The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in Regular Session on Tuesday, April 1, 1997, at 4:00 p.m. in Room 315, City Council Office, City County Building, 451 South State.
The following Council Members were present:
Joanne Milner Deeda Seed Tom Godfrey
Bryce Jolley Keith Christensen
The following Council Members had resigned:
Stuart Reid Sam Souvall
Mayor Deedee Corradini; Roger Cutler, City Attorney; Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; and Beverly Jones, Deputy City Recorder were present.
Councilmember Seed presided at and Councilmember Jolley conducted the meeting.
#1. The Council led the Pledge of Allegiance.
#2. Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Milner seconded to approve the minutes of the Salt Lake City Council meetings held March 18, 1997 and March 20, 1997, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
(M 97-1)
CITIZEN COMMENTS
David Spatafore, 1122 Gilmer Drive, said he was concerned about the proposed "off-leash" dog ordinance which would involve Herman Franks baseball fields. He said City staff had suggested using the southeast corner of Herman Franks field instead of the baseball diamonds for the "off-leash" area. He said he supported that proposal. He said he was not concerned with dogs running off-leash, but was concerned with the inconsiderate dog owners who after allowing the dogs to run "off-leash" in the baseball fields would not clean up after the pets. He said this posed an extreme hazard to children.
Tim Hammond, 2260 South 2100 East, said he was in favor of the proposed "off-leash" ordinance. He said dog owners would have to police themselves in order to have this continue in the Salt Lake area.
CONSENT AGENDA
ACTION: Councilmember Godfrey moved and Councilmember Seed seconded to approve the Consent Agenda, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
#1. RE: Setting the date of May 6, 1997 at 6:00 p.m. to accept public comment and consider adopting an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 1996-97 budget.
(B 96-1)
#2. RE: Approving the appointments of Samuel Piazza, Nano Podolsky, and Del Mar Brewster to the Youth City Government Advisory Board for terms extending through January 1, 1998.
(I 97-17)
Approving the appointment of JaNeanne Webster to the Youth City Government Advisory Board for a tern extending through January 1, 1999.
(I 97-17)
Approving the appointments of Fred L. Graves and Marsha B. Hodges to the Youth City Government Advisory Board for terms extending through January 1, 2000.
(I 97-17)
#3. RE: Approving the reappointment of William C. Miller to the Salt Lake Art Design Board for a term extending through March 8, 2000.
(I 97-8)
#4. RE: Adopting Resolution 10 of 1997 authorizing the approval of (1) an interlocal cooperation agreement between Salt Lake City Corporation and Utah Department of Transportation, and (2) an interlocal cooperation agreement between Salt Lake City Corporation, Utah Department of Transportation, and RB & G Engineering, Inc. modifying Agreement No. 95-3206 relating to the reconstruction of 2100 South from 1700 East to 2300 East, and coordinating the responsibilities of the City and UDOT regarding the project.
(C 95-202)
#5. RE: Adopting Resolution 11 of 1997 authorizing the approval of an interlocal cooperation agreement between Salt Lake City Corporation and the State of Utah to loan the City $200,000 in Olene Walker Housing Trust Funds to help support the City's First Time Homebuyers Program.
(C 97-168)
#6. RE: Adopting Ordinance 15 of 1997 amending Sections 8.04.390 and 15.08.070, Salt Lake City Code, relating to animals running at large. (This is an ordinance amendment relating to establishing a pilot project to establish limited areas in parks where dogs can run "off-leash.")
(O 97-5)
NEW BUSINESS/INTERVIEWS
#1. RE: Statements by District 1 potential applicants for Council position.
DISCUSSION: Councilmember Jolley said comments would be held to three minutes. He said when the applicant had 30 seconds left, a white "30 second" card would be raised. He said at the three minute mark, a red card would be held up showing time was up. He asked that all applicants respect the three minute time.
He said after the interviews with District 1, District 3 would be interviewed. He said at 6:00 p.m. the interviews would stop while the Regular Council meeting was held. He said there was a comment period during the Council meeting which was reserved for people to make public comment. He said Council was asking that the applicants' supporters not comment during this time. He said the comments should be limited to other items within the City.
Councilmember Jolley said prior to the meeting all applicants had drawn numbers to determine the speaking order. He said Joseph Irish and Charlie "Brown" Saulsberry had arrived after numbers were drawn so they would be numbers 17 and 18 respectively.
He said there was no Number 1, so the interviews would start with Number 2. The following applicants were called by number and spoke to the Council:
(2) Steven Woodall, (3) James F. Patterson, (4) Ruth E. Swanson, (5) Lee Martinez, (6) Carol A. Goode, (7) Virginia M. Martinez, (8) J. Douglas McClellan, (9) Elaine Rizzo-Pea, there was no (10), (11) Donald R. Green, (12) Raven Rivera, (13) R. Christopher Swaner, (14) Carlton J. Christensen, there was no (15), (16) G. Ernest Hughes, (17) F. Joseph Irish, and (18) Charlie "Brown" Saulsberry. No one was in attendance to represent Ronald J. Whitehead
(G 97-16)
#2. RE: Break.
