The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 326, City Council Office, City County Building, 451 South State Street.
In Attendance: Council Members Carlton Christensen, Kyle LaMalfa, Stan Penfold, Luke Garrott, Jill Remington Love, Søren Simonsen and Charlie Luke.
Staff In Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; Jennifer Bruno, City Council Deputy Director; David Everitt, Chief of Staff; Ed Rutan, City Attorney; Eric Shaw, Community and Economic Development Director; Nick Norris, Planning Manager; Michael Akerlow, Housing and Neighborhood Development Director; Lehua Weaver, Council Staff Policy Analyst; Jeff Niermeyer, Public Utilities Director; Jim Lewis, Public Utilities Finance Administrator; Tom Ward, Public Utilities Deputy Director; Sylvia Richards, Council Staff Policy Analyst; Mary De La Mare-Schaefer, Community and Economic Development Deputy Director; Wilf Sommerkorn, Planning Director; Brent Beck, Financial Budget Analyst; Robin Hutcheson, Transportation Director; Larry Butcher, Development Review Administrator; Kurt Cook, Fire Chief; Dan Walker, Deputy Fire Chief of Support Services; Karl Lieb, Deputy Fire Chief of Operations; Brian Dale, Deputy Fire Chief of Logistics; Scott Freitag, Director of Emergency Communications; Karen Halladay, Council Staff Policy Analyst; Chris Burbank, Chief of Police; Krista Dunn, Deputy Chief of Police; and Sonya Kintaro, Chief Deputy City Recorder.
Guests in Attendance: Nan Seymour, Executive Director of Local First Utah; Christina Lavelette, Assistant Director of Local First Utah; Sheridan Moore, Owner of Hip and Humble in the 9th and 9th business district; Ben Styerman, In Charge of Reclamation, Activation and Sustainability of the Local First Utah office during his internship this summer.
Councilmember LaMalfa presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 2:14 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. 2:14:10 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING FROM NAN SEYMOUR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LOCAL FIRST UTAH, REGARDING ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST WITH SALT LAKE CITY. This is one in a series of briefings from partnership organizations that will be scheduled in 2013 by the City Council. View Attachments
Nan Seymour, Christina Lavelette, Sheridan Moore and Ben Styerman briefed the Council from a PowerPoint presentation.
#2. 2:48:37 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND CONFIRMING THE SALE OF NOT MORE THAN $25 MILLION TAX AND REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014. View Attachments
Jennifer Bruno briefed the Council.
#3. 2:49:57 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING BUDGET AMENDMENT NO. 4 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013. Budget amendments happen several times each year to reflect adjustments to the City’s budgets. This proposed budget amendment includes adjustments totaling $6,176,231.24 relating to general obligation bonds, the Public Utilities water budget, and the Streetcar budget among other items. View Attachments
(Item C1)
Jennifer Bruno, Eric Shaw, Nick Norris, and Michael Akerlow briefed the Council. Ms. Bruno said the Council Office received an additional budget amendment from the Administration relating to a property exchange for the Public Safety Building. She said the property was along the access which connected the City and County Building with the Public Safety Building. She said $520,000 from the Surplus Land Account needed to be set aside to free up the land. She said this item would be included in the public hearing.
Councilmember Christensen said the following items could be flagged: $105,000 for the Zoning Enforcement Position because that position had not been filled this year, $20,000 for mailings, $56,000 for the Public Engagement Coordinator also not filled this year and $20,000 for the West Salt Lake Plan. He said this money could go towards CIP. All Council Members were in favor.
Ms. Bruno said the other item was a Council added item for the Homeless Employment Program for $80,000. Councilmember Christensen said he wanted to try this for a year. Councilmember LaMalfa asked for a written report by the end of summer.
