07/19/2016 - Work Session - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2016
The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at 2 : 17
p.m. in Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building, 451 South State
Street .
In Attendance: Council Members James Rogers, Andrew Johnston, Derek
Kitchen, Erin Mendenhall, Stan Penfold, and Charlie Luke .
Absent: Councilmember Lisa Adams
Staff in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director;
Jennifer Bruno, Council Deputy Director; Jacqueline Biskupski, Mayor;
Patrick Leary, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; David Litvack, Mayor' s Deputy
Chief of Staff; Margaret Plane, City Attorney; Simone Butler, Mayor' s
Executive Assistant; Casey Steward, Senior Planner; Nick Tarbet, Council
Policy Analyst; Mike Akerlow, Housing and Neighborhood Development
Director; Wayne Mills, Senior Planner; Brian Fullmer, Council Policy
Analyst/Liaison; Nick Norris, Planning Manager; Tracy Tran, Principal
Planner; Lewis Kogan, Park and Public Lands Open Space/Lands Program
Manager; David Gellner, Principal Planner; Scott Freitag, 911 Dispatch
Director; Benjamin Luedtke, Council Policy Analyst; Brian Roberts, Senior
City Attorney; Elizabeth Buehler, Principal Planner; Vicki Bennett,
Sustainability Department Director; Tyler Poulson, Sustainability
Department Energy Manager; and Kory Solorio, Assistant City Recorder.
Guests in Attendance: Gerry Tully, Zoning Applicant; Adrian Bell, Holland
and Hart Attorney; Jeff Malmstone, Armstrong Development Properties
Project Manager; Fred Philpot, Lewis Young Robertson and Burningham, Inc.
Analyst; Peter Corroon, Zoning Applicant; Gail Miller, Homeless Services
Site Evaluation Commission Co-Chair; Dr. Alexa Cunningham, Salt Lake City
School District Superintendent; and Alene Bentley, Rocky Mountain Power
Regional Business Manager.
Councilmember Rogers presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 2 : 17 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1 . WRITTEN BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SALT LAKE
CITY CODE TO REFLECT NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES WITHIN THE CITY' S
ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING RENAMING OF THE FORMER "COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT" . The department will be renamed "Community and
Neighborhoods". View Attachments
No discussion was held.
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#2 . 3:24:32 PM BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND THE
ZONING OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 2036 AND 2046 SOUTH 1300 EAST FROM
RESIDENTIAL OFFICE (RO) TO COMMUNITY BUSINESS (CB) AND VACATE A PORTION
OF A PUBLIC ALLEY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TWO PARCELS PURSUANT TO
PETITION NO. PLNPCM2015-00050 . Under the proposal, the property would be
used as a parking lot for a new pharmacy. Although the applicant has
requested that the property be rezoned to Community Business (CB) ,
consideration may be given to rezoning the properties to another zoning
district with similar characteristics (Petitioner-Gerry Tully) . View
Attachments
Casey Stewart, Nick Tarbet, Adrian Bell, Jeff Malmstone, and Gerry
Tully briefed the Council with attachments .
Discussion was held regarding accommodations to access parking with
current traffic congestion, concept of moving a parking lot into an
encouraged residential zone, ensuring completion of the developer' s
proposed mitigation, building height differences between Commercial
Business (CB) and Residential Office (RO) zoning, potential use of the
parking lot for adjoining businesses, other residential options for the
CB zone, and current zoning parking allowance .
Council Members requested the following item from Staff:
• Follow-up with Transportation regarding mitigation on the effects
to current traffic congestion in order to access parking
(particularly traffic turning across lanes) .
#3. 2:17:15PM BRIEFING FROM THE CITY' S IMPACT FEE CONSULTANT COVERING
THE BASICS OF IMPACT FEES IN UTAH. Also, the consultant will discuss the
methodology used to develop the forthcoming 10 Year Impact Fees
Facilities Plan. View Attachments
Mike Akerlow and Fred Philpot briefed the Council with attachments .
