Town Council

MAYOR TOWN OF ALTA ROGER BOURKE P.O. BOX 8016 ALTA, UTAH 84092 TOWN COUNCIL CAROLYN ANCTIL TEL (801) 363-5105 JOHN BYRNE (801) 742-3522 DAN SCHILLING FAX (801)742-1006 ELISE MORGAN TTY 711 Exhibit A The following written public comments were received are to be included in the March 13, 2024 Town council meeting minutes. Pages Document Date Received 2 Eddie Claridge – LCC EIS Resolution March 3, 2024 3 Christa Pottenger – UTA Service March 4, 2024 4–5 Margaret Bourke – LCC EIS Resolution March 5, 2024 6 Dani Poirier – LCC EIS Resolution March 5, 2024 7 -8 Mike Maughan – LCC EIS Resolution March 4, 2024 New submission from Submit a Public Comment noreply@townofalta.com <info@townofalta.com> Sun 3/3/2024 2:15 PM To:​Molly Austin <MAustin@townofalta.com>;​Jen Clancy <jclancy@townofalta.com>​ Name Eddie Claridge Phone Address 9936 Powder Run Rd Alta 84092 Map It Email Town Affiliation Property Owner Comment Subject Town Resolution Re UDOT/ Gondola Comment I support the proposed resolution. There are no assurances that bus service will be expanded. Seems bus service has decreased! Is this comment to be included in the minutes for the next Town Council meeting? Yes New submission from Submit a Public Comment noreply@townofalta.com <info@townofalta.com> Mon 3/4/2024 1:19 PM To:​Molly Austin <MAustin@townofalta.com>;​Jen Clancy <jclancy@townofalta.com>​ Name Christa Pottenger Phone Address 10010 E Little Cottonwood Canyon Rd Alta, UT 84092 Map It Email Town Affiliation Resident Employee Comment Subject Request for Public Transportation Comment Hello Town, I have been in contact with UTA to make a permanent schedule change request for the first two busses of the day to take passengers on the down route. As of now those first two busses are scheduled to deadhead down. There are several children in the community who could potentially use those early busses to attend public school in the valley, if that option existed. The Williams children currently attend school in the valley, and my son attends Albion Middle School each fall and spring. This will be more important once he is in 9th grade which is High School, and will attend down canyon school all winter. If this change was made, I feel others could utilize this option as well. The manager of UTA suggested I reach out to the town to officially make this request as it would have more weight if it could better serve the entire community. I can be the point of contact for this or it can be sent directly to whumphreys@rideuta.com and rideuta@rideuta.com Thank you, Christa Is this comment to be included in the minutes for the next Town Council meeting? Yes New submission from Submit a Public Comment noreply@townofalta.com <info@townofalta.com> Tue 3/5/2024 9:36 AM To:​Molly Austin <MAustin@townofalta.com>;​Jen Clancy <jclancy@townofalta.com>​ Name Margaret Bourke Town Affiliation Resident Property Owner Comment Subject Resolution 2024-R-5 Comment Thank you for considering the resolution regarding UDOT's EIS/ROD. As the community most directly affected by a number of measures proposed, I believe it is important for the town to weigh in on those effects to the Town of Alta and our community, residents, businesses and their employees, as well as our visitors. Please do consider opposing some of the proposed transportation measures; those which are sure to be ineffective at providing safety, reliability and efficiency. - The gondola is unproven, and as such ought to be considered, if other measures in the near term fail to provide safe, reliable and efficient transportation solutions. - No new bathrooms/bus station between Alta Lodge and Rustler - No infinite number of people Please also consider proposing additional proven methods, while perhaps not novel, those which will work in our collective interests, now and into the future. Among these: + restore bus routes 953 and 994, now +prioritize employee served HOV vans and buses in the early mornings +Continue UTA bus service (or another) for employees working late shifts to return home- additional bus ~11PM +Retain bus stop in wildcat/GMD parking lot +Advocate for plow drivers and plows to be located up-canyon to more quickly remove fallen snow +Eliminate roadside parking year-round, +Encourage summer bus service at least during annual wildflower and fall colors seasons +Encourage evaluation and analysis of measures adopted I encourage the council to consider proposing measures which will provide valuable information on the effectiveness of the measures implemented so measures can be improved and where they prove not to be effective are eliminated or improved to become effective. I also encourage you to provide a visitor use management study using WALROS, a standard protocol, if others fail to  do so. Alta is finite. There is a limited quantity of water. CWC evaluated the current usage in the canyons. I believe, it did not encourage, establish or suggest, appropriate measures to safeguard