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Hooper adopts transportation master plan; staff outlines sewer, parks and storm-drain impact-fee work
Summary
The council adopted a transportation master plan 5-0; staff described proposed impact-fee studies and a parks grant that would require a local match of $17,000. Staff said prior sewer planning work could reduce the cost of a sewer impact-fee study.
Hooper City Council voted unanimously to adopt a transportation master plan during the meeting, and city staff described a concurrent effort to study and, where appropriate, begin collecting impact fees for sewer, parks, and storm-drain infrastructure.
Taylor, a city consultant, presented estimated costs and grant opportunities for impact-fee work. He told the council that an initial sewer master-plan approach he priced at about $150,000 could be substantially reduced because "we actually just found out that we actually have...Tracy Allen before he left... he actually got a lot of planning done for our sewer and would greatly reduce the cost," Taylor said. He also said the impact-fee facility plan and the impact-fee analysis would each cost roughly $25,000 apiece (approximate figures provided by the presenter).
Taylor identified an 80% grant opportunity for a parks plan from the Utah Outdoor Recreation planning program; if awarded, the grant would leave the city with a local match of about $17,000. He noted stormwater planning is likely to be more expensive because Hooper participates in the MS4 statewide stormwater permit and the city recently underwent an MS4 audit; staff expect new state requirements to increase the scope and cost of stormwater master planning.
Council Member Powers moved to adopt the transportation master plan; Council Member Ryan D. Wilcox seconded. The council voted 5-0 in favor. The presenter said the transportation plan had been in development since 2022, is largely grant-funded, and will guide future roadway design, inter-block connectivity and the city's requests to developers about aligning local roads with the city's long-term network.
Council members asked technical questions about bicycles and active transportation. Taylor said the plan includes trail connections and active-transportation analysis; it does not, however, propose adding on-street bike lanes on most city roads in the next 10 years because the plan determined those lanes are not needed under current growth assumptions. Taylor added that where roads are recommended for widening, an asphalt shoulder could accommodate bicycles.
The council adopted the transportation master plan by roll call; staff said the plan will be used in capital planning and as the basis for impact-fee facility plans and analyses the city will bring back for council consideration.
Impact-fee and master-plan studies will proceed as staff refines scope and cost estimates and pursues the parks planning grant.
