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01/12/2018 - Work Session - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST MEETING FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 , 2018 The Mayor and City Council met for a Legislative Breakfast Meeting on Friday, January 12, 2018, at 8 : 05 a.m. in the CytyByrd Café in the City and County Building, 451 South State Street, Salt Lake City. In Attendance: Council Members Erin Mendenhall, Charlie Luke, Chris Wharton, Derek Kitchen, James Rogers, Andrew Johnston, and Amy Fowler. Also In Attendance: Jacqueline Biskupski, Mayor; David Litvack, Mayor' s Deputy Chief of Staff; Ken Bullock, Mayor' s Senior Advisor; Kaletta Lynch, Mayor' s Deputy Chief of Staff Executive Assistant; Lynn Pace, Mayor' s Senior Advisor of Intergovernmental Affairs; Jennifer Seelig, Mayor' s Community Relations Director; Marcia White, Mayor' s Special Projects Manager; Matthew Rojas, Mayor' s Director of Communications; Simone Butler, Mayor' s Executive Assistant; Lehua Weaver, Council Associate Deputy Director; Russell Weeks, Council Senior Policy Analyst; Dan Weist, Council Communication Director; Allison Rowland, Council Public Policy Analyst; Mary Beth Thompson, Finance Director; Lara Fritts, Economic Development Director; Laura Briefer, Public Utilities Director; Mike Brown, Police Chief; Jeff Bedard, Police Officer; Rusty Vetter, Deputy City Attorney; and Cindi Mansell, City Recorder. Utah State Representatives : Sandra Hollins, District 23; Rebecca Chavez- Houck, District 24; Angela Romero, District 26; Brian King (Caucus Leader) , District 28; Elizabeth Weight, District 31; Karen Kwan, District 34; Patrice Arent, District 36; Carol Spackman Moss, District 37; and Lynn Hemingway, District 40 . Utah State Senators : Gene Davis, District 3; Jani Iwamoto, District 4; and Todd Weiler, District 23 . The meeting was called to order at 8 : 05 a .m. View Agenda WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION 8:05:12AM Mayor Biskupski, David Litvack, Council Chair Mendenhall, and Council Vice Chair Wharton welcomed those in attendance and thanked them for their commitment of time and service . Introductions were made (including areas of representation) . 2018 SALT LAKE CITY STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES 8:15:11AM Mr. Pace reviewed the 2018 Salt Lake City Legislative Issues and Information and encouraged input from those present on various topics . 18 - 1 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST MEETING FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 , 2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Mr. Pace said the Mayor' s Office and City Council invested a great deal of time working to address the issue of Affordable Housing. He said there were many pieces involved and items being contemplated via legislation. HOMELESSNESS ISSUES Mr. Pace said the State offered tremendous support in directing various homelessness challenges . He discussed a Bill being sponsored by Representative Eliason that was designed to help generate funding to help defray the costs of homeless resources . He said details were still being negotiated, with dialogue back and forth about funding, how it would be generated, etc. He said this was a very important Bill for Salt Lake City (SLC) . NORTHWEST QUADRANT ISSUES Mr. Pace said the Northwest Quadrant was a high priority area for SLC, but there was no expectation or desire for relative legislation. He said the city had been working diligently during the previous four years to maximize and facilitate opportunities that existed because of the State' s prison relocation. He said SLC had successful relationships with property owners and other stakeholders in the area. He said the concern was there were others in the State who felt major economic opportunity could only be managed by the State . He said SLC did not share that view and felt they were headed in a positive direction. He requested assistance if Legislators were to hear about any relative legislation. AIRPORT ISSUES Mr. Pace said the Airport was similar to the Northwest Quadrant in that there were those who felt any major economic activity (like the Airport) needed to be managed by the State. He said SLC Airport was one of the best managed, best run, lowest cost model airports in the country. He explained with the Airport rebuild, the current statutory framework for allocation of alcohol licenses would not work for the new terminal . He said new legislation was needed to modify the formula to work for the new terminal . He said timing was critical because the City would be going out to bid within the next six months for vendors . He said this was needed during this session and he would be happy to provide additional information. WATER ISSUES Mr. Pace referenced the actual Water Bills already being drafted involving extraterritorial jurisdiction; surplus water contracts; and reducing current water requirements . He said Salt Lake City had a long and successful stewardship of water resources in SLC and the Salt Lake 18 - 2 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST MEETING FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 , 2018 Valley. He said SLC water quality/flavor