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9/14/2020 - Meeting Minutes Page 1 of 3 TAB 09-14-2020 Minutes SALT LAKE CITY TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of the September 14, 2020 Meeting Electronically present from the Transportation Advisory Board were Benjamin LaRiviere, Courtney Reeser, Dave Alderman, Ellen Reddick, Greg Sanchez, Jim Espeland, Jon Larsen, Kerry Doane, Marjorie Rasmussen, Paul Schulte, Reid Ewing, and Suzanne Stensaas. Absent from the Transportation Advisory Board were David Parrot, Daniel Mendoza, and Myron Willson. Also present were Amy Lyons, Kyle Cook, Will Becker, Call-in User 3, and Call-in User 4. The meeting was held electronically and was called to order at 4:02 p.m. by Courtney Reeser. Welcome and Introduction of Guests – Courtney Welcomed everyone. Public Comment – There was no public comment. Motion: Dave Alderman moved to approve the minutes of the August 3, 2020 meeting. Kerry Doane seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Report Out TAB Members Suzanne was pleasantly surprised while biking to discover the connection from the S- Line, over the railroad tracks and to the bridge that goes down to 900 West. She is delighted that there now looks like there’s going to be a connection from Parley’s Trail to the Jordan river. She is also pleased with the work the City has been doing cleaning up trees and is happy they are taking wood to the Navajos. Ellen said there are several spots in the East Bench, District 6, they are working on right now. The more traffic that comes through the East Bench to the Northeast quadrant, the more problems they have with people running stop signs. She did meet with Kyle Cook and received some of the new park strip signs. She dropped them off at some of the business hubs including 13th and 13th and 17th and 17th. The businesses have put those out and are hoping it will slow traffic. Kyle explained that the signs were about the size of campaign signs, go in the park strips and have several different messages asking people to slow down. They made some in English and Spanish which are appropriate for neighborhood streets as well as a series that is oriented for commercial corridors. It is a pilot program which has seen a lot of interest so far. Ellen said the business owners are pleased, it gives them a feeling that the city is doing something for them and recognizing there is a problem. Dave Alderman said he’s hearing normal issues regarding speeding and racing and would be interested in the signs. He also thanked Jon for attending his Community Council meeting last month. Paul said the schools have been dealing with pandemics, the winds and earthquakes. Last week there were 22 schools out at any given time. Relative to construction, all their construction projects are completed at this time and seem to be Page 2 of 3 TAB 09-14-2020 Minutes working well. Jim is interested in Will’s 900 West project. He said they had a public meeting and discussed some options for that intersection. Kerry gave two links to the Board. One is for the August change day which happened about two week later than normal. They were trying to coincide a little bit closer to school starting. That link is here: https://www.rideuta.com/Rider-Info/Change-Day-August-2020. The other link is the Covid-19 recovery story map which gives information about what UTA is doing with respect to the pandemic and transit service. That link is here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ae2cbd3bfae6423c908d9da11b30de1f. Marge said UDOT has two new signals that will be reconstructed on Foothill. One is at 1700 South and the other is at 2100 South. The signals are designed, currently in procurement and should be coming soon. They will keep the crosswalk flags at 2100 South and she has asked to make sure the timing is right once those are reconstructed so pedestrians have ample time to cross. She said a rebuild of I-80 and I-215 (Parley’s Interchange) is also moving forward and will be coming in spring 2021. The Board can get updates here: https://www.udot.utah.gov/connect/projects/current-projects/. The signal up by the Capitol at 400 North is just about done. There was a bit of delay with the utilities and then the windstorm. UDOT crews helped SLC crews on wind clean up. Reid has been working a lot on Covid-19 from a planning perspective. They have basically found that living in a large metropolitan area does in fact increase your chances of contracting Covid-19 and dying from it but living in smaller metropolitan areas, even in a dense part of it, does not. They have published this information in a health journal as well as in JAPA. They have also begun an e-scooter study at five different intersections. They are looking at all modes of transportation but focusing on e-scooters and specifically how many are following optimal practice. What they have found so far is that about half of them use the sidewalks and virtually no one wears a helmet even though the scooter companies recommend it. They found one additional thing concerning bicyclists. Those who wear helmets were most likely to use the bike lanes vs those who didn’t mostly rode on the sidewalks. Courtney said the Rose Park area was hit very hard by the windstorm and it’s amazing to see the City crews out there doing what they can as quickly as possible. One of the biggest things they have noticed with the traffic signals not functioning due to power outages is everyone running them rather than treating them as a 4-way stop. She would like to see some education about this. There was also a problem with street racing on 600 North, 700 North and 800 West. The result of this was an accident involving a power pole as the crews were already trying to restore power to the area. She is hoping to have Lt. Beener to a TAB meeting soon for a discussion about traffic enforcement. 200 South Transit Corridor Study Kyle Cook, SLC Transportation Kyle said 200 South has basically reached the end of its useful life. It’s in rough shape and needs to be redone so it has been included in the Funding Our Future initiative as it includes two of the elements required to qualify. Those are improved street conditions and better transit service. The City is currently evaluating the corridor and doing some preliminary engineering and outreach. Two years from now, they are going to reconstruct 200 South from 400 West to 900 East. This doesn’t cover all the things that are important on this corridor, particularly the eastern end at the University of Utah and the western end by the Salt Lake Central Station on 600 West. Those are important destinations and although they are not within the reconstruction area, they are important, and the City will be looking at those connections. The Transit Master Plan identified 200 South as the #1 top corridor for investment for transit priority as it is the Page 3 of 3 TAB 09-14-2020 Minutes busiest transit street in the state. Kyle went over the phases and the timelines within each phase as well as their draft goals and potential project challenges. More information can be found here: https://www.slc.gov/mystreet/2020/03/27/200-south- corridor-plan/. Reid asked about traffic calming. Kyle said that is absolutely part of this project and showed the Board the Transit Corridor Toolbox on the website where there are a variety of different strategies. 900 West & California Avenue Potential Upcoming Roadway Project Will Becker, SLC Transportation Will gave the Board an update on the public engagement efforts, the community survey responses, and a preview of the draft design concept based on the public feedback. The intent is to make the 900 West & California Avenue intersection safer and better in serving the needs of the community as this is an intersection with a lot of community destinations and is linked to other corridors to the city. There were some questions about the ability to make right hand turns from the single lane and how that would coincide with pedestrian movements. Further information on that project can be found here: https://www.slc.gov/transportation/2020/07/08/900west/. Vulnerable Road Users Letter Discussion/Approval Jon Larsen, SLC Transportation Jon went over the draft letter and prior feedback from the Board. He asked if they had additional edits or would like to take action. Suzanne moved to adopt the letter as a Board and send it to the Mayor and City Council. Dave Alderman seconded the motion. The motion pass unanimously with Paul Schulte, Kerry Doane and Marjorie Rasmussen abstaining. There was additional discussion regarding Board action once the Typologies is complete and the importance of getting this disseminated to the Mayor and all City Council Members. The next meeting of the Board was scheduled for October 5, 2020. Motion: Ellen Reddick motioned to adjourn the meeting; Reid Ewing seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 5:34 p.m. Approved by Board 10-05-20