1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:02,480 We 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:04,080 we'd like to welcome everyone out to our 3 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,080 Wasatch Front uh meeting this afternoon. 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:09,920 Uh it's good to see everybody. We do 5 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,200 want to excuse Mayor Ramsey. Her son is 6 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:14,960 getting married. Correct. Her son is 7 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:16,320 getting married and so she's at a 8 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,359 wedding right now. Good good for her 9 00:00:19,359 --> 00:00:21,520 >> on that. What we'd like to do is go 10 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:23,279 around the table real quick and have you 11 00:00:23,279 --> 00:00:25,039 introduce yourself. And when we get 12 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:26,800 through, those of you that are online, 13 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:28,165 we're gonna ask you to please 14 00:00:28,165 --> 00:00:29,359 [clears throat] unmute your mic and 15 00:00:29,359 --> 00:00:32,000 introduce yourselves also. So, let's 16 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,719 start. 17 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:36,559 >> Hi everyone, Rosie Hernandez with the 18 00:00:36,559 --> 00:00:38,480 Wasatch Front Regional Council. I'm part 19 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:40,640 of the admin team. 20 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,480 >> Jordan Chandler, also part of the admin 21 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:44,239 team here at WFRC. 22 00:00:44,239 --> 00:00:46,879 >> Jim Harvey, Weber County, Utah. 23 00:00:46,879 --> 00:00:48,559 >> Jim, are you saving those places around 24 00:00:48,559 --> 00:00:52,800 you or is nobody want to sit by you? 25 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:54,960 I'm taking Bob back to the home when 26 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,840 we're finished. 27 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,359 Okay. 28 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:01,440 >> Katherine Caner, deputy mayor of Salt 29 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,920 Lake County. I believe Mayor Wilson may 30 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,600 be joining us online, but I'm here to 31 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,280 act in herstead until she's here. Thank 32 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:08,159 you. 33 00:01:08,159 --> 00:01:11,920 >> Christy Overson, Taylor'sville mayor. 34 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,560 >> Lauren Palmer, mayor and Herman. 35 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,840 >> Sher Jackson, Mil Creek, Mayor. 36 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,200 Andrea Pearson, WFRC admin staff. 37 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:22,880 >> I'm Andrew Guber, executive director 38 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,200 here at WFRC. Welcome everybody in 39 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:26,799 person and online. 40 00:01:26,799 --> 00:01:28,479 >> Bob Stevenson, Davis County. 41 00:01:28,479 --> 00:01:31,600 >> Loren Kamalu, Davis County and UWAC, 42 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,200 which if you don't know, Utah 43 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,600 Association of Counties, I hate the 44 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,680 acronym. 45 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,439 >> Jay Fox, executive director, Utah 46 00:01:39,439 --> 00:01:41,280 Transit Authority. 47 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,000 >> Sher Bingham, Her City Mayor. 48 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,200 >> Monica Zultansky, Sandy City Mayor. Ben 49 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,680 Hwitt with UD do 50 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,040 >> Ivan Morero federal highway 51 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:52,640 administration. 52 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,200 >> David Brams, Immigration Canyon. 53 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,840 >> Ted Nolton, WFRC, Deputy Director, Chief 54 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:58,880 Planner. 55 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,840 >> Ben Nadulski, Audience City Mayor. 56 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,840 >> Mike Caldwin. I I kind of think I'm 57 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,119 lost. They say when you're lost, you 58 00:02:05,119 --> 00:02:07,360 keep wandering in circles. And uh I 59 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:08,720 don't know how I got back here, but this 60 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:17,190 time it's with UTA. 61 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,120 Bill Har was front regional council 62 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,720 staff. 63 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,440 >> Ben Wood City Weekly, 64 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,000 >> Cody Lutz with the vision Utah. 65 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,360 >> Miranda Jones Cox at WFRC. 66 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,200 >> Jory John Longrange Planning Group WFRC. 67 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,200 >> Roger Borgganick Utons for better 68 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,840 transportation. 69 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:42,640 >> Val Potter, US Senator, John Curtis. 70 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:46,879 Josh Reynolds, WFRC staff. Kwander, WFRC 71 00:02:46,879 --> 00:02:48,800 Analytics. 72 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,080 >> Barry McLaren, Senator Curtis. 73 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,120 >> Ryan Mikum, Sandy City. 74 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,879 >> Nicole Burau, UTA. 75 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:01,599 >> Samantha Deilhorse, WFRC, Longrange 76 00:03:01,599 --> 00:03:03,760 Planning. 77 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,200 >> Hugh Van Wagon, WFRC staff. 78 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,319 >> Byron Head, WFRC staff. 79 00:03:10,319 --> 00:03:14,319 Paula Aguilera, WFRC staff. 80 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:19,920 >> Bert Granberg, analytics team, WFRC. 81 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:23,519 >> Benwith Rich, council staff. 82 00:03:23,519 --> 00:03:27,040 >> Sarah Lawless, WFRC staff. 83 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,920 Susie Swim, WFRC staff. 84 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:33,200 >> And Lee, WF, 85 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:37,440 Sultan, WFRC staff. 86 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,480 >> Wayne Ben, WFRC staff. 87 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,000 Christopher Day, WFRC Analytics. 88 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,599 >> Madison Ailis, WFRC staff. 89 00:03:47,599 --> 00:03:51,840 >> Sean A. Nardone, WFRC Communications. 90 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,319 >> Marshia White, WFRC, uh, community and 91 00:03:54,319 --> 00:03:55,840 economic development. 92 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:57,599 >> Chrissy Dolberg, WFRC, community and 93 00:03:57,599 --> 00:03:59,599 economic development. 94 00:03:59,599 --> 00:04:02,000 >> Marian Florence, WFRC, Finance and 95 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,760 Administration. Is that everybody? 96 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,959 >> And and we did have one late straggler, 97 00:04:06,959 --> 00:04:09,920 this beautiful lady next to me. 98 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,799 Well, who you talking now? 99 00:04:12,799 --> 00:04:14,640 >> Jenny Wilson, Salt Lake County. 100 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,880 >> She might call those here. 101 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,560 >> Oh, there you go. Oh, wow. Hi. 102 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,199 >> Anyway, one of the things that uh Oh, 103 00:04:23,199 --> 00:04:24,479 yeah. We need to go through the online 104 00:04:24,479 --> 00:04:25,919 people. 105 00:04:25,919 --> 00:04:28,000 >> Okay. Those of us uh uh joining us 106 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,759 online, if you will just take a moment 107 00:04:29,759 --> 00:04:31,520 to introduce yourself, I'll read names 108 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,199 off in threes. We have Mayor Manzion, 109 00:04:35,199 --> 00:04:37,199 uh, Mayor Ben. 110 00:04:37,199 --> 00:04:39,919 Julie Bjornstead, 111 00:04:39,919 --> 00:04:43,520 >> uh, Mara Manzion, mayor of Tula City, 112 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,280 >> Gaylin Benan, Mayor of Cottonwood 113 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:49,919 Heights. Julad, deputy first staff, 114 00:04:49,919 --> 00:04:55,360 >> Mayor Gtle, Mayor Gibson, Mayor Wampler. 115 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,840 >> Hi, Dustin Gtle, Mayor Midell City. 116 00:04:57,840 --> 00:04:59,520 Sorry I couldn't be there in person. I 117 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,280 see some of my favorite people in the 118 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:02,960 world sitting around the table. I'll be 119 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,870 there next quarter. 120 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:08,639 » Commissioner Fer, 121 00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:12,160 >> Gage Fer, Weber County. 122 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,160 >> Uh, Mayor Petro. 123 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:15,759 >> Sorry, Mayor. 124 00:05:15,759 --> 00:05:17,440 >> Ogden Valley City. 125 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,080 >> Apologies. Mayor Wapler. Um, 126 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:24,000 Commissioner Newton. Uh, Mayor Pro. 127 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,680 Mayor Mann. 128 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:34,870 >> Mike Newton. Morgan County Commission. 129 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:36,080 Okay. Um, 130 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,320 >> Mayor Petro, Leighton City. 131 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:39,759 >> Thanks, Mayor. Okay. Mayor M. 132 00:05:39,759 --> 00:05:42,400 >> Mayormon, Syracuse City. 133 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,960 >> Then we have Mayor Groberg, uh, Senator 134 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,800 Harper, and Representative Defay. 135 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,400 >> Mayor Groberg, Fruit Heights City. 136 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,320 >> Senator Wayne Harper, Taylor'sville and 137 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:59,270 West Jordan. 138 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:02,000 Representative Ariel Def, Davis County, 139 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,919 Cisville, Leighton, and Syracuse. 140 00:06:05,919 --> 00:06:08,000 >> Thank you. And then we also have uh some 141 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:15,670 attendees joining us as well. 142 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,440 » Okay, we appreciate appreciate everybody 143 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,400 online. Also, um, one of the things that 144 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,960 you may notice, uh, is that Beth 145 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,600 Hullbrook or Carlton are not with us 146 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,520 because of the change in the UTA 147 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,680 structure from our last meeting, but we 148 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,520 do have the new board chair, Mike 149 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:36,319 Caldwell, which we'd like to turn just a few minutes over to him to maybe 150 00:06:36,319 --> 00:06:38,400 introduce himself and give us any 151 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:39,520 insights. 152 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,840 >> Sure. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, Mike 153 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:44,479 Caldwell. I did a run on this a number 154 00:06:44,479 --> 00:06:46,080 of years ago. I was chair with Andrew 155 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,479 for a long time. Um, they were kind 156 00:06:48,479 --> 00:06:50,240 enough to invite me to participate with 157 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,800 the UTA board, if you'll call it kind. 158 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,400 Um, I was voluntic. 159 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,240 UTA is a great organization. We're just 160 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,479 learning how it all works and learn how 161 00:07:00,479 --> 00:07:02,720 we can be effective and thank goodness 162 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,880 we have great leadership and Jay Fox who 163 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:05,840 was here early 164 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:06,720 >> right here. 165 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:07,440 >> Okay. 166 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,520 >> On the other end of the corner. So, 167 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:10,639 we're very excited. We're in the 168 00:07:10,639 --> 00:07:12,720 learning phase right now. A lot to lot 169 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,240 to get on in [clears throat] front of 170 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,080 this board and I think that it's going 171 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:17,759 to be great. they work well together and 172 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:21,599 we're gonna attempt to do all the work 173 00:07:21,599 --> 00:07:23,599 we can. So, thank you. 174 00:07:23,599 --> 00:07:25,039 >> I appreciate you. Appreciate welcome, 175 00:07:25,039 --> 00:07:28,639 Mike. Uh we'll move down to items um 1A, 176 00:07:28,639 --> 00:07:30,800 which is uh approve over our minutes 177 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,280 from our meeting held on May 28th. Uh 178 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:34,960 then also our current financial report 179 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,199 financial statements for April, May, and 180 00:07:37,199 --> 00:07:39,599 June. If I could have a motion on that, 181 00:07:39,599 --> 00:07:41,039 I'd appreciate it. 182 00:07:41,039 --> 00:07:43,199 >> So move, second. 183 00:07:43,199 --> 00:07:45,199 >> Okay, it's been moved and seconded. All 184 00:07:45,199 --> 00:07:49,120 in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Thank 185 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:50,400 you. Appreciate that. We'll now move 186 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,720 down to our chair report. Uh each year 187 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,479 as the council sets goals for this 188 00:07:54,479 --> 00:07:57,199 organization. And after the year is 189 00:07:57,199 --> 00:07:59,120 over, the Wasatch Front team produces a 190 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,599 report uh for us on the agency's 191 00:08:01,599 --> 00:08:03,120 activities and accomplishments towards 192 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,360 these goals. We're going to ask Andrew, 193 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,440 Ted, Miranda, and Marian if they'll 194 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:08,960 maybe take a few minutes and go through 195 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,360 this and enlighten us a little bit from 196 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:12,720 last year this year. 197 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,879 >> Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Um and 198 00:08:14,879 --> 00:08:17,840 again welcome everybody and just quickly 199 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,520 to uh Mike Caldwell. Uh it is really 200 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,520 nice to have you back in the fold. Mike 201 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:25,440 was a former chair of WFRC and of the 202 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,120 League of Cities and Towns and a 203 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,400 three-time uh uh mayor of Ogden City and 204 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,440 now uh Mayor Nadolski is aly carrying 205 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,760 the torch for Ogden City and it's just 206 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,919 great to have uh the you back here Mike. 207 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:40,000 Uh welcome and doing the important work 208 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,360 with Jay and the team at UTA. Okay. Um, 209 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:44,720 so what we're going to do over the next 210 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,959 few minutes is we're going to go over 211 00:08:46,959 --> 00:08:52,240 WFRC's fisc year 26 annual report. Uh, 212 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,839 you may remember that you as a council 213 00:08:55,839 --> 00:08:58,720 set goals for us as an agency for the 214 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,040 work that we are to accomplish over the 215 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,760 course uh of a year. Uh, we obviously 216 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:05,839 take those goals seriously. We think as 217 00:09:05,839 --> 00:09:10,000 a public agency, reporting back to you 218 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,320 and also to the public about our 219 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,880 activities is a core function of our 220 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,160 accountability as a public agency. Um, 221 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,320 candidly, we're also really proud of the 222 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,880 work that our agency has done with you, 223 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,360 for you, uh, and our region and its 224 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,360 residents over the course of the last 225 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:28,480 year. So, we're going to go over this 226 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,839 annual report. um on the screens in 227 00:09:31,839 --> 00:09:34,000 front of you. Uh this is what you're 228 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,680 going to see is the actual annual report 229 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:38,000 itself. So these are not slides of this 230 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,080 is the annual report. 231 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,680 >> Oh, thank you, Mayor. It's so nice to 232 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:43,279 see you, Mayor Dirk Burton from West 233 00:09:43,279 --> 00:09:45,440 Jordan blocking the sun and joining us. 234 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,600 Thank you, Mayor. Um uh the uh the what 235 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,200 you will see is the annual report. It's 236 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,279 sort of hot off the virtual presses. 237 00:09:53,279 --> 00:09:55,519 We'll be sending this around to you um 238 00:09:55,519 --> 00:09:57,200 after the meeting. So, we're going to go 239 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:58,720 through the whole thing. We're not going 240 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,000 to talk about everything in the report. 241 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,279 We're just going to hit a few 242 00:10:01,279 --> 00:10:04,240 highlights. Uh and then who's changing 243 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:09,440 slides? Okay, the next next slide is um 244 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,519 uh that and we all know this that 245 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:14,240 working what WFRC does is we're working 246 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,600 together for a thriving region. Our work 247 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,640 starts with you working with you 248 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,279 supporting your communities uh and our 249 00:10:23,279 --> 00:10:25,680 partners. I like to think of it that 250 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:28,320 collaboration, working together, is in 251 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,120 this organization's DNA. It's who we 252 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,000 are. It's how we're created. And so, we 253 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,399 start with our goal is to help serve you 254 00:10:36,399 --> 00:10:39,839 and your communities. Um the we you 255 00:10:39,839 --> 00:10:42,240 adopted for us last year three goals. 256 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,320 You see them on the screen in front of 257 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,760 you. Ted Nolton, our uh deputy director 258 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:49,120 and chief planner, is going to talk 259 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,600 about goal number one. Summarize. 260 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,200 Miranda Jones Cox, our government 261 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:54,560 affairs manager, is going to talk about 262 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:57,120 goal number two and Marian Florence, our 263 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,839 CFO and CEO, is going to talk about goal 264 00:10:59,839 --> 00:11:03,120 number three. So Ted, take it away. 265 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,920 >> Okay, thank you Andrew. First goal is 266 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,320 collaboratively advance the Wasatch 267 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,680 Choice vision to accommodate growth and 268 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:13,360 enhance quality of life. We know the 269 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,240 Wasatch Choice vision, right? This is a 270 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,920 locally generated vision for land 271 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,000 development over the next 30 years and 272 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,800 how that works well together with 273 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,800 regional transportation infrastructure 274 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:29,040 to ma maintain and enhance quality of 275 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,760 life even in the face of growth. Now, as 276 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,920 I talk about our accomplishments over 277 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,720 the last year, I'm going to focus on two 278 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,760 things in the advancement of the Wasuch 279 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,240 Choice Vision, planning and 280 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,000 implementation, which includes funding 281 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,079 and other things. So on the planning 282 00:11:46,079 --> 00:11:47,839 front, 283 00:11:47,839 --> 00:11:50,640 uh, one of the things that we released 284 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,519 in the last year, which sounds nerdly, 285 00:11:53,519 --> 00:11:55,440 but is actually super incredibly 286 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,399 important, is the regional 287 00:11:58,399 --> 00:12:02,880 transportation plans preferred scenario. 288 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,800 I paused for dramatic effect. The 289 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,639 preferred scenario, the idea of a 290 00:12:06,639 --> 00:12:09,760 preferred scenario is what's the package 291 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,600 of transportation investments and 292 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,839 improvements? How do they work with 293 00:12:13,839 --> 00:12:16,079 anticipated growth that follows the 294 00:12:16,079 --> 00:12:18,639 vision over the next 30 years almost as 295 00:12:18,639 --> 00:12:20,880 if you've gotten your time machine and 296 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,279 you landed in 30 years? What does it 297 00:12:23,279 --> 00:12:25,279 actually look like? It's a working 298 00:12:25,279 --> 00:12:27,519 draft, but it's meaningful and now we 299 00:12:27,519 --> 00:12:30,639 work on the details of advancing the 300 00:12:30,639 --> 00:12:32,320 preferred scenario and developing it 301 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,160 into a well-rounded regional 302 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,519 transportation plan. Um, we've done 303 00:12:37,519 --> 00:12:40,959 other things like a a really important 304 00:12:40,959 --> 00:12:43,760 deep dive into transit in southwest Salt 305 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,480 Lake County that you can look at in the 306 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,399 activities and accomplishments report. 307 00:12:48,399 --> 00:12:50,560 Now, planning together with 308 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:53,920 implementation is not planning it is not 309 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,079 an end in and of itself. It is intended 310 00:12:56,079 --> 00:12:59,360 to create changes on the ground. In the 311 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:02,399 last year together, we celebrated the 312 00:13:02,399 --> 00:13:04,800 Mid Valley Express from vision to 313 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,120 reality. So this tells the story of a 314 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:08,720 project that was born in the regional 315 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,760 transportation plan and then we worked 316 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,639 together to implement it and uh it 317 00:13:14,639 --> 00:13:17,200 benefits and connects Murray Taylorville 318 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,360 and West Valley City. These are the 319 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,680 kinds of fruits that come out of the 320 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:23,839 work that we do here at Wasach Front 321 00:13:23,839 --> 00:13:25,920 Regional Council and of course advanced 322 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,360 by local governments and UTA. Uh you can 323 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:30,160 look at 324 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:32,720 >> Can I add something today? Yes, please. 