03/15/2016 - Formal Meeting - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, MARCH 15 , 2016
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in Regular Session on
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 7 : 11 p.m. in Room 315, Council Chambers,
City County Building, 451 South State .
The following Council Members were present:
Charlie Luke Stan Penfold Derek Kitchen
James Rogers Andrew Johnston Erin Mendenhall
Lisa Adams
Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive Director; Jennifer Bruno,
Executive Council Deputy Director; Jacqueline M. Biskupski, Mayor;
Patrick Leary, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; Margaret Plane, City Attorney;
and Kory Solorio, Assistant City Recorder; were present.
Councilmember Rogers presided at and Councilmember Luke conducted
the meeting.
OPENING CEREMONY
#1 . 7:12:13 PM The Pledge of Allegiance.
#2 . 7 :13:00 PM Joint Resolution supporting the Cities for
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women (CEDAW) and the passage of local resolutions and ordinances to
implement the CEDAW principles . View Attachments
The Resolution was read by Councilmember Mendenhall .
(R 16-3)
#3 . 7:16:11 PM Councilmember Rogers moved and Councilmember
Mendenhall seconded to approve the minutes of Tuesday, February 2,
2016 Work Session Meeting; Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Work Session
Meeting; and Tuesday, March 1, 2016 Work Session and March 1, 2016
Formal Meeting Minutes, which motion carried, all members voted aye .
View Attachments
(M 16-4) (M 16-3)
POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS
#1 . 7:16:33 PM Adopting an ordinance that would amend the Major
Street Plan of the Salt Lake City Transportation Master Plan to remove
a proposed collector street located at 5700 West between California
Avenue (1300 South) and 2100 South Street Frontage road (State Road -
SR-201) pursuant to Petition No. PLNPCM2014-00586. A collector street
moves traffic from local streets to arterial roads. The proposal would
change the Master Plan for a proposed street located at 5700 West
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between California Avenue (1300 South) and 2100 South Street Frontage
Road to specify that should a street be necessary in the future, a
local street - rather than a collector street - would be installed.
This change is related to UDOT's decision to locate the Mountain View
Corridor in the area. View Attachments
Councilmember Johnston moved and Councilmember Penfold seconded
to adopt Ordinance 4 of 2016 amending the Major Street Plan of the
Salt Lake City Transportation Master Plan to remove a proposed
collector street located at 5700 West between California Avenue and
2100 South Street frontage road, which motion carried, all members
voted aye .
(T 12-2)
#2 . 7:17:33 PM Adopting an ordinance confirming Assessments and
Enacting Levy in Central Business Assessment Area - 16 . Confirming the
equalized assessment list and levying an assessment against certain properties in
the Central Business Improvement Assessment area for the purpose of
financing certain economic promotion activities. The ordinance
continues a funding mechanism for downtown promotions, marketing and
advocacy and re-establishes a special assessment on property in the
area. Confirming the equalized assessment list and levying an
assessment against certain properties in the Central Business
Improvement Assessment area for the purpose of financing certain
economic promotion activities. The ordinance continues a funding
mechanism for downtown promotions, marketing and advocacy and re-
establishes a special assessment on property in the area.
View Attachments
Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember Rogers seconded to
adopt Ordinance 5 of 2016 pertaining to confirming the equalized
assessment list and levying an assessment against certain properties
in the Central Business Area DA-BCI-16 to finance economic promotion
activities, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(Q 15-4)
#3. 7:17:55 PM Budget Amendment No. 2, FY 2015-2016, Revision No.
1 . Amending the Final Budget of Salt Lake City, Including the
employment staffing document for Fiscal Year 2015-2016. Budget
amendments happen several times each year to reflect adjustments to
the City's budgets, including proposed project additions and
modifications. Among many other projects, this budget amendment
includes funding for fire truck replacement and Enterprise SLC
projects. View Attachments
Councilmember Rogers moved and Councilmember Mendenhall seconded
to close Budget Amendment No. 2 without further amendments to the
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Final Budget of Salt Lake for Fiscal Year 2015-16, which motion
carried, all members voted aye .
