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Council adopts transportation master plan; staff to seek park master-plan grant and update impact-fee studies
Summary
The Hooper City Council adopted a transportation master plan that outlines road, trail and connectivity improvements to 2050. Staff also briefed the council on updating parks, sewer and stormwater impact-fee studies and said a Utah Outdoor Recreation planning grant could fund 80% of a parks/master-plan update.
Hooper City Council members voted to adopt a transportation master plan on May 1 and heard staff presentations about updating impact-fee studies for parks, sewer and stormwater.
Taylor (city planner/consultant) presented a multi-utility overview that identified needs to update the Impact Fee Facilities Plan (IFFP), impact-fee analysis (IFA) and capital facility plans across parks/trails, sewer and stormwater. Taylor said the parks-and-trails update was estimated at roughly $88,000 but that the Utah Outdoor Recreation Planning Grant would cover 80 percent of that cost, reducing the city match to approximately $17,600.
On sewer planning, Taylor said prior work completed by a former staff member provided data that significantly reduces scope and cost for a sewer master plan and related impact-fee analysis; he recommended capturing existing documents to apply the required analyses rather than starting from scratch. For stormwater, Taylor said a recent MS4 audit (municipal stormwater permit) likely will require more extensive stormwater master-planning work and that some municipalities collect stormwater impact fees by acreage; he noted that West Point charges roughly $4,000 per developed acre for stormwater impact fees as a comparison point.
Council member Flowers moved to adopt the transportation master plan; Council member Woodcock seconded and the motion passed by voice vote (members present responded "Aye"). Staff said the transportation plan was largely grant-funded and that the city's match portion had already been paid over the past two years. Taylor asked for a city letter of support to submit a parks-and-trails planning grant application; staff said they would prepare and circulate a draft support letter for signature.
Ending: The transportation master plan was adopted by council vote. Staff will circulate the parks grant draft materials and return with detailed costs for parks, sewer and stormwater impact-fee updates to support fee adjustments and grant applications.
