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12/6/2021 - Meeting Minutes SALT LAKE CITY TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of the December 6, 2021 Meeting Electronically present from the Transportation Advisory Board were Courtney Reeser, Dave Alderman, Ellen Reddick, Greg Sanchez, Jenn Diederich, Jim Espeland, Jon Larsen, Kerry Doane, Marjorie Rasmussen, Myron Willson, Paul Schulte, Reid Ewing, and Suzanne Stensaas. Members absent from the Transportation Advisory Board were Daniel Mendoza and David Parrott. Also present were Amy Lyons, Dave Iltis, Joe Taylor, Tom Millar, Julianne Sabula, Ashley Cleveland, and Russell Weeks. The meeting was held electronically and was called to order at 4:o3p.m. by Courtney Reeser. Welcome and Introduction of Guests — Courtney read the anchor statement and welcomed everyone. Public Comment Ellen said there were two children hit again this week while in a crosswalk with orange flags in their hands. She asked if it is possible to get every incident of a child being hit this year and what responsibilities or repercussions the drivers have encountered. She asked if the City is making sure this has enough publicity and if the Community Council Chairs need to start pounding this in their communities as far as driving, the speed limits, and driving responsible. The fellow who hit these children hadn't cleaned off his window which was filled with ice and snow and was luckily driving slowly because he couldn't see when he hit the two children in the crosswalk. She would really like to get behind this somehow and start chastising people, making drivers feel more accountable than they are. The safety of our children and pets are paramount and she wants to know what they can do and if we are really punishing people that are driving stupid. Jon said he i00% agrees and will have the Transportation safety team look at that and see if it is something they can compile. Ellen remembered when there was graffiti on the Redman building in downtown Sugar House and the Mayor at the time went down there, stood in front of the building, and said you will not do this in my city, I will find you and punish you so you stop. Ellen said that occasionally someone needs to get out there, into a crosswalk, and say stop running over our kids in the street. She's willing to do it but not being a known person, she would love to see Mayor Mendenhall or Governor Cox do it. She has asked the Governor but is not getting a response from people that could have media attention. Myron said that Sweet Streets has started gathering information when someone is injured or more seriously perhaps, in a traffic violence map which is on their website. They aren't quite sure what to do with it yet or how to use it as an educational tool. He likes Ellen's idea to go to city leaders and see if they will help stand up for pedestrians and others. He agrees with Ellen that there are things that can be done and encourages everyone to look at the Sweet Streets website and see what information they Page 1 of 6 TAB 12-06-2021 Minutes are compiling. Dave Iltis said that in this discussion about traffic safety, for example Sunnyside was just rebuilt and restriped, and this is yet another project by SLC Transportation where they missed the boat on speed limits. goo West still has a speed limit of 35mph and it's unacceptable that it's that high. Sunnyside is Oomph where you're going by kids going to the zoo and full parking lots. There are narrower lanes, so traffic has slowed somewhat but SLC Transportation is out to lunch on speed limits in the city. You can look at 800 South for example where just west of goo East, the speed limit is 35mph and there's absolutely no justification for this. When you talk about kids getting hit in crosswalks on various streets and there's no change in the speed limits, this is an utter failure by Transportation and by SLC and it's baffling to him why they can't just go in and do this right now. Go in and drop the speed limit on Sunnyside to 25 or 3omph, this notion that speed limits don't affect things is utterly wrong. There are multiple studies out there that show when you drop the speed limit, people's speeds slow down. While it may not be perfect, it's one step that basically involves changing two numbers on a sign. How cheap is that and how long does it take. He noticed that someone put in the chat about a speed study next year on Sunnyside. Why not just do that now and drop the speed limit. There is no reason to waste time for another year with kids walking to the zoo. There will be another tragedy again on Sunnyside where the zoo is because people are driving Oomph because it's permissible. All it takes is one person if you have a two-lane street and everyone else must go that speed. goo West is a great example of failure of Transportation. He asked why in the world is goo West still 35mph when you have an equivalent road on 200 South that T-bones into goo West that's 3omph. The roads are almost the same and SLC Transportation has sat there and done nothing when changing the speed limit signs is simple. He hopes Transportation will