Activities and Accomplishments Report FISCAL YEAR 2021 FISCAL YEAR 2021 Table of Contents Planning for the future of our region – for transportation and related areas of land use, economic development, air quality, and more – is a collaborative effort. As the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the majority of Utah’s Wasatch Front, and as an Association of Governments, the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) is responsible for coordinating this planning process, and for providing funding and assistance to communities in the region so we can turn those plans into reality. The WFRC Council adopted goals for the agency for Fiscal Year 2021 (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021); this report highlights the activities and accomplishments of WFRC’s members, staff, and partners in working toward those goals. This report provides highlights organized by each of the four primary FY21 goals, followed by a detailed “completion report” for all of WFRC’s activities. 5 Goal Number One Collaboratively advance the Wasatch Choice Regional Vision as a framework for integrating transportation, land use, and economic development, to best address growth-related opportunities and challenges. 13 Goal Number Two Effectively administer ongoing plans and programs. 18 Goal Number Three Provide subject-matter expertise to federal, state, and local officials and policymakers. 24 Goal Number Four Strive for organizational excellence. Box Elder County Commissioner Jeff Scott provides comments at a Wasatch Choice workshop in Brigham City. 27 FY2021 Unified Planning Work Program Completion Report PAGE 2 ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT FiscalFiscal YearYear 20212021 Goals Goals MISSION STATEMENT The Wasatch Front Regional 1. Collaboratively advance the Wasatch Choice Regional Council builds consensus and 1. Collaboratively advance the Wasatch Choice Regional enhances quality of life by VisionVision asas a a regional framework framework for integrati for integratingng transportation, developing and implementing landtransportation, use, and landeconomic use, and development, economic development, to best address to visions and plans for a well- growth-related opportunities and challenges functioning multi-modal best address growth-related opportunities and challenges. transportation system, a. Support local communities to update their plans for growth and livable communities, a strong a. development.Support local communities to update their plans for growth and economy, and a healthy development. environment. • Help communities to: (i) integrate their local transportation, • Helpland communities use, housing, to: (i) and integrate economic their local development transportation, plans; land (ii) ROLES use,align housing, with theand Wasatcheconomic Choice development Regional plans; Vision; (ii) align (iii) with satisfy the Wasatchstatutory Choice requirements; Regional Vision; and (iii)(iv) satisfy manage statutory funding requirements; challenges , To accomplish our mission, andall (iv) while manage addressing funding challenges,community all concerns. while addressing community the Wasatch Front Regional concerns. Council serves the following • Provide high-quality data and analysis, advice, and technical roles. • Provideand financial high-quality resources. data and analysis, advice, and technical and •financialUpdate resources. the Wasatch Choice Regional Vision to reflect • Updatesignificant the Wasatch local planning Choice Regional and development Vision to reflect decisions. significant local Convener planning and development decisions. • We facilitate collaboration with • Engage,Engage, inform, inform, and andfacilitate facilitate collaboration collaboration among amonglocal governments, local governments, transportation agencies, and other public and our communities and partners. transportationprivate sector agencies, stakeholders. and other public and private sector stakeholders. b. Communicate the needs and benefits of investment in Utah's multi- Technical Expert b. modalCommunicate transportation the needs system and benefits as reflected of investment in Utah's in UnifiedUtah's multi-modal We are trusted subject-matter Transportationtransportation system Plan 2019-2050.as reflected in Utah's Unified Transportation Plan experts. 2019-2050. 