03/19/2002 - Minutes (2) PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in a Work Session on Tuesday, March 19,
2002, at 5:45 p.m. in Room 326, City Council Office, City County Building, 451 South
State Street.
In Attendance: Council Members Canton Christensen, Eric Jergensen, Nancy Saxton, Jill
Remington Love, Dave Buhler, Dale Lambert and Van Turner.
Also in Attendance: Rocky Fluhart, Chief Administrative Officer; Jay Magure, Chief of
Staff; Roger Cutler, City Attorney; Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director;
Janice Jardine, Council Planning & Policy Analyst; Russell Weeks, Council Policy
Analyst; Michael Sears, Council Budget & Policy Analyst; Stephen Goldsmith, Planning
Director; Margaret Hunt, Community and Economic Development Director; David Dobbins,
Community and Economic Development Deputy Director; Rick Graham, Public Services
Director; David Oka, Redevelopment Agency Director; Pat Richards, Downtown Task
Force/Chamber of Commerce; Cindy Kindred, Downtown Alliance Chair; Prescott Muir,
Downtown Alliance Vice Chair; Judy Reese, Downtown Alliance Lifestyle Council Chair;
Kent Gibson, Downtown Alliance Economic Development Chair; David Bird, Downtown
Alliance Staff Member; Tracy Van Arten, Downtown Alliance Staff Member; Mary Kay
Lazarus, Downtown Entertain Committee Chair; and Pam Johnson, Deputy City Recorder
were present.
Councilmember Buhler presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 5:48 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING REVIEW OF COUNCIL INFORMATION AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Cindy Gust-Jenson said a formal easement across City property at 3565 South 1300 East
was requested. The Council said a hearing was not required. She asked if Council wanted
a briefing on the housing report submitted. Council Members said there was interest in
holding a briefing.
#2. DISCUSSION ON ISSUES AND THE REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN AND MAIN STREET IN SALT
LAKE CITY. View Attachment
Councilmember Buhler said the Council would be addressing Downtown and Main Street
revitalization. He said improved freeways and light rail made downtown easily
accessible. He said the Downtown area provided a place to live, work, shop and seek
entertainment. He said revenue generated helped support City streets, parks, police
and fire protection, and a multitude of other services. He said if this tax base was
not promoted and protected, every City resident would feel the effects. Councilmember
Buhler said the issue was not Gateway verses Main Street. He said Council supported
the Gateway Project. He said Gateway should be considered as an addition to existing
businesses.
A) RECEIVE A BRIEFING BY COUNCIL STAFF REGARDING PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED PLANS AND POLICES.
Russell Weeks, Janice Jardine, and Michael Sears briefed the Council from the attached
handout. Mr. Weeks said past studies had the same conclusions. He said redeveloping
Downtown would only be successful, if everyone supported a single vision. He said Main
Street should remain the paramount commercial and retail Street in the City. He said
the south and east ends of downtown should not be overlooked in revitalization plans.
Ms. Jardine said the census information provided was from 1960 to 2000. She said areas
with the largest population and housing losses were the Central Business District and
the west side of down-town. Councilmember Lambert requested that figures for the number
of people using the downtown area during the day be provided.
Mr. Sears said about $36 million was spent on capital improvements in the Central
Business District (CED) between 1984 and 2000. He said roughly of all monies spent on
capital improvements were allocated in this area. Councilmember Lambert said parking
an issue downtown. Mr. Weeks said several studies suggested a Parking Authority could
be established or City owned parking garages could be made available for the public.
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Ms. Gust-Jenson said the administration needed to look at possible conflicting policy
goals on downtown parking.
Councilmember Lambert said the revenue generated by parking meters verses their
disadvantages should be reviewed as well.
B) RECEIVE A BRIEFING BY THE SALT LAKE CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Pat Richards briefed the Council. She said a task force had been created focusing on
the revitalization of the CBD. She said the task force had created a vision statement
which recognized that a healthy CBD was essential for economic development of the
region. She said the Chamber would work to improve the vitality of the business district
by identifying barriers to a healthy downtown. She said they would develop and cultivate
alliances, support those which helped to improve downtown vitality, and evaluate how
to" leverage diversity. A discussion was held following Ms. Richards' comments. The
Council requested a written copy of the briefing.
C) RECEIVE A BRIEFING BY THE DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE.
Cindy Kindred, Prescott Muir, Judy Reese, Kent Gibson, David Bird and Tracy Van Arten
briefed the Council. Mr. Muir said Main Street had been misrepresented in the press.
He said progress was moving in a positive direction giving the City a good foundation
to build upon. He said agreements with the large anchor stores would keep the foundation
from floundering. Mr. Gibson said Downtown the area was the employment center of the
State. He said about 43% of all office space was in the Downtown core area. He said
there were 38 private clubs, over 100 restaurants and visitor market attributed nearly
50% of retail sales. He said in the last five years over $750,000 worth of improvements
had been made to and around Main Street. Ms. Reese said the way to attract people was
to create and promote exciting things which would distinguish downtown from other
areas. She said the City should encourage outdoor dining, art exhibits, monument staging
and other public participation activities. She said cooperative advertising would
leverage all of downtown's resources.
A discussion was held with the Downtown Alliance following Ms. Reese's comments.
D) RECEIVE A BRIEFING BY DAVID OKA THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DIRECTOR.
David Oka briefed the Council. He said the total amount of loans or contributions
made by the Redevelopment Agency (RDA) within the CBD was in excess of $90 million. He
said the RDA had recruited real estate agents to solicit renters for Main Street. He
said one challenge was the excessive land costs downtown. He said that translated into
escalated lease rates compared with the suburbs. He said this affected the affordable
housing issue as well. A discussion was held with Mr. Oka following his comments.
E) RECEIVE A BRIEFING BY MARGARET HUNT THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
Margaret Hunt, Mary Kay Lazarus, David Dobbins and Stephen Goldsmith briefed the
Council. Ms. Hunt said future discussions should include input from the Economic
Development Corporation of Utah. She said they were involved in business recruitment.
She said the 2002 Winter Olympics had brought a greater sense of possibility to Salt
Lake City. She said the Olympics brought together the realization and the activities
of a shared vision. She said the City recognized the opportunity to keep the spirit
alive.
Ms. Lazarus said the Committee was comprised of volunteers with extreme talents. She
said the goal was to have each event a marketable product, using a win-win approach
with merchants. Mr. Goldsmith said the new Rural Urban Design Assistants Team (RUDAT)
Study being proposed would continue where the last study had left off. He said it would
help identify steps to bring about a cohesive master plan. A discussion was held with
Ms. Hunt, Ms. Lazarus, Mr. Dobbins and Mr. Goldsmith following their comments.
#3. DISCUSSION REGARDING COUNCIL'S FUTURE COURSE OF ACTION TO FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN SALT
LAKE CITY AND MAIN STREET. View Attachment
Councilmember Love said future plans and discussion should also include the Trolley
Square area. Councilmember Christensen said a public hearing should be scheduled to
accept additional input. Councilmember Jergensen said time might not allow everyone
interested to speak. He said an e-mail address could be set up to allow everyone an
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opportunity to give their opinions. Councilmember Turner said strong leadership would
be necessary to pull all entities together and to move in the same direction. He said
if activities were downtown, the people and money would follow. Councilmember Buhler
said the Olympics had taught residents that ±t was possible to park and walk or take
mass transit to a variety of events. Councilmember Buhler said the Nordstrom Department
Store' s request to move to the Gateway Center was another concern for downtown. He
suggested Council address the issue in a letter or a joint resolution with the
administration.
#4. COUNCIL WILL ENTER INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PENDING LITIGATION.
No executive session was held. The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.
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maximize use.Management for the fine arts i,` I _ N �i 0° v p�
complex should be separate from the Salt 1*L.. ` „ ,, , -
Palace to handle the unique requirements of - - '
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Redevelopment Agency
Main Street Fact Sheet
Funding or Actions the RDA has taken in the past:
Name of Project Year Amount of participation
Clift Building 1991 $1 million loan
One Utah Center Parking 1993 $18 million
Gallivan Utah Center 1983-present $59.6 million
American Plaza 1975-84 $1 million
Hotel Monaco 1998 $1 million loan
David Keith Building 1994 $165,000 loan
Judge Building 1994 $200,000 loan
Commercial Club 1997 $750,000 loan
Boston Store 1996 $75,000 loan
Tommy's 1997 $66,000 loan
Hamilton Partners Project 2001 $2.2 million loan
Light Rail Street improvements 1999 $12 million
TOTAL $96.1 million
Actions the RDA can take in the remaining time of the District:
o Continue loan program as an incentive to attract new tenants (Thomas
recommendation)
o Pursue additional residential projects downtown to support Main Street retail
o Participate in site selection and funding of parking structures that would
service Main Street
o Assist in the recruitment of retailers and restaurants (Thomas
recommendation)
o Assist with strategic planning for major anchor locations along Main Street
(Thomas recommendation)
o Funding of public art
o Cooperate with property owners to help overcome development challenges
Tools available for RDA use:
o Tax increment funds
o Program Income funds
Challenges to Main Street development/revitalization:
o Fragmented ownership of parcels
o Excessive land costs
o Excessive cost of seismic upgrades
o Perceived parking issues
o Lack of affordable housing
o Lack of"destination"retail/entertainment venues
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Salt Lake City&
the Unincorporated County 2
Executive Summary 5
History 6
What Is R/UDAT? 8
1 �. Urban Design 10
I�{£) Histori
c c Preservation 22
: EI ti t�ijsi3�31 i d
Transportation 28
Culture& Entertainment 36
_ i \ Housing 40
" 0 : Economic Development 44
'' Conclusion 54
Vi` The R/UDAT Team 58
Acknowledgments 63
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INTRODUCTION
The Salt Lake City's downtown has a lot of
potential but at the present time is stagnant.The
City is mired in deep and bitter controversy over
Block 57.Meanwhile,investment and develop-
ment that should be downtown are going instead
to communities to the south,into the unincorpo-
rated county,and into residential areas to the
east.This leakage has drained the downtown of • ri��
tenants,shoppers and life.The LDS Church has ,
invested heavily in quality ecclesiastical,office, • I• � --Jr, ,,''
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commercial,historic and residential buildings at .--a /!i
the north end of downtown.But the south end of '4v.,C t� r p
downtown is in trouble,with various merchants . .
and property owners struggling to hang on and 'y {{
work out ways to bring downtown back. °. T
The Mayor and City Council, along with the ,g`4. � � i' _ `_ 1
business community and the LDS Church,are '"' .1 .•,�-, I
deeplyconcemedabouthowtoretainSaltLake's 04 i ` '• i _ [ r r
position as the preeminent city of Utah and the re- orire,F - • i { I 4A}. �5 6
gion.City and County leaders—justly proud of ' • t >i - !! 4 l�
the strengths of the area—must now forge a t I
cooperative relationship based on common goals 4.
to move the downtown in a new direction. '11410
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In this study,the R(UDAT team has made rec-
ommendationsonallaspectsofthedowntown.It >; i ,ri is,is,however,up to citizens,business people and t N
the governmental bodies of the City and County ' '
to adopt a new,creative,peacemaking attitude to
deal with the issues and carry them toward solu-
tions.
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SALT LAKE CITY AND THE
UNINCORPORATED COUNTY
In addition to Salt Lake City's government,there are 11 other incorporated
cities within the County as well as several large unincorporated communi-
ties. Other entities include 12 fire and police departments, 13 redevelop-
ment agencies and four school districts.There are 50 separate taxing dis-
tricts in the valley. Clearly,this is a very complex governmental structure.
GREAT SALT LAKE
The Salt Lake City metropolitan area is primarily growing to the south and
north, but also is spreading east of the Wasatch mountains into Summit
County and Park City.
Providing services throughout the metropolitan area is a complex task. As
population and development continue to increase,the pressures on govern-
mental entities to cooperate similarly increase.
r 72 ; �. Intense competition exists throughout the area for shoppers and commer-
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WEST VALLEY cial office space tenants.The Central Business District(CBD)of Salt Lake
`�____� City is a key compoment in the area's retail and commercial structure.
--I ' I 'I'w.ct,WEST Ll But a central city downtown has a longer history than its surrounding sub-
1 JORDAN SOUTH I JORDAN ti :1:i urban areas and,therefore,a richer fabric of historical buildings.The City
LUFFDALE� I I -_ 44 #/, of Salt Lake has at least two generations of existing buildings as a resource
�RIVERTONI I , j /r Ag and a thirdgeneration now developing.How thisgeneration of redevelo
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�` I I / /�/ The most recent redevelopment is characterized by the construction of 10-
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� DRAPER I SANDY I i � I 25 story buildings, immediately joined to either side by g , g y
��_ i ri `_�� '� ugly parking garages or to garages at the center of the block.
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It has been said that the reason why no one comes downtown is because
there is no parking.There is ample parking but, unlike shopping centers and
SALT LAKE CITY METROPOLITAN AREA office complexes in the rest of the metropolitan area,it has to be paid for.
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The team suspects that the real issue is that with 1 s
the exodus of merchants and business people, , , I.
especially from the south end of the CBD,Salt
Lake City has lost the critical mass necessary to
a vital downtown.One now finds empty streets ,'I',I''.,,}`r "i''
and sidewalks,an emptiness that further discour- ,4.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • The predominantnorth/south axis alongMain • Attention to a variety of design factors can
and State streets must be reestablished. humanize the scale of downtown develop-
Downtown Salt Lake City has struggled in recent ment.
•
years. Despite pockets of strength, the overall A judicial/governmental center and large
downtown area is weak.In particular,the south- public plaza should be developed to draw ac- Downtown Salt Lake City possesses a variety of
tivity back into the heart of downtown and to assets and resources, despite recent difficulties.
ern half of the CBD has experienced continuing
deterioration and, while many plans and strate- serve as the southern anchor of the CBD. A concerted effort can restore its lost vitality.But
gies have been developed,there is still no overall only a single, coherent vision will succeed. At-
direction for redevelopment efforts.The recom- • A new 20,000 seat arena must be built at the tempts to implement multiple or fragmented
mendations of previous plans were left, for the Salt Palace Complex immediately. visions will not.The R/UDAT team recommen-
most part, unimplemented.As a result,the issues dations lay out one possible course for the people
they intended to address remain unresolved. • Stronger historic preservation controls are of Salt Lake City to consider.Regardless o.f what
needed to prevent further loss of significant plans or strategies are finally adopted,it is most
The R/UDAT team was asked to make recom- and viable buildings in residential areas and important that the community move forward
mendations regarding the future needs of down- downtown. together rather than separately.
town Salt Lake City and specifically to prepare a • Finn boundaries should be established on
strategy for the redevelopment of Block 57.After the south and east sides of the CBD to pre-
an intensive four-day process of evaluation,the vent the diffusion of activity and the contin-R/UDAT team has made a series of recommen- 5
dations. Among the most significant are: ued erosion of existing neighborhoods.