start doing those little things to make a difference. Motion: Suzanne Stensaas moved to approve the minutes of the November 1, 2021 meeting with her suggested amendments. Jim Espeland seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. West Side Transportation Equity Study Joe Taylor, SLC Transportation Joe gave a presentation on the West Side Transportation Equity Study including an overview of how the study came to be and what it is. The entire study can be downloaded at https://www.slc.gov/transportation/plans-studies/westside-equity/. He went over the components of the study and explained what they mean by equity. He updated the Board on where the study is now, what they are doing next and how they are reaching out to the community. Joe welcomed any input and can be reached at joe.taylor@slcgov.com. Report Out from Paul Schulte Paul gave his member report out early as he had to leave the meeting. He said that in the SLC School District, there is a new Superintendent who has been doing townhall meetings. When they were at a townhall meeting in Glendale, there were several folks asking if a traffic light could be installed going across California Avenue where there is a crosswalk that kids use regularly. The entire area is quite busy and between Mountain View, Glendale, and the Community Learning Center, it's a very busy section. He asked if there are ever traffic lights installed that are only turned on during the busy parts of Page 2 of 6 TAB 12-06-2021 Minutes the day and if they could also get crossing guards. He said that is a constant request they get. Suzanne asked if there are police records kept of all pedestrian accidents regardless of injury. Paul said he's not aware that there is a database of that type. Jenn said she's not sure exactly what they have but she'll check on it. Paul also asked Jon for a follow up on the consideration of angled parking in front of Hawthorne Elementary. Typologies/2omph Letter Discussion TAB Members Courtney read the draft Typologies letter to the Board. After some discussion and clarification, Courtney will adjust the letter to reflect those agreed upon comments and send the letter to the Mayor and City Council. She said the feedback she has received has been amazing. Motion: Courtney Reeser moved to make the communicated edits and suggestions to the letter and have it sent out. Suzanne Stensaas seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. TAB 2022 Priorities and Agenda-Setting Discussion TAB Members Motion: Suzanne Stensaas moved to approve the 2022 TAB meeting schedule. Myron Willson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Motion: Kerry Doane moved to approve the 2022 Topics-Agenda Calendar with the addition of the Transportation Master Plan. Myron Willson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Report Out TAB Members Courtney announced that Ben LaRiviere with District 5 has left the Board to pursue his master's degree. If anyone knows anyone in that area who might be interested in serving on the TAB, please have them apply. Myron said he lives in that area and will bring it up to the Community Councils. Kerry said the UTA-On-Demand in SLC will begin this change day, December 13th. More information can be found here: https://www.rideuta. com/Services/UTA-On-Demand/Salt-Lake-City-Westside. It is a UTA service, and you can get a transfer so if you pay your $2.5o to get a ride,you can then use that to transfer to other services. Frontrunner is an additional fee but even if you ride the bus,you must pay additional to ride the Frontrunner. Kerry also has a few questions with respect to access to transit on many streets. There's a lot of construction going on and UTA has noticed that a lot of sidewalks have been used for construction sites. They would like to request requiring construction contractors to maintain the sidewalk and have the vehicles be impacted as opposed to the pedestrians. She thinks it would help transit riders as well as anyone who is walking. She heard a report that on Main Street between 60o and 700 South, both sides of the sidewalk were closed and there was no way to get down the street. There are a lot of places she has tried to walk and had to cross the street twice because the sidewalk is closed. She asked why they make pedestrians move when vehicles can move around easier. She isn't sure if there is a way to talk to Engineering and have the sidewalks prioritized but if they could do whatever they need to do to maintain walk access, especially where there is transit, it would be great. Marge said UDOT had their kickoff meeting for the Foothill Project. Page 3 of 6 TAB 12-06-2021 Minutes Lynn was there and they were trying to get the consultants up and going. She and Lynn provided them copies of all the feedback they have received so far so they had a lot of information to look through. Kerry asked if there was a UTA representative for that project. Marge said she didn't think so but would work with Kerry to get one. She also worked with Lynn on a recommendation letter for future funding for some pedestrian upgrades/different active transportation things for a project along Foothill. She got a letter over to Lynn saying UDOT was onboard with that project. They talked about the bicycle/pedestrian trail which is a project on 700 East and goes from 2100 South to 1300 South, mainly on the west side. It is a trail and walking path area that will tie back into Liberty Park on the north end and the S-Line on the south end. Marge said she hasn't been replaced yet but once UDOT fills her position, there will be a new UDOT representative for TAB. She said Brad Palmer could help until then if needed. Suzanne wanted to reiterate something Kerry said. She was on South Temple by the Alta Club which has very heavy traffic around 200 East and State Street. The sidewalk was blocked by construction with no warning and there was no place you could safely walk. It was a long way to go back to State Street and she needed to stay on the same side of the street. She doesn't understand what the regulations are for builders and why they can pre-empt the sidewalk, even for a day,without providing signage. The issue is that when builders take the sidewalk, they must provide an alternative. It shouldn't be the City's job, there should be reflective paint, cones, warnings, or they should just close a lane. She doesn't know whose job it is to know what the regulations are or what the City can do but there should be fines for contractors or something. She has a letter in progress for Lynn and was a bit discouraged by Tom's comment on Sunnyside and the restriping. She hears too often that there will be an upcoming study and then we're going to do something and it's a 2-3 years before anything is done. It seems to her to sometimes things are fairly simple, straightforward issues. Can nothing be done in the city without doing a study and do we have to wait years to get anything done. It seems to her that citizenry like herself, get discouraged about yet another study. It could be because she sat on the Foothill Implementation Study and has seen absolutely nothing done although they're moving very slowly now to get a few crosswalks and maybe bus stops and trees. City government must work better and be more efficient in producing results if they want support for bonds and things in the future. Taking two years to change a street sign for speed because you want to do a study to see if it's better or worse doesn't make sense to her. Courtney was thinking about what Joe said about people not wanting to engage over and over as they feel that it's leading them on. She thinks part of the communication problem that has been between TAB and their communities and TAB and the City is how the timeframe works on things. That might be something she and Jon could discuss and bring back to TAB at a future meeting. Kerry said that being from a public agency herself, she understands but they have also heard from Joe that if they only hear from people that attend meetings, which is TAB, and he turns around and does what they say, that's not getting the voice of everyone. Studies are a way for them to make sure they aren't having a very small few dictate what the city does. Courtney agrees with that and said that hearing what everybody needs has been very informational. She thinks that it helps build community and it can't just be that we're only going to take input for 2 weeks and that's what we're going to do. We need to make sure we engage everybody and make sure everybody has a chance to be heard, felt, and seen and that's what equity is. She'll get with Jon and figure out how they can communicate better. She said there is a new permanent stop sign on 30o North and moo West and the community is very excited about it because it helps slow down the traffic. There was a meeting with stakeholders for the 1000 West project and that Page 4 of 6 TAB 12-06-2021 Minutes included the Fairpark and neighbors. She said Kyle did a great job listening to what was being presented,what was being said and she appreciated everything he did for them. Lara came to their Community Council meeting last week and talked about micro transit which was great. Courtney has had three people who did not attend that meeting contact her for more information. She was able to give the UTA link from Kerry which was very helpful. The 600 North project has been moving quickly and it's going to be interesting to see how the new lane exiting northbound 6o0 North is received. She is hoping they don't just get a pile of rocks for aesthetic design; she thinks it would be interesting to have something different. Myron is excited about the grant for Research Park and UTA. He feels one of the big failures is east/west transit through the City. He and HEAL Utah are really concerned about the 200 South transit corridor and making sure it gets the support it needs because there will be a lot of push back in terms of any type of bus only lanes or priority for transit. He knows that UTA will kind of defer to SLC so if there is any way they can help be more aggressive in helping to prioritize east/west transit for folks whether that is 9Oo South, the Research Park corridor on 400 South or 200 South, he really wants to make sure