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02/01/2021 - Minutes SALT LAKE CITY TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of the February 1, 2021 Meeting Electronically present from the Transportation Advisory Board were Benjamin LaRiviere, Courtney Reeser, Dave Alderman, Ellen Reddick, Greg Sanchez, Jennifer Diederich, Jon Larsen, Kerry Doane, Myron Willson, Paul Schulte, and Suzanne Stensaas. Absent from the Transportation Advisory Board were Daniel Mendoza, David Parrott, Jim Espeland, Marjorie Rasmussen, Hugh Van Wagenen, and Reid Ewing. Also present were Amy Lyons, Jeff Gulden, Russell Weeks, Brent Crowther and Becka Roolf. The meeting was held electronically and was called to order at 4:04 p.m. by Courtney Reeser. Welcome and Introduction of Guests — Courtney read the anchor statement and welcomed everyone. Brent Crowther from Kimley-Horn introduced himself. Public Comment—There was no public comment. Motion: Myron Willson moved to approve the minutes of the December 7, 2020 meeting. Dave Alderman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Motion: Ellen Reddick moved to approve the minutes of the January 11, 2021 joint TAB/BAC meeting. Kerry Doane seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Report Out TAB Members Ellen said there was a full-blown study on Foothill 10 years ago which produced many recommendations but so far there have been no improvements or any movement towards following that traffic study. Her Community Council has asked UDOT and SLC Transportation to join their meeting on the last Monday of the month to discuss this. They would like to know where UDOT and SLC are at regarding implementing the study recommendations since nothing has been done since the study. She also said she is working on a project to get flags at all crosswalks since schools are open again. The flag program works great during the school year, but as soon as schools close, they are no longer responsible for summertime coverage. She asked Paul if there was someone from the school district she could contact regarding allowing community councils to be able to keep those flags filled when school is not in session. Paul said the school district would support that and he will send her contact information. Ben asked if there was a plan for bike lanes on 1300 South because it ends on State Street and his neighbor was hit by a car while on his bike in that area. Jon said that is a challenging stretch and they have been working on a bypass so people can take some streets to the north to cross. Page 1 of 3 TAB 02-01-2021 Minutes They are working with UTA on a crossing at Paxton Avenue to get across TRAX and then it continues west where there is a HAWK beacon to cross safely on 300 West. Cyclists can then come back to 1300 South and UDOT has an extra wide sidewalk acting as a multi-use trail. Transportation still needs to figure out how to get people across State Street safely, but the Ball Park Station Area Plan is also looking at improving walking, biking, and lane use integration in and around that area. Suzanne said she would like to reiterate what Ellen said about Foothill. She doesn't believe it was ever brought up to City Council and wants to know why nothing has been brought forward. Jon said there was a follow up study a couple years ago with UDOT to move ahead and implement this plan. Along with UDOT, the City hired a consultant to do a technical analysis of potentional costs and impacts so they could do some scoping and potentially move into an environmental study. It turns out that it would have cost hundreds of millions and would have taken out numerous properties including some historic properties and a couple of churches to implement this full plan. A letter regarding this was sent out about a year ago. The Mayor and the head of UDOT talked about it and decided to stay true to the broader vision of the plan but focus on the smaller more incremental changes rather than try to implement the entire plan at once. For example, at the Sunnyside intersection over the next year or two, they should hopefully be seeing a major upgrade as far as bike/ped comfort and safety, particularly crossing Foothill at that location. SLC recognizes there is a lot of work to do and also looked at the intersection by Foothill Village and worked with a technical team to help improve walkability there. Ellen asked if Jon has that letter and he said he would find it and send it out. Suzanne said none of that information has been passed on to the citizens involved in that study and she is opposed to the idea that nothing can be done and thinks they need to move forward on this with community involvement. Courtney said Di is seeing a lot of speeding, particularly down 900 West. The PD community liaison situation has changed but they are still trying to keep the community updated on those changes and other related things going on. Jenn said Captain Beener oversees the community liaisons now and that the traffic