and, to “Keep Alta, Alta.” Thank you for engaging on this challenging, but very important topic. Margaret Is this comment to be included in the minutes for the next Town Council meeting? Yes New submission from Submit a Public Comment noreply@townofalta.com <info@townofalta.com> Tue 3/5/2024 2:06 PM To:​Molly Austin <MAustin@townofalta.com>;​Jen Clancy <jclancy@townofalta.com>​ Name Dani Poirier Phone Address 3492 Virginia Way Salt Lake City Utah Map It Email Town Affiliation Other If other, please specify: Public land user and ASL pass holder Comment Subject Town of Alta response to the Little Cottonwood Canyon EIS Comment Wasatch Backcountry Alliance (WBA) supports Phase 1 but not Phase 3 of the UDOT LCC EIS. WBA has not taken an official stance on Phase 2. From the Town Council’s resolutions, WBA supports: - “collecting, and sharing with the public transportation data essential for evaluating the efficacy of long-term transportation solutions in Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the LCC EIS… evaluation of the capacity of the natural and social environment in LCC…. - mandatory traction laws for LCC November 1 to May 1 -urges UDOT to suspend consideration to construct the proposed gondola in [LCC]. Is this comment to be included in the minutes for the next Town Council meeting? Yes Fw: Town Resolution Thoughts Carolyn Anctil <CAnctil@townofalta.com> Tue 3/5/2024 4:25 PM To:​Jen Clancy <jclancy@townofalta.com>;​Chris Cawley <ccawley@townofalta.com>;​Molly Austin <MAustin@townofalta.com>​ From: Carolyn Anc l <CAnc l@townofalta.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 1:05 PM To: Mike Maughan Subject: Re: Town Resolu on Thoughts Hi Mike Thanks for your email Hoping to speak with you briefly Re Road Thanks Carolyn From: Mike Maughan Sent: Monday, March 4, 2024 3:06 PM To: Roger Bourke <RBourke@townofalta.com>; Carolyn Anc l <CAnc l@townofalta.com>; Dan Schilling <DSchilling@townofalta.com>; John Byrne <johnbyrne333@cs.com>; Elise Morgan <emorgan@alta.com> Subject: Town Resolu on Thoughts Dear Members of the Town Council, In advance of your meeting to discuss a resolution regarding UDOT’s EIS and its preferred long-term solution of the Gondola may I suggest the following for your consideration; Since there are already parties specifically opposing the Gondola and lawsuits filed against the EIS that have that alternative in a holding pattern for at least a couple of years, I believe there is an opportunity for the Alta Community and Town of Alta to work with UDOT on resolving the traffic issues not addressed in the UDOT EIS, primarily the “red snake”. I suggest that we jointly focus our efforts on things that can be done to reduce/eliminate the red snake and indicate that the resolution of this issue is of greater importance and benefit to the Town of Alta, the Alta Community, and visitors to Alta than the Gondola. A resolution that highlights the following 1. Currently traffic exiting Alta on SR 210 is impeded by the number of merge points at Snowbird and vehicles parked on the roadside and making U turns, often 3 point turns, into oncoming traffic. 2. During busy periods, (weekends, holidays, and any powder day) closure of SR 210 between Alta and Snowbird (Mainline) and routing all traffic leaving Alta to the bypass road creates a gridlock situation ranging from 1 hours to 3 plus hours depending on condition. During the gridlock period snow removal equipment, public transit, and emergency vehicles are trapped in the gridlock. 3. Traffic flow on SR210 is exponentially impeded when it is snowing and vehicles without proper traction devices are in the canyon. 4. The merge barrier installed at Entry 1 has resulted in preferential or priority merging to vehicles exiting Entry 1. When traffic is existing the canyon, vehicles exiting Entry 1 the merging barrier allows them to past 40-50 vehicles before merging with the Alta traffic.  5. These are current issues which are not addressed in UDOT’s. It would be helpful if the resolution would request the following of UDOT 1. Modifications be made to SR210 between Entry 1 and Entry 4 to eliminate the merging of Alta and Snowbird traffic until below Entry 1. 2. A snowshed or traffic monitoring system be put in place to minimize Mainline Closers and work towards keeping the Mainline open during peak exit hours from Alta (3-7 pm). 3. Modification of the traction law to require all vehicles to have a UDOT traction sticker any day there is snow in the forecast and enforce the traction law. In my opinion, a resolution that focuses on addressing the red snake issue, pointing out it is not addressed in UDOT’s EIS and emphasizing that the resolution of that issue is more important than the proposed Gondola has more value for the Town of Alta and Alta Community, than one that opposes the Gondola or more buses. Thank you for reading this email and considering it contents. Mike Michael R Maughan General Manager Alta Ski Area