they don't get stuck on small details and miss the big opportunities to advance transit. He said that Jon and his staff are amazing, and he's continually amazed at the expertise that is there and they need political support. Courtney said she doesn't mean to sound negative, but they all know what they see in their neighborhoods and how they need to communicate that to the City. Things change and she thinks that generations of work change and that Jon's team has been amazing with moving up and forward instead of saying that's the way we've always done it. They take the time to look at what their job is and how it relates to the citizens. She echoed what Myron said which is that they should make sure and help the City, make sure their communities know. There are little enclaves of groups that don't come to the Community Council meetings and she thinks that's more of their job than anything is making sure the outreach is there. TAB WebEx Meeting Chat from Millar, Tom to everyone: 4:08 PM Sunnyside will have a speed study done next year to see what effect our redesign has had. This was our plan regarding any potential speed limit changes, as communicated to the public earlier this year. from Dave Iltis to everyone: 4:ii PM That's great Tom, but every single street project/rebuild should also include changing the speed limit during the street rebuild. This is a problem with the process for street repairs/reconstructions is an afterthought and not included as part of the original plan. from Millar, Tom to everyone: 4:13 PM Thanks, Dave.As this wasn't a rebuild, but a restripe/resurface, our standard procedure it to test speeds again the following year and make any changes then.You'll be pleased to hear that 900 South will be 25 mph from end to end once the 900 South/9-Line Trail project is complete. from Dave Iltis to everyone: 4:15 PM Thanks Tom, I still think we could just drop the speed limits asap, rather than waiting. Sunnyside cannot justify a 40 mph speed limit. 900 West was a rebuild that kept the same speed limit and bafflingly, it's still 35 mph. from Dave Iltis to everyone: 4:18 PM https://www.portland.gov/transportation/vision-zero/news/2020/12/1/analysis- indicates-20-mph-speed-limit-reduced-driving from Dave Iltis to everyone: 4:18 PM Page 5 of 6 TAB 12-06-2021 Minutes https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/city-drivers-slow-down-for-lower-speed-limit-in- boston from Myron to everyone: 4:25 PM FYI - Sweet Streets Traffic Violence Map from Myron to everyone: 4:25 PM https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/o/edit?mid=1IHB- YP2 FgVnuo46u3GLyOmaYLkfXDIj O&11=40.7612186981164%2C- 111.9i693824999999&7=12 from Dave Iltis to everyone: 4:34 PM https://slcgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=326333659bcb487 3b64cc9a4oe3749d5 from Dave Iltis to everyone: 4:35 PM https://udps.numetric.net/utah-crash-summary#/ from Dave Iltis to everyone: 4:35 PM See also: https://www.slc.gov/transportation/crash-data/ from Dave Ihis to everyone: 4:43 PM Regarding the letter, one of the issues is that SLC Code has a default speed of 20 mph for all unmarked streets. This is the lynchpin to change things. Recommending changing the code would be good. The code change would not affect marked roads. from Ellen Reddick to everyone: 4:44 PM Agree thank you from Dave Iltis to everyone: 4:49 PM This is the default code that needs to change: B. Twenty Five Miles Per Hour: On all streets and at all places the prima facie speed limit shall be twenty five (25) miles per hour, except as otherwise provided in subsection A of this section, or in such other streets or places as otherwise posted or marked as directed by the city transportation engineer. (Ord. 88-86 § 68, 1986: Ord. 35-86 § 1, 1986: prior code title 46, art. 7§ 117) from Larsen, Jon to everyone: 4:53 PM To Myron's earlier post about the TechLink transit connector study-it won't directly impact 200 South. The plan is to use the 40o South TRAX corridor, and improve the connections to/between Research Park, Ballpark, Central Station, and the rest of the region from Doane, Kerry Mgr Long Range Strategic Plan to everyone: 4:54 PM An offering for fourth PP: The safety of all our neighbors is essential. Reducing the motor vehicle speed in residential areas where the street is shared by people walking, cycling, are vulnerable in some way or who need extra time to cross will benefit the quality of life for everyone. Implementation of reduced posted speeds in those locations in the city will also benefit the Complete Streets protocol, as well as assist street and traffic engineers understand the livability of the roads they are building. The Board also understands the need of education, engagement, and enforcement for any expected changes in roadway behavior. Motion: Suzanne Stensaas motioned to adjourn the meeting; Myron Willson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 5:29 p.m. and the next meeting of the Board will be a joint meeting with the Bicycle Advisory Committee and is scheduled for 4:3o p.m. on January 10, 2022. Approved by TAB 02-07-22 Page 6 of 6 TAB 12-06-2021 Minutes