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09/17/2018 - Minutes SALT LAKE CITY BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes of the September 17, 2018 Meeting Present from the Bicycle Advisory Committee were David Parrott, Josalyn Bates, Joshua Poppel, Nathan Anderson, and Zachary Anderson. Absent from the Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting were Elicia Cardenas, David Brooks, and Todd Hadden. Also present were Peter Tang, Elliott Mott,Alexis Verson, Jon Larsen, Denise Hunsaker, and Taylor Anderson. The meeting, held at the Transportation Division Office, 349 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, was called to order at 5:02 p.m. by David Parrott. Welcome and Introduction of Members and Guests — David welcomed everyone and everyone introduced themselves. Public Comment—Taylor Anderson read the minutes from prior BAC meetings and was wondering if there was an update on the 170o South restriping project. He wanted to know if there were plans from the BAC to support the design changes proposed. He is hoping to get an update on where the committee stands, and what he can do to help get support for this project. David Parrott mentioned the survey, created by Civic Engagement, is still open and that the BAC generally likes to have as much information as possible before taking action. David made a note to give Taylor an update via email on this in the future. Approval of Minutes— Motion: Nathan Anderson moved to approve the minutes of the August 20, 2018 meeting. Zachary Anderson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Connection: UDOT Region Two Peter Tang, UDOT Peter came to give an update on the new process for including active transportation, primarily for bicyclists. UDOT recently dissolved their regional-level bicycle committee that advised on various construction projects for UDOT. Peter said this was due in part to the fact that construction projects are all in varying stages with varying timelines, and that the committee was not able to provide adequate input. Instead, bicycling experts, including Becka Roolf and the BAC are going to be able to provide input and feedback on a project by project basis. This allows for qualitative input and does away with repeating efforts within Region 2. Peter Tang brought up that he is now taking the lead Page i of 3 BAC Minutes 2018—o9-17-18 to fix the bicycle cut-out in the Campus Drive project, using it as an example where the previous form of collaborating with the bicycling community was unsuccessful. Complete Streets Ordinance Updates Jon Larsen, SLC Transportation Division Jon gave an update on crafting a new Complete Streets Ordinance. The update of the ordinance, an item asked for recently by Council, is to ensure that the ordinance is robust and addresses things like transit and UDOT facilities (which the current one does not). Jon also brought up the Street Typologies work that will be kicking off in November. He explained that we want to have a toolkit for identifying street types that goes beyond the historic arterial, connector, and neighborhood street types we currently have. Jon and Alexis pulled up Seattle's Streets Illustrated to give an example of a very highly desirable outcome of the Street Typologies work. The BAC requests a link sent out to them that gives the current ordinance so that they may formulate some recommendations for the next meeting. 2100 South and i3oo East came up as examples of when the Street Typology could have been used and how the current ordinance was unable to properly guide the work. Jon said the current ordinance does dictate that a committee meet and inform on Complete Street projects. Joshua Poppel asked if that committee meets regularly. Jon said no, that he had only been asked once to write a letter for a project. Motion: Joshua Poppel moved to talk about this ordinance update next month and add it to the October Agenda. Zachary Anderson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Brief Project Updates Alexis Verson, SLC Transportation Division Alexis gave a brief update on the following projects.Alexis mentioned that the project managers, currently at a conference, would come back and present in more detail as things like budget and scope are better defined. There were no follow-up questions about the projects. • 90o South Reconstruction/Roundabout —Alexis said the roundabout is the preferred design and a budget amendment is going to Council to ask for the funds to construct it. • Emigration Creek Trail Connector—This project has more impacts than we originally thought. We are going to put it on hold, for now, and wrap it into the Foothill EIS work that will begin soon. • Rose Park Neighborhood Byway— Tom Millar the project manager is meeting with stakeholders to talk about needs, preferred alignment, and to define the scope of work. Page 2 of 3 BAC Minutes 2018-09-17-18 • 600 N/ 700 N Corridor — essentially the same as previous project, Tom Millar is working on the scope and meeting with the community. Jon, David, and Denise were excited to see changes on this corridor. • East-West Connections, including 90o South — Partially funded, may begin design work on several key intersections, including the 90o South RR crossing. • Transportation Master Plan Update — Partially funded, a CIP request recommended by the Mayor is going to Council this week to fully fund the plan update. Committee Membership Updates &Vice Chair Vacancy Alexis Verson, SLC Transportation Alexis provided an electronic copy of the process for nominating a Vice Chair. David Parrott says that it is pretty important to get this position filled,because of the need to have a TAB representative. The BAC is going to take time to think of nominees this month, and then bring it up again in the October meeting. The BAC has requested an electronic copy of the document discussed in this agenda item. Nathan asked if a city staff person could serve on the BAC — someone who is not correlated with transportation work.Alexis said she would make a note to have Becka follow up on that. Announcements &Connections • Transportation Advisory Board —vacant— Denise expressed interest in applying for the TAB vacancy • 1300 East — David Parrott — no specific update • 600 / 700 North — Elicia Cardenas, David Parrott — no specific update Motion: Joshua Poppel motioned to adjourn the meeting, Josalyn Bates seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:14 p.m. Approved by Committee on io-15-18 Page 3 of 3 BAC Minutes 2018—09-17-18