11/10/2022 - Work Session - Meeting MaterialsSALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL
REVISED AGENDA
WORK SESSION
November 10, 2022 Thursday 3:30 PM
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Council Work Room
451 South State Street Room 326
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
SLCCouncil.com
3:30 PM Work Session
Or immediately following the 2:00 PM
Redevelopment Agency Meeting
7:00 pm Formal Meeting
(See separate agenda)
Welcome and public meeting rules
In accordance with State Statute and City Ordinance, the meeting may be held electronically. After 5:00 p.m., please enter the
City & County Building through the main east entrance.
The Work Session is a discussion among Council Members and select presenters. The public is welcome to listen. Items
scheduled on the Work Session or Formal Meeting may be moved and / or discussed during a different portion of the Meeting
based on circumstance or availability of speakers.
Please note: Dates not identified in the FYI - Project Timeline are either not applicable or not yet determined. Item start times
and durations are approximate and are subject to change at the Chair’s discretion.
Generated: 19:18:32
Work Session Items
1.Informational: Updates from the Administration ~ 3:30 p.m.
30 min.
The Council will receive information from the Administration on major items or projects
in progress. Topics may relate to major events or emergencies (if needed), services and
resources related to people experiencing homelessness, active public engagement efforts,
and projects or staffing updates from City Departments, or other items as appropriate.
FYI – Project Timeline: (subject to change per Chair direction or Council discussion)
Briefing - Recurring Briefing
Set Public Hearing Date - n/a
Hold hearing to accept public comment - n/a
TENTATIVE Council Action - n/a
2.Informational: Equity Update ~ 4:00 p.m.
20 min.
The Council will hold a discussion about various initiatives led by the City's Office of
Equity and Inclusion. These initiatives include, but are not limited to, improving racial
equity and justice in policing. Discussion may also include updates on the City's other
work to achieve equitable service delivery, decision-making, and community engagement
through the Citywide Equity Plan, increased ADA resources, language access, and other
topics addressed in the ongoing work of the Human Rights Commission and the Racial
Equity in Policing Commission.
FYI – Project Timeline: (subject to change per Chair direction or Council discussion)
Briefing - Recurring Briefing
Set Public Hearing Date - n/a
Hold hearing to accept public comment - n/a
TENTATIVE Council Action - n/a
3.Informational: Little Cottonwood Canyon Environmental
Impact Statement ~ 4:20 p.m.
30 min.
The Council will receive an update on the Little Cottonwood Canyon Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) from the Utah Department of Transportation. The stated
purpose of the project is to improve roadway safety, reliability, and mobility on S.R. 210
from Fort Union Boulevard through the town of Alta for all users on S.R. 210.
FYI – Project Timeline: (subject to change per Chair direction or Council discussion)
Briefing - Thursday, November 10, 2022
Set Public Hearing Date - n/a
Hold hearing to accept public comment - n/a
TENTATIVE Council Action - n/a
4.Informational: Draft Transportation Master Plan Midpoint
Check-in ~ 4:50 p.m.
30 min.
The Council will receive a briefing about the draft Transportation Master Plan called
Connect SLC. The final document will replace the last version from 1996. The Plan
identifies high-level goals and long-term policy direction to guide transportation
decisions citywide over the coming decades.
FYI – Project Timeline: (subject to change per Chair direction or Council discussion)
Briefing - Thursday, November 10, 2022
Set Public Hearing Date - n/a
Hold hearing to accept public comment - n/a
TENTATIVE Council Action - n/a
5.Ordinance: Rezone, Master Plan Amendment and Alley
Vacation at 1550 S Main Street Assemblage ~ 5:20 p.m.
20 min.
The Council will receive a briefing about a proposal that would amend the Central
Community Master Plan Future Land Use Map and the zoning of the properties at 1518,
1530, 1540, 1546 South Main Street and 1515 South Richards Street from CC (Corridor
Commercial District) and R-1/5,000 (Single-Family Residential District) to FB-UN2
(Form Based Urban Neighborhood District). The ordinance would also vacate a city-
owned alley situated adjacent to properties located at 1518, 1530, 1540, South Main Street
and 1515 South Richards Street. The intent of these petitions would be to combine all
parcels as well as the alley into one cohesive parcel under the new zoning in order to
build a mixed-use/multi-family development on the site. Consideration may be given to
rezoning the property to another zoning district with similar characteristics.
FYI – Project Timeline: (subject to change per Chair direction or Council discussion)
Briefing - Thursday, November 10, 2022
Set Public Hearing Date - Thursday, November 10, 2022
Hold hearing to accept public comment - Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 7 p.m.
TENTATIVE Council Action - Tuesday, December 13, 2022
6.Resolution: Salt Lake City International Airport Master Plan
Follow-up ~ 5:40 p.m.
