The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at 5:01 p.m. in Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building, 451 South State Street.
In Attendance: Council Members Luke Garrott, James Rogers, Erin Mendenhall, Charlie Luke, Kyle LaMalfa, Stan Penfold, and Lisa Adams.
Staff in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; David Everitt, Mayor’s Chief of Staff; Margaret Plane, City Attorney; Lehua Weaver, Council Senior Policy Analyst; Boyd Ferguson, Senior City Attorney; Sylvia Richards, Council Public Policy Analyst; Neil Lindberg, Council Office Legal Counsel; Michael Oktay, Planning Manager; Katia Pace, Principal Planner; Sean Murphy, Council Public Policy Analyst; Russell Weeks, Senior Council Public Policy Analyst; Nick Tarbet, Council Senior Public Policy Analyst; Wayne Mills, Senior Planner; John Vuyk, City Budget Manager; Nora Shepard, Planning Director; Cindi Mansell, City Recorder; and Kory Solorio, Assistant City Recorder.
Councilmember Garrott presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order 5:01 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. 5:01:42 PM RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF AN AMENDED APPLICATION TO THE STATE RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMENT ZONE PROGRAM. Under the program, qualifying businesses that collect, process, distribute or use recycled materials in their manufacturing operations, or compost, are allowed State income tax credits. View Attachments
Lehua Weaver stated no public hearing was required for this item and it would be scheduled for unfinished business next week.
#2. 5:02:23 PM PROPOSED INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN SALT LAKE COUNTY AND SALT LAKE CITY FOR THE SALT LAKE COUNTY URBAN WILDLIFE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Under the new program, the County will provide raccoon abatement services to the City. Currently, neither entity offers raccoon abatement services to residents. View Attachments
Councilmember Garrott said the agreement would restore federal funding which was previously cut to provide raccoon abatement services.
#3. 5:03:18 PM PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH ON HISTORICAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS IN SALT LAKE CITY.
Sean Murphy, Margaret Plane, and Boyd Ferguson reviewed the City’s current campaign finance ordinance. Discussion was held regarding campaign finance laws, contribution limits, expenditure limits, disclosure requirements, status quo of current campaign finance, Political Action Committees (PACs), Super Political Action Committees (Super PACs), corruption/quid pro quo in campaign finance, increasing democratization, and the power of incumbency.
A unanimous straw poll was taken in support of addressing the perception that large donors received special access to elected officials.
Council Members requested further information regarding disclosure requirements, tools for public financing, rollover of campaign funds, corporate donations, PACs, Super PACs, and revolving-door lobbyists.
Mr. Murphy said he could gather data on incumbency questions and different levels contribution limits. Councilmember Garrott requested Council communicate with Mr. Murphy if they were interested.
Discussion was held about timing expectations for receiving the requested information. Ms. Gust-Jenson said Staff would schedule time to work on this project and report back to Council tomorrow with a timeframe. Councilmember Garrott agreed to tailor the Council’s expectations once the information was received.
#4. 5:57:54 PM PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTION OF THE SALT LAKE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO BREWERIES, SMALL BREWERIES AND BREWPUBS (AMENDING TITLE 21A) PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2015-00151. The changes would address: View Attachments
•the difference between small craft breweries and large industrial breweries;
•the definition of brewpub;
•where breweries and brewpubs may be located in the City;
•inconsistencies in zoning interpretations related to breweries and brewpubs; and
•consistency with state code.
(Petitioner Mayor Ralph Becker)
Russell Weeks and Wayne Mills briefed the Council with attachments. Mr. Weeks indicated public hearing for this item would be held tonight.
#5. 6:02:02 PM PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FINAL BUDGET OF SALT LAKE CITY, INCLUDING THE EMPLOYMENT STAFFING DOCUMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016. Budget amendments happen several times each year to reflect adjustments to the City’s budgets, including proposed project additions and modifications. Among many other projects, this budget amendment includes funding for: View Attachments
•design work on fire stations No. 3 and No. 14;
•implementing Enterprise SLC, an effort to improve economic development in the city;
•improving email archiving to improve the efficiency and of public records requests; and
•several other items. (Budget Amendment No. 2)
Sylvia Richards and John Vuyk briefed the Council with attachments.
Councilmember Garrott explained because newly anticipated property tax revenue of approximately $4 million would not be received, the Council may want to reconsider all previous straw polls of discretionary spending.
