20 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:55,600 Salt Lake County as transportation program coordinator. 21 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:59,680 » Ben Wri, uh, was headfront staff short- range planning. 22 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:04,000 » For those of you who are in the hallway, we invite you to come in now. Uh, 23 00:02:01,439 --> 00:02:08,560 Andrea, go ahead. >> Okay. Online today, um, I'll just say 24 00:02:07,119 --> 00:02:15,599 three of you and have you introduced yourselves. Uh, Commissioner Crofts, 25 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:22,080 Mayor Burton, and Commissioner Blocker. Hello, John Crofts, Davis County. 26 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:27,239 » Derek Martin, mayor of West Jordan, new recipient on the bond for rec center. 27 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:33,239 » Railen Blocker, commissioner in Morgan County. 28 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:42,400 » Okay, next. Um, Meg Padin, Nicole Bordeaux, and Mayor Bingham. 29 00:02:40,239 --> 00:02:46,000 Hi, Meg Padin, community and economic development director, Wasach Front 30 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:50,720 Regional Council. >> Good afternoon. Nicole Berto at the Utah 31 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:55,319 Transit Authority. >> Sher Bingham, mayor of Hipper City. 32 00:02:55,599 --> 00:03:01,800 » Um, Mayor Jackson, Johnny Nordon, Mayor Palmer. 33 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:16,560 » Hi, this is Sher Jackson from Mil Creek. John Aaron with Front Regional Council. 34 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:23,040 » Uh Lauren Palmer, mayor out in Haramman >> and uh Carlton Christensen 35 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:27,040 and um Mayor Fatheringham. >> Uh Carlton Christensen, economic 36 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:30,040 development director for this Sandy City. 37 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,920 And >> Mayor Fatheringham is waving. It looks 38 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:41,360 like he might be driving, so we're probably good. And then we have uh some 39 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:45,920 other attendees online as well. >> Very good. Thank you so much, Andrea. Uh 40 00:03:44,319 --> 00:03:47,200 our first action. >> Sorry. 41 00:03:46,799 --> 00:03:53,599 » Okay. >> I apologize. I also missed uh 42 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:57,080 » uh Tom Jacobson um part of our commission. U 43 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:05,040 » Good afternoon everyone. It's not >> Good afternoon. Thank you. Anyone else? 44 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:08,480 » Good to go. Our first action item is the approval for the minutes the on the 45 00:04:06,799 --> 00:04:14,080 meeting that we held here on June the 18th, 2026. Uh entertain a motion for 46 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:17,919 approval. >> Mr. Chair, I move for approval. 47 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:20,000 » Thank you. Accepted. >> Need a second. 48 00:04:18,799 --> 00:04:24,000 » Yep, that's me. >> That's great. Thank you so much. Place 49 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:28,639 that motion for vote. All in favor? >> I. 50 00:04:25,919 --> 00:04:32,880 » Great. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Our next item is what will 51 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:37,440 be our chair's report. Uh, as you're aware, one of the WFRC's primary 52 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:42,160 activities is programming funds for the transportation projects and technical 53 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:46,400 assistance, putting resources in the hands of our local communities. I'd like 54 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:53,240 to turn the time over right now to Mr. Wayne Benign to briefly remind us of 55 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:53,240 these programs and their due dates. 56 00:04:54,320 --> 00:05:04,240 » Thanks, Mr. Chair. Uh with a new funding cycle approaching soon, we just wanted 57 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:09,280 to take this opportunity to remind you of the uh funding programs, the 58 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:14,160 resources that are available through WFRC. 59 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:20,160 You can see uh the first four of these five programs on the first slide are 60 00:05:17,039 --> 00:05:25,039 capital improvement programs and then there's also the transportation and land 61 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:31,759 use connection program. All five of these have letters of intent that'll be 62 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:37,039 due September 30th. So, we wanted to encourage all of you to think about 63 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:45,280 needs in your cities and your communities and uh talk with your staff 64 00:05:41,039 --> 00:05:51,840 and consider applying for uh submitting a letter of intent for these programs. 65 00:05:48,479 --> 00:05:58,479 Uh we plan to go out to the councils of government in 66 00:05:54,320 --> 00:06:05,600 each of the counties uh in September and also talk with uh your staff at our 67 00:06:03,039 --> 00:06:13,520 technical advisory committee meetings and give them more detailed information. 68 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:21,120 There will also be u a email coming out around September 2nd 69 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:29,600 with uh with additional information on not only these five programs but also uh 70 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:35,039 the four on this uh last slide. Uh these latter four do not need a letter of 71 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:40,960 intent. They're on a different timeline, different time frame. Um, but the 72 00:06:38,639 --> 00:06:46,639 information we send out will have contact information regarding these four 73 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:51,360 programs as well as the five on the first slide. Thank you, Mr. Chair. 74 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:55,199 » Thank you for that review, Wayne. Appreciate that. Uh, are there any 75 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:59,759 questions for Wayne Wayne before we move on? Seeing none or hearing none, I'll 76 00:06:57,759 --> 00:07:07,280 move on to the public comment portion of the agenda. We have some uh public here 77 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:12,240 uh at the WFRC and also online. We encourage those of you either in person 78 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:17,280 or online to comment if you'd like to. Uh we'd like you to if you do decide to 79 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:21,599 comment, we'd love for you to limit your comments to three minutes and also those 80 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:28,000 items that will only appear on this agenda if you would. Are there any that 81 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:32,520 would like to comment at this time? Seeing none in person, are there any 82 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,520 online? 83 00:07:32,639 --> 00:07:37,759 » No comments online. >> No comments online. Thank you very much. 84 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:44,560 Then we'll move on to our item number four, the transportation improvement 85 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:48,560 program known as the TIP. Uh today we have two items to recommend to the 86 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:52,800 regional council for action regarding the transportation improvement program. 87 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:58,720 First, the requests are to modify the existing 2026 to 2031 tip with Ben 88 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:03,280 Richwood. He'll Ben will review those things with us. And then the second is 89 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:08,800 the 2027 to 2032 transportation improvement program. When we get to that 90 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:13,120 uh that item, Ben will give us some some more time to remind us a bit about the 91 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:17,840 public involvement uh efforts and the public comments received. After that, 92 00:08:15,199 --> 00:08:22,720 we'll open it up for for some discussion. Ben, let's uh start with the 93 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:27,280 first one, item number 4A, which is the board modification to the 2026 2031 94 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:33,120 transportation improvement program. Go ahead. Thank you, Mr. Chair. 95 00:08:30,319 --> 00:08:37,760 So, in your meeting materials, you should have well, you do have you'll 96 00:08:35,680 --> 00:08:42,640 have three tables in in your meeting materials. And those tables identify 97 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:48,880 seven projects that are before us at this time for board modification into 98 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:52,160 the 2026 2031 transportation improvement program. 99 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:57,519 We'll go through each one of those projects in a fairly quick manner for 100 00:08:54,800 --> 00:09:02,720 your review and then seek your approval for this board modification. So the very 101 00:09:00,399 --> 00:09:07,760 first project we have is a project up in Weber County. This is a project on 2700 102 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:14,800 North. This is for a future rail crossing here. 103 00:09:10,959 --> 00:09:23,040 Here we have the rail both UTA and Union Pacific Rails that cross 2700 North. 104 00:09:18,959 --> 00:09:31,040 Here's a picture looking to the west. Here's a picture looking to the east. 105 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:37,600 The intent of this request is to seek funding or UDOT is seeking federal funds 106 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:44,800 to be able to do a concept report in this project with the intent that as 107 00:09:41,279 --> 00:09:49,279 each phase is moving forward that those funds will be sought after through 108 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:54,720 federal grants. So this first grant is to develop a project concept uh 109 00:09:52,399 --> 00:10:00,240 coordinate between the stakeholders and then put together a partial design for 110 00:09:57,279 --> 00:10:07,279 this separated grade crossing. Uh this estimated project cost is $2.5 million. 111 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:15,040 The next project we have is a project in Davis County. This project on I-15 and 112 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:19,760 it's located there at 650 North. There are two I-15 structures over 650 113 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:24,959 north. There's the northbound and there's the southbound. And both of 114 00:10:21,839 --> 00:10:29,360 these structures are just worn right out to where to the point that regular 115 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:33,680 maintenance is no longer a viable option. 116 00:10:30,959 --> 00:10:38,160 Here's a picture again in the upper left looking west and then a picture looking 117 00:10:35,680 --> 00:10:45,399 north. Here's a picture underneath these 118 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:45,399 structures on both directions. 119 00:10:48,079 --> 00:10:57,040 So the intent of this is to replace these structures. In fact, UDOT wants to 120 00:10:54,320 --> 00:11:02,320 replace these structures and implement I-15 modifications that'll address 121 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:08,079 future needs on I-15. Uh UD do is seeking additional federal 122 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:14,720 funding for this project at the tune of 64 plus million. They do have $16.2 $2 123 00:11:12,399 --> 00:11:19,920 million identified through the structures program and region one. So 124 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:25,360 the intent is as the department is seeking these additional funds is if 125 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:30,880 successful in her bid will come back and this project will go underway. 126 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:37,160 The next project is a project in Salt Lake County. This 127 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:37,160 is a project on I80. 128 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:44,959 This is between before the turnoff to go to Mountain Bell or East Canyon 129 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:51,120 Reservoir all the way up to Lamb's Canyon a little beyond the Lambs Canyon 130 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:57,279 uh turnoff there. The desire of the department is to extend the climbing 131 00:11:53,760 --> 00:12:03,440 lanes on this facility recognizing I80 as a major east west corridor for 132 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:10,320 freight. Um, UD do is also seeking federal funds on this project to build 133 00:12:06,639 --> 00:12:15,279 or construct an additional climbing lane that will improve the safety for all 134 00:12:12,399 --> 00:12:22,560 motorists. But the intent there is to seek $42 million in federal funds 135 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:28,079 through discretionary grant and the department currently has $28.4 $4 136 00:12:24,959 --> 00:12:33,440 million of state transportation solution program funds identified for this 137 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:38,240 project for a total project cost of $71 million. 138 00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:44,000 That brings us to the second table which identifies three more projects for us to 139 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:49,920 review. The first project is a project there in Kwood Canyons there. This is 140 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:56,880 part of our first phasewood Canyons improvements there. This is to help with 141 00:12:53,600 --> 00:13:02,880 the mobility hub. As you'll recall in the phase or construction of the 142 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:08,240 Cottonwood Canyons increased bus uh and mobility hub as well as 143 00:13:06,079 --> 00:13:16,000 tolling facilities, but this is to address the an interchange that's 144 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:22,320 necessary here on Wasach Boulevard at about 6900 South. This will improve 145 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:27,600 access for the mobility hub as well as local access. 146 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:33,600 This project requires an additional $16 million from the TIFF Compwood Canyons 147 00:13:30,639 --> 00:13:37,240 funds, making this total project cost of $72 million. 148 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:44,959 The next project to look at is a project on I-15 in South Salt Lake area or the 149 00:13:43,279 --> 00:13:50,600 southern part of the valley there between 106 South and 90th South. 150 00:13:50,639 --> 00:14:00,079 This is to address the concrete panels. The intent there is for the department 151 00:13:57,839 --> 00:14:04,480 to continue on. This is a project that's ongoing. But during construction 152 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:08,800 identified that there was more panels and there was also some greater depth 153 00:14:06,959 --> 00:14:13,120 that needed to be addressed in replacement of these panels and then 154 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:19,440 doing some grinding so that it would provide a smooth surface on I-15. 155 00:14:17,519 --> 00:14:23,519 Couple of pictures of what's required when they're out doing this kind of 156 00:14:20,959 --> 00:14:28,399 work. So, the project will repair the concrete 157 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:32,959 panels and then do the pavement grinding to improve the ride quality. It's 158 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:38,240 estimated that another million dollars of state transportation solution program 159 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:45,760 funds to be added to this project for a total project cost of 11.6 million. 