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Bountiful council backs joining regional active-transportation corridor study, agrees to about $7,500 match
Summary
Council members gave direction to participate in a Wasatch Front Regional Council–funded active-transportation corridor study led by North Salt Lake and to contribute roughly $7,500 toward the local match, with a steering committee to help select and constrain the consultant's scope.
Bountiful City Council members at their May 27 work session agreed to participate in a multi-city study to identify an active-transportation corridor connecting North Salt Lake, Farmington, Centerville and Bountiful.
The project is funded by a Wasatch Front Regional Council grant; the applicant reported a total grant award with a local match budgeted across four participating communities. The match to be shared by the four cities was described at the meeting as roughly $30,000 total, making Bountiful’s share about $7,500.
City officials said the council’s preference is to limit the study’s scope to a small set of high-value corridor options and use the consultant to analyze connectivity, trade-offs and constructability rather than commission a large public-engagement report. “Let’s do, not just talk,” one council member said, echoing a sentiment later repeated by colleagues who favored a focused, implementation-minded study.
Ken Lethem, North Salt Lake’s city manager, was referenced during the discussion; Bountiful staff reported they had met with him and that North Salt Lake will lead the grant administration. Council members confirmed a steering committee of participating cities will select and direct the consultant, and they emphasized that the Wasatch Front Regional Council provides funding but that the cities will hire and specify the consultant’s scope.
Council members asked for assurance that the consultant would be selected collaboratively and that the scope would avoid an overly broad, expensive study. One councilor said they wanted the consultant to evaluate “limited options that we can provide and then give us the pros and cons,” rather than “carte blanche” work. Participants noted the study could identify a preferred route and acceptable alternatives and should focus on concrete corridor options such as protected lanes or separated paths.
The council’s direction at the meeting was to proceed with participation, commit the local match contribution of about $7,500, and work through the steering committee with the neighboring cities on consultant selection and scope control. The Wasatch Front Regional Council will provide grant funds; project administration and consultant procurement will be handled by the participating jurisdictions through a joint steering committee.
No formal motion or vote was recorded in the transcript; councillors indicated general agreement and directed staff to continue engagement with the other cities on the study parameters and consultant procurement.
