South Salt Lake City staff presented proposed amendments to the city’s Mobility Plan 2025 at a council work session on Oct. 15, outlining updated data, new project priorities and a technical correction to how the plan was adopted five years ago. No decisions were made; the item will move to the planning commission for recommendation before a final council adoption.

The Mobility Plan is a 10-year guiding document for transportation policy and projects in South Salt Lake. Carl, the city’s mobility planner, said the city is midway through the plan and recommended adding two appendices that include updated demographic and outreach data and a set of revised goals and project priorities. “We never actually adopted it just with the wording that was written,” Carl said, referring to a previous adoption error the amendment is intended to fix.

Carl told the council the proposed Appendix B compiles new data used in the amendment, including a safety action plan prepared by the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), a household travel survey from the state of Utah, U.S. Census and private data sources such as Esri. He said staff conducted in-person outreach at Craftoberfest, Celebrate South Salt Lake and National Night Out and also ran an online survey to gather resident input.

Appendix A, Carl said, contains revised goals and confirms elements of the original plan that residents still support. He highlighted traffic calming as a continued high priority and said public feedback favored more places to walk and gather downtown rather than concentrating investment on a few major thoroughfares. “One new thing is, support for a more walking space or sort of an urban, strip park type of thing in our downtown area,” Carl said, citing public interest in a concept similar to Salt Lake City’s Green Loop.

Carl also noted that federal guidance and professional standards for designing transportation facilities have evolved since the original plan was drafted, and some older elements need to be updated to reflect current practice. The amendment proposes a refreshed list of projects to pursue over the remaining five years of the plan, plus a new map showing proposed sidewalks, trails and safer crossings.

Council member Sharla Bynum, who conducted the meeting, thanked staff for the work and did not raise questions during the presentation. “Just appreciate your hard work, so thank you very much,” Bynum said. Carl reminded the council that the discussion that evening was informational: “This is just a work session, so no decisions are being made.”

Next steps, as described by Carl, are a recommendation from the planning commission followed by a future council meeting for final adoption; staff did not provide a specific date for those actions during the work session.

Because the session was a work meeting, no motions or formal votes were recorded on the amendment during the Oct. 15 discussion.