The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. in Room 326, City Council Office, City County Building, 451 South State Street.
In Attendance: Council Members Carlton Christensen, Stan Penfold, Søren Simonsen, JT Martin, Luke Garrott, Jill Remington Love and Van Turner.
Also In Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; LuAnn Clark, Housing and Neighborhood Development Director; Karen Halladay, Council Policy Analyst; Rick Graham, Public Services Director; Casey Stewart, Senior Planner; Ray Milliner, Principal Planner; Joel Paterson, Planning Manager; Maryann Pickering, Principal Planner; Janice Jardine, Council Land Use Policy Analyst; Edwin Rutan, City Attorney; Jeffry Niermeyer, Public Utilities Director; Tom Tabish, Lift Stations Maintenance Supervisor; Janine Christiansen, Airport Financial Analyst; Jay Bingham, Airport Finance and Accounting Director; Maureen Riley, Airport Executive Director; Russell Weeks, Council Policy Analyst; Jennifer Bruno, Council Deputy Director; and Beverly Jones, Deputy City Recorder.
Councilmember Love presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 2:07 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND 2:07:11 PM ANNOUNCEMENTS.
See File M 11-5 for announcements.
#2. 2:19:29 PM HOLD A DISCUSSION ON AN APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ONE-YEAR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR 2011-2012 THAT INCLUDES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDING, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (HOME) FUNDING; EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT (ESG) FUNDING AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (HOPWA) FUNDING AND APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN SALT LAKE CITY AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD). View Attachments
LuAnn Clark, Jennifer Bruno, Karen Halladay and Rick Graham briefed the Council from the attached handouts. Councilmember Love said they would start with HOUSING: Item 1, Assist for $350,000; Item 2, Community Development Corporation for $70,000; Item 3, Housing and Neighborhood Development Division (Housing Match Funds) for $0; Item 4, Housing and Neighborhood Development Division (Housing Rehabilitation and First Time Homebuyer Programs) for $600,000 and Item 5, NeighborWorks Salt Lake for $100,000. Council Members were in favor of Items 1 thru 5. Councilmember Love said next was STREET DESIGN: Item 1, Glendale Street Reconstruction Design for $0 (Council Members starred this item) and Item 2, Kensington and Roosevelt Avenues Reconstruction Design for $0 (Council Members starred this item). Councilmember Turner recommended $32,000 for Glendale Street design to be taken from the Jordan River Parkway Trailhead at 1000 North.
Councilmember Love said next was STREET CONSTRUCTION: Item 1, ADA Accessibility Ramps for $70,000 (Council Members starred this item for a balancing number) and Item 2, Glendale Streets Reconstruction for $246,000. Council Members were in favor of Item 2. Councilmember Love said next was SIDEWALKS: Item 1, Sidewalk Replacement Program for $150,000. Council Members were in favor.
Councilmember Love said next was PARKS: Item 1, Cottonwood Park Sprinkler Irrigation System for $400,000. Council Members were in favor. Item 2, Jordan River Parkway Trailhead at 1000 North (had already been discussed). Item 3, Rosewood Park Parking Lot Replacement for $0 and Item 4, Fifth Avenue and “C” Street tennis courts for $67,100. Council Members were in favor of design money. Item 5, Westpointe Park Playground Improvements for $0; Item 6, Fire Station Tennis Courts for $0 and Item 7, 600 East Island Irrigation System for $204,900. Council Members wanted to fund $40,000 for design and use the rest of the money for balancing. Item 8, Property Acquisition for Jordan River Parkway Trailhead for $0; Item 9, ADA Improvements and Riverside Access Study for Alzheimer Memorial Park for $0; Item 10, Jordan Park Defined Activity Areas for $0 and Item 11, Glendale Tennis Complex Restroom Construction for $0. Council Members were in favor of no funding for Items 8 thru 11.
Councilmember Love said next was PUBLIC SERVICES: Item 1, Asian Association for $0; Item 2, Bad Dog Rediscovers America for $0; Item 3, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah (School-based Mentoring Program) for $5,000; Item 4, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah (Community-based Mentoring Program) for $0; Item 5, Boys and Girls Club Capitol West Club for $20,000; Item 6, Boys and Girls Clubs (Youth With a Voice) for $15,000 and Item 7, Catholic Community Services (St. Mary’s Home for Men) for $10,000. Council Members were in favor of proposed funding for Items 1 thru 7.
