[0:00] Welcome everyone.
[0:02] Glad to be with you today, the 11th of
[0:04] August in 2026. I can't believe our
[0:07] summer is uh cruising along like it is,
[0:09] but it it certainly has. And it's um
[0:11] it's great to be with you all again
[0:13] today to talk about our active
[0:15] transportation
[0:16] um needs and our our future here in
[0:20] Utah. Um, and I just want to start off
[0:23] with the the first item on our agenda
[0:25] would be um an action item, which would
[0:29] be a motion to approve our minutes from
[0:31] our from our meeting held June 9th,
[0:34] 2026. But probably we ought to do we do
[0:36] our introductions. Are we still doing
[0:38] that? Okay, I'm going to start. Um um of
[0:41] course I'm Mayor Walker from Draper. Um
[0:44] our chair of our committee.
[0:46] I'm Andrew Guber. I'm executive director
[0:48] here at WFRC. Welcome everybody whether
[0:50] you're uh in person or online.
[0:55] » Gory John, director of long range
[0:57] planning.
[0:58] >> David Rogers, planner with Murray City.
[1:04] » Kirby Kirby Snderman with Placebuilders.
[1:06] Just a guest.
[1:08] >> Joel Temple with WFRC.
[1:11] >> Jordan Chandler, part of the admin team
[1:12] here at WFRC.
[1:14] >> Good morning everyone. Rosie Hernandez,
[1:16] also part of the admin team at WFRC.
[1:20] Baba Barnhill with Perry City.
[1:23] >> Good morning. Jiren Robertson with the
[1:24] Utah Transit Authority.
[1:27] >> I'm Zayn Pulver, the long-range planning
[1:29] manager at UD do.
[1:31] >> Kate Wright with the UD do trails
[1:33] division.
[1:34] >> Dave Graph with Augen City Council.
[1:41] » Sorry, Kathleen Vonant Lakeoint City
[1:43] Council.
[1:45] >> Council member, did you ride your bike
[1:46] here all the way here this morning? Oh
[1:49] yeah, you okay. You get extra credit if
[1:51] you did that though.
[1:52] >> Yeah.
[1:54] >> Okay.
[1:56] Ian Wagner with WFRC.
[2:01] » Uh Byron Head with WFRC staff.
[2:07] » Paula Aguilera, WFRC.
[2:13] » Miranda Jones Cox, WFRC.
[2:17] Ben Wri, WFRC.
[2:21] >> I'll go ahead and call those out online
[2:22] for you to introduce yourself. Let's go.
[2:24] Brett McKiff, Julie Bjornstead, and
[2:26] Commissioner Ferrell.
[2:28] >> Morning. I'm Brett McKiff with Utah
[2:29] Department of Health and Human Services.
[2:32] >> Hi, Julie Bjornstead, long range
[2:34] planning at WFRC.
[2:38] » Blaine Fakil,
[2:41] Morgan County Commissioner.
[2:44] And I'm sorry I'm not there. I was out
[2:46] moving pipe this morning. So that was my
[2:50] active transportation.
[2:53] » Thanks, Commissioner. Let's go. Terry
[2:55] Sor, Wendell, Nobel, and Earl Burrell.
[2:59] Sorry, Commissioner or Council Member.
[3:02] >> Good morning, everyone. Terry Sor, Davis
[3:03] County Health Department.
[3:06] >> Hi. Um, this is Ventiline Kopll. I'm
[3:09] with Midvail City in the planning
[3:11] department.
[3:15] Hi, Ellen Burrell, Cottonwood Heights
[3:17] City Council.
[3:20] >> Holly Pearson, Manu
[3:23] Abberami, and Dee Murray, a
[3:26] transportation planner.
[3:31] » Hi, I'm Holly Pearson, director of
[3:33] planning and transportation, Salt Lake
[3:34] County.
[3:38] » Hi, De Murray with UTA Planning.
[3:42] Ivan Hooper, Bert Granberg, and Mike
[3:44] West.
[3:46] >> Ivan Hooper, Sandy City Transportation
[3:48] Engineer.
[3:50] >> Bert Granberg, listening in across the
[3:53] hall. And the WFRC Analytics Group,
[3:58] » Michael West, planning manager for Lehi,
[4:00] just listening in from down south here.
[4:03] >> Corey Bolock, Mark Bradley, and
[4:05] Stephanie Tomlin.
[4:07] >> Good morning. Corey Bulock, Tula County
[4:09] Parks and Recreation.
[4:12] Mark Bradley,
[4:14] planner, Brigham City.
[4:19] » Stephanie Tomlin, trails division
[4:20] director, UDOT.
[4:23] >> Meg Padin, Becca and Caitlyn.
[4:28] >> Me pageant to be Farsy staff CED
[4:30] director.
[4:39] » Caitlyn Marus's planner. each year.
[4:44] >> Becca, do you want to take a second to
[4:45] introduce yourself?
[4:50] » Okay, Becca with Salt Lake City is also
[4:52] on. Go ahead, Mayor.
[4:56] » All right. Well, thank you again.
[4:57] Welcome everyone. We're glad to have
[4:59] such great great participation. Um, so
[5:02] the next item up on the agenda is I need
[5:05] a motion to approve our meeting minutes
[5:06] from June the 9th, 2026. Do I have a
[5:09] motion?
[5:15] This is always a tense moment.
[5:18] >> I'll make a motion.
[5:19] >> All right, we have a All right, we have
[5:21] a motion. Is there a second?
[5:23] >> I second.
[5:24] >> All right. Uh, is there any further
[5:26] discussion on the minutes? All in favor
[5:28] say I.
[5:29] >> I.
[5:30] Eyes. Well, any opposed?
[5:33] All right. Those meeting minutes are
[5:34] approved. I I never know sometimes when
[5:37] I'm mayoring when I ask for that motion
[5:39] and it's quiet and I'm like seriously
[5:41] that's why we're here so someone can
[5:43] make a motion.
[5:45] We weren't here for the dinner but
[5:46] anyway. All right. Um next item up on
[5:50] our agenda is our our the report from me
[5:52] the chair. Um, so I would like to just
[5:55] make you aware and you probably I I hope
[5:57] all of you saw, but uh we just recently
[6:00] a couple of days ago the federal
[6:02] government announced a large grant that
[6:04] they're going to going to give towards
[6:06] the front runner double tracking
[6:08] projects. So that's exciting. Um
[6:10] although the there might be a little bit
[6:12] of a shift administrative wise in the in
[6:15] the current administration to focus more
[6:17] on roads and maybe some traditional
[6:20] methods of transportation. We're lucky
[6:22] in Utah that we have such a good
[6:24] delegation in Congress because Senator
[6:26] Curtis, you know, Congressman Kennedy,
[6:29] Blake Moore, uh, Celeste, Senator Lee,
[6:32] they they all seem to feel and
[6:34] understand Utah's, you know, commitment
[6:37] to to our options for transportation.
[6:40] And the front runner double tracking, as
[6:42] you all know, um although it's not
[6:44] trails like that we care the most about,
[6:46] but it is part of the overall plan to
[6:49] make alternate transportation other than
[6:51] the car really successful. And we know
[6:54] our state leaders are committed because
[6:55] they put a lot of money into it. And so
[6:58] I think it's exciting to see the a
[7:00] higher commitment level even from the
[7:02] federal government than maybe we thought
[7:04] they were going to do. um which probably
[7:06] is a testament to our delegation and
[7:08] their good leadership there for us on on
[7:11] with respect to you know things like
[7:13] Front Runner and those things. We are
[7:14] fortunate as well to have um that $45
[7:17] million ongoing money that's going into
[7:19] our trail network that UD do's working
[7:22] on to make our trails all around the
[7:24] state better. So, I mean, although there
[7:26] might be a bit of a focus and we're
[7:27] certainly aware of the, you know,
[7:29] administrations kind of come and go with
[7:30] their focus on what they want to do, but
[7:33] um we are fortunate in Utah, in my
[7:35] opinion, to have WFRC to work so hard to meet the local needs. And I think we
[7:41] do a really good job working with our
[7:43] state delegate, our state leaders, our own legislature, and our own
[7:47] executive branch that I think you all
[7:50] feel the commitment we we get from them.
[7:52] um from the speaker to the senate
[7:54] president to the governor, we they've
[7:56] made huge investment in stuff that work
[7:58] that we care about on this committee.
[7:59] So, I'm I'm excited about the the
[8:02] potential in the future. Um we have a
[8:05] lot of great projects going forward
[8:06] right now that are active transportation
[8:07] projects that wouldn't be possible
[8:09] without the commitment from our state
[8:10] leaders. So, I want to thank them. even
[8:12] though sometimes that maybe on the
[8:14] federal level they get often different
[8:16] ideas, our state leaders seem in my
[8:18] opinion to be focused on at least some
[8:20] of the stuff that we care the most
[8:22] about. So anyway, um other than that, um
[8:25] I think that as we go forward, well,
[8:28] we're coming up on legislative sessions
[8:30] here soon. And um obviously keeping in
[8:33] mind all the things that we care about
[8:34] for active transportation with your own
[8:37] House and Senate leaders, you know, keep
[8:39] it in the front of their mind that we're
[8:42] thank them for what they've done and
[8:43] keep the keep the focus on on the future
[8:45] because it's really I think it's moving
[8:46] along pretty good. But that's really all
[8:48] I have on the chair's report. Um,
[8:52] you know, of course, we we have a we
[8:54] have a strong commitment for continued
[8:56] trail building. I think as we as we work
[8:59] together, we can just continue to keep
[9:01] the focus going, bike lanes and some of
[9:04] the things that matter to us. Um, we're
[9:07] fortunate really a lot because we're able to do a lot of the facilities
[9:10] and, you know, in our cities and and and
[9:13] make it make it you know, we in Draper
[9:15] we do a new road, we we put a bike lane
[9:17] on it. we do some of that stuff and
[9:18] we're we're I'm grateful that we're able
[9:20] to have that local control be able to to
[9:22] do some of that kind of stuff. So
[9:23] anyway, thank you. The next item up is
[9:27] public comment. Is there anyone from the
[9:30] public that would like to make a a
[9:32] public comment to the committee?
[9:39] » All right. I'm not hearing or seeing
[9:41] anyone interested in public comments.
[9:43] So,
[9:43] >> Mr. Chair, I'm not seeing anybody
[9:45] online. I will uh welcome Mayor Pro from
[9:47] Leighton. Nice to see you. And um I I'll
[9:51] offer a public comment very briefly. So
[9:53] this committee is focused on um active
[9:57] transportation
[9:59] uh trails for transportation purply for
[10:02] transportation purposes, not principally
[10:03] for recreational purposes. However, uh
[10:07] it's summer in Utah, a great time. I
[10:10] mean, it's a lot hot, right? But it's a
[10:11] great time to get out and ride for fun.
[10:13] So, um the the mayor would uh would
[10:16] agree with that. I'll just say I've been
[10:18] focusing this summer as much as possible
[10:21] getting up above 8,000 9,000 ft in
[10:24] riding and uh this public service
[10:26] announcement uh last weekend for the
[10:29] first time after hearing about this for
[10:31] years. I used the Park City Transit uh
[10:35] purple shuttle like the the nine
[10:38] shuttle. Has anybody done this before?
[10:39] There's some nods around the table. Um,
[10:42] you get it down in uh downtown Park City
[10:45] at the Oldtown Transit Center. It's
[10:46] free. There's eight bike racks and it
[10:49] takes you up and I took it up to the
[10:51] Bonanza Flat uh trail head. You can take
[10:54] it to the Blood Lake trail head. Shoots
[10:56] you right up there. I got out early. I
[10:59] think I was on like the 7 a.m. shuttle.
