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Taylorsville CityCouncilWorkSessionMinutes March11 2009 Page1 CityofTaylorsville WorkSession Minutes Wednesday March11 2009 CouncilChambers 2600 WestTaylorsvilleBlvd RoomNo 140 Taylorsville Utah84118 Attendance MayorRussWall CouncilMembers CityStaff ChairmanLynn Handy JohnInchMorgan CityAdministrator ViceChairman BudCatlin JohnBrems CityAttorney CouncilMemberLesMatsumura CherylPeacockCottle CityRecorder CouncilMember MorrisPratt JessicaSpringer CouncilCoordinator CouncilMemberJerryRechtenbach MarkMcGrath CommunityDevelopmentDirector JohnTaylor CityEngineer Others JustinSmart AlanTaylor RobinHutcheson ChrisChestnut ChairmanLynnHandycalledtheWorkSessiontoorderat601pm andwelcomedthose in attendance City RecorderCherylPeacockCottleconductedaRollCall whereinallCouncil Memberswerepresent exceptCouncilMemberRechtenbach 1 UpdateandDiscussionRegardingtheTaylorsville MurrayTransitAlternatives AnalysisStudy MarkMcGrath 1803 20 CommunityDevelopment DirectorMarkMcGrathintroduced RobinHutcheson Project ManagerfortheTaylorsville MurrayTransit AlternativesAnalysis andChrisChestnutofthe UtahTransitAuthority UTA Taylorsville CityCouncilWorkSessionMinutes March11 2009 Page2 1803 43RobinHutchesongaveaPowerPointpresentationregardingtheLocallyPreferred AlternativefortheTaylorsvilleMurrayTransitAlternativesAnalysisProject Shenotedthatthe Analysisispresentlyindraftform butwillbe brought backforfutureCouncilconsiderationasa non bindingresolution 1804 41Ms Hutchesongave backgroundonthestudyandnotedthatitwassponsored bythe UTA theWasatchFrontRegionalCouncil WFRC theCityofTaylorsville MurrayCity and SaltLakeCounty 18 0435Ms Hutchesonexplained thattheSteeringCommitteefortheprojectstudiedthearea from3900Southto5300Southandfrom2700WesttotheEastTraxStations 1805 27CouncilMemberJerryRechtenbachjoinedtheCityCouncilMeetingatthis time 1805 24Ms Hutchesondescribed thestudyandtheultimate selectionofalocallypreferred transitalternative Shestatedthatthetransitsolutionisonethatcommunitieshavehelped developandsupport ShecitedanImplementation PlanthathasbeentailoredforTaylorsville Ms Hutchesonreferencedthelargestudentpopulationwithinthestudyarea 1806 45Ms Hutchesonreviewedgoals fortheproject asselectedbyaSteeringCommittee a PolicyCommittee andaStakeholdersCommittee Shedescribedtheprocessused inselecting projectcriteria 1807 38Ms Hutchesonlistedthemodesoftransportationconsidered ie Bus BusRapid Transit BRT LightRailTransit LRT andStreetcar Sherelayed thatBusRapid Transit BRT wasselectedasthemostviablesolution She thendescribedfeaturesofBRT 1809 21Ms HutchesonrevieweddetailsofthefinalfouralternativesforBRT 1810 23Ms Hutchesonmadeclarification forCouncilMemberRechtenbachregardingthe proposedwesterlyroute onAlternativeA beginningat700West Sheexplainedthatthis alternativerequiresinclusionofabridgeattheJordanRiverParkway 1813 54Ms Hutcheson discussedchallenges forconstructing transitalong4500South 1814 17Ms HutchesondescribedspecificsofTransitAlternativeD beginningatMurray Boulevard andcitedreasonsthatitwaschosenasthelocallypreferredalternative 1816 07Ms Hutchesonfurtherreviewedtheprocessforselectingthelocallypreferred alternativeforTaylorsville Murraytransit Taylorsville CityCouncilWorkSessionMinutes March11 2009 Page3 1818 21Questionsregardingridershipand costestimatesforproposedtransitsystemswere addressed Itwasclarifiedthatnoparkinglotsarepresentlybeingproposed Ms Hutchesoncited thesignificantexpenseassociatedwith ParkandRide stations 1820 27 Thepotentialforshared useparkingatSaltLake CommunityCollege theForeLakes Property or theSorensenResearchParkwerediscussed 1821 06ChristopherChestnutcommentedfurtheronideasforshared useparking 1822 44CouncilMemberCatlincitedtheimportanceofaddressing thetransportationneedsof theseniorcitizencommunity 1823 24Furtherdiscussionwasheldregarding thetravelneeds ofTaylorsvilleresidents 1826 51CouncilMemberRechtenbachreferencedadditionaltransitconcernsinTaylorsville andstatedreasonsthatheprefersTransitAlternativeD Hecitedideasforexpandingthetransit areatohelpfurtheraddresstrafficproblems Henotedtheneedtoconsiderfutureexpansionto