2. Effectively administer ongoing plans and programs Planner 2. a.DevelopRefine theand performance-based implement plans approach and forprograms. WFRC plans and We proactively plan for the programs, with a focus on (i) monitoring and sharing progress future of our region. a. towardsRefine the the performance-based adopted Wasatch approachChoice goals; for WFRC (ii) streamlining plans and programs, and furtheringwith a focus the on utilization(i) monitoring of andperformance sharing progress measurement; toward the and adopted (iii) usingWasatch "access Choice to goals; opportunities" (ii) streamlining as a andmeasure furthering for planning the utilization and of Implementer programming.performance measurement; and (iii) using "access to opportunities" as a We put visions and plans into measure for planning and programming. b. Continue development of the 2023-2050 Regional Transportation action. b. PlanContinue (RTP), development including enhancedof the 2023-2050 consideration Regional of Transportation (i) planning/ Plan environmental(RTP), including linkages;enhanced (ii)consideration multi-modal of (i)project planning/environmental prioritization; (iii) policylinkages; approaches (ii) multi-modal to complement project prioritization; planned (iii)investments; policy approaches (iv) to innovativecomplement funding planned and investments; financing (iv)strategies; innovative and funding (v) externaland financing forces includingstrategies; technological and (v) external innovations forces including (e.g. technological connected, autonomous,innovations (e.g. sharedconnected,, and autonomous, electric mobility shared, options). and electric mobility options). c. DevelopDevelop thethe 2022-2027 2022-2027 Transportation Transportation Improvement Improvement Program Program (TIP), (TIP),compiling compiling prioritized prioritized road, transit, road, and transit, active andtransportation active transportation projects (adopt projects (adopt summer 2021). summer 2021). d. Provide funding and technical support to communities through d. Provide funding and technical support to communities through WFRC WFRC programs including: Surface Transportation Program (STP), Congestiprogramson including: Mitigation Surface and AirTransportation Quality Program Program (CMAQ), (STP), Congestion TransportationMitigation and Air Alternatives Quality Program Program (CMAQ), (TAP), Transportation Community Alternatives DevelopmentProgram (TAP), Block Community Grant Development(CDBG), and BlockTransportation Grant (CDBG), and andLand Use ConnectionTransportation Program and Land (TLC) Use (projectConnection approvals Program spring (TLC) 2021).(project approvals spring 2021). e. Implement the regional 2018-2023 Comprehensive Economic e. DevelopmentImplement the Strategyregional 2018-2023 (CEDS), linking Comprehensive economic Economic development with transportationDevelopment Strategy and land (CEDS), use planning, linking economic working development through the with Wasatch Fronttransportation Economic and Development land use planning, District working (WFEDD). through the Wasatch Front Economic Development District (WFEDD). PAGE 3 FISCAL YEAR 2021 3. Provide subject-matter expertise to federal, state, and 3. Provide subject-matter expertise to federal, state, local officials and policymakers Wasatch Choice and local officials and policymakers. a. Work with national associations and Utah partners to advance reauthorization of federal transportation funding and policies, focusing 2050 Regional Goals a. Work with national associations and Utah partners to advance on multi-modal funding stability with continued strong local and reauthorization of federal transportation funding and policies, focusing regional voice. on multi-modal funding stability with continued strong local and b. Evaluate infrastructure funding and financing strategies at the state, regional voice. regional, and local level. b. Evaluate infrastructure funding and financing strategies at the state, Access to economic and regional, and local level. c. Enhance forecasting and modeling of travel behavior and land use educational opportunities markets, including: (i) prepare for 2022 Household Travel Survey; and c. Enhance forecasting and modeling of travel behavior and land use (ii) improve modeling of transportation mode choices and impact of markets, including: (i) prepare for 2022 Household Travel Survey; and (ii) urban form on travel behavior. improve modeling of transportation mode choices and impact of urban d. Collaborate with UDOT and other stakeholders to refine transportation form on travel behavior. project prioritization processes. Manageable and reliable traffic conditions d. Collaborate with UDOT and other stakeholders to refine transportation e. Participate in regionally significant transportation and growth-related project prioritization processes. projects and activities including but not limited to: major development e. Participate in regionally significant transportation and growth-related plans (Point of the Mountain, Southwest Salt Lake County Vision, Quality transportation choices Northwest Quadrant/ Inland Port, and Falcon Hill), regionally significant projects and activities including but not limited to: major development