• While Block 57 is an important block and • The downtown area needs a comprehensive ,n.
needs redevelopment,there are larger issues parking management plan that would ad-
that must be addressed before downtown dress issues of supply,location,pricing,sig-
nage and promotion. 1 -• �, '� �`�
Salt Lake City can truly progress. ��, r,==
• The community will only succeed in rede- • While rail planning is proceeding, the City " ,a 6i4
veloping downtown if the major stakehold- must look at short-term ways to upgrade
ers(including the City,LDS Church,devel- existing transit services.
opers and the business community,and neigh- u ,1
borhoods) can support a single vision and • Citizen participation in planning and deci- ��
strategy for downtown and pursue it consis-
Sion-making is growing, but is still made- """ ` r` " "
tently over a period of time.The community inade-
quate. It must be increased. „_- n '��
must develop a highly participatory plan- \
Wing process, and then implement the plans • Additional automobile access to the down- ' , _'' z ' ..
town and universitycannot beprovided at �� ��� vtioe ti t
that are produced.
the expense of otherwise strong residential
neighborhoods.
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HISTORY The completion of the transcontinental railroad strong break in the even expansion of the original
brought dramatic change to the City—its people, grid and established the western boundary of the
Salt Lake City was founded in July, 1847 by the. goods,and urban pattern. The easy movement of central district. Between the railroad and Main
Mormon pioneers who made their first camp on raw materials opened the mining fields and Street,commercial and industrial activities asso-
a fork of City Creek in what is now Washington changed the financial and demographic charac- ciated with the railroad soon predominated.
Square, site of the City and County Building. ter of the City. The non-Mormon population
The people who founded the City did not come as grew to nearly equal the Mormon population by Main Street began its development early as a
individuals acting on their own, but as a well- the turn of the century,and the easy importation commercial street with stores being built without
organized,centrally-directed group that wished of store goods changed the commercial character respect for the 20-foot set-back found elsewhere
to establish the utopia envisioned by its leaders. of the City as well. The railroad also made a in the City. Foremost among the commercial
establishments was Z.C.M.I., founded in 1869,
,r v° as one of the first department stores in the nation.
From the beginning, Salt Lake City was a care- •
7►' Its cast-iron facade,now embraced as an artifact
fully planned community. The plan laid out by 11 ,z� of the past within the wall of a contemporary
Brigham Young was based on the plan of the City *: be 4:7 ,i ;
of Zion drawn by LDS Church founder Joseph '• r R*.t r w :, f shopping center, signals the northern anchor of
y T .-., the old commercial zone. The southern anchor of
Smith in 1833 and was characterized by a check- , ` * w**r w / ,,., ' Main Street was established in 1909 with the
erboard grid. The ten-acre blocks were square t„ - / .%'f
with sides of 660 feet,divided into eight lots and ' '* _ erection of the twin 11-story Boston and
6 �' 'f Newhouse buildings between 300 and 400 South.
separated by streets 132 feet wide. Each house *t` , . While primarily non-Mormon interests centered
was required to be 20 feet back from the front line -� ` around the southern anchor, Mormon interests
of the lot with the space between house and street
landscaped. k., w maintained a vital center at the northern anchor.
• The City's role as a seat of government has
According to the plan for the City of Zion, the 4 y
�� always been a major part of its character and
LDS Church's Temple block was to be the center expression. The 1890s saw the construction of
of the city,but in Salt Lake City it was placed so
the imposing City and County Building,formal-
close to the north end of the valley that an , q
asymmetrical development was inevitable. izing its role in the governance of the valley,
A.the southeast corner of Temple , 1 while the completion of the Utah State Capitol in
Nonetheless, a» the second decade of this century demonstrated
Square is zero point for the survey of the City and * P* 1 1 the City's preeminence within the state. Main
the designation of streets from that point makes IF
it the psychological,if not physical,center of the f Street,meanwhile,developed as the commercial
City. The ten-acre blocks remained the basic .-ter and financial center of the region. A clear city
pattern for the City until expansion in the late — _ - e form developed with taller,substantial buildings
1860s and 1870s created the small square blocks ' s`; on many of the corners with lower buildings
of the"Avenues"on the slope of the north bench filled in between them. Major hotels--the elegant
ems• 7 ► Hotel Utah to the north and the Newhouse Hotel
and,later,the oblong blocks beyond 900 South. to the south--and department stores mixed with
, on ***,. office and financial buildings along the commer-
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cial axis kept the street alive with people. By the worked to prevent urban decay from compromis- lenged the historically-confirmed city pattern of
First World War,the present urban pattern of the ing the environment of Temple Square. Second, form and activity.That pattern is still discernable
City was well established. government and civic leaders banded together in and continues to influence the City's develop-
1962 to produce the planning document entitled ment. At the same time, major changes in the
Following the Second World War, residents of The Second Century Plan. Nonetheless, recent City, such as the removal of retailing from the
Salt Lake City faced many of the problems of years have seen the demise of much of the tradi- street, that do not participate in or reinforce the
other American cities:the overwhelming impact tional pattern of activity, exemplified by the physical and institutional image of the City as an
of the automobile, the development of the sub- demolition of the Newhouse Hotel,closure of the entire unit have occurred.
urbs,and general decentralization of commercial Hotel Utah, and withdrawal of all the larger
activity. Two significant factors mitigated this stores and most other retail activity into the two Salt Lake City residents now stand at a point of
impact, however. First, LDS Church officials center-block malls at the northern end of the old reevaluation and examination of their tradition
Main Street axis. and their role as citizens of the heart and center of
the Intermountain West. Raised on the virtues of
n The post-war development of the freeway sys- hard work,laissez-faire capitalism,and political
tem has joined the railroad to further harden the conservatism, Salt Lakers should contemplate
,, western boundary of the central business district the words of the late LDS Church President
w, 1 1 • while reorienting its traffic patterns. Land usage Spencer W.Kimball in working to build upon the
in the area has changed;railroad-related activi- dreams and aspirations of Salt Lake City's pio-
I _ ,t ; ties no longer dominate. Major interventions in neer founders and their descendants. Stated
the area(e.g.the building of the Triad Center and President Kimball,"People who care nothing for
!ems 11 ,, the Salt Palace), together with tracts of under- the past usually have no thought for the future
""`�"."` utilized land create an uneven mix of scale and and are selfish in the way they use the present.
1 , it.J character. Awkward shifts of scale and usage When there is proper regard for the past and its
.I'i i il I I ' „y I - also exist as a result ofperiodic growth
4-1 t ,, g wth of the people, we enrich the present as well as the
4�4�° �� , i',�, is. central busines district into neighboring residen- future."
PAW i I go a ■ tial areas. To the north, the Capitol Hill and
. Avenues historic districts are in-town residential
- neighborhoods of unique character placed in
periodic competition with pressure from the south.
To the east and southeast,a less-defined interac-
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ing uncertainty. South of the traditional core(i.e. r,,
south of 400 South), a secondary core of corn- .
a mercial development continues to exist center- *"' .`,,,�.,-- •`
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is well established in the City's history, - "t �` --�^"-"" ",y various _-
`= pressures in the late 20th century have chal-
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WHAT IS R\UDAT?
Since 1962, the Urban Design & Planning
Committee of the American Institute of Archi-
tects has sent interdisciplinary Regional\Urban
Design Assistance Teams (R\UDAT) to more
than 98 cities that have requested help.
The purpose of the R\UDAT program is to assist
these cities in dealing with specific local prob-
lems and issues through the participation of cit-
ies, agencies and local interest groups. The ta �t£ i It
mit" tt a , A l
objectives of the program are to improve physi- j £`£' • ,' _,
r
cal design,to stimulate public and private action, F a �,,, < � _
and to provide an opportunity for consensus g `
among diverse community groups and individu- k�,�' ' - , g It
Reports written by R/UDAT teams focus on the �» o / ,,, fir' �r 4�
specific problems of the individual city. Because ' t
many cities share similar problems and because t V�
regional and national policies have wide impact, : �, ,' get ` t�° "
a team's experience is often useful in bringing i 1:.l� �� a
forth fresh ideas and new perspectives. ir "1 z'_, ,,I
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R\UDAT
BACKGROUND IN
SALT LAKE CITY
Three interest groups independently approached
the Salt Lake Chapter/American Institute of
Architects(AIA)with the proposal to apply for a
R/UDAT in August, 1987: The Board of Direc-
tors of the Central Business Improvement Dis-
trict;the Urban Design Coalition;and,the archi-
tects who drafted The Second Century Plan for
4:,, * f
'' ," Salt Lake City 25 years ago.Community leaders
, `: and city officials were then contacted by the
ei, ` 5 4 � `" Chapter about whether they would support such 9
,< '' an effort. The response was ositive. A steerin0,off g
g
t 4 ik d committee representing all the major interest
w ot .'d groups was developed and met for the first time
441* . "` r December 17, 1987. Following intensive work
,r�"""" k.;„° ",,y ' by this committee,the Salt Lake R/UDAT appli-
;' "` cation was delivered to the AIA in Washington,
i D.C.on January 29, 1988. It was approved mid-
, „ , - March,following a visit to Salt Lake by an AIA
representative for a first-hand assessment of the
« need and support for a R/UDAT here. The Salt
Lake R/UDAT took place June 2-6, 1988.
r7 ' , The publication of this report is not,however,the
,,,, ito �' endphase:the of the processevaluation, butan d theim belemginning of a new
p implementation of the
_,
,;, ;„3„, ,
R/UDAT team recommendations by citizens and
civic leaders.
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1. Retail District 2. Convention, Cultural& Sports District
URBAN DESIGN•
The retail district should provide an environment The city's convention,cultural and sports facili-
POLICY that is the most pedestrian-oriented in the down- ties host hundreds of events annually. Their
town. It should be relatively small in scale and location in the heart of downtown is an enormous
provide clear views of shop windows from the asset to the city.The facilities,however,create a
Reinforce and revitalize the unique qualities that street.Main Street is the retail street.Retail uses significant demand for parking and require large
make up Salt Lake City through urban design not fronting on Main Street are secondary.Main amounts of land. New facilities are needed to
strategies. Street merchants should be encouraged to extend meet future needs,including a 20,000-plus-seat
activity out beyond the storefront with bay win- arena and a renovated 750-seat theater.Needed
A. State Street Axis dows,displays,dining areas, awnings and sign- facilities must be provided in a way that does not
Salt Valley and the Central age. A planted median should be developed on create barriers or blank walls, but instead inte-
The entire Salt Lakef Lake City have devel-1 Main Street to facilitate pedestrian crossing. grates the various facilities with each other and
Business historically on a Salt
north/southLCi axis.a The Above all, this street must be active. Cars and the downtown core. A fully developed conven-
oped historf ically
in the last two decades pat-- people on the street provide that activity. tion,cultural and sports complex can provide all
ternof downtown with a continuing flow of people
undermined and obscured this axis within the
�� and energy,particularly during the evenings and
CBD.This axis can be reinforced and formalized
lNuug6 tgrDS weekends.
by improvements to State Street. An open me- To kcnwtT6
Nin AU-ow
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dian will enhance and revive the traditional rt&vca. t
connection between the State Capitol to the of g'°gg Kcs
north and the City and County Building to the 3. Arts and Entertainment District
south.State Street serves as the principal organ- A compact Arts and Entertainment District is
izing element for the urban design framework of proposed.The major urban design element of the
the downtown. district is an alley that bissects the one-block by
three-block area in an east-west direction. The
' 1 alley physically connects the Arts and Entertain-
B.Districts eta* MeauAN To I, ment District to the retailing area on Main Street.
vcsce(�trI This district will contain living/working space
The Central Business District is made up of To STogc OFGR tt16
r�tc61:s.No WV N War for artists,a new art museum,art shops,
distinct districts. Some districts already have a LOW sTtzi- restaurants,and a new 600 to 700-seat theater for
scare +-.,-
strong, recognizable character. Other districts the performing arts.This district will enhance the
are weak or emerging. Steps should be taken to (� � � unique signature of the downtown. It will con-
foster a strong identity for each district and create sc � centrate arts and entertainment facilities in order
a focus for activity within each of them. Imes to promote tourism, provide entertainment
opportunities for local residents and foster the
growth of the arts community.
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4. Government District D. Southern Gateways and Boundary E.Street Form
The development of a major governmental and District gateways, open space and strong land- In order to concentrate pedestrian activity, the
civic center at the southern end of the north/south scape edges are needed along 500 South and 600 building line should be maintained without set-
axis defined by Main and State streets provides South.Fifth South and 600 South form the south- backs from the street.This design technique will
the opportunity for a significant new open-space ern boundary of the downtown area and serve as allow the formation of an urban wall that pro-
amenity in downtown. This plaza should cele- the arterial system that brings Interstate 15 tray- motes a sense of place and closure in the urban
brate the historic significance of this site and the elers into the heart of Salt Lake City.The freeway fabric.The corners of blocks should be anchored
public buildings that surround it. It should be ramps provide major access points or "gate- with buildings with greater mass than along the
designed and programmed to serve as a focal ways"to the city.These gateways should be used block face.
point for community activity and a home for the to welcome those entering the City and provide
Utah Arts Festival,a Winter Festival,a farmers a sense of quality and civic pride.Setbacks,land-
market and other public events. The new plaza scaping,public art and other civic improvements F.Parking
should serve as a crossroads for the southern end should be incorporated into the gateways. The Parking garages are a necessary evil.The manner
of the CBD as well as a destination in its own heavy formal landscaping and large setbacks in which parking is provided can have a profound
right.Its character should be lively and fun and along 500 South and 600 South should continue impact on the pattern of development in a block
not reflective of the public institutions that frame beyond the ramps in order to clarify the southern and the form of a city over many blocks.Parking
the space. edge of this district. This design treatment pro- can be provided in a manner that does not destroy
vides a sense of "passage" when entering or s continuitydof streetfronts or robthe street 11
leaving the downtown on any of the north-south level of its vitality and appeal. The preferred
C.Linkages arterials.
30 e K 6TEt Soul�l approach is to provide parking at mid-block and
Spaces and activities that are unconnected do not below grade.By doing so,maximum activity can
succeed and are not well used.Linkages between be maintained at the street level.Shared or pooled
districts and within districts are vitally important parking can also eliminate the need for individ-
in making the downtown area work.These link- ual buildings to fulfill all of its own parking
ages should be fun and functional.A mid-block needs.
pathway connecting the ZCMI Center and the
new government center should be a major link-
age, and should also provide access to Main G. Mountain Vistas
Street at numerous points.The alley connecting so I
souTl� Clean mountain vistas in virtually all directions
200South and 300 South should be another eriiicP —� are the distinguishing feature of downtown Salt
important linkage connecting the arts district Lake City.These vistas should be protected and
with Main Street.City Creek should also provide remain unobstructed. Second-level connections
a stronger connection to Memory Grove and the that would block mountain views to the north and
canyon beyond. The entrance to this important east should be prohibited.Additionally,develop-
recreation area should be celebrated with a pond
or water feature. ; ment above the base elevation of Capitol Hill and
the East Bench should be forbidden. High-rise
development in downtown that would penetrate
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this plane when viewed from the west should also J. Street Trees
be restricted.The mountain backdrop is the City's
signature feature and should not be allowed to be Street trees enhance the aesthetic appeal of
eroded. downtown streets and provide relief from sum-
mer heat.Their use can add an air of formality to
important gateways and a sense of intimacy to
H. Civic Center Plaza pedestrian environments such as Main Street.
Historically,government has played a major role Trees and other treatments of streets and public
in downtown in terms of employment, architec- spaces have the ability to alter perceptions,shorten
ture and leadership. A vital, well-designed gov- distances, soften edges and generally enhance
ernment district is proposed to recognize these the experience provided to pedestrians.Salt Lake
attributes and tie these functions together with City should pursue a comprehensive street tree
new buildings and public open space.The major program,making maximum use of current urban
elements of the district include the newly reha- forest management practices.
bilitated City and County Building, a new full-
block public plaza, a new state office building K.Temporary Open Space
and a major new facility to house the state judi-
cial12 system.The open space is designed to be a Vacant or partially vacant properties in the
highly programmed urban plaza that will feature downtown area present a number of problems,
the Utah Arts Festival, possibly a skating rink but can also provide opportunities. Vacant land
and other amenities that willboth serve the users disrupts the continuity of streetfronts and creates
of the state government center and introduce holes in the urban fabric. Temporary parks can
newcomers to the facility. provide an interim solution in many situations.
Use of vacant parcels for open space can improve
the image of the surrounding area. Modest in-
I.City Creek vestments in these cases have the potential to
City Creek provides unique opportunities for substantially improve the immediate environ-
recreation and solitude in close proximity to the ment.
core of the CBD. The objective should be to
connect the creek as directly as possible with the
urban fabric of downtown.While the creek and
canyon lie in close proximity to the activities on
Main and State streets,there is no tangible evi-
dence of its availability at that location.A major
pond feature should be developed at the entry to
the canyon to introduce this water and open-
space amenity and link it effectively to the core
area.
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# PROPOSALS FOR ACTION TIMING IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
UD-1 Promote Trolley Square 1988 Merchant Association
UD-2 Open Up Blocks to Pedestrian Movement City
UD-3 Bring City Creek Above Ground 1995 City
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UD-4 Require Ground Floor Retail in New Building in the ShoppingDistrict ��
1989 City ,tr
UD-5 Prohibit Blank Walls 1989 City .^ - a1 . ,F f �4 40
UD-6 Adopt a Views and Vista Ordinance 1989 City ' f t
UD-7 Restrict Second Level Walkways 1989 City V
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'+ ow.
UD-8 Establish a Gateway Program to Design and Build Gateways ` l j( [1i1 r"
Making Entrances to the Downtown Area 1989 City till! !
UD 9 Adopt a Coordinated Signage Program to Locate Parking and , it
Major Tourist Attractions 1989 City
UD-10 Establish a Farmers Market 1990 Private Sector a 1is MIIIMIR a r
UD-11 Create an Arts District 1989 City k �,- ar
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UD-12 Place Public Art in Pedestrian-Orientated Areas Ongoing City s!di� 44 t * lir
13
UD-13 Create Boulevard on Main and State Streets City I
1995 ,, +.c, .. .,.
UD-14 Examine the Use of Special Omamental Street Lighting in r a """" - «---*
the Downtown 1990 City .«». l h .
UD-15 Create and Adopt Urban Design Guidelines Appropriate to
Each District 1990 City
UD-16 Create an Urban Design Commission to Review New
Construction and Exterior Rehabilitation 1989 City
UD-17 Create a New Public Plaza in the Government Center District 1995 City
UD-18 Build a New State Office Building State
UD-19 Build a New Facility to House the State Judicial System State
UD-20 Construct a New 600 to 700-Seat Theater in the Arts and
Entertainment District 1995 City
UD-21 Construct a Landscapted Buffer Along 5th South and 6th South
to Identify the Southern Edge of Downtown and Function as a
Gateway 1995 City
UD-22 Construct a New Art Museum 1995 City
UD-23 Construct a New 20,000 Seat Sports Facility ASAP County
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URBAN DESIGN: The remainder of the concept consists of a series pursuit of these urban design elements will pro-
of distinct districts,each with its own character duce a pattern of development in downtown Salt
DISCUSSION and focus,connected by a series of critical link- Lake City that will make maximum use of the
ages. assets and opportunities that are present today.
The urban design concept provides a clear frame- In addition to the new judicial and government
work to guide the form and direction of down- center,the retail district and the existing activity
town development.Its principal feature is the re- center at the north end of the axis,there are two
establishment of the historic north/south axis. districts immediately to thewest that should be
State Street, connecting the City and County developed.
Building with the State Capitol,defines this axis.
State Street is a more formal street than Main
The first is the existing concentration of conven- ,,� t
because it connects two historic sites and impor- ' 1 1 1
tant civic buildings. tion,cultural and sports facilities provided by the , i.
g Salt Palace Complex. The addition of a new, 1 'I y 1 1 ]
larger arena and more parking facilities will al- - ,, ' 7�,, 1
The north/south axis i s reinforced by Main Street. �, ��
Main Street is the heart of the sho in area. It low this district to continue to meet the needs of i r ° ,
this community.To the south,an Arts and Enter- =�t�.=
should be the most pedestrian-oriented street int .�►
tainment District is emerging.This trend should ;•,_ , ; #
the city.The north/south axis is anchored at the i 7 r '
14 north end by Temple Square, adjacent LDS be accelerated with the development of a new art x
Church facilities and the Crossroads and ZCMI museum and theater. These arts and entertain- E=b
Center shopping malls.This area currently repre- ment facilities can be connected with Main Street �.
via a mid-block connection between 200 South i
sents the highest concentration of people and `t' ... , x.'
and 300 South.A direct connection is also needed 'p
activity in the downtown. =.�tt °�< E
between City Creek and the downtown core. , % #
The southern portion of the Central Business In addition to these elements,boundaries for the ..;,�:M.:.•.: : : 24.y, --`
District currently contains no anchors.The mer- �"
chants who historically played this role are gone. Central Business District need to be defined and
A new anchor can be provided by creating a new reinforced. Sixth South should define the south-
judicial and government center. Major public ern boundary.Eastern migration of high-density • � •
facilities would surround a substantial plaza core commercial uses, like office buildings,
immediately west of the City and County Build- should not continue beyond 200 East.
ing.This plaza should serve as the focal point for This basic framework can provide a strong sense
community activities such as the Utah Arts Fes- of direction for future development and, over
tival. time, can produce a downtown area that is vi-
A continuous mid-block connection should be Brant, functional and marketable. Future deci-
provided from the ZCMI Center to the plaza at sions such as parcel development, roadway ac-
street level. cess and transit alignment should reinforce,rather
than frustrate,these basic objectives. Consistent 4
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HISTORIC • Salt Lake City PAST (Historic Landmarks H. Commit financial resources to demonstra-
Committee) tion projects,using key historic structures.
PRESERVATION. • Low Interest Rehabilitation Loans (Neigh- I. Increase funding levels for current preserva-
POLICY borhood Housing Services) tion revolving loan funds.
Use the physical evidence of Utah's unique his- • Low Interest Rehabilitation Loans (Rede- J. Annually review historical and cultural re-
tory to give character,quality and human scale to velopment Agency) sources and update the City Register of
present-day Salt Lake City.Preserve,protect and Historic Sites.
•
renew the life of architecturally and historically Capitol Hill Rehabilitation Loans (Utah
significant structures through strong public and Heritage Foundation) K. Practice a public policy of municipal use of
private actions. existing buildings.
• Revolving Properties Fund (Utah Heritage
Foundation) L. Establish a clear point of coordination for in-
OBJECTIVES formation and assistance in obtaining fed-
• Federal Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit eral, state and local incentives.
A. Maximize use of historic district ordinance (Utah State Historical Society)
through the establishment of new districts. M. Assist in future lobbying efforts to enact leg-
22 • Emergency Home Repair Program(ASSIST, islation for a state rehabilitation investment
B. Encourage use of deed restrictions to protect Inc.) tax credit and a sales tax rebate for rehabili-
historic buildings, sites and districts. tation work.
F. Implement recommendations of the Preser-
C. Strengthen and consistently enforce demoli- vation/Development Strategies Study:
tion section of City Historic District and ye
Landmark Sites ordinance. • Defer increase in property tax due to reha-
bilitation;
D. Establish a process to monitor the sale orpur-
�
chase of non-registered historic properties or • Credit enhancement of industrial revenue
properties impacting historic areas. bonds for acquisition and rehabilitation of ►.
significant structures;
E. Promote use of existing federal and local in- A '� •
centives for preservation through the print • Establish a compatibility review overlay zone •
and electronic media and by sponsoring semi- for areas of the central business district that .
nars and mailing educational materials to have an established historical pattern. _
potential beneficiaries. Examples of the
current incentives include: G. Avoid degradation of established commer-
cial and residential areas through easy or ca- � �•'r:.,§'' 44 "' '
• Home Ownership Opportunity Program pricious variances in zoning.
(Utah Heritage Foundation)
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# PROPOSALS FOR ACTION TIMING IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
HP-1 Create Preservation&Development Groupto Implement \\� \\\
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F st
Recommendations of Preservation/Development Strategies Task
g; ,
Force and to Investigate Further Proposals. 1988 Mayor ` .-
HP-2 Maintain Consistency Within Established Zoning. Ongoing Planning CommBd of Adjustment/ ww.r w w•M w w
City Council #; \\\\\
HP-3 Enact Compatibility Review Ordinance.
1988 Planning Commission ; • h„
HP-4 Dedicate Staff Position to Coordinate Rehabilitation Investment. 1988 Plannin&and Zoning °';. " t ,
HP-5 Establish Appropriate New Historic Districts. 1991 Landmarks Comm/Planning Comm Y c
HP-6 Tighten Demolition Ordinance. 1988 Landmarks Comm/Planning Comm ' t z 1 Ili 4 I;
HP-7 Add to City Register All Buildings Listed as Significant by
Preservation/Development Strategies Task Force. ..�'"" '
1989 Landmarks Comm/Plan&Zoning
HP-8 Encourage use of Deed Restrictions. Ongoing Preservation&Community Orgs. "1474 �
HP-9 Monitor Sale of Important Non-City Register properties and Inform
Interested Parties. Ongoing Preservation&Community Orgs. 23
Integrate Pre v�v y vcam v V v c , '7, ;,•,� .t,, ,
9P-1C tegr Preservation Issues Protection Strategies in City's �` \V�y.�� A� ,0=0 .t ,
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Commission •
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HP-11 Assist in Lobbying for Implementation of State Rehabilitation ITC 1991 Mayor i i,€ i%i ' !',, `'�4'``''! s '
HP-12 Assist in Lobbying for Implementation of State Rehabilitation t F :• "1
Project Sales Tax Rebate. 1991 Mayor ` =..
HP-13 Investigate Feasibility of Initiating Main Street Program. 1991 Mayor ,mow
`' �6$4.
HP-14 Hold Seminar on Current Financial Incentives for Rehabilitation �
for Interested Parties. �` ,
1991 Mayor � "':- ;. ..,,
HP-14 Update City Register of Historic Sites on an Annual Basis. 1991 Planning&Zoning III' w
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HP-1E Produce Direct Mail Piece for Potential Users of the Federal ► 1:.. Y
Rehabilitation ITC. 1991 Planning&Zoning ` y ` �
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HP-17 Initiate Rehabilitation demonstration Projects in CBD. 1991 Preservation Orgs./Capital Planning • *4,114.
' ;,4 HP-1 E Develop New Funding Sources for Rehabilitation Revolving Funds. 1991 Preservation Orgs./Capital Planning ,
HP-1S Use Existing Buildings for Municipal Purposes. 1994 City Council
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HISTORIC A compatibility review overlay zone for Main
Street between South Temple and 400 South,as
PRESERVATION• proposed and detailed in the Preservation/Devel- _ I
• opment Strategies study of 1983 makes even imi
DISCUSSION more sense today. - ».»...y.....,--- --.,.
Salt Lake City government is not offering the \1_011),M`�`LUi1,L1RC
Much of Salt Lake City's stock of historic build- help to potential builders that it could and should, ,�_
ings has been lost due to little or no effort made because numerous public and private agencies 1:�;;=r`4� \- . `y .=
to give it a chance to survive in today's world. are involved in a complex web of legislation. - ` , ;`'
Many of these buildings still had years of service There is no clear point of coordination for infor-
to offer in addition to the ability to add a special mation and aid in obtaining federal, state and \�- _
quality to the City.The demolition ordinance for municipal incentives for the rehabilitation of
historic districts and landmark sites lacks suffi- older buildings. One single source within City
cient strength to do its job.The five-month wait- government should be established not only to
ing period prior to demolition must be length- answer questions but aggressively seek to pack-
ened in order to encourage a serious look at age financial and planning programs to aid de-
alternatives to demolition. Demolition must not velopers in obtainingthe incentives that make re-be granted before solidplans for new develop- 4' _, ' _
24 habilitation competitive with demolition and new r --� � -_ _ �" .._
ment are accepted that are compatible with the construction. Frf s; - On
area in character and quality.Demolition simply — v �.t. <_
to clear land for an unspecified or vague future 1
intention is unacceptable. Options other than '� ` k-fl_='� l
demolition must be specified by ordinance to r__ (-- „
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which the applicant for demolition must respond. "' te7A
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Main Street in the CBD is the nucleus of the City \ .,a?`•,*,,. �1 f I0E11
and the most prestigious commercial street in the ,
Wasatch Front. If the City is to demand its i! • " + �,,, =r: - L- s _
preeminence, it must recognize and care for the �' C t
physical statement of that preeminence. Main f
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Street has an established character which merits - x/ ,,
conservation.It should not be allowed to con- ' ,� i ��y P Jo lilt_ =�;, � i �/
tinue to degenerate into yet another generic com- r: ,� '�' 1 �' �
mercial center from Anyplace, USA. Develop- 1� '
ment seeks signals as to where to locate.Unique-
ness, '�..t '. � it; 7.a
stability, prestige are such signals; Main g ;2;" > it J F(F i,
Street must not lose these characteristics or a key w. �t L tc�.:,,o ub ei,'J _____
magnet for the City will be lost. 1 ,r t ,:.----.-id% J �, r utwsor
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SALT LAKE 1988 R/UDAT
. ' .
OUR FUTURE BY DESIGN
TRANSPORTATION: G. Continue to pursue acquisition of right of L. Develop policies and programs to encourage
way, design and construction of a light rail development of mid-block and street-edge
`POLICY system. pedestrian corridors and other amenities.
Improve downtown's accessibility to the rest of H. Improve public transportation service within M. Continue to develop accessible transporta-
the Salt Lake Valley through development of a the downtown to encourage travel to and tion systems and circulation improvements
balanced transportation system that encourages within the downtown. for the disabled.
quality land development and minimizes ad-
I. Develop additional express bus service to
verse impacts on adjacent neighborhoods. and from the downtown as well as park-and-
A. Develop a downtown parking management ride lots and high-occupancy vehicles. En- ,�,
courage their use. ,� y°=�• _.` ," �, :,�
.. ,.. ,
strategy to guide effectively the develop- ;;_; :;3'I`_
ment and use of parking within the down- J. Develop coordinated public information and I ,(•._,_£„x. x§Y{ f`° � ,,
town. ;,
education programs for all modes of travel t
with emphasis on parking and public trans- V ; i i�;
B. Design and construct cost effective improve- _¢` r a
portation. ii �4 ;,
ments to the freeway system that encourage ;
2 use of high occupancy vehicles. ,._
g K. Develop a system of bikeways to facilitate ,x;
safe and convenient recreation and com-
C. To facilitate access into the downtown, de- t ;¥3 ;' ° , € {
muter bicycle use. t
sign and construct short-term improvements ,,/ '`` ;3, '_ �i
to existing interchanges that are compatible -' i3; NSi' }
with long-term recommendations. ',3' `. i
.,;, c ' g _ ! ,figff , i .,i `•S
D. Explore traffic-management techniques to
increase capacity at high voluum intersec- ` -' I{ ai ;
tions to reduce congestion, delayand air / _ € �
W'
pollution." r
E. Develop a combination of improvements E; F£y3 t , a �y
and policies to facilitate access and mitigate
traffic impacts associated with the Univer- w,,, ---. h � a
sity and the hospitals east of downtown. .is � "` ' "'`' ' !
M1p�19�.
F. Make improvements to existing transit-sys- ` ram" t=k :_£_;3.3}'$., ; ,`
tern operations that support the ultimate suc- -'*" woo' �• � a� t �
cess of a future light-rail transit system. <<k '
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i
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# PROPOSALS FOR ACTION TIMING IMPLEMENTING AGENCY z•
TP-1 Prepare a Comprehensive Parking Management Strategy. 1989 City
1 .
`•f'3
TP-2 Implement Parking Strategy Recommendations. 1989-93 City � ;
aii,
. 1 TP-3 Revise Downtown Off-Street Parking Requirements. 1989-90 City1 ``3"'
C\�°p�� I aaa
a::ixt M•aTx
TP-4 Establish a Public Parking Authority. 1990-91 • City "°. °; ,,,"� p'"���4�� „r,,,,,,. .. . t. ''ate 1
TA-1 Restudy I-15 Corridor Improvements for Cost Effective Development ...
I ' " �'
of HOV Lanes and Construct Viable Projects. 1989-95 UDOT,WFRC --
T-A-2 Construct Short-Term Improvements to Existing Interchanges
and Arterial Connections at 600 North,500 South,600 South and
900 South I-15 Ramps. 1990-93 UDOT, WFRC,City
TA-3 Design Freeway for Improved Directions. 1988-90 City,UDOT
TA-4 Pursue Traffic Management Improvements to Increase
At-Grade Intersection Capacity. 1989-2000, City
TA-5 Improve Circulation to the Hospital and University Area. 1989-92 City,U of U 29
TT-1 Continue Acquisition of Rail Right Of Way for Light-Rail Transit
and Other Transportation Corridor Improvements. 1988-95 UTA, City, WFRC �_•
v w x�.k��
TT-2 Institute Improvements to the Existing Public Transportation "
System to Facilitate Public Transit Access to the CBD. 1989-92 UTA,City t3 s V
TT-3 Expand the Free-Fare Transit Zone. 1988 UTA r,
„J.
TT-4 Refine and Expand the Public Information/Education Program for 1988 UTA ...w.
Public Transportation.
f
1T-5 Increase Weekend and Evening Service. 1988-92 UTA
TB-1 Mark,Sign and Construct a Courpiehensive Network of
Bicycle Routes. 1989-95 City
TB-2 Revise the Zoning Code to Encourage Pedestrian Connections. 1989-90 City
TB-3 Continue Development of Public Transit Access and Pedestrian
Accessible Design of All Public and Private Spaces for the Disabled 1988-95 UTA,City
TT-6 Design and Construct Light Rail System. 1995-2000 UTA, WFRC,City,UDOT
SALT LAKE 1988 R/UDAT
OUR FUTURE BY DESIGN
TRANSPORTATION: • Existing air-quality problems will become tomer with the perception that no parking is
more severe. available,and if parking can be found it is seen as
DISCUSSION inconvenient and expensive compared to subur-
• Public transportation use will decline and ban parking. Thus, a comprehensive parking
To achieve an efficient transportation system a public tax subsidies will increase. management strategy must be developed and fol-
combination of elements must work together: lowed to effectively guide parking development
roads,parking,public transportation,pedestrian • To address effectively future transportation and use within the downtown. Such a strategy
and bicycle travel. Today, Salt Lake City is needs in the Salt Lake Valley, a more bal- will result in the following advantages: 1)more
predominantly reliant on its road and parking anced transportation system should be en- convenient parking for retail customers,2)fairly
systems. While reliance on the automobile is couraged through a combination of incen- priced parking for commuters who need their
fives and disincentives that attract people to automobiles, 3) recaptured value on land for-
likely to continue for many years to come,there public transportation and carpools(HOV's) merly used for parking, 4) increased revenue
are some adverse impacts associated with this and discourage use of single-occupant ve- from remaining parking,and 5)decreased cost of
trend, particularly in the downtown environ- hides (SOV's). new development. Such a strategy should be
ment.
based on a detailed and comprehensive parking
There is a major investment loss in the land Based on these understandings, the transporta- study of the downtown area including parking
• devoted to roads (31%) and parking(25%). Lion element of the R/UDAT plan has been or- supply, occupancy by hour, turnover, controls,
If half of the area devoted to parking could be ganized into several categories for ease of de- signing,enforcement,pricing and revenues.This
30 recaptured,it could generate 3 million square scription.Overlap among categories reflects the study should refine recommendations that ad-
feet of tax revenue-generating property and/ interrelationships among the different transpor- dress the following issues:
or public open space (over 6 full blocks). tation elements. Thus,maximum effectiveness
of this plan can be realized through implementa- • Revise parking requirements for new devel-
Large blocks of land required for parking Lion of a combination of these measures. opment to establish a maximum number of
• interrupt the continuity of any urban design parking spaces permitted,as well as a mini-
plan. Even with storefront retail on the mum number of parking spaces (e.g., no
ground floor it would be very difficult to Parking more than 150%of today's requirement as a
maintain the design integrity of a street front. As long as parking remains abundant and inex- maximum and 50% of today's requirement
pensive,downtown will be viewed as a desirable as a minimum). •
• There will be increasing pressure to widen commuter destination. Presently there are over
•
existing streets and construct new roads 22,000 downtown parking spaces (7,790,000 In lieu of development of on-site parking
through established neighborhoods. square feet of floor area)serving 14,450,000 s.f. spaces, allow payment of fees to a Public
of residential and commercial uses in downtown Parking Authority for construction of cen-
• Continued demands to accommodate com- (.5 s.f. of parking for every 1.0 SF of primary lly located public parking, full or partial,
muter traffic and parking compromise ac- use.) subsidy of bus passes and/or other HOV
cessibility for retail customers and visitors inducements.
within any commercial area and contributes The flood of early morning commuters appears
•
to the economic decline of the area. to usurp most of the conveniently located on-and Design bonuses or reduced parking require-
off-street parking. This leaves the retail cus- ments for shared parking and joint use devel-
opment.
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1
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• Modify the validation system by issuing • Revise on-street parking time limits to core- I-15 Access
tokens that can be used in on-street parking spond to actual demand; eliminate parking
meters and give individual merchants the meters in low-turnover areas and replace • Design and construct short-term improve-
option of setting their own policies for issu- with signs or long-term meters. ments to existing interchanges that facilitate
ing tokens or validation stickers (e.g., a to- access into the downtown: at the 600 North
ken for any purchase regardless of amount). • Establish a residential parking zone (RPZ) interchange, alleviate existing safety haz-
ordinance to protect the residential on-street ards and weaving constraints problems: at
• Create uniform and visible signing at all parking near the downtown fringe and around the 500 South on-ramp and 600 South off-
parking garages and lot entrances as well as neighborhood commercial areas. ramp, improve access to 300 West and im-
on-street directional signs so drivers can prove signing and design of the cloverleaf
more easily find off-street parking. ramp off 600 South; at 900 South,construct
Automobile Transportation ramps to 300 West and intersection improve-
• Modify parking prices by increasing exist- The private automobile will continue to bements at 800 South at West Temple to in-
ing a
daily and monthly rates in the core retail primary source of mobility within the region for crease capacity and safety.
area; consider all-day lower priced parking many people. Accordingly, transportation im-
in the non-residential fringe of the down- • Make a comprehensive review of freeway
(including10-hour metered on-street provements must be carefully developed to rein-
town
force the objectives of downtown land develop-
signing and upgrade signing to identify major
parking). ment. The following improvements are recom- public and institutional destinations such as
mended as part of this plan: the University of Utah (i.e., off 600 South) 31
• Investigate and, if appropriate, establish a and State Capitol(i.e.,off 600 North).
Public Parking Authority to manage and
operate centrally located public garages. I-15 Capacity • Improve signing and design of cloverleaf
ramps.
• Maintain the current efficient enforcement • Restudy corridor improvements along I-15
with emphasis toward increased positive to include evaluation of mutually exclusive • After the rail yards are abandoned, realign
public relations. high-occupancy vehicle lanes for two+per- the 500 South and 600 South ramps and the
son carpools and public transit; and of re- 600 North ramp with a north/south circula-
• Develop a more extensive public education modeling or minor widening of the existing tion road that utilizes a portion of the railroad
and information program including posters, roadways and the narrowing of some lanes to right-of-way and feeds traffic in and out of
public service announcements, brochures, create an additional travel lane(s). Addi- the downtown via 200 South. These long-
maps as part of sales advertising, ticket in- tional capacity should be dedicated for use and short-term improvements will preclude
formation, and special event promotion lit- by two+carpools and express buses. the need to build the North Temple Inter-
erature. change and will provide more uniform distri-
• Continue to pursue bridge reconstruction to bution of traffic into the downtown.
• Reevaluate on-street parking controls to rehabilitate deteriorated bridges ands the I-
prohibit parking between 6:00 a.m.and 9:00 80 connection in the vicinity of 1700 South.
a.m. to keep on-street parking available for
retail customers.
SALT LAKE 1988 R/UDAT
OUR FUTURE BY DESIGN
Arterial Intersection Improvements toward 500 South to facilitate westbound • Establish HOV lanes (two + carpools and
traffic to I-15. express bus service)on 700 East,400 South,
To increase capacity at grade intersections, re- and State Street to and from the downtown
move on-street parking during the 7:00 to 9:00 • The City should take strong action to pre- by removing parking in the morning and eve-
a.m.and 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.time periods to accom- dude further development of properties un- ning peak periods.
modate right-turn movements and increase ca- der its purview and should take a strong role
pacity for through traffic. in reviewing and shaping mitigation as part • Expand the free fare zone to 400 West,200
of the environmental review process. East, 600 South and the State Capitol .
• Revise intersection designs to reduce the
effective intersection size and to increase • The City, UTA and University administra- • Establish a jitney service (transit that oper-
capacity and operation efficiency(e.g.,nar- tion should explore ways to reduce depend- ates continuously on an unscheduled but
row crosswalks, construct pedestrian bulbs ence on the single-occupant automobile for frequent basis on a fixed route)to connect the
at low traffic volume intersections, etc.) students and faculty. University campus and hospitals with the
downtown.
University Access Public Transportation • As noted above,explore the construction of
Access to the University of Utah and hospitals is Improvements to public transportation are essen- additional lanes on I-15 for two + carpools
a dilemma due to their locational isolation from tial to provide a positive alternative to the single- and express buses.
32 major transportation corridors in combination occupant vehicle. Improvements that are pro-
with their high trip generation characteristics. posed include the following: •
Expand and upgrade the public education
There are several aspects of circulation to and and information programs associated with
from the University that should be considered: • Upgrade the existing transit system to pro- public transportation including graphics and
vide improved service to and within the information on user maps, guides and time
• Public transportation system improvements downtown. tables as well as a variety of mass media
should be developed as described in the techniques to show people how to use the
public transportation recommendations. • Continue to pursue development of the light system and how it benefits their quality of
rail system, recognizing that improvements life.
• A connection between 600 South and 500 to the existing system are essential to the Phase in the reinstatement of weekend South in the vicinity of 800 and 1000 East ultimate success of a light rail system. It is • service captive
rider r
evening meet tourist and and
should be constructed, including arterial important that commuter attitudes and habit markets.
improvements on 600 South. This will have patterns start to shift before the rail system is
an impact on some residents but less impact built; otherwise patronage may not support • Coordinatepark-and-ride and park-and-pool
than other alternatives through the Avenues operating costs. p Po
neighborhood or via a route north of the operations with the Utah Department of
central business district. • Improve existing east/west collector transit Transportation (UDOT) and establish ex-
service to feed express bus service and park- press bus service from all park-and-ride/
• Traffic signalization should be modified to and-ride service into the downtown. park-and-pool lots.
increase left-turn capacity off 400 South
R/UDAT 1988 SALT LAKE
OUR FUTURE BY DESIGN
jiiL .
