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Commission to recommend concurrence with UTA historic assessment, suggests plaque for railroad corridor
Summary
Draper's Historic Preservation Commission reviewed UTA's cultural resources assessment for a proposed light-rail alignment, agreed staff should forward concurrence with consultant findings to the city council, and discussed mitigation including an interpretive plaque for the Pacific and Utah Southern Railroad corridor.
Staff summarized the historic resources review prepared for UTA's proposed light-rail connection through the Point of the Mountains area and noted a concurrent letter from the State Historic Preservation Office (Shippo) that largely concurred with consultant findings. The consultant identified historic canals in the corridor as generally non-contributing and pointed to the rail line as the feature most likely to be impacted by the proposed alignment.
Annie Ballmer (speaker S2) described the staff recommendation: "Their recommendation is really to do some kind of historical marker or something to talk about the historic rail corridor," and suggested the commission's response should be framed as a recommendation to the city council rather than the commission speaking for the city.
Commissioners said they were comfortable concurring with the report and asked staff to package the commission's concurrence for the city manager and council consideration so mitigation options such as signage or plaques can be pursued if needed. The commission did not require additional archaeological survey beyond the consultant's recommendations but asked staff to coordinate follow-up should council request further action.