[11:01] Um, and had no problem. rode the Bonanza
[11:05] Flat Loop, saw Moose, uh then went on
[11:08] the 9,000 foot trail and then came down
[11:10] Sin City and all the way back to Park
[11:12] City. And it was so awesome. And it was
[11:14] enabled by a local government, you know,
[11:18] working with some advocacy groups and
[11:21] partners saying, "We want to use our
[11:23] transit system to help people get to the
[11:25] trail." Um, and it's it was just
[11:28] fantastic. So, Purple Nine, it's the
[11:31] nine line or the shuttle. uh check it
[11:33] out and take inspiration as local
[11:35] governments for what we can do and
[11:37] transit agencies etc to get people to
[11:39] trails.
[11:43] » Anybody else? If I can just piggyback
[11:46] off that they presented on um on that system at the last APA conference.
[11:51] Um and it's funded almost entirely
[11:52] through paid parking. So
[11:56] pretty minimal tax increase just through
[11:58] a paid parking service in their downtown
[12:00] core. Anybody
[12:04] else?
[12:08] Oh, you've inspired me to add something
[12:10] else. Um, we're doing a connection. It's
[12:13] not really a huge deal, but it is. It's
[12:15] on the our Porter Rockwell Trail, which
[12:17] is our trail that goes into Lehi. Um, so
[12:20] you can, you know, if you work in Lehi,
[12:22] you could and live in Draper or vice
[12:23] versa, you can literally commute without
[12:26] dealing with a car. There's a couple of
[12:28] spots where you have to. And the last
[12:30] spot in Draper on 1300 East, if you've
[12:32] ever ridden that trail, you have to go
[12:34] through that. That's one of the weirdest
[12:35] intersections we have probably in Utah.
[12:38] Don't love it. But we have it set now
[12:40] where bikers and walkers have to cross
[12:43] 13th East there underneath the railroad
[12:45] trussle. We're able to work with you uta
[12:49] and we're now building a an extension of
[12:51] our pave trail across the there's a
[12:53] bunch of room on that railroad bridge.
[12:55] So we're we're building it right now. It
[12:56] should be done in two months. So you'll
[12:59] never have to go down into that
[13:00] intersection again. You can just go over
[13:02] the top of it, which, you know, adds to
[13:04] the ability for it to be a safe way to
[13:06] commute. And I I have a few neighbors
[13:08] that live that work in Lehi that have
[13:10] been using that trail all summer to
[13:13] commute. They have got some ebikes and
[13:14] they've been doing it. So although those
[13:16] are not a huge it's not a huge
[13:18] investment by our city, it does connect
[13:20] that way and it make it it safe and more
[13:22] usable and I'm excited for it. So
[13:24] because I usually ride a dirt way over
[13:25] it, now it'll be paved. So anyway, all
[13:27] right. Any anyone else before I move?
[13:30] >> Mayor, I'll note that um Salt Lake
[13:31] County Council member Suzanne Harrison
[13:33] has joined us and Morgan County
[13:35] Commissioner Blaine Ferrell has his hand
[13:37] raised. And Commissioner, we'll turn to
[13:39] you for a moment and just we want to
[13:41] acknowledge the challenge that Morgan
[13:43] County and Summit County are facing with
[13:45] the with the um Rocky Mountain Rocky
[13:49] >> Rocky Canyon uh fire. It's really a
[13:54] challenging situation. So, we're
[13:55] thinking about you. Uh, Commissioner, go
[13:57] ahead.
[13:58] >> Yes. Um, you know, I just put a thing in
[14:00] the chat about
[14:03] uh my bike ride between my place and my
[14:07] dad's place this morning, and it's nice
[14:11] to be able to have the free the highway
[14:14] open enough to where I can ride a bike
[14:16] to do those kinds of activities. And I
[14:18] hope uh my my comment is more for the
[14:22] trails network
[14:25] is that it would be nice [clears throat]
[14:27] even though I will not be in office next
[14:29] year is to continue the plan of trying
[14:34] hopefully there is a plan to either
[14:36] widen this unsafe road highway 66
[14:41] or to put in a trail for bike riding
[14:45] along that road in the next 5 to 10
[14:48] years. It would be nice if you could do
[14:51] something like that or put it into the
[14:53] plans of transportation to so that that
[14:56] way we can safely go along this road and
[15:00] not have to worry about somebody not
[15:04] wanting to give the bikers a 3-ft wide
[15:07] rideway or to, you know, just people
[15:11] wanting to walk along the highway
[15:12] because we have less than a 6 in
[15:14] shoulder. and I'm hoping that in the
[15:17] future that this can be taken care of.
[15:20] Thanks.
[15:23] >> Final thing, Mayor Mon from Syracuse has
[15:25] joined us and also Caitlyn uh noted in
[15:28] the chat. By the way, if you're online,
[15:30] you can speak up. We're watching you in
[15:33] the chat, but we also would love to hear
[15:34] you speak up. But Caitlyn uh also put a
[15:37] plug in for the Utah Openland Shuttle
[15:39] from the Big Cottonwood Canyon Park and
[15:41] Ride up to Bonanza Flats. She said it's
[15:44] also free and it has bike capacity.
[15:46] Where does that Caitlyn? Where does that
[15:48] shuttle pick up? The big Cottonwood
[15:50] Canyon Park and Ride. Where?
[15:55] Anybody?
[15:57] At the mouth, you think? Anybody?
[16:00] >> They need better advertising since no
[16:02] one on this call knows where it it picks
[16:04] up.
[16:07] » Okay. Well, maybe some Caitlyn will
[16:08] share exactly where it's where it picks
[16:10] up. Okay. Thanks a lot, Mayor. All
[16:12] right. Let's go on to our next item
[16:15] which is uh Perry City is going to make
[16:17] a presentation to us. Um Bob Barnhill,
[16:21] welcome you sir. Um Perry's going to
[16:23] speak about a recently completed section
[16:25] of the historic Orchard Parkway and the
[16:28] opening of a downhill mountain bike park
[16:30] in Perry. Excellent news. Um so Bob, go
[16:34] ahead, sir.
[16:35] >> Well, thank you. I appreciate uh being
[16:37] invited and being able to participate.
[16:39] Um, yes, I am uh from Perry, Utah. Uh,
[16:43] along with my friend Mark Bradley. We're
[16:45] from the far north re re reaches of
[16:47] Wasach Front Regional Council. So, we're
[16:50] excited to be here and we're a small
[16:51] city. Uh, our population is about 6,000.
[16:53] So, maybe we don't have the the scope
[16:55] and quantity of projects some of the
[16:57] bigger communities have, but for us,
[16:58] we're pretty excited to have two
[17:00] projects that we feel are significant
[17:02] that um were completed just this summer.
[17:06] So, we'll go over some of uh the details
[17:10] here. Let me back up one.
[17:13] There we go. So, right before I started
[17:16] in Perry's city, uh the local
[17:19] communities including Boxelder County,
[17:21] uh Bigham City, Willard City, and Perry
[17:25] got together and created a regional
[17:27] active transportation plan. Um so you
[17:30] can see that the southeastern Boxelder
[17:32] County plan and as part of that we
[17:35] identified uh the historic orchard
[17:38] pathway as a main corridor and focus
[17:42] that we wanted to implement. So I
[17:43] appreciate those who went before me who
[17:45] had the insight and um thought to put
[17:49] this on a plan and start working towards
[17:51] it. Now for Perry, we're about just over
[17:54] three miles long from top to bottom in
[17:56] our city. And this trail is about 70%
[18:01] complete now in Perry City. The very
[18:03] southern portion was completed uh with a
[18:06] Wasatch Front grant and that included
[18:09] road construction. Um, our road 1200
[18:12] West Perry Street ended uh short of the
[18:15] Perry city line and that was front grant
[18:18] completed the roadway and the trail the
[18:20] small southern portion and then we
[18:23] received a grant from UD do uh for the
[18:26] central portion the most significant the
[18:28] largest portion of the trail
[18:31] um and that was completed this summer. A
[18:33] lot more complexity to this one working
[18:35] with a lot of homeowners and different
[18:37] property owners along the way. Um, I
[18:39] really appreciate um, uh, Jones and
[18:41] Associates, specifically Ben Slater
[18:43] there, who he was our boots on the
[18:45] ground daytoday
[18:47] um, on-site working with the contractor,
[18:49] working with homeowners, knocking on
[18:50] their doors, coordinating with them on
[18:52] all of the details. Um,
[18:56] now this, uh, trail for the most part
[18:58] was a 9- foot wide multi-use pathway
[19:02] paved um, uh, throughout this corridor.
[19:06] Um, and for the most part, we also had a
[19:07] nine- foot landscaped park strip that
[19:09] you'll see here briefly. Um, and then
[19:12] the final phase on the north end is
[19:15] already funded through Wasatch Front.
[19:17] So, we're gearing up in the next couple
[19:18] of years to complete that. Um, so then
[19:21] the Perry City portion will be
[19:23] completed. Um, Willard City and Boxiller
[19:26] County are working on the southern
[19:28] portion and then Brigham City will pick
[19:30] up the northern portion. So, it will go
[19:32] through um all three cities as well as
[19:35] through unincorporated county and
[19:37] connect on the south to some trails
[19:39] networks in Weber County. So, we're
[19:41] excited for this um regional trail
[19:44] opportunity. Um I would also note next
[19:47] construction was our contractor. We
[19:48] appreciate them. Um so, this is a a
[19:52] typical image of what this looks like.
[19:54] Um some areas are more agricultural and
[19:56] undeveloped. Um but this is a an image
[20:01] in an already developed area along this
[20:03] street. Um some areas the streets wider
[20:06] where we have the opportunity. We do
[20:08] view this as a collector road in the
[20:09] future. Um so you can see the lay of the
[20:12] land there. Um just as a a funny side
[20:15] note, one of our biggest challenges was
[20:17] working with Rocky Mountain Power. Right
[20:19] when we started the design work, they
[20:22] reached out to us and said, you know, we
[20:23] need to replace a bunch of poles here.
[20:25] please let us know if any widening needs
[20:27] to happen. We said, "Yes, yes, widening
[20:29] is going to happen." Uh, well, they
[20:32] ignored that and they just replaced all
[20:33] their poles in place and we said, "No,
[20:36] they're in the wrong spot. Let's work
[20:38] together. Let's get them moved." It took
[20:40] about a year and a half or longer to to
[20:43] get any poles moved and they put them in
[20:44] the wrong spot and so then they got to
[20:47] move them a third time. Um, and again,
[20:49] it took about two years total to finally
[20:52] get things moved there. Um, but that's
[20:55] just the way these projects go. Um,
[20:59] and then just a quick image that here's
[21:01] our ribbon cutting with our mayor and
[21:03] council members there. And um, as a
[21:06] city, you know, you get a lot of
[21:08] complaints. People always have a a bone
[21:10] to pick and uh, a gripe and, you know,
[21:14] that's usually often what you hear. Uh,
[21:17] but this has been a fun project because
[21:19] people have been very appreciative. It
[21:22] gets used to death. there's always
[21:24] people out there. So, it's exciting for
[21:26] a community to do a project and you get
[21:28] to see it in action. You get to see
[21:30] appreciation, you know, even um
[21:32] non-controversial projects. We also
[21:34] finished a water well recently. Those
[21:37] are in the background. Nobody knows
[21:38] about them. The public, you know, most
[21:40] of them don't know or care, but they do
[21:42] know and they do care and they do use
[21:44] projects like this. So, we're going to
[21:47] wrap up phase three hopefully here soon.