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1 ,
P " • EXPAND FREE RIDE AREA
S •-T ' i :
` UNIVERSITY/HOSPITAL DOWNTOWN JITNEY
,
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IMPROVEMENTS AND � n V��: Q � miii i ■ Niy
�c y UERSR #‘�
ARTERIAL CONNECTIONS 9 1 M '� N �0Thi1fl OFNIV UTAHY -�q1
1-215 IN •-STATE �� �- �� , '
\ RE-EXAMINE ADDITIONAL \r,/ 1- 1 EAST-WEST U VERSITY
LANES/USE OF EXISTING 4 I --" L__J HOSPITAL/RESEA CH PRK
3►•► 1!__I I—'
FOR 2-PERSON AND BUS \\ ; CIRCULATION IMP °YEMENIb
EXPRESS \`kt'C _ itI" 1 33
I I-15INT ATE. INCREASE EAST-WEST RANSIT
I '� = _CIRCULATION TO SUPPOR EXPRESS
k TRANSIT &LIGHT RAIL
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/`REVISE I REEWAY SIGNING FOR ' ACLIG I RAIL 1750 INTERSTATE \\
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TRANSPORTATION PLAN Express mamma= Short Term A
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Bicycle, Pedestrian and in turn exhaust emissions. In addition policies �, 1' sY':.<`
Disabled Transportation
that can be included as part of the transportation •` !,; Y ' ti�. : y;`;
The Cityhas a number of assets that encourage management plan for major new development V
g can include: i, . , N
bicycle and pedestrian travel and other features ' % ; ��'�
that discourage full accessibility to the disabled. ° f. k a `. ���
The relatively flat topography in most areas of • Encourage flex-time work schedules for w t, }y . ,. : , , ., N
major institutions or employers. -- � ;, ;
the City make accessibility easier while long dis- '1 '/
tances between origins and destinations serve to • Encourage full or partial subsidyof transit
discourage these modes. Accordingly the fol- g 11 4'-'- F , ,,,
lowing recommendations are forwarded by the 11
passes. „team: iai . , m..
• Post transit and carpool information in build-
ing entrances.
• Establish bonus incentives in the zoning code
that encourage mid-block pedestrian con-
nections
within the downtown superblocks.
• Establish a selected number of marked and
signed bicycle routes emphasizing streets ,s;.;= ti ; f £� }
34 l� y P g ���;sm����}} �with low traffic volumes,little bus use, and � Y <}y
good connections to logical destinations such ,, �'"}x � M fr" �
fFf p`s°3 ty3'.�i�} ,wfsrfs
as the University,commercial activity cen- `'11'`_,.,,�, ,
ters, and recreational destinations. t`°''4 -'°£` r ,,,;' h .
,F..t1 t,",;. }r. :yzw �q <sdf�,�.���GiGuF°.if«9%�?'..
• Continue to develop the flex-trans system to R ,'
serve the disabled. ..nf, 0,.,,,,, ii V € ,
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N ;
• As new construction occurs within the City, 1 �� � .� • xk � �
require buildings and public spaces to pro- , d i�i ,,�,
vide barrier-free access. . ; x' �
yi�
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Air Quality and xq
rrf, 1; -. - :f '} ,sue, g - tk� ;A i1r
Transportation Management R =3 ' &" 'f< „ -4.
Air quality is currently a problem in the Salt Lake ;� w_y<«;:g" ,
Valley with automobile emissions being a major y,,�: °• ;, 3 ,s,�, „k i Y- • =,R
contributor. The implementation of the recom- „ 4 ,f< � v14= ,_;;;
mendations will serve to reduce SOV travel and . , ..
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• I •
•'
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I.
• .
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CULTURE &
ENTERTAINMENT
DISTRICT: POLICY
Improve the westside district of restaurants,ho- # PROPOSALS FOR ACTION TIMING IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
tels,arts and convention facilities by the addition CE-1 Complete Feasibility Study and Actions to Expand Salt Palace. 1988 Salt Palace,County,State
of new facilities and enlargement of the district.
CE-2 Complete Feasibility Study for New Salt Lake City Art Museum. 1989 City and LDS Church,Arts Council
A. Add a major new arena to the Salt Palace,as CE-3 Develop Corridor Through Block to West of Pierpont to Enhance
well as additional exhibition space and a Arts District. 1988 City
large multi-story parking garage for the
arena,convention center and the downtown. CE-4 Complete Feasiblity Study for New 600 to 700-Seat Performing
Arts Facility. 1988 City,Arts Council,Planning Comm.
B. Develop a new fine arts museum downtown
near the Salt Palace to serve as the corner-
36 stone of the arts district.
C. Use the existing Salt Lake Art Center as a
new music school.
D. Develop a 600 to 700-seat performing arts ' e 'k " T '� , ?
facilityin this district. .-' e***,_ •' '' " '" ^�° '� '
E. Encourage more art galleries, restaurants 4r ' •+ A
and dance groups.
F. Recognize the interrelationship between this > o sett
arts district and the hotels of the convention
center area.
G. Preserve both the Union Pacific and the r - * ' . ,
D&RGW railroad stations for use as state,
A' k, .
local and ethnic historical museums. 4 � ��
iir
H. Preserve the vista down South Temple to the
Union Pacific Station regardless of Salt Pal- "=' ''
plans. _".
ace -_, A - >,KW <.
R/UDAT 1988 SALT LAKE
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CULTURE & The size of such a museum complex would be where an existing arts complex is in place. We
80,000 square feet at a probable construction cost believe that the City should provide incentives to
ENTERTAINMENT of 20 million. This facility would include state- push this development.
of-the-art gallery spaces, curatorial spaces,
DISTRICT: administration, small lecture halls, and cafe- These activities should be encouraged with public/
restaurants such as one finds in the Dallas mu- private partnerships in the development of larger
DISCUSSION seum,the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los parcels on the west side. There should be a
Angeles,and the Museum of Modem Art in New requirement to set aside small spaces on the order
Salt Lake City's downtown is the heart of Utah's York City. of 5,000 to 7,500 square feet with discounted
cultural establishment.The LDS Church with the rents for a time period to allow artists and gallery
Temple complex at the north end of downtown Another facility which is needed is a small per- owners to contribute to the development of an
provides not only a spiritual anchor but houses forming arts theatre, and this could be combined arts district.
the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, one of the best with a multi-use performing arts hall for use by
choirs in the world. repertory dance and theater groups. A seating The allowance for the public art--the"1%for art"
capacity of 600 to 700 would be sufficient.While program--should be increased to 2%.
Across the street is the Salt Palace complex. It there is a small theater at the Salt Palace,it would
includes Symphony Hall,which houses the Utah need extensive modification to make it useful for The team strongly recommends that the Utah
Symphony, the arena, home of the Jazz, and such activities.Another problem is that the little Arts Festival occur on Main Street or State Street
smaller facilities developed to accommodate a theater in the Salt Palace is in an obscure loca- and be embraced as an incredible resource to the 37
ground swell of activity in the arts.Art galleries, tion. It would be better to leave this theater as a downtown. Streets would have to be closed,but
little theaters,specialty cinemas and quality res- support function for the convention business. 100,000 visitors over four days should be a great
taurants are all to be found by walking in the stimulus to the downtown merchants.
downtown. The art galleries, architectural of- An arts district is developing along the Pierpont
(ices, and restaurants taking over spaces that area from east to west.The team strongly recom- Any festival such as the La Fiesta festival which
mends developing a connection through the next can occur downtown is to be encouraged. The were abandoned and left untended are reviving
the west side of the downtown. block to the east between 200 West and 300 Greek Festival should be encouraged to expand.
West. This would provide a connection to Pier- Another festival or celebration which could be
The team strongly supports the idea of a nation- Pont Avenue between 300 West and 400 West started is "First Night on New Year's Eve."
ally acclaimed art museum located as near to the Another activity could be an "Arts Evening"
Salt Palace complex as possible. It should be a �,
once every two weeks to allow the art galleries to
building of international stature designed by a have open houses and exhibitions. This would
world-renowned architect. Site for such a corn- F provide night-time stimulation to the downtown
plex could be the corner of West Temple and ,�> A _ which it so sorely needs.
Pierpont Avenue(north of the Peery Hotel). We 011111 —' 166 = ='
strongly recommend that it be funded through a _I,' 1f' ff ,
50/50 partnership between the public and private
sectors so that it can be an institution which is - 3 //
forged out of this public/private method.
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The team strongly endorses the idea of the expan-
sion of the Salt Palace to include: �""""r an"""ma um _N'_a_ um um - -
,I
! -. Z'1 NEW ' ' ' �f�>'R--::--- - '
PARKING nn n -
A. A new 20,000-person arena for the Utah j STRUCTURE LQtltST n,, -
Jazz,with expanded performance capability _ - i 85 i I--= -' ' '�Fr.--- ._ ,
to attract larger convention groups. - . ...__-,,..,�. 1 1 '1 b-4•-•LE SOUAR ;; _ _ _. n
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fir+ � � ����� �' SOUTH
B. An expansion to the exhibit areas to facilitate - I '�' .. - F
rEN EW ARENA yI SH ING I Q 1i. "�,--'--I '
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C. Minor acoustic and lighting modifications to _ '� •
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the 750-seat Little Theater. - ll ❑ 1 t0S SOUTH
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D. Sufficient parking for this expanded corn- - -I ,i-- III11�-z --- IIr I__.,-+-1 - .
plex. _- ICY , "` —
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E. The fine arts complex (Capitol Theatre, ; _ -�_• !�
P l P 1 _ li-- I �I MUS ME{Ob sirti R
l Y Ij�LI
Symphony Hall,Salt Lake Art Center)uses 'ILiz--,,____-.
• - - .,• ,1 ,, r II 7-f I'?n
38 funds from the State, City, and County to &ENERTAIy N �ICT ;,`! ° ; m o - i
maximize use.Management for the fine arts , h_w.�. — v--- g ,
l '"t i0f I s r=• El - yell
complex should be separate from the Salt ;. .. ..-..-..... -\'a'"' ,,,SOUTH
Palace to handle the unique requirements of
this assignment.Because State and City fund- - - • =F ,j1 531
ing maybe temporary(3-5 years),the man- ] — .a - _- _ ;"` - m'
agement of the arts facilities must serve the ' - =' . , i I
dual role of supporting the tenant organiza- - _1, ...��.:�
tions for which the buildings were designed I - _ l •s ,I ~a # ? r--,
and marketing, promoting and scheduling j _ - 1 C RHO'SE D",,, " ;--
the facilities when they are not in use by the I _-� --'1 ' UILDINfi 2" dv4 f df�41.'�C � ?, r 1
tenants. There is already a need for addi- ,,:;M., - ° �ar� ^'-7 n 1
tional rehearsal space and studio facilities. T c 1
The whole downtown as well as the arts and _ i; - 1 1 ^,1s_ • ((;�,
- _i '" Jj it `-_
entertainment district needs to have a signage - ;; j t 1
program at entrances to downtown leading you , __ �,,,r,, +„ „M, _- - ` --- ++;�,;� .Y,f ' .,,•..,,•..«.<_� ,;;,,,,,-
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T„nni,,,,,ny
local artists so it represents the creativity of the Jl . ~. _=? 1. : - -^ . . I 1 ^'— '-_
I I�� —. 'I 1 R h',. • .. ,,e
community. '
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HOUSING:
POLICY PROPOSALS FOR ACTION TIMING IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
Develop a new sense of neighborhood integrity. H-1 Develop a Housing Policy 1990 City
H-2 Set Specific Goals for Housing Production and Rehabilitation 1989 City
Objectives H-3 Save Gordon Place Neighborhood 1988 City/LDS Church
A. Stop the net loss of housing in the downtown
and surrounding neighborhoods. H-4 Identify Opportunity Areas for New Housing 1990 City
H-5 Conduct a Housing Market Analysis Immediate
B. Promote new housing.
H-6 Strengthen the Historic Preservation Ordinance 1988
C. Stop intrusion of non-compatible land uses
into neighborhoods. H-7 Develop and Adopt Neighborhood Plans for All
Residential Areas Close to Downtown 1990 City
D. Support the provision of the services and H-8 Implement Neighborhood Plans for all Residential
40 infrastructure necessary for housing and and Close to Downtown 1990 City
neighborhoods.
H-9 Strengthen Historic Districts Through a Variety of Public
E. Preserve landmark and historically signifi- Improvements Such as Street Design Elements,Street Furniture,
cant businesses. Landscape and Facade Treatment Programs 1995 City
H-10 Explore the Feasibility of a Transfer of Development Rights 1989
Program and other Programs to Protect Historic Resources 1989 City
H-11 Salvage,Store and Reuse Historic Artifacts 1988 Utah Heritage Foundation
H-12 Develop a Public Information Program to Support Preservation
Efforts 1989 Utah Heritage Foundation
H-13 Designate,as Local Landmarks,All Important Structures Found on
the Cultural Resources Inventory 1989 City
H-14 Strengthen Financial Programs That Promote Housing Rehabilitatic Ongoing City
H-15 Strengthen Financial Programs to Promote Historic Preservation Ongoing City
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HOUSING. of neighborhoods. new housing should be identified and specific
markets such as artists'live/work space should be
DISCUSSION Demolition is currently threatening 17 houses in targeted.
the Gordon Place Neighborhood.The City should
Quality housing in the downtown and surround- take steps to ensure that this important neighbor- The City Council should adopt specific neigh-
ing neighborhoods is fundamental to the success hood is not lost.At a minimum the four structures borhood plans for each of the neighborhoods
of the downtown.Housing,retail establishments that face State Street should be preserved. If the adjacent to the downtown. Neighborhood plan-
and the workplace have a symbiotic relationship, remaining structures are not suitable for rehabili- ning needs to be a collaborative process between
the location of each affects the location of the tation,infill of new units should be explored.The City residents, business people and property
others.Growth that comes at the expense of one LDS Church could use the structures to house owners.It spells out policies and specific strate-
of these elements will invariably hurt the other. guests of the Church or make some other use of gies designed to implement desired change.It is
Housing provides the downtown with shoppers the units that is compatible with the residential a forum for people to initiate rather than react to
and a nearby labor pool. Close-in living saves character of the area. change. Special attention should be paid to the
energy and makes use of the existing infrastruc- East Downtown neighborhood as a mixed-use,
ture.The surrounding neighborhood forms a pro-
In order to guard against further demolition of higher density urban neighborhood. The plans
tective cocoon around the downtown.If the close- residential and commercial buildings, the City that have been drafted for the Avenues, City
in housing becomes blighted, the deterioration should strengthen its historic preservation ordi- Creek,and Capitol Hill areas should be followed
will spread to the other downtown uses.Residen- nance.Specifically,a demolition review process closely in making future land use,transportation
42 tial uses provide eyes on the street and the critical that restricts removal or alteration of structures and capital spending decisions. The Jackson/
mass of people needed to create and sustain an should be established. Because the downtown Guadalupe neighborhood should also be pro-
exciting and diverse downtown. The City must area was settled first, it contains an important tected.It is a neighborhood and historic resource
protect and enhance the quality of close-in neigh- architectural record. Preserving landmark and that would be very difficult and expensive to
borhoods and resist the tendency to allow com- significant residential and commercial buildings replace. This neighborhood should be consid-
mercial encroachment. is important to maintaining the City's character ered forpossible designation as a historic district.
and promoting the uniqueness that sets it apart If the freeway ramp is required through the
The City of Salt Lake,through its City Council, from the rest of the region. New development neighborhood,steps should be taken to mitigate
should go on record in support of housing in the needs to be sensitively integrated into the exist- the impact with landscaping and physical barri-
downtown area by adopting a housing policy. ing fabric. Direct fmancial incentives and sup- ers.
