Transportation

I was appointed to the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) Board by then Speaker of the House Becky Lockhart. I was a member of the City Council at the time of my appointment. I accepted the appointment because I believe in clean air, less traffic congestion, and high-quality economic development.  

My UTA service has been valuable to Draper City for several reasons:

• UTA has helped bring substantial economic development to Draper City. Our FrontRunner stop is located on a 135-acre development. As a council, we zoned the property for high-density mixed-use development.

• In 2012, the tax value of the FrontRunner site was $6,055,340.00. Today, five years later, the taxable value of the site is $225,000,000.00. Based on the growth, the future value of our Frontrunner stop is near a BILLION DOLLARS.

Why does this matter to you?  

• We now have a major transit asset in our city, clean air, and less congestion.

• The property has increased in value, and property tax revenue we would never have had is now flowing into the Canyons School District, our city, and other entities.

• Daily, thousands of people come to work at quality jobs in our city at this site.

• Future connection to the Jordan River Trail will allow multimodal daily commutes to this site.

• The best reason is every tax dollar we receive from this development is a dollar we don’t need from you!!