#4. RECEIVE A BRIEFING AND DISCUSS ITEMS RELATED TO THE MAYOR’S RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014.
a) 3:20:30 PM Receive a follow-up briefing relating to the Department of Public Utility funds, including: View Attachments
• Street Lighting
• Water
• Storm Water
• Sewer Utility
Lehua Weaver, Jeff Niermeyer, Jim Lewis, and Tom Ward briefed the Council from a PowerPoint presentation. Councilmember Penfold asked if an analysis had been done to increase the 25-cent fee for the riparian corridor. Mr. Niermeyer said no analysis had been done he but would do that. Councilmember Penfold asked if the department had projected out the capital investment projects in those corridors. Mr. Niermeyer said the five-year projects cost approximately $540,000 of the funding and there was approximately $8 million projects identified.
Councilmember LaMalfa asked about trash in the Jordan River. Mr. Niermeyer said he was trying to build some internal catchments. He said part of it would be an extension of the 900 South water quality basin. Councilmember LaMalfa asked when the Council could expect the plan for approval. Mr. Niermeyer said he would try to get something to the Council by the end of summer.
b) 4:24:20 PM Receive a briefing relating to the Community and Economic Development Department. View Attachments
Sylvia Richards, Eric Shaw, Mary De La Mare-Schaefer, Wilf Sommerkorn, Brent Beck, Robin Hutcheson, and Larry Butcher briefed the Council. Councilmember Christensen asked Community and Economic Development staff to come back with information on the Civic Engagement Manager budget. Councilmember Love said she had a proposed legislative action to set aside some dollars within the Revolving Loan Fund to be leveraged and partnered with so that local and small businesses had additional tools available to them. Mr. Shaw said he would get back to the Council with a dollar amount.
Councilmember Penfield said he wanted information on an opportunity for education and some component of helping someone through the system and permitting process. He asked Planning to come back to the Council with this information
Straw Polls taken:
a) Does the Council support hiring an Economic Development Planner. Council Members Love, Penfold, Garrott, Simonsen, LaMalfa, and Luke were in favor of flagging this item.
b) Does the Council support restoring the Historic Planner position. Council Members Love, Penfold, Garrott, Simonsen, LaMalfa, and Luke were in favor of flagging this item.
c) Does the Council support fully funding the Public Engagement Coordinator position. Council Members Love, Penfold, Christensen, Simonsen, LaMalfa, and Luke were in favor of flagging this item.
d) Does the Council support allocating $250,000 with the contingency of coming back to the Council for review of the scope of work, a fundraising plan and possible partners and wanted staff to come back to the Council with information on how to phase/fund the project to get the City to the Cadillac version of Transit funding. Council Members Love, Penfold, Christensen, Simonsen, LaMalfa, Garrott, and Luke were in favor of flagging this item.
c) 5:50:24 PM Receive a briefing relating to the Fire Department. View Attachments
Jennifer Bruno, Chief Kurt Cook, Dan Walker, Karl Lieb, and Brian Dale briefed the Council. Councilmember Penfold asked Chief Cook to look at hiring additional positions to cycle into the rotation because he felt that would be more cost effective. Chief Kirk said they had looked at that option. He said he wanted to increase their numbers over a period of time. Councilmember Penfold asked for some information on overtime in next year’s analysis.
d. 6:13:06 PM Receive a briefing relating to the 911 Communications Bureau. View Attachments
Jennifer Bruno, and Scott Freitag briefed the Council.
e. 6:29:44 PM Receive a briefing relating to the Police Department. View Attachments
Karen Halladay, Chris Burbank, and Krista Dunn briefed the Council.
f. Receive a briefing relating to the Finance Department. The Finance Department includes the City Treasurer’s Office, Accounting, Purchasing & Contracts, and Business Licensing services for the City. View Attachments
This item was not held.
g. Receive a briefing relating to the Attorney’s Office.
This item was not held.
h. Receive a briefing relating to the Non-Departmental Fund.
This item was not held.
#5. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
See File M 13-5 for announcements.
#6. REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
This item was not held.
#7. CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, IN KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE §52-4-204, FOR ANY OF THE ALLOWED PURPOSES.
This item was not held.
The meeting adjourned at 6:43 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 or video for entire content.
This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held May 21, 2013.
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