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8/7/2023 - Meeting Minutes SALT LAKE CITY TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of the August 7, 2023 Meeting Present from the Transportation Advisory Board were Dave Alderman, Jon Larsen, and Suzanne Stensaas. Electronically present from the Transportation Advisory Board were Daniel Mendoza, Ellen Reddick, Greg Sanchez, Jim Espeland, John Close, Johnnae Nardone, Justice Morath, Leo Masic, and Patrick Casey. Absent from the Transportation Advisory Board were Julie Bjornstad and Steve Wooldridge. Electronically present were Ray Reynolds, Ben Trueman, Becka Roolf, and Amy Lyons. Also Present was Julianne Sabula. The meeting was held both electronically and in person and was called to order at 4:02 p.m.by Greg Sanchez. Welcome and Introduction of Guests — Greg welcomed everyone. Motion: Ellen Reddick moved to approve the minutes of the May 1, 2023 meeting. Dave Alderman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Motion: Ellen Reddick moved to approve the minutes of the June 12, 2023 joint TAB/BAC meeting. Dave Alderman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Public Comment—There were no members of the public. BAC Monthly Update Pat Casey, BAC Vice-Chair There were no BAC updates. CIP/ Project Prioritization Becka Roolf, SLC Transportation Becka said the members may have noticed a trend in chatting about future projects, this is something that is likely to continue. Two documents were sent out prior to the meeting. One was an update on what is currently going on with the last round of CIP applications and while they haven't heard on those yet, they are starting to work on the next round. CIP is the City's Capital Improvement Program which is the allocation of city focused dollars that go toward capital projects throughout the city. Becka showed the CIP priority recommendations document which has all the pending CIP applications. These projects are applied for over the course of the fall into early winter and then reviewed by a constituent board(CDCIP Board)who sends their Page 1 of 4 TAB 08-07-2023 Minutes recommendations to the Mayor. The Mayor looks at the list, including the projects that weren't recommended, and sends them to the City Council. The City Council passes the city budget in June, prior to the beginning of the fiscal year including what amount is going to be put into the capital budget. By September ist the capital budget for the next year is passed and is assigned to the next fiscal year, so the budget they are looking at now is the FY24. The funds for these projects do not have to be completed within one year,but they like them spent within three years. Becka went over the projects that are about to be fully funded from FY23 funds and is now focused on the new round of applications which will be for FY25. She explained what their mission is when determining these projects and that Engineering requests are more categorial like reconstruction projects, overlay projects, and public way concrete. Their applications don't have specific streets listed; they are chosen by need once funding is received. Becka explained the different types of potential funding available and what it can be spent on. She spoke on impact fees which is a certain amount that is charged to developers and put into the capital improvement program. Suzanne said if Transportation is really looking at complete streets and byways, they need to be pressuring for greater impact fees in the Sugar House area and other areas that are being degraded by uncontrolled development. Jon said there is a state code they must follow for impact fees. Becka said there is more they can do to make sure their projects are eligible to receive impact fees and that they are tapping into the impact fees to the maximum extent they can given what is in the impact fee plan. She said Class C funding is part of the state gas tax that is collected by the state and then allocated to the different municipalities to maintain streets of a certain size. Funding our Future is a sales tax increase that was passed by the City Council a couple years ago. It has four categories listed which are public safety, housing, streets, and transit. 1/4 cent is a funding pot that passed at the county level and is dispersed to the cities. It can go to fund transportation and SLC has been seeking to use as much of it as possible to go toward multimodal transportation. It is the primary source of funding for transportation related projects. Suzanne said at a future date, she'd like to hear what kind of state or federal money they're trying to get. Jon said they got almost $2 million for the East/West Connectivity Grant and have received about $15 million in state funds over the last few years. Becka said a lot of the federal money they are receiving is not coming directly to SLC but indirectly through the state. Becka showed the ist draft for the 2025 possible projects to do CIP applications for. Transportation is collaborating with Engineering to see if they can line up as many things as possible. She went over the projects on the list and Suzanne said she would like to have more information on these projects,like photos or diagrams and the overall objective of the projects. Dave asked if this list was developed with the scoring system that was talked about at a prior TAB meeting and Becka said it was. Becka asked the Board members to look through the list and tell her if there are projects they are really excited about or if there were projects that they would like to see more or less of. Johnnae asked what the art in transit was. Julianne said there is a portion of CIP that is peeled off for art and is required by City Council. Some of this would be applied at major stops as part of the branding for the Frequent Transit Network. 