Emigration Canyon council outlines stakeholder working group for corridor study

Mayor called the Emigration Canyon City Council workshop to order and presented a plan to assemble a consultant-led stakeholder working group to identify problems and feed a corridor preliminary design. "What he specifically said is they are not trying to... this is the stakeholder working group," the council recorded of the consultant's description.

The consultant under contract with the city (principal HR Kunzler of Avenue Associates) told councilors he wants a small group of stakeholders to attend one or two meetings to identify corridor issues such as bicyclist safety, driveway visibility and parking in the right-of-way. Council members proposed names for the group, including a planning commission member (transcribed as Dale Berreth/Barrett), a UPD/public-safety representative (Don Larson), resident cyclists and community council members such as Corinne Shurig, Jessica Steed, Michelle Henry, Paul Brown, Brian Johansen and Mike Sanguinetti.

Councilors debated group size and composition, recommending a mix of residents who live along the corridor and outside users who regularly travel it. One councilor said the consultant "wants to have somebody in the 30 crowd, to represent... ideally a cyclist," and the group discussed recruiting younger canyon residents with canyon experience. The council emphasized that the working group is advisory: the consultant will gather input and the council retains final decision-making authority.

Because the workshop has no formal-vote authority on some items, council members agreed to contact the proposed individuals now and to present appointments for formal action during the next regular meeting (the staff noted they can make a motion at the next meeting and then, if the people accept, appoint them formally). "They will appoint the official members of the committee at the next meeting," staff summarized.

The council also discussed alternates and the consultant's ability to replace members if conflicts arise. No formal appointments were made at the workshop; the council's suggested roster will be used to contact invitees and to prepare a motion and possible resolution (resolution 26-03A, referenced by staff) for the next meeting.

Ending: Councilors closed the topic after confirming a preliminary roster and next steps: staff will contact invitees and the appointments will be considered for formal adoption at the next regular meeting.