10 min
The Council will receive a follow-up briefing about a resolution that would approve the
Salt Lake City Department of Airports’ 2022 Master Plan Update for continued
development of the Salt Lake City International Airport. The 2022 Master Plan evaluates
the ability of Airport facilities to accommodate user needs at existing and forecasted
demand levels and provides recommendations regarding additional facilities that are
needed to meet the forecasted demand.
FYI – Project Timeline: (subject to change per Chair direction or Council discussion)
Briefing - Tuesday, August 9, 2022; Tuesday, October 11, 2022; and Thursday, November
10, 2022
Set Public Hearing Date - Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Hold hearing to accept public comment - Tuesday, September 6, 2022 and Tuesday,
October 18, 2022 at 7 p.m.
TENTATIVE Council Action - Thursday, November 10, 2022
7.Ordinance: Budget Amendment No.4 for Fiscal Year 2022-
23 ~ 5:50 p.m.
15 min.
The Council will receive a briefing about an ordinance that would amend the final budget
of Salt Lake City, including the employment staffing document, for Fiscal Year 2022-23.
Budget amendments happen several times each year to reflect adjustments to the City’s
budgets, including proposed project additions and modifications. The proposed
amendment includes sales tax revenue bond funds for critical infrastructure and
investments in historic city-owned properties, additional funding for phase one of
creating the Glendale Regional Park, police officer overtime, renovations to fire stations
for gender equity improvements and emergency rental assistance funds from the U.S.
Treasury among other items.
FYI – Project Timeline: (subject to change per Chair direction or Council discussion)
Briefing - Thursday, November 10, 2022
Set Public Hearing Date - Thursday, November 10, 2022
Hold hearing to accept public comment - Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 7 p.m.
TENTATIVE Council Action - TBD
8.Informational: Utah Community Renewable Energy Program
Application Update ~ 6:05 p.m.
15 min.
The Council will receive a briefing about the Utah Community Renewable Energy
Program Application. The goal of the Program is to acquire renewable energy to serve
participating Utah communities. The program seeks to deliver an amount of renewable
energy to the grid annually that matches electricity consumed in participating
communities. The program is collaborative with Rocky Mountain Power (RMP).
FYI – Project Timeline: (subject to change per Chair direction or Council discussion)
Briefing - Thursday, November 10, 2022
Set Public Hearing Date - n/a
Hold hearing to accept public comment - n/a
TENTATIVE Council Action - n/a
9.Board Appointment: Business Advisory Board - Siliveinusi
Niu ~ 6:20 p.m.
5 min
The Council will interview Siliveinusi Niu prior to considering appointment to the
Business Advisory Board for a term ending Monday, December 28, 2026.
FYI – Project Timeline: (subject to change per Chair direction or Council discussion)
Briefing - Thursday, November 10, 2022
Set Public Hearing Date - n/a
Hold hearing to accept public comment - n/a
TENTATIVE Council Action - Thursday, November 10, 2022
Standing Items
10.Report of the Chair and Vice Chair
Report of Chair and Vice Chair.
11.Report and Announcements from the Executive Director
Report of the Executive Director, including a review of Council information items and
announcements. The Council may give feedback or staff direction on any item related to
City Council business, including but not limited to scheduling items.
12.Tentative Closed Session
The Council will consider a motion to enter into Closed Session. A closed meeting described
under Section 52-4-205 may be held for specific purposes including, but not limited to:
a. discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or mental
health of an individual;
b. strategy sessions to discuss collective bargaining;
c. strategy sessions to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation;
d. strategy sessions to discuss the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property,
including any form of a water right or water shares, if public discussion of the
transaction would:
(i) disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under
consideration; or
(ii) prevent the public body from completing the transaction on the best
possible terms;
e. strategy sessions to discuss the sale of real property, including any form of a water
right or water shares, if:
(i) public discussion of the transaction would:
(A) disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under
consideration; or
(B) prevent the public body from completing the transaction on the best
possible terms;
(ii) the public body previously gave public notice that the property would be
offered for sale; and
(iii) the terms of the sale are publicly disclosed before the public body
approves the sale;
f. discussion regarding deployment of security personnel, devices, or systems; and
g. investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct.
A closed meeting may also be held for attorney-client matters that are privileged pursuant to
Utah Code § 78B-1-137, and for other lawful purposes that satisfy the pertinent
requirements of the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act.
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
On or before 5:00 p.m. on _____________________, the undersigned, duly appointed City
Recorder, does hereby certify that the above notice and agenda was (1) posted on the Utah Public
Notice Website created under Utah Code Section 63F-1-701, and (2) a copy of the foregoing provided
to The Salt Lake Tribune and/or the Deseret News and to a local media correspondent and any
others who have indicated interest.
