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Board of Trustees |
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Jay Fox, Executive Director |
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Mary DeLoretto, Chief Service Development Officer |
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PRESENTER(S): |
Paul Drake, Director of Real Estate & TOD |
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Jordan Swain, TOD Project Manager |
TITLE:
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TOD Design Guidelines
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AGENDA ITEM TYPE:
Discussion
RECOMMENDATION:
Informational report for discussion.
BACKGROUND:
UTA adopted its first set of TOD Design Guidelines in 2008. The initial purpose of these guidelines was to establish clear expectations between UTA and its development partners, for the form and function of joint venture transit-oriented development. These design guidelines have informed the design and evaluation of phases within the Sandy East Village, Jordan Valley, South Jordan, and 3900 South Meadowbrook developments.
Since the initial creation of these guidelines, many aspects of the UTA TOD Program have changed, thereby shifting the need for design and evaluation criteria. Three of these changes are the completion of a TOD Board Policy and Strategic Plan, the passing of SB150 (2020), and the recent passing of HB462 (2022). Presently, a set of guidelines will be most useful if curated with the intention of supporting and reinforcing the land use authority of individual municipalities. Because of this, the TOD Program has hired Urban Design Associates (UDA) to revise its guidelines.
DISCUSSION:
The revised set of TOD Design Guidelines will function as a catalog of best practices in transit-oriented land use, infrastructure, and station access planning. Having such a catalog will streamline the process of visioning and planning individual station areas and will be tremendously useful during the next three years of work, associated with HB462.
In addition to being useful during the station area planning process, the TOD Design Guidelines will act as a basis upon which individual development proposals may be evaluated, equipping the UTA Design Review Committee (DRC) with objective criteria.
ALTERNATIVES:
It is a possible alternative to continue using the TOD Design Guidelines as they are currently written, or to revise the scope of work for UDA, to change the way in which the guidelines are revised.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The TOD Design Guidelines will have no immediate fiscal impact, however it is anticipated that cities will be able to use the concepts contained herein to envision land uses and infrastructure improvements that will result in more intense centers around UTA stations, increased entitlement capacity of UTA-controlled properties, and greater ridership.
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