were the envy of the nation, and the intent was to vigorously defend SLC water. He said the Canal Relocation Bill (Hinkins) would most likely pass this session and there was need to ensure it was tailored to meet the City' s needs . TRANSPORTATION ISSUES Mr. Pace said there was a lot of discussion regarding government funding, land use, reclamation of Utah Transit Authority (UTA) , etc. He said there was no highlight on any specific bills, but transportation would be a major topic of discussion and SLC would be vitally interested. TAX ISSUES Mr. Pace said the Revenue and Taxation Committee conducted extra meetings and talked about possibilities and individual proposals . He said although not sure where this was headed, the federal tax legislation had changed the landscape so that it was difficult for anyone to know what impacts would be on local revenues . He said he was unsure what bills might be seen in this session. AIR QUALITY/RENEWABLE ENERGY ISSUES Mr. Pace said SLC was always concerned about these topics and the need to continue the dialogue, education, and moving in a positive direction. Representative Romero said she and Senator Escamilla were working on an appropriation request and she would forward information to the City. OTHER CURRENT LEGISLATIVE ISSUES/MATTERS OF CONCERN 8:25:03AM Mr. Pace invited everyone present to discuss individual priority issues as well as issues that might affect Salt Lake City. Representative Chavez-Houck inquired as to the Affordable Housing Bill passed last year and how she could respond to questions from constituents regarding how it had been utilized, optimized, and implemented for SLC. She requested information she could relay. Mr. Litvack said there had been increased usage of the SLC Housing Trust Fund. He said more specific to legislation, SLC was now working with the State of Utah Department of Workforce Services to leverage both State and Federal funding being received for affordable housing. He said the intent was to combine/utilize both resources to continue the momentum. Representative Chavez-Houck inquired if it would be helpful to consider pre-emptive jurisdictional protection statutes for the Northwest Quadrant. Mayor Biskupski said Staff had been working with 18 - 3 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST MEETING FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 , 2018 private property owners on land development and hoped to have a stronger position. Chair Mendenhall said the Council would be considering development agreements with the property owners and had recently designated a Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) for this location in anticipation of forthcoming development. Representative King expressed concern about House Bills 124 and 135 (water) and inquired about the context. Mr. Pace said those two Bills sought to eliminate current state statute regarding authority for extraterritorial jurisdiction to protect the watershed and water resources outside of City resources . He said these Bills would affect every city in the state; and specifically, cities of the first class across the state . He said HB 124 was aimed specifically at the issue of surplus water contracts . He said there were those who were frustrated they had not been able to acquire SLC consent to develop within the watershed areas . Mr. Pace said it was not clear where the recommendation to transfer authority was being suggested, but one could assume the state would step into the role . He said this raised a significant fiscal note between SLC and Salt Lake County spending millions annually because SLC already had expertise on water quality and water treatment. He said if the state took over, they would assume those costs and in addition, have to hire employees with expertise to manage . He said this would create disconnect as federal law mandated obligation to deliver clean water. He said if this bill was passed, it would remove SLC ability to protect its water sources (leaving responsibility and liability - without ability) . He summarized that SLC was adamantly opposed to both Bills . Senator Iwamoto said she wished it was understood this was coming from a group of developers who had purchased properties without water rights and wanted to develop. She said they were also pushing for incorporation and these were dangerous bills with much more context behind them. Senator Davis discussed the Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) in the Northwest Quadrant. He said the International Trade Committee Legislation needed to figure out a method for partnership and consider the various cities having those port authorities . Councilmember Luke said the water issues were the most critical . He said it seemed like there was legislation every year involving SLC sites (last year it was the Airport) . He said HB 135 would be undoing 170 years of successful water protection offered by SLC. He said water was the best legacy that SLC had and stretched back to when the City was first settled in 1847 . He said this type of bill had such ability to undo so many years of hard work and success, and it would not only impact current SLC and Salt Lake County residents, but had potential to impact 18 - 4 