CINDY LOU TRISHMAN
SALT LAKE CITY RECORDER
Final action may be taken in relation to any topic listed on the agenda, including but
not limited to adoption, rejection, amendment, addition of conditions and variations
of options discussed.
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Administrative
updates
November 10, 2022
COVID-19
update
Cases in Utah are up 61% in the last two weeks.
(NYT Coronavirus in the US: Latest Map and Case Count 11/10/2022)current status
summary
Cases in the US are up 7% in the last two weeks.
(NYT Coronavirus in the US: Latest Map and Case Count 11/10/2022)
Sources: NYT Tracking Coronavirus in Utah , NYT Coronavirus in the US, CDC COVID-19 Integrated County View
COVID-19
Update
booster FAQ
What's the difference between Pfizer and Moderna boosters?
Beyond the difference in age criteria, there is no practical difference between the shots. Pfizer
is available to age 5 and up; Moderna is age 6 and up.
How long should I wait to get the new booster if I recently had a shot or got
Covid?
As soon as two months, but ideally between 4 and 6 months.
https://slco.org/health/COVID-19/vaccine/booster
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department
November 10, 2022
October 18, 2022
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department
Source: Utah Department of Environmental Quality
Monkeypox
Update
Since May 2022, 160 confirmed and probable cases of monkeypox have
been reported in Utah.
•Central Utah:1
•Davis County: 16
•Salt Lake County: 134
•Summit County: 2
•Tooele County: 2
•Tri-County: 1
•Utah County: 18
•Weber/Morgan: 10
The Monkeypox vaccine is currently available to:
•Any sexually active man, or transgender or nonbinary person who has sex with men.
•Anyone who, in the past 6 months,has had sex in a commercial sex venue or in association
with a large, public event
If you meet the criteria you may call 385 -468-SHOT (7468) to schedule an appointment for
vaccination.
Flu Update
Flu season is HERE
•Flu activity tends to ramp up in October then peak between December and February
—and significant activity can continue as late as May, according to the CDC.
•Experts are concerned about a "twindemic," a surge of both COVID and the flu, this
season given some flu trends coming out of the southern hemisphere.
Vaccinations are key:
•Everyone 6 months and older should be vaccinated.
•Most people only one dose of flu vaccine for the season.
Find your nearest flu vaccine by visiting www.vaccines.gov/find-vaccines
Stay up-to-
date
on current
health issues
in our
community
www.slc.gov/feedback/
Regularly updated with highlighted
ways to engage with the City.
Community Engagement Highlights
Public Utilities
Water Reclamation Facility (city-wide)
•Construction is underway
Tanner Reservoir (city-wide)
•Public engagement plan being developed
City Creek Water Treatment Plant Upgrade (city -wide)
•Engagement begins this month
slc.gov/utilities
Public Lands
Gateway Triangle Park Project (D4)
•Survey closed
slc.gov/parks
Planning
Shelter Zoning (city-wide)
•Open house tonight
•Planning Commission expected Dec. 14
Northpoint Small Area Plan (D1)
•Tabled by Planning Commission 10/26
Accessory Dwelling Unit Modifications (City -wide)
•Transmitted to City Council
Affordable Housing Incentives (City-wide)
•Holding focus groups
slc.gov/planning
Community & Neighborhoods
Thriving in Place (City-wide)
•Planning Commission on November 16
•City Council mid -December
slc.gov/can
Transportation
2100 South Reconstruction (D7)
•December 6 business and property owner workshop
Capitol Hill Traffic Calming (D3)
•Concepts are being finalized
Neighborhood Byway Projects (D 5,7, 1)
•Initial engagement has closed
Sugar House Projects (Local Link) (D7)
•Presentations in Holladay and Millcreek
West Temple Reconstruction (D3,4)
•Stakeholder meetings beginning
slc.gov/transportation
Sugar House Fire
•Mayor’s Office and Economic Development working with
businesses that remain closed.
•Heavy equipment is in place to start the demo today
•Utopia Internet Restored
•Signage being installed to inform of business closures and openings
•The intersection of Wilmington and Highland is now open
slc.gov/transportation
Mayor's Office
November
Community Office Hours
slc.gov/mayor
Location Date
November 10 Mestizo Coffee House -631 W North Temple
(hablo español)
1-3pm
November 16 TeaZaanti -1944 South 1100 East 12-2:30pm
November 16 Anderson-Foothill Library -1135 S 2100 E
(hablo español)
12:30-2:30pm
November 16 Lucky -729 N Redwood Road
(hablo español)
4-6pm
November 17 Nostalgia Café -248 E 100 S.