(B 15-12)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
#1 . 7:18:52 PM Accept public comment and consider adopting an
ordinance amending the Table of Permitted Uses for Manufacturing
Districts to allow Bus Line Yard and Repair as a permitted use in the
M-1 zoning district (Light Manufacturing District) pursuant to
Petition No. PLNPCM2015-00578 . The proposed changes would apply
citywide within Manufacturing zoning districts. This ordinance would
amend Section 21A. 33. 040 of the Salt Lake City Code. View Attachments
Bryan Copyak, Director of Operations for Le Bus Motor Coaches,
stated this was his family' s transportation business . He said they had
operated at 542 Delong Street for close to 30 years . He explained that
they purchased property across the street to continue to grow their
fleet and found that a zoning amendment was needed in order to have a
bus yard in this area. Mr. Copyak said it was important to their
business to be able to use this land for employee and bus parking and
that no maintenance would be performed.
Councilmember Kitchen moved and Councilmember Rogers seconded to
close the public hearing, suspend the rules, and adopt Ordinance 6 of
2016, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(P 16-3)
#2 . 7:22:26 PM Accept public comment and consider adopting an
ordinance amending certain sections of Title 21A (Zoning) of the Salt
Lake City Code pursuant to Petition No. PLNPCM2015-00146 to provide
additional clarity and efficiency in land use regulation. This is a
fine tuning of City Code related to public hearings and the operations
of various Boards & Commissions. View Attachments
Michael Iverson, Chair of the Central Neighborhood City Council
District 4, encouraged the Council to consider increasing the 300 foot
noticing radius for zoning and master plan changes in order to have
greater participation at Open Houses, Planning Commission, and
Historic Land Mark Commission meetings .
Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember Rogers seconded to
close the public hearing and defer action to a future Council meeting,
which motion carried, all members voted aye .
(P 16-4)
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#3 . 7 :27 :52 PM Accept public comment and consider adopting an
ordinance amending the Final Budget of Salt Lake City, including the
employment staffing document for Fiscal Year 2015-16 . (Budget
Amendment No. 3) View Attachments
George Chapman expressed concern regarding the current fund
balance, transportation budgeted items, potential Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) development, and mass transit pass costs for senior citizens .
Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember Mendenhall seconded
to close the public hearing, which motion carried, all members voted
aye .
(B 16-5)
#4 . 7 :30:27 PM Accept public comment and consideration regarding
the Mayor' s funding recommendations and an appropriations resolution
adopting the One-Year Annual Action Plan for 2016-17 that includes
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding, HOME Investment
Partnership Program funding, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding,
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funding, for
Fiscal Year 2016-17 and approving an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement
between Salt Lake City and the U.S . Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) . View Attachments
The following requested funding for projects related to the 2016-
2017 One-Year Annual Action Plan for CDBG for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 :
Bonnie Peters for Family Support Center; Brian Tonetti for Salt Lake
City Department of Public Service; Cari Malaret for Legal Aid Society
of Salt Lake; Cathy Barnhart for English Skills Learning Center; Diane
Hartzwarsoff for Community Development Corporation, Ginette Bott for
Utah Food Bank; Heidi Justice for Utah Health and Human Rights; Jan
Carter for Odyssey House; Jared Hafen for Utah AIDS Foundation;
Jennifer Godfrey for Salt Lake Community Action Program; Jose Lazaro
for Catholic Community Services; Kalee Bonner for Law Related
Education (Peer Court) ; Kathy Bray for Volunteers of America; Kayley
Richards for Law Related Education (Peer Court) ; Laui Kai Eggertsen-
Goff for Salt Lake City Community Economic Development Engineering
Division; Laura Sax for Salt Lake Donated Dental; LeAnn Saldivar for
Boys & Girls Club; Lisa Heaton for House of Hope; Luis Lopez for Law
Related Education (Peer Court) ; Mara Haight for Rape Recovery Center;
Marti Woolford for Poplar Grove Community Council; Matt Minkevitch for
The Road Home; Mircea Divricean for Kistopulos Dream Foundation; Omar
Hernandez for NeighborWorks Salt Lake; Pam Boede for Young Women' s
Christian Association (YWCA) ; Pamela Okumura for People Helping
People; Roger Borgenicht for Assist; Richard Pater for Guadalupe
Center; Shawn McMillen for First Step House; Staci Stephens for
Wasatch Homeless Healthcare d/b/a Fourth Street Clinic; Stephanie
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Mackay for Columbus Foundation; Stewart Ralphs for Legal Aid Society
of Salt Lake; and Zack Bale for Housing Authority of the County of
Salt Lake .