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST MEETING FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 , 2018 generations to come . He said the Water Bills were something to watch closely. Councilmember Fowler discussed the water display of mason jars (from 2011) in Laura Briefer' s office . She said that was an actual visual that might be helpful in explaining why the issue was so critical and important. Representative Chavez-Houck said last year she ran legislation to look to implement ranked-choice voting as an option for the election process . She said this year, Representative Marc Roberts was taking the lead on legislation and making it optional for municipalities to try. She said Provo City had indicated interest and there was desire to get cities engaged and interested. She said this would be permissive (not required) and voluntary for the next upcoming municipal elections (2019) . She said a second Bill was related to the 2020 Census and President Trump and Congress not funding the Census as rigorously as it should be . She said Staff told their Bureau they should be working towards utilization of the same funding amount that was used for 2010 . She said that created a challenge moving forward by requiring the majority of numeration be performed on line, and could be problematic for rural and marginalized communities . She said this could be a problem for various jurisdictions that involved understanding of how it would affect federal funding. She said because Utah was not getting a new Congressional seat, the mindset was the Census was not important . She said she planned to run a resolution to bring attention to the concern of not being counted correctly affecting funding for the next ten years . She said any assistance would be greatly appreciated because of the importance of having accurate counts . Representative King discussed a Compensatory Service Bill with the idea to ensure that justice court judges across the state provided clear notice of the opportunity for criminal offenders to provide service rather than paying fines . He said in talking with the Utah League and Utah Association of Courts, this could affect potential payment of surcharges, fines, and revenue streams . He said he would be working closely with those groups to come up with something that worked for everyone involved. Inquiry was raised as to whether this would be run as a state or local option. Representative King said it would be a local option, but there were sticking points to imposing requirements for cities and towns to set up a framework to monitor compensatory services which could cause a fiscal impact or loss of revenue . He said there was an appropriation request for additional funding for hospital response teams dealing with sexual assault and domestic violence issues . He said this would be working closely with the University of Utah on legislation 18 - 5 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST MEETING FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 , 2018 involving duties to assist during emergencies . He said it was not about immediate efforts to help those who were facing imminent threat of harm, but related closely to harassment, discrimination, and many other issues that should be talked about. Representative Romero said she and Senator Weiler were working on legislation surrounding dating violence, stalking amendments and prison release amendments . She said a committee had been meeting for about eight months (ongoing) to go over revamping those laws and she could provide more information if desired. She said she was also working on a $100, 000 ongoing appropriation request for funding for Trax monitoring for air quality in the Salt Lake Valley. She said she wanted to sit down with Council Chair Mendenhall and Vice Chair Wharton to discuss the interesting scientific data involved. Representative Hollins said her passion was involving the "School to Prison" pipeline and breaking that down. She said SB 460 included curriculum and training as well as education policy direction. She said consideration was also being given to discipline in schools and how to restore justice . She discussed the "Neighborhood House" and said it was an incredible preschool, daycare, and after school program for children and senior citizens . She said their building was old and they needed a new one; they were asking for appropriation funding to acquire a new facility in the near future . She said there was an ongoing campaign to promote public awareness for this project. Chair Mendenhall said the Council would be addressing a proposed road closure to donate space for that project and were hoping to be able to assist in that manner. Representative Arent discussed Air Quality Bills, and the concept that four out of five counties inspected for gas and diesel emissions . She said she was working on legislation to ensure the fifth county also inspected for diesel . She discussed various related bills such as rolling coal/recording, freight switches, and zero emissions vehicles evolving in certain contractual arrangements (to ensure that Utah was on track to acquire cleaner vehicles) . She discussed legislation for solar consumer protection and a resolution (based on a site visit) for the development of rural wind and solar, Division of Air Quality funding for monitoring and compliance, and additional funding for research. She said the desire was for actual research to know these projects would make a difference . Representative Weight said she was working on paid family leave for maternity and adoption. She thanked SLC for having this type of leave included in City policies . She said now she had local data to illustrate the benefits, and the biggest issue was the economic advantage to any employer when they offer this type of benefit. 18 - 6 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST MEETING FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 , 2018 Representative Kwan said she was focused on three issues : assisted living amendments and requiring centers to record discharges when initiated; mental health protections for first responders (looking to Senator Davis this year to define firefighting as a high risk profession for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) ) ; and cleanup for the bad Driving under the Influence (DUI) law. Senator Weiler said he was working with Jennifer Seelig on language cleanup associated with solicitation. He discussed recent massive credit breaches, and ideas surrounding situations wherein individuals would have to pay to freeze their credit after the first month or two, reducing that fee to $5, waiving the fee for individuals over age 60, and an application being developed to freeze and unfreeze credit for free. He said he was working on legislation to enable women to get birth control so they did not have to visit a pharmacist each time . He further discussed a Gender Change Amendments Bill, and lack of criteria from the legislature as to what to evaluate. He said there was a case before the Utah Supreme Court and he would most likely have to put this bill on hold and not affect or interfere with the outcome for that case. Vice Chair Wharton said he wanted to have further discussion on this issue. Representative Spackman Moss said she was working on legislation wherein one could drive and talk on their phone, as long as it was hands- free . She said people should not talk and drive, it should be a primary offense, and 15 states had passed similar bills . She discussed a bill that would allow cyclists to treat stop signs as a yield if there were no vehicles in an intersection; and to treat a stop sign at a red light as a stop sign and then be able to proceed (referred to as "Idaho Stop" or "Stop-as-Yield") . She said she would be sponsoring a Refugee Driver' s License Bill that would allow a refugee up to an additional five years to take the driver' s license test (with the assistance of an interpreter) . She said she was also working on two Opioid Overdose Bills and on Tuesday, the Opioid Task Force was meeting (open to the public) and all legislators working on Opioid Bills would be presenting at that time . Senator Iwamoto said she was working to establish a coalition for pediatric trauma network in Utah. She said this included protocol and telemedicine to keep kids where they lived and know when to bring them to the trauma network. She said interestingly, this had been in statute but never done as a state . She discussed educator post-retirement re- employment amendments (proposed by some School Districts) as a tool to use but would require payment of an extra surcharge so as not to come out of the Utah State Retirement System. She discussed limited work on 18 - 7 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST MEETING FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 , 2018 liquor law amendments relative to unintended consequences and impacts for churches and communities . She discussed work on a new American initiative to provide appropriations for those in the state legally yet the naturalization process was very difficult to navigate . She said this would include items such as the ability to vote, which really was helping the economy, and statistics around the country. She further discussed items such as whistleblower and penalty increase for potential killing of police animals, fireworks, and the statewide issue relating to public landfills and recycling (relative to plastic bags) , etc. Senator Davis discussed plastic recycling and said efforts would have to be changed in the City as well . He said he was working on one bill to provide full Medicaid expansion. Chair Mendenhall thanked all those in attendance and referenced the Contact Information provided in the packets . She encouraged officials to contact either the Mayor' s Office or Council Members any time . Mayor Biskupski encouraged officials to call in their license plate number to Simone Butler to receive free parking during the upcoming Legislative Session. The meeting adjourned at 9 : 03 a .m. COUNCIL CHAIR CITY RECORDER This document is not intended to serve as a full transcript as additional discussion may have been held; please refer to the audio for the entire content pursuant to Utah Code §52-4-203 (2) (b) . This document along with the digital recording constitutes the official minutes of the Mayor and City Council Legislative Breakfast Meeting held January 12, 2018 . clm 18 - 8