September 27, 2011

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

REVISED

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

3:05 p.m. Work Session or immediately following the 3:00 p.m. Redevelopment Agency Meeting

(the public is invited to listen to the discussion)

7:00 p.m. Formal Meeting (public comment section is included)

A.    WORK SESSION: Approximately 3:00 p.m. in Room 326, City & County Building, 451 South State St.

(Agenda items scheduled during the Council's formal meeting may be discussed during the work session. Items from the following list that Council is unable to complete in the work session from approximately 3:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. may be addressed in a work session setting following the consent agenda.)

1.     (TENTATIVE) The Council will consider a motion to enter into Closed Session, in keeping with Utah Code § 52-4-204, for any of the following purposes:

        a) A strategy session to discuss collective bargaining, pursuant to Utah Code § 52-4-205 (1)(b);

        b) A strategy session to discuss the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property (including any form of water right or water shares) when public discussion of the transaction would disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration or prevent the City from completing the transaction on the best possible terms, pursuant to Utah Code § 52-4-205(1)(d);

        c) A strategy session to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation, pursuant to Utah Code § 52-4-205(1)(c);

        d) A strategy session to discuss the sale of real property (including any form of water right or water shares) if (1) public discussion of the transaction would disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration or prevent the City from completing the transaction on the best possible terms, (2) the City previously gave notice that the property would be offered for sale, and (3) the terms of the sale are publicly disclosed before the City approves the sale;

                        e) For attorney-client matters that are privileged, pursuant to Utah Code § 78B-1-137; and

        f) A strategy session to discuss deployment of security personnel, devices or systems pursuant to Utah Code Section 52-4-205(1)(f).

2.     Report of the Executive Director, including a review of Council information items and announcements. ATTACHMENTS

3.   The Council will receive a briefing from Dale Keller, with Salt Lake Valley Health Department Environmental Health Services, regarding pending changes to noise enforcement. (The Valley Health Department provides enforcement of noise violations based on city ordinances. Mr. Keller will brief the Council on some changes that are being proposed that affect how and when Health Department officers respond and enforce. Changes include categorizing different types of noise complaints and shifting some enforcement responsibilities to agencies holding special events. Based on the proposed changes, some amendments to Salt Lake City Code may need to be considered at a later date.)

4.     The Council will receive a briefing regarding an ordinance to change the City’s zoning regulations to provide clear, consistent, and efficient land use regulations. This proposal includes the following changes for Public Notice and Appeal Requirements.  Related provisions of Title 21A – Zoning may also be amended as part of this petition. Petitioner – Mayor Ralph Becker (Petition PLNPCM2010-00784) ATTACHMENTS

1.     Establishes a standard notice requirement for public hearings and appeal deadline dates for all boards and commissions. Removes repetitive language for each planning process and replaces it with standard language for all public hearings.

2.     Requires notification of a project application to surrounding neighbors for Special Exceptions and Routine and Uncontested Matters applications. Removes the requirement for applicants to obtain signatures from the adjacent property owners.

3.     Requires electronic mail notification to Recognized and Registered Organizations. Removes written mail notification requirement.

5.     The Council will receive a briefing regarding an ordinance to change the City’s zoning regulations to provide clear, consistent, and efficient land use regulations. This proposal includes the following items.  Related provisions of Title 21A – Zoning may also be amended as part of this petition. Petitioner – Mayor Ralph Becker (Petition PLNPCM2010-00223) ATTACHMENTS

1.     Freeway Scenic Landscape Setback – would apply freeway landscaping regulations in all zoning districts except single/two-family districts.

2.     Clarify that the Zoning Administrator is the Planning Director.

3.     Remove the newspaper notice requirement for zoning map amendments.

4.     Remove all references to accessory uses on accessory lots consistent with changes made in December 2008.  This will eliminate confusion between the text and the use tables.

5.     Revise variance and condominium application regulations to be consistent with other land use application requirements.

6.     Revise sign regulations to define pennant flags and prohibit their use in all zoning districts.

6.     The Council will receive a follow-up briefing from the Administration regarding the City’s Historic Preservation Program. The presentation will focus on conservation districts. ATTACHMENTS

7.     The Council will receive a briefing regarding the Golf Fund and funding proposal. ATTACHMENTS

8.     (TIME APPROXIMATE 6:10 P.M.) The Council will interview Mike Christensen, District 1; Nan Weber, District 2; Margith Maughan, District 3; Maria Torres, District 4; Eliot Sykes, District 5; James Guilkey, District 6; Stephen L. Nelson, District 7; prior to being appointed to the Salt Lake City Redistricting Work Group. (Item H1) ATTACHMENTS

9.     (TIME APPROXIMATE 6:20 P.M.) The Council will interview Dale Evans prior to her appointment to the Police Civilian Review Board. (Item H2) ATTACHMENTS

10.  (TENTATIVE) The Council will receive a briefing regarding updated policy statements for the City’s Community Housing Plan. The intent is to address development of new housing opportunities, preservation of the City’s existing housing stock and reflect current housing and economic conditions. ATTACHMENTS

FORMAL MEETING

B.    OPENING CEREMONY: 7:00 p.m. in Room 315, City & County Building, 451 South State St.
Council Member Luke Garrott will conduct the Formal Council Meetings during the month of September.