160 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:52,639 The next project we have before us is a little to the north. It's on I-15 there 161 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:57,279 between 7200 South and 5300 South. This project is also to address the 162 00:14:54,560 --> 00:15:03,120 improvements to the concrete panels. But while it was in design, not only were 163 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:07,519 there additional panels identified like on the current project to the south, but 164 00:15:05,519 --> 00:15:11,920 there was identified some needs to improve some of the barrier as well as 165 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:17,680 some of the end treatments to the barriers. So this project 166 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:23,120 again some nighttime efforts to make those projects happen. You can see the 167 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:28,560 distresses. You know it was pretty hard and difficult often times to go through 168 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:33,680 and find projects when the department's working on things of 169 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:38,480 bad pavement or bad work. And then as I was doing a search looking for these 170 00:15:35,839 --> 00:15:44,240 projects, I come across a secret weapon that UD do uses. And this a picture of 171 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:49,920 the crews down south using a little sealer there as they repair the road 172 00:15:46,959 --> 00:15:55,040 repairs. But all joking aside, UD do a very efficient and a very effective job 173 00:15:52,720 --> 00:16:00,320 on taking care of the facilities all around our communities. But this project 174 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:05,120 here will repair the concrete panels and perform the grinding as well as address 175 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:09,920 the barrier repairs and the end treatments. they will add an additional 176 00:16:07,839 --> 00:16:17,199 or the request is to add an additional $1.7 million to the project for a total 177 00:16:13,519 --> 00:16:21,839 project cost of 14 million plus. That brings us to our last table. This 178 00:16:19,839 --> 00:16:29,360 last table was a project that was identified and on 300 West. is the grade 179 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:37,839 separated project between 100 South and South Temple. Back during the 20 um 180 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:43,839 during the the 2025 legislative session, this project was identified and the 181 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:49,199 legislation in the 2025 identified and programmed 182 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:53,920 $300 million for this particular project to do a great separated while 183 00:16:51,600 --> 00:17:00,880 maintaining traffic operations here on 300 West. However, this past legislative 184 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:08,079 session, the legislative uh reduced that amount to a maximum of 250 thou or 250 185 00:17:05,360 --> 00:17:14,720 million and that is to be used for the rightway acquisition construction for 186 00:17:11,039 --> 00:17:20,000 improvements on and connections to SR89 or 300 West and the surrounding 187 00:17:17,199 --> 00:17:26,000 transportation facilities. Mr. Chair, that is all the board 188 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:26,000 modifications before us. 189 00:17:27,439 --> 00:17:32,360 Great. Any questions for Ben? Any online? 190 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:39,120 Then uh we're looking for a motion to recommend the regional council approve 191 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:46,000 the resolution to modify the 2026 to 2030 2031 transportation improvement uh 192 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:49,840 program as requested. >> So moved. John Crops. 193 00:17:47,919 --> 00:17:53,360 » Thank you. Second. Dan Dugan. Appreciate that. 194 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:55,039 Place that motion for vote. All in favor? 195 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:59,120 » I >> I 196 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:05,760 » I. [clears throat] Any oppose? Hearing? None. That motion uh is 197 00:18:01,919 --> 00:18:12,240 unanimous. We'll now move on to item 4B on our action item on our agenda, which 198 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:17,360 is approval of the 2027 to 2032 tip. Uh go ahead, Ben. Awesome. Real quick 199 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:22,320 before you move on, I just want to uh welcome Mayor Bram from Immigration and 200 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:25,120 then also Mayor Gail from Morgan City is online with us. 201 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,320 » Great. Thank you. >> Thanks. 202 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:30,559 » Good catch. >> Back to the fire. 203 00:18:29,039 --> 00:18:35,919 » What a fitting time of year. >> This is live looking out the window 204 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:41,760 there. Just actually this is for one hot item we have right now as we talk about 205 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:46,240 item 4B and that's to take action on the 2732 206 00:18:43,679 --> 00:18:52,320 transportation improvement program or I should say the full name of it is the 207 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:58,320 2027 2032 but we'll reference it as the 2732 tip. So, 208 00:18:56,240 --> 00:19:01,840 as many of you are well aware, the transportation improvement program 209 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:06,480 implements the long range plans of highway transit and active 210 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:11,440 transportation projects. Both of these programs work hand in hand 211 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:16,240 for the transportation issues along the walls front. 212 00:19:13,679 --> 00:19:20,799 The tip helps us meet the short range needs of the walls front and it also 213 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:25,280 provides maintenance of our existing system. So this document is a pretty 214 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:30,799 important document to worry about and be a part of. 215 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:35,520 So in the preparation for the draft document are the tables that identify 216 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:40,559 the programs of all of the projects that transcom recommended to the regional 217 00:19:37,679 --> 00:19:45,200 council for approval. In addition to those tables are the projects that are 218 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:50,880 identified and initiated through the department of transportation for 219 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:55,679 programming in consensus with the local governments and the NPOS's as we work 220 00:19:52,880 --> 00:20:00,240 together. In addition to that are the projects the programs that are 221 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:04,559 administered through FDA as they take the lead in the coordination of the 222 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:08,799 programming of these projects. And in addition to identifying all of 223 00:20:06,559 --> 00:20:15,200 these projects is the conformity determination showing that we conform 224 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:19,919 to the analysis that are necessary for these projects to 225 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:23,919 move forward. So these documents as they're prepared have gone out for 226 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:28,159 public review and comment. But before we go into that, let me review back with 227 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:32,799 you where we were our last meeting on the 17th of June. We've received from 228 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:38,000 you directions to go out for public review and comment to begin on the 27th 229 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:43,039 of June and conclude on the 2nd of August. During that time, we had three 230 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:50,640 open houses. We had one open house on the 21st, one on the 28th, and then we 231 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:56,080 had an online um open house on the 30th. From all that information, as we 232 00:20:52,960 --> 00:21:00,480 collected public comments on that, we reviewed the summary of those comments 233 