The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah met in Regular Session on Tuesday, November 12, 1996, at 6:00 p.m., in Room 315, City County Building, 451 South State Street.
The following Council Members were present:
Stuart Reid Sam Souvall Tom Godfrey
Joanne Milner Deeda Seed Bryce Jolley
The following Councilmember was absent:
Keith Christensen
Mayor Deedee Corradini; Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; Kerri Nakamura, Deputy Director/Policy Analyst for the City Council; Roger Cutler, City Attorney; and Beverly Jones, Deputy City Recorder were present.
Councilmember Souvall presided at and conducted the meeting.
#1. The Council led the Pledge of Allegiance.
CONSENT AGENDA
ACTION: Councilmember Jolley moved and Councilmember Godfrey seconded to approve the Consent Agenda with the exception of Item D-1, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
#1. RE: Approving the appointment of Kent T. Anderson to the Planning Commission for a term extending through July 1, 2000.
(I 96-11)
#2. RE: Reset date from November 1, 1996 to November 19, 1996 at 6:00 p.m. to accept public comment and consider adopting an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 1996-97 budget.
(B 96-1)
#3. RE: Adopting Ordinance 82 of 1996 vacating a portion of an alley between Edith Avenue and 1300 South and east of 400 East pursuant to Petition No. 400-95-60.
(P 96-48)
#4. RE: Adopting Resolution 72 of 1996 authorizing the approval of an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Amendment No. 1 between Salt Lake City Corporation and South Jordan City Corporation to provide South Jordan City certain fire and emergency medical training.
(C 95-714)
NEW BUSINESS
#1. RE: Adopting an ordinance establishing a specific zone for co-housing developments, providing for an open space ratio, and establishing ownership and resale parameters.
ACTION: Councilmember Jolley moved and Councilmember Milner seconded to refer the item to Community and Economic Development for further study, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
DISCUSSION: Councilmember Jolley said Salt Lake City did not have zoning which allowed clustered housing and a general abundance of open space. He said the City should look at this issue to see if this was a zoning designation which should be incorporated into the City.
Councilmember Godfrey said he had some reservations where the City would be establishing ownership and retail perimeters. He said he questioned whether the Council could even consider these items. Councilmember Jolley said he wanted to make sure there were no parameters as far as resale and ownership.
Councilmember Reid asked if Councilmember Jolley was simply asking to have the department look at the issue, review it and potentially make recommendations. Councilmember Jolley said that was correct.
(O 96-44)
Councilmember Souvall asked Councilmember Godfrey to conduct the next item of business.
#2. RE: Adopting an ordinance amending the masterplan for the Capitol Hill area and rezoning a vacant property south of 300 North between Almond Street and West Temple from Residential Multi-family 45 "RMF-45" to Special Residential "SR-1".
ACTION: Councilmember Souvall moved and Councilmember Jolley seconded to refer this item to the Planning Department and the City Attorney, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
DISCUSSION: Councilmember Souvall said this item had been in the process for 14 months. He said it was a large parcel located between Almond Street and West Temple. He said during the most recent zoning changes the City zoned the area "RMF-45" which allowed for approximately 50 units on the property. He said the prospective developer was Watts Corporation. Councilmember Souvall said the parameters of the project which the City had allowed Mr. Watts to work within were difficult. He said the parking issue would be worsened by the proposed LDS meeting hall and the temporary closure of I-15.
He said during the process, staff could focus on parking issues and maybe propose some permit parking. He said ways to get developers to contribute funds to off site parking could be established.
Councilmember Godfrey said he had a reservation on this issue because the developer had worked with the community for so many months and something sounded illegal about changing the zoning when the process had already started.
(O 96-45)
Councilmember Godfrey turned the meeting back over to Councilmember Souvall.
#3. RE: Setting the date of December 3, 1996 at 6:00 p.m. to accept public comment and consider adopting an ordinance extending the corporate limits of Salt Lake City to include the Nadine F. Gillmor annexation, located in Study Area 1 of the City's master annexation policy declaration, and amending the Salt Lake City zoning map to zone and designate the area as Residential R-1-7000 upon its annexation to the City pursuant to Petition No. 400-96-35.