[21:49] We're also planning a couple of
[21:50] connections from nearby parks to connect
[21:53] more directly to this trail um so it's
[21:56] easier for people to get on and access
[21:58] and use it. So it's been great. Um also
[22:03] um in Perry
[22:05] um what we call the Kowanas Gravity Bike
[22:08] Park. So we already have um a park. So
[22:14] you can see on this image, the southern
[22:16] part you can see of this image is is
[22:18] green and has some trees. That's an
[22:20] established park that we have in place.
[22:23] Um uh back in 2020, we received a a
[22:28] grant for design work through the
[22:30] National Park Service and they came and
[22:33] did a conceptual master plan. And as
[22:35] part of that in 2020, we said this
[22:38] northern portion that right now is just
[22:40] a sagebrush hillside has a few volunteer
[22:43] trails where people would would hike up
[22:45] to the canal road and ride their bikes a
[22:48] little bit. There's some volunteer
[22:49] trails here. We said this could be more.
[22:51] This could be a mountain bike park and
[22:54] what we hope will be a bit of a trail
[22:56] head uh to link up to other connections
[23:00] uh throughout the city and in the area.
[23:02] So that was the concept you know five or
[23:06] six years ago and we just completed
[23:09] phase one which is in the area that's
[23:11] shown on this image. Um so this shows
[23:14] all of the phases. That little blue spot
[23:16] there in the bottom left corner of the
[23:18] image. That's phase one that we've
[23:19] completed. And then phase two goes up
[23:22] above the canal uh on city property. Um
[23:26] the city already had all this property
[23:27] up by our water tanks. So there's some
[23:30] minimal area there for trails, but
[23:32] [clears throat] it will get up above the
[23:33] canal and then ultimately connect over
[23:36] to phase three where we have about 40
[23:38] acres um on the mountain side that we
[23:41] can develop some trails on. And beyond
[23:45] that, we hope to connect uh this network
[23:50] up higher to uh what we would call the
[23:52] Bonavville Shoreline Trail. Um or
[23:55] locally it's just called the the Fire
[23:57] Break Road. Uh, so there's already a
[23:59] road up there. Um, but we hope to
[24:01] connect up there. Our challenge will be
[24:02] working with uh state wildlife. It is a
[24:05] wildlife management area, so trails are
[24:08] not their priority. Um, but we're hoping
[24:11] to work through some of those hurdles
[24:12] and make more connections up higher on
[24:14] the mountain side. So phase one, it's
[24:18] pretty technical. A lot of ramps, a lot
[24:20] of jumps, a lot of uh uh skill um
[24:23] opportunities there in phase one. Oh,
[24:26] first uh I've got this slide. This is
[24:28] the funding for it. The the the
[24:31] trails component was about $300,000. Um
[24:34] but we did have to do some preliminary
[24:37] utility work and repairs and a slope
[24:39] stabilization that was about $200,000
[24:42] beforehand. So you can see a large
[24:44] portion uh came through the Utah
[24:45] Division of Outdoor Recreation as a
[24:47] grant. Uh we received a local grant
[24:49] through Batsilder County and then uh
[24:51] some private donations through the
[24:53] Kowanas Club um and some other private
[24:56] donors. And then uh you can see that
[24:58] green portion came from Perry City.
[25:02] Uh here's a quick picture of uh ribbon
[25:05] cutting. A few funny notes here. On the
[25:07] right side you can see in the blue
[25:09] shirts Kowanas Club representatives. In
[25:11] the center we have our mayor and some
[25:12] council members. on the left, um, uh,
[25:15] representatives from a local bike shop
[25:18] that donated some raffle prizes. And we
[25:20] had this guy on the left who every
[25:22] picture we took, he would sweep in right
[25:24] before us and, you know, taking his own
[25:26] videos and things like that. And then
[25:29] uh, and then you have this little boy by
[25:30] the dog, that's my six-year-old neighbor
[25:33] who just ran up there to get in the
[25:35] picture with the mayor. So,
[25:38] that was kind of fun, though. Uh, we had
[25:39] a lot of people at this ribbon cutting.
[25:42] um uh 150 or more people showed up. Uh a
[25:46] lot of prizes given away, a lot of
[25:48] excitement for it.
[25:50] Um so you can see um there's a kid up
[25:53] there pulling a back flip off of one of
[25:55] the ramps. And um
[25:57] >> that you
[25:58] >> Oh no. Uh we have beginner,
[26:01] intermediate, and expert. And I stick
[26:03] strictly to that beginner route. Um and
[26:05] that's pushing my limits already. So um
[26:09] so here's a little skill. This was
[26:10] during construction. haven't quite been
[26:12] finished out, but a little skills area
[26:14] down at the bottom that we have. Um, and
[26:18] then um a few a couple other images.
[26:19] It's a great scenic overlook. Um, our
[26:23] trail builders uh we went with American
[26:25] Ramp Company for the design and the
[26:27] build and uh they do a lot of trails all
[26:31] over the country and they loved it up
[26:32] here with the views. Uh we had great
[26:35] grally soil is basically roadbase. Um
[26:37] the native soil was and so it compacted
[26:40] well is good to construct with. So we
[26:42] feel very fortunate. Uh they were able
[26:44] to preserve a lot of the natural
[26:45] vegetation around it which was it was
[26:48] awesome. It just gives it a great feel.
[26:50] Um so you can see it's just a pretty
[26:52] cool place that we're excited to have
[26:54] and we're excited to build on and
[26:55] hopefully make it so it connects
[26:57] regionally. I can kind of start as a
[26:59] trail head. They can work on some skills
[27:00] and then branch out from there. Um so
[27:03] again um highly appreciated, highly
[27:06] used. We're excited for it. So so that's
[27:09] our story. We're going to continue
[27:10] forward. We're thankful for Wasatch
[27:12] Front, UD do and others who have given
[27:13] us grant opportunities. Um any questions
[27:16] as we wrap up?
[27:18] >> I've got one. So I'm back on your pave
[27:20] trail here. Um how does it connect or
[27:23] where what's its proximity to the
[27:25] existing I guess is the Jordan River? I don't know what you call it, but I've
[27:30] ridden it once from Ogden down. Um is it
[27:33] in close proximity to that trail or is
[27:35] it does it tie into it or
[27:37] >> Yeah, that's a good question. I am not
[27:39] as familiar with that trail system that
[27:40] you're referencing. Um maybe some others
[27:43] in there know more about that, but I
[27:44] believe that's the intent is that it can
[27:46] connect into that entire network.
[27:52] » Thank you. Any other questions? Go
[27:54] ahead.
[27:56] uh cities are often worried about the
[27:59] liability associated with projects like
[28:01] this. Did that concern come up and how
[28:03] did you deal with that potential
[28:04] concern?
[28:05] >> Yeah. Um we did, you know, we talked to
[28:08] our attorney and our insurance agency
[28:10] and there are concerns. Um you know, we
[28:14] do put signage up there that says, you
[28:16] know, ride at your own risk and uh that
[28:18] it's a naturally dangerous activity. Um,
[28:21] and we have a few rules in place and
[28:23] things like that, but I do think it is a risk. Um, but it's one that
[28:29] we're willing to take on and hopefully
[28:31] if we do our part to maintain things,
[28:33] then we'll be in good shape that way.
[28:35] Um, but yeah, I don't I don't think you
[28:37] can hide from the fact that there is
[28:39] some liability there. Um, so I think
[28:42] cities have to balance the desire for
[28:44] the amenities and the risk. How can we
[28:46] mitigate our risk and then just move
[28:49] forward?
[28:53] » Well, it looks like we had one question
[28:54] online from Blair. Blair, would you like
[28:56] to just speak to your question?
[29:00] >> Oh, I was I don't know if I can see
[29:03] myself on here. Um
[29:06] I was just wondering if the trail was
[29:09] designed in-house or was a consultant or
[29:11] how the process went.
[29:13] >> Yeah, great question. So on the mountain
[29:15] bike trail, uh we put the design out for
[29:19] RFP and then as well as the construction
[29:22] and in both cases we went with American
[29:24] Ramp company. So that was a third party
[29:27] design and build um company that we
[29:30] worked with and they were very very
[29:31] good. Um American Ramp Company, I would
[29:34] give them a positive reference if you're
[29:36] looking for anybody there. They may not
[29:38] be your cheapest option. They are very
[29:40] professional um and courteous and kind
[29:43] and and did good work. Um and then on
[29:46] the historic orchard pathway um we went
[29:50] with our um consulting engineers that we
[29:53] have on retainer that would be Jones and
[29:55] Associates engineers. Um so we didn't
[29:58] put that out to bid. Uh we worked with
[30:00] them um just where they had already
[30:02] worked on a lot of the adjacent
[30:04] properties and and knew the roadway
[30:06] well. and we work with them. Well, so
[30:08] that was with Jones and Associates. So I
[30:11] guess they were also third party, but we
[30:13] already have a relationship with them.
[30:21] » One one last quick one. Uh how'd you
[30:23] decide on a 9- foot trail?
[30:26] >> Uh that's a good question. So I wasn't
[30:28] here for the original discussions. Um but I know from the very beginning it
[30:34] was kind of that 8 to 10 foot range they
[30:36] were looking at. They specifically
[30:38] wanted multi-use be able to have
[30:40] crossing traffic and um bikes and
[30:42] strollers and joggers and and
[30:44] everything. And ultimately I think when
[30:46] it came down to it it's what fit.
[30:49] [laughter]
[30:49] Um we were trying to get the full 10
[30:52] foot width originally and you know just
[30:55] power poles and rideway and everything.
[30:58] we kind of you know we had to squeeze a
[31:00] foot or two in places. Um so ultimately
[31:03] so we didn't have to buy any ride ofway
[31:06] so far on the north end this third phase
[31:08] we have already purchased some rideway
[31:10] to widen that corridor but for for what
[31:12] we've constructed so far we just wanted
[31:14] to fit in the existing corridor so that
[31:16] was maybe part of the reason why so
[31:22] thanks Bob and I'll just follow up on
[31:23] the mayor's question about trail
[31:25] connectivity and yeah you're doing all
[31:27] that work in boxelder that you mentioned
[31:29] and there are plans uh to connect
[31:31] through Weber County down to Ogden,
[31:33] which then would connect Yeah. all the
[31:35] way to the existing trails to Provo. And
[31:38] so the the network keeps keeps expanding
[31:41] at least planning wise and then picking
[31:42] off a piece at a time. So, it's pretty
[31:44] exciting.
[31:45] >> Yeah, I'm excited for when uh Willard
[31:47] completes their portion and then Hugh
[31:48] can report on that that that ride from
[31:51] Provo up to Perry. We'll buy you lunch
[31:53] when you get there. Okay. So,
[31:57] >> anybody else? Thank you, sir. That was a
[31:58] great presentation.
[31:59] >> Thanks. look forward to coming up and
[32:01] giving it a try. All right, that takes
[32:03] us um to
[32:06] number five.
[32:08] Right. Okay. Um and Hugh, you've got
[32:11] this one. This is a regional
[32:14] transportation plan places future
[32:16] projects into one of the three buckets.
[32:18] This is for information. Depending on
[32:20] what project is projected to be needed,
[32:23] a first draft of this assignment in into
[32:25] buckets known as the phases has been
[32:28] prepared and the long range plan and
[32:30] staff at WFRC would like to give you
[32:32] input on how this works. So, Hugh, go
[32:34] ahead, sir.