Stephanie Gardner for People Helping People submitted a hearing
card requesting funding but did not wish to speak.
Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember Kitchen seconded to
close the public hearing, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(T 16-1)
COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL 8:35:14 PM
Al Khalife, Merle French, Utah Jason Brentner, Oscar Ross, Jr. ,
Dustin Trent, Jason Cronin, Dylan Richardson, Amy Jones, Gregory
Lucero, Bernard Hart, Ian Decker, Collin Williams, Nicholas Shifrar,
Carly Harldeman, Jacob Jensen, Teresa Nielson, Jacob Scott, Nick
Godfrey, Dalek Pretorius, Preston Perez-Ericksen, Amerique Phillips,
William VanWagenen, Karen Rodriquez, Jordyn Hill, Rose Hamilton, Josh
Kohler, Darin Mann, Noah Potts, Francesca Ball, Paulina Lovato, and
Alyssa Ferris expressed their concerns regarding police brutality, the
Police Civilian Review Board, transparency, and releasing the body
camera footage of the recent police shooting.
Ryan Parker recommended amendments to the Police Civilian Review
Board. View Attachments
George Chapman expressed concern regarding mass transit and
extended hours for mass transit . He requested the Mayor and Council
support mass transit.
Douglas Cotant said he believed the Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
had a problem with people asking for handouts and expressed concern
with UTA enforcing rules regarding the matter.
Janice Kimball, Director of the Housing authority of the County
of Salt Lake, stated their mission was to provide affordable housing
to low income individuals and families while promoting self
sufficiency and neighborhood revitalization. She said she would like
to speak about the Bodhi Apartments, a joint project between the
Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake and the Vecino Group. She
explained the project was 80 units, 60 units for affordable housing,
five units for homeless people, and nine units for people with mental
disability. Ms . Kimball said she was asking for permission to develop
this project in the City.
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Dr. David Parker said he had listened all evening to people talk
about anger, asking people to pay attention to them, and asking for
change . He questioned what change looked like. Dr. Parker invited
citizens to put down concrete words to what change looked like and
join him to speak with the Police Chief about those changes .
Anna Valemoros, David Galvan, MaryKate Glenn, and Brenda Quintana
submitted comment cards but did not wish to speak.
NEW BUSINESS
#1 . 9:44:44 PM Adopting a resolution extending the time period for
satisfying the conditions set forth in Ordinance No. 18 of 2012 for
property located at 545 and 555 West 500 north Street pursuant to
Petition No. PLNPCM2011-00203. The proposal would extend the deadline
for a property owner to deed a private street to the City as part of
the property owner's request for a zoning change. The zoning change
for property at 545 and 555 West 500 North was requested in 2012 and
stipulated that the property owner deed Tuttle Court to the City. The
24 month deadline extension was being requested to allow the property
owner to obtain financing. This was the applicant 's third request to
extend the deadline for satisfying the conditions of the ordinance.
View Attachments
Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember Rogers seconded to
adopt Resolution 7 of 2016 extending the time period for satisfying
the conditions set forth in Ordinance 18 of 2012 , by 24 months, which
motion carried, all members voted aye .
(P 12-5)
#2 . 9:45:11 PM Adopting a resolution declaring a need for the
Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake to exercise its powers
within the boundaries of Salt Lake City. The resolution would allow
the County to develop an affordable housing project, the Bodhi
Apartment Project, at 750 West South Temple. The project will feature
80 units, 60 of which will be affordable housing. View Attachments
Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember Kitchen seconded to
adopt Resolution 8 of 2016 authorizing the Housing Authority of the
County of Salt Lake to exercise its powers within the boundaries of
Salt Lake City for the Bodhi Apartment project located at 750 West
South Temple .
