The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 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, Luke Garrott, Jill Remington Love, Charlie Luke and Kyle LaMalfa.
Also In Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; Karen Halladay, Council Policy Analyst; LuAnn Clark, Housing and Neighborhood Development Director; John Naser, City Engineer; Parviz Rokhva, Streets and Sanitation Division Director; David Everitt, Mayor’s Chief of Staff; Robin Hutcheson, Transportation Director; Jeff Jacobson, Engineering Tech V; Kevin Young, Transportation Planning Engineer; Jennifer Bruno, Council Deputy Director; Alden Breinholt, Public Services Operation Director; Emy Maloutas, Parks and Public Lands Director; and Beverly Jones, Deputy City Recorder.
Councilmember Simonsen presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 3:10 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. 3:10:21 PM REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
See File M 11-5 for Announcements.
#2. 3:33:23 PM CONTINUE THEIR DISCUSSION OF THE CITY’S 10-YEAR CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN AND IMPACT FEES. THIS LONG-RANGE PLAN GUIDES COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS REGARDING THE CITY’S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION, PURCHASE OR RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS, PARKS, STREETS OR OTHER PHYSICAL STRUCTURES. GENERALLY PROJECTS HAVE A USEFUL LIFE OF FIVE OR MORE YEARS AND COST $50,000 OR MORE. View Attachments
STREETS
Karen Halladay, LuAnn Clark, John Naser, David Everitt, Parviz Rokhva, Jennifer Bruno, Kevin Young, Robin Hutcheson, Emy Maloutas, Alden Breinholt and Jeff Jacobson briefed the Council from the attached handouts. Councilmember Penfold asked how the City measured substandard streets. He asked if they were talking about a need which brought all streets up to a standard level and what that level was. Mr. Naser said they had some projected numbers which showed what the cost would be to keep the network where it was now. He said that figure was considerably more than the City spent each year. He said he would share that information with the Council. Councilmember Penfold said it would be valuable information as the Council talked about streets and what percentage needed to be upgraded.
Councilmember Simonsen said items added by the Council did not have associated values with them so they were not captured in the constrained or unconstrained lists. He asked if the Council wanted to leave these items on the list and talk about them during budget discussions. Council Members were in favor of leaving the items on the list.
TRANSPORTATION 4:50:37 PM
Kevin Young, Robin Hutcheson, Parviz Rokhva, David Everitt, LuAnn Clark and Karen Halladay briefed the Council. Councilmember Simonsen said he had one additional line item request for 2100 South and Parley’s Way. He said it could include Hawk signals, bicycle lanes and intersection improvements specifically on 800 East, 1200 East, 1900 East, 2100 East and 2300 East. Ms. Clark said they would check to make sure those items had been submitted and get back to the Council. Councilmember Simonsen said Westminster College was expanding into the Sugar House Business District. He said the Community Council and Westminster College had forwarded a list of projects which included intersection improvements at 1200 East south of 2100 South. He said that would make connection between different areas of campus more viable.
FACILITIES 6:06:38 PM
LuAnn Clark, Karen Halladay, David Everitt, Emy Maloutas and Alden Breinholt briefed the Council from the handouts. Councilmember Simonsen asked about a small structure in Fairmont Park used for YouthCity programs that needed some upgrades. Mr. Breinholt said they had been able to keep that facility updated within the current operating and maintenance budgets.
Councilmember Simonsen said they would tentatively set the hearing date for February 21, 2012 but they still needed to identify impact fee projects. He said if the Council was ready to adopt the entire CIP plan he wanted to move in that direction. Ms. Clark said the plan had to be adopted first and then impact fees because the plan set aside impact fees. Councilmember Simonsen said they could schedule a follow-up briefing on February 14th after the RDA Board meeting. He said the discussion could include: 1) SARR payment, 2) big picture questions, 3) policy guidelines, and 4) potential revenue options.
The meeting adjourned at 7:24 p.m.
This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held January 31, 2012.
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