00:20:57,919 --> 00:21:06,000 with our technical advisory committees on the 5th of August. And then that 234 00:21:03,919 --> 00:21:10,240 information and any other information we'd gathered to this point is being 235 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:17,440 brought to you and presented to you for your review and recommendation to the 236 00:21:12,799 --> 00:21:24,080 regional council for their meeting next Thursday. The intent is then once this 237 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:29,120 document is approved, we get all of this information to UDOT who will then submit 238 00:21:27,039 --> 00:21:34,159 with the other three NPOS and a statewide transportation improvement 239 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:39,039 program. So the STIP incorporates the four NPOS's tips which are 240 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:44,240 transportation improvement programs with the state information that is outside 241 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:48,240 the NO boundaries. All of that combines into a statewide transportation 242 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:52,960 improvement program and that is submitted to Federal Highways and 243 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:58,799 Federal Transit the 1 of September and that gives the federal administrations 244 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:04,480 the whole month of September to review the information and then hopefully we 245 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:10,159 come back and we anticipate the new transportation improvement program live 246 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:15,600 and ready to go on October 1st. So that's when we'll have the 2732 247 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:20,320 transportation improvement program. So when we went out for public review and 248 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:26,480 comment with the tip, there were we sent out notices. We public notices, we sent 249 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:31,280 out media notices, we sent out um all the information we could out to the 250 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:35,200 public inviting them to come review the information. And they could do that in 251 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:39,919 person, they could do that online, they could do it via emails or however they 252 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:45,440 wanted to. One of our most effective tools is our online interactive map. 253 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:51,360 This map they're able to go to and they're able to select a specific 254 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:56,880 project, needle down on it, understand it a little more, and leave the comments 255 00:22:54,400 --> 00:23:02,720 um for the project. So from that information we collected 256 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:08,640 more than 175 comments via the interactive map through emails or other 257 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:15,679 correspondents as well as in person or in the open houses. So in your meeting 258 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:20,960 materials is a copy of the summary of the public comments received and maybe 259 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:25,760 reviewing there just like the very first one. Many comments express support for 260 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:32,240 various transportation projects in the tip and in our response WRC appreciates 261 00:23:29,679 --> 00:23:36,799 the public support for the work of of UTA and local governments in advancing 262 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:41,760 numerous transportation improvements throughout the region and that's very 263 00:23:39,039 --> 00:23:45,280 true. It is the hard work of the departments and UTA and the local 264 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:48,559 governments that makes all of this happen. 265 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:55,039 But here's something that's a little misconceiving. So I might add too that 266 00:23:52,080 --> 00:24:00,240 in your meeting materials is a is a copy of all the public comments received. And 267 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:03,679 I and I wrote this down so that I would word it right and not get too nervous to 268 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:08,080 say it. But there's some misunderstanding that happens in a 269 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:12,480 public comment period. Sometimes it's it's not a matter if I like or I don't 270 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:15,919 like the project. And that's where we get some feedback. Well, I told you I 271 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:20,559 don't like the project, but you build it anyway, so you don't listen to me. 272 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:27,039 That's not what the public review and comment really is. It's important, but 273 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:32,480 what it needs to is it's let me go back now. I should have just read here. 274 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:36,640 So, I wrote sometimes it's not a matter of like or don't like, it's that we have 275 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:41,440 a project to complete. What do we need to know to make it a better project? 276 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:45,520 What do you know that can make this more productive? How do we get a better 277 00:24:43,679 --> 00:24:49,600 result? Help us understand the complexities and what are the local 278 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:54,480 impacts or what are their needs that are necessary. There are often times when 279 00:24:52,080 --> 00:25:00,400 we're out on a project that being whoever the local governments 280 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:05,919 do. UTA we don't understand all the local involvements necessarily that 281 00:25:02,799 --> 00:25:10,880 pertain to this area. Case in point is times when going out for an improvement 282 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:16,320 and someone comes in says you you know there's there's a well in this area and 283 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:20,720 that requires us to readress some of the design in the project or are you aware 284 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:27,200 there's a school that's going to be built in this area that makes us aware 285 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:31,440 of other of improvements and need to um there was a time there's a project on 286 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:36,159 Foothill Boulevard it was a pedestrian and landscape improvements and due to 287 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:42,080 the Public comment and input modified the landscaping areas. It's changed the 288 00:25:39,279 --> 00:25:46,960 crossing location and the crossing type to unique angle crossing to shorten the 289 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:51,600 time to cross and include other roadway improvements. That came through a public 290 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:56,640 review and comment period. Another one was a design build on I80. 