Councilmember Johnston stated he would vote against adopting the
resolution even though more affordable housing was needed. He said he
did not understand how to surround this development and integrate it
into the community. He said he could not support this until there was
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more public outreach to the community to help them understand the
development and see if there was desire to support it.
Councilmember Rogers commented that he would vote against this as
well . He said it was not the project in general, it was the potential
of four or five other projects in the area that would be the exact
same scenario of 20% market rate/80% affordable housing. He stated
that this scenario was continuing to target the Westside of the City
which was completely the opposite agenda the Council had previously
discussed of an 80% market rate/20% affordable housing.
Councilmember Luke called for the question, which motion carried
4-3, Council Members Penfold, Kitchen, Adams, and Luke voted aye;
Council Members Rogers, Johnston, and Mendenhall voted nay.
(R 16-2)
#3 . 9:47:43 PM Adopting a Legislative Action initiating a review of
the City' s Demolition Ordinance (Chapter 18 . 64) . View Attachments
Councilmember Rogers moved and Councilmember Mendenhall seconded
to adopt a Legislative Action initiating a review of the City' s
Demolition Ordinance, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(0 12-3)
#4 . 9:48:15 PM Adopting an ordinance enacting temporary land use
regulations related to parking standards in the D1 zone as provided in
Title 21A, Salt Lake City Code. View Attachments
Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember Rogers seconded to
adopt Ordinance 7 of 2016 enacting temporary land use regulations,
which motion carried, all members voted aye .
(0 15-5)
#5 . 9:48:37 PM Approving the appointment of David Litvack to the
Housing Authority Board for a term extending through December 31,
2019 . View Attachments
Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember Rogers seconded to
suspend the rules, and adopt the appointment of David Litvack to the
Housing Authority Board, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(I 16-8)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
#1. 9:49:06 PM Adopting an ordinance enacting chapter 2 . 05, Salt
Lake City Code, to create appointment regulations . The Council will
discuss the legislative role in the advice and consent process as
outlined by State and City Code, and discuss potential ordinance
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changes to further clarify that role. View Attachments
Councilmember Mendenhall moved and Councilmember Rogers seconded
to adopt Ordinance 8 of 2016, Option B, enacting 2 .05 of the City Code
relating to appointments of department heads and statutory officers,
which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(0 16-4)
#2 . 9:50:50 PM Property Exchange with Salt Lake County: Consider
whether the City should hold a Public Hearing prior to the exchange of
a number of properties with Salt Lake County. Under an interlocal
agreement the City entered into with the County last year, the City
will convey the following properties to the County: (1) Mick Riley
Golf Course, located at 421 E. Vine Street; (2) Salt Lake Valley
Health Department Building, located at 610 South 200 East; (3) Tenth
East Senior Center, located at 237 South 1000 East; (4) Liberty Senior
Center, located at 251 East 700 South; and (5) Sunday Anderson Senior
Center, located at 868 West 900 South. The County will convey the
following properties to the City: (1) Raging Waters, located at 1205
West 1700 South; (2) first floor of the City & County Building,
located at 451 South State; (3) approximately 230. 069 acres of
unimproved real property in Lambs Canyon. View Attachments
Councilmember Rogers moved and Councilmember Adams seconded to
not request an additional Administrative Hearing on the conveyance of
these five properties , which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(C 15-942)
CONSENT 9:55:23 PM
Councilmember Rogers moved and Councilmember Penfold seconded to
adopt the Consent Agenda, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
#1. Approving the appointment of Senator Karen Mayne to the
Airport Advisory Board for a term extending through December 31, 2019 .
View Attachments
(I 16-7)
#2 . Approving the appointment of Robert Bergman to the Airport
Advisory Board for a term extending through December 31, 2019 .