Discussion was held regarding addressing the confusion/concerns of
the general public and developers before imposing impact fees,
anticipating the need and leveraging the impact fees match, challenge and
structure of other departments/divisions eligibility; determination of
consideration into Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) , consideration to
create an Impact Fee Use Review Team, clarification of six-year
expenditure, transportation level of service evaluation, concern with
using a transportation evaluation driven around vehicles for congestion
modifications, how levels of service were set, how to differentiate
between a local impact project and a system wide impact project (Parks in
particular) , process to determine population growth projections,
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flexibility for use of impact fees, bonding opportunities to assist with
challenges (or provide additional capacity/service for new impact
increasing costs such as acquiring land) , steps/timeline for return of
impacts, public process of adopting impact fees, digital
inclusion/digital infrastructure of impact fees considered by other
municipalities, consultant consideration of impact fees by district,
similar size municipalities having a single source impact fee boundary,
measure to ensure future projects as growth related and not neighborhood
or project specific, City wide impact fees, and obligation to justify
need of projects to prevent litigation.
The Council requested the following items from Staff:
• Follow-up from Engineering assuring other forms of transit
(besides vehicles) were considered in the proposed Congestion
Improvement Program.
• Follow-up from Housing and Neighborhood Development (H.A.N. D. )
regarding development of an evaluation process for project
assessment and determining impact fee eligibility.
Mr. Akerlow stated a final draft of the Impact Fees Facilities Plan
was being completed and would be presented to the Council in mid August.
He verified there was a 90-day wait period for implementation of fees
after adoption.
#4 . 3:55:43 PM BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A PORTION OF
1700 EAST BETWEEN EMERSON AVENUE (1500 SOUTH) AND LOGAN AVENUE (1600
SOUTH) . Located within the Wasatch Hollow Open Space area, the designated
street was never developed. It will be designated a City-owned parcel
under the proposal . Traffic will not be impacted. View Attachments
Wayne Mills, Brian Fullmer, and Nick Norris briefed the Council with
attachments .
Discussion was held regarding the land transfer process .
#5. 3:59:59 PM BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A PORTION OF
1300 SOUTH STREET BETWEEN 900 WEST AND THE JORDAN RIVER PURSUANT TO
PETITION NO. PLNPCM2015-00765. The street closure would allow the City to
create an access point to the Jordan River, which was consistent with the
Westside Master Plan. View Attachments
Brian Fullmer, Tracy Tran, and Lewis Kogan briefed the Council with
attachments .
Discussion was held regarding current parking stall striping on the
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property, potential of inclusion of project funding with The Three Creeks
project, potential use of the property, and concern with the adjacent
business currently using the property for parking.
NOTE: Items A6-A7 are related to Cornell Street (1525 West) .
(Presented together as one item. )
Councilmember Rogers recused himself for these items .
#6 . 4:04:15 PM BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND THE
ZONING MAP PERTAINING TO SEVEN PARCELS LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 211 TO
251 NORTH CORNELL STREET ALONG WITH ADJACENT PLATTED ALLEYS AND AN
UNIMPROVED PORTION OF SEWARD AVENUE TO REZONE THOSE PARCELS FROM BUSINESS
PARK (BP) TO TRANSIT STATION AREA MIXED USE EMPLOYMENT CENTER TRANSITION
(TSA-MUEC-T) PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2015-00824 . The rezone would
allow for the development of a multi-family housing complex (Petitioner:
Little Diamond LLC) . View Attachments
#7 . BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND VACATING ALLEYS
ADJACENT TO PARCELS LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 211 TO 251 NORTH CORNELL
STREET AND CLOSING AN ADJACENT, UNIMPROVED PORTION OF SEWARD AVENUE
PURSUANT TO PETITION NOS . PLNPCM2015-01002 AND PLNPCM2016-00079 .
Currently, Seward Avenue is a dirt field that runs adjacent to the
properties and has never been developed as a street (Petitioner - Little
Diamond LLC) . View Attachments
David Gellner, Nick Tarbet, and Peter Corroon briefed the Council
with attachments .
Discussion was held regarding maximum building heights and community
feedback regarding potential developments .
#8 . 4:33:14PM BRIEFING REGARDING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL
OF AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY, SALT LAKE
COUNTY, AND THE VALLEY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REGARDING JOINT
ACQUISITION OF A COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND RELATED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS .
Under the proposal, all entities would utilize the same 911 dispatch
software in order to improve functionality and efficiency among the
different entities. View Attachments
Scott Freitag, Ben Luedtke, and Brian Roberts briefed the Council
with attachments .
#9 . 4:36:46 PM BRIEFING REGARDING THE CRITERIA THAT WILL BE USED TO
EVALUATE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS FOR TWO EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR HOMELESS
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PEOPLE AND THE NEXT STEPS TOWARD IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS FOR THOSE
SHELTERS. View Attachments
Gail Miller, David Litvack, Elizabeth Buehler, and Mayor Biskupski
briefed the Council with attachments .