This housing policy should establish the relative portive governmental policies need to be devel-
importance of housing in the arena of competing oped to encourage preservation and quality de- `��,`
land uses. Housing must take a priority equal to sign. I/(//r'•,l
or greater than retail and office uses to maintain The City should also conduct an analysis of the
a healthy and active downtown.In addition,the ,A,/
housing market to determine the future demand
policy should establish a specific goal for the , ;r�,,,
number of units to be added to the housing for housing by type, tenure and bedroom size. �i�,i�
inventoryin futureyears. The policyshould The analysis should include the whole metro- �` � �� �0%.y
/ sy/�r/ ,;
Titan area with specific emphasis on the down- v-� //*r p , ,
focus on support for the rehabilitation and main- p° p n ;p �,�;;;//����� ' ,
tenance of existing units and for the preservation townt results its of this studyd adjacent ,
s. Based areas"o r /Li',/i tP,/ii/ll/ ` f I '
Y "opportunity _ > I
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Variety makes a city, and Salt Lake City must East. Others are older areas of the City that still
preserve the variety that exists within and among retain much of their original buildings stock and
its various neighborhoods and commercial areas. personality: the Windsor Street area east of
When it is easy for one area to bleed into another Liberty Park (built in the 1890s); 600 East be-
it compromises the integrity of both. They be- tween Trolley Square and Liberty Park, also a
come neither fish nor fowl and the City loses the turn-of-the-century neighborhood; and the
excitement which only variety can bring. Jackson/Guadalupe area,with its original adobe
houses and generous building sites dating from
The City offers distinct neighborhoods, not a the original pioneers.
standard suburban sprawl.The City offers differ-
ent types of shopping areas such as Main Street
and neighborhood stores of unique character.
The City offers areas of high density as well as
quiet,tree-lined streets.Each must be valued for
its own character and for what it brings to the
total environment. Each of these is more dra-
matic and exciting if it rests in close proximity to
environments of contrasting character. Unfortu-
nately, each is also delicate and can be quickly 43
lost through seemingly little compromises.Care
must constantly be exercised that one zone does
not creep unintentionally into the next. Edges
must be protected. Only through constant vig-
ilance can the variety and close proximity of ;+t,*: • w- .' ; , f
contrasts that signal"this is a City"be protected ` - i
from becoming yet another suburb and strip de- ".
velopment.No one needs to come to or live in a �'.' :IC: ; )
city for those. „ tit `fir-. o b
Salt Lake City boasts among its assets several
notable historic districts.These are popularneigh- - , � -
borhoods because they are assured of the stabil- a 7". " - a
ity which a clear vision of the future,in this case . 4,- : .
based on its past,can bring.There are many other °. , `
areas in the City that possess the uniqueness or , ,, ', , '
significance of character to merit historic district -.- .::
designation. Some are period revival neighbor- w ,� ,
hood from the 1920s and 30s such as Nonnandie ,. , w
Heights or Yale Avenue between 1500 and 1700 - -
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ECONOMIC store" in order to attract high-quality develop- F. Rezone the area bounded by 500 East, 700
ment. Low standards will in fact be counterpro- East, South Temple and 500 South to con-
DEVELOPMENT: ductive with developers of national quality . serve and encourage medium/high density
residential land uses, and to preclude addi-
POLICY General Recommendations tional commercial uses.
Enhance and reinforce the position of Salt Lake A. Strengthen and maintain the working public/ G. Develop a new "Urban Neighborhood"
City as the functional center of the Wasatch Front private partnership that brings about high zoning classification for the area bounded by
quality development. a mid-block line between 200 East and 300
by actions and policies that will help coalesce q Y East;500East;SouthTemple;and 500South.
new growth of business and urban development
at natural centers of transportation, finance and B. Improve the budget and staff capabilities of This zoning classification should allow one
human activity. Aggressively seek out the tech- the City's Planning and Redevelopment and two-story commercial buildings, and
nological development and the emerging mar- departments so that they have the capabili- taller(mid-rise) residential development.
kets that will dominate national and worldwide ties to follow through on plans and therefore H. Implement the concept presently being for-
economics during the next century, while pro- to implement new development of higher
tecting the quality of life and employment re- quality than has been the case in the past. mulated by Redevelopment Agency staff to
sources Salt Lake City now enjoys. use improvement districts as a mechanism
C. Increase dramatically the participation of for creating structured parking within the
44 residents and business leaders in the devel- CBD.
Introduction opment process by creating a Mayor's Advi-
In order for the City of Salt Lake to improve the sory Committee charged with reviewing de- Development Opportunities and
velopment plans and proposals,and provid-
quality of life of its residents and its general ing advice and support to City decision Recommendations
business environment, continued growth and makers at all levels.
economic development are highly desirable.This Although the size of the Salt Lake market for a
growth and improvement will not come about D. The City should immediately undertake a particular land use is constrained by locational
easily or automatically. The City's administra-ufull review and revision of the zoning ordi- factors and by competition from surrounding
tion, its residents and its business community ity nance and map which are out-of-date and in areas,Salt Lake City is extremely fortunate in the
must develop and maintain new,coordinated and several cases inappropriate for the City's broad range of activities and land uses that
positive attitudes toward opportunities for im- present goals and needs. comprise its economic base. The following are
provement. recommended actions in each area:
E. Immediately strengthen the City's current
High-quality real estate developers and busi- Zoning Ordinance and procedures in order to
nesses will welcome,and will not be put off by an reduce the number of incompatible changes, Downtown Office Development
attitude on the part of the City that requires them especially those which alter the character of New office buildings in the core of Salt Lake City
to provide high-quality design,public activities residentialneighborhoodsbyintroducingnew have been actively discouraged by an unfortu-
and amenities, and an interactive process for commercial uses or higher densities. nate combination of factors:
conceiving and refining proposals.A city of Salt
Lake's stature does not have to"give away the
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• City zoning policies which have made it This example indicates that the growth policies Government
easier and cheaper to build in suburban loca- for Salt Lake City's CBD must direct a reason-
tions and in residential areas (for instance able share of available office growth to the CBD. Salt Lake City is the seat of numerous City,
along streets leading to the University of This will support improvement of downtown County and State functions which are extremely
Utah). services and create a continuous cycle of im- important contributors to the City's economy,
provement and growth that over time will revital- both directly and in terms of spin-off economic
• Property owners in the downtown area who ize the whole area. No single project will solve activity. The City should enhance and build
have developed overly optimistic views as the problems of the CBD, but renewing one upon its role as the Capital City by working more
to the value of their holdings and also prefer portion of a block at a time is certainly possible, closely and effectively with state agencies which
to hold their sites in interim uses such as and over time a determined process targeted on require sites or services to accommodate new or
parking lots or deteriorating buildings rather the downtown area can work quite well. expanded activities within the City.
than allow new use or redevelopment.
Specific recommendations include the follow-
• A general lack of capital for investment in ing: N
equities or long term debt to fund real estate
ventures. A. Encourage expansion of financial, banking '; )
and general office uses in the Main Street and
• The lack of an organized constituency that State Street corridors. /��.
promotes continuous and serious renewal in %`
46 A. � �. ,
the downtown in a determined and unrelent- B. Encourage the location of major office uses A. °�. -
ing way. in mixed-use complexes, with retail uses at w. a: "'
street level and pedestrian-oriented open ------ ':
The market for new office space in Salt Lake spaces rather than free-standing office struc- __64
County is about 250,000 square feet per year. tures. - ,
Currently there are about 20 million square feet .:.:;'/
of office space in the entire county, used by a C. Revise the zoning ordinance to prohibit - t
white collar work force of something over80,000. additional large scale office uses along the i i; i µ = ;I[ \ �,
It is estimated that 5,000 new jobs are created in east/west arterial streets and in the neighbor- .: �- 4 E
Salt Lake County each year,requiring about 300 hood areas adjacent to the CBD. A ..t!_I_ d o-1= _- w
square feet or so of office space per person for a - i
total need of 150,000 square feet. In addition, D. Encourage and if necessary subsidize(both
about 100,000 square feet of existing office financially and through provision of parking
space is replaced with new each year. and other infrastructure improvements) the A. The Mayor's office should begin discus-
preservation and rehabilitation of older struc- sions with representatives of the state judi-
A proposal by one developer for a new one- tures in order to preserve the character of the cial branch to establish a cooperative effort
million-square-foot tower would have, there- business district and to provide smaller scaled to bring about development of a new court
fore,fulfilled all the demand for office space in spaces appropriate for Salt Lake's numerous complex located within the City, near the
Salt Lake City for four full years. smaller and start-up businesses. southerly edge of downtown.
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B. The Redevelopment Agency should work The northern tier of downtown blocks adjacent to defined areas along a limited number of
with the state's Employment Security staff the Temple grounds should not be overdevel- arterial streets. Zoning patterns which pro-
to facilitate their expansion needs on a site oped at the expense of the larger downtown area duce "checkerboard" commercial and resi-
somewhere within the downtown area. to the south. If a large area of downtown contin- dential development in neighborhoods must
ues to deteriorate, the sheltered "island" of the be prohibited.
Temple grounds and its protective blocks will
Retail suffer from the deteriorated context of the larger C. Review and strenghten the retail mix along
Salt Lake's CBD serves as "downtown" for an downtown area. The whole CBD must be con- Main Street and the rest of the core CBD.
extremely large region, and this role is an ex- sidered as a single entity,with the various parts
tremely important component of the City's eco- working together.
nomic base. Hotel/Tourism
A. Direct new large-scale commercial retail de- Salt Lake's hospitality and tourism industries are
The growth and redevelopment activity that has velopmentintothenorth/southcorridoralong supported by visitors who come to the City for
taken place in the central areas of Salt Lake City, Main Street rather than allowing continued
y expansion of the major retailers to the east religious,sports,cultural and business activities.
however,shows a pattern that is becoming seri- elong South Temple and 100 South with Hotels in the area are currently suffering reduced
ously unbalanced. resultant adverse residential and transports- occupancy rates and reduced room rates--a situ-
tion impacts. ation which has led to bankruptcies and sales of
The natural desire by the LDS Church to protect several facilities in recent months. There is
the Temple precinct and to maximize the value of significant potential,however,for improvement 47
the blocks surroundingit has brought intensive B. Confine neighborhood and convenience re-
g tailing activities by zoning to a few well resulting from increased activity throughout the
development to the northern area of downtown. City. The religious component alone of the
Clearly,the combination of the ZCMI and Cross- tourist market,for instance,could expand by as
roads centers has pulled most of the traditional much as 50% in the next 10 to 12 years.
retailers,especially the national chains and credit
leases, away from Main Street and into the ri hit- �--_ A. Because the expansion of religious visitation
malls. ' ' i has such substantialpotential for growth,
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and because it is such a desirable activity for
The two downtown malls,built in response to the ; ^L k .i 1. the City,the Mayor should appoint a small
earlier success of suburban malls, are currently 1 � ��r. f committee of residents and businesspersons
doing well. This downtown situation is in con- to begin discussions with the LDS Church to
tract to the problems of retailers located in coin- identify areas where the City and the Church
parable cities where downtown retail has largely I i could cooperate to plan for and facilitate this
disappeared. The large blocks in Salt Lake City, activity.
which allowed the creation of these interior trj
downtown malls,is a situation difficult to repeat 1 _ B. During the planning process for the new
in other cities. The goal now is to tap the success �I1arena expansion of the Salt Palace,it may be
of these two malls to bring successful retailing ,j possible to identify a contiguous site for an
back out onto the street and into additional blocks
to the south.
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adjacent convention hotel facility that would hotels. One hotel presently exists in Re- the County and the Jazz to identify and
enhance the attractiveness of the complex to search Park, but proposals for construction immediately acquire an appropriate site
visiting groups. of additional hotels in this area should be within the City of Salt Lake for a new facil-
rejected. Downtown hotels presently have ity. Time is short to accommodate this need.
C. The Fairgrounds and Exhibitions Office, in substantial unused capacity, and guests at The facility should include structured park-
the Utah Department of Community and downtown hotels are more likely to support ing,which could, if desired,be used during
Economic Development,is carrying out a$3 downtown restaurants and retail than those the day by visitors to Temple Square and
million upgrade of the 100,000-square-foot located on the university campus. other downtown sites.
exposition hall at the Fairgrounds and is
planning an $8-10 million upgrade of the E. The City should establish a committee com-
livestock arena. The City should support posed of residents,businesspersons,elected �,
funding appropriations at the state level for officials, department heads and others to � 'R' k�%001li/ l
these and future improvements, since they study the questions associated with hosting , �% igII jig. �
will primarily improve tourism opportuni- the 1996 Olympic Winter Games. The �� � ���rh���l�11s1<�
ties for Utah residents and will benefit the committee should make a recommendation ItAnt� �.,,����;;,,,Y.,.';::\�;;1 .JIJ. �•
w�l
Cit as well. to the Mayor within six months. The Ol ►Z"71`�a"1 . l 1
Y Y ym- „ 1 i _�� �� . t,
pics would require extensive planning, con- l i+►r '"'I'/40 W. _1!#
structure, and a great deal of patience and —.. ��,
struction of numerous facilities and infra
48 // A cooperation from City residents.They would - -''"w'° `®�rl''
(, -7.
\ _sib' . ,
also, however, be of immense long-term . ;:`', ,• `�� ��
benefit to both the City and its residents,and
< would demonstrate Salt Lake's accomplish-
ments to the entire world. University
4 0 ''1ii, 1 1 k* /14 ktii1/,_„` % _ The University is a major contributor to the
Sports/Convention City's economy, both through payrolls and
l through purchases and spinoff activity. The
' '4 Salt Lake City's sports and convention activities hospital and the research park,in particular,are
�' I have improved so dramatically in recent years major generators of economic activity. The
l ' ` ff that the existing facilities within the City are University's 25,000 students and 16,000 faculty
clearly inadequate to handle the demand for and staff are housed in 230 buildings on 1600
f, either sports or convention activities. The Jazz acres of land. The 320 acre research park is a
require a facility of 18,000 to 20,000 seats,and a major and important addition to the Salt Lake
facility of that size is also required to accommo- economy, with its 22 buildings, 60 companies
D. Visitors to the University and the University's date larger conventions and concerts in Salt Lake. and 2,700 employees. In addition to direct sala-
affiliated hospitals and Research Park(esti- lies and in-lieu tax payments to the City, the
mated at 2 million per year) represent a A. The Redevelopment Agency and the Mayor's University and its affiliated activities generate
strong and growing resource for downtown Office should begin joint discussions with substantial spin-off economic activity. A major
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concern regarding the University, however, is
that as a state facility its planning decisions are
often made independently of the City.