291 00:25:54,880 --> 00:26:01,440 Now, this is a big project. You'd think, oh, this is an interstate. What can I 292 00:25:58,559 --> 00:26:08,080 say to this? But because of public comment and input, the structures on 293 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:13,440 1300 East and 1700 East um were widened for to include exclusive bike lanes on 294 00:26:11,279 --> 00:26:17,120 those facilities. So these are the comments that are received and we take 295 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:22,000 all of this information and what do we do with them? Well, we document them. 296 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:26,320 Then we take the information and we share that with project management 297 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:31,840 meetings and then those those comments that are appropriate to the project get 298 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:37,679 implemented. And so it's important that the public have input in this process 299 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:44,159 and as we move forward with each project. Um Mr. Chair, that would be all 300 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:49,200 that I have to report to Transcom. You know, that's a great report and I 301 00:26:45,679 --> 00:26:55,039 appreciate that you uh set aside and and and you you kept all those comments, but 302 00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:58,559 yet you you refined them so that they can include those things that are 303 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:02,159 important. Then you explained it, Ben, great job. I think it's a great job. 304 00:27:00,799 --> 00:27:07,279 Thank you so much. board. Do you have any comments for Ben before I uh I I I'm 305 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:12,720 I'm going to look for a motion to recommend that the regional council 306 00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:17,520 approve the resolution adopting the 2027 through 2032 TIP or transportation 307 00:27:16,159 --> 00:27:22,880 improvement program and the corresponding air quality conformity 308 00:27:20,159 --> 00:27:26,080 analysis. I can't there's too many of you at once. 309 00:27:24,799 --> 00:27:32,600 Can you >> I move for approval. 310 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:32,600 » Thank you, Dan. Any second? 311 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:39,279 Thank you, Mr. Souza. Great. I'll place that motion for vote. All in favor? 312 00:27:38,559 --> 00:27:42,559 » I >> I. 313 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:47,279 » Any opposed? It passes unanimously. Thank you so 314 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:48,240 much. Moving on to item number five. Mr. Chair, 315 00:27:47,679 --> 00:27:54,559 » go ahead. >> Briefly, may I interject and just 316 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:59,200 express appreciation? Um, you noted Ben's good work, and he does indeed do a 317 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:05,200 lot of good work, but what's reflected more broadly in this in the entirety of 318 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:11,600 the tip is the work of I was going to say dozens, hundreds of of people and 319 00:28:09,039 --> 00:28:16,640 stakeholders and organizations from obviously the um the metropolitan 320 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:20,799 planning organizations, U.U.TA, a all the cities, all the cities, all the 321 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:25,600 counties, all the stakeholders that are involved as Ben noted with uh public 322 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:29,600 engagement. Um there's a lot of complexity in what's going on here in 323 00:28:27,679 --> 00:28:33,760 the infrastructure in our region, the planning for the future, the investing, 324 00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:39,200 the various funding sources. Um and the and it would not work as well as it does 325 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:44,720 without the intensive coordination that happens um including on the various 326 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:49,520 funding sources, federal funding sources that have their own uh requirements and 327 00:28:47,279 --> 00:28:54,080 Ivan and the team at FHWA help us navigating that, state funding sources, 328 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:59,039 uh local funding sources as well. There's a lot that goes into the 329 00:28:56,080 --> 00:29:03,279 billions of dollars of investment in our infrastructure year in and year out. And 330 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:09,360 so I just want to express appreciation for the partnership and the hard work. 331 00:29:06,799 --> 00:29:12,720 » That's well said. Thank you so much. You know, I'm sitting here thinking while 332 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:16,080 you're describing all that takes a lot of effort to get the cows in off the 333 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:19,840 range. You've got to have your panels set up. You've got to have your feed 334 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:24,640 ready to go so that when you bring them all in, they're ready to go and things 335 00:29:21,919 --> 00:29:27,440 just come together. That's it's great. >> That's basically exactly what I was 336 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:33,039 thinking, too. [clears throat] >> Yes. I'm glad it it's a it's a tasty 337 00:29:30,559 --> 00:29:39,200 outcome for those of us who care about beef. Okay, great. I'll move on to item 338 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:43,919 number five. Uh it's an action item which is a selfcertification of the 339 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:50,480 transportation planning process. Uh we're going to go to Wayne. 340 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:55,039 Thank you, Mr. Chair. As Ben mentioned, the tip at the end of this month or 341 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:59,600 first and next will be submitted to the Federal Highway Administration and the 342 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:05,520 Federal Transit Administration uh for approval. At that same time, 343 00:30:02,399 --> 00:30:11,760 we're also required to submit to them for approval a document certifying that 344 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:17,840 the regional transportation planning process is in compliance with federal 345 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:22,159 requirements. And so in your meeting materials there's a copy of this 346 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:30,000 selfcertification document and the resolution on the front 347 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:39,279 page. Um and this has been prepared in cooperation with UD do and UTA 348 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:44,799 and uh it outlines the organizational structure for the regional council as 349 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:51,039 the as the MO and it outlines technical elements uh of 350 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:57,279 the planning process such as travel modeling. It outlines other elements 351 00:30:53,840 --> 00:31:03,279 such as public involvement and it also describes the key products uh such as 352 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:11,919 the regional transportation plan and the transportation improvement program. Uh 353 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:19,600 so all of that uh to say uh we're grateful for the uh attitude of co 354 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:26,880 collaboration that's uh exists in this area and uh because of that we're able 355 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:34,960 to comply with federal requirements and uh do a lot more in addition to uh 356 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:40,960 meeting the requirements. So, with that, uh, that's a brief overview of this 357 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:45,760 self-certification document. If anybody has any questions or comments that'd 358 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:51,519 like to make regarding it, I would be happy to entertain those. 359 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:57,519 » Any online? Any online or here in the chamber? 360 00:31:55,519 --> 00:32:00,240 » There's no one online. >> Sorry, none online. 361 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:04,640 » No one commenting on that. >> Thank you. You know, uh, again, Andrew, 362 00:32:02,399 --> 00:32:11,440 I appreciate Wayne and making sure that he is, uh, is complete with the, uh, and 363 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:14,960 complies with all the regulatory things they have in the federal government to 364 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:21,360 make sure that we're all safe and protected, that the liabilities are 365 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:27,200 minimized and taken care of. And, uh, boy, what a great team. What a great 366 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:31,840 team you have here. Reminds go Utah. I was going to say, uh, yeah, okay, 367 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,840 that'll work. 368 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:45,279 I I once again I'll remind you that the perfect blend of blue and red is purple. 