Below are some of the most common questions/topics that I have been asked

Q:  What is your view on high density housing?  

A:  High density housing should be considered to see if it fits within the scope of Taylorsville and the resources available.  High density housing serves a purpose, but it should receive neither a blanket "yes" or "no".  Each proposal must be reviewed on an individual basis.

Q:   The new apartment construction I got notice of on 5300 So Bangerter is of great interest to me for many reasons.   

1. There will major disruptions after just living through the overpass construction. 

2. Where in the world are we getting water supply for such a large complex of over 600 units?

3. There is so much traffic at this intersection now, how will we manage 600-1000 cars added to that? It is a nightmare as is. We have no UTA Trax in this area.

A:  

1. There will definitely be disruption to traffic and the general state of the area.  I would hope that with proper planning and construction, things could be done such that the main streets are disrupted as little as possible.  Due to how large the plot of land is in question, they may be able to have minimal impact on traffic flow, but this will definitely be a major disruption, especially as we are looking at the upcoming UDOT work on the 4700 S and Bangerter Highway overpass.

2. Adding in anywhere between another 600 to 1500 total residents (estimating an average of 2.5 occupants per unit) will require a good amount of water for their needs.  We have a situation that is somewhat fortunate here as we are looking at apartments, so we should not need a lot of water for external landscaping needs (i.e. individual property lawns) but instead on needs for drinking, bathing, and home care (dishes and general cleaning).  Since it will take some time for buildings to be constructed and to have apartments made available for occupancy, I would hope that water conditions will improve, but we need to be careful with our overall water usage.  I hope that we would not be to the point of needing to ration water usage for residents in the city, but if conditions did not improve long-term, that may need to be exercised. 

3. Fortunately, not all residents will have a car, or will be driving in/out at the same time of day.  As we have the Bangerter Highway overpasses for 4700 S and 6200 S completed, we may see less traffic on 5400 S as some of this diverts to those areas.  We also have received a favorable amount of funding through the Legislature to help with road improvement projects for each city.  Taylorsville may be able to partner with UDOT to leverage some of this funding to improvements that can help to alleviate pressures currently seen on 5400 S and help to offset this influx of vehicles/traffic that will come with this new complex.

Q:   What do you think about Taylorsville having its own police force instead of contracting with Unified Police?  

A:   There are advantages in terms of us having our own police department for the city, but there are also advantages to being part of the larger group under Unified Police (UPD).  With that said, I appreciated the help we had in my neighborhood, as I have been with our Neighborhood Watch, from UPD, but I think that we can have some great advantages from reinstating the Taylorsville Police Department (TPD), working with the larger groups as we need, so I support having TPD.  The thing that I feel bad about is that we started out with TPD, then we spent time and resources to join UPD, only to spend more time and resources to reinstate TPD.  We have a lot of good officers who serve our community, and I support them, whether it was under UPD or TPD.  With the move from UPD to TPD, we do have more control over the police department, and we are not liable for lawsuits that may occur if we were still part of UPD, so this is also helpful to Taylorsville City.