A. The City should endeavor to establish an
ongoing and mutually beneficial planning
relationship with the University administra-
tion and facilities management.
•
Manufacturing
Although the City's manufacturing base is not as
substantial as it once was,the emerging aircraft
manufacturing industry is an important opportu-
nity for growth. McDonnell Douglas has estab- v�
lished a 200-employee facility at the airport,and ,..� '" Y�„ .
smaller firms have ,. R, �F ,; , •„
two m located in the County. '� °
A. The City should discuss with McDonnell its , ' ' "k - a W , ' +
potential should take an ' ` 7::: `
future tenti l needs, and h R 7 ., w � '"� `"
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reasonable steps to encourage and assist �� � �-
McDonnell in expansion of the facility. ` -
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ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT:
DISCUSSION
In the western states, partially because of the
collapse of energy prices,local economies have
had to struggle to keep up with past and current
commitments. Virtually no new investment
capital or mortgage loan money is available for
new real estate or corporate venture investment.
The Salt Lake community must develop local
venture capital firms and take a greater interest ;_ _'.::.•<_, rz;:' $„aw. ,;=,w,,ez
in promotion of local investment opportunities. " _; ° "�'"Y'''` "'� `E
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CONCLUSION: other's respective development objectives, ex- The City and the County should immediately
pand the dialogue in both directions and seek pursue a joint effort to develop a new arena at the
GETTING IT DONE opportunities for joint action.The parking needs Salt Palace Complex to provide additional ca-
of the Salt Palace Complex expansion and Temple pacity for Utah Jazz games and other events.The
Square provide an immediate opportunity. City and State relationship should also be strength-
The Goal ened and formalized with respect to sharing
TheRedevelopment Agency(RDA)must be em- planning information, expansion of University
Create an environment in which a clear down- ployed as an effective tool for guiding downtown facilities, downtown and University access is-
town development strategy can be successfully development.RDA activities should be linked to sues and consolidation of State office functions
implemented with the support and participation implementation of planning objectives identi- within the downtown area.
of major stakeholders in the downtown commu- feed in the City's downtown plan. A committee
nity. Effective implementation will require a representing major downtown stakeholders The planning and development tools in place
clear plan, broad public support and participa- should serve as an advisory committee for all must be used,and new tools are needed.Parking
tion,appropriate tools and consistent pursuit of a RDA implementation efforts. This committee programs, zoning, preservation, capital invest-
single vision over time.Separate and fragmented should also provide a continuing voice for down- ment,design review,arts incentives,public space
visions cannot succeed in the downtown area. town in all planning and development activities. programming,and promotion and marketing are
The City Council should establish broad policy. all areas of opportunity.
The advisory committee should assist the RDA
54 Discussion director and staff in implementing specific proj- The public planning and decision-making proc-
The City must have the commitment and tools to ects consistent with the overall downtown devel- ess must be strengthened and made more acces-
play a leading role in guiding and directing opment strategy. sible. A stronger commitment is needed to citi-
incremental development over time.City actions zen involvement,the sharing of information and
must reinforce the downtown's maj or north/south public notice of and access to decision making.
axis, establish a major public space and civic Clear objectives and strategies must be devel-
presence as a southern anchorforthe central area, �, r oped as part of a citizen-based planning process.
develop and connect important activity centers, y ; , »
�, � ' - These objections and strategies must be imple-
and promote infill development in the Main ; a mented. Subsequent regulatory and investment
Street/State Street corridor. decisions cannot be unrelated to or conflict with
,,, , plans and strategies already adopted.
The City must develop a partnership with the 4_ .,1/‘ >w",
major institutional forces affecting downtown r, �' The downtown development strategy must be
so that a common set of development objectives "' ¢ . consistent with the preservation of the strong
can be jointly pursued.The City must work with
t �� ` " � ,,
1 residential areas that are adjacent to the down-
* � •
the LDS Church, State, County, development 1. '" S town area.Maintenance of this residential fabric
is vitallyimportant to the success of the down-
community and others to pursue immediate op- P
town and the entire City.The existing neighbor-
portunities. ` ,, tt hood planning and participation process must be
The City and LDS Church must recognize each further strengthened.
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Salt Lake City must redefine its role in the region. • Reestablish the north/south axis along Main • Develop a major public space on Block 39
It cannot continue to be a declining force,corn- and State Streets as the guiding element for that is symbolic of the civic and cultural
prised of increasingly fragmented governmental all downtown development. Provide land- history of Salt Lake City and Utah and can
institutions and service providers. Strategies for scaped medians and streetscape improve- serve as the home of the Utah Arts Festival
consolidation and annexation and/or regional ments appropriate to the role and character of and other major public events.
funds for provision of services must be devel- each street.
oped and pursued. • Develop a continuous north/south mid-block
• Consolidate judicial activities (Supreme connection at street level from the ZCMI
Court, Law Library, Juvenile Court and Center to the public space on Block 39.
Action Items District Courts)in a judicial complex front-
• Adoption of a clear downtown plan and ing on Main Street on Block 40. • Pursue immediately a joint venture with Salt
development strategy with a commitment by Lake County and others to develop a new
the city and other parties to implementation. ▪ Pursue possible land exchange opportunities arena to house the Utah Jazz and other events
in the Salt Palace Complex area to facilitate on Block 79.The City should facilitate site
site acquisition for a judicial complex. assemblage through the RDA.These activi-
ties should be an immediate priority.
i • Pursue the opportunity to relocate the Public
/rr\, 1 k Library on the south side of the Civic Plaza • Pursue the development of joint parking
. C on Block 39,or possibly as a component of facilities with the LDS Church on Block 85 55
} the redevelopment of Block 57.The possi- to serve Temple Square visitor needs and the
! III . oil! bility exists to meet current needs and allow parking needs of the new Salt Palace arena.
for library expansion through relocation.The
4 - library is a major community resource. • Consider opportunities to develop an en-
hanced visitor center at the north end of the
, Consolidate State office functions in a new Salt Palace to capture ahigherpercentageof
:•J,",', '! • • • �" •,Y 1facility fronting on State Street on Block 53. visitors to the Temple Square area.
: � r Pursue joint parking facility opportunities
�lE + on the site. • Develop a public market providing fresh
fruit,produce and other goods in a central
• Development of stronger,more formal part- • Extend local land use control to all university downtown location.The market should be
n rship
Development
with major downtown stakeholders land and facilities.At a minimum,the uni- organized and promoted by the Central
such as the LDS Church, State, County, versity should submit all plans for new facili- Business Improvement District.
downtown community and adjacent neigh- ties and land use changes to the City for
orhoods. evaluation of their environmental impacts. • Develop a municipal parking authority using
bassessment districts to finance new parking
• Creation of an RDA advisory committee • Future university growth must either be capacity and link them to an overall down-
representing downtown interests to pursue capped and redirected to another site,or a town parking management program involy-
an overall downtown development strategycommitment made to develop a larger resi- ing pricing policy,on-and off-street supply,
adopted by the City Council, dent student population on campus. validation,signage and promotion.
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• Strengthen existing historic preservation • Promote the identity and development of an South and then ultimately east to the Univer-
programs in residential areas and downtown arts district in the area south of the Salt sity).
by developing a complete register of historic Palace Complex and north of 5th South
structures to be preserved,establishing new through marketing efforts,economic incen- • Seek alternative solutions to the need for
historic districts in areas where they are tives and the existing public arts program. additional I-15 access to downtown that do
needed (such as 600 East, Guadalupe - Pursue development of an art museum and a not route University-bound traffic to the North
Jackson and downtown) and including 600 to 700-seat theater as anchors for the dis- Temple corridor. Develop an alternative
stronger design and demolition controls trict. access solution to the south and encourage
within the existing regulations. primary University access on an east/west
arterial south of 200 South.
• Reevaluate the present zoning code to re-
duce conflicts between allowable uses and _ • Develop enhanced public access to Memory
existingconditions,particularlyin transition ;u,, . v Sty)/ : v rv,. vrvv• _ , Grove and City Creek as the downtown's
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zones around the central business district. 1 > 10i$w olds-/ -- is j major open-space amenity,and seek oppor-
+4uceu�auvc�v acutc+t.�cuuavA��cuxsxuw tunities to extend the Creek at surface level
Some existing zone districts should be :,
modified to reduce the wide range of uses ��''''' vigilIIIIIIII into the downtown as far as possible.
and densities allowed. Pursue consistent �J - � �� x. •
application of the zoning code over time, ..,?- � •f�%;;;������� • Prohibit development in the foothills area
'.1�'' ', ".:: 1i� above Capitol Hill and the East Bench by
56 once changes are made. ■ , ,Iiti o -
r- 7 ' •� J ��I Nat implementing appropriate land use controls
1 - 4, and through continued open space ac uisi-
• Expand the use of development review and I 1 MT g Pe P q
r T''. G ';'' tion.
implement an urban design review process. I; ,, �,II,�-r ,���//_ \
r `�'`iea-fa"' Adopt a view ordinance programdesigned to
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• Establish and reinforce boundaries for the / ±�! p fx 1 , r P
provide absolute protection of important
downtown area, particularly on the east at �� ,,• -T.�/ i-
600 East or 700 East,and on the south at 600 - i f i mountain and urban view corridors.
South. Commercial and higher density uses 1 '������'�E I�I��I�1'i�'I k4
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cannot continue to be encouraged to migrate i, .�,4''I ,� ` \ I L,j.�� • Require landscaping on all surface parking
outward beyond these boundaries. Higher ig i i' ii f i lots in downtown. Ali structured parking
density commercial uses should remain west should be required to meet minimum design
of 2nd East or 3rd East. • Link the process of capital investment deci- guidelines with respect to location and im-
sions directly to the objectives developed in pact on the streetscape and pattern of devel-
• Obtain the services of a first-rate graphic the downtown and neighborhood plans opment.
designer to develop a comprehensive sign- through a more formal process of capital
age and graphics program for the downtown planning and citizen participation. • Strengthen the existing neighborhood plan-
area.The program should provide informa- ping process by completing updated plans,
Lion and create a downtown identity through • Support a transit system alignment in down- improving the notification system, expand-
the use of a logo or symbols. town that reinforces the north/south axis
(e.g., north on Main Street to at least 200
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ing citizen participation and giving more
formal status to the process of citizen in- '. ` t
volvement. ', R "
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• Require all downtown development projects . _, '
submitted for public review or approval to .
facilitate that process by providing a scale
model compatible with the existing scale
model of downtown and use compatible soft- : ate° ,-
ware to allow evaluation using the program
developed by ASSIST. 4.1'4 ,j <- ''',, • 1- .<-..- • 'i 'ti .,
• Reevaluate options for strengthening ‘� _ �
P the ��� � � •; � � -� � - "
City's regional role through annexation, 4. ` .
consolidation, regional service provision or ." , � % , „'
regional finance mechanisms.Pursue initia- 1 *'
tives where immediate `` x '� k 'v • im l:opportunities may $ � °� �,xs , �- `� ' � '!°�� ' f'
exist through a broadlybased public ap- •' .
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and community leaders. ,4 <, . r,,„,,� , t
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mittee report annually to the Planning Com- 1 ►, • �.° 4,,,•,,, "1
mission and Mayor on progress in imple- '4 '
menting the downtown plan and develop- vF �►
ment strategy. The Mayor should issue an � �
annual report or address to the people of Salt •
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Lake on the progress that has been made. '�• r i
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CHARLES M. DAVIS, FAIA JAMES E. BOCK ALAN J. FUJIMORI
James Bock is a general partner and founder of Alan Fujimori is a senior associate in the firm of
58 Chairman Salt Lake R/UDAT James E.Bock&Associates,located in Houston, Sasaki Associates,Inc.,a landscape architecture
Charles Davis is principal and president of Esh- Texas.Mr.Bock has over 15 years of practical, and planning firm located in Dallas,Texas.As a
erick Homsey Dodge and Davis,an architectural hands-on experience with,and analytical exami- landscape architect and Urban designer, Mr.
firm located in San Francisco, California. Mr. nation of, real estate investment and develop- Fujimori has been involved in land planning,
Davis' work includes award-winning urban ment projects. He has organized, directed and campus planning, urban design and site design
design projects,including the rehabilitation and participated in a wide variety of finance, con- projects.He was the master plannerforthe Stone-
restoration of three buildings on the Quad at struction,public policy, land planning, market- henge project in Westford,Massachusetts,Som-
Stanford University and the marine aquarium in ing and computer application tasks for corporate, erset Square in Glastonbury, Connecticut,three
Monterey, California. He has taught at the Uni- governmental and individual clients. campuses for the University of Lowell, Massa-
versity of California at Berkeley. chusetts and the winning competition entry for
Prior to Mr. Bock's organization of James E. the new Emerson College site in the city of Law-
Mr. Davis had chaired R/UDAT teams in Sara- Bock & Associates, he was Project Manager, rence,Massachusetts.He is currently involved in
sota, Florida; Lynn, Massachusetts and Boise, Manager of Conceptual Development and Re- the urban design of the town plan for Windward
Idaho. search Director of Commercial & Industrial Town Center,Alpharetta,Georgia,and the town
Development for Sugarland Properties, part of square design for the city of Allen,Texas.
the Big Buildings Group and Corporate Market-
ing Strategy team for office leasing and competi-
tive product analysis for Gerald D. Hines Inter-
ests,Houston,Texas.