369 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:49,679 » Yeah. So, go Weber State. Thank you. Uh I'll look for a motion to recommend that 370 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:52,960 the WFRC council approve the resolution certifying the transportation planning 371 00:32:51,679 --> 00:32:56,559 process. >> So moved. 372 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:58,880 » Thank you very much, Mr. Bur. Mr. Dugan, thank you for the second. All in favor 373 00:32:58,159 --> 00:33:01,440 say I. >> I. I 374 00:32:59,919 --> 00:33:07,440 » I >> opposed if any. Thank you very much. 375 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:11,440 That also passes unanim unanimously. All right. We have with us today Ethan 376 00:33:09,519 --> 00:33:17,200 Ray from the UTA. He's a project manager. He's here to talk to us about 377 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:22,960 the upcoming 5600 West uh enhancement bus uh route out there in uh Salt Lake 378 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:27,600 County. Uh >> West Jordan. Yes. 379 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:32,480 » Yeah. Hair Burton, 380 00:33:29,679 --> 00:33:39,039 thank you so much. I noticed your hat today. You're you're uh Anyway, good for 381 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:41,200 you. All right. Anyway, Ethan, go ahead, please. 382 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:44,960 » Yeah. Well, thank you for having me and and thanks uh Mayor Burton for the shout 383 00:33:43,679 --> 00:33:47,840 out. We love working with with your team on this project. So, just wanted to 384 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:51,840 provide a quick overview of the project today and where we're at and what some 385 00:33:49,679 --> 00:33:55,440 of our next steps are. So high level what some of our goals are is we really 386 00:33:53,679 --> 00:33:59,679 want to increase our transit service along the west side of Salt Lake County 387 00:33:58,159 --> 00:34:02,799 uh and really looking at improving regional mobility with that we have a 388 00:34:01,279 --> 00:34:07,919 lot of east west routes that are terminating at 5600 west uh and we want 389 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:13,280 a really strong north south backbone for all those routes to tie into that will 390 00:34:09,839 --> 00:34:17,679 then connect to all the different um uh uh residents and employment centers that 391 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:22,960 are along along the corridor to really provide a a strong uh transit line um 392 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:27,520 for for these folks. So, this uh map kind of shows uh the the project. We're 393 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:32,399 starting on the south end at our old Bingham Highway track station on the red 394 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:36,800 line going all the way north along um the 5600 West corridor connecting to the 395 00:34:35,119 --> 00:34:43,040 international center and then to the airport and ultimately um to to downtown 396 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:47,679 uh Salt Lake City. This project is part of mount corridor um and it is part of 397 00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:52,000 the environmental mitigation for that uh project um to uh because the community 398 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:56,720 really wanted to see transit in addition to roadway improvements and it's also 399 00:34:54,079 --> 00:35:00,560 been um in our uh 5-year service plan to to address a lot of the growth that 400 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:03,520 we're we're seeing in this area. We have a pretty uh diverse set of funding 401 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:08,000 sources for the project. So we have state funding through TTIF. We have um 402 00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:12,800 uh three federal sources of funding including LONO um which is uh supporting 403 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:16,079 the vehicles. We have a CMAC funding and then we have a federal earmark that's 404 00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:22,079 coming to the project in addition to UTA funds. Uh the project includes uh 25 CG 405 00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:26,480 compressed natural gas buses. So that's what the the low no money is is for is 406 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:30,960 to is to purchase those buses. And then we're also expanding our CG fueling 407 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:36,720 building to support the increased CNG fleet. Uh, as part of this project, 408 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:41,200 we're building 22 new bus stops along uh 5600 West. So, all those circles that 409 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:45,680 you see on the map, those are will be new stops, all with amenities. They'll 410 00:35:43,359 --> 00:35:50,240 have shelters, benches, garbage cans to really make them um attractive to the 411 00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:55,040 community. And then we'll use existing um stop infrastructure through the 412 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:59,040 downtown area. Um we'll have 15-minute service um along along this corridor. 413 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:02,079 And like I kind of mentioned earlier, we're really trying to connect a lot of 414 00:36:00,240 --> 00:36:06,800 key destinations. There's a lot of jobs along along this corridor and this this 415 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:11,760 this route will tie all of those uh together. 416 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:15,119 As far as schedule, where we're at right now is we're just kind of wrapping up 417 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:19,760 the final design um stage of the project. So, we're um pretty much done. 418 00:36:17,599 --> 00:36:24,800 Just getting some final comments um from the the cities along our our corridor on 419 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:30,079 um Oh, one thing I didn't mention uh previously that's worth um bringing up 420 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:35,200 is we have um four new parking rides um that are part also part of the project. 421 00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:40,079 Um uh we have an existing lot at at 3500 South and then we're adding a lot at uh 422 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:43,599 5,400 South, 6200 South, 7,800 South, and 90th South and then existing parking 423 00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:47,280 at at Old Bingham Highway Traffic Station. And we've been working closely 424 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:51,839 with the cities on the design for for these lots and making sure that they uh 425 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:56,000 will meet the the demand and really meet the purpose of the Mountain View 426 00:36:53,760 --> 00:37:01,040 corridor um project which is looking to get as much access um into uh the 427 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:03,920 transit system as possible. Um so right now we're just kind of wrapping up that 428 00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:09,040 some of that review um with with the city cities and then uh the plan is to 429 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:12,079 go start construction early next year. uh we'll be have about a year of 430 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:17,640 construction and right now we're scheduled to have revenue service 431 00:37:13,359 --> 00:37:17,640 starting in April of 2028. 