February 11, 2014

 

The City Council met in a Work Session on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at 6:38 p.m. at the City & County Building, Room 326, 451 South State Street, Salt Lake City.

 

In Attendance: Council Members Charlie Luke, James Rogers, Kyle LaMalfa, Luke Garrott, Erin Mendenhall, Stan Penfold, and Lisa Adams.

 

Also In Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive Director; Ralph Becker, Mayor; David Everitt, Mayor’s Chief of Staff; Lynn Pace, Chief Advisor to the Mayor; Jennifer Bruno, Council Deputy Director; Neil Lindberg, Council Legal Director; Russell Weeks, Council Policy Analyst; Sean Murphy, Council Policy Analyst; Dan Weist, Council Communication Director; Allison Rowland, Council Policy Analyst; Lehua Weaver, Council Policy Analyst; Amber McClellan, Council Constituent Liaison; Nick Tarbet, Council Policy Analyst/Constituent Liaison; Jan Aramaki, Council Policy Analyst; Becky Dangerfield, Council Staff Assistant; Tracey Fletcher, Council Staff Assistant; ObReaee Israelsson, Council Staff Assistant; Margaret Plane, City Attorney; and Cindi Mansell, City Recorder.

 

The meeting was called to order.

    

1.   Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. Legislative briefing.

 

Lynn Pace briefed the Council regarding legislative issues for the 2014 State Legislature.  Discussion included Opinion Questions allowed on local ballots (HB300); Absentee/Mail-in Voting (HB252); Special Assessment Area update and threshold ratio; transportation; public transit; air quality; water bills; and continued legislative interest in Airport items such as taxicabs, ground transportation, fixed based operators, and rental cars.  Mr. Pace said he would continue to provide updates.

 

Inquiry was raised regarding the rumored discussion of the prison relocation to the Fairpark. Mr. Pace said he had no information at this time. 

 

2.      6:54:19 PM  Report of the Executive Director. The Council may give feedback or staff direction on any item related to City Council business.

 

     See file M 13-5 for Announcements.

 

 

     The meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.

 

     This document is not intended to serve as a full transcript as additional discussion may have been held; please refer to the audio for the entire content. 

 

This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held February 11, 2014.

 

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