The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, January 4, 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; Boyd Ferguson, Senior City Attorney; Lynn Pace, Deputy City Attorney; Helen Langan, Mayor’s Senior Advisor; David Everitt, Mayor’s Chief of Staff; Neil Lindberg, Council Legal Director; Jan Aramaki, Council Constituent Liaison/Research and Policy Analyst; Rick Graham, Public Services Director; Emy Maloutas, Open Space Lands Program Manager; Lisa Shaffer, Development Review Administrator; Orion Goff, Building Services Building Official; Nole Walkingshaw, Planning Programs Supervisor; Edwin Rutan, City Attorney; Wilford Sommerkorn, Planning Director; Allen Matheson, Envision Utah; and Beverly Jones, Deputy City Recorder.
Councilmember Martin presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 3:15 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. 3:15:37 PM REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
See File M 10-5 for announcements.
#2. 3:24:33 PM THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE A STRAW POLL TO NOMINATE THE COUNCIL CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2011.
Councilmember Martin said Councilmember Jill Love was nominated as the Chair Person and Councilmember Stan Penfold as the Vice Chair Person for 2011.
#3. 3:29:13 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE UTAH OPEN MEETINGS LAW. View Attachments
Boyd Ferguson briefed the Council from the attached handout.
#4. 3:33:46 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE LIST OF LEGISLATIVE ISSUES FOR THE 2011 STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
Lynn Pace and Helen Langan briefed the Council from the attached handout.
#5. 4:04:38 PM HOLD A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MAYOR’S VETO OF ORDINANCES 90, 91 AND 92 OF 2010 RELATING TO PARLEY’S HISTORIC NATURE PARK. View Attachments
Neil Lindberg, Jan Aramaki, Rick Graham and Emy Maloutas briefed the Council from the attached handouts. Councilmember Simonsen said it would be helpful to know what the issues were. Councilmember Christensen said the City needed to take more control of the park long term and how it was managed. Councilmember Martin said he wanted more time to discuss this issue.
#6. 5:17:51 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE CITY’S ACCELA TECHNOLOGY. View Attachments
Lisa Shaffer, Orion Goff and Nole Walkingshaw briefed the Council from the attached handout.
#7. 5:50:21 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE JORDAN RIVER COMMISSION. View Attachments
Wilf Sommerkorn, Lynn Pace, David Everitt and Allen Matheson briefed the Council from the attached handout. Councilmember Martin asked for a straw poll on whether the Council wanted to vote on the interlocal agreement tonight. A majority of Council Members were not ready to vote. Councilmember Martin said this item would not be voted on tonight.
#8. 6:31:05 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A PORTION OF 5500 WEST AS A PUBLIC STREET BETWEEN 300 SOUTH AND 490 SOUTH AND AMENDING THE MAJOR STREET PLAN OF THE SALT LAKE CITY TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN TO REMOVE THE DEFINITION OF COLLECTOR STREET FROM A PORTION OF 5500 WEST BETWEEN 300 SOUTH AND 700 SOUTH FROM THE MAJOR STREET PLAN PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2009-01389 AND PETITION NO. PLNPCM2010-00085. View Attachments
This item was not held.
#9. RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPOSED SALE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 700 WEST 900 SOUTH (1.35 ACRES) TO ACCOMMODATE EXPANSION OF THE UTAH PAPER BOX OPERATIONS PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2010-00089. View Attachments
This item was not held.
#10. 8:06:42 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING REGARDING THE REGIONAL ATHLETIC COMPLEX PROJECT. (This item was held in the Council Chambers)
Rick Graham, Mayor Becker and David Everitt briefed the Council. Councilmember Turner asked Mr. Graham to check on the contractual obligation of $7.5 million with REAL Salt Lake. Mr. Graham said he was confident that REAL would fulfill its obligation. Councilmember Turner asked Mr. Graham to check on the status of the gift and report back to the Council.
#11. 6:32:59 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE UPCOMING REDISTRICTING PROCESS WHICH WILL ESTABLISH BOUNDARIES FOR THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL AND SALT LAKE CITY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICTS BASED ON THE 2010 CENSUS. View Attachments
This item was not held.
#12. 6:20:39 PM INTERVIEW MICHAEL A. COHN PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS ADVISORY BOARD.
Councilmember Martin said Mr. Cohn’s name would be forwarded to the Consent Agenda for formal approval.
#13. 6:27:22 PM INTERVIEW JORDAN JONES PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS ADVISORY BOARD.
Councilmember Martin said Mr. Jones’s name would be forwarded to the Consent Agenda for formal approval.
#14. COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE ATTENDED OUT-OF-TOWN CONFERENCES OR SITE VISITS WILL PROVIDE BRIEF REPORTS ON THEIR OBSERVATIONS.
This item was not held.
#15. THE COUNCIL WILL 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; AND e) FOR ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS THAT ARE PRIVILEGED PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE § 78B-1-137.
The Closed Session was not held.
The meeting adjourned at 8:29 p.m.
This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held January 4, 2011.
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