432 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:22,480 And uh just some really quick just wanted to kind of show some of the 433 00:37:21,119 --> 00:37:28,160 parking rides. So these are smaller scale parking rides um 20 to to to 40 434 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:33,440 range of of stalls. So not not huge because we really want them to be more 435 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:37,520 community- based. um they're they all um have um a location for paratransit 436 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:42,240 service because this is at is at the edge of our our service zone. So we want 437 00:37:39,599 --> 00:37:45,440 people to be able to get access to uh the paratransit system. So we we've 438 00:37:43,839 --> 00:37:50,560 worked really hard to make sure that all of that is is accommodated um for for 439 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:53,680 these lots. Uh the 5600 west bus route itself will not pull into these lots. 440 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:59,280 They're right they're all directly off of 5600 west to allow for fast rapid 441 00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:04,800 service on on that corridor. Um we will have at our 78 um 100 lot which is the 442 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:10,599 bottom left um some infrastructure for local bus routes to end of line at that 443 00:38:07,599 --> 00:38:10,599 location. 444 00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:17,359 And then um just as far as uh kind of the the um CNG fueling building project, 445 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:21,760 wanted to touch on that in a little bit more detail and kind of some of the 446 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:26,079 specifics on that. So, the CNG fueling building that was built uh back in 2015 447 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:31,119 ahead of the rest of the depot district um that's just um around the corner from 448 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:36,000 from here. Um and it was built with two fueling bays um and it was planned to 449 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:40,720 have a third and now with 25 additional buses that we're adding to the fleet um 450 00:38:37,839 --> 00:38:45,440 there's definitely um the the need for that for additional fueling capacity. Um 451 00:38:43,839 --> 00:38:48,880 and so we're working on that right now. The ground was broken on this project 452 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:55,160 back in May. Um we anticipate uh being complete uh towards the end of this 453 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:55,160 year, potentially early uh 2027. 454 00:38:56,160 --> 00:39:01,599 And this is just some pictures of some of the ongoing con uh construction. So 455 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:05,599 in the top left, you can see the the existing building. Those two black doors 456 00:39:03,599 --> 00:39:12,240 are two existing fueling bays. We're expanding to the east. Um so they've um 457 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:16,240 the the um foundations have been um put put in. uh in the middle. One of the 458 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:21,119 cool things about this project is we added structural geop into the ground. 459 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:25,520 Um so this building will be uh really solid um so that we can we can know that 460 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:29,359 it'll it'll be safe because we are in an area that's prone to to look up action. 461 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:33,040 So kind of kind of a cool piece just wanted to point out but should be done 462 00:39:31,599 --> 00:39:36,720 uh close to the end of the end of the year on this project. And that's kind of 463 00:39:35,119 --> 00:39:39,680 my quick high level overview. I'm happy to answer any questions or touch on 464 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:43,440 anything in more detail. >> Any questions for Mr. Ray? I I've got 465 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:46,880 one >> just to just go ahead. We'll go to you 466 00:39:45,119 --> 00:39:50,880 Dan first. >> Thanks Ethan for the presentation. You 467 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:54,640 said 15 minute service. Is that seven days a week? 468 00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:58,160 » So it'll it'll follow it'll match our kind of existing guidelines. So it's 469 00:39:56,160 --> 00:40:02,000 it's weekday 15 minute service um like from early pretty early in the morning 470 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:06,400 to the afternoon and then outside of that it would be 30 minute service. 471 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:10,079 » Okay. Thank you. where there's discussions on because it's going to the 472 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:13,599 airport and a lot of the airport workers are working seven days. 473 00:40:11,839 --> 00:40:17,119 » Yeah. So, that that's a really good point. There are ongoing conversations 474 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:20,320 that we have with the airport on on service. It's not included in the base 475 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:23,839 project as far as like early and late night service, but that's something that 476 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:27,839 we talk with them regularly about and that they're very interested in. So, 477 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:31,440 it's definitely um on the radar. >> Okay. Thank you. 478 00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:33,520 » Great. We're going to go I'm going to invite 479 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:37,839 » There was Mayor Burton. Pardon me. Just letting you know. Okay. I'm going to 480 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:41,440 invite uh mayor of West Jordan, Mayor Dirk Burton to also give some comments 481 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:46,480 at this time. >> Thank you. We are really thrilled about 482 00:40:43,599 --> 00:40:51,119 this. Can you tell us how long this has been on the UTA plan before the 483 00:40:48,079 --> 00:40:56,160 construction started? >> Yeah, this project has a long uh 484 00:40:53,119 --> 00:41:01,280 history. Um it it it originated back in 2008 um with the the Mountain View uh 485 00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:06,240 corridor project. Originally, it was envisioned um to be a a BRT similar to 486 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:14,000 to what to to what we have in Provo Orum, Ogden, and um in the Mid Valley 487 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:19,920 area. Um as uh the plans developed and looking at at the the land use around 488 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:23,920 the corridor, um it uh wasn't quite to the to the level that we we thought 489 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:30,880 would be supportive of more investment such as dedicated bus lanes. Um so we uh 490 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:36,160 work with UD do um probably it's been five a little over five years ago now um 491 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:42,079 to amend um the environmental documentation um for um the Mount View 492 00:41:39,359 --> 00:41:46,880 corridor to start with an enhanced bus so to to to really get start building 493 00:41:44,079 --> 00:41:50,880 the market um for the service. Uh the we currently don't have any future phases 494 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:54,960 of the transit identified. So there there are uh in the original plan it was 495 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:59,040 a phased approach to to implementation. So, this is just phase one. So, in the 496 00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:02,720 in the future, there's definitely room potential for room for um more 497 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:07,280 development, but a lot of that would come um through uh additional planning 498 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:10,640 efforts that haven't happened yet. >> That's great. And it has been on the 499 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:16,400 long-term plans and we've been planning for this for a long time. Right now, if 500 00:42:13,119 --> 00:42:19,760 I were to take transit to the airport, I would have to take the red line down and 501 00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:23,119 then transfer to the green line and then get me to the airport. And that's about 502 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:27,520 an hour and a half ride. This is going to be so good for our residents out here 503 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:32,800 in this way. So, thank you for that. And I think you're going to find great use, 504 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:36,400 high high volume use on this. And another suggestion I would make is a 505 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:39,920 couple of those bus stop locations, we should put a soft serve machine there so 506 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:43,754 that you know they have a sweet time when they hit West Jordan. [laughter] 507 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:53,440 » Thank you for your work on this. That's very philanthropic of you to 508 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:57,440 offer that generous donation. We'll put that out to the public. 