Discussion was held regarding extent of research regarding
affordable transit for the homeless, involvement of homeless service
providers (in relation to public engagement) surrounding site selection,
potential funding for needed homeless services, addressing a safe
nonconducive environment where homeless services would be provided, most
requested needs for service at the Saint Vincent workshop, potential of
numerous homeless sites versus two single gender sites, process to
evaluate identified site locations and consider geographically
stressed/critical communities, facilities design and management.
#10 . 5:43:00 PM BRIEFING REGARDING THE NEW SALT LAKE CITY SCHOOL
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT. The Council will discuss with Dr. Alexa
Cunningham items of interest shared by the City and the School District.
View Attachments
Dr. Alexa Cunningham detailed her position as the new Salt Lake City
School District Superintendent . She expressed the importance of the City
and School Board working together.
Discussion was held regarding diversity issues leading to staff
reassignments, methods of collaboration between the City and School
District to overcome achievement caps and equity issues, and
incorporation of access to fresh/healthy local foods in schools .
Councilmember Rogers indicated Council Staff would contact Dr.
Cunningham' s office to coordinate time for collaboration.
#11 . 5:56:33 PM BRIEFING REGARDING A PROPOSED FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER THAT WOULD CONVEY THE RIGHT TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH
POWER. The agreement would include a Clean Energy Cooperative Agreement
that would detail community-level sustainability goals. Explicit within
the agreement would be a commitment for both the City and Rocky Mountain
Power to work collaboratively towards achieving the goals . View
Attachments
Vicki Bennett, Ben Luedtke, Tyler Poulson, and Alene Bentley briefed
the Council with attachments .
Discussion was held regarding the achievement of collaboration with
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Rocky Mountain Power on the proposed Franchise Agreement.
#12 . BRIEFING REGARDING THE STATUS OF PRIORITY PROJECTS OVER THE
PAST FEW MONTHS, INCLUDING HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING. The Council also identified eight other
"active" projects for staff focus. Status reports are attached for each
of these items, and the Council may discuss the progress, and give
additional direction on next steps for staff work in the coming months.
View Attachments
Item not held.
#13 . 6:05:08 PM INTERVIEW DAVID SMOOT PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF HIS
APPOINTMENT TO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM EXTENDING
THROUGH JULY 31, 2019 . View Attachments
Councilmember Rogers said Mr. Smoot' s name was on the Consent Agenda
for formal consideration.
#14 . 6:08:01 PM INTERVIEW COURTNEY REESER PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF HER
APPOINTMENT TO THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM EXTENDING
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30 , 2019 . View Attachments
Councilmember Rogers said Ms . Reeser' s name was on the Consent
Agenda for formal consideration.
#15 . 6:10:45 PM INTERVIEW TED WILSON PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF HIS
APPOINTMENT TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A TERM
EXTENDING THROUGH JULY 31 , 2020 . View Attachments
Councilmember Rogers said Mr. Wilson' s name was on the Consent
Agenda for formal consideration.
#16 . 6:17:12 PM INTERVIEW JANN HAWORTH PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF HER
APPOINTMENT TO THE ART DESIGN BOARD FOR A TERM EXTENDING THROUGH JULY 31 ,
2019. View Attachments
Councilmember Rogers said Ms . Haworth' s name was on the Consent
Agenda for formal consideration.
#17 . 6:19:18 PM INTERVIEW ELLIOTT MOTT PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF HIS
APPOINTMENT TO THE PARK, NATURAL LANDS, TRAILS AND URBAN FORESTRY
ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM EXTENDING THROUGH JULY 31 , 2019 . View
Attachments
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Councilmember Rogers said Mr. Mott' s name was on the Consent Agenda
for formal consideration.
#18 . 6:22:35PM INTERVIEW STEVEN EKLUND PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF HIS
APPOINTMENT TO THE GOLF ENTERPRISE FUND ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM
EXTENDING THROUGH JUNE 21, 2019. View Attachments
Councilmember Rogers said Mr. Eklund' s name was on the Consent
Agenda for formal consideration.
#19. REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 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.
No discussion was held.
#20 . REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
No discussion was held.
#21 . CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, IN KEEPING WITH
UTAH CODE §52-4-205 FOR ANY ALLOWED PURPOSE.
Item not held.
The meeting adjourned at 6 : 27 p.m.
COUNCIL CHAIR
CITY RECORDER
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 July 19,
2016 .
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