325 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:34,880 >> Add delivered. Thank you, J and under 326 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,440 budget. Early and under budget. 327 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:42,870 >> Add that. 328 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,160 » That was a very good ad. Um you can take 329 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,959 a look at some of the rural planning uh 330 00:13:48,959 --> 00:13:52,079 activities that we've done uh together 331 00:13:52,079 --> 00:13:54,959 with uh communities in T in Tilla and 332 00:13:54,959 --> 00:13:58,560 Morgan County as well like work on the 333 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:01,279 mountain green interchange with UD do. 334 00:14:01,279 --> 00:14:02,800 That's all on the planning side. Now 335 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,360 let's turn to the implementation of 336 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,680 these plans and focus on that second 337 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:10,959 half of advancing the Wasatch Choice 338 00:14:10,959 --> 00:14:13,600 vision. Um, now I'm going to talk a 339 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,600 little bit about what we call the 340 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,880 transportation improvement program. WFRC 341 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,680 works with UDOT and UTA and local 342 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,560 governments to think about what are the 343 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,240 improvements we're going to fund over a 344 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,880 six-year time horizon through something 345 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:30,399 called the transportation improvement 346 00:14:30,399 --> 00:14:32,720 program. This is where the rubber meets 347 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,360 the road almost quite literally. Can I 348 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,199 do that? Is that fair to say? 349 00:14:37,199 --> 00:14:37,839 >> Fair. 350 00:14:37,839 --> 00:14:40,320 >> Okay. Thank you for that. So, this is a 351 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:42,880 big deal and we do this every year and 352 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,440 it is a labor of love. We love it and it 353 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,639 really ties the plan to changes on the 354 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:51,120 ground. Here is one of those changes in 355 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,480 Roy at the intersection of 3100 West and 356 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:58,720 6,000 South. On the left is before the 357 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,880 funding and on the right is what 358 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:02,959 happened and got accomplished just in 359 00:15:02,959 --> 00:15:04,959 the last year. You can see it's more 360 00:15:04,959 --> 00:15:07,600 beautiful. It's safer. reduced a lot of 361 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,560 crashes and it made it more inviting for 362 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,199 bicycles and pedestrians and the like. 363 00:15:13,199 --> 00:15:14,880 We tell the story in the activity and 364 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,040 accomplishments report of other 365 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:18,959 improvements which I love and I don't 366 00:15:18,959 --> 00:15:22,079 have time to talk about as in Karns 367 00:15:22,079 --> 00:15:24,880 along Cougar Lane. All right, so that's 368 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:26,800 on the funding space. Also in the 369 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,040 implementation spaces, how do we go from 370 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,519 the big blueprint of the Wasatch Choice 371 00:15:31,519 --> 00:15:35,360 vision into more detailed planning? A 372 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:36,320 lot of that is through the 373 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,800 transportation and land use connection 374 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,600 program which in and of itself is a 375 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,880 partnership with UD do UTA was front 376 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,279 regional council. Lots of detailed and 377 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:50,000 important plans. Um here is one that is 378 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,920 sort of uh look I live in this area. Uh 379 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,639 and so I love it for that reason. Uh but 380 00:15:56,639 --> 00:15:58,480 it also sort of tells the story of 381 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,480 collaboration. 382 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,279 Here's what this is. uh Utah Trail 383 00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:07,279 Network led by UD do has identified a 384 00:16:07,279 --> 00:16:09,920 network of safe and protected bike lanes 385 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,519 so that we have real choices to get 386 00:16:11,519 --> 00:16:14,639 around by bike and ped jogging or what 387 00:16:14,639 --> 00:16:16,880 have you around the region. Well, the 388 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,880 communities in South Davis County, North 389 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:21,600 Salt Lake, Bountiful, Centerville, 390 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,639 Farmington thought, let's take a look at 391 00:16:24,639 --> 00:16:27,120 this. How would we make this happen in 392 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,759 our area? And through the transportation 393 00:16:29,759 --> 00:16:31,600 land use connection program, we 394 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,759 facilitated the South Davis Greenway. 395 00:16:33,759 --> 00:16:35,839 This is in the middle of going to each 396 00:16:35,839 --> 00:16:37,839 community to say, "What do you think? Is 397 00:16:37,839 --> 00:16:39,440 this something we want to advance?" So, 398 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,519 it's in progress, but this tells you the 399 00:16:41,519 --> 00:16:43,360 story of some of the work that we do 400 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:44,800 collaboratively through the 401 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:46,880 transportation land use connection 402 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,759 program. Let me tell you about one other 403 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:53,440 big thing in in sort of the kind of the 404 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:54,880 transportation land use connection 405 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:59,199 space. This is a huge deal. 406 00:16:59,199 --> 00:17:01,600 Um, how many of you around the room have 407 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,799 been engaged in station area planning 408 00:17:04,799 --> 00:17:08,799 work in the last couple of years? 409 00:17:08,799 --> 00:17:13,360 So, this is a locally driven effort to 410 00:17:13,360 --> 00:17:16,160 ask and answer the question, what's the 411 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,039 form of plans that welcome homes and 412 00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:21,679 jobs near transit? 413 00:17:21,679 --> 00:17:25,039 What should that those plans be as we 414 00:17:25,039 --> 00:17:26,559 like roll up our sleeves and think about 415 00:17:26,559 --> 00:17:28,720 how do we make the most out of these 416 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,000 assets around the region? Stations for 417 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,880 rail and high-capacity transit. And the 418 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,200 amazing thing, if you think about the 419 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,320 housing crisis that Utah has, 420 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,559 collectively across all of these 421 00:17:42,559 --> 00:17:45,840 stationary plans in 29 communities, 422 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,720 these communities have welcomed 423 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,960 through these plans 424 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,200 18,000 425 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,919 housing units. 426 00:17:55,919 --> 00:17:58,240 Now, that's a big deal in and of itself, 427 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,400 but think about where these homes are 428 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,240 being welcomed. They're being welcomed 429 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,200 in places that create a like a gathering 430 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,679 place in communities in a lot of cases. 431 00:18:07,679 --> 00:18:10,720 And it also puts enables the people that 432 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:12,640 live and work in these station areas to 433 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,880 be able to get around using less money. 434 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,880 They have more choices, notably of 435 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,200 course public transportation. We are so 436 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,440 proud of this and it really is locally 437 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,840 driven. We've seen over the last couple 438 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:25,840 of years the story of the communities 439 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:27,679 coming forward and saying, "Look, this 440 00:18:27,679 --> 00:18:29,520 is what we've done. We're proud of it." 441 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,200 And the story is kind of unfolded here 442 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,440 at WFRC. 443 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,120 All right. There's other stories you can 444 00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:37,520 see like uh South Salt Lake's downtown 445 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,320 connect effort uh through the station 446 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,679 area planning process. Um lots of work 447 00:18:43,679 --> 00:18:46,640 that we've done through with within in 448 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,000 uh with our small communities through 449 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,320 the local administrative advisor program 450 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,600 and our Madison of Elles who is amazing. 451 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,440 um stories uh like this in Plain City 452 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,120 associated with the local administrative 453 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:01,600 advisor program, investing in small 454 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,520 communities, uh community development 455 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,559 block grant program. Uh there's stories 456 00:19:06,559 --> 00:19:08,240 in the activities and accomplishments 457 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,280 report about building safer communities, 458 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,679 including through advancement of active 459 00:19:13,679 --> 00:19:16,960 transportation and safety. Um a lot of 460 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,679 stories like that in here which you can 461 00:19:19,679 --> 00:19:21,840 peruse. Okay. Now, I'm going to hit on 462 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,480 two things that underpin 463 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,960 all of the work that we do at WFRC. One 464 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,919 of them is that we're constantly working 465 00:19:29,919 --> 00:19:33,679 to bring in data and inform our 466 00:19:33,679 --> 00:19:35,679 decisions. Let's understand the issues 467 00:19:35,679 --> 00:19:39,120 that we face together. Let's think about 468 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:41,200 data and informing. Let's also think 469 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,640 about how can we forecast 470 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,280 the future. Are there models and you 471 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,120 know mathematical equations that we can 472 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:51,679 use that help us understand if we build 473 00:19:51,679 --> 00:19:55,200 this or that here or there what are the 474 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,440 implications for the traveling public 475 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:58,960 and our quality of life. We're 476 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,679 constantly working on improvements uh to 477 00:20:01,679 --> 00:20:04,320 our ability to forecast. It's uh a lot 478 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:05,760 of the people that sort of really know 479 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,720 WFRC know that this is central to the 480 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:12,000 work that we do here. Um, another aspect 481 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,600 that is central to the work that we do 482 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,360 here is public engagement. Public and 483 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:19,520 stakeholder engagement. It underpins all 484 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,840 of the work that we do. I don't have the 485 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,640 story to tell you about this in detail, 486 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,720 but I just want to note that and we're 487 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:28,159 proud of the work that we do in that 488 00:20:28,159 --> 00:20:30,799 space uh and have been doing over the 489 00:20:30,799 --> 00:20:36,159 last year. Um, Andrew, I think that is 490 00:20:36,159 --> 00:20:40,640 the story of goal one. Ted, thank you 491 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:42,880 very much. Let's roll right into uh 492 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,520 Miranda on goal number two. 493 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,559 >> All right, thanks Ted. Um the second 494 00:20:48,559 --> 00:20:50,880 goal, provide subject matter expertise 495 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,760 to federal, state, and local officials 496 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,880 like yourself and to policy makers. Ted 497 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,200 shared some about the plans and products 498 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,520 that we have and the work that we've 499 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:03,600 been doing and communicating and 500 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,159 informing uh decision makers about that 501 00:21:06,159 --> 00:21:08,000 work is critically important to how we 502 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,799 implement our work. But it's more than 503 00:21:10,799 --> 00:21:13,120 information sharing. Um the work that we 504 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:14,880 do with our elected officials helps 505 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,919 shape the transportation policies and 506 00:21:17,919 --> 00:21:20,400 transportation related policies and 507 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,440 funding and investment which is key. uh 508 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,280 influencing policies and funding is 509 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:26,720 critically important for Utah's 510 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,799 transportation partners because in order 511 00:21:28,799 --> 00:21:31,760 to make the plans, the vision that we 512 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,320 have a reality, we need resources to get 513 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,919 those projects in the ground. Um in 514 00:21:37,919 --> 00:21:40,320 communicating and uh informing our 515 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,520 elected officials, we also uh seek to 516 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,440 build confidence in the collaborative 517 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,000 planning processes that we have as 518 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,080 transportation partners. We want our 519 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:53,200 elected officials to um have confidence 520 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,919 in the datadriven approach that we have. 521 00:21:55,919 --> 00:21:58,400 Uh confidence in how our projects are 522 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,960 selected uh and confidence that 523 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,120 transportation dollars and taxpayer 524 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:05,200 dollars are used to the highest and best 525 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,039 use. 526 00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:10,080 So what have been some of the core 527 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,159 things we've been working on this year? 528 00:22:12,159 --> 00:22:14,720 to mention a few. Uh on the federal 529 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,720 level, we've been working uh to advance 530 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,720 the next surface transportation 531 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,919 reauthorization bill um that will expire 532 00:22:21,919 --> 00:22:23,679 uh in September of this year here 533 00:22:23,679 --> 00:22:25,600 shortly and working to advance Utah's 534 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,320 shared uh transportation priorities. 535 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:29,919 We've been supporting our congressional 536 00:22:29,919 --> 00:22:31,840 partners in the legislation and bills 537 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,640 that they've been uh advancing in the 538 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,720 transportation space. We've been working 539 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,200 with our national associations 540 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,600 um and coordinating with them and our partners uh our metropolitan 541 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,039 planning organization partners 542 00:22:45,039 --> 00:22:47,600 nationally. Uh and we also been working 543 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,919 with our uh legislative partners through 544 00:22:49,919 --> 00:22:51,520 the legislative session and interim 545 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,159 period to provide analysis and weigh in 546 00:22:54,159 --> 00:22:57,760 on the pieces of legislation um that 547 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,720 they bring forward. Uh in the report it 548 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,320 mentions some of the highlights from 549 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,159 this this last legislative session. And 550 00:23:04,159 --> 00:23:06,000 I won't share more on that, but what I 551 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,039 will say is that uh our our main goal 552 00:23:09,039 --> 00:23:11,200 when it comes to working with our 553 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,000 legislative partners uh on on 554 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,880 legislation is to really seek for the 555 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,960 best outcomes. We may not always be 556 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,760 supportive of exactly how a bill is 557 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,919 written or drafted um but we work 558 00:23:23,919 --> 00:23:27,120 diligently with them uh to to seek for 559 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:30,320 the best outcomes possible. 560 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:33,679 Uh I want to highlight a few uh a few 561 00:23:33,679 --> 00:23:35,679 things that we've been doing. Uh one for 562 00:23:35,679 --> 00:23:37,760 example is that WFRC along with our 563 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,960 partners our other AOG partners and the 564 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:42,320 governor's office of economic 565 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,559 development uh we've been working to 566 00:23:44,559 --> 00:23:47,200 help inform the federal opportunity zone 567 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,159 designations uh to focus on areas that 568 00:23:50,159 --> 00:23:52,080 have already been established for 569 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,240 visions of grow growth like city and 570 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:58,880 town centers and station area plans. 571 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,200 Uh we have partnered with some of our 572 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,320 partners on um home ownership uh 573 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,559 webinars and and sharing information 574 00:24:06,559 --> 00:24:08,960 about housing affordability. 575 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,640 Um 576 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:12,400 and then lastly, I just want to 577 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,360 highlight um the visit of the former FTA 578 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:17,520 administrator Mark Molinaro who came to 579 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,640 Utah earlier this year for a roundt on 580 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:21,840 the surface transportation 581 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,960 reauthorization bill. uh WFRC and our 582 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,200 partners and the business community that 583 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,080 was involved in this were able to uh 584 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:31,919 share with the administrator the 585 00:24:31,919 --> 00:24:33,600 importance of double tracking of 586 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,679 FrontrRunner. And this is an example of 587 00:24:35,679 --> 00:24:38,080 the type of impactful engagement that we 588 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:41,679 do to uh advance our priorities. 589 00:24:41,679 --> 00:24:43,120 And with that, I'll turn it over to 590 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:49,669 Marian. 591 00:24:49,679 --> 00:24:52,080 Thank you. This is our third goal out of 592 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,720 three and this one is centered 593 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,720 internally. This is our organizational 594 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,039 excellence and it's focused on 595 00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:01,279 budgeting, staffing, policies, 596 00:25:01,279 --> 00:25:03,919 procedures, professional development and 597 00:25:03,919 --> 00:25:06,080 it's all so that we can run a great 598 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,880 organization to serve our region. And so 599 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,320 we really feel like it's important to 600 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:14,080 take that that look inward to um to 601 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,240 achieve this goal of organizational 602 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,520 excellence. There are two main efforts 603 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,520 reflected in this goal. The first is 604 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:25,279 stewardship. Um, and we highlight here. 605 00:25:25,279 --> 00:25:26,960 It's it's tiny print, but there's a 606 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,120 whole document about it. Our 11 million 607 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:30,799 dollar budget, which I come and present 608 00:25:30,799 --> 00:25:33,440 to you three times a year, and our clean 609 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,760 audit, which I just went through, so I 610 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,840 can I can report on that. We pride 611 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,600 ourselves on our fiscal transparency, 612 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,919 our accountability, and compliance. And 613 00:25:41,919 --> 00:25:44,159 we come to you as I said a few times a 614 00:25:44,159 --> 00:25:46,640 year with both budget updates and also 615 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,960 with policy reviews which we will do 616 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,440 shortly after this. All the work we have 617 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,080 mentioned today along with much more in 618 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,159 the report reflects the goal that you 619 00:25:56,159 --> 00:25:58,240 set for us to use our resources 620 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:02,000 prudently and efficiently. 