(hablo español)
4-6pm
November 18 Sunny Honey Tea Shop
(hablo español)
11am –1pm
November 21 Central 9th Market -161 West 900 South
(hablo español)
12-2pm
Mayor's Office slc.gov/mayor
Upcoming Events
Event Date Start
Winter Farmer’s Market Weekly starting 11/12/22 –4/15/23
Park Rangers Jingle and Mingle 11/18/22
Park Rangers Jingle and Mingle 12/2/22
Park Rangers Jingle and Mingle 12/9/22
Park Rangers Jingle and Mingle 12/23/22
Homelessness Update:
Single Adult HRC/ Overflow Occupancy
Oct 31 –Nov 4, 2022
Location Capacity Utilization
•Geraldine King Women's HRC:200 beds 96%
•Gail Miller Mixed HRC:200 beds 97.5%
•Pamela Atkinson Men's HRC:300 beds 96.3%
•Millcreek Library Overflow:100 beds 33%
•HRC (flex) Overflow beds:175 beds 41.1%
•St. Vincent Overflow:65 beds
Weigand Center 235 S. Rio Grande
-Intake/ Reservation hours: open at 2pm daily
-Overflow beds open: 7:00pm –7:00am daily
-Transportation from Rio Grande St to Overflow:
Begins at 6:30pm daily
-Transportation from Overflow to Rio Grande:
5:30am-7:00am daily
Meals @ St. Vincent de Paul:
Breakfast: 8am -9am daily (Courtyard)
Lunch:11:30am-12:30pm daily
Dinner:5pm-6pm daily
Personal Storage @
A Place for Your Stuff 502 W. 300 S.
Hours: 7am -9am & 4pm-8pm daily
Homelessness
Update
Accessing HRC's
and
Winter Emergency
Shelter
801-990-9999
Fostering
West Side
economic
growth
•Rescue Plan Community Grants
•231 eligible applications; 44 from West Side
businesses in Phase 1
•Transportation and Land Use Connection
(TLC) grant through Wasatch Front Regional
Council
•North Temple Economic Revitalization Action Plan
•Key City-owned properties will be put out for
RFI specifically to promote economic
opportunity on the West Side.
Salt Lake City Mayor’s
Office of Equity & Inclusion
KALETTA LYNCH,
CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER
STAFF
UPDATES
●New Chief Equity Officer search underway
●New Policy Advisor for Refugees and New Americans,
Roxana Orellana
●New Know Your Neighbor Volunteer Coordinator,
Kristen Hansen
●Job posting currently open for candidates to apply on
HR’s websites for the Language Access Coordinator
position
●Equity Manager Transition December 2022
Citywide Equity Plan Update
●Keen Independent Research team has concluded meetings, workshops, and surveys with department
directors, city staff, community organizations, and community members. They have reviewed and
organized all feedback, analyzed data, and completed related literature reviews to be included in the
plan with recommendations and best practices.
●Next: GARE Ambassadors, Cabinet Members, and City Staff will receive the draft over the next two
weeks for revisions and feedback.
●The equity plan is forthcoming to the Mayor and City Council for review.
Racial Equity In Policing
Commission Update
•Phase II =Review, adoption, and implementation of Phase I recommendations, outlined in the Phase I Report
•Over the past year, REP Commissioners and SLCPD have worked collaboratively to follow-up on
recommendations currently in progress and track those that are up next for implementation.
•While SLCPD has integrated and implemented many of the recommendations from Phase I, as highlighted in
the Phase I Response, we learned that it is more feasible to focus on completing at least 1-2 institutional
changes per year.
•Commissioners continue to be integrated into the City through their participation in hiring committees,
budgetary reviews, policy recommendations, and review of the MOU for school resource officers with the
Senior Advisor for Education.
Human Rights Commission Update
•Human Rights Day Celebration
Save the Date: Saturday, December 10, 2022 (6pm-8pm, MT)
Location: Sorenson Unity Center
Theme: “Advancing Human Rights”
Nominations for the event closed on October 31st, and the HRC has voted on the award
recipients.
HRC’s annual end of year report is complete and has been voted on by the commissioners
for approval. The report is forthcoming to the Mayor and City Council for consideration.
Language Access Update
•SLC Language Access Administrative Policy was approved and added to City’s policy manual in
September; An implementation plan and procedures have been drafted.
◦Each department has named a Language Access Liaison to work with the Language Access
Coordinator as implementation begins.
