02/01/2005 - Minutes (2) PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 , 2005
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in a Work Session on
Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at 5 : 00 p.m. in Room 326, City Council Office,
City County Building, 451 South State Street.
In Attendance : Council Members Carlton Christensen, Van Turner, Nancy
Saxton, Jill Remington Love, Eric Jergensen, Dave Buhler and Dale
Lambert.
Also in Attendance : Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Director of Council;
Mayor Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson; Dave Oka, Redevelopment Agency Director;
Diana Karrenberg, Community Affairs Manager; Valda Tarbet, Redevelopment
Agency Deputy Director; Louis Zunguze, Planning Director; Sylvia Jones,
Council Research and Policy Analyst/Constituent Liaison; Jennifer Bruno,
Council Policy Analyst; Russell Weeks, Council Policy Analyst; Sam
Guevara, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; Lehua Weaver, Council Constituent
Liaison; Rick Graham, Public Services Director; Ed Rutan, City Attorney;
Rocky Fluhart, Chief Administrative Officer; Chris Bramhall, Senior City
Attorney; Gary Mumford, Council Deputy Director/Senior Legislative
Auditor; Lynn Pace, Deputy City Attorney; and Beverly Jones, Deputy City
Recorder.
Councilmember Lambert presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 5 : 10 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1 . 5 : 10 : 53 PM (TENTATIVE) THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO
ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF STRATEGY SESSIONS TO
DISCUSS THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY WHEN PUBLIC
DISCUSSION OF THE TRANSACTION WOULD DISCLOSE THE APPRAISAL OR ESTIMATED
VALUE OF THE PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION OR PREVENT THE PUBLIC BODY FROM
COMPLETING THE TRANSACTION ON THE BEST POSSIBLE TERMS PURSUANT TO UTAH
CODE ANNOTATED 54-5-5 AND 54-4-5 (1) (a) (iv) AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS
THAT ARE PRIVILEGED PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANNOTATED 78-24-8 .
Councilmember Turner moved and Councilmember Christensen seconded to
enter into Executive Session, which motion carried, all members voted
aye .
#2 . INTERVIEW JAMES GUILKEY PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF HIS
APPOINTMENT TO THE HOUSING ADVISORY AND APPEALS BOARD .
Interview not held.
#3 . INTERVIEW DAVID FITZSIMMONS PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF HIS
REAPPOINTMENT TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
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Interview not held.
#4 . 9 : 28 : 00 PM (TENTATIVE) HOLD A DISCUSSION REGARDING LEGISLATIVE
ISSUES .
Lynn Pace briefed the Council . He said he felt Salt Palace
expansion would take place . He said there would be some legislation on
Redevelopment Agencies (RDA) this year. He said hate crimes was
currently in the Rules Committee . He said there was a group actively
lobbying to promote passage of that legislation. He said tire recycling
had not yet been drafted. He said the concept consisted of raising the
fee for recycling tires from $1 to $1 . 50 through January 1, 2007 . He
said the 50 increment would be used to pay for relocation of the
facility. He said a similar bill dealing with recycling waste tires
proposed to increase the amount the State paid to tire recyclers .
Mr. Pace said automatic traffic enforcement was in the Rules
Committee . He said Salt Lake Council of Governments supported this bill .
He said the League of Cities and Towns supported red light enforcement
but not speeding enforcement. He said there was no draft of the bill for
sales tax issues . He said the impact of these taxes could be
significant. He said one concept was a streamline sales tax for one rate
Statewide for counties like Salt Lake . He said another piece of this
bill included an inflation adjustment to property taxes but would not
alter current distribution of sales tax. Councilmember Lambert asked if
the majority of the Council wanted to protect zap tax. Council Members
were in favor.
Mr. Pace said Airport 20-year retirement came out of Committee
without opposition and was on the Senate floor. He said the Land Use
Development Management Act was being studied by the Office of Legislative
Research and General Counsel . A discussion was held on living wage .
Council Members were in favor of monitoring this issue . Mr. Pace said
one GRAMA bill made changes now and the other bill took the difficult
issues and put them into an Interim Task Force Study. He said he felt
both bills would pass . He said he was monitoring amendments to the
Indoor Clean Air Act and the bicycle safety bill had moved from Committee
to House Floor.
Mr. Pace said there was a township legislation bill . He said
townships were defined areas where there could be no annexations unless
the entire township voted in favor of it . He said the restriction was
set to expire July 1, 2006 and the County' s first priority was to
eliminate the sunset provision. He said $85 million had been
appropriated for transportation.
#5 . REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL
INFORMATION ITEMS AND 10 : 04 : 39 PM ANNOUNCEMENTS .
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See File M 05-5 for announcements .
The meeting adjourned at 10 : 04 p.m.
Council Chair
Chief Deputy City Recorder
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes for the City Council Work Session held February 1, 2005 .
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