509 00:42:55,599 --> 00:43:03,680 » I'm sure the first flavor looking at your outfit today will be some type of a 510 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:07,839 rainbow sherbet of some sort or >> key lime. 511 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:12,160 » Key lime at a boy. You're very very good. From our U DOT commission, we have 512 00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:19,920 Tom Jacobson. Tom, do you have some comments for for us today? Yeah, I think 513 00:43:15,839 --> 00:43:24,720 obviously u I'm sure that um uh Mayor Burton will get a lot of benefit out of 514 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:29,280 this and people won't ask him, you know, how do I get here and how do I get 515 00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:32,720 there? One of the things I know that will probably need to be addressed a 516 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:39,520 little bit in the future is once you get on to North Temple, you're sharing that 517 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:45,200 with the uh light rail. And uh uh are your are the stops that you plan going 518 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:51,520 to be set up in such a way that people could get off the bus if they wanted to 519 00:43:48,240 --> 00:43:57,440 and get on the light rail? and um you know, have you looked at uh um whether 520 00:43:55,839 --> 00:44:00,880 or not this is something you need to take all the way into town or whether or 521 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:07,359 not you want to just have a transfer point uh with the light rail um once 522 00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:10,960 that they're running in parallel. >> So, right now the commitment with UDOT 523 00:44:09,359 --> 00:44:14,880 and the Mountain View corridor is for the service to go all the way into 524 00:44:12,319 --> 00:44:19,119 downtown. Um, in the future there's a potential that we could re-evaluate 525 00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:23,119 that, especially um with other uh light rail enhancements that are in the the 526 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:27,680 regional transportation plan, but we will be going downtown. All the existing 527 00:44:25,119 --> 00:44:31,680 stops along North Temple do have um access to to the light light rail 528 00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:37,040 stations and at the airport will be directly adjacent um to the green line. 529 00:44:34,319 --> 00:44:42,160 So, it'll be a really smooth uh transfer there to get on light rail. 530 00:44:39,599 --> 00:44:44,800 » Thank you. >> Thank you. Are there any other 531 00:44:43,359 --> 00:44:48,319 questions? Andrew, do you have any comments? 532 00:44:45,599 --> 00:44:53,760 » I I just want to say that I'm excited about this project. Um, as Ethan noted 533 00:44:51,200 --> 00:45:00,880 and as the mayor noted, he's obviously the mayor's excited, too. Um, uh, this 534 00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:06,720 has been in the plans for a long time. And uh I think we all know that on the 535 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:10,560 west side of Salt Lake County and in our other counties, but on the west side of 536 00:45:08,079 --> 00:45:14,880 Salt Lake County, there's not as good an access to transit service. Um and 537 00:45:13,359 --> 00:45:20,400 there's a lot of businesses and there's a lot of people that live in that area. 538 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:25,040 And east west travel is a big challenge in Salt Lake County. Um, and folks that 539 00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:29,760 live on the west side and want to come in to go downtown or go to the airport 540 00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:33,359 or whatever or even go point south, they have to cut across the valley and 541 00:45:31,839 --> 00:45:38,560 haven't had a great I mean there are some east west bus routes, yes, but the 542 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:44,400 ability to sort of head into Salt Lake from that whole uh west side of the 543 00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:49,280 valley has been um it's been a missing element and this is going to provide for 544 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:54,400 that whole west side that real um positive connection all the way up and 545 00:45:51,359 --> 00:45:59,040 down the west and then into downtown um as Ethan was noting. So I think it's a 546 00:45:56,240 --> 00:46:02,240 critical linkage. That's part of the reason that you see so many funding 547 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:06,400 sources involved here because all of the partners have recognized the importance 548 00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:10,400 of this from the state funding. Ethan mentioned CMAC funding. That's those are 549 00:46:08,240 --> 00:46:15,520 federal funds that are awarded through uh WFRC. The state legislature has 550 00:46:13,119 --> 00:46:19,920 specifically dedicated uh funding to this UTA dollars. And so um I'm just 551 00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:23,440 excited to see this move forward. I think it's an important project, very 552 00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:27,240 responsible. Thank you. Are there any other questions for Ethan? 553 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:35,800 Well, hearing none, I'll ask if is there any other business for this body that 554 00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:35,800 needs to come at this time. 555 00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:44,960 With that, then I'll just remind all of you that our next meeting will be 556 00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:50,000 Thursday, November the 19th, the week before Thanksgiving. 557 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:55,920 And uh it'll be held here. We encourage you to attend in person. Uh and uh with 558 00:46:54,319 --> 00:46:58,920 that, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. 559 00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:06,640 Thank you. Recognized. Thank you, Council Member Dugan. 560 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:10,480 Thank you, Mr. Souza. We're We'll stand adjourned. Thank you. Before Before you 561 00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:17,760 stop the recording, Andrea, I'll just add reminder that we have our Wasatch 562 00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:22,960 Choice Vision fall workshops that are coming up in October and November. 563 00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:28,319 Looking at Jordan, October and November. These are the annual community workshops 564 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:33,440 that we do, subregional, 10, eight around eight around the region to talk 565 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:39,280 about the long range, the regional transportation plan. You should all have 566 00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:47,040 calendar invites to the workshop in your area. We do those and uh in partnership 567 00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:51,280 with UD do and UTA to engage you in your area in planning for the transportation 568 00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:54,240 needs of the future. So that will be happening prior to our next meeting. So 569 00:47:52,880 --> 00:48:00,680 I wanted to mention it. >> Thank you. 570 00:47:55,440 --> 00:48:00,680 » A good time will be had by all. Okay.