[32:36] >> Thank you, mayor, and thanks everybody.
[32:39] Let's see.
[32:42] [clears throat]
[32:47] That is up and running. So, as many of
[32:49] you know, we are in um coming towards
[32:52] the latter end of our regional
[32:55] transportation plan process
[32:57] and looking to adopt in May of 2027. As
[33:01] part of that process, we do um what's
[33:04] called phasebased
[33:06] um
[33:09] [clears throat]
[33:10] two rounds of phasing for projects. So,
[33:12] let's get into this a little bit.
[33:16] So just an overview of the regional
[33:18] transportation plan generally and Zayn
[33:19] with UD do's here um he's going to talk
[33:21] a little bit about UD do's realm of
[33:24] planning um in in the next presentation.
[33:26] So um there'll be a lot of similarities
[33:28] here but for the WFRC area specifically
[33:32] [clears throat] the regional
[33:33] transportation plan is done on a
[33:35] four-year cycle. So the last adoption
[33:36] was in May of 2023 and looking again to
[33:39] adopt in May of 2027.
[33:42] does handle um several modes of
[33:44] transportation. So, anything that a car
[33:46] is going to drive on, anything that a
[33:48] bus or a fixed rail network, transit's
[33:50] going to be involved with, active
[33:52] transportation, which we'll talk a
[33:53] little bit about today, but also trying
[33:55] to understand how those modes interact
[33:57] uh with land use, where jobs are going,
[33:59] where there's housing growth, um you
[34:02] know, what kinds of jobs, what kinds of
[34:04] land use are happening, and how that all
[34:06] interacts.
[34:08] uh we do also focus on well what kind of
[34:11] revenue are we going to have to to build
[34:12] out the transportation system moving
[34:14] forward and then of course we have some
[34:16] air quality budgets we have to meet as
[34:18] we develop this plan um you'll see the
[34:21] three uh cylinders there at the bottom
[34:23] of the screen [clears throat] I
[34:25] mentioned this coming plan uh we'll look
[34:27] out to the year 2055 as the horizon year
[34:30] however we do have um put projects in
[34:33] different buckets phases one two and
[34:36] three about when we think they're going to be needed and all of the work
[34:39] we do here is based on several of the
[34:41] Wasatch's choice goals which are seen on
[34:44] the right of the screen which come from
[34:46] the council. So timeline about where we
[34:49] are today. We've taken some previous
[34:50] steps about some brainstorming about
[34:52] possible projects. We've developed
[34:54] what's called the preferred scenario
[34:56] which is if we were to wake up tomorrow
[34:57] in the year 2055. The preferred scenario
[35:00] is all the projects um that are needed
[35:02] by 2055 um are built. Uh but of course
[35:06] we don't always have the resources to do
[35:08] that and we have to think about
[35:09] priorities. So we're in this this
[35:11] portion of prioritizing the plan or
[35:13] phasing the plan projects. And there are
[35:15] two rounds of phasing.
[35:17] Um the first one is phasing based on
[35:21] need. So [clears throat] based on again
[35:23] our population growth, where everything
[35:25] is happening, where people need to get
[35:27] to, when is a project needed. And so we
[35:30] talk about that timeline. We do some
[35:32] scoring methodology. Um we'll touch
[35:34] briefly on then we'll do a second round
[35:36] of phasing after this where we talk
[35:38] about okay great it's needed by this
[35:41] time but what are the projected revenues
[35:43] to get any given project built and they
[35:46] don't always line up need and revenues
[35:49] don't always line up so we have to make
[35:51] some tough decisions. Um, for those that
[35:53] have been following this process with
[35:55] us, we do also have something called an
[35:58] exploratory concept, uh, which is new to
[36:00] the plan this year. And the exploratory
[36:02] concepts, just as it says, um, they're
[36:05] shown on the interactive map that we
[36:07] have, but they're not phased. These are
[36:08] projects that need a little bit more
[36:10] work. Um, perhaps haven't been vetted
[36:12] quite enough. Something we want to keep
[36:14] track of though for future opportunities
[36:15] to incorporate them into the regional
[36:17] transportation plan, but they're not
[36:19] fully incorporated this plan and
[36:20] therefore are not phased.
[36:25] So the process we do have a scoring
[36:26] mechanism as I mentioned we have those
[36:28] was choice goals we do some criteria
[36:30] scoring on we also look at the current
[36:32] adopted plans phasing to see if
[36:34] everything's lining up or if there are
[36:35] specific reasons why the phasing in the
[36:37] current plan exists uh anything that's
[36:40] been funded should be moved up in
[36:42] priority as you would imagine we
[36:44] anticipate that getting constructed uh
[36:46] sooner rather than later how our
[36:49] connections to other projects whether
[36:51] that's within the same mode or in other
[36:53] modes, right? Looking across roadway,
[36:55] transit and active transportation
[36:56] together. We use our professional
[36:58] judgment here and of course we try and
[37:01] get as much input as we can going into
[37:03] this process. So today we have some time
[37:06] set aside
[37:08] to uh look at this together and get your
[37:11] feedback. We're going to break out into
[37:14] some rooms. If you're online, Julie and
[37:16] Jory are going to host you and talk
[37:18] about um phasing here. And in this room,
[37:22] we'll go around and um try and highlight
[37:25] some projects that you're interested in
[37:26] to see what phase we currently have in
[37:28] the draft. Again, just a draft on this
[37:30] phasing, this needsbased phasing, and
[37:32] see if you have some input to tell us um
[37:35] and what phase if if we perhaps don't
[37:37] have it quite right yet. So, love to
[37:40] focus on phase one, so the first 10
[37:42] years of the plan, um if that's possible
[37:44] with our limited amount of time, but if
[37:46] you have other uh things you want to
[37:48] talk about, we certainly can. So there
[37:50] we we will have a map for Tilla County
[37:53] we can look at. Um I think Commissioner
[37:55] Fero, you're online in Morgan. Anybody
[37:57] interested in Morgan, we'll have an
[37:58] opportunity to look at that map as well
[38:00] uh for folks online. And then of course
[38:03] anything in the the Was Regional Council
[38:07] ML area. Before we jump and start
[38:11] looking at maps, is there any questions
[38:12] I can answer from anybody?
[38:16] Okay, so this is an interactive part.
[38:18] We'll we'll jump in. Jordan, can we do
[38:21] breakouts? Julie, you good?
[38:24] >> Yeah.
[38:25] >> Awesome.
[38:33] All right, we're going to do breakout
[38:35] sessions and let's be back at
[38:40] 5 past
[38:44] um yeah, no later than 10. Uh yeah,
[38:48] 10:15. But if we need to come back
[38:50] earlier, we can. But 10:15 for sure.
[38:56] Jordan, you they are they off? They're
[39:00] good.
[39:01] Okay, for my folks in the room, is there
[39:05] a project?
[39:05] >> Yeah, real quick. I'm just gonna Sorry,
[39:07] we're not in the breakout rooms. For
[39:08] those online that want to go to the
[39:09] breakout rooms, there's like three dots
[39:11] by the more and then you'll see the
[39:12] breakout room. And then Jordan, do you
[39:15] set it up or
[39:19] >> Yeah, it's set up. I'm trying to figure
[39:20] out how I can assign everybody.
[39:22] >> Okay,
[39:25] >> just kidding. Sorry, you
[39:26] >> Jordan. Mine says it allows me to create
[39:29] one. So, I may not have got created.
[39:34] >> No, it's created. It's room one.
[40:01] I've got one.
[40:10] » Yeah, mayor. What do you want to look
[40:11] at?
[40:12] >> Rockwell to the Jordan River at the
[40:14] point.
[40:22] All right. So, we're down here a point
[40:25] [clears throat] area
[40:28] and
[40:32] this is Porter Rockwell
[40:35] Boulevard there.
[40:41] Here's the point right there. Sorry.
[40:45] And so you're talking about the river to
[40:46] range trail specifically, right?
[40:50] So yeah, let me
[40:51] >> River to range connection from Porter
[40:53] Rockwell to Jordan River.
[40:55] >> Yeah, let me explain the colors really
[40:57] quickly. So if it's red, it'll be we we
[41:00] currently have it as phase one. If it's
[41:03] blue, we have it in phase two. And if
[41:05] it's green, we have it in phase three.
[41:08] So the river to range trail specifically
[41:10] that connects the existing Porter
[41:12] Rockwell trail across I-15 through the
[41:15] point and over to the Jordan River we
[41:17] have in phase one.
[41:23] Again this doesn't mean there's any
[41:25] specific money assigned to projects
[41:26] necessarily. It's just when we believe
[41:29] it's needed. And again we'll do a second
[41:31] round of funding. Um, we'll talk about
[41:33] as we wrap up here or second round of
[41:36] phasing there has with regards to
[41:38] funding.
[41:40] Where else? Bob, got something you're
[41:42] interested in?
[41:44] I've already made some corrections up up
[41:46] north, so I know on the map they won't
[41:48] be right
[41:50] in. Yes, Kirby. on that Porter Rockwell
[41:53] trail
[41:55] for for trails for AT facilities, how do
[41:59] you what metric do you use to to support
[42:02] the phasing other than public input? Is
[42:05] there another metric where you'd say,
[42:07] "Oh, this is needed sooner rather than
[42:09] later."
[42:10] >> Yeah, we have a whole spreadsheet with
[42:12] that information that I'd be happy to
[42:14] provide. But for instance, things like
[42:17] is there um latent demand for uh biking
[42:22] and walking in that area which has to do
[42:24] with land use? Um what kinds what's the
[42:28] mix of the land use there? Uh what are
[42:30] we seeing with some other measurements?
[42:33] Um looking at does the facility attract
[42:38] new users because it feels safe and
[42:40] comfortable. So it depends on the type
[42:41] of facility, right? We think that it's
[42:43] needed. Um and those types of
[42:46] measurements the UD do has developed a
[42:48] great tool called a called the a trip
[42:53] replacement tool where they can say
[42:54] there are a lot of car trips happening
[42:56] in this area going from A to B. Does
[42:58] this project have the potential to
[43:00] replace some of those car trips? So we
[43:01] use measures like that to help
[43:03] distinguish.
[43:04] >> So if it scores well on several
[43:05] categories then it's likely to be phased
[43:07] earlier than later.
[43:09] >> Yep. Yeah. It's out of a 100 score.
[43:12] Yeah. Good question. Happy to go over
[43:14] that more in detail with you at another
[43:15] time. David.
[43:17] >> Hi, Hugh. Could we look at the Little
[43:18] Cottonwood Creek Trail from the Inter
[43:20] Mountain Medical Center to the Jordan
[43:21] River?
[43:32] So, I believe we're looking right in
[43:34] here. Here's the Inter Mountain Medical
[43:36] Center. Uh here is the the crossing of a
[43:40] state sheet you've been working on,
[43:41] David. And then here is Little
[43:43] Cottonwood Creek to the Jordan River. Is
[43:45] that the one you're talking about? Yeah.
[43:49] So, this is actually a nice example um
[43:51] of where currently that is scoring as a
[43:55] phase one project. I also believe it is
[43:56] recognized on the Utah Trail Network. Um
[43:59] Matt Kate, I'm looking at you for
[44:01] confirmation. Awesome. Um so, we have
[44:04] the trail in phase one. However, we have
[44:06] some of the crossings. So, their scoring
[44:08] is coming out as phase two. So this is
[44:09] where we can come in and say, okay, does
[44:11] it make sense to have the trail go in,
[44:13] but then significant crossings come in
[44:15] later, right? And we have to use some
[44:17] professional judgment to figure that
[44:18] out, even though the scoring might be
[44:20] different. So that's something um we
[44:22] should be looking at. And if I'm not
[44:23] mistaken, this is also one that has a
[44:25] feasibility study funded. Kate,
[44:29] >> yeah, that's correct. Uh the UTN program
[44:31] just funded a feasibility study for this
[44:33] corridor uh for this programming year.
