The Midvale City Council unanimously approved Ordinance 2025‑O‑20 on Oct. 21, 2025, adopting the Transportation Connectivity Element of the city’s general plan. The consultant presentation said the new element was prepared to comply with a state requirement in Senate Bill 195 and aims to improve multimodal connections and the city’s chances for prioritization in state funding.

Tyler Smithson of Parametrics, the consultant on the project, told the council the work was organized to meet the SB 195 requirements and to produce an impediment analysis and a list of priority projects. "This effort is broken down into a couple of different sections to respond to that requirement," Smithson said, describing steering‑committee input and the analysis scope.

Smithson summarized the impediment analysis, which evaluated physical and natural constraints, infrastructure barriers (major roads and railroads), safety and crash density, active‑transportation gaps, land‑use and ownership conflicts, and equity and access barriers. He described a prioritized suite of projects — roughly 10 miles of network improvements — that included a Porter Rockwell Trail segment, a Salt Lake–Jordan Canal trail, a Fort Union Boulevard separated bike lane (split into segments), Maple Street connection to the TRAX station, and other linear and spot improvements.

"From this analysis, we were able to determine priority projects," Smithson said, adding the list was informed by steering‑committee feedback, prior feasibility work, available funding, and potential safety and health benefits. He noted planning‑level cost estimates were included in the report and carry preliminary variance ranges.

City planning staff emphasized the timing: the state law gives higher priority in funding applications to projects identified in an SB 195‑compliant connectivity plan. Councilmember Bridal Brown said speed and quality of the work mattered for funding opportunities: "One of the motivations for us to try to accomplish this plan as quickly as possible is that the state law has a provision where the projects that are identified in this plan can receive a higher priority in the funding process," she said.

After a brief public‑comment period with no speakers, Councilmember Paul Glover moved to approve Ordinance 2025‑O‑20 adopting the Transportation Connectivity Element with the staff‑report findings; the motion was seconded and passed on a roll call vote: Glover — aye; Brown — yes; Mikulasch — yes; Billings — yes.

City staff said the city will submit the adopted element to the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) by the Nov. 1 reporting deadline in order to position Midvale for grant and prioritization opportunities.