Lehi Frontrunner Station Area Plan

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UTA and Lehi City propose a station area plan for the UTA owned land by the Frontrunner Station. The plan includes 200 apartment units- most of them affordable. It also includes office and retail space as well as parking garages. Pedestrian travel is prioritized while also allowing for buses and cars. The proposal also includes creating an HTRZ zone to help fund the affordable housing units, parking garages and other features of the plan.

You can read more in the staff report, or view the actual station area plan document. These are available under "Documents" on the right.

You can also ask a question or leave a comment below.

You can read more in the staff report, or view the actual station area plan document. These are available under "Documents" on the right.

You can also ask a question or leave a comment below.

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I like the overall layout of this plan. It clearly prioritizes pedestrians and transit users, and has a lot of great elements to create a place where people would enjoy spending time. However, I also have a lot of major concerns with the elements in the plan document. The biggest concern is with the proposed HTRZ funding to help fund the development. One of the components of the HTRZ designation is affordable housing. The plan states that they will provide apartment units for $1,690 a month which is higher than the median rent per unit already provided by the market of $1,650. That is ridiculous!! Why would we subsidize housing that costs more than what the market is providing? It might meet the definition of "80% of the Area Median Income" but that does not make it actually affordable.
Which also leads me to think that we should not provide affordable units at this location anyways for several reasons. The frontrunner is commuter rail. It is a freeway of transportation. You use it for work, events, and other big trips not for daily travel. Which means that either this area needs to provide all other necessities within walking distance or people will still need a car. I personally am of the opinion that transit will work for wealthy people before it will work for those in lower incomes. One of the big reasons for this is the flexibility that higher earners have. They tend to be able to work from home or be late to work without huge consequences. Those in lower income brackets tend to have jobs where they have to be there in person on time or else they lose their job. With the current and even proposed frequency of the frontrunner, missing the train could equal getting fired. Expecting low income workers to use the frontrunner seems like a wealthy person's solution to a poor person's problems.

With that being said not everyone can or wants to afford a car and so we should increase the functionality and reliability of transit. But again wealthy people will first be able to afford not having a car and paying for a very expensive uber or changing their plans. I do not think we should put that burden on people who are already struggling to financially survive. We should at least ask people that fall in that category what they want and not make plans for them and assume we know what is best for them.

Thank you.

Brittney Harris

bharris over 1 year ago

I like the overall layout of this plan. It clearly prioritizes pedestrians and transit users, and has a lot of great elements to create a place where people would enjoy spending time. However, I also have a lot of major concerns with the elements in the plan document. The biggest concern is with the proposed HTRZ funding to help fund the development. One of the components of the HTRZ designation is affordable housing. The plan states that they will provide apartment units for $1,690 a month which is higher than the median rent per unit already provided by the market of $1,650. That is ridiculous!! Why would we subsidize housing that costs more than what the market is providing? It might meet the definition of "80% of the Area Median Income" but that does not make it actually affordable. 
Which also leads me to think that we should not provide affordable units at this location anyways for several reasons. The frontrunner is commuter rail. It is a freeway of transportation. You use it for work, events, and other big trips not for daily travel. Which means that either this area needs to provide all other necessities within walking distance or people will still need a car. I personally am of the opinion that transit will work for wealthy people before it will work for those in lower incomes. One of the big reasons for this is the flexibility that higher earners have. They tend to be able to work from home or be late to work without huge consequences. Those in lower income brackets tend to have jobs where they have to be there in person on time or else they lose their job. With the current and even proposed frequency of the frontrunner, missing the train could equal getting fired. Expecting low income workers to use the frontrunner seems like a wealthy person's solution to a poor person's problems.

With that being said not everyone can or wants to afford  a car and so we should increase the functionality and reliability of transit. But again wealthy people will first be able to afford not having a car and paying for a very expensive uber or changing their plans. I do not think we should put that burden on people who are already struggling to financially survive. We should at least ask people that fall in that category what they want and not make plans for them and assume we know what is best for them.

Thank you.

Brittney Harris

Lehi Frontrunner Station Area Plan

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