City Secures $2 Million Dollars and Kicks-off Grant-Funded Project

By Holly Smith, Assistant City Manager

The City of Holladay was recently awarded $2 million dollars from Salt Lake County and kicked off a previously grant-funded transportation improvement project. The funded projects support the City’s commitment to providing high-quality facilities that create community connection and safety while preserving our charm, history and iconic features.

• $600,000 was awarded from the Salt Lake County Tourism, Recreation, Culture and Convention (TRCC) program to add Historic Exhibit Experiences to existing park and city hall spaces. Championed by the Historical Commission, this project will bring the history of Holladay to life through stories, photographs and artifacts – highlighting the people, places and events that have shaped the community into what it is today. Conceptual Exhibit Experiences were explored in the “Holladay Museum/Exhibit Feasibility Study” completed in June 2022 with a grant from the Cultural Capital Facility Grant Program, with assistance from a professional exhibit development firm - Design Intent.

• $600,000 was awarded from the Salt Lake County Transportation Choice program to construct new buffered bike lanes on Wasatch Boulevard from about 4500 South to 6200 South. This project was the result of a recently completed transportation study of Wasatch Boulevard that Holladay conducted in partnership with Millcreek. The City will add new asphalt, paint markings and signage to improve safety and enhance the bicycling experience on the corridor. Millcreek also received funds to improve their section of Wasatch Boulevard north of 4500 South.

• $800,000 was awarded from the Salt Lake County Transportation Choice program to the tri-city partnership of Holladay, Millcreek and South Salt Lake to design a new bicycle/pedestrian path on 3900 South. This project is part of a larger effort to create a new 7.1-mile long, multi-use (bi-directional) path along the south side of 3900 South, from 2300 East in Holladay /Millcreek to 2700 West in Taylorsville. The cities of Holladay, Taylorsville, Midvale, Murray, Millcreek and Cottonwood Heights completed the Mid-Valley Active Transportation Plan with a

Transportation and Land Use Connection (TLC) grant in 2020. This plan identified a few top-priority projects, including the 3900 South Multi-Use Path. The proposed multi-use path will connect Holladay residents to not only the nearby canyons and Wasatch Boulevard to the east but also the UTA Meadowbrook Trax station and Jordan River Trail to the west, among other key destinations, jobs and services.

• $388,946 of transportation funds was awarded by the Wasatch Front Regional Council to the cities of Holladay and Millcreek to realign Murray-Holladay at 4705 S and add a new full-stop pedestrian crossing. The two cities will split the required $28,244 local match, so Holladay’s cash outlay for the project is only $14,122. The new improvements will support safe routes to school; enhance access to the Mt Olympus Senior Center, Creekside Park, Holladay Lions Recreation Center and Big Cottonwood Park; and improve transit connections. The City kicked-off the project in December 2022 with construction targeted for Spring 2024.

Free Babysitting 101, Infant and Child CPR

By Capt. Dan Brown, UFA

Happy February Holladay!

With Valentine’s Day coming up, I want to take my wife out to dinner. It makes it hard to find a sitter as I have a 1-year-old, a 6-year-old, and a 12-year-old. Being a firefighter for the past 16 years, I have become (irrationally) paranoid about things that can happen to my kids with my wife being the same way. I thought, “what would I like someone watching my kids to know?” I would like them to know the basics of CPR, how to treat someone who is choking, who to call if a child ingests a foreign substance, and what to do if a child gets hurt.

Basically, Babysitting 101. The City of Holladay along with the Happy Healthy Holladay Coalition will be holding a Babysitting 101 course at Holladay

City Hall. I and other firefighters from Unified Fire Authority will be going over the aforementioned skills and upon the completion of the class, a paper with what we covered to keep as a reference. Infant and child CPR will be taught with the American Heart Association guidelines, but there will be no certification. Anyone is welcome to attend, not just those wanting to babysit.

WHAT: Free Babysitting 101, infant and child CPR, choking, poisoning

WHERE: Holladay City Hall, 4580 S 2300 E, Little Cottonwood Room

WHEN: March 7th, 6:00 PM 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM if needed

HOW TO REGISTER: email Dan Brown @ dbrown@unifiedfire.org - with which time slot you would like and how many will be attending