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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No.16 of 1999
(Transportation advisory board)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.23, SALT LAKE CITY CODE,
RELATING TO THE CREATION AND DUTIES OF THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY
BOARD.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 2.23, Salt Lake City Code, relating to the creation and duties
of the transportation advisory board be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
Chapter 2.23
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD
Sections:
2.23.010 Purpose.
2.23.020 Definitions.
2.23.030 Board created.
2.23.040 Appointment of members - Oath of office.
2.23.050 Removal from office.
2.23.060 Members' ethics.
2.23.070 Eligibility for membership.
2.23.080 Meetings.
2.23.090 Election of officers.
2.23.100 Review of action - powers of mayor.
2.23.110 Committees.
2.23.120 Powers and duties.
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2.23.010 Purpose.
The mayor and the Salt Lake City council, hereinafter council, declare it to be a policy
of the city that the citizens of Salt Lake City be provided input opportunity into significant
transportation decisions and issues affecting neighborhoods and the city as a whole.
2.23.020 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations
shall have the meaning given in this section:
A. "Board" means the Salt Lake City Transportation Advisory Board created under this
chapter.
B. "Council" means the Salt Lake City council.
C. "City" means and refers to Salt Lake City, a municipal corporation of the state of
Utah.
D. "Mayor" means the duly elected or appointed, and qualified mayor of Salt Lake City.
E. "Member" means a person appointed by the mayor who is a duly qualified member of
the board.
F. "Transportation director" means the person appointed by the director of the
department of community and economic development to serve as the director of the
transportation division within the department of community and economic development.
2.23.030 Board created.
There is created the Salt Lake City Transportation Advisory Board, hereinafter referred to
as "board," which body shall consist of up to fifteen (15) appointed members. Membership shall
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consist of one resident from each of the eight city planning districts who will represent the
transportation interests of said planning district as well as those of the city as a whole. The
foregoing notwithstanding, since the Northwest Quadrant planning district has no citizen
population at present, an at -large representative shall be selected to represent this district.
Membership shall also consist of one representative of college level transportation academia, one
representative of a business -oriented organization actively involved in transportation issues
affecting Salt Lake City, a representative of the Salt Lake City police department, and a
representative of the Salt Lake City School District. Other individuals, representing
organizations with continuing interest and involvement in city transportation issues, may be
appointed members, including, for example, but not limited to The League of Women Voters,
The Downtown Alliance, The Utah Transit Authority, The Downtown Retail Merchants
Association, The Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Committee, and the University of Utah. The
transportation director, shall be an ex officio member of the board with no voting privileges.
2.23.040 Appointment of members - Oath of Office.
A. All appointments of members of the board shall be made by the mayor with the
advice and consent of the city council. In making appointments to fill positions formerly held by
nonvoting members, the mayor shall, with the advice and consent of the council, designate two
members to serve two years and three members to serve three years. Any fraction of a year in the
initial appointment shall be considered a full year. Thereafter, all appointments shall be made for
a three-year term. Each member's term of office shall expire on the applicable last Monday in
September. Members shall be limited to no more than two consecutive three-year terms each.
Each person shall perform service on a voluntary basis without compensation and on such basis
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shall be immune from liability with respect to any recommendation or action taken during the
course of those services as provided by Utah Code Annotated, Section 63-30-1, et seq., as
amended, or successor sections. Vacancies occurring in the membership of the board shall be
filled by appointment by the mayor with the advice and consent of the city council for the
unexpired term.
B. Members shall sign the oath of office required by law to be signed by city officials
and file the same in the office of the city recorder. Every member who shall fail within ten days
after notification of his or her appointment to file with the city recorder his or her oath of office
to perform faithfully, honestly and impartially the duties of the office, shall be deemed to have
refused such appointment, and thereupon another person shall be appointed in the manner
prescribed in these ordinances.
2.23.050 Removal from office.
Any member may be removed from office by the mayor, prior to the normal expiration of
the term for which such member was appointed. Any member with three unexcused absences or
more than six excused absences from board meetings in one calendar year shall forfeit
membership of the board. Board members who are appointed as a resident of a planning district
shall forfeit membership of the board upon moving their primary residence out of said planning
district.
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2.23.060 Members' ethics.
