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Midvale Council adopts Transportation Connectivity Element to prioritize projects for UDOT funding
Summary
The council unanimously approved Ordinance No. 2025-O-20 adopting the Transportation Connectivity Element of the General Plan, a plan required by 2025 legislation (SB 195) intended to prioritize multimodal connections for state funding consideration.
Midvale City Council on Oct. 21 unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 2025-O-20, the Transportation Connectivity Element of the city’s General Plan, after a staff presentation and a public hearing with no public comment. The ordinance implements the Legislature’s 2025 requirement (Senate Bill 195) identifying priority connections for driving, walking, biking and transit and aims to improve the city’s standing in UDOT’s funding prioritization.
Planning Director Wendelin Knobloch said the city completed the plan early to position projects for funding. "One of the motivations of the city to complete this process early is so the projects in this plan will receive a higher priority in the funding process," Knobloch said. Parametrix project manager Tyler Smithson reviewed the plan’s methodology and the recommended priority connections.
Council Member Bryant Brown moved to approve the ordinance and Council Member Bonnie Billings seconded. The motion passed on a roll-call vote with Council Member Paul Glover, Council Member Bryant Brown, Council Member Denece Mikolash and Council Member Bonnie Billings voting aye; Council Member Heidi Robinson was absent. The ordinance references the statutory notice and review requirements cited in the staff report (Section 17-3-9.B of the Municipal Code and Section 10-9a-204 of Utah State Code) and was recommended for approval by the Planning Commission.