1 1/2% is set aside,which is what the whale at 9th and 9th was paid for. Johnnae asked what the Livable Streets program is, and Jon explained that it's basically the new traffic calming program and explained what that now entails and how it works with other programs within the city. Greg asked if the train trench is becoming more realistic and Becka said there will be a study to determine this. Julianne said it would need to be a recommendation out of that study before it becomes a real project and Becka said it would likely happen around 2035 if it were recommended. Leo asked Page 2 of 4 TAB 08-07-2023 Minutes about the North Temple west side transit hub and whether that location was in flux due to the redevelopment of the area. Becka said her understanding is that project is still in flux. Jon said they've had some very encouraging conversations with the property owner and there's a lot of interest in having the transit hub be more like a community center. Leo also asked if there have been any conversations about a north/south crossing in the vicinity of goo South and West Temple as that's a place where trains frequently stop. UTA can't have any of their buses go north/south through there because there's no crossing. Becka said that crossing may not solve it from a UTA perspective but it's going to get a lot better. There was a federal grant received in 2o18 by UTA to go to the Salt Lake Garfield Western yard but was held up because of a change in ownership of the railroad. What this grant is going to accomplish is that SL Garfield Western is going to move their rail line further west out into the inland port. The idea is that most of the freight trains that are there will be ones that are moving, not in the process of putting cars on and off. From a community connectivity perspective, it will be a lot better, and this may happen in 2025. Leo is also thrilled to see that piece of 70o East from South Temple to 400 South on the list, it needs some dire help and is currently a very poor pedestrian environment. Becka explained the possible funding options for this project. Report Out — By Members Jim asked how the SLC is progressing on the 2oMPH speed limit signs, he said he hasn't really seen any changes in the last 6 months. Jon said they swapped the signs out citywide and are adding some additional signs near schools. Jim said the flashing speed sign at the school crossing on Navajo Street still says 25mph instead of 2omph. Leo said in under 2 weeks UTA will be having their August change day. For Salt Lake City specifically, TRAX is returning to running every 15 minutes on Saturdays which it hasn't done since 2009. They have made some adjustments for detours along 200 South and goo South due to construction. Greg has noticed that on 60o North and 1200 West the light calls the ped phase before it calls the green phase. He thinks this is great and wanted to understand if this will be applied anywhere else. Jon said the Transportation signal team has been going through and looking for opportunities to do the leading pedestrian intervals. He thinks they're up to around 20 that have been done so far. He explained in more detail how those work and how they are slowly working their way through the city to do more. Suzanne suggested priority be given to signals near schools. Motion: Suzanne Stensaas motioned to adjourn the meeting; Dave Alderman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 p.m. and the next meeting of the Board is scheduled for September 11, 2023 due to the Labor Day holiday. TAB WebEx Meeting Chat from Ben Trueman to everyone: 4:37 PM I'm guessing bikes/pedestrians don't count towards that capacity? Is it cars only? from Johnnae Nardone to everyone: 4:45 PM Thank you, Becka. This was great! Page 3 of 4 TAB 08-07-2023 Minutes from Johnnae Nardone to everyone: 4:46 PM FTA just announced TOD money, apps due early October. from Ellen Reddick to everyone: 5:03 PM Thanks Becka from Roolf, Becka to everyone: 5:04 PM Green Loop - see www.slcgreenloop.com for projects from Roolf, Becka to everyone: 5:04 PM *for project map and explanation. from Roolf, Becka to everyone: 5:06 PM Livable Streets - see https://www.slc.gov/transportation/plans- studies/livable-streets/ from Roolf, Becka to everyone: 5:06 PM https://www.slc.gov/transportation/plans-studies/livable- streets/#LivableStreetsProj ects from Justice Morath to everyone: 5:06 PM The link on the SLC transportation site for the "North Temple Mobility Hub" is dead. Is there a better one for me to look at? from Justice Morath to everyone: 5:11 PM was about to say olympics! from Roolf, Becka to everyone: 5:26 PM There is also a new transit hub opening - Orange Street Triangle -which is valuable for anyone who wants to go to SLC Public Lands or SLC Streets Division. Approved by the Transportation Advisory Board 09-11-23. Page 4 of 4 TAB 08-07-2023 Minutes