ACTION: Councilmember Reid moved and Councilmember Seed seconded to encourage the Planning Division to review expanding the area, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
DISCUSSION: Councilmember Reid said the community had concerns that if a larger area was not annexed, a residential area could be built and other commercial interests could go in around the residential area. He said the City would have no control over that because the unannexed property would still belong to the County. He asked why the City could not annex a larger part of the area.
Brent Wilde, Deputy Director of Planning, said there were 60 acres on the north side of 1700 North which were developable because they were protected from the Jordan River intrusion of the lake level by a dike. He said the land was in the County and was zoned 5 acre and 20 acre agricultural. He said the County could provide no services. He said all of the acreage was owned by various members of the Gillmor family. He said a prospective buyer had an earnest money agreement to purchase one segment which was in the middle of the 50 or 60 acres. He said the Planning Commission had raised a similar concern about waiting to package a larger annexation area.
Mr. Wilde said State law made it difficult to annex land to existing cities. He said a majority of owners had to represent a majority of the value. He said it could be difficult to put ownership representation together to bring a larger annexation into the City.
Councilmember Souvall asked if the area was not annexed into the City, could the area access the City's water, sewer and services. Mr. Wilde said there was a utilities policy which meant they would have to annex before extended water service could be supplied. He said there were no provisions to use sewer outside cooperate limits.
Councilmember Reid said he wanted to delay this issue longer than December 3, 1996. He said he wanted the Community Council to have a discussion with staff to make sure everyone understood the issue.
(P 96-444)(P 96-354)(P 97-7)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
#1. RE: Adopting an ordinance amending Chapter 2.21 regarding Housing Advisory and Appeals Board.
ACTION: Councilmember Godfrey moved and Councilmember Seed seconded to adopt Ordinance 84 of 1996 with the exception of the change in quorum definition and urge the Administration to forward board appointments with a minimum of 30 days in advance of a vacancy, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
(O 96-46)
#2. RE: Adopting a motion reconsidering the Council's action of November 5, 1996 to table to December 3, 1996 the Wasatch Co-Housing proposal pursuant to Petition Nos. 400-96-58 and 400-96-59.
ACTION: Councilmember Milner moved and Councilmember Seed seconded to adopt a motion to reconsider, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
Adopting an ordinance rezoning property located between Utah and Cheyenne Streets at approximately 1400 South from Residential to Special Residential pursuant to Petition No. 400-96-58; consider adopting an ordinance closing a portion of an alley located between Utah and Cheyenne Streets at approximately 1400 South pursuant to Petition No. 400-96-59; and consider approving an amendment to the Utah Southern Addition Subdivision.
ACTION: Councilmember Seed moved and Councilmember Godfrey seconded to adopt Ordinance 86 of 1996 rezoning property located between Utah and Cheyenne Streets, Ordinance 87 of 1996 closing a portion of an alley located between Utah and Cheyenne Streets, and approving an amendment to the Utah Southern Addition Subdivision, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
DISCUSSION: Councilmember Milner said when the last discussion was held on this issue, there were a number of questions brought before the Council from the Community Council which had not adequately been addressed. She said subsequently she and the Community Council Chair had met with Wasatch Co-Housing in an attempt to answer the questions. She said the questions involved technicalities regarding street improvement, drainage, and commitment on the part of the City to address the issue of the hump on California Avenue. She said the Engineering Department had budgeted $160,000 of Class C road funds in the Fiscal Year 1997-98 for the Capital Improvement Budget for the removal of the hump.
Councilmember Milner said she wanted to paraphrase a letter from the Community Council. She said this was a new concept with clustered housing and open space. She said the residents had some concerns but the City had addressed all of the concerns.
(P 96-379)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
#1. RE: Accept public comment and consider adopting an ordinance closing a portion and vacating a portion of an alley located between Indiana Avenue and 900 South and between 1400 West and Navajo Street pursuant to Petition No. 400-96-48.
ACTION: Councilmember Godfrey moved and Councilmember Seed seconded to close the public hearing, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
Councilmember Jolley moved and Councilmember Seed seconded to adopt Ordinance 85 of 1996, which motion carried, all members present voted aye.
(P 96-427)
The meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
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