[44:36] So when something has that feasibility,
[44:38] also a good reason for us to to possibly
[44:41] bump it up in phasing.
[44:44] Utah trail network doesn't identify
[44:45] specific crossings like we have here on
[44:47] the regional transportation plan. So I'm
[44:50] sure they'll be looked at as part of
[44:51] that feasibility and probably makes
[44:52] sense to to show those as phase one in
[44:57] conjunction with that study. Thanks,
[44:59] David.
[44:59] >> Thank you, Mayor Petro.
[45:02] >> I have two. Um, probably the first one.
[45:04] I know part of it's already funded,
[45:06] which is the three gate trail along uh
[45:08] the west side of Hill Air Force Base,
[45:11] but it's my understanding that funding's
[45:13] only down to about
[45:16] I don't know between the Clearfield
[45:18] area. And I think the intention was to
[45:21] bring it on down to the Leighton border
[45:23] and tie into our um canal trail. I'm
[45:27] curious if that's on the radar.
[45:30] >> Yeah, great question. And so the one
[45:31] highlighted here, this is the the
[45:33] extents of what's been called the three
[45:35] gate trail largely,
[45:37] um, which I do believe has funding and
[45:39] is in process of moving forward. Kate,
[45:41] yeah, go ahead.
[45:45] Uh, this one's a little bit tricky. So,
[45:47] a portion of this project is under
[45:49] construction currently through a
[45:51] different, it's not through the UT
[45:53] program specifically. It's getting
[45:55] funded through a different program in
[45:56] region one with funding from MIDIA. Um
[45:59] we're UTN has programmed a connection up
[46:02] north to kind of help get from the Weber
[46:04] River um parkway into downtown Ogden. Um
[46:08] but for the Clearfield section um that's
[46:11] a little bit that southern portion there
[46:12] is kind of on hold for the moment just
[46:15] as we're waiting for Maida to finish up
[46:17] their project and the frontage road that
[46:19] kind of goes along the south edge of
[46:22] Hill Air Force Base there. They're
[46:23] putting in a new frontage road that's
[46:24] going to change some traffic patterns.
[46:26] So, we're kind of waiting for all that
[46:27] to get resolved before we program a
[46:29] trail project there. Um, but it is a
[46:32] high priority to make that connection to
[46:34] the canal, the existing canal trail
[46:36] right there. So, I'm just going to
[46:38] re-emphasize the importance of connected
[46:40] it connecting it to um 193 and beyond
[46:45] because I mean obviously we have the um
[46:48] Weaver State campus there that a lot of
[46:51] those folks would use that area and it
[46:53] also goes into Leighton's downtown area
[46:55] or our commerce area much like Ogden.
[47:00] >> Yeah. Thanks, Mayor.
[47:01] >> Thank you. [clears throat]
[47:02] >> So, 193 you mentioned just right here.
[47:04] We also have um that as a phase one
[47:07] project. And you can see there's this
[47:10] gap here. And somebody online might be
[47:13] thinking or in the room, why is there a
[47:15] gap? Well, it's because there's existing
[47:16] trail there. Um so we're tying in on the
[47:19] north and then the Davis Weber Canal
[47:22] Trail also is a phase one through this
[47:24] area as well. Again, [clears throat]
[47:26] some of that same situation where the
[47:28] crossings haven't scored as well in our
[47:31] later phases. So maybe we need to take a look at some of those. Uh but
[47:35] existing uh existing trail and then the
[47:38] new connections phase one. Thanks.
[47:42] Anybody?
[47:44] Andrew.
[47:46] >> Thank you.
[47:48] Um so uh I live in Mil Creek and east
[47:52] what going east west. Uh, so you it's
[47:56] great to go east west um at around 21st
[48:00] south like along the S-line corridor.
[48:03] That's terrific. But then what about
[48:05] east west connections south of there
[48:08] 33rd 39th 45th like heading south sort
[48:11] of central valley east west connections
[48:13] and smiling for some reason. Um Hugh
[48:16] what do you think?
[48:17] >> Yeah great. So this is uh the area of
[48:20] the county I believe you're speaking to
[48:21] that we're showing on the map right
[48:22] here. That S line you're talking about
[48:25] is here on 21st connecting the Parley
[48:28] Trail that kind of hugs I80 here and
[48:29] gets you up to Wasats Boulevard. So
[48:32] south of that uh there was a study done
[48:34] on 3300 South a couple of years ago uh
[48:37] looking at how to incorporate some
[48:39] active transportation facilities and a
[48:41] shared use path that is currently
[48:42] scoring as a phase one project south of
[48:45] there on 3900 South which really does
[48:49] have the opportunity to go across the
[48:50] whole valley is the 4100 South 3900
[48:53] South shared use path a portion of which
[48:56] um has already been funded phase one by
[48:58] the touch network and phase two also,
[49:02] right? Or not yet? Okay, I'm looking at
[49:05] you again. Two phases or just one?
[49:06] >> Yeah, we just funded phase two of that
[49:08] project um from West Temple to 1100
[49:12] East.
[49:12] >> Yeah. So, yeah, great progress there. Um
[49:16] and that again, just to just to
[49:19] reiterate Bob's presentation about how
[49:22] the southeast southeastern Boxiller
[49:24] County plan got started for trails and
[49:26] now, right, all this construction has
[49:28] happened. Same thing with a lot of these
[49:30] trails that are UTN is funding, right?
[49:32] Started with the plan with communities
[49:33] getting together and they're making
[49:35] their way through through the process.
[49:37] Um so and a few other things planned
[49:41] further south of here. Al some a part of
[49:43] the Utah Trail network. You know, we
[49:46] still have some work to do um on making
[49:49] some connections further west. However,
[49:50] the cross town trail and west valley has
[49:52] made some great progress. And so again,
[49:54] just because you're not seeing something
[49:55] on this map here specifically doesn't
[49:57] mean that there's not something there
[49:58] already um that can get you across town.
[50:01] Does that answer your question?
[50:03] >> Yeah. Thank you. I want to know why Zayn
[50:04] was smiling.
[50:10] Yeah.
[50:14] » Oh, could you use your mic, Zane, just
[50:16] so everybody can hear you? All right.
[50:17] Thanks.
[50:18] >> Yeah. We used to live in Mil Creek, so
[50:20] east west, now we live in Murray. And
[50:23] again, David, thanks for being here.
[50:26] Again, east west, even trying to get to
[50:28] the U DOT office can be treacherous. So,
[50:30] yeah, I acknowledge that that's
[50:33] certainly
[50:34] would be a priority for me, but I'm I'm
[50:36] not the planner here.
[50:39] >> You have input, too. That's just
[50:41] >> I'll just say this is some something of
[50:43] an editorial comment.
[50:45] We can't do everything that everybody
[50:48] wants right away, right? Obviously. And
[50:52] so the fact that like ultimately there's
[50:54] a plan to do something on 33rd. Great.
[50:56] But but I would say the fact that 39th
[51:00] is moving forward like let's focus on
[51:03] getting that whole connection done. You
[51:06] can go at 21st and then you can go at
[51:08] 39th and that's terrific. Let's get 39th
[51:11] done before we move on to 33rd. My mayor
[51:14] in Mil Creek might not be happy with me
[51:16] saying that, but like we don't need
[51:18] connections everywhere. Have to have
[51:20] safe connections that are reasonably
[51:22] close to where people live. So, let's
[51:24] make those connections and then move on
[51:26] to the next thing.
[51:29] » Council member,
[51:31] >> could you go north for me? Um Hugh and
[51:35] let's look at the uh the start of the
[51:39] is it the not the Burlington the Denver
[51:41] and Rio Grand at Hinckley Drive.
[51:45] There are challenges going north from
[51:47] there.
[51:51] » Yeah. So that's basically Roy at
[51:55] >> Yep. Currently right now that the the
[51:57] Denver and Rio Grand Western Rail Trail
[52:00] ends about here in [clears throat] Roy
[52:02] and then you can take some trails that
[52:04] pop through West Haven here, the West
[52:06] Haven River Trail that goes through um
[52:09] what Ogden has been looking at is uh
[52:14] sorry maybe it's up here where it ends.
[52:16] Excuse me.
[52:19] >> Yep. This is where it ends up in Hinkley
[52:21] Drive by the airport. Yep. And so we do
[52:24] have a plan connection that would follow
[52:26] the rail line up um to Midland here. And
[52:31] then have gotten some feedback. This is
[52:34] the West Ogden Rail Trail that came out
[52:37] of a neighborhood plan a number of years
[52:38] ago in Ogden. And due to the proximity
[52:41] of both the Midland Drive project which
[52:44] u believe will be constructed with UD do
[52:46] as part of the 24th Street interchange,
[52:48] >> right? and
[52:51] proximity of these two something I think
[52:54] we need to look at to say does it really
[52:55] make sense to have those both in phase
[52:57] one right where Midland's going so love
[53:01] to hear your feedback we've heard from
[53:02] some of your staff in Ogden about this a
[53:05] little bit um but I I don't think I let
[53:08] you ask your actual question so I
[53:09] apologize
[53:10] >> well that that's it that paints a
[53:11] picture for me on how that's going to
[53:13] tie in just a jumble to get out of town
[53:15] we take 31st out of the downtown core
[53:20] and it's four lanes of traffic and the
[53:23] roadway is cluttered with
[53:26] debris for bicycles and that sort of
[53:28] thing and it's not you know you get that
[53:29] traffic moving along at 55 and 65 miles
[53:31] an hour.
[53:33] >> It's not ideal. So a designated pathway
[53:36] that would get us out to the Denver and
[53:39] Rio Grand would be real helpful. It's a
[53:40] popular ride.
[53:42] >> Yeah, absolutely. And um I'm glad you
[53:44] brought those up. Jory and I have ridden
[53:46] along 31st there and it's Yeah, you
[53:49] could land an airplane on that stretch
[53:51] of roadway probably.
[53:52] >> Sometimes they do.
[53:53] >> Sometimes they have to.
[53:55] >> Right.
[53:56] >> Um Kate mentioned earlier that
[53:59] >> way back. Yeah,
[54:00] >> that the Utah Trail Network has funded a
[54:02] piece that's connecting um from the
[54:05] Weber River Parkway up to 24th and
[54:07] that's will be coming through here. Um
[54:09] I've just added that to our database so
[54:12] it's not showing in this specific map
[54:13] but will in the future. So, it's um been
[54:16] programmed to connect this way to the
[54:18] existing Weber River Parkway. Yeah.
[54:20] Which then gets you down to Threegate.
[54:22] >> Um you know, this other connect future
[54:25] connection from Threegate over close to
[54:28] 31st that would get you right into
[54:30] downtown um hasn't been the the
[54:33] preferred alignment uh as opposed to
[54:35] getting people onto 24th and then into
[54:37] town directly. So, some of these things
[54:40] I think will push back into some later
[54:41] phases. Um and probably this um rail
[54:45] trail here as well because the focus
[54:47] will be on Midland there.
[54:48] >> And the challenge on 24th of course is
[54:50] the elevated
[54:52] bridge across the rail yards,
[54:53] >> right?
