Task 1: Project Management / Study Initiation a. Consult with Steering Team / regular progress meetings; work closely with City Staff to ensure alignment with local priorities. i. Provide updates to the Trails and Active Transportation Committee at project initiation, mid-project, draft recommendations. Task 2: Public Outreach a. Design and facilitate a public input process to gather feedback on goals, needs, and planned projects, and proposed alignments from residents and trails users. b. Engagement activities may consist of a public survey, table/booths at events, and public meetings. c. Develop a stakeholder agency engagement plan to include USFS, Salt Lake City, and others as needed; coordinate with neighboring municipalities to establish seamless regional trail connections. Task 3: Existing Conditions Assessment a. Recommend trail design criteria (e.g., USFS best practices, etc. relating to grade, surface, etc.). b. Review planned trail networks that would connect North Salt Lake (from Bountiful and Salt Lake City) c. Review and update inventory of existing trails in North Salt Lake and on USFS property adjacent to Salt Lake City; provide GIS shapefile of trail alignments: i. Formal trails. ii. User trails (many may not be previously documented) d. Review condition of existing trails (formal and informal/user trails); many user trails may not be previously documented: i. Identify those that are inconsistent with best practices/design standards (grade, etc.) ii. Identify those that are redundant to other formal or informal trails. iii. Identify maintenance / improvement needs of existing trails and hot spots/locations: 1. Drainage issues 2. Grade issues 3. Intersecting trails 4. Site visibility 5. Others as identified by the consultant e. Prepare a summary report on existing conditions that highlights key needs and issues. Task 4: Recommendations a. Propose trail closures or realignments where necessary to address safety and maintenance concerns. b. Recommend new trail systems and improvements to existing trail systems.