•Accounts with language services vendors have been set up for most city departments to include
Language Line Solutions
•Next: Draft and finalize training materials for all City employees as well as specific public-facing
positions
ADA Update
•ADA Coordinator Certification
•First Annual White Cane Walk
•Virtual Accessible Meeting Guide and Accessible Public Events Checklist
•Communications and volunteer efforts around snow removal in public right of way
•SLC Mobile App: digital accessibility improvements for residents and visitors
•Citywide policy review: coordinating data collection of departments and divisions
policies in the areas of General Nondiscrimination, Effective Communication, Web
Accessibility, and Program Accessibility
Government Alliance on Race and Equity
(GARE) Update
•Facing Race: A National Conference November 17th-19th (Arizona) –presented
by Race Forward , home of the Government Alliance on Race & Equity (GARE)
Network
•Salt Lake City’s GARE Ambassadors are focused on compiling equitable best
practice recommendations as it relates to marketing, recruitment, and outreach. The
recommendations are being shared with department leaders and staff for feedback.
Once finalized, the recommendations will be shared with Mayor Mendenhall, Human
Resources, and City Council for future consideration.
FOLLOW US
@SLCOEI
WWW.SLC.GOV/EQUITY/
THANK YOU
Salt Lake City Council
November 10, 2022
Project Purpose
Alternatives Impact Summary
Public Comment Themes
Revisions to Alternatives
Revisions to Alternatives
Final EIS Preferred Alternative
Alternative Summary
Alternative Impact Summary
Preferred Alternative Considerations
●Highest travel time reliability
●Considers public input
●Potential to add/remove cabins based
on demand
●High visual impact
●Financially prudent (lowest yearly
O&M)
●Potential summer service
White Pine Trailhead
Preferred Alternative Considerations
Phased Implementation of
Gondola B
Sub-Alternatives Components
Tolling or Occupancy Restrictions
Base Station Parking Structure at La Caille
Wasatch Boulevard
Avalanche Mitigation
Little Pine
Avalanche Mitigation
Trailhead Parking
No Winter Parking
Public Review and Comment
Period
EIS Process and Schedule
The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project
are being or have been carried-out by UDOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated May 26,
2022, and executed by FHWA and UDOT.
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COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL of SALT LAKE CITY
TO:City Council Members
FROM: Ben Luedtke
Budget & Policy Analyst
DATE:November 10, 2022
RE: New Transportation Master Plan Check-in
ISSUE AT-A-GLANCE
The Administration transmitted a status report on efforts to update the City’s Transportation Master Plan. The
Council adopted the last plan in 1996. It provides high-level transportation policy direction for the City which
influences other plans, programs, budgets, projects, studies and more. The new plan is called Connect SLC. It
covers all modes of transportation through the City instead of an auto-centric focus. This briefing is a chance
for the Council to provide policy feedback, hear community priorities received through public engagement, and
discuss the current recommendations and direction. Council feedback will be incorporated into development of
a draft plan which is expected to be available next year.
The City has many plans that fit under the umbrella of the Transportation Master Plan such as the 2015 Bicycle
and Pedestrian Master Plan, the 2017 Transit Master Plan, the recently completed Sugar House Local Link
Study and many others. These more specific plans and studies include project recommendations that advance
the City’s Transportation Master Plan policies.
The Transportation Division worked with a Community Advisory Council throughout the process of developing
the values, policy goals and priorities for the upcoming plan update. This included site visits and workshops
such as experiencing the west-east divide firsthand for those unfamiliar with it. The top values based on public
feedback which are being used to guide development of the Plan are: air quality and the environment,
reliability, safety, affordability, ease of use, equity, and access to opportunities.
Goal of the briefing: Review the draft values and policy direction developed based on public engagement
and provide feedback to be incorporated into the draft Transportation Master Plan update.
POLICY QUESTIONS
The below questions are meant to highlight Council Member priorities, areas of interest and potential topics
for the briefing discussion.
1. West-East Divide – To what degree should addressing the east-west transportation problem be
prioritized in the new Plan? See Additional Info section for a federal grant the City applied for to study
potential solutions to this problem.
2. Performance Metrics – What policy goals could the Plan advance that should be evaluated? For
example, reduced fatalities and crashes, shorter wait times for east-west travel, reducing at-grade
Project Timeline:
1st Briefing: November 10, 2022
2nd Briefing: TBD
Note: future steps will include briefings, a
public hearing, potential modification of the
draft plan and a Council adoption vote
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railroad and street crossings, improved air quality, less speeding, shifting trips away from vehicles to
other transportation modes, etc.
3. Traffic Calming – How does the new Plan build upon the City’s new Livable Streets Program which
redesigns the public right of way to implement traffic calming?
4. Alleyways – How should the Plan address alleyways? The City has considered some alleyways as being
for mobility and transportation while others might be better suited for activation of other uses. See
Additional Info section for details on City funding for alleyways. The Council may wish to ask the
Administration if ongoing funding for alleyway maintenance will be recommended in future budgets.
5. Accessibility Standards – Does the City have an ordinance or policy designating ADA accessibility the
basic standard for all transportation infrastructure investments? How would this be reflected in the
new Plan?