621 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:06,159 The second is our remarkable staff. You 622 00:26:06,159 --> 00:26:08,320 set a goal for us to create and maintain 623 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,640 a work environment that maximizes the 624 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,840 health, happiness, and productivity of 625 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,000 an excellent staff. And that's exactly 626 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,240 what we're doing. So in our report, you 627 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,039 can meet our four new staff members, 628 00:26:21,039 --> 00:26:24,880 Pukar, Fariba, Joel, and Paulo. And you 629 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,679 can also 630 00:26:27,679 --> 00:26:31,919 marvel again as you did last year. 631 00:26:31,919 --> 00:26:34,320 Oh, it Yes. I'll get to the tuxedo 632 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,480 first. We're admiring the trophy which 633 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,640 you can see through the windows here. 634 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,840 Sara for the second year in a row has 635 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:46,480 been awarded as the um iron ctographer 636 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,159 which we described last year and she did 637 00:26:48,159 --> 00:26:55,669 it again. Um, and Ted, yay, Sarah. 638 00:26:55,679 --> 00:26:58,799 And Ted, seen here in a tux, was 639 00:26:58,799 --> 00:27:01,520 recognized as a newly named fellow of 640 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,279 the American Institute of Certified 641 00:27:03,279 --> 00:27:05,200 Planners, which is the highest honor of 642 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:12,710 this professional organization. So, yay. 643 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,880 So throughout the year, we also invite 644 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,720 you to celebrate milestones of all of 645 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,760 our staff as they hit 5, 10, 15, 20, 646 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,880 even 30 years with WFRC. 647 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,279 Our staff is talented, dedicated, and 648 00:27:25,279 --> 00:27:28,000 cares really deeply about this region. 649 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,919 We pride ourselves on our transparency 650 00:27:29,919 --> 00:27:32,480 and our collaboration with you. And as 651 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,240 we embark on a new fiscal year, we 652 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,000 remain committed to excellence in all 653 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,960 aspects of our work. To you, 654 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,520 >> Maryanne. Thank you very much. I'll pick 655 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,600 up just to close out on this annual 656 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,400 report um update. I'll pick up where 657 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:50,640 Marian left off, which is um I I am so 658 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,919 proud of our team um and the amazing 659 00:27:53,919 --> 00:27:55,679 work that they do. We highlighted a few 660 00:27:55,679 --> 00:27:59,039 of them here. Um but the way that I that 661 00:27:59,039 --> 00:28:00,720 I think about our team and one of the 662 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,320 things I'm so that I love most about 663 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,039 them is that they don't we don't think 664 00:28:05,039 --> 00:28:07,840 of our work as just a job. 665 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,240 uh you know this is our home too. We 666 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:14,000 care about this place and um I think 667 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,760 that the way that I've come to think 668 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,559 about it over the years is that the role 669 00:28:18,559 --> 00:28:20,799 that we have at WFRC and that our team 670 00:28:20,799 --> 00:28:22,960 has we would have what I would consider 671 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,159 an organizational ethos which comes in 672 00:28:26,159 --> 00:28:29,279 three parts. One is planning of course 673 00:28:29,279 --> 00:28:31,279 that's our the core of our work. We plan 674 00:28:31,279 --> 00:28:34,000 for the future. Uh the second is 675 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,240 collaboration. We talked about that 676 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,960 already, but our working together. And 677 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:42,080 then the third, which maybe is the most 678 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,039 important, is caring. 679 00:28:45,039 --> 00:28:47,520 We do this work not just as a job, but 680 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,080 because we care about our community and 681 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,200 its residents uh and its future. And I 682 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,960 see that in all of our team. So, I'm 683 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:56,880 going to ask if I can everybody who's on 684 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,039 WFRC staff, can you stand up, please? 685 00:28:59,039 --> 00:29:02,559 Everybody on WFRC staff, stand up. And 686 00:29:02,559 --> 00:29:05,840 you guys, yeah, thank you. Thank you. 687 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:07,760 They're dedicated. They're really 688 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,240 talented. So, thank you very much. Wait, 689 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,679 stay standing. Stay standing now because 690 00:29:13,679 --> 00:29:17,760 now what I want to note is that um we 691 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,960 get to do this work, right? We get paid. 692 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,039 It's a job. It's a full-time job to do 693 00:29:23,039 --> 00:29:25,600 this work. Uh but those of you that are 694 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,679 elected officials, 695 00:29:27,679 --> 00:29:30,159 um it's practically volunteering for the 696 00:29:30,159 --> 00:29:32,159 job. We know this. the hours that you 697 00:29:32,159 --> 00:29:35,279 put in, the dedication um that you put 698 00:29:35,279 --> 00:29:39,600 in, and we sincerely could not be um 699 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,159 more appreciative uh we could not admire 700 00:29:42,159 --> 00:29:44,640 more the work that you guys do uh in 701 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,600 your communities. To paraphrase 702 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,520 Teddy Roosevelt, you are people in the 703 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,760 arena. You are stepping forward because 704 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,559 you care about the future of your 705 00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:57,360 communities. Um, even if that means 706 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,279 you're sometimes in the turbulent storms 707 00:29:59,279 --> 00:30:02,000 of politics, which can be challenging, 708 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,039 uh, you do this work not for money and 709 00:30:05,039 --> 00:30:07,600 not for glory, but you do it because you 710 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,679 care about your communities and we are 711 00:30:09,679 --> 00:30:11,120 deeply honored to be able to do this 712 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:12,960 work with you. So, from our folks at 713 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,039 WFRC, we are now going to give you a 714 00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:20,710 round of applause. Thank you. 715 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:24,240 very much. Okay. Um uh just 716 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,000 looking ahead uh we're going to send 717 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,240 this report out to you. Looking ahead 718 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,799 the next year is an important one. We'll 719 00:30:30,799 --> 00:30:32,240 finalize the updated regional 720 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,240 transportation plan and updated unified 721 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,080 transportation plan. We'll refresh the 722 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,720 Wasach's choice vision. Um we'll work on 723 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,480 keep working on federal reauthorization 724 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,480 as Miranda mentioned and we'll keep 725 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,000 providing resources and funding and 726 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,919 technical assistance and partnering with 727 00:30:45,919 --> 00:30:48,320 you and all of your communities. Mr. 728 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,399 Chair, that concludes the report on the 729 00:30:50,399 --> 00:30:52,640 annual report. Thank you. Thank you. Any 730 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,080 comments anyone would like to make on 731 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,279 that? Okay, we'll move down to our uh 732 00:30:57,279 --> 00:31:00,000 item B. Uh this is that we need to 733 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,120 approve the Wasatch Front Title Six plan 734 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,080 uh and the related appendences. Uh these 735 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,159 are one of these things that uh comes up 736 00:31:08,159 --> 00:31:10,559 each year every so often that we have to 737 00:31:10,559 --> 00:31:12,000 reapprove. And I think Miriam's going to 738 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,000 give us a little insight on this real 739 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:14,559 quick. 740 00:31:14,559 --> 00:31:17,200 >> Yes, thank you. Just uh very briefly, as 741 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,600 I mentioned before, we bring policies to 742 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,799 you um for formal approval. The title 743 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:25,760 six of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a 744 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,360 federal law, as you all know, that 745 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,520 states if an organization accepts 746 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,279 federal funding, they must maintain a 747 00:31:31,279 --> 00:31:33,360 set of legal documents, operational 748 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,760 policies, and public facing procedures 749 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,360 that demonstrate a commitment to 750 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,120 treating everyone without de 751 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,440 discrimination. And so as an a 752 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,679 metropolitan planning organization and 753 00:31:43,679 --> 00:31:45,360 recipient of Federal Highway 754 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:46,960 Administration and Federal Transit 755 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,679 Administration funds, WFRC is required 756 00:31:49,679 --> 00:31:52,559 to review, update, and formally adopt a 757 00:31:52,559 --> 00:31:55,360 title six plan every three years. That's 758 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,399 where we are now. So we have a title six 759 00:31:58,399 --> 00:32:00,960 policy that has related appendices that 760 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,720 cover required procedures, 761 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,240 accommodations, 762 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,200 and a plan for public participation in 763 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,279 our planning process. that public 764 00:32:09,279 --> 00:32:12,000 participation plan. This is a lot of P's 765 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,760 has been out for public comment. Um and 766 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,880 we had one comment from UTA to make a 767 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,120 clarification and otherwise um didn't 768 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,200 receive any public comment on that and 769 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,240 have done a formal review of that plan. 770 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,480 So this year we prepared updates to the 771 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,960 title six plan, the public participation 772 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,440 plan, the limited English proficiency 773 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,919 plan, and the ADA effective 774 00:32:35,919 --> 00:32:38,240 communication policy in compliance with 775 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,360 federal requirements. Um, so what's 776 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,880 changed and what hasn't? Uh, as many of 777 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,720 you all of you probably know, the US 778 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,640 Department of Transportation enacted a 779 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,760 major regulatory change on June 11th of 780 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,720 this year. Um and so that was a final 781 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,360 rule eliminating disperate impact 782 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,640 liability from its title six regulations 783 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,600 um to shift to align US DOT with a 784 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,279 broader federal directive aimed at 785 00:33:05,279 --> 00:33:07,600 limiting civil rights enforcement 786 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,360 strictly to cases of intentional 787 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,000 discrimination. So we've removed 788 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,240 references to disperate impact from our 789 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,279 document. We do, of course, continue to 790 00:33:17,279 --> 00:33:19,200 work to ensure that all of our 791 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,279 communities have good transportation 792 00:33:21,279 --> 00:33:23,200 access and choices about how they move 793 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:28,399 around the around the region. So, we've made those small changes and we've 794 00:33:28,399 --> 00:33:30,320 also made changes to reflect updated 795 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,120 demographics. Um, as we've said, we're 796 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,039 data driven. We look at that data, we 797 00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:37,519 incorporate that into our policies and 798 00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:39,679 align with any federal directives. And 799 00:33:39,679 --> 00:33:41,679 details about all of that were in your 800 00:33:41,679 --> 00:33:43,200 packets. I just wanted to give you kind 801 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,120 of an overview. happy to answer any 802 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,760 questions about our process or the um 803 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,799 resulting policies and those are up for 804 00:33:50,799 --> 00:33:53,760 your approval with this uh motion. 805 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,519 >> If there are no questions, I'll look for 806 00:33:55,519 --> 00:33:58,399 a motion to approve this. 807 00:33:58,399 --> 00:34:00,159 >> So move, Mr. Chair. 808 00:34:00,159 --> 00:34:07,360 >> Second, by Mayor Durk. All in favor say 809 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:08,399 I. 810 00:34:08,399 --> 00:34:10,560 >> I opposed. 811 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,800 >> Any opposed? 812 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:14,240 Okay, thank you. That's unanimous. 813 00:34:14,240 --> 00:34:20,550 Appreciate you. 814 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,079 » Okay, we'll move down to our public 815 00:34:22,079 --> 00:34:25,359 comment portion uh of our meeting. 816 00:34:25,359 --> 00:34:27,919 Uh this is the point in time if anyone 817 00:34:27,919 --> 00:34:29,599 wants to step forward and make any 818 00:34:29,599 --> 00:34:31,919 comments related to the Wasatch Front. 819 00:34:31,919 --> 00:34:34,079 This is time to please state your name 820 00:34:34,079 --> 00:34:39,430 and what city you're from. 821 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,000 » Uh anybody online? 822 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,040 No. 823 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:44,720 >> Okay. With that, we'll move on to our 824 00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:48,149 next item. 825 00:34:48,159 --> 00:34:50,879 This will be our regional growth uh uh 826 00:34:50,879 --> 00:34:52,240 committee. And we've asked Commissioner 827 00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:56,399 Kamalu. Uh Tammy Tran is uh I think uh 828 00:34:56,399 --> 00:34:58,160 out of the country out of the country 829 00:34:58,160 --> 00:34:59,920 with her husband on an anniversary if I 830 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:02,240 remember correctly. So Loren, 831 00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:04,240 >> thank you. 832 00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:07,200 We had as we always do great attendance 833 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,880 to regional growth meeting last week and 834 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,839 uh whole bunch of engaged leaders whole 835 00:35:13,839 --> 00:35:18,240 bunch and great staff support. So um the 836 00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:20,960 brief note first we had a discussion 837 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,960 about a proposed amendment to the 2023 838 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,000 to 2050 regional transportation plan the 839 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,520 RTP 840 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,560 to do an update. The update is fa the 841 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,839 phasing of an interchange project in 842 00:35:35,839 --> 00:35:38,160 Farmington on the West Davis corridor 843 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:40,880 that had always been imagined. Um the 844 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,400 regional growth committee voted to 845 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,320 release the proposed amendment for 846 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,200 public com comment and um to add to that 847 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,800 the tiniest bit, Ted um UD do already 848 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,400 reached out to me, Mike Romero, and he 849 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,720 uh he gave me even more information 850 00:35:56,720 --> 00:36:02,160 about how um how the city most involved 851 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,839 with the construction that will happen, 852 00:36:03,839 --> 00:36:05,680 Farmington, with a high school not far 853 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,839 away from that have they've they've 854 00:36:07,839 --> 00:36:09,520 certainly been a part of all of this 855 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,000 already. So, good for you, Dot, to get 856 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,640 back so quickly on that little comment. 857 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,119 Um, so there is today one item to bring 858 00:36:17,119 --> 00:36:19,280 to this body. 859 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,640 This is 4A, transportation's secret 860 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:26,880 weapon, jobs, housing, balance. This was 861 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,520 this took most of the meeting and it was 862 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:33,359 fruitful um with everybody chiming in. 863 00:36:33,359 --> 00:36:35,920 So, this agenda item looks at an 864 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:39,119 important dynamic. This will not this 865 00:36:39,119 --> 00:36:40,960 will not surprise you, but it's not 866 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:42,880 something we've necessarily in our state 867 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,400 been talking about as much. Um, Utah has 868 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,240 been very successful in building 869 00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:49,920 transportation, 870 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,800 but we can also look at how balancing 871 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:56,400 the location of jobs and homes can 872 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,960 improve our transportation outcomes and 873 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,119 that is data driven. Andrew will open 874 00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:02,560 the discussion that we'll have here. 875 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:03,359 Thank you. 876 00:37:03,359 --> 00:37:05,119 >> Okay. Thank you very much, uh, 877 00:37:05,119 --> 00:37:08,320 Commissioner. So, you know, at WFRC with 878 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:09,920 all of our transportation partners, the 879 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:13,520 focus of our work is on transportation 880 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:17,119 and mobility. Uh, and I'm going to say 881 00:37:17,119 --> 00:37:19,920 in Utah, Utah is amazing at 882 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,320 transportation, nationally recognized 883 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,160 for being great at delivering 884 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,599 transportation. Uh, but it is not 885 00:37:27,599 --> 00:37:30,400 enough. Being great at transportation is 886 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,040 not enough in doing our work. And so 887 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,680 what I want to do today is invite you to 888 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,160 think a little differently about 889 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:39,760 transportation. 890 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:41,440 Uh and what I want to talk with you 891 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,200 about, what we're going to talk with you 892 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,599 about is what we would call 893 00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:48,960 transportation's perhaps not so secret 894 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,800 weapon, the jobs housing balance. 895 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,040 The basic premise of what we want to 896 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:56,720 demonstrate to you today and talk about 897 00:37:56,720 --> 00:37:59,920 with you today is that balancing jobs 898 00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:02,800 and housing, balancing jobs and housing 899 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,359 helps our transportation system as much 900 00:38:05,359 --> 00:38:08,400 as building more infrastructure. 901 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,320 And why are we talking about this now? 902 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,400 In part because you all know there is so 903 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,920 much focus on housing appropriately. 904 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,079 Well, how are we dealing with housing? 905 00:38:18,079 --> 00:38:19,599 How are we how are we dealing with 906 00:38:19,599 --> 00:38:21,200 economic development? And can we do 907 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:22,720 those things in a way that actually 908 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:24,400 helps the performance of our 909 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,960 transportation system. Okay, before we 910 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,599 dive into that, let me just acknowledge 911 00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:32,320 something that we are all experiencing 912 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,280 acutely and that is that travel times 913 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:37,440 are getting longer. This is data that 914 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,839 comes from UD do statewide mobility 915 00:38:39,839 --> 00:38:42,880 dashboard. It's showing the delay 916 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,160 statewide hours of delay on Utah's 917 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:48,000 freeways. Okay, so on the on the 918 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,240 highways. Now, what do we mean by delay? 919 00:38:50,240 --> 00:38:52,640 If at free flow speeds you're going at a 920 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:54,800 certain rate of speed and then if 921 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,320 there's congestion and you have to slow 922 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,400 down, that's the delay. So, post 923 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,839 pandemic, the delay on Utah's roads has 924 00:39:01,839 --> 00:39:04,880 gone up by 135%. 925 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,839 Yes. A lot. A lot. Now, there are some 926 00:39:07,839 --> 00:39:10,320 of you that are online and we're we're 927 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:13,520 watching you online, meaning we welcome 928 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,599 you're chiming in here. That's what I 929 00:39:15,599 --> 00:39:18,400 mean. Um, and some of you just before 930 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,880 this meeting got in touch and said,"I 931 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,800 was going to come, but then I looked at 932 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:27,119 the travel time and it's gone up and I thought I would have half an hour, 933 00:39:27,119 --> 00:39:29,520 but it's going to take 45 minutes." This 934 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,359 is the reality of the situation that 935 00:39:31,359 --> 00:39:33,359 we're that we're confronting. We feel 936 00:39:33,359 --> 00:39:36,000 it. We know it. It's stressful. It saps 937 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,480 time from our lives, and it also creates 938 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,880 uncertainty, the lack of reliability of 939 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,520 being able to plan accordingly. Yes. 940 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,119 Mayor Burton, will you if you're gonna 941 00:39:45,119 --> 00:39:46,640 if you're going to speak, will you use a 942 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,320 microphone? Particularly if it's a 943 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,560 really good dad joke. 944 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:52,160 >> I don't have any good dad jokes. I don't 945 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:52,800 know what they are. 946 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,560 >> Comment, please. 