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Board of Trustees |
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THROUGH: |
Jay Fox, Executive Director |
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Mary DeLoretto, Chief Capital Services Officer |
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PRESENTER(S): |
Patti Garver, Manager of Environmental Services |
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Alex Beim, Manager of Long Range Strategic Planning |
TITLE:
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R2023-07-03 - Resolution Approving Davis-Salt Lake City Community Connector Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA)
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AGENDA ITEM TYPE:
Resolution
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt resolution R2023-07-03 and approve the Davis-SLC Community Connector Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) as presented.
BACKGROUND:
The Davis-Salt Lake City Community Connector is a proposed corridor-based bus rapid transit (BRT) system between Farmington City and Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2014, the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) conducted an alternatives analysis and, with input from the community, selected a preferred corridor connecting downtown Salt Lake City with the Woods Cross Front Runner station. In 2021, this alignment was modified to extend northward to the Farmington FrontRunner station, and to continue eastward from downtown Salt Lake City into the University of Utah and Research Park.
UTA’s Board Policy 3.3 Capital Development Projects, requires Capital Projects - including LPA’s - to be presented to the Local Advisory Council and Board of Trustees for approval. Staff will present the LPA for the Board’s consideration and approval and will return at a later date for approval of the Capital Project Plan which will include the proposed project funding plan.
DISCUSSION:
The proposed Davis-Salt Lake City Community Connector’s approximate 26-mile corridor will have 15-minute all day service (14 hours per day) with 30-minute service in the early mornings and late evenings. The alignment will include 12 transit stations between approximately 500 South in Bountiful to 200 South in Salt Lake City. These stations are proposed to have passenger amenities such as platforms with shelters, real-time bus arrival information on electronic signs, and night-time platform lighting. The project also overlaps with Salt Lake City’s 200 South Transit Corridor project, currently under construction. Salt Lake City’s 200 South bus stops will have transit priority lanes, in-lane bus stops with floating bus stops with buffered bike lanes. The Davis-Salt Lake City Community Connector will overlap with these enhanced transit stops at 300 East, 500 East, 700 East, and 900 East.
The Local Advisory Council adopted the LPA through resolution AR2023-06-01 on May 31, 2023 and recommended forwarding it to the Board of Trustees.
The LPA is being presented today for approval by the Board of Trustees. The Capital Project Plan, which will include the LPA and the proposed project funding plan, will be presented for approval at a later date, once funding sources have been determined.
ALTERNATIVES:
If this LPA is not adopted by the Board of Trustees, the project will be further delayed.
FISCAL IMPACT:
UTA has already been selected to receive $1.5M in flex funds, from WFRC for project design. The estimated capital construction costs for the project are included in the 5-year capital budget.
ATTACHMENTS:
Board Resolution R2023-07-03