6. Partnerships – To what extent do the City’s transportation policy goals depend upon support from
railroad companies, the Utah Transit Authority, the Utah Department of Transportation, and other
external partners?
7. Students and Schools – How does the City support students traveling to and from schools? Are there
additional policies that could help such as the State’s Safe Routes to School program or feedback from
the School District and parents that should be considered?
8. Keeping up with Technology – How should new and emerging transportation technologies be reflected
in the plan such as super-fast electric vehicle charging stations, drones, self-driving vehicles, air taxies,
delivery robots, etc.?
9. Education and Enforcement - Should public education and enforcement be part of the Plan? The
Council Office has received public comments that bus stops, bike lanes and sidewalks are sometimes
blocked by parked vehicles, vehicles idling, scooters, and obstructions to ADA ramps.
ADDITIONAL AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
City Applied for Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Discretionary Federal Grant
The City was not awarded a federal RAISE grant and is awaiting response to the RCP application. The grant
would fund the analysis & prioritization of solutions to the east-west divide through transportation
infrastructure changes that encourage connectivity and community stabilization. Transportation is proposing
to study the following intersections: north-south I-15 and rail corridor and east-west crossings (600 North, 200
South, 400 South, 800 South, 900 South/9-line Trail, 1300 South, 1700 South and 2100 South.)
Grant funding: $1,970,000 from U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Match: $1,770,000 – Sources: $1,240,000 from Funding our Futures (BAM#4); UTA $500,000; RDA/Arts
Council; $25,000, Public Utilities $5,000
Alleyways Funding
In FY2021 the Council approved $200,000 in one time money for a pilot program for alleyway maintenance
and improvements. The funding was from the County Quarter Cent Sales Tax for Transportation. This funding
was used to start a pilot program where selected alleys with support of adjacent residents received pavement
rehabilitation treatments, vegetation was removed and amenities were added such as flowerbeds, art, and
lighting. As part of FY2023 CIP the Council approved $142,919 from the General Fund for alleyway
improvements which could include continuing the pilot program. Previously, the City did not have dedicated
funding for alleyway improvements. The limited available funding for public right of way projects was focused
on street reconstructions, ADA accessibility improvements and ongoing maintenance.
ACRONYMS
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
BAM – Budget Amendment
RCP – Reconnecting Communities Pilot federal grant
RDA – Redevelopment Agency
TBD – To Be Determined
UTA – Utah Transit Authority
Up
WHAT IS CONNECT SLC?
•A guidebook for how we use our streets and move things around in the future
•A means to express our values as a city in how we get around
•A recipe for taking advantage of the future of transportation
Up
WHAT CONNECT SLC ISN’T
•A laundry list of infrastructure projects
•Auto focused
•Top down
Up
BACKGROUND
•Update of existing 1996 plan (still great!)
•Community driven
•Policy focused
•Starts with people, not their vehicles
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
•PAID!
•Applications were broadcast though as many networks as we could think of as
well as radio and social media
•94 folks applied, representing a huge amount of demographic, geographic and
ability diversity
•Amazing Review team from WFRC, UTA and SLC
•CAC will
•Shape all future public engagement for the project
•Keep us honest and accountable to our boss
•Connect us to networks we would otherwise miss
TIMELINE
ENGAGEMENT -VALUES SURVEY
•City wide survey of what is important to people in the general sense
•Survey and In Person Exercise
•Focus on areas we haven’t done a good job of engaging in the past
•Vaccine Clinics
•Westside Effort
•What we heard
•Sustainability
•Reliability
•Safety and Health
•Affordability
•Equity
•Community Advisory Council Exercise on value weighting
•Equitable Access to Opportunities
ENGAGEMENT -TRANSLATING GOALS INTO POLICY
•External Work
•Mapping Exercise
•Events
•Westside focused
•Tending towards long conversations
•Native Spanish speakers are a game
changer
ENGAGEMENT -TRANSLATING GOALS INTO POLICY
•External Work
•West High
•Gail Miller Resource Center
•Living Traditions
•Westside Neighborhood Events
•University Neighborhood Partners
•Spyhop
•Internal Work –Citywide Workshops
•Identifying those areas within the city that pose
difficulty for implementing great projects
•Cross departmental
•Honesty and Accountability
•Working towards a Citywide plan, not just a
Transportation Division plan
•Community Advisory Council Walking Workshop
POLICY TOPICS
•Equity
•Active Transportation and Safety
•Curb, Parking and Demand Management
•Emerging Technology and Mobility Options
•Sustainability
•East-West Connections
•Land Use Integration
POLICY TOPICS
•Equity
•East-West Connections (later slide)
•Addressing historic inequity
•ADA and Safety
•Proactive Engagement
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
POLICY TOPICS
•Active Transportation and Safety
•Building on Transit and
Pedestrian & Bicycle Master
Plans
•Target areas of high collision
•Harnessing momentum of
Traffic Calming and reduced
speed limits
•Design Standards
POLICY TOPICS
•Emerging technology and mobility options
•Autonomous Vehicles
•Drones
•Regional Improvements
POLICY TOPICS
•Curb, Parking and demand
management
•Allocation of curbspace in high use
areas
•Mix of parking, charging, loading,
delivery, bus stops, bike racks,
trees, furniture, outdoor dining,
etc.