View Attachments
(I 16-7)
#3. Setting the date of Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 7 : 00 p.m. to
hold a public hearing and accept public comment regarding an ordinance
amending the zoning map for parcels located at approximately 1196
South 700 West Street, 1197 South 800 West Street, and 1203 South 800
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West Street pursuant to Petition No. PLNPCM2015-00436 to rezone those
parcels from R-1/7 ,000 Single Family Residential to SR-3 Special
Development Pattern Residential. The proposal would allow a developer
to build 18 twin home units on individual lots with a private street
running through the center of the property. The intended development
would not be allowed under current zoning. Although the applicant has
requested that the properties be rezoned from R-1/7, 000 to SR-3,
consideration may be given to rezoning the properties to another
zoning district with similar characteristics (Petitioner: Melynda
Geronimo) . View Attachments
(P 16-5)
#4 . Setting the date of Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 7 : 00 p.m. to
hold a public hearing and accept public comment regarding A Park Strip
Zoning Text Amendment Request and Ordinance Change pursuant to
Petition No. PLNPCM2014-00194 intended to address the health of street
trees, and to address height concerns of both plant materials and
structures (Petitioner: Salt Lake City Council) . View Attachments
(P 16-4)
#5 . Setting the date of Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7 : 00 p.m. to
hold a public hearing and accept public comment regarding a proposal
to amend portions of the Central Community Future Land Use Map from
Medium Density Residential to the lower density zone, Single-Family
Residential, (amending the zoning map pertaining to multiple parcels
situated in an area bounded by 1300 South and 2100 South Streets and
Main and 200 West Streets to rezone certain parcels from RMF-35
Moderate Density Multi-Family Residential District to R-1/5,000
Single-Family Residential District, and amending the Central
Community Master Plan Future Land Use Map) pursuant to Petition Nos .
PLNPCM2013-00899 & 00900 . Although the applicant has requested that
the properties have specific zoning, consideration may be given to
rezoning the properties to another zoning district with similar
characteristics Petitioner: Salt Lake City Council . View Attachments
(P 16-7)
#6 . Setting the date of Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7 : 00 p.m. to
hold a public hearing and accept public comment regarding an ordinance
that would amend sections of Salt Lake City Code pursuant to Petition
No. PLNPCM2015-00142 pertaining to residential dwelling unit
legalization (Section 21A.52) . Under the proposal, a new process would
be instituted to legalize excess dwelling units that have existed
prior 1995 but have never been officially recognized by the City. The
City implement a temporary legalization process from September 2012 to
September 2013. When it concluded, the Council asked the
Administration to research a permanent legalization solution. Related
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provisions of Title 21A- Zoning may also be amended as part of this
petition (Petitioner— Former Mayor Ralph Becker) . View Attachments
(P 16-8)
#7 . Setting the date of Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7 : 00 p.m. to
hold a public hearing and accept public comment regarding an ordinance
that would vacate nine subdivisions located on Salt Lake International
Airport property pursuant to Petition No . PLNSUB2014-00242 . The
properties are being vacated, or dissolved, in preparation of the
Airport 's Terminal Redevelopment Program. The subdivisions all reside
on Airport property and were originally drawn in the late 1800s and
early 1900s--long before the airport was built (Petitioner-Salt Lake
City Department of Airports) . View Attachments
(P 16-9)
#8. Setting the date of Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 7 : 00 p.m. to
hold a public hearing and accept public comment regarding an ordinance
amending the zoning map pertaining to properties located at 115 West
1700 South and 1710 South West Temple to rezone those parcels from CB-
Community Business District to R-MU-45/Mixed use District pursuant to
Petition No. PLNPCM2015-00809. The proposed change is intended to make
the property more marketable so the current owners can relocate their
business. Although the applicant has requested that the properties
have specific zoning, consideration may be given to rezoning the
properties to another zoning district with similar characteristics
(Petitioner: Raymond Zaelit) . View Attachments
(P 16-10)
The meeting adjourned at 9 : 55 p.m.
Council Chair
City Recorder
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This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the Salt Lake City Council Regular Session meeting
held March 15, 2016 .
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