include5400Southinthetransitproject 1828 53Ms Hutchesondescribedadditionalareasforconsideration 1830 29Mr McGrathstatedhispreference forBusRapidTransitandnotedthatithasmore versatilitythan lightrail Hesaidthatthistransitanalysisisagreatmodelforfutureprojectsin othercommunities 1833 41FurtherdiscussionensuedconcerningtheestimatedridershipforSaltLakeCommunity Collegestudents Ms HutchesonagreedtoprovidespecificstatisticstotheCouncilata later time 1835 15OutstandingissuesrelatingtotheTransit Analysiswerereviewed 1837 30Ms HutchesonexpressedhopethattheTaylorsvilleCityCouncilwillsupportanon bindingresolution fortheLocallyPreferredTransitAlternativeinthenearfuture 1838 13Mr Chestnutrecognized Taylorsville Stafffortheirefforts ontheTransitproject 2 DiscussionoftheRedwoodRoadBeautification Project JohnTaylor 1838 53CityEngineerJohnTaylorrecognizedAlanTaylor withJ U BEngineers whoisthe ProjectManagerfortheRedwoodRoadBeautification Project JohnTayloralsointroduced JustinSmartwith LangdonGroup Taylorsville CityCouncilWorkSessionMinutes March11 2009 Page4 1840 25 Mr Smartdistributedprinted informationtotheCouncilregardingPhaseIIofthe TaylorsvilleRedwoodRoadBeautification Project 1842 11AlanTaylorgaveanoverviewoftheRedwoodRoadProjectand reviewedtheproject schedule Hecitedmeetings beingconductedwithkeystakeholdersintheprojecttoreviewthe scopeofwork Henotedthat theUtahStateDepartmentofTransportation UDOT isinthe processofredesigningintersectionsat5400SouthRedwoodRoadand4700SouthRedwood Road AlanTaylorrelayedthatUDOThasagreedtoprovideintersectiondesignplansonce theyareavailable AlanTaylorexplainedthattheconceptplananddesignforthesouthendoftheprojectwillbe accelerated Hepredictedthat thesouthendconceptplan fromI215to6600South will be finalizedbytheend ofMay 2009anddesignworkwillbegininJune 2009 Hesaid thatbid documentsforthesouthendwillbereadybytheendof2009 1843 49QuestionsfromtheCityCouncilwereaddressed 1846 46CityAdministratorJohnInchMorgancalledforinputfromtheCityCouncilondesign expectationsfortheproject 1848 44CouncilMemberMatsumura inquiredaboutcoordinationwithUDOTon improvementstothe6200SouthRedwoodRoadIntersection 1849 19 JohnTaylorindicatedthatUDOTwillincorporate designplansforthe6200South Intersectionwith theRedwoodRoadImprovementdesign JohnTaylorcitedissuesencountered withPhaseIoftheprojectandsuggestedthattheybetaken intoconsideration whiledesigning PhaseII 1850 44CouncilMember Matsumuraaskedaboutthetimelineforthe6200SouthIntersection Project John Taylorstatedthat the6200South IntersectionProjectisincludedintheStimulus Packageandwillbebidin90days withconstructionbeginningwithin 90180days Hesaid UDOTplans tobidtheprojectbyAugust15 2009 Itwasnotedthatthisprojectisfullyfunded 1851 42CouncilMemberCatlinspokeinfavorofbusturnoutstohelpimprovetrafficflow 1856 25ChrisChestnut fromtheUtahTransitAuthority UTA commentedonbusturnouts alongRedwood Road 1856 49Mr Morganreferencedmaintenanceonmediansinfrontofbusiness districtson RedwoodRoad He citedcriteriafor thedesignofPhaseIIoftheprojectandnotedmaintenance thatisrequiredon landscapedmedians Taylorsville CityCouncilWorkSessionMinutes March11 2009 Page5 1859 42Discussionwasheldregarding theTechnicalAdvisoryCommittee TAC forthe RedwoodRoadImprovementProject DiscussionensuedregardinghowtheCityCouncil desirestointeractwiththatCommittee 1901 22MayorWallrecommendedthataCouncilMemberbeappointed totheTAC Council representationontheTACwillbegivenfurtherconsideration 1902 59Mr Smartcitedexisting membersoftheTACandstatedthatitwouldbevery beneficialtohaveaCouncilMemberserveonthatcommittee 3 OtherMatters 190337Therewere noothermatters 4 Adjournment 1903 49 CouncilMemberMorrisPratt MOVED toadjourntheCity CouncilWorkSession CouncilMemberLesMatsumura SECONDED themotion ChairmanHandycalledfor discussion Therebeingnone hecalledforavote The votewasasfollows Rechtenbach yes Matsumura yes Pratt yes Catlin yes andHandy yes AllCityCouncilmembersvotedin favorandthemotionpassedunanimously Themeeting wasadjournedat703pm CherylPeacockCottle CityRecorder Minutesapproved CC04 01 09 MinutesPrepared by Cheryl PeacockCottle CityRecorder