•Getting the mix right adds utility
and character
•The City has valuable assets that
greatly influence the movement of
people and goods
POLICY TOPICS
•Sustainability
•Air Quality / Climate
Change
•Existing Modal Plans
•Electrification
•The impact of space
for cars
•Trees as
transportation
infrastructure
•Low Impact Design
(stormwater)
•Sustainable Materials
POLICY TOPICS
•East West Connections
•The single largest transportation
issue in SLC
•Physical and mental barrier caused by
transportation infrastructure
•Phase and scale
•Near term (paint, lanes)
•Medium term (Bridges, gates,
tunnels)
•Long term (major investment)
POLICY TOPICS
•Land Use Integration
•Rights-of-Way should serve and enhance adjacent land use
•Proactive approach to how the Right-of-Way influences land use
•Pedestrian scale vs. vehicle access
•Non-transport use (i.e. dining)
POLICY TOPICS
•Additional Considerations
•Partnership and Process
•Examining the way transportation investment is
delivered and by whom
•Serving our partners to serve our citizens
•Alleyways
•More than 80 miles
•Often short or disconnected
•Lack of maintenance and oversight
•Determining what is useful for mobility
•Other possibilities (Educational partnerships ect)
•Metrics
•What we measure is what we improve
•Mode share targets
•Geographical distribution
•Collisions (rate and severity)
WHAT’S NEXT
•Draft Plan
•Great time for specific input
Slc.gov/connectslc/
Joe.taylor@slcgov.com
ERIN MENDENHALL DEPARTMENT of COMMUNITY
Mayor and NEIGHBORHOODS
Blake Thomas
Director
SALT LAKE CITY CORPORATION
451 SOUTH STATE STREET, ROOM 404 WWW.SLC.GOV
P.O. BOX 145486, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5486 TEL 801.535.6230 FAX 801.535.6005
CITY COUNCIL TRANSMITTAL
________________________ Date Received: _________________
Lisa Shaffer, Chief Administrative Officer Date sent to Council: _________________
______________________________________________________________________________
TO: Salt Lake City Council DATE: September 26, 2022
Dan Dugan, Chair
FROM: Blake Thomas, Director, Department of Community and Neighborhoods
__________________________
SUBJECT: Transportation Master Plan – Plan Update
STAFF CONTACT: Joe Taylor, Transportation Planner, joe.taylor@slcgov.com or (801) 535-
6679
DOCUMENT TYPE: Information Only
RECOMMENDATION: It is requested that the Council review the following summary and
provide any recommendations to ensure that the priorities and goals of the public and the
Council are met in the update of the Salt Lake City Transportation Master Plan. This update will
review the plan process so far and request Council direction for any further goals, priorities, or
processes the Council deems necessary for the future of the transportation network in Salt Lake
City.
BUDGET IMPACT: None. Funds have already been allocated in prior fiscal years for this
project.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION: The existing Salt Lake City Transportation Master Plan, a
progressive document for its time, is more than 23 years old. The state of the practice of
transportation planning, the City’s transportation infrastructure, the preferences of the City, and
concern about air quality has changed significantly since 1996, when the original document was
produced. Following the lead of Plan Salt Lake, the Transportation Master Plan seeks to create a
shared vision for the future of transportation in Salt Lake City. Like Plan Salt Lake, the
Transportation Master Plan will outline an overarching “umbrella” transportation policy to be
applied citywide.
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The update will outline the process so far, including team selection and the public engagement
efforts, and the policy goals we hope to achieve. It will also allow the Council to provide
direction and raise specific policy questions.
Through a competitive RFP process, we selected Nelson Nygaard as the project consultant lead,
with Avenue Consultants handling the local engagement process. Selection was aided by several
City divisions, including Planning, Engineering, and Compliance, as well as regional partners
including UDOT, Wasatch Front Regional Council, and UTA. This combination allowed us to
draw on a well-established background of progressive transportation planning in the Western
United States and a deeply engaged local network.
The Nelson Nygaard / Avenue Consultant proposal stood out to the selection committee for
several reasons. The overriding message was that the process would be led by the residents of
Salt Lake City, especially those that have been overlooked and underserved by the traditional
transportation infrastructure delivery process. Specifically, the proposal made two key
recommendations that serve as the backbone of the plan. The first action was the formation of a
Community Advisory Council (CAC). The second was that community engagement should lead
the process and that values should be established before any policy or specific action.
The CAC is the cornerstone of the Transportation Master Plan. We sought people who lived,
worked, and/or went to school in Salt Lake City and represented a specific community that we
would otherwise struggled to access. Nearly 100 people applied to join our team in a paid
position that would both shape the engagement process and ensure that any resulting policy
would be grounded in the needs of the community.
So far, our CAC members have reviewed all engagement strategies, shown up to numerous in-
person events, and messaged the work to their various communities. The CAC keeps the focus of
the project on the residents and visitors to Salt Lake City. They ensure we stay accountable to
those people that use our transportation network and specifically those that have be historically
underserved.
With the CAC in place, the team began a community survey of what people value in
transportation infrastructure. This survey did not mention any specific project, mode, or policy. It
simply asked what was important in people’s daily lives. This process required alteration due to
the COVID-19 pandemic as some of our outreach efforts were unsafe due to their in-person
nature. With the assistance of Salt Lake City’s Civic Engagement Team, we pivoted our in-
person engagement to the free vaccine clinics being offered at west side elementary schools. At
these clinics, our team took advantage of the 15-minute, post-vaccine wait period to ask people
to fill out surveys. These events allowed us to meet people we often struggle to engage where
they are.
The values survey indicated that every City transportation project should incorporate the
following values:
• Air Quality and the Environment
• Reliability
• Safety From Harm
• Affordability
More on these values and the process by which we arrived at them is detailed in Appendix A.
The second round of engagement sought to translate these agreed-upon values into specific
policies and goals that could be implemented by the Transportation Division and our partners.
Like the first round of engagement, this activity was formatted for both virtual and in-person
engagement. People were asked to review the values from the first survey, then examine a series
of possible solutions that may be applied. Finally, they were asked to use two maps, the first to
identify things that were not working in their daily lives, and the second to identify things that
were.
Continuing to push our efforts to engage residents that have been previously overlooked, the
CAC, City staff, and consultant teams hosted or attended several events. These included the halls
of West High School, the Gail Miller Homeless Resource Center, a party at Spy Hop, a pop-up at
the Northwest Recreation Center, and more. It is always difficult to balance quantitative and
qualitative analysis; however, the long conversations we had at these events, often conducted
with the help of a native Spanish speaker, were some of the most productive sessions this project
has undertaken so far.
Concurrently with the second round of engagement, the project has sought greater understanding
of the internal processes, both those that are working and those that may be causing delay, that
deliver transportation projects in Salt Lake City. The Transportation division identifies, funds,
and designs transportation infrastructure. However, we cannot deliver these projects without a
host of internal and external partners. A key tenet of this plan is to make our work with these
partners more seamless and extend the utility beyond the Transportation division.
To this end our team, with the help of a regional expert (see Seattle Street Illustrated), conducted
several work sessions with those partners that deliver transportation projects. These work
sessions were conducted with Engineering, Public Utilities, Streets, Compliance, Planning, and
other city divisions. They were open forums for us to learn what process improvements were
needed to better facilitate the work we do together. The goal of these sessions was to make the
updated Transportation Master Plan a document that has both utility and viability City-wide. The
Transportation division understands we cannot (and do not want) to do this work alone.
Going forward, the work of updating the Transportation Master Plan will focus on taking what
we have heard from our partners and the community and crafting a document that serves as a
guide to ensuring that every transportation infrastructure project is an expression of the values of
Salt Lake City and its residents. Our intent is not to lay out which projects to work on, but rather
how, why, and with whom they should be conducted. We seek to create a document that helps
everyone in our city take advantage of the Right-of-Way more fully.
In preparation for the upcoming presentation with City Council, Transportation staff ask the
Council to consider two questions.
• What are we missing? Are there specific topics, areas, or inequities we may have
overlooked?
• What are the metrics we should be focusing on? Metrics are important for helping gauge
success and improvement over time. Specific metrics also provide a tool for analyzing the
success of the plan. Possible metrics include:
o Mode shift (i.e., changes in transit ridership, bike or bike share use, single
occupant auto use, etc.)
o Changes in the number of vehicle accidents, or fatal and severe vehicle accidents
o Tracking transportation investment by area or neighborhood
o Engagement in future transportation projects in languages other than English
o Changes in number of cars per household
PUBLIC PROCESS: Community Advisory Council, online engagement, and in-person events
as described in more detail in the body of the transmittal.
EXHIBIT:
Appendix A Final Connect SLC TMP Vision-Values-Priorities Survey Report 2021.02.04
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