947 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,119 >> Does this How does this fit in with 948 00:39:57,119 --> 00:39:59,359 bicycle riding? Has that time gone down 949 00:39:59,359 --> 00:40:01,839 or up for riding bicycles or is this 950 00:40:01,839 --> 00:40:03,280 just cars on the free? We don't have 951 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:04,079 bikes on the freeway. 952 00:40:04,079 --> 00:40:05,599 >> We don't have bikes on the freeway. Uh 953 00:40:05,599 --> 00:40:08,160 active transportation utilization is up. 954 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,240 Transit ridership is up. And that's part 955 00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:11,680 of what we do in Utah is provide 956 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:12,720 transportation choices. 957 00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:14,480 >> So when the freeway backs up, the bike 958 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:15,359 still rolls. 959 00:40:15,359 --> 00:40:18,800 >> Yes. There you go. Agreed. Agreed. So 960 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,280 what do we do in Utah given the 961 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,000 challenges that we face? There are three 962 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,400 basic strategies that we utilize for 963 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:28,720 transportation in Utah. Strategy number 964 00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:33,680 one is Utah builds. Utah builds 965 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,520 transportation. We have a nationally 966 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:37,839 recognized Utah unified transportation 967 00:40:37,839 --> 00:40:41,520 plan. We have a very high performing UD 968 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,880 do and UTA. Uh we have the highest per 969 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:46,560 capita transportation investment in the 970 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:48,320 nation when you look at all funding 971 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,440 sources. Um and we have hundreds of 972 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,920 road, transit and trail projects over 973 00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,000 the next 10 years, I think before the 974 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,440 Olympics that we will implement. So we 975 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:01,920 have resources and we use them very 976 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,280 well. But and I think this this may be a 977 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:06,800 challenging but not a controversial 978 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,760 statement. We cannot build our way out 979 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:11,920 of congestion. 980 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,319 So what do we do? So we get to our 981 00:41:14,319 --> 00:41:17,760 second strategy which is Utah innovates. 982 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,640 So think signal timing optimization and 983 00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:22,960 ramp metering and connected and 984 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:25,839 autonomous vehicles and advanced air 985 00:41:25,839 --> 00:41:30,720 mobility. Utah again is really really a 986 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:33,200 leader around the country not just in 987 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,560 building but also in innovating. So in 988 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,880 this regard we innovate to make the most 989 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:40,640 out of the transportation system that we 990 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,240 have. 991 00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:43,599 But if you think about building and 992 00:41:43,599 --> 00:41:45,599 innovating they're both about increasing 993 00:41:45,599 --> 00:41:48,160 supply right they increase the capacity 994 00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:50,240 of the transportation system. They don't 995 00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:53,920 get at the demand on the system. So that 996 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,000 takes us to our third of three key 997 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:59,680 strategies. Utah balances jobs and 998 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,599 housing. So now we all know this 999 00:42:01,599 --> 00:42:03,760 intuitively. When homes and workplaces 1000 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,000 are farther apart, trips are longer and 1001 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,880 roads are more crowded. But if we can 1002 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,000 have more balance in our system with 1003 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,400 jobs and housing, that means that we can 1004 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,119 have shorter trips and less strain on 1005 00:42:17,119 --> 00:42:20,160 our transportation system. Now you may 1006 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:21,440 have noticed that we have a question 1007 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,560 mark on this balancing jobs and housing 1008 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,240 and the reason for that is that we think 1009 00:42:26,240 --> 00:42:28,319 this is an area that we can do more. We 1010 00:42:28,319 --> 00:42:30,560 can improve in a way that can impact 1011 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:34,480 demand. Now this relationship between uh 1012 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,560 land use and transportation. This is 1013 00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:40,000 nothing new to WFRC and our work. Right? 1014 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,920 The Wasatch Choice vision is based on 1015 00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:43,680 this premise of coordinating land use 1016 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:46,720 and transportation. Um, but what is a 1017 00:42:46,720 --> 00:42:48,640 little different is thinking about 1018 00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:50,400 balancing jobs and housing as an 1019 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,440 intentional strategy for transportation. 1020 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,599 And that's what we want to talk about 1021 00:42:55,599 --> 00:42:58,640 with you and why jobs, right? Like 1022 00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:00,000 people are traveling for all sorts of 1023 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,319 things all the time. But as Ben could 1024 00:43:02,319 --> 00:43:05,040 tell you, we design our transportation 1025 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,839 system for the peak periods and that's 1026 00:43:07,839 --> 00:43:10,480 when people are commuting uh for work. 1027 00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:12,560 Now before I go on, I just want to note 1028 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:16,000 we are not in any way suggesting that we 1029 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,640 should restrict people's choices or 1030 00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:20,560 freedom to move around. People should be 1031 00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:22,640 able to travel where they want and when 1032 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,599 they want. What we are talking about is 1033 00:43:25,599 --> 00:43:28,720 giving people more and better options if 1034 00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:30,800 they want to live and work closer 1035 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,440 together uh to take shorter trips, give 1036 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,480 people more choices. So again, here's 1037 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,960 the three strategies building. We're 1038 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:40,560 doing great at that. innovating. We're 1039 00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,280 doing great at that and balancing and we 1040 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:46,319 think we can do better in this area. 1041 00:43:46,319 --> 00:43:48,400 Now, with that, I'm going to turn to 1042 00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:50,400 Bill Har who's from our analytics 1043 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,760 department at WFRC. Um, he's going to 1044 00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:55,680 set us up for some discussion that we 1045 00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:58,319 want to have with you uh about and he's 1046 00:43:58,319 --> 00:44:00,319 going to show you some new data and new 1047 00:44:00,319 --> 00:44:02,800 analysis to inform some of our 1048 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,880 decisions. Uh, and then we're going to 1049 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,680 have some discussion how can we improve 1050 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:17,990 our jobs and housing balance. Well, 1051 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,800 thank you, Andrew. 1052 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,640 In a few moments, we're going to take a 1053 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:25,359 journey together through this web app. 1054 00:44:25,359 --> 00:44:27,280 This app helps us understand the 1055 00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:29,760 regional transportation impact of our 1056 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:32,640 housing job balance. And this app uses 1057 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:35,920 census data. The data shows where people 1058 00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:38,720 live and where people work. 1059 00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:42,240 Our focus in this app is on work trips. 1060 00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:45,119 And why work trips? Work trips are the 1061 00:44:45,119 --> 00:44:46,720 main reason that we have some of the 1062 00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:49,440 busiest times on our roads. We build our 1063 00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:51,440 transportation system to handle these 1064 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,920 busy times. And if we can reduce 1065 00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:55,680 pressure on our roads during these 1066 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:59,520 times, we can make a big difference. 1067 00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:04,240 But before we jump into the app, 1068 00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:06,560 let's think a little bit about what 1069 00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:08,880 housing and job balance looks like looks 1070 00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:12,160 like in our region and our communities. 1071 00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:14,480 Every morning, thousands of people leave 1072 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,160 the city that you live in to work 1073 00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:18,960 somewhere else and thousands of people 1074 00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,839 come into your city to work. So, let me 1075 00:45:21,839 --> 00:45:23,839 ask you this question. 1076 00:45:23,839 --> 00:45:26,640 Thinking about the Wasatch front, 1077 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:28,640 what percent of people both live and 1078 00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:31,119 work in the same city? 1079 00:45:31,119 --> 00:45:32,880 >> And if you were at the regional growth 1080 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:34,000 committee when we talked about this, 1081 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:38,790 you're not allowed to answer. Okay? 1082 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:42,309 Any guesses? 1083 00:45:42,319 --> 00:45:46,400 20%. Good guess. 1084 00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:48,800 Okay. 1085 00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:50,640 So in most surf cities, it's actually 1086 00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:53,359 10% or less in most Wasatch Front 1087 00:45:53,359 --> 00:45:57,440 cities. So that means 90% of people are 1088 00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:59,040 leaving the city they live in and going 1089 00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,599 somewhere else to work. 1090 00:46:01,599 --> 00:46:04,720 So let's jump into this web app um and 1091 00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:11,750 explore some of the data. 1092 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:16,000 So there's a lot going on here. So let's orient first. This map in the 1093 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:19,760 middle is a map of our region, the 1094 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:22,640 Wasatch Front. The lines show where 1095 00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:24,960 people are coming to and going. We're 1096 00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:27,839 commuting to and from. So, right now 1097 00:46:27,839 --> 00:46:29,920 we're showing people commuting out of 1098 00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:34,160 Haramman. So, let's zoom in a bit. 1099 00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:37,119 So, the thicker the lines, the more 1100 00:46:37,119 --> 00:46:38,800 people making that trip. So, you can see 1101 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:40,560 from Herman to Salt Lake City. That's a 1102 00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:40,800 big 1103 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:45,109 >> Herman loves Salt Lake City. 1104 00:46:45,119 --> 00:46:46,720 So 1105 00:46:46,720 --> 00:46:48,880 the number in the top left shows how 1106 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:51,119 many people 29,000 1107 00:46:51,119 --> 00:46:53,119 airman residents leave the city every 1108 00:46:53,119 --> 00:46:58,079 day to commute outside their city. 1109 00:46:58,079 --> 00:46:59,839 And this number is also down here on 1110 00:46:59,839 --> 00:47:02,880 this figure here. 29,000 1111 00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,200 leaving. But we also have people 1112 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,440 remaining in Herman that work. So 1113 00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:09,680 1.6,600 1114 00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:13,599 people live and work inside of Haramman. 1115 00:47:13,599 --> 00:47:17,920 And that's 5%. So 5% of her hairman 1116 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:21,680 workers work in that city and 95% leave 1117 00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:24,560 to work somewhere else. And they leave 1118 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:29,349 and travel on our transportation system. 1119 00:47:29,359 --> 00:47:31,280 You can also see people coming into 1120 00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:33,520 Herman. 1121 00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:38,240 There are about 6,5800 1122 00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:40,240 people commuting into Herman every day. 1123 00:47:40,240 --> 00:47:46,150 And that's on this left side here. 1124 00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:48,079 So that's a lot of people coming into 1125 00:47:48,079 --> 00:47:52,079 and leaving Herman. Um so only 5% of 1126 00:47:52,079 --> 00:47:54,880 people stay within Haramman. 95% commute 1127 00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,119 out. We can also explore other 1128 00:47:57,119 --> 00:47:59,280 communities. Is there anyone that want 1129 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,280 to see a community maybe not in Salt 1130 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:04,079 Lake County? 1131 00:48:04,079 --> 00:48:06,640 >> Why don't why don't you show us how many 1132 00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:08,480 people are leaving Davis County and 1133 00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:13,670 going into Salt Lake County? 1134 00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:14,960 Can we do a county? Okay. 1135 00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:16,400 >> Using using legacy 1136 00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:18,880 >> for fair of using the same joke at the 1137 00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:22,319 other re previous meeting the regional 1138 00:48:22,319 --> 00:48:24,240 growth commission. Um I hope you're 1139 00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:29,190 bringing your wallets and purses. 1140 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:32,640 » So Davis County we have 1,200 almost 1141 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,599 13,000 people. Oh that's Kisville. 1142 00:48:35,599 --> 00:48:40,150 Sorry. County. 1143 00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:46,079 This is why you don't do a live demo. I didn't practice this. Davis County. 1144 00:48:46,079 --> 00:48:49,440 Okay, that's better. 106,000 people 1145 00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:52,000 leaving Davis County. Going to Salt Lake 1146 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:55,440 County, we have 65,000 1147 00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:57,599 people. 1148 00:48:57,599 --> 00:48:59,839 Inside Davis County, we have 63,000 1149 00:48:59,839 --> 00:49:04,400 working. So, 37% of Davis workers 1150 00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:06,559 work within the county. And then coming 1151 00:49:06,559 --> 00:49:09,440 into the county, we have 67,000 1152 00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:14,160 people entering Davis County to work. 1153 00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:16,319 >> And then after it'd be interesting to 1154 00:49:16,319 --> 00:49:19,040 see Salt Lake City's core and if 1155 00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:20,880 anyone's going out from there, 1156 00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:22,240 >> if anyone leaves Salt Lake to go 1157 00:49:22,240 --> 00:49:24,480 somewhere else. Okay. 1158 00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:27,040 >> Okay. Weieber, we have 1159 00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:30,319 62,000 leaving, 68,000 staying. So 1160 00:49:30,319 --> 00:49:34,400 that's 52% stay in Weber. Pretty good. 1161 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:36,640 Let's go to 1162 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:38,240 Salt Lake City. I don't know if we can 1163 00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:41,920 do the urban core. Salt Lake. 1164 00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:47,349 Okay. Alpine, 1165 00:49:47,359 --> 00:49:50,079 Salt Lake City. 1166 00:49:50,079 --> 00:49:53,839 We have 50/50. So, we have 49,000 people 1167 00:49:53,839 --> 00:49:56,319 leaving Salt Lake City, 49,000 staying. 1168 00:49:56,319 --> 00:50:01,030 So, 50%. 1169 00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:06,870 Okay, let's go. 1170 00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:09,104 It's alphabetically the the top. 1171 00:50:09,104 --> 00:50:10,240 [laughter] 1172 00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:12,240 Okay. So, Salt Lake County, is that what 1173 00:50:12,240 --> 00:50:15,280 you're asking? 1174 00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:18,720 So, we have 80 83% stay within the 1175 00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:26,630 county to work. 1176 00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:37,510 Okay. 1177 00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:41,440 In Davis County, we had 37%. 1178 00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:43,680 Sorry, you asked about how many people 1179 00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:48,950 are coming in and leaving Davis. 1180 00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:50,720 So 1181 00:50:50,720 --> 00:50:52,319 that was Salt Lake. Salt Lake City was 1182 00:50:52,319 --> 00:50:57,680 50/50. Weber is 50% stay. Davis was 37% 1183 00:50:57,680 --> 00:51:00,640 stay in the county. 1184 00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:07,190 67,000 come in. So 63 stay 1185 00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:11,349 106,000 leave. 1186 00:51:11,359 --> 00:51:15,599 So this we've sorry yeah I just want to 1187 00:51:15,599 --> 00:51:16,960 add one more thing because we just had a 1188 00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:18,960 meeting in Herman and and so you brought 1189 00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:21,520 that up another and we're starting to 1190 00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:23,520 get our hands around cell data and 1191 00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:25,760 tracking utilization as well. um and 1192 00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:27,280 we're not ready for prime time on it, 1193 00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:29,520 but we've got some initial numbers. And 1194 00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:30,960 one of the things that we were able to 1195 00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,440 talk about last night at Herman was 1196 00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:34,880 here's a service we have there. We have 1197 00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:37,359 route 126 we have on demand down there. 1198 00:51:37,359 --> 00:51:39,359 But we're also able to show that a 1199 00:51:39,359 --> 00:51:42,079 number of people leave Herman to board 1200 00:51:42,079 --> 00:51:44,960 transit at park and rides, you know, 1201 00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:48,000 tracks or FrontrRunner. That's true for 1202 00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:49,520 pretty much all the cities down there, 1203 00:51:49,520 --> 00:51:52,079 including Riverton. And so they are 1204 00:51:52,079 --> 00:51:55,280 utilizing the system well. Um but again 1205 00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:58,160 people are leaving uh to you know to go 1206 00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:00,960 to other places in order to use utilize 1207 00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:02,880 that system. So that's important for us 1208 00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:05,280 because everybody'suh contributing tax 1209 00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:08,319 revenue to what we're doing and so we 1210 00:52:08,319 --> 00:52:10,160 want to ensure that that they're 1211 00:52:10,160 --> 00:52:11,839 actually utilizing service and that's 1212 00:52:11,839 --> 00:52:13,440 utilizing service doesn't necessarily 1213 00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:15,119 mean that they're boarding in the city 1214 00:52:15,119 --> 00:52:16,160 where they live. 1215 00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:17,839 >> Yeah. Bill, let me just jump in for one 1216 00:52:17,839 --> 00:52:20,880 sec. Yeah. There's there's nothing just 1217 00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:22,240 to be clear there's nothing wrong with 1218 00:52:22,240 --> 00:52:23,440 people living their city. I know you're 1219 00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:25,040 not saying like and in fact providing 1220 00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:26,240 choices in the way you're talking about 1221 00:52:26,240 --> 00:52:30,000 is terrific. The majority of people 90% 1222 00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:31,520 when you put it all together as Bill 1223 00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:34,160 said 90% of the people that work are 1224 00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:36,480 leaving their home city and the 1225 00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:38,319 overwhelming majority of those people 1226 00:52:38,319 --> 00:52:41,599 are driving and so as Bill was noting 1227 00:52:41,599 --> 00:52:43,680 that is creating tremendous pressure on 1228 00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:46,400 our roadway system. So that's the sort 1229 00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:49,040 of underlying issue. I love the interest 1230 00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:51,119 you have. We are going to share this. 1231 00:52:51,119 --> 00:52:52,640 It's actually live on our website right 1232 00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:54,640 now and if particularly if you're data 1233 00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:56,640 nerds, you can dig in here and get lots 1234 00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:59,040 and lots of uh information on this at 1235 00:52:59,040 --> 00:53:00,880 your leisure. 1236 00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:03,040 Thanks, Andrew. 1237 00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:07,200 Okay. To better understand how improving 1238 00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:09,280 the jobs and housing balance and 1239 00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:11,440 creating shorter commutes can make a big 1240 00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:13,280 difference on our roads, we used our 1241 00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:16,400 regional travel demand model. We took we 1242 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:18,079 are looking at a hypothetical situation 1243 00:53:18,079 --> 00:53:20,960 here. We looked to see what would happen 1244 00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:24,480 if 10% of people who currently live 1245 00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:27,200 currently work outside their city found 1246 00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:29,680 an opportunity within their city and 1247 00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:32,720 worked in the city. So for Haramman 1248 00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:34,559 30,000 people leaving this would be 1249 00:53:34,559 --> 00:53:37,599 3,000 people 3,000 of those people 1250 00:53:37,599 --> 00:53:39,520 finding a new opportunity inside of 1251 00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:42,079 Haramman to work and take that and apply 1252 00:53:42,079 --> 00:53:43,920 it to all communities every city 1253 00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:46,160 throughout the region. What kind of 1254 00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:47,839 impact would that have on our 1255 00:53:47,839 --> 00:53:50,319 transportation system and how much road 1256 00:53:50,319 --> 00:53:53,280 congestion could we get rid of? So here 1257 00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:56,240 we're taking 10% away. 1258 00:53:56,240 --> 00:53:58,960 So that would result in a 23% reduction 1259 00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:01,280 in delay. 