City Council Announcements
September 4, 2012
Information Needed by Council Staff 2:13:12 PM
Street Lighting Public Engagement Schedule
Public Utilities is proposing the following Street Lighting Public Engagement Schedule
August 1 – 24 Prepare draft flyer stating current proposed program
August 24 – September 14 Obtain Mayor & City Council approval of flyer
September 15 - September 21 Make changes & print flyer
September 23 Post proposal & flyer to Open City Hall
September 1 – 28 Meet with University of Utah, Special Improvement Districts on the East side and Sugarhouse Business District
September 24 – October 31 Meet with City Council Districts and obtain feedback
October Add article to City Newsletter and internet newsletter
October 1 Add comment to water bills stating public hearing date
November 13 City Council Briefing
November 13 Set date for Public Hearing
November 20 Follow-up and Public Hearing
December 4 City Council Approval
Ø Does the Council consider the proposed approach to be adequate? As an alternative, the Council could elect to provide funding for outside resources to either conduct or enhance the public process.
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Ø Ms. Bruno said staff wanted to check to see if the schedule was acceptable or if the Council wanted to potentially hire outside resources to enhance the effort. She said there was a concern about exceeding the January 1st deadline which would impact the implementation timeline. She said if the January 1st deadline was exceeded, a budget amendment might be needed to add money to the street lighting fund.
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Ø Councilmember Garrott said he wanted to know what Public Utilities planned to do in this process, what verbs they would use, how would the public be engaged, are they going to be informing the public, are they going to be educating the public, are they actually going to be partnering with the public to make this decision. He said this is a timeline that talks about flyers and meetings but he wanted to talk about what the Administration wanted to do during those meetings. Councilmember Simonsen said if other Council Members were interested in the same discussion, a briefing could be scheduled in the next couple of weeks.
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Ø David Everitt, Mayor’s Chief of Staff and Jeffry Niermeyer, Public Utilities Director, briefed the Council. Mr. Everitt said the Administration could also take questions by e-mail from the Council and respond back in order to speed things up. Mr. Niermeyer said they were trying to get on Community Council schedules for October to keep up on the timeline.
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Ø Councilmember Love said the public hearing notice needed to be extensively planned using words that we think engage the public. She said it can’t just be our typical noticing process.
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Ø Councilmember Christensen asked how the Administration determined which parties they would meet with. Mr. Niermeyer said through community councils and other user groups which had expressed interest over the course of the process. Councilmember Christensen said he thought the International Center’s Owners Association and Rose Park residents would be interested in participating so they could better understand the process. Mr. Niermeyer said they planned to target specific groups that had expressed interest and also utilize open houses
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Ø Councilmember Love said a number of neighborhood street festivals were coming up in addition to the Planning Department’s current effort to seek public input on the City’s long-range plan. She suggested combining all these venues/efforts to solicit more input.
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Ø Mr. Niermeyer said he sent a brochure to Lehua Weaver on the Council staff that identified some of the words they planned to use. Councilmember Garrott said he would get the brochure from Ms. Weaver and solicit comments from other Council Members prior to a follow-up briefing.
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Ø Councilmember LaMalfa said he wanted North Temple to be considered as a potential lighting district. Councilmember Simonsen said he would schedule a follow-up briefing in the next couple of weeks.
Free Fare Zone / Sugarhouse Street Car
Mike Allegra and Hal Johnson have requested to have a meeting with the Council to have an informal discussion about the Free Fare Zone / Sugarhouse Streetcar issues.
Ø Do Council Members want to have a noon time meeting on Tuesday, September 18? Councilmember Simonsen said this would be optional for those who wanted to have an informal meeting/discussion with Utah Transit Authority (UTA) staff. He said if Council Members had specific topics they wanted to discuss, it might be helpful in advance to send them to UTA so they could be prepared to talk about them. Ms. Bruno said staff would send out a calendar appointment for Council Members who wanted to attend.
EDCUtah Annual Meeting
This year’s EDCUtah’s Annual Meeting will be Thursday, September 27th at the Grand America Hotel with Keynote Speaker Governor Jon Huntsman. CED has offered to purchase a table, which will seat 10 people.
Ø Are there Council Members would be interested in attending? (Søren and Carlton have already accepted) Councilmember Simonsen said he would probably be late due to a conflicting meeting. Councilmember Luke said he planned to attend. Ms. Bruno asked Council Members to let the front office know if others wanted to attend.