Discussion was held on the following Sections/Items:
Unanimous straw polls were taken to support the following funding:
•$625,000 for fire truck replacement
•$40,000 for fire truck repair
•$142,936 for the Fire Department Diversity Outreach/Explorer Program
•$50,000 for Enterprise Salt Lake City grants available for economic development partners
A 6-1 straw poll was taken to support funding $183,000 for fire alarm upgrades in multiple City buildings. All Council Members were in favor except Councilmember Rogers, who was opposed.
Unanimous straw polls were taken to support the following funding:
•$25,000 for homeless shelter area sidewalk cleaning
•$660,000 taken out of the fund balance and added to existing monies for the Jordan River Trail Bridge
•$500,000 for the Sugar House Draw with the understanding that the remainder of required funding would be privately funded
•a 36-month timeline to match funds for the Sego Lily Project
A 5-2 straw poll was taken to support funding $300,000 for parks and public lands maintenance. Council Members Adams, Penfold, Mendenhall, Luke, and Lamalfa were in favor; Council Members Rogers and Garrott were opposed.
A 5-2 straw poll was taken and failed to fund $88,350 for weed abatement on City owned property. Council Members Rogers, Penfold, Mendenhall, Adams, and Garrott were opposed; Council Members Lamalfa and Luke were in favor.
A 6-1 straw poll was taken and failed to fund $250,000 for urban forestry tree funding. All Council Members were opposed except Councilmember LaMalfa, who was in favor.
Unanimous straw polls were taken to support legislative intent to incorporate urban forestry tree funding, and funding for weed abatement on City owned property, into the annual budget.
Ms. Gust-Jenson suggested Council express legislative intent to include the budget and a courtesy request to the Mayor. Councilmember Garrott said Council would follow Staff’s direction.
Unanimous straw polls were taken to support the following funding:
•$175,000 for GRAMA systems
•$12,000 for Vote By Mail General Election outreach options
•$35,632 for Animal Services Interlocal Agreement – annual raccoon abatement
•$1,085,354 for Salt Lake City’s match requirement for U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services grant award
A 5-2 straw poll was taken and failed to provide funding of $25,000 after the official election results to the Mayor Elect for transition funding. Council Members Rogers, Penfold, Mendenhall, Adams, and Luke were opposed; Council Members Lamalfa and Garrott were in favor.
The Work Session adjourned at 6:46 p.m. to convene the Formal Meeting in Room 315.
The Work Session reconvened at 8:22 p.m. in Room 326.
8:28:59 PM Discussion continued regarding budget amendment.
A unanimous straw poll was taken to support funding $6,600 for repainting light poles and benches at the 9th & 9th Business District.
Councilmember LaMalfa requested Council adopt a placeholder to further examine the use of impact fee funds along the undeveloped part of the 9-Line with a suggested amount of $1,000,000. Discussion followed.
A straw poll was taken to support more information and potential inclusion in the budget of Councilmember LaMalfa’s request. A majority of Council Members were in favor.
#6. 8:37:49 PM PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING DEFINITIONS FOR ASSISTED LIVING AND OTHER SIMILAR FACILITIES AND THE CITY’S LAND USE TABLES TO ALLOW ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES IN MORE ZONING DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2014-00388. These changes will align City zoning definitions with state law and will remove duplicate information. The amendment will also address a temporary land use regulation, adopted on June 16, 2015, pertaining to facilities that provide end of life care and respite care. Related provisions of Title 21A -Zoning may also be amended as part of this petition. (Petitioner - Mayor Ralph Becker and Salt Lake City Council - Temporary Land Use Regulations; Salt Lake City Ordinance No. 26 of 2015). View Attachments
Nick Tarbet, Katia Pace, Michaela Oktay, Neil Lindberg, and Nora Shepard briefed the Council with attachments and a Power Point presentation. Discussion included definitions for assisted living and other similar facilities, and zoning regulation options. Council Members requested clarification of city and state code, and appropriate land uses in zoning districts.
Mr. Tarbet indicated public hearing would be held next week. Councilmember Garrott said another briefing would be needed in next week’s work session meeting.
#7. POLICY FOR TRAVEL FEES, LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, TICKETED EVENTS, ATTENDANCE AND NEWSLETTERS. View Attachments
No discussion was held.
#8. 8:23:36 PM 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, including but not limited to:
•Scheduling Items
•Early Advertising
See File M 15-5 for announcements.
#9. REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
No discussion was held.
#10. CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, IN KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE FOR ANY ALLOWED PURPOSE.
Item not held.
The Work Session meeting adjourned at 9:08 p.m.
This document is not intended to serve as a full transcript as other items may have been discussed; 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 November 10, 2015.
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