[54:54] >> That's not a great bike ride either.
[54:56] >> Yeah. Yeah. It's a the rail yard poses
[55:00] challenges. Yeah.
[55:00] >> Get up and over. For sure.
[55:02] >> Yeah.
[55:02] >> Thank you.
[55:03] >> Mhm.
[55:07] » Oh yes, Council Member Von Haden
[55:11] Tilla.
[55:11] >> Yeah. Perfect.
[55:12] >> Um, are we still looking at phase three
[55:15] for coming around the mountain on I80?
[55:19] >> At that [gasps]
[55:21] [laughter] Yeah.
[55:24] >> Um,
[55:26] >> currently, yes.
[55:27] >> Okay.
[55:28] >> Yeah, that's the way it's again scoring,
[55:30] but there are other things to consider
[55:32] as well.
[55:35] >> So, this is why we're
[55:37] speaking to you and interested in your
[55:39] thoughts on that.
[55:40] Well, if we could it's it's the
[55:43] interesting parts coming around there.
[55:44] You know, we as everybody knows trying
[55:46] to get the connectivity with all of our
[55:49] lake mountain two railroads and an
[55:52] interstate is quite difficult. But as we
[55:56] are growing and the prospect of some new
[56:00] developments going on in the county,
[56:02] anything that we can do to try to
[56:05] connect those two. Yeah, I wish I had a
[56:07] good answer for that. I would love to
[56:10] see it be moved up, but I don't I don't
[56:12] know if that can be.
[56:14] >> Yeah. [clears throat]
[56:16] Again, limited resources all the way
[56:19] around, right, as Andrew mentioned. And
[56:20] so,
[56:21] >> um, but I appreciate you voicing that,
[56:24] hey, this this is going to be is now and
[56:27] will be an important connection for your
[56:28] communities,
[56:30] >> right, in the not too near future with
[56:31] the way that you're growing out there.
[56:33] So that's something for for us and for
[56:36] UD do and for Utah network to keep an
[56:39] eye on.
[56:39] >> Yeah.
[56:40] >> With if the nuclear campus does come in
[56:43] and add those 20,000 jobs, that's going
[56:45] to create quite the bustle between Salt
[56:49] Lake and Twilla County.
[56:50] >> Yeah. if we bring the jobs out.
[56:53] >> I'm really, by the way, I'm really glad
[56:55] that you mentioned that, council member,
[56:57] that when a major economic development
[57:01] project happens and that nuclear campus,
[57:03] if it comes, which looks like it very
[57:05] well might,
[57:06] >> good chance
[57:07] >> will have a huge impact. many thousands
[57:10] of jobs in construction and and um I was
[57:13] out in Tilla uh was it last week for um
[57:17] some discussions about that and um if
[57:21] that happens then in order for it to be
[57:23] a positive
[57:24] >> for the county as opposed to a drain on
[57:26] the county just creating pressure there
[57:29] has to be associated infrastructure that
[57:31] goes along with that that the county
[57:32] can't
[57:33] >> be expected to cover on its own right
[57:35] >> I mean I'm preaching to the choir here I
[57:37] know this Um, but thinking about
[57:40] roadway, transit, trail investments that
[57:42] would go along with that major
[57:44] development to make it a benefit for the
[57:46] residents of the community, make people
[57:48] be able to get along, get around um,
[57:51] easily even with that additional jobs
[57:53] and housing and development will be
[57:54] really important. And if that happens,
[57:56] we want to work with you and help you in
[57:58] any way we can, your community and then
[58:00] all the communities in Tuila. And I know
[58:02] that's true for UDOT very much as well.
[58:04] >> And I know UTA is looking at different
[58:07] >> Yes. functions out there which would be
[58:08] very beneficial if we get some parking
[58:10] rides and be able to ride some bikes
[58:12] down and get you know or get on a UTA
[58:14] and go.
[58:15] >> It'll take teamwork from everybody.
[58:16] >> It will. It will. It will be an
[58:18] interesting next 10 years.
[58:23] » Thank you, council member.
[58:25] Anybody else in the room that would like
[58:27] to take a look at something that's on
[58:29] their mind regards the phasing of future
[58:32] projects?
[58:38] Okay,
[58:40] let's check in with our online folks.
[58:42] Um, and this
[58:46] we're going to be moving on from this
[58:48] round of phasing into that f uh I always
[58:51] get this wrong the revenue projected
[58:55] revenue phasing based on projected
[58:57] revenue uh pretty quickly here and
[59:02] stay tuned for that.
[59:05] six is next.
[59:07] >> Yep. We're just going to folks that are
[59:09] online are in a different breakout room,
[59:10] Mayor. So, we just want to bring them
[59:11] back to this main meeting
[59:13] [clears throat] before we move on if
[59:14] that's all right.
[59:18] Yeah. Give them a warning. And
[59:22] Okay.
[59:32] It gives them like 30 seconds or
[59:33] something. Oh, 60. Okay, 60 seconds. If
[59:37] you need to stand up and stretch for 53
[59:39] seconds, please do. But thank you for um
[59:44] participation on that. Soon as those
[59:46] other folks come back in, we'll just
[59:48] give a little uh round up here and and
[59:50] move on to the next item.
[59:57] 35 34
[1:00:28] That's because like
[1:00:37] all right, everybody back, Jordan.
[1:00:40] Okay, welcome back to those folks that
[1:00:42] are online. Hope you had a healthy
[1:00:44] discussion there. look forward to
[1:00:46] hearing about it. Um, if you have any
[1:00:48] comments about this needsbased phasing,
[1:00:52] uh, we're going to wrap those up just on
[1:00:54] this this Friday from folks. Uh, we have
[1:00:57] been out to all the technical advisory
[1:00:58] committees as well. So, not just this
[1:01:00] group to get feedback on that.
[1:01:02] [clears throat] And then I mentioned the
[1:01:04] second round of phasing that has to do
[1:01:05] with uh, projected revenue. That is
[1:01:09] something that we are going to focus on
[1:01:10] in our fall workshops this year. So,
[1:01:13] we'll bring to you uh the phasing based
[1:01:15] on that revenue, projected revenue in
[1:01:17] our fall workshops. Uh hopefully
[1:01:20] everybody has a calendar appointment if
[1:01:22] you're an elected official or staff
[1:01:24] member of the cities here. We do these
[1:01:25] subreionally. Um and they'll start in
[1:01:28] October and run through November. If you
[1:01:30] don't have this on your calendar and you
[1:01:32] again are elected official or staff
[1:01:34] member, uh please let us know. Uh Jordan
[1:01:37] will be sure to get that on your
[1:01:39] calendar. These aren't open to the
[1:01:40] general public. This is for our um city
[1:01:43] partners specifically. Um but we do of
[1:01:46] course do public comment later in the
[1:01:48] plan before the final adoption to get
[1:01:50] input from the general public on this.
[1:01:52] So we'll see.
[1:01:52] >> What are Could we get the dates of
[1:01:54] those? Um I want to make sure that my
[1:01:58] staff and um city electeds have that in
[1:02:01] their calendar. Do you happen to know
[1:02:03] for our region or or how do we get that?
[1:02:06] >> Abs. Absolutely. Council member. So,
[1:02:08] southeast Salt Lake County is the
[1:02:10] Conwood Heights area this year. That'll
[1:02:12] be November 2nd at 4:00 p.m. at the
[1:02:16] Murray City Council Chambers.
[1:02:18] >> Right. Thank you. Thank you.
[1:02:21] >> Oh, perfect. and and there was just a
[1:02:23] map that was put in the chat that has
[1:02:25] all of the dates on it for all the
[1:02:27] different workshops
[1:02:28] >> and and council member uh Jordan has
[1:02:33] sent out calendar appointments to the
[1:02:35] city council and the and the key staff.
[1:02:38] So your your ask has been granted
[1:02:40] already. You should have the calendar
[1:02:42] appointment. If you have any questions,
[1:02:44] you're not seeing it. Please just let us
[1:02:46] know.
[1:02:47] >> Thank you.
[1:02:49] >> All right. Item six is next. It's the
[1:02:51] planning connections to the Wasatch
[1:02:53] Front UD do long range plan. We're going
[1:02:55] to have Zayn pull over give us a
[1:02:57] presentation. Go ahead, sir.
[1:03:07] Go ahead and share my screen here.
[1:03:44] Okay.
[1:03:47] >> Okay. My name is Zayn Pulver. I'm the
[1:03:49] long range planning manager with UD do.
[1:03:51] Uh Hugh has asked me to present to you
[1:03:54] all about the uh rural portion of the
[1:03:57] long range plan. So, as you all are
[1:04:00] likely aware, WFRC develops their RTP
[1:04:04] for the urban parts of the state and um
[1:04:08] as there are some of you here uh
[1:04:10] representing the rural parts of our
[1:04:12] planning area, I'm going to give a
[1:04:14] presentation based more clo or uh geared
[1:04:18] more towards you all. So, uh thanking
[1:04:20] Tilla and Morgan specifically for this
[1:04:23] group. So, and Hugh kind of touched on
[1:04:26] this a little bit, but just to kind of
[1:04:28] clarify
[1:04:30] uh some of the differences between what
[1:04:32] the RTP is and the statewide long-range
[1:04:36] plan. So, we provide a list of capacity
[1:04:39] projects for state routes in rural Utah.
[1:04:43] Uh again, similar to WFRC, we develop
[1:04:47] our plan every four years. We cover the
[1:04:49] same planning horizon years. So again
[1:04:52] following our horizon year is to 2055 as
[1:04:55] well. We again follow the same fiscal
[1:04:58] constraints as WFRC and the rest of our
[1:05:02] MO partners. Uh and we again take our
[1:05:06] plan to stakeholders and the public
[1:05:11] uh as for long range plan involvement.
[1:05:14] So specifically speaking to Tilla and
[1:05:18] Morgan here, uh your planning area as
[1:05:22] rural planning organizations is covered
[1:05:25] by representatives
[1:05:27] um of those RPOs. So I know I don't know
[1:05:30] if Wayne is here uh but Wayne works with
[1:05:34] the Twilla Valley RPO and Jory uh of
[1:05:38] WFRC works with the Morgan RPO. So kind
[1:05:41] of how that works is your those
[1:05:44] representatives
[1:05:45] uh do the planning, create project lists
[1:05:48] and prioritization and then pro provide
[1:05:51] those lists to us at UD do to put into
[1:05:55] our ultimate long range plan. Uh again
[1:05:58] we cover the entire state. So you can
[1:05:59] see on this map we have been very busy
[1:06:03] traveling around similar to what WFRC
[1:06:05] does but they stick within the Wasatch
[1:06:07] front. We have been statewide over the
[1:06:10] last several months uh gathering input
[1:06:12] at workshops again similar to what the
[1:06:14] RPO has been doing in your RPO areas.
[1:06:19] Uh so that's the long range plan. Um
[1:06:22] kind of an quick rundown. Uh given that
[1:06:25] we are in the ATC committee, I wanted to
[1:06:29] inform you all kind of how we are
[1:06:31] working with the RPOS's uh to provide um
[1:06:36] phasing for the Utah Trail Network. So
[1:06:39] again, in your RPOS's, you would have
[1:06:41] had discussions similar to what we just
[1:06:43] had either online or in art room about
[1:06:46] what your general priorities are for um
[1:06:49] for active transportation and again
[1:06:52] specifically related to the Utah Trail
[1:06:54] Network. So you have worked closely to
[1:06:57] um hopefully or in the future will be
[1:07:00] providing your preferred phasing for
[1:07:02] Utah Trail Network in Tilla and Morgan
[1:07:05] County. And again, we will take the um
[1:07:08] proposed phasing from your RPO and put
[1:07:12] it into our long range plan.
