The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 326, City Council Office, City County Building, 451 South State Street.
Council in Attendance: Council Members James Rogers, Kyle LaMalfa, Stan Penfold, Luke Garrott, Erin Mendenhall, and Lisa Adams.
Absent: Councilmember Charlie Luke
Staff in Attendance: Jennifer Bruno, Council Deputy Director; David Everitt, Mayor’s Chief of Staff; Margaret Plane, City Attorney; David Salazar, Compensation Program Administrator; Jodi Langford, Employee Benefits Administrator; Nick Norris, Planning Manager; Sylvia Richards, Research & Policy Analyst/Constituent Liaison; Gina Chamness, Budget Director; Alden Breinholt, Public Services Operation Director; Rick Graham, Public Services Director; Robin Hutcheson, Transportation Director; and Sonya Kintaro, Chief Deputy City Recorder.
Guests in Attendance: Connie Spyropoulos-Linardakis, Citizens' Compensation Advisory Committee Chair.
Councilmember Garrott conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 4:32 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THE CITY'S CITIZENS' COMPENSATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT. This year's report includes recommendations for salary adjustments for employees whose salaries are below market value in addition to information on the success of the City's high-deductible health insurance plan. View Attachments
David Salazar, Connie Spyropoulos-Linardakis, and Jodi Langford briefed the Council with attachments regarding the committee’s recommendations.
Council discussion followed regarding benchmark data, cost of living comparison with cities of comparable size, benefits as a measurement, pay-for-performance for Fire and Police, workload measurement, data on Fire and Police positions per capita, employee turn-over rate, and employee benefits.
#2. Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. RECEIVED A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING FROM THE MAYOR’S ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE HISTORY OF AND CONTEXT FOR THE PROPOSED SUGAR HOUSE STREETCAR CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN AND ZONING AMENDMENTS. The proposal would amend the Sugar House Master Plan and zoning ordinance to create the Streetcar Corridor form-based zoning district, and amend the zoning map to establish FB-SC (form-based streetcar core) and FB-SE (form-based streetcar edge) zoning districts. View Attachments
David Everitt and Nick Norris briefed the Council with attachments and a slide presentation regarding housing density, mixed use, and mixed income projects.
Discussion followed regarding transitioning the existing single- family residential zoning into a multi-family residential and mixed use zoning, high-rise commercial buildings, concern about availability of parking and visible parking structures, pushing quality building design, including residents and small business owners in the conversation other than at public hearings, restricting building types from certain type of streets, and paying more attention to the transition around the perimeter and its interface with the existing neighborhood.
Straw poll taken:
•5:57:02 PM Does Council want Administration to find a better way in creating transition zones within the current zoning text amendment to interface new zoning with existing single-family zoning and which may include housing type specific language? Council Members Rogers, Penfold, Garrott, Adams, and Mendenhall were in support. Councilmember LaMalfa was not in support.
#3. 6:01:48 PM RECEIVED A BRIEFING REGARDING BUDGET AMENDMENT NO. 3 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014. Budget amendments happen several times each year to reflect adjustments to the City’s budgets. This proposed budget amendment includes adjustments totaling $13,194,800. Amendments include:
•stone remediation for the City & County Building,
•dump truck purchases for snow removal,
•land acquisition for a community garden in District Four,
•programming and changes at Pioneer Park,
•expansion of the City’s Bike Share program, and more.
Jennifer Bruno, Sylvia Richards, Gina Chamness, Alden Breinholt, Rick Graham, and Robin Hutcheson briefed the Council with attachments.
Discussion followed regarding the cost overage and maintenance expenses of the new Public Safety Building.
Also discussed was the budget request for Pioneer Park design and programming to update the existing master plan and schedule activities in the park. Mr. Graham said the local community property owners expressed interest in becoming partners to solve the large homeless issue in Salt Lake City. He said the funds would initiate the process of making improvements and thereby getting community participation by bringing attention to the park. He said it was important for the park to be perceived as a safe place to hold special events.
Discussion followed regarding a scope change for reimbursing the planning project for shared space between the Aviary and Children’s Garden in Liberty Park. Mr. Graham provided some background information of the plan for the exhibits. Councilmember Garrott asked Mr. Graham to check in when the funds were expended.
Council also discussed the scope change from a roundabout plan to a traffic signal at Wakara Way and Arapeen Drive in Research Park.
#4. RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON PROPOSED CHANGES FOR A VARIETY OF ZONING REGULATIONS. The proposed changes include:
•clarifying the allowable front-yard fence height (maximum 4 feet) for non-residential zoning districts;
•resolving confusing setback language for the R-MU – Residential-Mixed Use and TSA—Transit Station Area districts; and
•including exemptions for bike share stations and bus stop shelters in park strips. Currently, poured concrete pads in park strips are limited to 4 feet, preventing the City and UTA from making bike share and bus stop shelter improvements.
Related provisions of Title 21A- Zoning may also be amended as part of this petition. Petitioner – Mayor Ralph Becker, Petition No. PLNPCM2013-00291. (Item H3)
This item was not held.
#5. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. The Council may give feedback or staff direction on any item related to City Council business.
This item was not held.
#6. REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
This item was not held.
#7. CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION.
This item was not held.
The meeting adjourned at 6:39 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 6, 2014.
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