Consultant lays out Draper Town Center station concept: multifamily on UTA parcel, walkable Pioneer Road, plazas on Draper parcel

Tim Sullivan of Township & Range walked the council through the Town Center station area planning process, public outreach results, and a preferred concept developed with a stakeholder committee.

Sullivan said the consultant team ran three alternatives that converged on a preferred concept emphasizing a ‘‘walkable active main street for Pioneer Road,’’ a nexus of trail connections linking Draper Park and regional trails, and ‘‘significant residential density on the UTA site in up to 5 story buildings’’ while preserving buffers and transitions to existing neighborhoods. He reported nearly 474 combined in‑person and online survey responses and public outreach that favored a Main Street, trail connections, and preservation of historic scale in adjacent areas.

The team identified several core sites (the UTA parking parcel north of Town Center Station, a Draper City parcel near City Hall, and the IFA site) that will shape the plan’s form. Sullivan described three alternatives (open‑space‑focused, Pioneer Road main‑street, and an aspirational alternative assuming IFA relocates and the station could be moved) and said the stakeholder committee endorsed a preferred concept in June 2023.

Council members asked about implementation, affordability mechanisms, and how specific the plan must be for WFRC certification. Staff said the station area plan is a master plan to guide later zoning changes and that implementation steps and a five‑year work plan are required elements of the plan.

Next steps noted to the council included hiring an architect for better visuals, organizing site visits to comparable developments in the valley, and drafting zoning changes after adoption of the master plan.