[1:07:18] Beyond the UTN, we work we again have um
[1:07:22] seen or will see your um active
[1:07:25] transportation master plans. So again,
[1:07:28] we receive those through public comment
[1:07:31] and local government input and we gather
[1:07:35] those transportation plans and um take
[1:07:38] those into account as to whether we
[1:07:41] would include any of those on our long
[1:07:43] range plan. Our large focus for those
[1:07:47] active transportation facilities is the
[1:07:51] uh regional needs and whether or not
[1:07:54] they are on state routes. So we again we
[1:07:57] have a lot of ground to cover as part of
[1:08:00] the statewide network and so we really
[1:08:03] do want to focus in on those regional
[1:08:06] needs and state routes. If you have
[1:08:08] comments or would like to provide um
[1:08:11] priorities on any of those um at uh
[1:08:15] facilities, please again coordinate with
[1:08:18] your RPO and we have worked
[1:08:22] I think quite well with the RPOS's and
[1:08:24] worked to be a part of a lot of those
[1:08:26] meetings um from a UD do perspective
[1:08:29] either myself or one of our region
[1:08:32] planners has been um heavily part
[1:08:34] heavily participating over the last
[1:08:36] while in those RPO meetings to gather
[1:08:39] input and context as to what your
[1:08:43] preferred needs are uh in your areas.
[1:08:49] Um I wanted to just provide quickly
[1:08:52] similar to what Huge has presented. This
[1:08:54] is uh UD do's timeline for our long
[1:08:56] range plan. We follow again WFRC and the
[1:09:01] rest of our MO partners closely. So uh
[1:09:04] right now we are in the process of
[1:09:06] identifying and phasing projects into
[1:09:10] our long range plan. Uh we previously
[1:09:13] have reviewed needs. We've published our
[1:09:15] go our goals um provided a comment
[1:09:19] period and collected data. Uh we
[1:09:22] anticipate putting our draft long range
[1:09:25] plan out for comment in early 2027.
[1:09:29] Uh so again, Morgan and Tilla, we will
[1:09:32] be coordinating with you and on the best
[1:09:35] ways to put that out for public comment
[1:09:37] as the time approaches.
[1:09:40] Uh we will um again
[1:09:43] uh revise our plan based on uh comments
[1:09:46] that we receive and again look to
[1:09:48] publish our plan around the summer of
[1:09:50] 2027.
[1:09:54] Uh you are welcome to provide a comment
[1:09:57] anytime throughout our process. So we
[1:09:59] have a public input page that is open
[1:10:02] all the time. You can follow the QR code
[1:10:04] here. You can email us. I manage that
[1:10:07] email. So you can feel free to email us
[1:10:09] as well if there is anything else that
[1:10:11] you'd like to provide to us uh
[1:10:13] throughout our process. But we will have
[1:10:15] our official comment period on our draft
[1:10:18] plan like I said in early 2027.
[1:10:23] Uh, with that I will open the floor to
[1:10:26] any questions that you all may have.
[1:10:30] >> Any questions?
[1:10:31] >> Can anybody speak to what um what might
[1:10:35] happen around state highways and
[1:10:37] widening them in the Auggan Valley? That
[1:10:39] area is growing leaps and bounds. It's
[1:10:42] been incorporated of as everybody knows
[1:10:44] and riding those state roads on a road
[1:10:47] bike is tough in spots. Really tough.
[1:10:51] Yeah. Are there any plans or who would
[1:10:52] know or who would I reach out to on
[1:10:54] that?
[1:10:55] >> Yeah, we funny you mentioned that. We
[1:10:57] are actually going to be up in Ogden
[1:10:58] Valley on Thursday meeting with the new
[1:11:01] mayor and I think other members of the
[1:11:03] council up there to discuss planning for
[1:11:06] their new city specifically. So, that is
[1:11:10] some that is a comment that we can take
[1:11:12] to them and get their opinions on. Um,
[1:11:15] but you you can feel free to speak to me
[1:11:17] afterwards as well about any concerns
[1:11:19] you may have through there. Um, I am the
[1:11:22] long range I'm the UD do representative
[1:11:24] for the long range plan.
[1:11:25] >> Okay. So, we were speaking about Morgan
[1:11:28] and Twilla counties. I just wanted to
[1:11:29] see if you also covered some of the
[1:11:31] >> They they are on our radar as well.
[1:11:33] Yeah, thank you. Um, and I was speaking
[1:11:35] mostly to them be given that we have RPO
[1:11:38] representation uh here currently. Yeah.
[1:11:40] But yeah, they are part of our planning
[1:11:42] area. Okay. Thank you. Yes, thank you.
[1:11:44] >> I'll ditto what he said.
[1:11:46] >> Thank you. Perfect.
[1:11:48] >> No, you got two of us back on that one.
[1:11:50] Great. Thank you.
[1:11:51] >> Thank you, Zane.
[1:11:52] >> Thank you,
[1:11:53] >> Mayor. Real one quick comment. So Zayn
[1:11:56] had that map up of all of the areas that
[1:11:59] UD do covers across the state and then
[1:12:01] also the MO areas, right? the the urban
[1:12:04] areas that the NPOS's plan for and um
[1:12:08] all of this does come together and we
[1:12:10] work together to produce the unified
[1:12:12] plan right at the Do you want to just
[1:12:15] speak to that really briefly Zayn about
[1:12:17] sort of how the state and the NPOS's
[1:12:19] work together to pull that all together
[1:12:21] at the end of planning processes? Yeah.
[1:12:23] So, as part of the unified planning
[1:12:25] process, um, and Hugh touched on this as
[1:12:28] well, we we each individually, uh,
[1:12:31] develop our RTPs or long-range plan in
[1:12:34] UD do's case and then, for lack of a
[1:12:37] better term, we come together and stitch
[1:12:40] those plans together into the uh, Utah's
[1:12:43] unified plan. Along with that, we have
[1:12:46] coordinated on developing our uh,
[1:12:50] revenue projections. So we are all using
[1:12:53] the same revenue projection. So as Hugh
[1:12:55] was again was alluding, we work to what
[1:12:58] we call fiscally constrain all those
[1:12:59] projects. We're all working off of the
[1:13:02] same um revenue model and have divvied
[1:13:04] out kind of how much each area is going
[1:13:08] to have to fiscally constrain all of our
[1:13:11] projects, whether they be highway
[1:13:12] projects, uh UTN projects. We have we
[1:13:16] are working closely on all of those
[1:13:18] things um as we kind of march towards
[1:13:22] you uh the unified plan that will be
[1:13:24] ready um later next year.
[1:13:28] >> Thanks and Utah Transit Authority of
[1:13:31] course is also
[1:13:32] >> Yes. UTA part of that effort.
[1:13:34] >> They are part of that conversation as
[1:13:36] well.
[1:13:39] » All right. Thanks Zayn.
[1:13:40] >> Thank you.
[1:13:41] >> Seven's next. Um, and we're going to
[1:13:43] have Byron and Ben from WFRC
[1:13:48] and they're going to talk about the
[1:13:49] overview of the funding programs.
[1:13:54] Good morning. It's good to be with you
[1:13:56] this morning here and it's uh fun to
[1:13:59] listen to the discussion. A lot of
[1:14:01] excitement in and around the trails and
[1:14:04] active transportation.
[1:14:06] The purpose of our uh presenting today
[1:14:09] is to remind you of the resources that
[1:14:12] are available through the Wasadfront
[1:14:14] Regional Council for different uh
[1:14:17] programs or projects as well as planning
[1:14:20] opportunities.
[1:14:22] Um in our funding here at Wasad Front,
[1:14:25] there's about nine plus programs that we
[1:14:28] have the opportunity to provide
[1:14:30] resources to the local governments. The
[1:14:33] first four programs, and we'll go
[1:14:35] through each one of these fairly quickly
[1:14:36] and together, the first four programs
[1:14:39] would be what we would refer to as
[1:14:41] capital improvements. That's actually
[1:14:43] constructing a project. Some of those
[1:14:46] can be used for planning and other, but
[1:14:48] we find the most effective use of these
[1:14:50] programs as constructing. Then the other
[1:14:54] programs there from transportation land
[1:14:56] use and the others are planning and
[1:14:59] other grant opportunities that are
[1:15:01] available through the Wasatch fund. So
[1:15:04] I'm going to cover the first four and
[1:15:05] then I'm going to turn it over to Byron
[1:15:07] and he's going to follow up with the
[1:15:09] remaining amounts as um well as
[1:15:12] conclude.
[1:15:14] So the very first one there in the the
[1:15:16] capital improvements we have the four
[1:15:19] that you've heard about surface
[1:15:21] transportation program or STP congestion
[1:15:24] mitigation air quality or CMAC
[1:15:27] transportation alternatives program or
[1:15:29] the TAP program and then the carbon
[1:15:31] reduction program or CRP.
[1:15:35] Um so the very first one there in the
[1:15:37] transportation or surface transportation
[1:15:40] program this is the funds that probably
[1:15:44] have the most flexibility but also have
[1:15:46] some criteria that are necessary in our
[1:15:49] surface transportation funds. These are
[1:15:52] funds that are used on federal aid
[1:15:54] eligible facilities. That's a collector
[1:15:57] facility and greater. And I might
[1:15:59] mention that these four programs that
[1:16:02] we're working with are mainly along the
[1:16:04] Wasatch front from Bighgam City down to
[1:16:07] Utah County. Those programs or projects
[1:16:10] that are similar funded in Morgan and
[1:16:13] Twilla will go through the department of
[1:16:15] transportation.
[1:16:17] So in the surface transportation program
[1:16:20] uh we can look at street widening,
[1:16:22] reconstructing um we can u bridges um
[1:16:28] reduce traffic demand, intersection
[1:16:30] improvements. There's kind of a large
[1:16:32] range of projects but I want to show you
[1:16:35] with each of these we're going to have
[1:16:36] just a picture and some of the pictures
[1:16:39] it's just to give you an idea. Do you
[1:16:41] have these kind of facilities in your
[1:16:43] city? Are these improvements that maybe
[1:16:45] these funds can help? For example, this
[1:16:48] is a roadway here on the west side of
[1:16:50] Salt Lake. It was 5600 West. Well, still
[1:16:53] is 5600 West, but you can see the top
[1:16:56] picture where it was a two-lane
[1:16:58] facility. kind of developed on the east
[1:17:00] side, open on the west side. But after
[1:17:03] the reconstruction of this project, it
[1:17:05] went from a two-lane facility to a
[1:17:08] fivelane facility with bike and ped
[1:17:11] facilities on both sides of the road as
[1:17:14] well as improved lighting. So maybe your
[1:17:16] city has this type of improvement or a
[1:17:19] similar facility that needs some
[1:17:21] improvements.
[1:17:23] The STP program would be a potential
[1:17:26] candidate for your project. The next
[1:17:29] program is congestion mitigation air
[1:17:31] quality program. This program has
[1:17:34] [clears throat]
[1:17:35] a little more restrictions on it or to
[1:17:38] use it. When we use the CMAC programs,
[1:17:41] we need to show some air quality
[1:17:42] benefits. So some of those projects
[1:17:45] could be like turning lanes in an
[1:17:47] intersection or maybe we take a regular
[1:17:50] uh at grade intersection and create a
[1:17:52] roundabout. Um, we can also do commuter
[1:17:55] type facilities for bike and ped use and
[1:17:59] in car pools and others. These sometimes
[1:18:03] take a little creativity, but there's a
[1:18:05] lot of use for these in the local
[1:18:07] government realm. Here's some pictures.