Members shall be subject to and bound by the provisions of the city's conflict of interest
ordinance, Chapter 2.44 of this code, or its successor. Any violations of the provisions of said
chapter, or its successor, shall be grounds for removal from office.
2.23.070 Eligibility for membership.
In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 2.23.030, a person, to be eligible to be
appointed as a member of the board, shall meet the following prerequisites:
A. Be not less than twenty-one years of age;
B. Be a resident of the state of Utah;
C. Not be actively engaged in any public or private transportation -consulting venture, for
profit.
2.23.080 Meetings.
A. The board shall convene for regular meetings to be held approximately monthly
throughout the year. To the extent that meetings of the board are governed by Chapter 4 of Title
52, Utah Code Annotated, 1953 as amended, or its successor, said meetings shall be conducted in
compliance with said state law. Meetings shall be held at the City & County Building, or at such
other public place as may be designated by the board. A simple majority of members of the
board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business.
B. The board shall cause a written record of its proceedings to be kept which shall be
available for public inspection in the office of the transportation director. The board shall record
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the yea and nay votes of any action taken by it. The transportation director shall make available
a secretary to the board when required.
C. The board shall adopt a system of rules of procedure under which its meetings are to
be held. The board may suspend the rules and procedures by unanimous vote of the members of
the board who are present at the meeting. The board shall not suspend the rules of procedure
beyond the duration of the meeting at which suspension of the rules occurs.
2.23.090 Election of officers.
Each year the board at its first regular meeting after the last Monday in September shall
select one of its members as chairperson and another of its members as vice -chairperson, who
shall perform the duties of the chairperson during the absence or disability of the chairperson.
No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms as chairperson.
2.23.100 Review of action - powers of mayor.
All actions taken by the board shall constitute recommendations to the transportation
director, the mayor, the city council, and to other city commissions and boards and shall not
constitute official action. The transportation director and/or mayor shall have the power to
review, ratify, modify or disregard any recommendation submitted by the board, and the mayor
may refer the matter to the city council, if appropriate.
2.23.110 Committees.
The board may, by vote, designate such committee or committees as it desires to study,
consider and make recommendations on matters which are presented to the board. In the event
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the board desires non -board members to serve on such a committee, the board may make such
appointments; but shall include at least one board member on such committee. Non -board
members of such committees shall serve without compensation.
2.23.120 Powers and duties.
The board shall have the following powers and duties:
A. Determine and establish such rules and regulations for the conduct of the board as the
members shall deem advisable; provided, however, that such rules and regulations shall not be in
conflict with this chapter or its successor, or other city, state or federal law;
B. Recommend the adoption and alteration of all rules, regulations and ordinances which
it shall from time to time deem in the public interest and for the purposes of carrying out the
objects of this chapter; provided, however, that such rules and regulations shall not be in conflict
with this chapter or its successor, or other city, state or federal law;
C. Monitor the progress and assist in the updating of the Action Plan of the city's
Transportation Master Plan;
D. Review regional, city wide and significant local transportation issues as appropriate
and provide recommendations to the transportation director and/or mayor and council on same as
deemed by the board to be in the best interest of the city and its citizens;
E. Assist in the development, implementation and ongoing updating of the City's Traffic
Calming Program;
F. Monitor the city's Crossing Guard Program and provide recommendations regarding
its policies on guard placement criteria.
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G. Develop travel demand management strategies and encourage use of non -automotive
transportation modes.
H. Promote public education of transportation issues affecting the city and its citizens.
I. Provide recommendations to the mayor, council, transportation director and other city
commissions and boards regarding priority and funding of transportation related capital
improvement projects and programs as appropriate and deemed by the board to be in the best
interest of the city and its citizens;
J. Serve as a coordination body and resource for organizations interested in
transportation issues affecting the city.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon the date of its first
publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 2nctlay of March , 1999.
ATTEST:
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HIEF D PUTY CI RE O ER
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorneys Office
Date I -2)-/ 7 j
BY
Acting
Transmitted to Mayor on March 2, 1999
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Mayor's Action: XX Approved.
ST:
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(SEAL)
Bill No. 16 of 1999.
Published: MarcE 10,1999.
ATTEST:
g \ordina99\2.23 Transp. Adv. Bd Amend's — Jan 22, 1999 final doc
Vetoed.
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