1260 00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:04,800 That's a very large impact. 1261 00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:07,839 So just think of how much just think of 1262 00:54:07,839 --> 00:54:09,599 how much it would take to make that big 1263 00:54:09,599 --> 00:54:11,839 of a change using transportation 1264 00:54:11,839 --> 00:54:14,319 projects alone. It would be very 1265 00:54:14,319 --> 00:54:16,000 expensive. maybe tens of billions of 1266 00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:16,880 dollars. 1267 00:54:16,880 --> 00:54:20,400 >> Bill, it might be obvious, but that's a 1268 00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:22,400 reduction in delay, not just for that 1269 00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:24,960 10%, but for every single person that 1270 00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:26,720 drives on our roads. 1271 00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:29,359 >> Yes, that's true. So, yeah, that's the 1272 00:54:29,359 --> 00:54:31,359 average across the whole region, all the 1273 00:54:31,359 --> 00:54:34,400 delay across the region. So, why such a 1274 00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:37,359 big reduction with only 10%. 1275 00:54:37,359 --> 00:54:39,200 Our roads work a little differently when 1276 00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:40,559 they get crowded. I'm sure you've 1277 00:54:40,559 --> 00:54:43,520 noticed when a road is empty, you get on 1278 00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:46,160 early morning and drive, you can add 1279 00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:49,599 more cars without big impact on on your 1280 00:54:49,599 --> 00:54:52,400 speed. But once a road gets close to 1281 00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:55,920 being full, every new car you add has a 1282 00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:58,319 disproportionate impact. So as you add 1283 00:54:58,319 --> 00:55:00,480 cars, when it's already full, it just 1284 00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:02,079 the congestion gets much greater and 1285 00:55:02,079 --> 00:55:03,839 much quicker. 1286 00:55:03,839 --> 00:55:05,920 So the same applies in reverse. If you 1287 00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:08,559 take a few percent off the roadways, 1288 00:55:08,559 --> 00:55:11,760 that can have a big impact on our delay. 1289 00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:13,520 And long commutes are especially 1290 00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:16,319 important. They use they use more of our 1291 00:55:16,319 --> 00:55:17,920 region's road capacity during the 1292 00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:20,480 busiest times of the day. 1293 00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:22,240 So, giving people more opportunities to 1294 00:55:22,240 --> 00:55:24,400 work closer to home can reduce the 1295 00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:27,119 strain on our roads. And our model shows 1296 00:55:27,119 --> 00:55:29,200 us that can have a big benefit for the 1297 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:33,030 entire system. 1298 00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:35,359 So, we've been talking a lot about data, 1299 00:55:35,359 --> 00:55:38,079 numbers, percentages coming in and out 1300 00:55:38,079 --> 00:55:39,839 of towns. 1301 00:55:39,839 --> 00:55:42,319 So, let's switch gears a bit. What we're 1302 00:55:42,319 --> 00:55:44,640 talking about has real impacts to all of 1303 00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:48,319 us, to real people. 1304 00:55:48,319 --> 00:55:49,680 So, I'm going to share the story of 1305 00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:53,119 Cameron who lives in Haramman. 1306 00:55:53,119 --> 00:55:55,040 Cameron's an accountant for a medical 1307 00:55:55,040 --> 00:55:56,960 logistics company here at the Gateway 1308 00:55:56,960 --> 00:55:59,760 just down the road here. Her commute 1309 00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:02,160 during rush hour takes 39 minutes in the 1310 00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:05,280 morning to drive in from Heramman and 51 1311 00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:07,760 minutes to get back. That's 90 minutes 1312 00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:10,160 of her day commuting. 1313 00:56:10,160 --> 00:56:12,559 Cameron's hoping to get a job with a 1314 00:56:12,559 --> 00:56:14,480 company that recently moved from out of 1315 00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:18,079 state into the Haramman Town Center. 1316 00:56:18,079 --> 00:56:20,400 So Cameron has an opportunity to work 1317 00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:22,559 within Haramman and she takes that 1318 00:56:22,559 --> 00:56:26,160 opportunity. So now with her new job, 1319 00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:28,079 she only spends 15 minutes of her day 1320 00:56:28,079 --> 00:56:29,599 commuting. 1321 00:56:29,599 --> 00:56:32,880 So she gets back 75 minutes. Just think 1322 00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:35,280 if you had an extra 75 minutes of your 1323 00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:37,839 day. She can now spend more time with 1324 00:56:37,839 --> 00:56:39,920 her family. She can work on her hobby, 1325 00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:43,680 which is um making pottery. She makes 1326 00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:45,359 mugs and hopes to sell them at the 1327 00:56:45,359 --> 00:56:48,240 Heramman weekend crafts market. She 1328 00:56:48,240 --> 00:56:50,960 drives 45 fewer miles per day. She saves 1329 00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:53,359 money on fuel and wear and tear of her 1330 00:56:53,359 --> 00:56:56,559 car, about $20 a day. 1331 00:56:56,559 --> 00:56:59,200 But the benefit isn't just to Cameron. 1332 00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:01,680 Her shorter commute takes pressure off 1333 00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:03,760 the roads at a time when traffic is the 1334 00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:06,559 worst. So that's a benefit to everyone 1335 00:57:06,559 --> 00:57:08,559 that lives around Cameron that has to 1336 00:57:08,559 --> 00:57:10,640 make that trek to Salt Lake City every 1337 00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:13,119 day. 1338 00:57:13,119 --> 00:57:15,119 So imagine this happening across the 1339 00:57:15,119 --> 00:57:17,680 entire region. More people working 1340 00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:19,839 closer to their homes could make a big 1341 00:57:19,839 --> 00:57:21,520 difference in how well our transport 1342 00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:24,240 transportation system works. It would 1343 00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:26,160 help us get more out of the roads and 1344 00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:28,079 other transportation options we already 1345 00:57:28,079 --> 00:57:30,400 have and also more out of the 1346 00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:40,069 improvements we are planning. 1347 00:57:40,079 --> 00:57:42,720 Bill, thank you very much. Let's come 1348 00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:46,480 back to the basic premise here again. Um 1349 00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:48,640 and then let's have some discussion 1350 00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:51,839 about how we can improve our jobs 1351 00:57:51,839 --> 00:57:54,880 housing balance. Again the basic premise 1352 00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:58,559 balancing h balancing jobs and housing 1353 00:57:58,559 --> 00:58:00,880 helps our transportation system just as 1354 00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:03,920 much as building more infrastructure. So 1355 00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:06,880 let me let me seed this a little bit. Um 1356 00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:08,880 we have been talking about city 1357 00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:12,480 geography in this conversation. Uh the 1358 00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:14,160 reason for that is just to illustrate 1359 00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:15,760 well and county to some extent of course 1360 00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:18,240 as well but to the reason for that was 1361 00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:20,960 to illustrate these impacts but really 1362 00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:22,720 the way to think about addressing these 1363 00:58:22,720 --> 00:58:26,079 issues is one city cannot do this on its 1364 00:58:26,079 --> 00:58:29,760 own. It really takes a combination of 1365 00:58:29,760 --> 00:58:31,520 local governments, transportation 1366 00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:34,240 agencies, land owners and developers, 1367 00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:36,559 economic development agencies all 1368 00:58:36,559 --> 00:58:38,640 working together. Achieving a better 1369 00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:40,720 balance requires all of us. This is 1370 00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:43,359 really inherently a regional issue, 1371 00:58:43,359 --> 00:58:45,839 multiple stakeholders uh working 1372 00:58:45,839 --> 00:58:49,200 together. So I'll show you just a few 1373 00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:51,520 high-level concepts for ways that we 1374 00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:55,440 could think about how to tackle this. Um 1375 00:58:55,440 --> 00:59:00,799 and those highlevel concepts are not 1376 00:59:00,799 --> 00:59:02,480 something that I'm going to show you 1377 00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:05,119 evidently. I'll tell you instead until 1378 00:59:05,119 --> 00:59:07,280 we can show them to you. Uh two things. 1379 00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:11,839 The first would be um identifying 1380 00:59:11,839 --> 00:59:15,520 strategic locations for balanced housing 1381 00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:18,000 and job growth, right? Because this is 1382 00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:20,559 not just one or the one action or the 1383 00:59:20,559 --> 00:59:22,079 other, but if we can balance these 1384 00:59:22,079 --> 00:59:24,480 things out and if we can add jobs in 1385 00:59:24,480 --> 00:59:27,040 areas that are housing rich. So, I'll 1386 00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:28,799 give you an example. Mayor Manzion, if 1387 00:59:28,799 --> 00:59:31,040 you're if you're still on and hearing us 1388 00:59:31,040 --> 00:59:34,480 from Tilla City, there are, let's see, 1389 00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:37,280 uh 32,000 people that leave Tilla County 1390 00:59:37,280 --> 00:59:38,960 every morning and come over to the 1391 00:59:38,960 --> 00:59:41,119 Wasace front uh for work. That's a 1392 00:59:41,119 --> 00:59:42,799 number of people that commute. Uh 1393 00:59:42,799 --> 00:59:44,880 because the there's a jobs housing 1394 00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:48,240 mismatch in Tilla County. Well, there is 1395 00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:51,040 talk about developing a nuclear campus 1396 00:59:51,040 --> 00:59:53,040 in Tilla County that would provide 1397 00:59:53,040 --> 00:59:55,760 thousands of jobs and that could provide 1398 00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:57,440 more opportunities for people to live 1399 00:59:57,440 --> 01:00:00,240 and work uh in Tilla County. Think about 1400 01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:02,160 our friends in Saratoga Springs or Eagle 1401 01:00:02,160 --> 01:00:04,400 Mountain where there's so much housing 1402 01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:07,520 but relatively low numbers of jobs and 1403 01:00:07,520 --> 01:00:09,040 then of course that puts a lot of 1404 01:00:09,040 --> 01:00:11,359 pressure on east west mobility coming 1405 01:00:11,359 --> 01:00:13,520 out of uh Saratoga Springs and Eagle 1406 01:00:13,520 --> 01:00:15,599 Mountain. Wouldn't that be a great idea 1407 01:00:15,599 --> 01:00:18,240 area for an increase in jobs? So 1408 01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:21,760 identifying locations and then aligning 1409 01:00:21,760 --> 01:00:24,400 these activities or perhaps another way 1410 01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:26,559 to think about it is getting at the 1411 01:00:26,559 --> 01:00:30,640 disconnect that sometimes exists. What are we doing for economic 1412 01:00:30,640 --> 01:00:33,440 development incentives? Uh state 1413 01:00:33,440 --> 01:00:35,359 economic development incentives. What is 1414 01:00:35,359 --> 01:00:37,200 the locationational consideration for 1415 01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:40,880 where we're incentivizing jobs to occur? 1416 01:00:40,880 --> 01:00:43,680 uh housing policy at the regional growth 1417 01:00:43,680 --> 01:00:46,960 committee. Um multiple uh people talked 1418 01:00:46,960 --> 01:00:50,480 about the extreme pressure that uh to 1419 01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:52,880 build more homes from the state and from 1420 01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:55,520 other actors to build more homes. Um 1421 01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:58,079 does that crowd out the ability to try 1422 01:00:58,079 --> 01:00:59,920 to seek more of a balance in our 1423 01:00:59,920 --> 01:01:01,920 development? Of course, we need more 1424 01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:05,359 homes. But if we uh only build homes in 1425 01:01:05,359 --> 01:01:07,119 areas that don't have good job 1426 01:01:07,119 --> 01:01:09,200 availability, then what happens? Well, 1427 01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:10,880 then aren't we having people have to 1428 01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:14,160 drive long distances to access work? And 1429 01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:16,319 then land use actions, of course, at the 1430 01:01:16,319 --> 01:01:17,839 local level, your general plans, your 1431 01:01:17,839 --> 01:01:19,839 zoning development agreements, how do 1432 01:01:19,839 --> 01:01:21,839 they consider these items? And then 1433 01:01:21,839 --> 01:01:24,799 finally, within a community, if we're 1434 01:01:24,799 --> 01:01:26,640 going to have a mix of uses and more 1435 01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:28,880 homes and jobs within communities, how 1436 01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:30,400 do we make sure that there's good road 1437 01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:32,880 and transit and trail connections within 1438 01:01:32,880 --> 01:01:35,520 the community so people can get around? 1439 01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:38,400 So, you can drop the slide now. Drop the 1440 01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:41,440 slides. Jordan, I will ask you uh we can 1441 01:01:41,440 --> 01:01:42,880 have hopefully just a few minutes of 1442 01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:46,160 conversation here. What are the barriers 1443 01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:48,559 to creating more of a jobs housing 1444 01:01:48,559 --> 01:01:51,119 balance? Uh what are you doing in your 1445 01:01:51,119 --> 01:01:52,960 communities that's helped to achieve 1446 01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:55,280 more of a balance? Uh and what could 1447 01:01:55,280 --> 01:01:58,559 help what could help as we uh try to 1448 01:01:58,559 --> 01:02:02,799 have more of a jobs housing balance? So 1449 01:02:02,799 --> 01:02:05,359 we open it up to input from anybody in 1450 01:02:05,359 --> 01:02:10,160 the room and also to our friends online. 1451 01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:11,839 >> Andrew, I'll ask you a quick question. 1452 01:02:11,839 --> 01:02:12,480 >> Yes, Commissioner. 1453 01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:14,400 >> So when it comes to jobs and housing, 1454 01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:15,680 you know, it's the old chicken and the 1455 01:02:15,680 --> 01:02:18,000 egg. So which you got to have first, the 1456 01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:22,390 housing or the jobs? 1457 01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:24,160 » Is that actually a question you want me? 1458 01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:25,520 I feel like that's more of a statement. 1459 01:02:25,520 --> 01:02:26,799 Well, I figure you're the smartest guy 1460 01:02:26,799 --> 01:02:28,720 in the room, so I figure that's 1461 01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:30,240 >> Wait, I'm going to hand the mic off if 1462 01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:31,839 you want the smartest guys in the room, 1463 01:02:31,839 --> 01:02:32,960 Bill. 1464 01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:36,079 >> Okay. I mean, you this I would state the 1465 01:02:36,079 --> 01:02:38,079 obvious that you have to plan for both 1466 01:02:38,079 --> 01:02:41,280 of them at the same time. Uh that's the 1467 01:02:41,280 --> 01:02:43,520 magic of planning for jobs and housing. 1468 01:02:43,520 --> 01:02:45,280 I know from from my experience and 1469 01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:46,640 people can correct me on this, but 1470 01:02:46,640 --> 01:02:49,280 usually at job centers, you know, the 1471 01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:51,200 housing, the apartments and that are 1472 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:52,799 what become the most important thing to 1473 01:02:52,799 --> 01:02:55,119 have those being built before a lot of 1474 01:02:55,119 --> 01:02:57,040 office space and that, you know, anybody 1475 01:02:57,040 --> 01:02:58,799 wants to build it because of the fact 1476 01:02:58,799 --> 01:03:00,559 that you need to have people there to be 1477 01:03:00,559 --> 01:03:02,880 able to fill those spots. And I think 1478 01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:04,799 that's one of the problems in I think in 1479 01:03:04,799 --> 01:03:07,520 all cities especially the smaller cities 1480 01:03:07,520 --> 01:03:09,599 uh trying to they have their job centers 1481 01:03:09,599 --> 01:03:11,680 or they're trying to create job centers 1482 01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:13,680 is they try to work between the housing 1483 01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:16,000 and the jobs on getting it and then 1484 01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:18,319 there's always the fact that and again 1485 01:03:18,319 --> 01:03:20,319 I'm I'm not a big apartment person but I 1486 01:03:20,319 --> 01:03:22,480 do believe apartments are important when 1487 01:03:22,480 --> 01:03:24,480 it comes to job centers and having that 1488 01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:27,039 housing condensed around there. uh a lot 1489 01:03:27,039 --> 01:03:30,160 of cities don't want to support you know 1490 01:03:30,160 --> 01:03:32,960 the apartments in in various areas. So I 1491 01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:34,160 think it I think that's one of the 1492 01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:36,160 barriers that exists. 1493 01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:38,160 >> Yeah, you raised a few important issues 1494 01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:39,680 there. Part of what you're getting at, 1495 01:03:39,680 --> 01:03:41,520 of course, is the time lag in 1496 01:03:41,520 --> 01:03:42,960 development. You need to have rooftops 1497 01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:46,000 to support business development. Um and 1498 01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:47,839 of course those are market forces which 1499 01:03:47,839 --> 01:03:49,839 impact all of these things. But then 1500 01:03:49,839 --> 01:03:52,880 there's lots of intervention. Uh Steve 1501 01:03:52,880 --> 01:03:55,119 Waldrip talks about how the housing 1502 01:03:55,119 --> 01:03:57,359 market, it's a private market, but it is 1503 01:03:57,359 --> 01:04:00,319 so affected by governmental policy. So 1504 01:04:00,319 --> 01:04:03,119 are there policies that we could employ 1505 01:04:03,119 --> 01:04:06,079 to help get at that time lag and have 1506 01:04:06,079 --> 01:04:08,799 jobs come sooner as we're doing housing 1507 01:04:08,799 --> 01:04:10,880 development in Greenfield area so we 1508 01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:13,200 don't unintentionally exacerbate or 1509 01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:14,880 create transportation problems. We have 1510 01:04:14,880 --> 01:04:16,319 to chase those with transportation 1511 01:04:16,319 --> 01:04:18,799 dollars. Is there a way to utilize some 1512 01:04:18,799 --> 01:04:21,280 of that investment to have more balance 1513 01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:23,440 from the beginning? 1514 01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:26,480 Other thoughts? Mayor Burton, 1515 01:04:26,480 --> 01:04:28,079 >> West Jordan has been dealing with this 1516 01:04:28,079 --> 01:04:29,920 exact same problem with the construct 1517 01:04:29,920 --> 01:04:32,000 with the east west challenge that we 1518 01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:34,880 have on traffic. There was a time when 1519 01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:38,160 UDOT came in and wanted to put 1520 01:04:38,160 --> 01:04:41,119 changeable lanes on 90th South. We 1521 01:04:41,119 --> 01:04:44,720 resisted that. But at the same time in West Jordan and our southwest 1522 01:04:44,720 --> 01:04:46,720 quadrant, we've been adding additional 1523 01:04:46,720 --> 01:04:49,200 industry and more business there. Not 1524 01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:51,200 just restaurants, but but real 1525 01:04:51,200 --> 01:04:53,839 businesses where people can have a 1526 01:04:53,839 --> 01:04:55,680 suitable income to support families 1527 01:04:55,680 --> 01:04:58,799 with. And as time has gone by, we had a 1528 01:04:58,799 --> 01:05:01,280 study done just earlier this year that 1529 01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:02,880 showed that changeable lanes aren't a 1530 01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:04,079 good idea because we're getting 1531 01:05:04,079 --> 01:05:05,920 increased traffic going both directions 1532 01:05:05,920 --> 01:05:08,160 now, which means people are now coming 1533 01:05:08,160 --> 01:05:10,799 into our southwest quadrant into those 1534 01:05:10,799 --> 01:05:12,720 businesses that are actually employing 1535 01:05:12,720 --> 01:05:15,440 people and doing it there. So that map 1536 01:05:15,440 --> 01:05:17,039 you showed, I would like to see if we 1537 01:05:17,039 --> 01:05:19,359 could go back in years and see the 1538 01:05:19,359 --> 01:05:21,599 change that's happened. 1539 01:05:21,599 --> 01:05:24,000 >> How how far back in history can does 1540 01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:26,799 that map go? Yeah. It goes back how 1541 01:05:26,799 --> 01:05:28,000 long? 1542 01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:29,839 >> To 2003. 1543 01:05:29,839 --> 01:05:32,240 Yeah. So you can we can evaluate the 1544 01:05:32,240 --> 01:05:34,480 changes over time and associate them 1545 01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:35,760 with different transportation 1546 01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:36,799 investments as well. 1547 01:05:36,799 --> 01:05:38,160 >> Right. Then we can see if it's working 1548 01:05:38,160 --> 01:05:39,839 or if it's getting worse and if we need 1549 01:05:39,839 --> 01:05:41,280 to shift or make some changes or keep 1550 01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:41,760 going. So 1551 01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:42,480 >> yeah, great idea. 1552 01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:44,559 >> I think that's wonderful. And and which 1553 01:05:44,559 --> 01:05:45,520 comes first? 1554 01:05:45,520 --> 01:05:47,119 >> In my mind, the housing came first 1555 01:05:47,119 --> 01:05:48,720 because people are going to get there. 1556 01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:50,720 But then the businesses look for a place 1557 01:05:50,720 --> 01:05:53,200 where they can have a good source of 1558 01:05:53,200 --> 01:05:56,160 employees. Yeah, thank you. I see Mayor 1559 01:05:56,160 --> 01:05:58,079 uh Petro from Leighton and then Laura 1560 01:05:58,079 --> 01:06:01,680 Hansen from GOPB. Mayor. 1561 01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:05,039 Okay, just to build upon that, I will 1562 01:06:05,039 --> 01:06:06,400 say this, and this probably isn't really 1563 01:06:06,400 --> 01:06:10,480 the forum for it, but I believe that a 1564 01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:12,480 few years ago when the state took away 1565 01:06:12,480 --> 01:06:16,400 the uh incentives for the cities to be 1566 01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:18,240 able to attract businesses kind of 1567 01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:22,559 really put a damper on us to work both 1568 01:06:22,559 --> 01:06:27,359 the housing and the jobs simultaneously. 