[1:18:09] There's a lot of pictures there that
[1:18:11] give you some ideas and some potential
[1:18:13] use for the CMAC program.
[1:18:18] The next program would be the
[1:18:19] transportation alternatives program or
[1:18:22] the TAP program. These are funds for
[1:18:25] non-motorized type facilities. These are
[1:18:27] your trails. These are your safe
[1:18:29] sidewalks. These are facilities that
[1:18:32] would enable uh bicycles and
[1:18:34] pedestrians. Some ideas here would be
[1:18:37] construction, planning, and design. And
[1:18:40] like I mentioned earlier, sometimes it's
[1:18:43] hard to do these funds in a planning or
[1:18:46] a design because that federalizes the
[1:18:49] project. So we try to focus on these
[1:18:51] funds as more as the construction or the
[1:18:54] capital improvement. But then you've got
[1:18:57] your sidewalks, your bike
[1:18:58] infrastructure, uh traffic calming,
[1:19:01] lighting, safety, um safe routes to
[1:19:04] school. Years ago, the DNRG rail trail.
[1:19:07] This was a a project that had a lot of
[1:19:10] TAP funds in it to help us complete this
[1:19:12] facility, but it also used CMAC funds
[1:19:15] because there was a commuter component.
[1:19:18] So those folks that use this to go back
[1:19:20] and forth from work or uh any commuting
[1:19:24] type of exercise.
[1:19:27] And then the last program there I'll
[1:19:29] talk about is the carbon reduction
[1:19:31] program. This program is real similar to
[1:19:34] the SEMAC program, the congestion
[1:19:36] mitigation air quality, but this one
[1:19:39] focuses on the reduction of CO2. So,
[1:19:42] some of those improvements might include
[1:19:45] intersection improvements, um there may
[1:19:48] be even if we were to have a busy
[1:19:50] intersection and we needed to signalize
[1:19:53] or improve. So we can extend a little
[1:19:55] more above and beyond what the CMAC
[1:19:59] program could do, but you could
[1:20:01] signalize an intersection or we could
[1:20:03] create a roundabout or we could do other
[1:20:05] coordinations
[1:20:07] uh that would reduce the CO2. Um
[1:20:11] again, here's a few examples of that.
[1:20:14] We've got a couple of cities here that
[1:20:16] have got charging programs or projects
[1:20:19] on the program. And then um anyway, so
[1:20:24] what we would ask or as this process
[1:20:26] begins or initiates and Byron will cover
[1:20:29] with this kind of a schedule, but if
[1:20:33] you've got a concern or you've got an
[1:20:34] issue or you've got a potential project
[1:20:36] in your city, we've got funding sources
[1:20:40] that potentially will be able to help
[1:20:41] you. So we would invite you to make a
[1:20:44] request, contact you or get a hold of
[1:20:46] one of us and then we would be able to
[1:20:48] help you or at least maybe advise what
[1:20:52] funding source might be the most
[1:20:53] strategic for the potential to get
[1:20:56] funding for that particular project.
[1:20:58] Anyway, if there's any questions, Q Ben
[1:21:03] in his presentation earlier up in Perry
[1:21:05] about uh the historic pathway mentioned
[1:21:07] WFRC grants and those grants he's
[1:21:10] referring to come from these programs.
[1:21:12] Is that correct?
[1:21:13] >> That's correct. Thank you, Hugh. Yeah.
[1:21:15] And the one that they've got coming here
[1:21:17] on 12 West and the new part of 12 West
[1:21:20] will are also part of WFRC. So, Perry's
[1:21:24] been very successful.
[1:21:26] Any
[1:21:28] other questions?
[1:21:30] Wonderful. Bye.
[1:21:31] >> Thank you.
[1:21:35] » Thanks, Ben.
[1:21:37] Good morning, everyone. Uh, I will
[1:21:39] continue where Ben left off talking
[1:21:41] about our uh, funding programs and
[1:21:43] switching gears a little bit to uh,
[1:21:45] planning support here, talking about our
[1:21:47] TLC program, the transportation lane use
[1:21:49] connection program, which we uh,
[1:21:51] administer in partnership with UD do and
[1:21:54] UTA. This is a program focused on um
[1:21:58] four main goals. In increasing the value
[1:22:00] of uh investment in public
[1:22:02] infrastructure, creating uh
[1:22:04] opportunities for people to live, work,
[1:22:06] and play in their community, increasing
[1:22:08] travel options and um optimizing
[1:22:10] mobility as well as enhancing access to
[1:22:13] opportunities. Um, so, uh, if you have,
[1:22:17] for instance, uh, need a new active
[1:22:19] transportation plan for your community
[1:22:21] or you have a beehive bikeway or Utah
[1:22:24] trail network segment that needs some
[1:22:26] additional planning before it's ready
[1:22:27] for construction, that kind of thing. If
[1:22:29] you have a significant trail corridor or
[1:22:32] gap that you've identified, like the gap
[1:22:34] between the Porter Rockwell Trail and
[1:22:36] the Jordan River Trail, we can help fund
[1:22:38] a study to identify an alignment for
[1:22:40] that. All that kind of stuff is eligible
[1:22:42] through this program. Uh we have a map
[1:22:45] on our website where you can see what
[1:22:47] other communities have done uh in the
[1:22:49] past and get an idea of the scope and
[1:22:52] budget of those projects. Um so we would
[1:22:55] love to hear from you if you have uh an
[1:22:58] idea for a project in this um program.
[1:23:02] Uh that is the last of our projects that
[1:23:05] have the same kind of timeline. So for
[1:23:09] the four programs that Ben talked about
[1:23:10] and TLC uh funding programs, those will
[1:23:14] be announced or are being announced
[1:23:17] currently as you watch. Um and uh the
[1:23:20] notice of intent for those will be sent
[1:23:23] later this month and the uh letters of
[1:23:25] intent will be due at the end of
[1:23:27] September and then uh the formal
[1:23:30] application for that those programs will
[1:23:33] be at the uh end of the year in December
[1:23:35] and then awards will be made in the
[1:23:38] spring of next year.
[1:23:41] We'll come back to this at the end but
[1:23:42] um that's just the general timeline. And
[1:23:44] then we have a few other programs that
[1:23:46] have uh rolling deadlines or different
[1:23:48] deadlines. So um stationary planning
[1:23:51] technical assistance. This is similar to
[1:23:53] our TLC program, but it's focused
[1:23:55] specifically on the area surrounding
[1:23:57] fixed guideway transit stations. Most
[1:23:59] communities in our region have uh
[1:24:02] completed the requirement to do a basic
[1:24:06] station area plan, but a lot most of
[1:24:08] those plans include implementation items
[1:24:11] such as um updating the zoning or um
[1:24:16] creating a more detailed connectivity
[1:24:17] plan. And so those uh we still have a
[1:24:20] little bit of funding left over for
[1:24:21] cities that have done their basic plan
[1:24:23] and need to take a few more steps in
[1:24:25] order to implement their plan. And so if
[1:24:27] you have a need like that, we would love
[1:24:29] to hear from you. This is a rolling
[1:24:30] deadline or a rolling application. So
[1:24:32] just whenever you have uh identified the
[1:24:35] need and the funding uh for local match,
[1:24:37] you can send us an application and we'd
[1:24:39] love to review it. Um we also uh host
[1:24:43] the Wasatch Front Economic Development
[1:24:44] District. This is run by uh Marcia
[1:24:47] White, our economic development
[1:24:48] specialist. And the um
[1:24:52] US Economic Development Administration
[1:24:54] has a few funding programs that um we
[1:24:58] would love to help you out with both
[1:25:00] local technical assistance, so planning
[1:25:02] or also construction. Um so through the
[1:25:05] three different um programs you see
[1:25:07] listed on here um you can do a a market
[1:25:10] analysis, you can do a feasibility
[1:25:11] study, or you can actually do some
[1:25:13] construction or job training stuff like
[1:25:16] that. So if you have an interest in this
[1:25:18] program, I believe those um grant
[1:25:21] programs are also a rolling uh deadline,
[1:25:23] but contact Marcia White. She'd be happy
[1:25:26] to work with you or I can put you in
[1:25:28] contact with her. Uh, another program we
[1:25:31] run is the community development block
[1:25:33] grant for small cities. So, this is
[1:25:36] communities in Morgan, Tilla, and Weber
[1:25:39] counties that are not Ogden. Ogden, I
[1:25:41] believe, runs its own program, but um,
[1:25:44] so this is another very flexible
[1:25:46] program. It can do planning, but it can
[1:25:48] also do construction. Um you can build
[1:25:50] parks, replace uh public infrastructure
[1:25:54] like water and sewer lines, road
[1:25:57] sidewalk projects, even um like public
[1:26:01] facilities like fire stations and police
[1:26:02] stations, I believe. So, a lot of uh
[1:26:04] eligibility here. There's a how to apply
[1:26:07] workshop that is mandatory. It'll be in
[1:26:09] October. Uh Christy Dolberg and our our
[1:26:12] group administers this program. So, if
[1:26:14] you have more questions, please reach
[1:26:15] out to her. her information as well as everyone else will be at the
[1:26:19] end of this presentation.
[1:26:21] And here again is the timeline for those
[1:26:24] first five. So the the the four capital
[1:26:26] programs as well as TLC. So letter of
[1:26:29] intent, which is um a relatively simple
[1:26:32] a page or two um to fill out, that'll be
[1:26:35] due in September. We'll accept all of
[1:26:37] those and we'll make sure that
[1:26:38] everyone's applying for funding in the
[1:26:40] right program. And then the formal
[1:26:42] applications will be due at the end of
[1:26:44] this year in December. Um, and here are
[1:26:47] the contact people for each of our uh
[1:26:50] different um programs.
[1:26:53] And I believe that is all I have. I will
[1:26:56] entertain any questions. Otherwise, I'll
[1:26:58] turn it back to Mayor Walker. Thank you,
[1:27:01] sir. Any questions?
[1:27:04] All right, we're back to eight, which is
[1:27:06] our item of for other business. Um, we
[1:27:09] have a pedal pedal the Parkway, which is
[1:27:11] a which is an opportunity. It's a part
[1:27:13] of the annual Get to the River Festival.
[1:27:16] We'd like to invite you to join WFRC and
[1:27:19] the Jordan River Commission for the
[1:27:21] Pedal the Parkway on Wednesday,
[1:27:23] September 30th. Starts at 5:30, goes to
[1:27:26] 700 p.m. It's a mid a mid a mild paced
[1:27:31] bicycle ride along the Jordan River
[1:27:33] Parkway with stops to highlight the
[1:27:35] Draper Frerunner station, future riverto
[1:27:37] range trail, and the point at the point
[1:27:41] and the Galina. I can't say that word. U
[1:27:45] preserve. Uh
[1:27:47] u so reserve your spot today and we'd
[1:27:50] love to have you there. It sounds like
[1:27:51] it'll be a lot of fun. Um see the
[1:27:54] upcoming meeting and events calendar on
[1:27:55] your agenda. Our next meeting is set for
[1:27:58] the 13th of October 2026. Does anybody
[1:28:00] have anything else?
[1:28:04] All right. Entertain a motion to
[1:28:06] adjurnn.
[1:28:08] All right. Second.
[1:28:10] All in favor say I.
[1:28:13] >> All right. Any opposed? We are
[1:28:15] adjourned. Thank you.