The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 326, City Council Office, City County Building, 451 South State Street.
Council In Attendance: Council Members Carlton Christensen, Søren Simonsen, Stan Penfold, Jill Remington Love, Luke Garrott, Kyle LaMalfa, and Charlie Luke.
Staff in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; Russell Weeks, Council Senior Public Policy Analyst; Lynn Pace, Mayor’s Senior Advisory; Lehua Weaver, Council Senior Public Policy Analyst RPT; Mike Akerlow, Housing and Neighborhood Development Director; Robin Hutcheson, Transportation Director; Rick Graham, Public Services Director; Jan Aramaki, Council Legislative Systems/Project Manager/Policy Analyst; Nole Walkingshaw, Planning Programs Supervisor; Wilf Sommerkorn, Planning Director; Alden Breinholt, Public Services Operations Director; Ed Butterfield, Redevelopment Agency Project Coordinator; Neil Lindberg, Council Legal Director; Margaret Plane, City Attorney; and Beverly Jones, Deputy City Recorder.
Also In Attendance: Justin Allen, Government Affairs Director from the Utah Association of Realtors; Curtis Bullock, CEO of the Board of Realtors; Dave Fredrickson, Real Estate Broker; Richard Singer, Director of Consulting Services for the National Golf Foundation; Forest Richardson, Golf Course Architect; and Jim Keygan, Golf Analyst.
Councilmember LaMalfa conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 2:13 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. RECEIVE A WRITTEN BRIEFING REGARDING THE CITY’S PROCESS FOR COMPILING, UPDATING, AND PUBLISHING CITY ORDINANCES IN THE SALT LAKE CITY CODE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNAL PROCEDURES TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS. View Attachments
Written briefing only.
#2. 2:14:55 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING FROM JUSTIN ALLEN, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FROM UTAH ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, REGARDING TOPICS 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.
Justin Allen, Curtis Bullock, and Dave Fredrickson briefed the Council.
#3. 2:47:01 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING FROM LYNN PACE ABOUT POTENTIAL LEGISLATION PERTAINING TO REVENUE SOURCES FOR TRANSPORTATION. View Attachments
Russell Weeks and Lynn Pace briefed the Council from attachments.
#4. 3:49:21 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING RELATING TO THE CITY’S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP). 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
Lehua Weaver, Mike Akerlow, Robin Hutcheson, and Rick Graham briefed the Council from attachments.
Straw Poll Taken:
•Use $450,000 with the requirement that it be matched for the Wakara Way round-about; increase funding for Pickle Ball by $18,000; allocate $50,000 for tennis courts in the Fairmont Park area to serve Fairmont Park; and the remaining amount go towards the crime lab and evidence storage; the money set aside for the multi-use path in the bond could be used for implementation of the path, and the east side trans-valley corridor; and the $200,000 already allocated could be used City-wide for the entire corridor. All Council Members were in favor of this allocation.
#5. 4:35:26 PM HOLD A FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE SALT LAKE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO RECOGNIZED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING:
•COMBINE CHAPTERS 2.60 AND 2.62; AND
•AMEND CHAPTER 21A.10 (GENERAL APPLICATION AND PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES AND ZONING CONDITIONAL USES PROCEDURES) TO REMOVE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SIGNED STATEMENT FROM THE APPROPRIATE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION STATING THE PETITIONER MET WITH THAT ORGANIZATION AND EXPLAINED THE PROPOSAL.
RELATED PROVISIONS OF THE SALT LAKE CITY CODE MAY ALSO BE AMENDED AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. TMTL2012-00013. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WOULD UPDATE THE CURRENT ORDINANCE RELATED TO RECOGNIZED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 1990. THE AMENDMENTS POTENTIALLY EXPAND THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS. (PETITIONER MAYOR RALPH BECKER) View Attachments
Noel Walkingshaw, Wilf Sommerkorn, and Jan Aramaki briefed the Council from attachments.
#6. 4:59:55 PM HOLD A DISCUSSION REGARDING A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD CHANGE COUNCIL POLICY TO ALLOW A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE AS CHAIR FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES CONTINUING TO HOLD AN ANNUAL CHAIR/VICE CHAIR ELECTION. THE CURRENT SERVING CHAIRPERSON WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR RE-ELECTION FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR, NOT TO EXCEED TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS. View Attachments
Councilmember Luke left the meeting.
Lehua Weaver briefed the Council from the attachments.
Straw Poll Taken:
•Whether to move forward on a Chair term policy change. Council Members Christensen, Penfold, and Love were not in favor, Council Members Garrott and LaMalfa were in favor, Councilmember Luke was absent and Councilmember Simonsen abstained.
#7. 5:16:47 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD PROHIBIT SMOKING ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING CAMPUS. THE PROPOSAL WOULD INCLUDE THE CAMPUS IN SECTIONS OF SALT LAKE CITY CODE THAT DETAIL WHERE SMOKING IS PROHIBITED IN THE CITY. View Attachments
Russell Weeks briefed the Council from attachments.
#8. RECEIVE A BRIEFING
REGARDING A REVIEW OF THE CITY’S INSURANCE COVERAGE. THE REVIEW EXAMINED THE
CITY’S VARIOUS RISKS AND EXPOSURES FROM DAMAGE TO CITY-OWNED PROPERTY, LIABILITY
TO THIRD PARTIES, AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
This item was not held.
#9. 5:29:35 PM HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT FROM A GOLF STUDY THE COUNCIL COMMISSIONED IN JANUARY. THE STUDY INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY’S GOLF PROGRAM AND IDENTIFIES ALTERNATIVE USES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY’S COURSES.
Richard Singer, Forest Richardson, and Jim Keygan briefed the Council with attachments.
#10. 5:47:26 PM HOLD A FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION REGARDING THE SUGAR HOUSE CIRCULATION AND STREETSCAPE AMENITIES PLAN. IDEAS IN THE PLAN INCLUDE CLOSING THE RIGHT TURN LANE SOUTH OF THE MONUMENT PLAZA, REALIGNMENT OF SUGARMONT DRIVE AND WILMINGTON AVENUE, CHANGING TRAFFIC LANES ON HIGHLAND DRIVE FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO LANES PLUS A CENTER-TURN LANE, DIVISION OF LARGE BLOCKS, ADDITION OF BICYCLE LANES ON PARTS OF 2100 SOUTH, AND CONNECTING PARLEY’S TRAIL BETWEEN THE FAIRMONT AQUATIC CENTER AND HIDDEN HOLLOW. IF ADOPTED, THE PLAN WOULD BECOME PART OF SALT LAKE CITY’S TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
Russell Weeks, Ed Butterfield, Neil Lindberg, Robin Hutcheson, and Margaret Plane briefed the Council from attachments.
#11. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
This item was not held.
#12. REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
This item was not held.
#13. (TENTATIVE) 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 6:10 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 October 1, 2013.
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