Item 8, Catholic Community Services (Weigand Day Center) for $20,000; Item 9, Children’s Service Society for $20,000; Item 10, Community Action Program (Housing Outreach Rental Program) for $20,000; Item 11, Community Action Program (Northwest Neighborhood Center Food Pantry) for $25,000 and Item 12, Community Action Program (Home Tenant Maintenance Project) for $10,000. Council Members were in favor of proposed funding for Items 8 thru 11 but wanted to star Item 12. Item 13, Community Health Centers for $65,000; Item 14, Crossroads Urban Center, (Emergency Food Pantry) for $16,500. Council wanted to star Items 13 and 14 for additional money. Item 15, Donated Dental for $30,000. Council Members were in favor of the recommended funding.
Item 16, English Skills Learning Center for $7,000; Item 17, Family Support Center (Crisis Nursery) for $10,000; Item 18, Housing Authority of Salt Lake City for $0; Item 19, Indian Walk-In Center (Food Pantry) for $0; Item 20, Indian Walk-In Center (Community Coordination Program) for $0; Item 21, Kostopulos Dream Foundation for $0 and Item 22, Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake for $10,000. Council Members were in favor of recommended funding for Items 16 thru 22 but wanted Item 19 starred.
Item 23, Literacy Action Center for $0; Item 24, Peer Court for $0 (Council Members wanted this item starred); Item 25, Rape Recovery Center for $35,000 and Item 26, The Road Home for $112,298. Council Members wanted to take $1,000 from the Road Home, $1,298 from Rape Recovery Center and $1,000 from YWCA for Peer Court. Item 27, Salt Lake County Community Resources and Development for $0; Item 28, South Valley Sanctuary for $0 and Item 29, Splore for $0. Council Members were in favor of no funding for Items 27 thru 29. Item 30, University Neighborhood Partnerships for $5,000; Item 31, Utah Food Bank for $0; Item 32, Utah Health and Human Rights Project for $10,000; Item 33, Wasatch Community Gardens (Developing Sustainable Community Gardens) for $15,000; Item 34, Wasatch Community Gardens (Youth Gardening Program) for $5,000; Item 35, Wasatch Homeless Health Care for $40,000; Item 36, YMCA (After School and Summer Enrichment Program) for $10,000 and Item 37, YWCA for $39,000. Council Members were in favor of funding Items 30 thru 37.
Councilmember Love suggested they round down the Road Home to $110,000 giving $1,000 more to Peer Court and take $2,000 from Crossroads Urban Center to balance funding. A straw poll was taken with Council Members Christensen, Turner, Martin, Penfold and Garrott in favor. Councilmember Love asked for a straw poll on taking $1,000 from the food pantries and making the adjustment to the Road Home to Peer Court. Council Members Christensen, Turner, Penfold, Garrott and Simonsen were in favor.
Councilmember Love said next was PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS: Item 1, Alliance House for $0; Item 2, And Justice for All for $0; Item 3, Asian Association of Utah for $93,000; Item 4, Boys and Girls Clubs for $21,741; Item 5, CAP Head Start Program for $0; Item 6, Catholic Community Services for $15,000; Item 7, Community Foundation for the Disabled/Columbus Community Center for $70,000 and Item 8, Duel Immersion Academy for $0. Council Members were in favor of the recommended funding for Items 1 thru 7. Council Members wanted to take funding from 600 East for Item 8 at $6,350.
Item 9, Emergency Repair Fund for $10,000; Item 10, The Haven for $0; Item 11, Kostopolus Dream Foundation for $0; Item 12, Neighborhood House for $13,400; Item 13, Odyssey House for $0; Item 14, Salt Lake School District for $0; Item 15, Salvation Army for $0; Item 16, University Neighborhood Partners for $75,000 and Item 17, Wasatch Homeless Health Care for $0. Council Members were in favor of recommended funding for Items 9 thru 17.
Councilmember Love said next was PLANNING: Item 1, Glendale Park Improvements for $50,000; Item 2, Centro Civico Mexicano for $10,000 and Item 3, Census Data Extraction for $25,000. Council Members were in favor of funding Item 1 for $50,000, approving Item 2 and flagging Item 3. Councilmember Love said $30,000 was recommended for PERCENT FOR ART. She said next was CITY ADMINISTRATION. Council Members were in favor of recommended funding. Councilmember Love said next was CONTINGENCY for $50,000. Council Members were in favor.