1.     Pledge of Allegiance.

2.     The Council will approve the meeting minutes of September 6, 2011 and September 20, 2011. ATTACHMENTS

C.    PUBLIC HEARINGS:

1. Ordinance: Amendments to the City’s Zoning Regulations of Fences, Walls and Hedges, Petition PLNPCM2010-0300

Accept public comment and consider adopting an ordinance to change the City’s zoning regulations to allow electric security fences in the Manufacturing M-1 and M-2 zones under certain conditions. (Title 21A Zoning, Chapters 21 A.62.010 Definitions and 21A.40.120L Regulation of Fences, Walls and Hedges.) Related provisions of Title 21A – Zoning may also be amended as part of this petition. (Petitioner - Sentry Security Systems – PLNPCM2010-0300)

(P 11-10) ATTACHMENTS

                                                  Staff Recommendation:                    Close and consider options.

2. Resolution: Public Utilities Bond, Series 2011, Resolution Authorizing a Public Hearing for the Purpose of Financing the Construction of Sewer Line Improvements

Accept public comment and consider adopting a resolution regarding the issuance of not more than $10,000,000 principal amount of water and sewer revenue bonds of the City to finance all or a portion of the cost of acquiring and constructing certain improvements, facilities and property that will be part of the City’s water, sewer and stormwater system, including, but not limited to the construction of a new stormwater line on Folsom Avenue and various other sewer improvements and the potential economic impact that such projects will have on the private sector. (Item G1)

(Q 11-5) ATTACHMENTS

Staff Recommendation:                    Close.

3.   Ordinance: Parking Ticket Ordinance Amendments

Accept public comment and consider adopting an ordinance amending Section 12.96.020, Salt Lake City Code, extending the period after which unpaid parking citations may result in impoundment of a vehicle from 30 days to 40 days to be consistent with other provisions within the same Chapter and amending Section 12.56.570, Salt Lake City Code, clarifying and revising provisions governing the dismissal and reduction of parking citation fees.

(O 10-14) ATTACHMENTS

Staff Recommendation:                    Close and consider options.

4.   Ordinance: Enacting Chapter 12.58 Prohibiting Idling of Vehicles Within City Limits

Accept public comment and consider adopting an ordinance enacting Chapter 12.58, Salt Lake City Code, prohibiting idling of vehicles within city limits.

(O 11-20) ATTACHMENTS

Staff Recommendation:                    Close and consider options.

D.    POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS:

1. Ordinance: Budget Amendment No. 1, Fiscal Year 2011 2012

Consider adopting an ordinance amending Salt Lake City Ordinance No. 50 of 2011 which adopted the final budget of Salt Lake City, Utah, for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30, 2012. ATTACHMENTS

(B 11-7)

                                                        Staff Recommendation:                    Adopt.

E.    COMMENTS:

1. Questions to the Mayor from the City Council.

2. Comments to the City Council. (Comments are taken on any item not scheduled for a public hearing, as well as on any other City business. Comments are limited to two minutes.)

F.     NEW BUSINESS:

1. Ordinance: North Temple Project Area Plan

The Council will consider adopting an ordinance regarding the North Temple Project Area Plan for the North Temple Project Area, as approved by the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City, and designating the North Temple Project Area Plan as the official Urban Renewal Plan for the North Temple Project Area. ATTACHMENTS

(T 11-4)

                                                  Staff Recommendation:                    Suspend the rules and adopt.

G.    UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1. Resolution: Public Utilities Bond, Series 2011, Resolution Authorizing a Public Hearing for the Purpose of Financing the Construction of Sewer Line Improvements

Consider adopting a resolution authorizing the issuance and confirming the sale of not more than $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2011 of the City; authorizing the execution and delivery of certain documents relating to such bonds; and providing for related matters. (Item C2) ATTACHMENTS

(Q 11-5)

Staff Recommendation:                    Adopt the bond resolution.

H.    CONSENT:

1.   Resolution: 2011 Salt Lake City Redistricting Work Group

Consider approving the appointment of Mike Christensen, District 1; Nan Weber, District 2; Margith Maughan, District 3; Maria Torres, District 4; Eliot Sykes, District 5; James Guilkey, District 6; Stephen L. Nelson, District 7, to the Salt Lake City Redistricting Work Group. 

(I 11-20)

                                                                Staff Recommendation:                    Approve.

2. Board Appointment: Dale Evans, Police Civilian Review Board.

Consider approving the appointment of Dale Evans to the Police Civilian Review Board for a term extending through September 1, 2014.

(I 11-16)

                                                                 Staff Recommendation:                   Approve.

I.     ADJOURNMENT: