07/09/2019 - Work Session - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2019
The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, in
Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building, 451 South State
Street.
In Attendance: Council Members Andrew Johnston, Amy Fowler, Chris
Wharton, Erin Mendenhall, Charlie Luke, James Rogers, and Analia
Valdemoros .
Staff in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive
Director; Jennifer Bruno, Council Executive Deputy Director; David
Litvack, Mayor' s Deputy Chief of Staff; Patrick Leary, Mayor' s
Chief of Staff; Lynn Pace, Acting City Attorney; Rusty Vetter,
Deputy City Attorney; Catherine Brabson, Senior City Attorney;
Kira Luke, Council Policy Analyst; Allison Rowland, Council Policy
Analyst; Nick Tarbet, Council Policy Analyst; Russell Weeks,
Council Policy Analyst; Dan Rip, Housing and Neighborhoods Policy
and Program Manager; Benjamin Luedtke, Council Policy Analyst; Lex
Traughber, Senior Planner; Nick Norris, Planning Director; Doug
Dansie, Senior Planner; John Anderson, Planning Manager; Mary Beth
Thompson, Chief Financial Officer; Jennifer McGrath, Community and
Neighborhoods Interim Director; Jonathan Larsen, Transportation
Director; Lara Fritts, Economic Development Director; Julianne
Sabula, Transit Program Manager; Cindy Lou Trishman, Council Staff
Assistant; Jennifer Seelig, Mayor' s Senior Advisor; Lehua Weaver,
Council Associate Deputy Director; Brijette Williams, Council
Public Engagement and Communications Specialist; Dustin Marshall,
Police Sergeant; and DeeDee Robinson, Deputy City Recorder.
Guests in Attendance: Lori Hendricks, Gaddis Investments
(Applicant - Item #3) ; Nichol Bordeaux, Utah Transit Authority
Vice President of External Affairs; and Colin Strasser (Applicant
- Item #5) .
Councilmember Luke presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 3 : 40 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1 . WRITTEN BRIEFING REGARDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE
2019 SALT LAKE CITY BUSINESS SURVEY RESULTS. The survey was
conducted by the Economic Development Corporation of Utah, on
behalf of the Department of Economic Development, to better
understand Salt Lake City's business community. The survey also
includes the City's Net Promoter Score, a metric used to evaluate
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customer experience and loyalty, to better understand if the
business community would recommend the City as a place to do
business. View Attachments
Written briefing only.
#2 . 3:56:23PM BRIEFING REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ON THE CITY' S OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROSPECTUS. An
Opportunity Zone, which is designated by the Governor, is an
economically-distressed community where new investments may be
eligible for preferential tax treatment, under certain conditions.
The proposed prospectus will help guide efforts and investments in
these areas. View Attachments
Allison Rowland and Lara Fritts briefed the Council with
attachments . Discussion was held regarding participation in a Life
Science corridor, Opportunity Zones overview (tax incentive for
investors to re-invest their unrealized capital gains) , types of
assets that qualify for investment (property, partnership
interest, stock) , locations of Opportunity Zones/selection
criteria, transformation strategies for: Northwest Quadrant, North
Temple, Depot District, and Central Business District, expiration
time-frames, pre-qualification guidelines, what uses could
investors benefit from using Opportunity Zone funds .
#3. 3:41:19PM BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND
THE TABLE OF PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES FOR TRANSIT STATION
AREA DISTRICTS IN SECTION 21A. 33 . 035 TO ADD "RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE-
THROUGH FACILITY" AS A CONDITIONAL USE. The proposal would amend
the text of the Transit Station Area Mixed-Use Economic Center
Transitional (TSA-MUEC-T) district to allow drive-through windows
for restaurants as a conditional use with additional criteria.
Currently, drive-throughs are only allowed for financial
institutions in the TSA-MUEC-T district. View Attachments
Doug Dansie, Nick Norris, Nick Tarbet, and Lori Hendricks
(Applicant) briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was
held regarding history of drive-throughs within the City,
current/former zoning uses with drive-throughs, Planning
Commission (PC) positive recommendation, criteria required for
application, and future drive-through design examples .
#4 . 4:22:15PM BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND
VARIOUS SECTIONS OF TITLE 21A OF SALT LAKE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO
THE D-2 DOWNTOWN SUPPORT DISTRICT DESIGN STANDARDS. The proposal
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would add design standards for new construction and allow
projecting signs in the D-2 Downtown Support District, among other
changes. If adopted, the proposed design standards would implement
some recommendations of the Downtown Master Plan, which the Council
adopted in May 2016. View Attachments
Russell Weeks, John Anderson, and Nick Norris briefed the
Council with attachments . Discussion was held regarding locations
of the D-2 Zone (south of downtown) , current property vacancies,
lack of design standards (except for height) , proposal to add
design standards, public engagement, support for proposed changes,
and defining affordable housing.
Councilmember Fowler expressed concern regarding waiving
design standards/requirements for affordable housing. Mr. Norris
said typical design standards could not be waived regardless of
affordability; however, applicants could skip the lengthy delay of
Planning Design Review for height exceptions .
Councilmember Mendenhall inquired if there were other policy
adjustments that could be made to expedite the development process
to further incentivize creation of affordability (besides waiving
additional review processes) . Mr. Norris said the only incentive
zoning could provide would be more development right or time. He
said process equaled time, and if the City employed development
right, it would allow for other construction types to be more
feasible. He said due to high construction costs, Planning was
still not seeing this in the Salt Lake City Market.
#5. 4:37:43 PM BRIEFING REGARDING A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD AMEND
THE ZONING MAP FOR TWO PARCELS LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 868 EAST
2700 SOUTH AND 2716 SOUTH 900 EAST FROM R-1/7 ,000 (SINGLE FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT) TO R-1/5,000 (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICT) . The changes would allow the developer to create five,
single-family residential units from the two properties. View
Attachments
Nick Norris, Nick Tarbet, Lex Traughber, and Colin Strasser
(Applicant) briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was
held regarding project location, PC' s positive recommendation,
size of each cottage/lot, access to units via shared access,
community feed-back, and shared maintenance agreement for
utilities/easements .
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#6. 5:14:53 PM BRIEFING REGARDING THE CITY' S CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP) . Capital Improvement projects 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
Benjamin Luedtke, Dan Rip, Mary Beth Thompson and Jennifer
McGrath briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was held
regarding the CIP Book (includes General Fund and Capital Projects
for all Enterprise Funds) , overview of Fiscal Year 2020 CIP budget,
CIP Funding Log, Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) , Impact Fee
Facilities Plan, CIP Funding Sources, future bond opportunities,
addition of maintenance costs to CIP Project Requests, and re-
scoped projects vetted by the Advisory Board.
#7 . 4:53:30 PM BRIEFING REGARDING A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD
AUTHORIZE APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM NO. 2 TO AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION
AGREEMENT BETWEEN SALT LAKE CITY CORPORATION AND UTAH TRANSIT
AUTHORITY PROVIDING FOR TRANSFER OF CITY FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE TRANSIT MASTER PLAN. The proposed second addendum covers
costs relating to more frequent service on Routes 2, 9 and 21 ,
including driver wages and benefits, vehicles and maintenance,
paratransit, customer service, and other related items. Funding
Our Future is an initiative to address four critical needs: public
safety, affordable housing, improved streets, and better transit
options. The Council approved a 0. 5% sales tax increase in May
2018, and during the City's budget process, allocated funding from
anticipated sales tax revenue to each of those needs. View
Attachments
Kira Luke, Jonathan Larsen, Julianne Sabula, Jennifer
McGrath, Nichol Bordeaux, and Benjamin Luedtke briefed the Council
with attachments . Discussion was held regarding 900 South route
changes/potential locations, collaborative efforts on behalf of
Utah Transit Authority (UTA) /Salt Lake City, community
outreach/marketing on new routes, time-line for new route
promotion, upcoming report on fare-pass analysis, and additional
route evaluation.
#8 . 5:30:28PM BRIEFING REGARDING A PROPOSED SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
FOR THE COUNCIL OFFICE POLICY MANUAL. Creating sections A. 51
(relating to social media use) and A. 52 (relating to social media
comment policy for public users) . View Attachments
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Cindy Lou Trishman and Catherine Brabson briefed the Council
with attachments . Discussion was held regarding a draft Resolution
(updating policy manual) , formalizing comment policy, and recent
Court-of-Appeals decision/policy (regarding removing/deleting
comments and banning users on social media) .
STANDING ITEMS
#9 . 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 .
Item not held.
#10 . REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
No discussion was held.
#11 . 5:37:54PM CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION,
IN KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE §52-4-205 FOR ANY ALLOWED PURPOSE .
Councilmember Wharton moved and Councilmember Johnston
seconded to enter into Closed Session to discuss pending or
reasonably imminent litigation pursuant to Utah Code §52-4-
205 (1) (c) ; discussion regarding deployment of security personnel,
devices, or systems pursuant to Utah Code §52-4-205 (1) (f) ;
Attorney-Client matters that are privileged pursuant to Utah Code
§78B-1-137; and other lawful purposes that satisfy the pertinent
requirements of the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act. A roll call
vote was taken. Council Members Johnston, Fowler, Wharton,
Mendenhall, Valdemoros, Rogers, and Luke voted aye. See File M 19-
1 for Sworn Statements .
In Attendance: Council Members Luke, Johnston, Fowler, Rogers,
Valdemoros, and Wharton.
Absent: Councilmember Mendenhall
Others in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Jennifer Bruno, David
Litvack, Lehua Weaver, Rusty Vetter, Catherine Brabson, Jennifer
Seelig, Brijette Williams, Cindy Lou Trishman, Patrick Leary,
Dustin Marshall and DeeDee Robinson.
The Closed Session/meeting adjourned at 6 : 30 p.m.
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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 pursuant to Utah Code §52-4-203 (2) (b) .
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held
July 9, 2019 .
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