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League warns Draper: noncompliance with housing planning could jeopardize transportation dollars
Summary
Utah League and WFRC staff told Draper council that failing to adopt required MIHP elements or station area plans could make the city ineligible for certain state and county transportation revenues and trigger escalating daily fees.
Cameron Deal of the Utah League of Cities and Towns and Andrew Gruber of WFRC outlined how station area planning links to other state funding and compliance frameworks.
Deal explained that station area planning is a required menu item of modernized income housing plans (MIHP) and that cities out of compliance can be excluded from state transportation investment funds and county '5th‑5th' allocations tied to MIHP compliance. He said the 5th‑5th sales tax distribution was negotiated so that some county transportation revenue is shared with cities only if they meet MIHP standards.
Deal also described a daily fee structure for noncompliance that he said could amount to roughly $90,000 for the first year for a city out of compliance, and he urged Draper to complete plans and demonstrate progress. Gruber recommended adopting and submitting plans early to allow time for certification so the city could report completion to stakeholders and the legislature.