Councilmember Love said next was HOME: Item 1, CAP for $65,000; Item 2, Community Development Corporation for $95,000; Item 3, Community Development Corporation (Property Acquisition) for $0; Item 4, NeighborWorks for $369,276; Item 5, The Road Home for $95,000 (Council wanted to put in extra money); Item 6, City’s Match Money for $100,000; Item 7, Housing and Neighborhood Development for $500,000 and Item 8, Administration for $120,731.
Councilmember Love said next was HOPWA: Item 1, City Housing Authority for $125,000; Item 2, County Housing Authority for $100,000; Item 3, Project Based Assistance for the Wyndell for $20,000; Item 4, West Valley City for $36,000; Item 5, Community Action Plan for $100,000 and Utah AIDS. Council Members were in favor of recommended funding.
Councilmember Love said next was EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT FUNDING: Item 1, St. Mary’s Home for Men for $9,000; Item 2, Weigand Day Center for $20,000; Item 3, Community Action Plan (Emergency Rent and Deposit Assistance) for $14,000; Item 4, Family Promise (Day Center for Homeless People) for $4,000; Item 5, Odyssey House (Mothers With Their Children Program) for $7,000; Item 6, The Road Home for $65,000; Item 7, Valley Mental Health for $9,000; Item 8, VOA (Homeless Youth Resource) for $23,115; Item 9, YWCA for $28,000 and Item 10, South Valley Sanctuary for $0. Councilmember Love suggested YWCA be given the additional $2,000, Community Action Plan an additional $5,000, raise VOA to the requested amount of $25,000, fully fund the Odyssey House and St. Mary’s Home for Men, give Family Promise an additional $1,000, $40,000 for the Road Home and $20,000 for Valley Mental Health. All Council Members were in favor.
#3. 4:50:15 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE MAYORS’ RECOMMENDED BUDGET RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AIRPORTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012. View Attachments
Maureen Riley, Russell Weeks, Jay Bingham and Janine Christiansen briefed the Council from the attached handouts and a power point presentation.
#4. 5:16:05 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 163 WEST 1700 SOUTH FROM COMMERCIAL BUSINESS (CB) TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL (CG) PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2010-00561. THIS WOULD ALLOW EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING CERAMICS MANUFACTURING BUSINESS. (PETITIONER JEREMY NEFF) View Attachments
Maryann Pickering and Joel Paterson briefed the Council from the attached handouts.
#5. 5:18:37 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE PREPARATIONS AND FORECAST FOR SPRING RUNOFF CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE STATUS OF SOME GROUNDWATER INTRUSION OCCURRENCES.
Jeffry Niermeyer and Tom Tabish briefed the Council from a power point presentation.
#6. 5:52:17 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING REGARDING ORDINANCES, SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, CHANGING THE CITY’S ZONING REGULATIONS RELATING TO: View Attachments
•URBAN FARMS, COMMUNITY GARDENS, SEASONAL FARM STANDS;
•GREENHOUSES, COLD FRAMES AND HOOP HOUSES FOR GARDENING; AND
•RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS SUCH AS SOLAR PANELS, SOLAR ARRAYS AND WIND TURBINES OR WINDMILLS.
Related provisions of Title 21A, Zoning, may also be amended as part of this petition. Petitioner – Mayor Ralph Becker, (Sustainable City Code Initiative) Petition No. PLNPCM2010-01337 and Petition No. PLNPCM2010-01338.
Casey Stewart, Ray Milliner, Joel Paterson, Janice Jardine, Rick Graham and Ed Rutan briefed the Council from the attached handouts. Council Members were in favor of removing wind turbines from open space zones in the proposed ordinance and addressing the issue at a later date. Council Members were in favor of taking out open spaces and doing more research. A majority of Council Members were in favor of leaving in residential zones.
Council Members were in favor of food sampling but not food preparation. Council Members were in favor of drafting legislative intent to look at demolitions in a broader scope in the future.
#7. RECEIVE A BRIEFING
REGARDING THE MAYOR’S PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE GOLF FUND FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2011-2012.
#8. 8:14:54 PM 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).
Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Penfold seconded to enter into Closed Session. A roll call vote was taken with Council Members Christensen, Turner, Penfold, Garrott, Martin, Simonsen and Love voting aye.
The meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held April 26, 2011.
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