division has been shorthanded but is trying to catch up. If anyone sends her specific places where speeding is a problem, she can try to get some speed boards up or more officers in the area. Courtney said because of Covid, Rose Park hasn't been able to do their festival. One of the ideas they were thinking of doing instead is a pop-up event like the one that was at 600 North,but at four different locations around Rose Park and doing a paint the pavement during the event. Courtney will contact Transportation to coordinate this community lead project and get the proper permits. Courtney showed and read the final draft letter of support for the CIP projects which was voted on in December. No one had any concerns or suggested changes so this letter will be sent out. Becka said there were a few changes to the way the CIP projects were applied for. The final list is a little different but substantially the same as what they reviewed. She will send the final list to the Board. UTA Updates Kerry Doane, UTA The last update Kerry gave to TAB was March 3, 2020, about two weeks before things began shutting down due to Covid. During that update, they talked about the change day service choices and the SL County 4th quarter money. Much of that changed but not the refreshed mission, continued service, and a lot of planning. She shared the changes in ridership by mode due to Covid compared to the previous year. Busses experienced the least reduction in ridership while commuter rail experienced the most. UTA drastically reduced their service in April, and it has now climbed back. UTA has a new Page 2 of 3 TAB 02-01-2021 Minutes focus for the coming year including their mission,which is to provide integrated mobility solutions to service life's connections, improve public health, and enhance quality of life. In addition, their focus is on people (public and employees), service, and stewardship (finance, environment, sustainable transportation). She explained these and went through the planning process and RTP's (regional transportation plans) as well as their strategic planning, service planning and operations planning. There is a new Planning and Engagement Office within UTA, and she went over what their duties will be. Kerry briefed the Board on their 5-year service plan which can be found online at rideuta.com. UTA is looking at the future of light rail and studying the light rail system. She went over the different phases of this study and talked about a separate study of transit in the downtown area. The Hive Pass has been affected by Covid and is currently down to 500 active passes. Kerry also went over a list of UTA projects outside SLC limits. SLC School District Update Paul Schulte, SLC School District SLC School District began bringing kids back to school last week but have always had smalls groups attending and were providing community service such as food for their students and the community. As of last week, students and parents have the option to come back to school in person,but they also have the option to do virtual school. Paul said they anticipate talking to the School Board about rebuilding the district office downtown soon. It would be on the same sight as the old office, would have all underground parking and they would work with the City to improve traffic flow around the building. He also said they are working on a sustainability resolution. The goal of this is to come up with a plan to be clean energy by 2030 and carbon neutral by 2040. He would also like to discuss Hillside Elementary at an upcoming meeting. Highland Drive Re-Striping Discussion Jeff Gulden, SLC Transportation Transportation is looking at making striping changes on Highland Drive from the southern City limit to Warnock Avenue which is just south of I-80. Jeff went over the project goals including the feasibility of putting bike lanes on that section, opportunities to improve safety and efficiency for people driving and to improve circulation between Sugar House and Millcreek's new downtown development. Millcreek will be restriping their section to the SLC City limit this summer and SLC is evaluating how to connect the Millcreek project with our section of Highland Drive. The project is what is called a chip-seal and is an opportunity to revisit striping on the roadway and possibly add signs to reflect striping changes. It is not an opportunity to modify roadway width, sidewalk, curb, gutter,ADA ramps, etc. He showed a map of the study area and went through some of the details. Kerry asked if they are considering the width of the lanes and how challenging it is for busses. Jeff said they will work together for a solution and will be doing civic engagement giving everyone a chance to provide input. The next meeting of the Board was scheduled for March 1, 2021. Motion: Kerry Doane motioned to adjourn the meeting; Myron Willson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m. Approved by TAB 03-01-21 Page 3 of 3 TAB 02-01-2021 Minutes