A ten minute break was held.
#3. Statements by District 3 potential applicants for Council position.
DISCUSSION: Starting at 5:30 the following applicants from District 3 were called by number and spoke to the Council:
(1) Michael S. Marriott, (2) Kent Knowley, (3) Maximo R. Guerra, there was no (4), (5) Bob Springmeyer, (6) David Duncan White, (7) Polly S. Hart, (8) Jerold N. Willmore, there was no (9), (10) John Florez, (11) Phillip Carroll, and (12) Phil Erickson.
The interviews were delayed at 6:00 p.m. to hold the Regular Council Meeting. The rest of District 3 interviews were held in Item H, Return to New Business/Interviews.
PUBLIC HEARING
#1. RE: Accept public comment and consider adopting an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 1996-97 Budget.
ACTION: Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Godfrey seconded to close the public hearing, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
Councilmember Seed moved and Councilmember Christensen seconded to adopt Ordinance 16 of 1997 with the exception of the projects which were proposed to be funded with the sale of surplus property until the property was actually sold and the projects considered in context with other Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) priorities, and chose to delay the funding of the Neighborhood House project with general fund sources and clarify that funds were traded from a general fund project which was Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) eligible for the Neighborhood House and use CDBG to pay for the general fund project, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
DISCUSSION: Councilmember Milner said it was her understanding the actual monies had been allocated. She asked if the motion was to pull back the moneys. Councilmember Seed said they wanted clarification from the Administration of the process used to allocate the money. She said she understood general fund money was allocated to replace Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money without consulting the Council which was not legal.
Councilmember Milner asked for clarification that the motion addressed more of the process as opposed to the monies.
Councilmember Godfrey said there was a recommendation that the Council could trade funds from the general fund which was CDBG eligible for Neighborhood House and use CDBG to pay for a general fund project.
Councilmember Milner said she did not want Neighborhood House penalized. Kerri Nakamura, Deputy Council Director/Budget Analyst, said funds had not been appropriated. She said it was the intent of the Administration to go ahead and appropriate general fund monies. She said based on the discussion in the Committee of the Whole where the Council gave tentative support to move ahead, staff had gone back to the Administration to get information regarding what would happen if the Council did not move ahead with the budget amendment. She said (1) the CDBG budget could end up eating the $10,000 with other savings within the department, (2) the Council could swap out another CDBG eligible project, and (3) Neighborhood House would have to come up with the money.
Councilmember Christensen said the Council understood what took place. He said the Council did not wish to criticize the individuals or the Neighborhood House. He said it was the Council's decision to be concerned as to why someone in the Administration would feel free to make the decision that the Council would appropriate general funds for something which had not been discussed. He said until the Council had an opportunity to discuss the options to fund the project at all, the project should remain unfunded.
Ms. Nakamura said included in the Council announcements on Friday would be the Council's CIP protocol agreement with the Administration which has been practiced but never formalized. She said the City Controller had called the Council Office and wanted to make sure controls were in place to insure that the actual appropriation would not occur without Council consent. She said the Controller was satisfied controls were in place and the appropriation had not occurred. He said funds were not transferred from the City's general fund to Neighborhood House.
(B 96-1)
RETURN TO NEW BUSINESS/INTERVIEWS
The Regular Council Meeting was conducted until 6:15 p.m. and then the following applicants from District 3 spoke to the Council:
(13) Virginia S. Smith, (14) Robert K. Ward, there was no (15), (16) Ted Wilson, (17) Mary H. Mark, (18) Steven Epperson, (19) Mark Chambers, (20) Leo D. Leonard, (21) Aaron Whitehead, (22) Thomas Rogan, (23) Chris Carlson, and (24) Seamus Barry. Robin Bertoch represented Bradley Brixen Bertoch by reading a letter. Karin Kane was not present and no one was in attendance to represent her.
Councilmember Jolley said each Council Member had a ballot and would be allowed two votes for each district. He said the votes would be tabulated by Councilmember Seed, Beverly Jones, Recorder's Office, and Sally Knighton, Council Office.
The Council Members choices were:
DISTRICT 1
Councilmember Milner chose:
Carol A. Goode
Elaine Rizzo-Pea
Councilmember Christensen chose:
Carlton J. Christensen
Ronald J. Whitehead
Councilmember Seed chose:
Lee Martinez
Elaine Rizzo-Pea
Councilmember Godfrey chose:
Carlton J. Christensen
Lee Martinez
Councilmember Jolley chose:
Carlton J. Christensen
Carol A. Goode
DISTRICT 3
Councilmember Jolley chose:
Phillip Carroll
Ted Wilson
Councilmember Godfrey chose:
Phil Erickson
Polly S. Hart
Councilmember Seed chose:
Mary H. Mark
Thomas Rogan
Councilmember Christensen chose:
Bob Springmeyer
Ted Wilson
Councilmember Milner chose:
John Florez
Mary H. Mark
(G 97-16)
The meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
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