1569 01:06:27,359 --> 01:06:30,799 That's just my my view. 1570 01:06:30,799 --> 01:06:33,280 >> And a lot as as we talked about some in 1571 01:06:33,280 --> 01:06:35,200 the regional growth committee, a lot of 1572 01:06:35,200 --> 01:06:39,359 the uh tax incentives um that cities and 1573 01:06:39,359 --> 01:06:41,280 counties have at their disposal have 1574 01:06:41,280 --> 01:06:43,039 been affected, let's say, over the last 1575 01:06:43,039 --> 01:06:45,200 few years by state policy. I'm not 1576 01:06:45,200 --> 01:06:47,039 intending to attack our partners in the 1577 01:06:47,039 --> 01:06:49,359 state. We have to all be in this uh 1578 01:06:49,359 --> 01:06:52,079 together. And then the encouragement is 1579 01:06:52,079 --> 01:06:54,799 strongly for a housing first focus, 1580 01:06:54,799 --> 01:06:56,799 which again we understand why that is, 1581 01:06:56,799 --> 01:06:58,480 but Mayor Petro, to your point, there's 1582 01:06:58,480 --> 01:07:00,720 a challenge there about the use of 1583 01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:05,750 tools. Uh Laura, 1584 01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:08,160 » hello everyone. I'm sorry I'm not there 1585 01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:11,680 in person. Um it's been a day, but hey, 1586 01:07:11,680 --> 01:07:14,559 I I love this new map. I have pulled it 1587 01:07:14,559 --> 01:07:17,119 up multiple times over the last couple 1588 01:07:17,119 --> 01:07:19,920 of weeks um to illustrate things with 1589 01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:23,280 colleagues and conceptually I really 1590 01:07:23,280 --> 01:07:25,359 like the idea. I think it makes a lot of 1591 01:07:25,359 --> 01:07:27,760 logical sense that you know the fewer 1592 01:07:27,760 --> 01:07:30,480 people who have to travel to get to 1593 01:07:30,480 --> 01:07:33,920 employment um the better and that does 1594 01:07:33,920 --> 01:07:36,000 get more out of our our limited 1595 01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:39,920 transportation network. a couple of not 1596 01:07:39,920 --> 01:07:42,720 critiques, but just sort of sideboards 1597 01:07:42,720 --> 01:07:45,680 or things to consider. Um, there's 1598 01:07:45,680 --> 01:07:48,240 always going to be an employment center 1599 01:07:48,240 --> 01:07:50,640 sort of heavy hitter, right? Downtown 1600 01:07:50,640 --> 01:07:53,200 Salt Lake is always going to be this 1601 01:07:53,200 --> 01:07:56,319 sink for bringing people in for jobs. 1602 01:07:56,319 --> 01:07:58,559 Uh, there's always going to be places 1603 01:07:58,559 --> 01:08:00,079 where [snorts] 1604 01:08:00,079 --> 01:08:02,400 it just attracts folks from from all 1605 01:08:02,400 --> 01:08:05,039 over the region. That I think we need to 1606 01:08:05,039 --> 01:08:06,880 acknowledge. So you kind of have to take 1607 01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:08,720 it as sort of like, you know, this is a 1608 01:08:08,720 --> 01:08:11,680 rule of of thumb, but not a we have to 1609 01:08:11,680 --> 01:08:14,000 get the math to balance out. Exactly. 1610 01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:14,400 >> Agreed. 1611 01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:15,760 >> The other thing that I would note is 1612 01:08:15,760 --> 01:08:19,199 land values have a big uh a big impact 1613 01:08:19,199 --> 01:08:23,120 on this as well. Um 1614 01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:25,600 you may have noticed that the governor's 1615 01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:28,400 office caused a bit of a stir uh in some 1616 01:08:28,400 --> 01:08:30,560 Wasach counties over the last couple of 1617 01:08:30,560 --> 01:08:32,799 weeks. I'll just like put it out there 1618 01:08:32,799 --> 01:08:35,359 since it's out there. Um, you know, and 1619 01:08:35,359 --> 01:08:37,279 I pulled up this map and I was actually 1620 01:08:37,279 --> 01:08:38,799 looking. I said, "How many people 1621 01:08:38,799 --> 01:08:41,120 commute into Summit and Wasach counties 1622 01:08:41,120 --> 01:08:44,239 every day?" And a lot commute in because 1623 01:08:44,239 --> 01:08:47,440 the land is very expensive. But a lot of 1624 01:08:47,440 --> 01:08:50,480 people commute into Salt Lake County as 1625 01:08:50,480 --> 01:08:53,440 well from those counties. Um, people, 1626 01:08:53,440 --> 01:08:56,560 you know, want to live in in areas uh 1627 01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:58,480 where they have more space sometimes and 1628 01:08:58,480 --> 01:09:00,640 they work in a place that's that heavy 1629 01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:03,920 hitter employment anchor. Um, [snorts] 1630 01:09:03,920 --> 01:09:06,400 and also in Summit County in particular, 1631 01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:09,600 you know, Park City is so expensive that 1632 01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:12,719 just the ability for a lot of people to 1633 01:09:12,719 --> 01:09:14,480 live there, it's just, you know, it's 1634 01:09:14,480 --> 01:09:16,677 just hard to pack that many, 1635 01:09:16,677 --> 01:09:17,839 [clears throat] you know, people in 1636 01:09:17,839 --> 01:09:19,679 there and balance out the jobs. So, 1637 01:09:19,679 --> 01:09:22,080 anyways, just a couple of of caveats or 1638 01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:25,440 nuances for people to think about. Um, 1639 01:09:25,440 --> 01:09:29,120 but in general, I I love the concept of 1640 01:09:29,120 --> 01:09:32,319 thinking about how we can allow people 1641 01:09:32,319 --> 01:09:34,960 to accomplish more of their daily needs 1642 01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:37,279 and more of the the basic things to get 1643 01:09:37,279 --> 01:09:42,719 through life in their own communities. I love that. I would be interested if 1644 01:09:42,719 --> 01:09:44,560 through your searching of the map if 1645 01:09:44,560 --> 01:09:46,640 there is an area where it's pretty 1646 01:09:46,640 --> 01:09:48,719 50/50, where there actually is a really 1647 01:09:48,719 --> 01:09:50,159 good balance because that might be a 1648 01:09:50,159 --> 01:09:52,640 good example for us to um to say, well, 1649 01:09:52,640 --> 01:09:54,159 what does that community look like? How 1650 01:09:54,159 --> 01:09:56,159 could we model that elsewhere? 1651 01:09:56,159 --> 01:09:59,360 >> Yeah, Laura, thank you so much. Um, 1652 01:09:59,360 --> 01:10:02,400 I should note Laura is is leading a lot 1653 01:10:02,400 --> 01:10:05,120 of work in great partnership through the 1654 01:10:05,120 --> 01:10:07,520 build coordinating council try to 1655 01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:09,600 integrate the consideration of these 1656 01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:11,199 issues and has been an amazing partner 1657 01:10:11,199 --> 01:10:14,159 at the state level for us as uh local. 1658 01:10:14,159 --> 01:10:18,159 So, Laura um thank you very much. I I'll 1659 01:10:18,159 --> 01:10:19,760 say and Mayor Benian go to you in one 1660 01:10:19,760 --> 01:10:21,199 moment and then maybe Mr. share. After 1661 01:10:21,199 --> 01:10:23,280 that, we'll we'll uh wrap up this 1662 01:10:23,280 --> 01:10:25,920 discussion. Um Laura, you just made the 1663 01:10:25,920 --> 01:10:27,120 point about there's always going to be 1664 01:10:27,120 --> 01:10:28,800 certain areas that are more uh 1665 01:10:28,800 --> 01:10:31,280 employmentheavy. Uh Salt Lake, of 1666 01:10:31,280 --> 01:10:33,520 course, Ogden City is a job center for 1667 01:10:33,520 --> 01:10:35,600 Weber County, of course, and has great 1668 01:10:35,600 --> 01:10:39,199 uh balance. Um so, it's this is why so 1669 01:10:39,199 --> 01:10:41,920 and that's that is an appropriate thing. 1670 01:10:41,920 --> 01:10:45,920 Uh but this is why we showed you the 10% 1671 01:10:45,920 --> 01:10:49,679 analysis that if just 10% more of the 1672 01:10:49,679 --> 01:10:51,360 people now are commuting out of their 1673 01:10:51,360 --> 01:10:52,960 homes, out of their home cities for 1674 01:10:52,960 --> 01:10:55,360 work, just 10% were able to work in 1675 01:10:55,360 --> 01:10:57,679 their own cities, it would have a huge 1676 01:10:57,679 --> 01:10:59,600 transportation impact. So we're not 1677 01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:02,159 necessarily talking about a goal of 1678 01:11:02,159 --> 01:11:04,000 every community has perfect balance. 1679 01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:06,159 That's not realistic. but having even 1680 01:11:06,159 --> 01:11:08,719 modest impacts that more people could 1681 01:11:08,719 --> 01:11:09,920 live and work within their home 1682 01:11:09,920 --> 01:11:11,920 community can have a huge impact on 1683 01:11:11,920 --> 01:11:14,880 transportation. Mayor Benian, 1684 01:11:14,880 --> 01:11:17,920 >> yes, I also think this is a great map 1685 01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:19,760 and I thank you for all your work to 1686 01:11:19,760 --> 01:11:21,600 create it and to have this discussion. 1687 01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:25,440 And I think that's really crucial. And 1688 01:11:25,440 --> 01:11:29,040 um just thinking about our city and many 1689 01:11:29,040 --> 01:11:30,800 people in our city heading to the UD to 1690 01:11:30,800 --> 01:11:33,040 work that we aren't going to be able to 1691 01:11:33,040 --> 01:11:35,679 change things like that that are so set. 1692 01:11:35,679 --> 01:11:37,600 I know they have satellite clinics and 1693 01:11:37,600 --> 01:11:39,440 things and the same with Hill Air Force 1694 01:11:39,440 --> 01:11:42,159 Base like it's just not moving and that 1695 01:11:42,159 --> 01:11:43,360 you can't really have public 1696 01:11:43,360 --> 01:11:45,840 transportation and like front runner 1697 01:11:45,840 --> 01:11:48,000 going in there. But I'm wondering if 1698 01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:51,280 we're um maximizing van pools and other 1699 01:11:51,280 --> 01:11:53,440 things where we know we have big 1700 01:11:53,440 --> 01:11:55,760 employers and maybe having incentives 1701 01:11:55,760 --> 01:11:58,239 for those employers to because we could 1702 01:11:58,239 --> 01:12:02,000 maybe get 10% more of or more of their 1703 01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:05,760 employees using van pools that would be 1704 01:12:05,760 --> 01:12:07,679 able to reduce the traffic on our roads. 1705 01:12:07,679 --> 01:12:10,080 I think it's a great goal to reduce that 1706 01:12:10,080 --> 01:12:10,960 traffic. 1707 01:12:10,960 --> 01:12:12,719 >> Mayor Benny, thank you. transportation 1708 01:12:12,719 --> 01:12:16,880 choices key satellite locations for 1709 01:12:16,880 --> 01:12:18,880 medical facilities is another great 1710 01:12:18,880 --> 01:12:22,080 example of this basic uh dynamic. So uh 1711 01:12:22,080 --> 01:12:25,600 Mr. Chair, what happens next now? Um to 1712 01:12:25,600 --> 01:12:27,760 be honest, we don't know exactly what 1713 01:12:27,760 --> 01:12:29,920 happens next with this. We're trying to 1714 01:12:29,920 --> 01:12:32,719 put this information out and have good 1715 01:12:32,719 --> 01:12:35,679 dialogue with you all with all of the 1716 01:12:35,679 --> 01:12:38,400 stakeholders in the community about how 1717 01:12:38,400 --> 01:12:40,719 what policies we can implement that 1718 01:12:40,719 --> 01:12:42,480 would be that would help you advance 1719 01:12:42,480 --> 01:12:44,400 your goals and also try to improve this 1720 01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:46,159 jobs housing balance. We'll talk about 1721 01:12:46,159 --> 01:12:48,960 this more as we go forward uh at the 1722 01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:50,719 transportation conference at UD do 1723 01:12:50,719 --> 01:12:52,080 sponsors at the league of cities and 1724 01:12:52,080 --> 01:12:54,000 towns conference at the UAC conference 1725 01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:56,239 etc. Uh but if we want to solve our 1726 01:12:56,239 --> 01:12:58,719 transportation issues, build, innovate, 1727 01:12:58,719 --> 01:13:00,719 balance. We need to do all three. Okay. 1728 01:13:00,719 --> 01:13:03,040 >> Okay. Thank you very presentation and 1729 01:13:03,040 --> 01:13:05,199 it's interesting how technology is 1730 01:13:05,199 --> 01:13:06,719 moving to allow these types of things 1731 01:13:06,719 --> 01:13:08,640 for us to be able to see. I know there's 1732 01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:10,320 probably a lot more questions. This is a 1733 01:13:10,320 --> 01:13:12,320 subject we could carry on for a long 1734 01:13:12,320 --> 01:13:13,679 time for all of us to be able to learn 1735 01:13:13,679 --> 01:13:15,760 and see. But with that, we will move on 1736 01:13:15,760 --> 01:13:19,520 to uh Commissioner Harvey and 1737 01:13:19,520 --> 01:13:20,719 turn the time over to him for 1738 01:13:20,719 --> 01:13:25,990 transportation. 1739 01:13:26,000 --> 01:13:28,000 Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have actually 1740 01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:30,400 four items today. Three of which require 1741 01:13:30,400 --> 01:13:33,920 action uh regarding this. Um they're the 1742 01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:35,520 modifications that were approved by 1743 01:13:35,520 --> 01:13:38,320 Transcom in June. And the second is an 1744 01:13:38,320 --> 01:13:40,239 opportunity to take an action which most 1745 01:13:40,239 --> 01:13:43,280 was most recently heard just last week 1746 01:13:43,280 --> 01:13:46,800 about the 2027 through 2032 tip. And 1747 01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:50,960 then uh we'll have uh Ben help us with 1748 01:13:50,960 --> 01:13:52,560 those things. So, first off, on the 1749 01:13:52,560 --> 01:13:56,239 modifications of the 2026 to 2031 tip, 1750 01:13:56,239 --> 01:13:58,080 for those of you who are prepared and 1751 01:13:58,080 --> 01:13:59,440 familiar with that, are there any 1752 01:13:59,440 --> 01:14:02,560 questions of that? 1753 01:14:02,560 --> 01:14:04,960 Hearing none, then uh I'll go on to item 1754 01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:08,159 number 5B. Uh if there's no questions, 1755 01:14:08,159 --> 01:14:09,679 Ben, I'd like to turn the time over to 1756 01:14:09,679 --> 01:14:11,199 you. Thank you for being ready at the 1757 01:14:11,199 --> 01:14:13,520 mic so we can hurry along as our chair 1758 01:14:13,520 --> 01:14:15,840 has asked us to. And so, go ahead, Mr. 1759 01:14:15,840 --> 01:14:16,960 Wridge. 1760 01:14:16,960 --> 01:14:18,480 >> Wonderful. 1761 01:14:18,480 --> 01:14:20,800 Thank you, Commissioner. So, as the 1762 01:14:20,800 --> 01:14:23,679 commissioner mentioned there, when when 1763 01:14:23,679 --> 01:14:25,920 we have the opportunity to have a board 1764 01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:27,679 modification or an amendment to the 1765 01:14:27,679 --> 01:14:30,560 transportation improvement program, 1766 01:14:30,560 --> 01:14:32,560 we try to bring that to the regional 1767 01:14:32,560 --> 01:14:34,320 council. But in those months when the 1768 01:14:34,320 --> 01:14:36,560 regional council doesn't meet, then the 1769 01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:38,400 regional council has delegated that 1770 01:14:38,400 --> 01:14:41,120 responsibility to transcom. Hence the 1771 01:14:41,120 --> 01:14:43,040 action that the commissioner just 1772 01:14:43,040 --> 01:14:46,000 related to. But this particular month, 1773 01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:47,679 the month of August is a unique 1774 01:14:47,679 --> 01:14:49,760 opportunity when we have both transcom 1775 01:14:49,760 --> 01:14:52,400 and the regional council meeting. So we 1776 01:14:52,400 --> 01:14:55,040 met with transcom and and in the meeting 1777 01:14:55,040 --> 01:14:58,080 materials they had opportunity to review 1778 01:14:58,080 --> 01:15:01,360 those three tables that identified seven 1779 01:15:01,360 --> 01:15:05,199 projects for this board modification. 1780 01:15:05,199 --> 01:15:07,280 But they made that recommendation for 1781 01:15:07,280 --> 01:15:09,600 the regional council. But to enable you 1782 01:15:09,600 --> 01:15:12,239 to understand the projects and to be 1783 01:15:12,239 --> 01:15:14,480 able to prove those projects, we thought 1784 01:15:14,480 --> 01:15:16,880 rather than going through each one 1785 01:15:16,880 --> 01:15:19,120 individually with particular slide, we 1786 01:15:19,120 --> 01:15:21,440 would show them in a list format and we 1787 01:15:21,440 --> 01:15:24,400 would quickly go through them. So the 1788 01:15:24,400 --> 01:15:26,480 first project that was part of that 1789 01:15:26,480 --> 01:15:28,960 board modification is a new project. 1790 01:15:28,960 --> 01:15:32,560 It's on 2700 North. This is for a future 1791 01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:36,880 railroad grade crossing project on 2700 1792 01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:39,040 North there. the Union Pacific and the 1793 01:15:39,040 --> 01:15:42,080 light rail um or the commuter rail 1794 01:15:42,080 --> 01:15:44,960 crosses. Um this is for phase one. It's 1795 01:15:44,960 --> 01:15:48,640 concept design. The funding is $2.5 1796 01:15:48,640 --> 01:15:50,159 million 1797 01:15:50,159 --> 01:15:52,239 and there's a pending a federal aid 1798 01:15:52,239 --> 01:15:54,320 agreement application out for the $2 1799 01:15:54,320 --> 01:15:57,360 million for that project. The next 1800 01:15:57,360 --> 01:15:59,760 project is also a new project. This is a 1801 01:15:59,760 --> 01:16:02,239 project in Davis County on I-15. It's 1802 01:16:02,239 --> 01:16:06,159 actually where I-15 goes over 650 north. 1803 01:16:06,159 --> 01:16:08,159 This is to replace those structures that 1804 01:16:08,159 --> 01:16:10,080 are just worn out. They've been rehabbed 1805 01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:13,199 and repaired so often now that it's time 1806 01:16:13,199 --> 01:16:16,080 to replace those structures. The funding 1807 01:16:16,080 --> 01:16:20,239 for that project is 81 million estimate 1808 01:16:20,239 --> 01:16:23,040 and there's a pending federal aid um 1809 01:16:23,040 --> 01:16:29,990 grant application out for $64.8 million. 1810 01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:32,640 The next project is a project in Salt 1811 01:16:32,640 --> 01:16:35,040 Lake County and this is on I80. This is 1812 01:16:35,040 --> 01:16:37,360 to address the climbing lanes between 1813 01:16:37,360 --> 01:16:40,560 the turnoff there at Mountain Dell and 1814 01:16:40,560 --> 01:16:43,280 it goes up east to the Lamb's Canyon 1815 01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:45,840 turnoff. This project for those climbing 1816 01:16:45,840 --> 01:16:48,880 lanes is estimated to be 71 million. 1817 01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:50,960 There's also pending a federal aid grant 1818 01:16:50,960 --> 01:16:54,640 application for 42.6 million. So those 1819 01:16:54,640 --> 01:16:56,640 three projects are new to the tip. The 1820 01:16:56,640 --> 01:16:58,960 next projects are projects that require 1821 01:16:58,960 --> 01:17:02,320 additional funding. First project is a 1822 01:17:02,320 --> 01:17:03,760 project in Salt Lake. This the 1823 01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:05,920 Cottonwood Canyons grade separated 1824 01:17:05,920 --> 01:17:07,760 interchange. This is an interchange on 1825 01:17:07,760 --> 01:17:12,239 Wasach Boulevard at about 6900 South. Uh 1826 01:17:12,239 --> 01:17:14,400 this project is currently on the 1827 01:17:14,400 --> 01:17:16,320 program. This is going to help implement 1828 01:17:16,320 --> 01:17:19,040 the mobility hub and the additional 1829 01:17:19,040 --> 01:17:21,679 transit plus improve mobility in and 1830 01:17:21,679 --> 01:17:24,880 around the canyons area. Uh the request 1831 01:17:24,880 --> 01:17:27,600 is for an additional $16 million for a 1832 01:17:27,600 --> 01:17:31,120 total of $72 million on this project. 1833 01:17:31,120 --> 01:17:33,360 The next project requesting additional 1834 01:17:33,360 --> 01:17:36,159 funds is on I-15. 1835 01:17:36,159 --> 01:17:38,800 This is between 106 South and 90th 1836 01:17:38,800 --> 01:17:41,040 South. There's a project that's ongoing 1837 01:17:41,040 --> 01:17:42,960 right now. It's to repair the concrete 1838 01:17:42,960 --> 01:17:45,520 panels and it's including some pavement 1839 01:17:45,520 --> 01:17:47,840 grading, but there's been additional 1840 01:17:47,840 --> 01:17:50,080 needs identified with this project. So, 1841 01:17:50,080 --> 01:17:52,239 they're requesting that we add an 1842 01:17:52,239 --> 01:17:53,840 additional million dollars to this 1843 01:17:53,840 --> 01:17:57,040 project, making this total project 11.6 1844 01:17:57,040 --> 01:17:59,920 million. The next project is also on 1845 01:17:59,920 --> 01:18:02,640 I-15, just a little further north 1846 01:18:02,640 --> 01:18:06,320 between 7200 South and 5300 South. This 1847 01:18:06,320 --> 01:18:09,199 project is also to repair the concrete 1848 01:18:09,199 --> 01:18:13,199 panels, do some pavement grinding, but 1849 01:18:13,199 --> 01:18:14,800 in addition to that, there were some 1850 01:18:14,800 --> 01:18:16,560 barriers that needed some additional 1851 01:18:16,560 --> 01:18:19,199 attention. So, they're asking that an 1852 01:18:19,199 --> 01:18:21,760 additional 1.7 million be programmed for 1853 01:18:21,760 --> 01:18:23,840 this project, giving this project a 1854 01:18:23,840 --> 01:18:27,520 total fund of 14 plus million. The last 1855 01:18:27,520 --> 01:18:29,679 project then before you is a funding 1856 01:18:29,679 --> 01:18:32,640 reduction. Back in 2025, 1857 01:18:32,640 --> 01:18:35,679 the legislative session approved $300 1858 01:18:35,679 --> 01:18:38,960 million for pedestrian crossing project 1859 01:18:38,960 --> 01:18:41,520 on 300 West. This is somewhere between 1860 01:18:41,520 --> 01:18:43,760 South Temple and First South. This is 1861 01:18:43,760 --> 01:18:46,000 also to address the mobility and improve 1862 01:18:46,000 --> 01:18:47,520 safety. 1863 01:18:47,520 --> 01:18:50,640 This past legislative session in 2026, 1864 01:18:50,640 --> 01:18:52,480 they reduced the amount of that project 1865 01:18:52,480 --> 01:18:55,440 down to 250 million. So those are the 1866 01:18:55,440 --> 01:18:57,600 projects before yet this time for this 1867 01:18:57,600 --> 01:18:59,199 board modification. 1868 01:18:59,199 --> 01:19:01,600 >> Perfect. Thank you board. Are there any 1869 01:19:01,600 --> 01:19:04,159 questions with any of those? May Mayor 1870 01:19:04,159 --> 01:19:04,960 Sotansky. 1871 01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:07,679 >> Yes. I have a question. Is it the are we 1872 01:19:07,679 --> 01:19:09,440 expanding the scope of these projects or 1873 01:19:09,440 --> 01:19:11,199 is it construction costs that are 1874 01:19:11,199 --> 01:19:13,360 increasing? What's happening out there 1875 01:19:13,360 --> 01:19:15,360 in the capital projects land with 1876 01:19:15,360 --> 01:19:17,360 respect to construction costs? I heard 1877 01:19:17,360 --> 01:19:19,920 they were actually going down. Are we 1878 01:19:19,920 --> 01:19:21,920 experiencing that? 1879 01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:26,159 >> We are. Ben, maybe if you can on a 1880 01:19:26,159 --> 01:19:28,560 deeper note. 1881 01:19:28,560 --> 01:19:31,360 Yeah, like the the projects on I-15, 1882 01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:33,840 these examples, the the cost, these are 1883 01:19:33,840 --> 01:19:35,440 um mostly related to the scope of the 1884 01:19:35,440 --> 01:19:36,640 project. Like when you get out there 1885 01:19:36,640 --> 01:19:39,280 with the pavement, they um they get into 1886 01:19:39,280 --> 01:19:41,440 the project and then they see the extent 1887 01:19:41,440 --> 01:19:44,719 um they uncover some additional work. Uh 1888 01:19:44,719 --> 01:19:47,520 construction cost index. I think that's 1889 01:19:47,520 --> 01:19:50,640 a that's an interesting topic. Um 1890 01:19:50,640 --> 01:19:53,920 overall over the you know over the last 1891 01:19:53,920 --> 01:19:55,600 few years the construction cost index 1892 01:19:55,600 --> 01:19:58,400 has gone up by quite a bit. I think that 1893 01:19:58,400 --> 01:20:00,000 I was just pulling it up before the 1894 01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:01,840 meeting is there has been a little bit 1895 01:20:01,840 --> 01:20:04,480 of a flattening on the the construction 1896 01:20:04,480 --> 01:20:06,719 cost index as far as the rate of how 1897 01:20:06,719 --> 01:20:09,840 much it's going up. Um I think 1898 01:20:09,840 --> 01:20:11,440 anecdotally I think the last little 1899 01:20:11,440 --> 01:20:13,440 while on some of the UD do projects that 1900 01:20:13,440 --> 01:20:15,360 we report with our transportation 1901 01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:17,840 commission we've been seeing increased 1902 01:20:17,840 --> 01:20:19,679 um number of biders which is always 1903 01:20:19,679 --> 01:20:22,320 good. I think that that that competition 1904 01:20:22,320 --> 01:20:25,440 usually has an effect on on cost and you 1905 01:20:25,440 --> 01:20:29,120 know when we were in the highest levels 1906 01:20:29,120 --> 01:20:32,800 of construction cost inflation there was 1907 01:20:32,800 --> 01:20:35,199 fewer bidders you know less competition 1908 01:20:35,199 --> 01:20:38,159 that types of thing. So I think it's um 1909 01:20:38,159 --> 01:20:40,800 overall like I said it's it has 1910 01:20:40,800 --> 01:20:42,239 increased but there has been a little 1911 01:20:42,239 --> 01:20:43,920 bit of a leveling off recently. 1912 01:20:43,920 --> 01:20:45,920 >> Hope the costs continue to go in that 1913 01:20:45,920 --> 01:20:48,960 trend. Uh but you're saying that these 1914 01:20:48,960 --> 01:20:50,880 are once you get into a project you're 1915 01:20:50,880 --> 01:20:52,480 discovering more is needed and 1916 01:20:52,480 --> 01:20:54,880 unexpected conditions. 1917 01:20:54,880 --> 01:20:56,560 >> Yeah. Like the the I-15 ones 1918 01:20:56,560 --> 01:20:58,880 specifically. I think we had when we 1919 01:20:58,880 --> 01:21:00,320 went over these with our transportation 1920 01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:01,679 commission, we had some pictures and 1921 01:21:01,679 --> 01:21:05,840 things like that where, you know, you look at a panel, they remove the 1922 01:21:05,840 --> 01:21:07,679 panel, they see some more extensive 1923 01:21:07,679 --> 01:21:09,440 damage, and then they adjust the scope 1924 01:21:09,440 --> 01:21:11,040 to to fix that. 1925 01:21:11,040 --> 01:21:13,280 >> Needs to happen every time. Thanks. 1926 01:21:13,280 --> 01:21:15,679 >> Great. And and and also just a sidebar 1927 01:21:15,679 --> 01:21:17,920 comment on that, mayor, is uh we've seen 1928 01:21:17,920 --> 01:21:19,760 the cost of we've seen the cost of iron 1929 01:21:19,760 --> 01:21:22,080 mainly in buildings. smaller iron jobs 1930 01:21:22,080 --> 01:21:24,480 may be flattened quicker than as so iron 1931 01:21:24,480 --> 01:21:27,840 maybe so but asphalt not so much and 1932 01:21:27,840 --> 01:21:29,679 that's related a lot of it related to 1933 01:21:29,679 --> 01:21:32,320 oils and so at this that's what we've 1934 01:21:32,320 --> 01:21:34,640 learned okay Ben I'm going to take 1935 01:21:34,640 --> 01:21:37,040 action on I 5B if that's okay with you 1936 01:21:37,040 --> 01:21:37,760 and thank you 1937 01:21:37,760 --> 01:21:40,000 >> Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion to 1938 01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:42,320 adopt the resolution to modify the 2026 1939 01:21:42,320 --> 01:21:45,280 through 2031 transportation improvement 1940 01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:47,679 program or the tip is presented. Like to 1941 01:21:47,679 --> 01:21:48,800 get a second for that. 1942 01:21:48,800 --> 01:21:50,400 >> Second. 1943 01:21:50,400 --> 01:21:52,639 >> John Cross. 1944 01:21:52,639 --> 01:21:54,320 >> Great. 1945 01:21:54,320 --> 01:21:56,159 >> All in favor say I. 1946 01:21:56,159 --> 01:21:57,199 >> I. 1947 01:21:57,199 --> 01:21:58,480 >> Opposed? 1948 01:21:58,480 --> 01:22:00,800 >> I should That's unanimous. 1949 01:22:00,800 --> 01:22:02,880 >> Thank you. like to move on to item 1950 01:22:02,880 --> 01:22:04,960 number 5C if there if I could please 1951 01:22:04,960 --> 01:22:08,159 which is the 2027 through 2020 to 1952 01:22:08,159 --> 01:22:10,480 through 2032 1953 01:22:10,480 --> 01:22:12,320 tip or transportation improvement 1954 01:22:12,320 --> 01:22:14,000 program so the next year thank you Ben 1955 01:22:14,000 --> 01:22:16,800 go ahead perfect thank you commissioner 1956 01:22:16,800 --> 01:22:19,440 so this is a big day this celebration 1957 01:22:19,440 --> 01:22:22,320 here as we have opportunity to review 1958 01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:25,360 and approve the 2732 transportation 1959 01:22:25,360 --> 01:22:27,360 improvement program as well as the 1960 01:22:27,360 --> 01:22:30,400 conformity I'd like to review real quick 1961 01:22:30,400 --> 01:22:32,400 with you just some of the benefits or 1962 01:22:32,400 --> 01:22:35,360 some of the the abilities or the 1963 01:22:35,360 --> 01:22:37,760 opportunities that the document the 1964 01:22:37,760 --> 01:22:39,520 transportation improvement program 1965 01:22:39,520 --> 01:22:42,719 actually provide. So as we look at this 1966 01:22:42,719 --> 01:22:45,520 year once you approve we'll have the 1967 01:22:45,520 --> 01:22:47,600 2732 1968 01:22:47,600 --> 01:22:50,400 we will submit this information it'll go 1969 01:22:50,400 --> 01:22:53,360 with you do with the full state all the 1970 01:22:53,360 --> 01:22:55,760 tips making the state transportation 1971 01:22:55,760 --> 01:22:58,000 improvement program or the stip that'll 1972 01:22:58,000 --> 01:22:59,920 go to federal highways and federal 1973 01:22:59,920 --> 01:23:01,600 transit for their review during the 1974 01:23:01,600 --> 01:23:04,159 month of September. Then come October 1975 01:23:04,159 --> 01:23:07,199 one we will be working under the 2732 1976 01:23:07,199 --> 01:23:10,880 transportation improvement program. So, 1977 01:23:10,880 --> 01:23:12,800 what is the transportation improvement 1978 01:23:12,800 --> 01:23:15,840 program? As a reminder here, it is for 1979 01:23:15,840 --> 01:23:17,600 all of the highway, active 1980 01:23:17,600 --> 01:23:20,000 transportation, and transit projects 1981 01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:22,320 over the next six years. It's those 1982 01:23:22,320 --> 01:23:24,560 projects that were referred to when we 1983 01:23:24,560 --> 01:23:26,000 were talking about the regional 1984 01:23:26,000 --> 01:23:28,800 transportation plan. It's the urban 1985 01:23:28,800 --> 01:23:30,719 areas. It's a Salt Lake Dog and 1986 01:23:30,719 --> 01:23:32,560 Leighton. So, essentially from Utah 1987 01:23:32,560 --> 01:23:34,239 County all the way up through Bigham 1988 01:23:34,239 --> 01:23:36,400 City. It's funded with federal, state, 1989 01:23:36,400 --> 01:23:38,719 and local government funds. And it's 1990 01:23:38,719 --> 01:23:40,480 also for all of the cities, the 1991 01:23:40,480 --> 01:23:43,520 counties, UDOT and UTA. So there's a lot 1992 01:23:43,520 --> 01:23:45,440 of projects in there. And these projects 1993 01:23:45,440 --> 01:23:48,159 include pretty much in these categories 1994 01:23:48,159 --> 01:23:50,960 or silos there, the new construction, 1995 01:23:50,960 --> 01:23:53,520 the rehabilitation, the maintenance, 1996 01:23:53,520 --> 01:23:56,080 safety, intelligent transportation 1997 01:23:56,080 --> 01:23:58,239 systems, transit, operating and 1998 01:23:58,239 --> 01:24:00,800 maintenance, pedestrian and bike. Now, 1999 01:24:00,800 --> 01:24:03,360 as an elected official, you plan, you 2000 01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:05,840 program, you do a lot of work. Seldom do 2001 01:24:05,840 --> 01:24:07,679 you have the opportunity to just sit 2002 01:24:07,679 --> 01:24:09,920 back and see what's going on. You got 2003 01:24:09,920 --> 01:24:12,159 too many things going on. So, real 2004 01:24:12,159 --> 01:24:14,400 quick, I'd just like to show some 2005 01:24:14,400 --> 01:24:16,719 pictures of the projects that have gone 2006 01:24:16,719 --> 01:24:20,800 on or going on, let you reflect quick 2007 01:24:20,800 --> 01:24:22,320 some of the things that are happening 2008 01:24:22,320 --> 01:24:24,880 along the Watch front. So if you were to 2009 01:24:24,880 --> 01:24:27,360 look at 5600 West, a project that's 2010 01:24:27,360 --> 01:24:30,560 nearing completion, but the significance 2011 01:24:30,560 --> 01:24:33,360 amount of work in the area, 2012 01:24:33,360 --> 01:24:35,440 then we've got down on Bangar Highways. 2013 01:24:35,440 --> 01:24:37,679 You're probably well aware of all the 2014 01:24:37,679 --> 01:24:40,080 work that's going on in these areas. 2015 01:24:40,080 --> 01:24:42,719 Some of this is amazing, right? Shepher 2016 01:24:42,719 --> 01:24:44,880 improvements along here, project that's 2017 01:24:44,880 --> 01:24:47,520 opening up in sections and in just in 2018 01:24:47,520 --> 01:24:49,520 general, construction happening all 2019 01:24:49,520 --> 01:24:51,679 around us. Well, if we were to look at 2020 01:24:51,679 --> 01:24:53,760 the rehab and the maintenance type of 2021 01:24:53,760 --> 01:24:55,520 activities that are going along, that 2022 01:24:55,520 --> 01:24:58,320 white stuff's called snow. We look at 2023 01:24:58,320 --> 01:25:01,280 forward to that. Uh the next here is 2024 01:25:01,280 --> 01:25:04,159 operations and safety things that are 2025 01:25:04,159 --> 01:25:06,880 happening. 2026 01:25:06,880 --> 01:25:08,880 And then we've got our bicycle and 2027 01:25:08,880 --> 01:25:11,600 pedestrian I sorry, skip the transit, 2028 01:25:11,600 --> 01:25:13,199 the capital improvements and the 2029 01:25:13,199 --> 01:25:15,920 operations and maintenance. 2030 01:25:15,920 --> 01:25:17,600 And then we've got our pedestrian and 2031 01:25:17,600 --> 01:25:20,080 bicycle facilities. So the 2032 01:25:20,080 --> 01:25:22,159 transportation improvement program has 2033 01:25:22,159 --> 01:25:24,239 all of these projects that have funding 2034 01:25:24,239 --> 01:25:26,400 associated with them. This is the 2035 01:25:26,400 --> 01:25:29,199 document that contains those projects. 2036 01:25:29,199 --> 01:25:31,760 So as we were preparing this, we know 2037 01:25:31,760 --> 01:25:34,000 and understand the TIP represents 2038 01:25:34,000 --> 01:25:35,840 billions of dollars, hundreds of 2039 01:25:35,840 --> 01:25:38,080 billions of dollars. We're looking at 2040 01:25:38,080 --> 01:25:39,840 thousands, well not hundreds of 2041 01:25:39,840 --> 01:25:42,080 billions, hundreds and millions, but 2042 01:25:42,080 --> 01:25:45,040 several billion. thousands of jobs, the 2043 01:25:45,040 --> 01:25:46,800 economic growth and development, the 2044 01:25:46,800 --> 01:25:49,600 mobility and access, preservation of 2045 01:25:49,600 --> 01:25:51,520 life, and the quality of life that we 2046 01:25:51,520 --> 01:25:53,040 were referring to earlier in the 2047 01:25:53,040 --> 01:25:55,440 discussion. All of this ties in with 2048 01:25:55,440 --> 01:25:56,880 everything else we've been talking 2049 01:25:56,880 --> 01:26:00,320 about. Well, so we needed to take this 2050 01:26:00,320 --> 01:26:02,239 out for the public for their review. 2051 01:26:02,239 --> 01:26:04,239 That's part of the requirements set by 2052 01:26:04,239 --> 01:26:06,800 the federal highways 2053 01:26:06,800 --> 01:26:09,520 uh transmit on the 18th and they said, 2054 01:26:09,520 --> 01:26:11,440 "We want you to go out for public review 2055 01:26:11,440 --> 01:26:13,600 and comment." and that initiated on the 2056 01:26:13,600 --> 01:26:16,880 27th. That concluded on August 2nd. 2057 01:26:16,880 --> 01:26:18,639 During that time, we had three open 2058 01:26:18,639 --> 01:26:21,679 houses, two, one in Ogden, one in Salt 2059 01:26:21,679 --> 01:26:24,320 Lake, and one online. 2060 01:26:24,320 --> 01:26:26,719 And in addition to this, collecting this 2061 01:26:26,719 --> 01:26:29,199 information, these comments from people, 2062 01:26:29,199 --> 01:26:31,199 we had the hard documents that we were 2063 01:26:31,199 --> 01:26:33,920 able to. But one of our most effective 2064 01:26:33,920 --> 01:26:36,000 ways to collect comments is through our 2065 01:26:36,000 --> 01:26:37,679 interactive map where someone in the 2066 01:26:37,679 --> 01:26:39,440 leisure of their own home, maybe with 2067 01:26:39,440 --> 01:26:41,679 their family all around them, clicking 2068 01:26:41,679 --> 01:26:44,080 on a button on the project, being able 2069 01:26:44,080 --> 01:26:46,320 to reference that project, seeing the 2070 01:26:46,320 --> 01:26:49,360 information, and then leaving a comment. 2071 01:26:49,360 --> 01:26:51,199 Well, in your meeting materials, you 2072 01:26:51,199 --> 01:26:53,440 also have a summary of all of those 2073 01:26:53,440 --> 01:26:55,120 comments. 2074 01:26:55,120 --> 01:26:57,360 And in addition to the summary, you also 2075 01:26:57,360 --> 01:27:00,000 have a list of all of the projects we 2076 01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:02,159 received. Now, this is something that 2077 01:27:02,159 --> 01:27:03,760 occurred to me and I made a note and 2078 01:27:03,760 --> 01:27:06,159 shared it with Transcom, but we have a 2079 01:27:06,159 --> 01:27:08,800 little misunderstanding on our public 2080 01:27:08,800 --> 01:27:10,800 comment. Sometimes we hear from the 2081 01:27:10,800 --> 01:27:15,440 people, why I told you I didn't like the project and you build it anyway, so 2082 01:27:15,440 --> 01:27:18,880 you didn't listen to me. Well, sometimes 2083 01:27:18,880 --> 01:27:21,920 we don't have that choice to not build a 2084 01:27:21,920 --> 01:27:24,000 project. We have a project that needs to 2085 01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:26,800 happen. The reason for that comment, 2086 01:27:26,800 --> 01:27:29,120 public comment review and opportunity is 2087 01:27:29,120 --> 01:27:31,840 for you to tell us how we can make this 2088 01:27:31,840 --> 01:27:34,159 project better. What do we need to see? 2089 01:27:34,159 --> 01:27:37,440 What do we need to do? What's necessary 2090 01:27:37,440 --> 01:27:40,800 to address the concerns that you have? 2091 01:27:40,800 --> 01:27:42,800 There's a project that happened not too 2092 01:27:42,800 --> 01:27:44,639 long ago, a couple of years ago. This 2093 01:27:44,639 --> 01:27:47,840 was the improvements to US89. 2094 01:27:47,840 --> 01:27:50,000 That had to happen. A lot of people 2095 01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:52,080 didn't like it. But the comments that 2096 01:27:52,080 --> 01:27:53,679 made a difference were those that come 2097 01:27:53,679 --> 01:27:55,920 in and says, "We don't want to look out 2098 01:27:55,920 --> 01:27:57,920 the back window and look right onto the 2099 01:27:57,920 --> 01:28:00,800 highway. What can you do to make that 2100 01:28:00,800 --> 01:28:02,560 not happen?" And so the department 2101 01:28:02,560 --> 01:28:04,159 looked at that. They were able to 2102 01:28:04,159 --> 01:28:06,239 analyze it to where they were able to 2103 01:28:06,239 --> 01:28:08,639 drop the grade of 89. If you've driven 2104 01:28:08,639 --> 01:28:11,840 on 89, they've dropped the grade. Well, 2105 01:28:11,840 --> 01:28:14,320 in the analysis, that benefited two 2106 01:28:14,320 --> 01:28:17,920 projects. one, we actually that 89 2107 01:28:17,920 --> 01:28:20,800 project cost less, but then all that 2108 01:28:20,800 --> 01:28:23,440 hall material, they used it to the west 2109 01:28:23,440 --> 01:28:25,199 when they were building the West Davis 2110 01:28:25,199 --> 01:28:28,159 Highway. So, we got a benefit from the 2111 01:28:28,159 --> 01:28:30,560 public comment that come in and said, 2112 01:28:30,560 --> 01:28:32,239 "We don't want to be looking at the 2113 01:28:32,239 --> 01:28:34,320 road. We know you got to build it. How 2114 01:28:34,320 --> 01:28:36,800 about this idea?" And so, those public 2115 01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:39,440 comments are important. So when we get 2116 01:28:39,440 --> 01:28:42,080 that public comment, we take those 2117 01:28:42,080 --> 01:28:44,320 information or we take that we take it 2118 01:28:44,320 --> 01:28:47,440 to the project management meetings and 2119 01:28:47,440 --> 01:28:50,880 the appropriate project action happens 2120 01:28:50,880 --> 01:28:53,360 and we're able to get a better product 2121 01:28:53,360 --> 01:28:54,880 utilizing the funds that we've been 2122 01:28:54,880 --> 01:28:56,800 entrusted with and we're able to make 2123 01:28:56,800 --> 01:28:59,760 things happen. So with that 2124 01:28:59,760 --> 01:29:04,000 understanding and on the very heel of 2125 01:29:04,000 --> 01:29:07,840 the approval of the 2732 tip, I'd like 2126 01:29:07,840 --> 01:29:09,679 all of you if you reach under the table 2127 01:29:09,679 --> 01:29:12,320 about to your elbow right in front of 2128 01:29:12,320 --> 01:29:14,159 you, you'll have a little something 2129 01:29:14,159 --> 01:29:16,560 there that once you approve that 2130 01:29:16,560 --> 01:29:18,480 document, 2131 01:29:18,480 --> 01:29:20,159 all of you should have one around the 2132 01:29:20,159 --> 01:29:23,590 table. 2133 01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:25,679 So hopefully you got one. If you don't, 2134 01:29:25,679 --> 01:29:29,920 I got extras in my pocket just in case. 2135 01:29:29,920 --> 01:29:33,840 It was dark at night when I was 2136 01:29:33,840 --> 01:29:38,719 You got them under there. Okay. So, 2137 01:29:38,719 --> 01:29:41,199 >> Commissioner, if if if there's no 2138 01:29:41,199 --> 01:29:43,920 further questions on that, that's all I 2139 01:29:43,920 --> 01:29:48,320 have for this portion of the agenda. 2140 01:29:48,320 --> 01:29:50,880 >> Thank you, Ben. Always very creative. 2141 01:29:50,880 --> 01:29:53,120 they go along with their the first 2142 01:29:53,120 --> 01:29:55,600 slides on this particular section on 2143 01:29:55,600 --> 01:29:57,840 these little uh those of you who aren't 2144 01:29:57,840 --> 01:30:00,239 in person you'll maybe have this 2145 01:30:00,239 --> 01:30:03,760 excitement in your next lifetime but uh 2146 01:30:03,760 --> 01:30:08,880 we always good and so I'm looking Mr. 2147 01:30:08,880 --> 01:30:10,239 Chair, with your permission, are there 2148 01:30:10,239 --> 01:30:11,600 any questions from the board, either 2149 01:30:11,600 --> 01:30:13,679 online or here? 2150 01:30:13,679 --> 01:30:15,920 Seeing none online, seeing none in here, 2151 01:30:15,920 --> 01:30:17,840 I'll I I'll make the motion we approve 2152 01:30:17,840 --> 01:30:21,440 the 2027 through 2032 TIP program as 2153 01:30:21,440 --> 01:30:23,760 presented by Mr. Wridge today. Looking 2154 01:30:23,760 --> 01:30:31,590 for a second. 2155 01:30:31,600 --> 01:30:36,390 » I I 2156 01:30:36,400 --> 01:30:41,669 » Thank you. Here we go. Ready? 2157 01:30:41,679 --> 01:30:44,560 Oh, that was exciting. 2158 01:30:44,560 --> 01:30:46,639 >> I wish all of you online could have been 2159 01:30:46,639 --> 01:30:47,520 here. 2160 01:30:47,520 --> 01:30:49,040 >> Thank you, everyone. Our liability 2161 01:30:49,040 --> 01:30:51,120 insurance is uh up to date, so we're 2162 01:30:51,120 --> 01:30:52,000 good. 2163 01:30:52,000 --> 01:30:53,760 >> Uh-huh. 2164 01:30:53,760 --> 01:30:56,880 >> I've got one thing. If I could, 2165 01:30:56,880 --> 01:30:59,600 >> please uh buckle up. The next one, I'd 2166 01:30:59,600 --> 01:31:01,120 like to turn a couple of minutes over to 2167 01:31:01,120 --> 01:31:03,280 Wayne Benign, our ambassador of 2168 01:31:03,280 --> 01:31:06,239 excitement. and uh if you could talk to 2169 01:31:06,239 --> 01:31:08,080 us about the self-certification in the 2170 01:31:08,080 --> 01:31:11,520 planning process. Wayne, go ahead. 2171 01:31:11,520 --> 01:31:13,679 >> Thank you, Commissioner. 2172 01:31:13,679 --> 01:31:16,159 When the TIP is submitted to Federal 2173 01:31:16,159 --> 01:31:18,560 Highway and Federal Transit, as Ben 2174 01:31:18,560 --> 01:31:21,199 mentioned, we also have the opportunity 2175 01:31:21,199 --> 01:31:24,880 to submit a document that certifies that 2176 01:31:24,880 --> 01:31:27,199 the regional council is complying with 2177 01:31:27,199 --> 01:31:30,320 all the federal requirements in its 2178 01:31:30,320 --> 01:31:32,239 regional transportation planning 2179 01:31:32,239 --> 01:31:33,600 process. 2180 01:31:33,600 --> 01:31:37,360 Uh that self-certification is in the 2181 01:31:37,360 --> 01:31:40,320 meeting materials and transcom had the 2182 01:31:40,320 --> 01:31:43,760 opportunity to review and discuss that 2183 01:31:43,760 --> 01:31:46,320 last week at their meeting and has 2184 01:31:46,320 --> 01:31:48,080 recommended an approval of that 2185 01:31:48,080 --> 01:31:49,760 self-certification 2186 01:31:49,760 --> 01:31:53,920 and I'm happy to answer any questions. 2187 01:31:53,920 --> 01:31:55,679 >> Thank you. Are there any questions for 2188 01:31:55,679 --> 01:31:57,600 Mr. Benyan? 2189 01:31:57,600 --> 01:31:58,800 Hearing none, Mr. Chair, I'd like 2190 01:31:58,800 --> 01:31:59,840 >> Well, I had a question. If it's 2191 01:31:59,840 --> 01:32:01,520 self-certification, why do we need to 2192 01:32:01,520 --> 01:32:03,199 approve it? That's that's something 2193 01:32:03,199 --> 01:32:05,679 you'll have to self adjust in your own 2194 01:32:05,679 --> 01:32:07,440 your sink. So there you go. Thanks, 2195 01:32:07,440 --> 01:32:09,440 Mayor Burton. 2196 01:32:09,440 --> 01:32:11,280 >> We appreciate that. Mr. Chair, I'll make 2197 01:32:11,280 --> 01:32:13,040 that motion we approve the resolution 2198 01:32:13,040 --> 01:32:14,639 certifying the transportation planning 2199 01:32:14,639 --> 01:32:15,120 process. 2200 01:32:15,120 --> 01:32:18,950 >> Do we have a second? 2201 01:32:18,960 --> 01:32:21,040 » Second. All in favor say I. 2202 01:32:21,040 --> 01:32:21,440 >> I. 2203 01:32:21,440 --> 01:32:23,280 Any opposed? 2204 01:32:23,280 --> 01:32:25,040 >> Mr. Chair, that concludes my report. 2205 01:32:25,040 --> 01:32:27,440 Thank you, Mayor Burton. Thank you. By 2206 01:32:27,440 --> 01:32:29,360 voting for that self-certification, you 2207 01:32:29,360 --> 01:32:31,040 affirm that you've carefully read the 2208 01:32:31,040 --> 01:32:33,280 entirety of the documentation and you 2209 01:32:33,280 --> 01:32:34,960 agree that we are fulfilling all of the 2210 01:32:34,960 --> 01:32:37,199 applicable requirements. Thank you very 2211 01:32:37,199 --> 01:32:37,600 much. 2212 01:32:37,600 --> 01:32:39,120 >> I did it myself. 2213 01:32:39,120 --> 01:32:41,360 >> Thank you. Thank you. And just if I 2214 01:32:41,360 --> 01:32:43,920 might really briefly before we move on, 2215 01:32:43,920 --> 01:32:49,040 um Ben quickly went through uh the the 2216 01:32:49,040 --> 01:32:51,679 transportation improvement program which 2217 01:32:51,679 --> 01:32:53,840 includes as he said hundreds of millions 2218 01:32:53,840 --> 01:32:56,800 of dollars for hundreds of projects in 2219 01:32:56,800 --> 01:32:59,199 every community in the region. And the 2220 01:32:59,199 --> 01:33:02,800 way and with little drama, a touch of 2221 01:33:02,800 --> 01:33:05,840 fanfare, a little drama. And this is 2222 01:33:05,840 --> 01:33:08,159 indicative of the way that we do 2223 01:33:08,159 --> 01:33:10,400 transportation work. As I noted before 2224 01:33:10,400 --> 01:33:13,760 in Utah with all of our partners working 2225 01:33:13,760 --> 01:33:17,280 together from federal level Ivan to the 2226 01:33:17,280 --> 01:33:20,400 state to UDOT to UTA to the counties to 2227 01:33:20,400 --> 01:33:22,639 the cities to the MPOS's the elected 2228 01:33:22,639 --> 01:33:24,800 officials and staff the level of 2229 01:33:24,800 --> 01:33:28,080 partnership and effective collaboration 2230 01:33:28,080 --> 01:33:30,239 is really terrific here. It is known 2231 01:33:30,239 --> 01:33:33,040 around the country and tons of work goes 2232 01:33:33,040 --> 01:33:35,520 into this from you and all of your 2233 01:33:35,520 --> 01:33:38,080 teams, Ben uh and the other folks at 2234 01:33:38,080 --> 01:33:39,679 WFRC. 2235 01:33:39,679 --> 01:33:41,120 So, I just want to express appreciation 2236 01:33:41,120 --> 01:33:42,719 and acknowledgement. These things don't 2237 01:33:42,719 --> 01:33:44,159 happen on their own. It takes 2238 01:33:44,159 --> 01:33:45,920 intentional collaboration and effort. 2239 01:33:45,920 --> 01:33:47,199 Thank you. 2240 01:33:47,199 --> 01:33:49,280 >> Appreciate that. We'll now move on to 2241 01:33:49,280 --> 01:33:52,560 item six. Uh this deals with programming 2242 01:33:52,560 --> 01:33:54,000 for funds for transportation. I think 2243 01:33:54,000 --> 01:33:56,239 we're going to ask Wayne to come up uh 2244 01:33:56,239 --> 01:33:58,080 again and maybe just give a little 2245 01:33:58,080 --> 01:34:01,199 insight on this. 2246 01:34:01,199 --> 01:34:04,000 >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. 2247 01:34:04,000 --> 01:34:06,639 Uh, as we've got our annual funding 2248 01:34:06,639 --> 01:34:08,639 cycle, the beginning of our annual 2249 01:34:08,639 --> 01:34:10,880 funding cycle approaching, we just want 2250 01:34:10,880 --> 01:34:15,920 to take the opportunity to uh review 2251 01:34:15,920 --> 01:34:19,600 quickly with you uh the funding programs 2252 01:34:19,600 --> 01:34:23,440 that WFRC administers for these first 2253 01:34:23,440 --> 01:34:25,600 five. You'll note that a letter of 2254 01:34:25,600 --> 01:34:31,590 intent is due September 30th. 2255 01:34:31,600 --> 01:34:34,800 And then these others are on an ongoing 2256 01:34:34,800 --> 01:34:38,400 or have different timelines, but uh 2257 01:34:38,400 --> 01:34:41,280 please reach out if you have interest in 2258 01:34:41,280 --> 01:34:45,040 and any of these uh last programs as 2259 01:34:45,040 --> 01:34:48,400 well. Um we encourage you to talk with 2260 01:34:48,400 --> 01:34:51,199 your staff, think about needs in your 2261 01:34:51,199 --> 01:34:54,320 communities, and uh submit a letter of 2262 01:34:54,320 --> 01:34:57,760 intent to help you address those needs. 2263 01:34:57,760 --> 01:35:01,040 I'll note that there's an email coming 2264 01:35:01,040 --> 01:35:04,080 uh next week with more information and 2265 01:35:04,080 --> 01:35:06,880 we're also intending to go out to the 2266 01:35:06,880 --> 01:35:09,440 councils of government and present a 2267 01:35:09,440 --> 01:35:12,320 more detailed presentation. 2268 01:35:12,320 --> 01:35:13,280 Thank you. 2269 01:35:13,280 --> 01:35:15,679 >> Yeah, Wayne, we we did not want to do a 2270 01:35:15,679 --> 01:35:18,800 detailed uh presentation about all these 2271 01:35:18,800 --> 01:35:20,080 programs that we have to help you in 2272 01:35:20,080 --> 01:35:21,920 this meeting because not everybody's 2273 01:35:21,920 --> 01:35:24,159 here. So, we're as Wayne's noting, we're 2274 01:35:24,159 --> 01:35:25,360 going to do it at the COG so every 2275 01:35:25,360 --> 01:35:27,040 community can hear it. And then also, 2276 01:35:27,040 --> 01:35:29,040 don't worry, we're also, as Wayne noted, 2277 01:35:29,040 --> 01:35:31,199 communicating with your staffs directly. 2278 01:35:31,199 --> 01:35:33,040 They get the information about these 2279 01:35:33,040 --> 01:35:35,600 funding programs. So, um, you'll get it 2280 01:35:35,600 --> 01:35:37,920 and they'll get it as well. 2281 01:35:37,920 --> 01:35:39,280 >> Okay. Thank you, Wayne. Appreciate it. 2282 01:35:39,280 --> 01:35:42,320 We'll now move down to item 6B, active 2283 01:35:42,320 --> 01:35:44,719 transportation. Ask Mayor Troy Walker. 2284 01:35:44,719 --> 01:35:46,639 And as he's unmuted himself and coming 2285 01:35:46,639 --> 01:35:48,960 on, I had an opportunity uh here the 2286 01:35:48,960 --> 01:35:50,239 last couple of weeks to spend some time 2287 01:35:50,239 --> 01:35:52,239 in Amsterdam. And I don't know how many 2288 01:35:52,239 --> 01:35:54,239 of you have ever been to Amsterdam, but 2289 01:35:54,239 --> 01:35:55,760 I guarantee you there is more active 2290 01:35:55,760 --> 01:35:57,520 transportation going on in that place 2291 01:35:57,520 --> 01:35:59,199 than anywhere in this world. It was 2292 01:35:59,199 --> 01:36:02,000 absolutely crazy the amount of bikes and 2293 01:36:02,000 --> 01:36:04,639 the buses and everything else that uh 2294 01:36:04,639 --> 01:36:06,400 realistically I think bikes had 2295 01:36:06,400 --> 01:36:09,679 preference uh that they ruled. So with 2296 01:36:09,679 --> 01:36:12,400 that uh we'll turn if Troy's ready turn 2297 01:36:12,400 --> 01:36:13,040 the time over. 2298 01:36:13,040 --> 01:36:14,719 >> Ready? Can you hear me? 2299 01:36:14,719 --> 01:36:16,159 >> We can hear you. 2300 01:36:16,159 --> 01:36:18,800 >> Great. I um have not been to Amsterdam, 2301 01:36:18,800 --> 01:36:22,320 Bob, but I look forward to it someday. 2302 01:36:22,320 --> 01:36:25,520 All right. So, my report would be um 2303 01:36:25,520 --> 01:36:27,199 just a few things. First of all, 2304 01:36:27,199 --> 01:36:29,760 celebrating some progress. Perry City 2305 01:36:29,760 --> 01:36:31,760 and Boxeller County recently completed 2306 01:36:31,760 --> 01:36:34,239 another section of the historic Orchard 2307 01:36:34,239 --> 01:36:36,719 pathway which beginning at the existing 2308 01:36:36,719 --> 01:36:39,120 trail to over three more miles. The 2309 01:36:39,120 --> 01:36:40,560 committee has already embraced the new 2310 01:36:40,560 --> 01:36:42,800 section which connects to Willard City. 2311 01:36:42,800 --> 01:36:44,800 When totally complete, that historic 2312 01:36:44,800 --> 01:36:47,119 Orchard Parkway will run over 10 miles 2313 01:36:47,119 --> 01:36:48,880 through southern Boxelder County and 2314 01:36:48,880 --> 01:36:51,119 connect into Wever County. So, that's 2315 01:36:51,119 --> 01:36:54,320 cool. The Utah Trail Network, um Hugh's 2316 01:36:54,320 --> 01:36:56,000 going to put up a map. You got the map, 2317 01:36:56,000 --> 01:36:57,520 Hugh? 2318 01:36:57,520 --> 01:36:58,560 >> That's up. 2319 01:36:58,560 --> 01:37:00,639 >> In June, the Utah Transportation 2320 01:37:00,639 --> 01:37:02,639 Commission approved the UDOT trails 2321 01:37:02,639 --> 01:37:07,040 division to fund 25 new UT projects, 12 2322 01:37:07,040 --> 01:37:09,600 F feasibility studies, and 13 projects 2323 01:37:09,600 --> 01:37:12,400 for design and construction. Um, that's 2324 01:37:12,400 --> 01:37:14,639 also cool. The Utah Trail Network 2325 01:37:14,639 --> 01:37:17,520 program now consists of 46 total funded 2326 01:37:17,520 --> 01:37:21,920 projects uh equating to over 314 miles 2327 01:37:21,920 --> 01:37:26,000 and over $248 million in trail systems. 2328 01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:27,760 I bet there's not any other state in the 2329 01:37:27,760 --> 01:37:29,679 country doing that. That's that's uh 2330 01:37:29,679 --> 01:37:31,119 hats off to our governor and our 2331 01:37:31,119 --> 01:37:34,000 legislature and and you do DOT for uh 2332 01:37:34,000 --> 01:37:36,239 and everybody. I mean, we are in a 2333 01:37:36,239 --> 01:37:38,159 really really great place. It's amazing. 2334 01:37:38,159 --> 01:37:40,159 That's the end of my report, Bob. 2335 01:37:40,159 --> 01:37:41,600 >> Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it, Troy. 2336 01:37:41,600 --> 01:37:43,199 Any questions for Troy before we move on 2337 01:37:43,199 --> 01:37:46,000 to Gage? Okay. If not, we'll move on to 2338 01:37:46,000 --> 01:37:49,040 Gage Fer. 2339 01:37:49,040 --> 01:37:50,639 >> Good morning, chair, or good afternoon, 2340 01:37:50,639 --> 01:37:52,159 Mr. Chair. Can you hear me? 2341 01:37:52,159 --> 01:37:53,440 >> We can hear you. 2342 01:37:53,440 --> 01:37:54,639 >> All right. I just want to give an update 2343 01:37:54,639 --> 01:37:56,239 on the Wasatch Front Economic 2344 01:37:56,239 --> 01:37:58,000 Development District meeting we had last 2345 01:37:58,000 --> 01:38:00,480 June. Uh, I think we continue to see 2346 01:38:00,480 --> 01:38:02,719 these meetings are real examples across 2347 01:38:02,719 --> 01:38:05,920 our region of how our econom opportunity 2348 01:38:05,920 --> 01:38:08,560 and goals of the Wasatch Choice Vision 2349 01:38:08,560 --> 01:38:11,119 work together. Uh and in June we had 2350 01:38:11,119 --> 01:38:13,920 actually two presentations. Lance Sophie 2351 01:38:13,920 --> 01:38:15,679 with the governor's office of economic 2352 01:38:15,679 --> 01:38:17,600 development provided an update on 2353 01:38:17,600 --> 01:38:20,639 opportunity zone which would be 2.0 and 2354 01:38:20,639 --> 01:38:23,679 the upcoming track designation process. 2355 01:38:23,679 --> 01:38:25,840 He discussed how federally designated 2356 01:38:25,840 --> 01:38:27,360 opportunity zones were intended to 2357 01:38:27,360 --> 01:38:29,840 attract private investment and encourage 2358 01:38:29,840 --> 01:38:32,320 development in our lower private 2359 01:38:32,320 --> 01:38:35,360 investment uh communities as well as 2360 01:38:35,360 --> 01:38:38,639 roll cities counties no AOGs and play 2361 01:38:38,639 --> 01:38:41,920 that play in identifying eligible areas. 2362 01:38:41,920 --> 01:38:44,960 Wendy Leone and Jake Wood of Jay Fisher 2363 01:38:44,960 --> 01:38:47,360 Companies provided an overview of public 2364 01:38:47,360 --> 01:38:49,520 private partnerships and how they could 2365 01:38:49,520 --> 01:38:51,119 help our local governments address 2366 01:38:51,119 --> 01:38:54,320 housing infrastructure and redevelopment 2367 01:38:54,320 --> 01:38:56,080 needs. They highlighted the 2368 01:38:56,080 --> 01:39:00,000 opportunities we have and u to work and 2369 01:39:00,000 --> 01:39:02,320 continue to leverage our private uh 2370 01:39:02,320 --> 01:39:04,320 public sector investment and innovative 2371 01:39:04,320 --> 01:39:06,639 financing approaches to advance our 2372 01:39:06,639 --> 01:39:09,119 local development priorities. They also 2373 01:39:09,119 --> 01:39:10,960 showed various developments they are 2374 01:39:10,960 --> 01:39:13,600 currently working on in both Utah and 2375 01:39:13,600 --> 01:39:16,800 Idaho. And I believe uh Mayor Sodowski 2376 01:39:16,800 --> 01:39:18,159 is there. She'd like to take a few 2377 01:39:18,159 --> 01:39:19,920 minutes if she could to follow up. She 2378 01:39:19,920 --> 01:39:21,679 actually had a meeting with Jay Fisher 2379 01:39:21,679 --> 01:39:24,159 Companies and wanted to have her give 2380 01:39:24,159 --> 01:39:26,400 her personal perspective of how that 2381 01:39:26,400 --> 01:39:28,080 transpired. 2382 01:39:28,080 --> 01:39:30,960 >> Thanks, Gage. Yeah. Uh Mayor Zultansky 2383 01:39:30,960 --> 01:39:34,159 here. I was really looking forward to my 2384 01:39:34,159 --> 01:39:35,440 participation on the economic 2385 01:39:35,440 --> 01:39:38,000 development committee because for so 2386 01:39:38,000 --> 01:39:40,320 long Sandy's been I'd say relatively 2387 01:39:40,320 --> 01:39:41,440 conventional about working with 2388 01:39:41,440 --> 01:39:42,960 developers where we sell the property 2389 01:39:42,960 --> 01:39:44,880 and then trust that they're going to get 2390 01:39:44,880 --> 01:39:47,119 this plan together and then in recent 2391 01:39:47,119 --> 01:39:48,880 years we've seen the developers really 2392 01:39:48,880 --> 01:39:50,719 struggling to get projects out of the 2393 01:39:50,719 --> 01:39:52,639 ground because of interest rates, 2394 01:39:52,639 --> 01:39:55,280 construction costs, what have you. So 2395 01:39:55,280 --> 01:39:58,400 learning more about the P3 public 2396 01:39:58,400 --> 01:40:00,800 private partnership opportunities um 2397 01:40:00,800 --> 01:40:02,560 through the committee has been inspiring 2398 01:40:02,560 --> 01:40:04,960 to me. I recently at the beginning of 2399 01:40:04,960 --> 01:40:07,840 June attended the council of mayors in 2400 01:40:07,840 --> 01:40:11,040 uh the national um con convention of 2401 01:40:11,040 --> 01:40:12,960 mayors in Long Beach, California and 2402 01:40:12,960 --> 01:40:15,679 toured their civic center and wow what 2403 01:40:15,679 --> 01:40:18,159 an incredible urban redevelopment 2404 01:40:18,159 --> 01:40:21,360 project that is $550 million rebuild of 2405 01:40:21,360 --> 01:40:23,360 their civic center. new city hall, new 2406 01:40:23,360 --> 01:40:26,000 port authority headquarters, parks, 2407 01:40:26,000 --> 01:40:28,159 housing, uh all this incredible 2408 01:40:28,159 --> 01:40:29,760 infrastructure 2409 01:40:29,760 --> 01:40:33,119 on the same dollar year-toear, $12.6 2410 01:40:33,119 --> 01:40:34,800 million they were paying to maintain 2411 01:40:34,800 --> 01:40:36,960 their city hall. They had all this land 2412 01:40:36,960 --> 01:40:39,600 that was in really rough condition. So, 2413 01:40:39,600 --> 01:40:41,520 they put out to bid call for public 2414 01:40:41,520 --> 01:40:43,840 private partnerships. Um said, "We'll 2415 01:40:43,840 --> 01:40:46,400 pay the same $ 122.6 million a year for 2416 01:40:46,400 --> 01:40:48,239 the next 40 years, but give us new 2417 01:40:48,239 --> 01:40:50,320 buildings, new infrastructure." and the 2418 01:40:50,320 --> 01:40:52,480 development community really responded. 2419 01:40:52,480 --> 01:40:55,199 Um they have a beautiful lead standard, 2420 01:40:55,199 --> 01:40:57,520 gorgeous new city hall and basically 2421 01:40:57,520 --> 01:41:00,480 they're paying that same uh maintenance 2422 01:41:00,480 --> 01:41:03,280 on&m costs line item for 40 years, but 2423 01:41:03,280 --> 01:41:04,800 at the end of that term they get the 2424 01:41:04,800 --> 01:41:07,520 building back with 85% 2425 01:41:07,520 --> 01:41:09,920 new build standard. So it's going to be 2426 01:41:09,920 --> 01:41:12,480 basically returned as a new building 2427 01:41:12,480 --> 01:41:15,760 with uh high environmental standards and 2428 01:41:15,760 --> 01:41:17,840 um efficiency standards. And that's just 2429 01:41:17,840 --> 01:41:19,679 one aspect of it. So, when I saw that 2430 01:41:19,679 --> 01:41:22,239 firsthand in uh Long Beach, came back 2431 01:41:22,239 --> 01:41:26,000 and heard the um the presentation at 2432 01:41:26,000 --> 01:41:28,880 this committee, I immediately called my 2433 01:41:28,880 --> 01:41:30,320 friend, Mayor Nadulski, and said, "What 2434 01:41:30,320 --> 01:41:32,320 the heck are you guys doing in Ogden? I 2435 01:41:32,320 --> 01:41:34,400 got to come up and see it." So, we went 2436 01:41:34,400 --> 01:41:36,719 up um took my team up for a tour of the 2437 01:41:36,719 --> 01:41:39,199 Wonderblock in Ogden and the really 2438 01:41:39,199 --> 01:41:41,440 impressive project, 25th in Quincy. 2439 01:41:41,440 --> 01:41:43,040 Mayor Nadulski could speak better about 2440 01:41:43,040 --> 01:41:44,800 it, but sometimes it's nice to hear what 2441 01:41:44,800 --> 01:41:47,360 stands out from an outsider. Um what 2442 01:41:47,360 --> 01:41:49,760 stood out to me and my team was that 2443 01:41:49,760 --> 01:41:53,040 beautiful residential housing uh rentals 2444 01:41:53,040 --> 01:41:54,800 you would not know it's afford 2445 01:41:54,800 --> 01:41:56,960 affordable housing lower income housing 2446 01:41:56,960 --> 01:41:59,360 or any type of subsidy subsidized 2447 01:41:59,360 --> 01:42:01,360 housing because it's very modern 2448 01:42:01,360 --> 01:42:04,239 lifestyle centered with meeting areas. I 2449 01:42:04,239 --> 01:42:06,239 encourage everybody to if you're looking 2450 01:42:06,239 --> 01:42:08,080 for a model for affordable housing 2451 01:42:08,080 --> 01:42:11,119 what's uh developable in Utah to go 2452 01:42:11,119 --> 01:42:14,239 check out that project. Uh the the 2453 01:42:14,239 --> 01:42:15,760 developer 2454 01:42:15,760 --> 01:42:18,159 JF Fisher Companies, they are looking 2455 01:42:18,159 --> 01:42:20,080 for places that are kind of a little bit 2456 01:42:20,080 --> 01:42:22,800 out of the Salt Lake City Salt Lake 2457 01:42:22,800 --> 01:42:25,760 County urban core, more affordable um 2458 01:42:25,760 --> 01:42:28,560 costs to enter the market as far as land 2459 01:42:28,560 --> 01:42:31,760 values go. But with long-term land 2460 01:42:31,760 --> 01:42:33,840 leases that you can do in these public 2461 01:42:33,840 --> 01:42:35,119 private partnerships, you can do 2462 01:42:35,119 --> 01:42:37,040 something as simple as a land lease to a 2463 01:42:37,040 --> 01:42:40,719 fullon like lease, design, build, 2464 01:42:40,719 --> 01:42:43,679 maintain project. A lot of flexibility 2465 01:42:43,679 --> 01:42:46,880 under these P3 um relationships. So, 2466 01:42:46,880 --> 01:42:48,800 it's inspired us. We're looking, we are 2467 01:42:48,800 --> 01:42:50,719 reexamining in Sandy how we are putting 2468 01:42:50,719 --> 01:42:53,199 our projects out to build. We have a a 2469 01:42:53,199 --> 01:42:56,800 property that was a former u nursery. 2470 01:42:56,800 --> 01:42:58,960 It's right by the state, the soccer 2471 01:42:58,960 --> 01:43:00,800 stadium between the soccer stadium and 2472 01:43:00,800 --> 01:43:03,119 our new fire station. So, we put that 2473 01:43:03,119 --> 01:43:05,040 kind of re revamped that and put that 2474 01:43:05,040 --> 01:43:06,320 out to build and now we're getting 2475 01:43:06,320 --> 01:43:09,040 proposals on how those parcels can be 2476 01:43:09,040 --> 01:43:11,760 developed with a mix of um ground lease 2477 01:43:11,760 --> 01:43:14,080 for housing and mixed use. So, rather 2478 01:43:14,080 --> 01:43:15,760 than just selling the raw land and 2479 01:43:15,760 --> 01:43:17,920 hoping that you know the developers do 2480 01:43:17,920 --> 01:43:19,840 the best that they can, it gives us more 2481 01:43:19,840 --> 01:43:21,199 control, more flexibility, and 2482 01:43:21,199 --> 01:43:24,080 potentially even a revenue stream. So, 2483 01:43:24,080 --> 01:43:26,196 uh I'm learning and growing. Andrew as 2484 01:43:26,196 --> 01:43:28,320 [laughter] a result of my participation 2485 01:43:28,320 --> 01:43:30,880 with all of you. So hats off to you, 2486 01:43:30,880 --> 01:43:34,400 Mayor Nadulski and your predecessor. Uh 2487 01:43:34,400 --> 01:43:36,800 it was really inspiring afternoon we 2488 01:43:36,800 --> 01:43:38,639 spent. We all had a lot to talk about on 2489 01:43:38,639 --> 01:43:41,040 the way home. Sandy, 2490 01:43:41,040 --> 01:43:42,320 >> I I'll just say it's an honor to have 2491 01:43:42,320 --> 01:43:44,080 you in our city and we welcome any other 2492 01:43:44,080 --> 01:43:45,920 city who wants to come and see how it's 2493 01:43:45,920 --> 01:43:48,800 being done. These joint ventures are um 2494 01:43:48,800 --> 01:43:50,239 intended to have benefits for everybody 2495 01:43:50,239 --> 01:43:51,840 and and I think we're proving that. So, 2496 01:43:51,840 --> 01:43:53,280 thank you for for sharing the thoughts 2497 01:43:53,280 --> 01:43:54,560 of of your own and of the team. 2498 01:43:54,560 --> 01:43:56,639 >> Building a grocery store right on 25th 2499 01:43:56,639 --> 01:43:58,000 Street. Incredible. 2500 01:43:58,000 --> 01:43:59,600 >> Yep. If you don't know what's happening 2501 01:43:59,600 --> 01:44:01,119 in Ogden, come see Ogden and I think 2502 01:44:01,119 --> 01:44:06,550 you'll have your eyes wide open. 2503 01:44:06,560 --> 01:44:07,920 » Gage, back to you. 2504 01:44:07,920 --> 01:44:09,360 >> Thank you, Mayor, for that presentation. 2505 01:44:09,360 --> 01:44:11,199 It's a great uh to hear that these 2506 01:44:11,199 --> 01:44:13,040 private uh public partnerships are 2507 01:44:13,040 --> 01:44:15,520 working very well. So, with that, uh Mr. 2508 01:44:15,520 --> 01:44:16,960 Chair, I'd be happy to answer any 2509 01:44:16,960 --> 01:44:19,440 questions. That ends my report. 2510 01:44:19,440 --> 01:44:22,159 >> Any questions for Gage? Uh Loren Kamalo 2511 01:44:22,159 --> 01:44:24,000 has one question. Yeah, it's a it's just 2512 01:44:24,000 --> 01:44:28,719 a super fast comment and that is um yes, 2513 01:44:28,719 --> 01:44:30,800 we've seen Ogden transform anyone who's 2514 01:44:30,800 --> 01:44:34,880 paid attention to Ogden over years and 2515 01:44:34,880 --> 01:44:37,280 um just wanted to highlight especially 2516 01:44:37,280 --> 01:44:41,119 maybe for Laura and others here 2517 01:44:41,119 --> 01:44:43,920 when when Bob and I came into office 2518 01:44:43,920 --> 01:44:46,400 there had already been effort in the 2519 01:44:46,400 --> 01:44:49,600 economic development space with a little 2520 01:44:49,600 --> 01:44:52,960 bit of criticism that Davis and Weber 2521 01:44:52,960 --> 01:44:54,560 counties were punching below their 2522 01:44:54,560 --> 01:44:56,480 weight in when it comes to economic 2523 01:44:56,480 --> 01:44:57,920 development and opportunity for job 2524 01:44:57,920 --> 01:45:00,000 growth. That is when the Northern Utah 2525 01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:01,440 Chamber Coalition was formed with 2526 01:45:01,440 --> 01:45:03,760 support from the legislature. And I 2527 01:45:03,760 --> 01:45:05,119 think it's just important to realize 2528 01:45:05,119 --> 01:45:07,679 that sometimes with neighboring cities, 2529 01:45:07,679 --> 01:45:09,920 sometimes with neighboring counties. I 2530 01:45:09,920 --> 01:45:12,960 mean, this is how we are now attempting 2531 01:45:12,960 --> 01:45:15,679 to compete and we're having some success 2532 01:45:15,679 --> 01:45:17,520 with the draw to Salt Lake City, Salt 2533 01:45:17,520 --> 01:45:20,000 Lake County. Um, and that is by working 2534 01:45:20,000 --> 01:45:22,239 with our neighboring local governments. 2535 01:45:22,239 --> 01:45:24,239 I think it's super powerful. 2536 01:45:24,239 --> 01:45:26,480 >> And municipalities, we've only got so 2537 01:45:26,480 --> 01:45:28,159 much land and so much public financing 2538 01:45:28,159 --> 01:45:30,719 incentive tools to use, but if you can 2539 01:45:30,719 --> 01:45:33,199 optimize it and leverage that against uh 2540 01:45:33,199 --> 01:45:35,280 with with lease agreements and other 2541 01:45:35,280 --> 01:45:38,400 creative uh partnerships, it's that 2542 01:45:38,400 --> 01:45:42,639 blows your options wide open. 2543 01:45:42,639 --> 01:45:44,960 >> Okay. Appreciate that, Gage. Appreciate 2544 01:45:44,960 --> 01:45:45,920 your time. 2545 01:45:45,920 --> 01:45:47,600 >> Thank you, Mr. chair, members of the 2546 01:45:47,600 --> 01:45:48,480 committee. 2547 01:45:48,480 --> 01:45:51,679 >> Okay, that brings us down to uh item 6D, 2548 01:45:51,679 --> 01:45:53,440 which is our executive director's 2549 01:45:53,440 --> 01:45:54,080 report. 2550 01:45:54,080 --> 01:45:55,760 >> Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'll hit 2551 01:45:55,760 --> 01:45:58,400 you with three really quick items. The 2552 01:45:58,400 --> 01:45:59,600 first one, we have some representatives 2553 01:45:59,600 --> 01:46:01,360 from Senator Curtis's office here. You 2554 01:46:01,360 --> 01:46:03,920 may have seen in the news um that just 2555 01:46:03,920 --> 01:46:06,880 last week we were able to host Senator 2556 01:46:06,880 --> 01:46:09,119 Curtis along with the transportation 2557 01:46:09,119 --> 01:46:12,000 other transportation agencies for a a 2558 01:46:12,000 --> 01:46:14,639 roundt discussion and then a site visit 2559 01:46:14,639 --> 01:46:17,520 out at the front runner North Temple 2560 01:46:17,520 --> 01:46:20,800 Station platform. This was to recognize 2561 01:46:20,800 --> 01:46:25,119 the fact that Utah will be receiving uh 2562 01:46:25,119 --> 01:46:27,920 $1.3 billion dollar in funding from the 2563 01:46:27,920 --> 01:46:29,119 F through the Federal Transit 2564 01:46:29,119 --> 01:46:32,080 Administration um for the Front Runner 2565 01:46:32,080 --> 01:46:35,199 2X double tracking project. Now, the 2566 01:46:35,199 --> 01:46:37,199 check isn't cut yet. Technically, we're 2567 01:46:37,199 --> 01:46:39,360 moving into the engineering phase of the 2568 01:46:39,360 --> 01:46:41,280 project, but it's a very encouraging 2569 01:46:41,280 --> 01:46:43,199 sign that those funds will be uh 2570 01:46:43,199 --> 01:46:45,520 committed to Utah. Lots of folks are 2571 01:46:45,520 --> 01:46:49,040 involved in this. UD do of course UTA um 2572 01:46:49,040 --> 01:46:51,360 and Senator Curtis and his team did an 2573 01:46:51,360 --> 01:46:52,880 amazing job working on this with the 2574 01:46:52,880 --> 01:46:54,560 federal government. So want to express 2575 01:46:54,560 --> 01:46:56,719 appreciation for that. He also sponsored 2576 01:46:56,719 --> 01:46:58,880 two other pieces of legislation which 2577 01:46:58,880 --> 01:47:02,800 are important um to Utah. Um legislation 2578 01:47:02,800 --> 01:47:04,480 that would help fast growing areas that 2579 01:47:04,480 --> 01:47:05,920 are planning for transit in the future 2580 01:47:05,920 --> 01:47:08,480 to compete better for federal transit 2581 01:47:08,480 --> 01:47:10,800 grants. And then also another piece of 2582 01:47:10,800 --> 01:47:13,119 legislation that would help enable 2583 01:47:13,119 --> 01:47:16,239 federal financing tools to be available 2584 01:47:16,239 --> 01:47:18,719 for communities to use for tod for 2585 01:47:18,719 --> 01:47:20,480 transit oriented development. So a great 2586 01:47:20,480 --> 01:47:23,280 package of um of uh support and 2587 01:47:23,280 --> 01:47:25,199 leadership that the senator is working 2588 01:47:25,199 --> 01:47:26,560 on for Utah. So I just wanted to 2589 01:47:26,560 --> 01:47:29,199 highlight that. That's one. Number two, 2590 01:47:29,199 --> 01:47:31,520 um we talked a little bit about Tilla 2591 01:47:31,520 --> 01:47:34,320 County before and the how much people 2592 01:47:34,320 --> 01:47:37,119 are traveling from Tilla Valley into the 2593 01:47:37,119 --> 01:47:39,440 Salt Lake Valley. We have been having 2594 01:47:39,440 --> 01:47:42,159 dialogue with uh the local elected 2595 01:47:42,159 --> 01:47:45,360 officials in Tilla County uh with UDOT, 2596 01:47:45,360 --> 01:47:48,239 with UTA, with other stakeholders about 2597 01:47:48,239 --> 01:47:50,480 the possibility of the Tilla Valley 2598 01:47:50,480 --> 01:47:53,760 being officially part of the WFRC 2599 01:47:53,760 --> 01:47:55,679 Metropolitan Planning Organization. We 2600 01:47:55,679 --> 01:47:57,760 work with Tilla County and their 2601 01:47:57,760 --> 01:48:00,400 municipalities all the time, but 2602 01:48:00,400 --> 01:48:02,719 technically they're not an urban area, 2603 01:48:02,719 --> 01:48:04,960 so they're not part of our metropolitan 2604 01:48:04,960 --> 01:48:07,920 planning organization. Um eventually 2605 01:48:07,920 --> 01:48:10,159 they'll need to be under federal law, 2606 01:48:10,159 --> 01:48:12,880 but they can come in sooner so that we 2607 01:48:12,880 --> 01:48:15,119 can better integrate the planning 2608 01:48:15,119 --> 01:48:17,760 between our that intercount uh 2609 01:48:17,760 --> 01:48:20,400 coordination. Um and uh we're working 2610 01:48:20,400 --> 01:48:21,760 with them. The reason I'm bringing it up 2611 01:48:21,760 --> 01:48:23,280 now is a because I think it's really 2612 01:48:23,280 --> 01:48:25,440 important what happens in Tilla County 2613 01:48:25,440 --> 01:48:27,760 and affects what happens in on the 2614 01:48:27,760 --> 01:48:30,080 Wasatch front and also because if that 2615 01:48:30,080 --> 01:48:31,600 happens 2616 01:48:31,600 --> 01:48:34,880 um then that would require action from 2617 01:48:34,880 --> 01:48:37,199 WFRC from the council. So that is 2618 01:48:37,199 --> 01:48:38,800 something that we'll we'll be looking at 2619 01:48:38,800 --> 01:48:40,880 before. I know Mayor Manzion is on the 2620 01:48:40,880 --> 01:48:42,400 line. We've talked with her. We're going 2621 01:48:42,400 --> 01:48:44,239 to be talking more with her and the 2622 01:48:44,239 --> 01:48:45,679 county and the other communities. So I'm 2623 01:48:45,679 --> 01:48:47,920 just putting that out there as a FYI 2624 01:48:47,920 --> 01:48:50,400 dialogue that's that's happening. Um, 2625 01:48:50,400 --> 01:48:51,679 and then the last thing, 2626 01:48:51,679 --> 01:48:53,199 >> Andrew, would we change the name to 2627 01:48:53,199 --> 01:48:55,760 Ochref Front Regional Council then? 2628 01:48:55,760 --> 01:48:58,400 >> Um, we'll take that under advisement. 2629 01:48:58,400 --> 01:49:00,000 Uh, I don't think that was a motion 2630 01:49:00,000 --> 01:49:02,480 though, so I'm going to move on. Okay. 2631 01:49:02,480 --> 01:49:05,360 Um, and then the last item, you know, 2632 01:49:05,360 --> 01:49:08,880 that every year we do a a series of 2633 01:49:08,880 --> 01:49:11,920 workshops around the region, sub 2634 01:49:11,920 --> 01:49:15,600 regional workshops. Um, yeah, we do them 2635 01:49:15,600 --> 01:49:17,520 in the fall and the next round of 2636 01:49:17,520 --> 01:49:20,480 workshops is planned. Uh, Jordan has 2637 01:49:20,480 --> 01:49:22,880 already sent out invitations to all of 2638 01:49:22,880 --> 01:49:25,280 you for those workshops. We're doing 2639 01:49:25,280 --> 01:49:28,320 eight eight of them around the region. 2640 01:49:28,320 --> 01:49:30,800 The map is on the screen. You have the 2641 01:49:30,800 --> 01:49:33,040 um invitations. 2642 01:49:33,040 --> 01:49:35,600 This year's round of workshops that we 2643 01:49:35,600 --> 01:49:37,360 do, by the way, in collaboration with UD 2644 01:49:37,360 --> 01:49:39,600 do and UTA as well. This year's round of 2645 01:49:39,600 --> 01:49:42,480 workshops is going to focus on the 2646 01:49:42,480 --> 01:49:45,360 phasing of transportation projects in 2647 01:49:45,360 --> 01:49:48,239 the regional transportation plan. When 2648 01:49:48,239 --> 01:49:51,199 are projects needed over the next 30 2649 01:49:51,199 --> 01:49:53,760 years? When are they needed? And when do 2650 01:49:53,760 --> 01:49:55,440 we anticipate we'll have the revenues to 2651 01:49:55,440 --> 01:49:58,000 actually afford to move those projects 2652 01:49:58,000 --> 01:49:59,679 forward? These are the meetings where 2653 01:49:59,679 --> 01:50:01,840 you proverbally speaking roll up your 2654 01:50:01,840 --> 01:50:03,760 sleeves and talk with some of your 2655 01:50:03,760 --> 01:50:06,560 neighbors um and give feedback on the 2656 01:50:06,560 --> 01:50:08,639 drafts of the transportation plan going 2657 01:50:08,639 --> 01:50:11,440 forward. Cities, counties, your elected 2658 01:50:11,440 --> 01:50:14,400 officials, city councils and county 2659 01:50:14,400 --> 01:50:18,080 commissions um and uh key staff are 2660 01:50:18,080 --> 01:50:19,360 invited to those meetings. So, we 2661 01:50:19,360 --> 01:50:21,440 encourage you to participate in them for 2662 01:50:21,440 --> 01:50:23,920 the meetings in your area. If you're 2663 01:50:23,920 --> 01:50:25,440 like, "What? I don't know what you're 2664 01:50:25,440 --> 01:50:27,040 talking about. I don't have a calendar 2665 01:50:27,040 --> 01:50:28,719 appointment." I'll bet you do have a 2666 01:50:28,719 --> 01:50:30,560 calendar appointment, but if you think 2667 01:50:30,560 --> 01:50:32,400 you don't, just let us know and we're 2668 01:50:32,400 --> 01:50:34,400 happy to follow uh up with you and with 2669 01:50:34,400 --> 01:50:37,280 your teams. Okay, Mr. Chair, that 2670 01:50:37,280 --> 01:50:38,800 concludes my update. 2671 01:50:38,800 --> 01:50:41,119 >> Thank you. Just uh two little things 2672 01:50:41,119 --> 01:50:43,199 here. First of our next meeting will be 2673 01:50:43,199 --> 01:50:46,719 Thursday, October 22nd. Um, again, 2674 01:50:46,719 --> 01:50:47,920 Andrew just talked about the fall 2675 01:50:47,920 --> 01:50:49,760 workshops, but there is one last thing 2676 01:50:49,760 --> 01:50:52,719 I'd like to bring up is that last 2677 01:50:52,719 --> 01:50:56,159 Tuesday afternoon, uh, Andrew Gruber 2678 01:50:56,159 --> 01:50:59,679 received an award from the, uh, chamber, 2679 01:50:59,679 --> 01:51:01,280 Salt Lake Chamber. And Troy, are you 2680 01:51:01,280 --> 01:51:03,360 still online? 2681 01:51:03,360 --> 01:51:04,400 >> I am. 2682 01:51:04,400 --> 01:51:06,239 >> Can you, uh, maybe just give us a little 2683 01:51:06,239 --> 01:51:08,480 insight about this award that, uh, Mr. 2684 01:51:08,480 --> 01:51:10,400 Gruber was able to receive? 2685 01:51:10,400 --> 01:51:13,600 >> It was a major award. Um, first of all, 2686 01:51:13,600 --> 01:51:17,600 um, so proud of Andrew. Um, it was a, 2687 01:51:17,600 --> 01:51:19,840 you know, recogni Andrew was recognized 2688 01:51:19,840 --> 01:51:24,719 with the group of folks that, uh, are, I think the best term is, uh, movers and 2689 01:51:24,719 --> 01:51:27,040 shakers in the community, if you will. 2690 01:51:27,040 --> 01:51:29,199 And, uh, Mr. Gruber as he as he's worked 2691 01:51:29,199 --> 01:51:31,199 all these years for WFRC certainly 2692 01:51:31,199 --> 01:51:34,480 entitled to recognition for his great 2693 01:51:34,480 --> 01:51:36,880 ability to collaborate with uh local 2694 01:51:36,880 --> 01:51:39,679 leaders, state leaders, federal leaders, 2695 01:51:39,679 --> 01:51:42,560 and work together for the better and 2696 01:51:42,560 --> 01:51:47,599 overall good of our county and our our service area, all of our county. So, 2697 01:51:47,599 --> 01:51:49,679 it was a it wasn't a big enough award in 2698 01:51:49,679 --> 01:51:52,000 my opinion. It could have been a maybe a 2699 01:51:52,000 --> 01:51:54,639 foot taller would have been better, but 2700 01:51:54,639 --> 01:51:56,239 I wasn't in charge. 2701 01:51:56,239 --> 01:51:57,840 you know, if if it's up to me next time, 2702 01:51:57,840 --> 01:51:59,520 it'll be a much larger award. It might 2703 01:51:59,520 --> 01:52:02,639 even be similar to a lampshade type of 2704 01:52:02,639 --> 01:52:04,159 award, but you know, we'll work on that. 2705 01:52:04,159 --> 01:52:05,840 But no, Andrew, it was really good. 2706 01:52:05,840 --> 01:52:07,840 >> So, Troy, now I I know I wasn't able to 2707 01:52:07,840 --> 01:52:10,719 attend, but I I thought somebody said he 2708 01:52:10,719 --> 01:52:12,639 got a car to be able to use for the next 2709 01:52:12,639 --> 01:52:14,639 year. Is it was it a Mercedes, BMW, 2710 01:52:14,639 --> 01:52:16,719 Lexus? What was it? 2711 01:52:16,719 --> 01:52:19,199 >> He didn't get any car. No, 2712 01:52:19,199 --> 01:52:22,719 >> I got I got a a very a very small award. 2713 01:52:22,719 --> 01:52:25,760 It was not a It was not a a lampuh that 2714 01:52:25,760 --> 01:52:29,199 was Italian or file or anything. Um it 2715 01:52:29,199 --> 01:52:31,440 wasn't goldplated, but uh thank you. 2716 01:52:31,440 --> 01:52:33,920 That's very nice of you to to mention. 2717 01:52:33,920 --> 01:52:36,159 Uh the award was called Chamber 2718 01:52:36,159 --> 01:52:38,960 Champion. And what it reflects is uh 2719 01:52:38,960 --> 01:52:41,760 people who work uh very closely with the 2720 01:52:41,760 --> 01:52:44,000 private sector and chambers of commerce. 2721 01:52:44,000 --> 01:52:45,520 And the reason that I was really happy 2722 01:52:45,520 --> 01:52:47,679 to receive the award was because it's an 2723 01:52:47,679 --> 01:52:49,840 endorsement of the value of the public 2724 01:52:49,840 --> 01:52:51,199 sector and the private sector working 2725 01:52:51,199 --> 01:52:53,280 together. I believe strongly that that's 2726 01:52:53,280 --> 01:52:54,800 how we get things done. Public sector, 2727 01:52:54,800 --> 01:52:57,360 private sector, collaboration leads to 2728 01:52:57,360 --> 01:52:59,679 success. So, um, uh, Mr. Chair, thank 2729 01:52:59,679 --> 01:53:01,040 you. And it was at it was at the 2730 01:53:01,040 --> 01:53:05,360 aquarium. Thank you, 2731 01:53:05,360 --> 01:53:07,119 Mayor Mayor Walker was happy because 2732 01:53:07,119 --> 01:53:09,199 the, uh, award ceremony was held at the 2733 01:53:09,199 --> 01:53:11,199 aquarium with the giant um, fish and 2734 01:53:11,199 --> 01:53:15,760 shark tanks going by. So, that was a treat. A good place to go. 2735 01:53:15,760 --> 01:53:18,320 Thank you. That's nice of you. Anyway, I 2736 01:53:18,320 --> 01:53:19,840 uh I think it's cool that there's a lot 2737 01:53:19,840 --> 01:53:21,599 of people in this room who receive 2738 01:53:21,599 --> 01:53:23,840 different types of accolades and Andrew, 2739 01:53:23,840 --> 01:53:25,199 you're you're very deserving of it. 2740 01:53:25,199 --> 01:53:26,639 Thank you, Troy. Appreciate it. With 2741 01:53:26,639 --> 01:53:28,239 that, we'll conclude our meeting at this 2742 01:53:28,239 --> 01:53:30,639 time and we'll see you all in the 2743 01:53:30,639 --> 01:53:32,480 various meetings between now and October 2744 01:53:32,480 --> 01:53:36,520 22nd. Thank you.