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TERRY STEPHENS, AIA NORMAN A. ABBOTT, AICP DAVID D. MARKLEY
Terry Stephens is a principal and founder of Norman Abbott is the City Planning Director for David Markley is founder and principal engineer
Stephens&Mitchell,Architects,an architectural the City of Portland,Oregon.He directs a staff of of Transportation Solutions, Inc., located in 59
firm specializing in architectural illustration lo- 58 planning professionals who provide land use Redmond, Washington.
cated in San Francisco, California. planning, housing and urban design, historic
preservation, and planning/zoning ordinance Mr.Markley has had full technical and adminis-
Since receiving a Bachelor of Architecture from administration for the City of Portland. trative responsibility for a variety of traffic engi-
the University of California at Berkeley in 1964, neering and transportation planning projects.His
Mr.Stephens'experience has included architec- Mr. Abbott was previously the Director of the practical approach is particularly well suited to
tural design and masterplanning projects through- Division of Community Development and Plan- detailed analysis and evaluation of applied traf-
out the country. He has been a lecturer for the ring for the city of Fort Wayne,Indiana. fic engineering problems and short-range trans-
University of California at San Francisco and at portation planning issues. An important part of
Berkeley and California College of Arts and He was recently a co-recipient of the American this work involves the bringing together of
Crafts, San Francisco. Planning Association's National Planning Award community groups,private developers and pub-
for chapter improvement in May, 1988,and has lic agencies to find realistic resolutions to contro-
Mr. Stephens' first R/UDAT experience was as authored and coauthored numerous publications versial issues.
a team member in 1983 in Sarasota,Florida. dealing with planning issues and case study re-
search analysis. Mr. Markley has served as an instructor at Se-
attle University, the University of Washington,
Mr. Abbott received a Bachelor of Arts degree and Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo.
from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota
and a master's degree in City and Regional
Planning from Southern Illinois University.
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THOMAS A. GOUGEON PHILIP T. HENDERSON
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ThomasGougeonistheAdministrativeAssistant AICP \ t,`
to the Mayor,City and County of Denver,Den- \ \\�.� \
60 ver,Colorado.He is presentlyresponsible forco- Philip Henderson is a principal and founder of N\•` `�S"�c
Po � ' '�i; • yyam�, ' `'
ordinating all city activities with respect to the the Henderson Planning Group, a planning, ur- ' �,�� \>.;:''`;t ; �
planning and development of a new international ban design and development consulting firm ��: :;.:. • , �` � �i
aiiport located in Cambridge,Massachusetts. `
Much of Mr. Henderson's 25years of ex ri- \ p -?,.•;,
Mr. Gougeon has a B.A. in Economics and Pe \� \
Political Science from the University of Denver ence,both in public service and as a consultant,
and a master's in Cityand Regional Planningand expediting complexprojects ��\��.� ,N
has involved ex ditin ro ects through ��. \ �--
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Public Policy from Harvard. the development process. :1,��� s. �\� �\
As Administrative Assistant to the Mayor, City As Chief of Project Design for the Boston Rede- !` '\� \
velopment Authority, Mr. Henderson directed /� � � � �
and County of Denver,Mr.Gougeon's responsi- P I\� e�3
the work of the Regional Core PlanningGroup, `, t"
bilities include development of policy in a vari- g \� �, `a
ety of areas, including economic development, which prepared a new plan for Boston's entire \:
bud et and finance,water,housingand core area. 4
planning, g
community development,air quality and hazard-
ous waste.He was also responsible for the city's This is Mr. Henderson's first experience with a �----
lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C., and was R/UDAT study. :
the Congressional liaison.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Daniel L. Berman Holiday Payless Car Rental
Best Buy Rental Lee Kapaloski
The Salt Lake R/UDAT Stud was supported byBorge Andersen&Associates Key Bank of Utah
cash and in-kind contributions from the follow- Nancy Boskoff Ranch Kimball/RKI
ing businesses and individuals: Boyd's Coffee Company KKBNA
Ann Marie Boyden La Parisienne
Major Contributors David Bradshaw Millford Managers
Ma 0 or more) Brigham Street Inn David Milne, AIA
Brixen& Christopher Architects Monson Engineering
Alphagraphics R. Buhecker Mountain Fuel Supply
Bailey-Montague & Assoc. Cafe Pierpont Nino's Restaurant
Central Business Improvement District Capital City Bank Northern Chapter/AIA
Davis Printing Company Coca Cola, Inc. Hank Ombach
Delta Airlines Coldwell Banker John E.Pace &Associates
Deseret News Publishing Company Commerce Properties, Inc. Paragon Press
First Security Bank Continental Bank RaNita Parrish
First ngham& Associates Cooper Carlson Duy Ritchie, Inc. Parsons Brinkerhoff Quade&Douglas
Gastronomy,Inc. Deseret Book Pioneer Bank
Kimball Duffin Presto Print 63
J.D.Research (Bonneville Group)
Little America Eastman Kodak Richard Prows
Mountain States Bindery Exchange Club Quik Print
M uel's Photo Blue Fairchild Communications Jonathan Ramras
FFKR Architects-Planners Brad Remington
Salt Lake City Corporation Fidelity Investments David Richardson, AIA
Salt Lake ca City Department of Development First Interstate Bank Myron Richardson, AIA
ServiSalt Lake City Redevelopment Agency David Fitzsimmons, AIA Rio Grande Cafe
Smith+Clarkson Design Fred M. Babcock Associates Rocky Mountain Telephone Co.
The Salt Lake Tribune Giauque, Williams, Wilcox &Bendinger Salt Lake Chapter/AIA
Urban Design Coalition Gillies/Stransky/Brems Architects Salt Lake City Arts Council
Stephen Goldsmith Salt Lake County Board of Commissioners
Graduate School of Architecture, SCAN#4 (Action Network)
Contributors University of Utah Scott Turner,Photography
Grant Thornton, CPAs Service Blue
Alamo Rental Grubb&Ellis Kimble Shaw, AIA
Mike Alder Elizabeth Hallstrom Shenanigan's
Alta Club Diane Hanson Bill Smart
ASSIST,Inc. Helicopter West Smith's Foods
Ja Ball Hill Martin Properties Ron Stutz
y Kathy Hillis Sweets Candy Company
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The Boyer Company SALT LAKE R\UDAT Michael Martin
The New Yorker STEERING COMMITTEE Hill Martin Properties
Timmerman Associates/Architects
University Park Hotel Chair: Gary Birdsall
US WEST/Mountain Bell Foundation Margaretta(Qita) Woolley, AIA Mountain Fuel
Utah Chapter/ASLA Salt Lake Chapter/AIA
Utah Food& Catering Michael Carilli
Utah Heritage Foundation Co-Chairs: Nino's Restaurant
Utah Jazz David Milne, AIA
Utah Power&Light Co. Salt Lake Chapter/AIA Elizabeth Vincent
Utah Products Council Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade&Douglas
Utah Society,/AIA John Pingree
Utah Transit Authority Utah Transit Authority Jennifer Stevens
VanCott Bagley Cornwall &McCarthy Project 2000
Elizabeth Vincent John Williams
Viva La Pasta Central Business Improvement District Douglas Rhodes
Wallace Associates Salt Lake City Area Chamber of Commerce
Wasatch Front Regional Council Treasurer:
64 Watkiss&Campbell Larry Worrell Nancy Boskoff
Kevin Watts Architects Grant Thornton, CPAs SLC Arts Council
West High School
Western Savings&Loan of Phoenix Coordinator: Rawlins Young
Greg Williams Elizabeth Hallstrom Salt Lake Association of Community Councils
Qita Woolley, AIA Salt Lake Chapter/AIA
Michael Youngren Harvey Boyd
Michael Zimmerman SLC Building&Housing
Zions Securities Corporation Steering Committee Members:
Kermit Johnson Allen Johnson
Alphagraphics SLC Planning
Our special thanks for alternative office space
locations to Babcock, Pace and Associates, Roger Borgenicht Stephanie Peterson
Architects; Central Business Improvement Dis- ASSIST,Inc. SLC Community Affairs
trict; Hines Interest; Steve Crane, Architects;
and Zions Securities Corp. John Pace,AIA Tom Ellison
Central Business Improvement District SLC Planning&Zoning Commission
Reuel Ware Michael Chitwood
Nate Gallenson SLC Redevelopment Agency
Downtown Merchants Assoc.
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OUR FUTURE BY DESIGN
Tim Harpst Directors: Volunteers
SLC Transportation Dept. Michael Allegra Barbara Amundsen
Lisa Arnett Jonathan Barton
Jerold Barnes John Becker
Gene Bonella
Salt Lake County Planning Wayne Belka, AIA Susan Boskoff
David Brems, AIA Helen Christensen
John Cummins Richard Chong, AIA Chris Colovos
Salt Lake Tribune Steve Crane,AIA Richard Craven, AIA
Doug Dansie Suzy Dailey
Neal Stowe, AIA '. Ralph Evans,AIA Ralph Evans, AIA
State of Utah Div.of Facilities Don Faulkner, AIA John Fanning
Management& Construction David Fitzsimmons,AIA Joan Hainke
John Hammond, AIA David Howick
Norm Sims David Holz Jim Huber
United Assoc. of Community Councils Carl Inoway,AIA Janice Jardine
Jim Kier Terry Jarrett
Stephen Goldsmith M.Ray Kingston,AIA Ben Jones, AIA
Urban Design Coalition Christopher Nelson, AIA Cary Stevens-Jones
John O'Dowd, AIA Mark Lawrence 65
Linda Bonar Randy Park Kristin Madsen
Utah Arts Festival RaNita Parrish Monique Mauldin
Products Council Willis McNabb
Peter Atherton Robert Pett, AIA Jim McPherson
Utah Heritage Foundation Chuck Richardson,P.E. Kim McVean
Becky Sanchez Sharon McWillis
Ann Marie Boyden Cal Schneller Michael Nelson
Utah Society/AIA Kimble Shaw,AIA Kathleen Pardee
Robert Timmerman,AIA Janice Perry
Michael Stransky,AIA M.Louis Ulrich, AIA Arthur Pett, AIA
Utah Society/AIA Beth Wolfer Andrew Ramsay, AIA
Steven Reeder
Mick Crandall Denise Ross
Wasatch Front Regional Council Student Volunteers Phyllis Selin
University of Utah Stephen Smith, AIA
David Jensen Graduate School of Architecture Janice Snider
Zions Securities Corporation Wally Chan David Stanley
David Ellis Harold Trussel
David Johnson D. Vincent
Kevin Miller Madeline Walker
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Kim Weisbender YWCA of Salt Lake City
Bill Wright Salt Lake Association of Community Councils
Project 2000
Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau
Ad Hoc Advisory Committee Salt Lake City Central Business Improvement
Richard Lowe, AIA District
Chair, Ogden R/UDAT Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce
Steering Committee Downtown Retail Merchants Association
Michael Zuhl Products Council, Inc.
Salt Lake City Mayor's Office Utah Heritage Foundation
Craig Peterson Utah Arts Festival
Director Ballet West
Salt Lake City Development Services Utah Symphony
Reperatory Dance Theatre
Salt Lake Art Center
Salt Lake City R/UDAT Supporters Zions Securities Corporation
Thanks to the following organizations' early The Boyer Company
display of support,Salt Lake's R/UDAT applica- Kearns-Tribune Corporation
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Grant Thornton, CPAs
Letters of support were received from: Millford Managers ^� '
Mayor Palmer DePaulis Thompson Michie Associates r ;,) ���
Mayor's Downtown Executive Committee Congressman Wayne Owens I� �.�.
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AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
INTRODUCTION TO THE
REGIONAL/URBAN DESIGN ASSISTANCE TEAM
(R/UDAT) PROGRAM
What is a regional/urban design assistance team (R/UDAT)?
Since 1967, R/UDAT (pronounced ROO-dat) has used a grassroots approach to help create
livable communities. The program combines local resources with the expertise of a
multidisciplinary team of nationally recognized professionals who volunteer their time to
identify ways to encourage desirable change in a community. The team conducts an
intensive four-day workshop onsite. The process is fast-paced, exciting, and energizing.
This approach—which can address social, economic, political, and physical issues—offers
communities a tool that mobilizes local support and fosters new levels of cooperation. The
R/UDAT program is offered to communities as a public service of The American Institute
of Architects (AIA). The AIA is a professional association representing approximately
50,000 architects and 15,000 related professionals nationally. The R/UDAT Task Group,
made up of volunteer AIA members and others with extensive R/UDAT experience,
administers the program with assistance from professional staff.
What can R/UDAT do for your community?
Communities across the country are constantly changing. Some of the challenges they
encounter include the loss of major employers, new bypass roads, gridlock, unfocused
suburban growth, crime, loss of open space, regional conflict, unaffordable housing,
abandoned mills and industrial plants, environmental problems, vacant storefronts, and
loss of identity. A R/UDAT can help you to respond to these kinds of issues, develop a
vision for a better future for your community, and implement a strategy that will produce
results. Because the R/UDAT process is highly flexible, it is effective in communities as
small as villages and urban neighborhoods and as large as metropolitan regions.
What is the structure of the R/UDAT process?
The R/UDAT process is flexible and unique, but there are typically four parts or phases,
some of which occasionally overlap.
Phase 1: Getting Started
A local leader or citizen calls the AIA and asks for help, and the AIA sends information,
initiating a conversation between the AIA and local leaders. A steering committee
representing a variety of residents, local government, businesses, institutions, and
0 Introduction to the R/UDAT program Page 2
community groups is formed, gathers community support, and prepares an application. A
4110 representative from the R/UDAT Task Group visits the community, suggests revisions to
the application, and prepares an evaluation report for the AIA and the community. Upon
review and approval of the application, the AIA makes a formal commitment to your
community.
Phase 2: Getting Organized
A team chairperson selected by the Task Group meets with the steering committee. This
visit introduces the chairperson to the community and its concerns and sparks broader
community interest and participation in the process. Preparations begin for the team visit,
including initial steps that will facilitate the eventual implementation of an action plan.
Phase 3: Team Visit
The Task Group selects a multidisciplinary team of 6 to 10 professionals who visit the
community for four intense, productive days. After listening to the concerns and ideas of
residents, community leaders, and interested groups and viewing both the study area and
the surrounding community, the team prepares and publishes a report that is presented in
a public meeting on the last day.
Phase 4: Implementation
The community analyzes the team recommendations, identifies priorities, undertakes
immediate objectives, and prepares an action plan. Some team members return a year
later to evaluate progress so far and advise on implementation.
Why does the R/UDAT process work?
The process works because it relies on three simple principles.
Quality
Team members are highly respected, interdisciplinary professionals selected on the basis
of their experience with the specific issues facing your community. The disciplines
represented will therefore vary with each team, but might include architects, planners,
landscape architects, developers, land-use attorneys, transportation engineers, housing
specialists, preservationists, economic development specialists, urban designers, tourism
consultants, public officials, and public financing advisors. The energy and creativity that
are generated by a top-notch, multidisciplinary team of professionals working
collaboratively can produce extraordinary results.
The R/UDAT program brings more than 30 years of experience in managing this process—
experience and expertise that are available to your community throughout the process.
Objectivity
Many communities are immobilized by conflicting agendas, politics, personalities, or even
the overabundance of opportunity. The R/UDAT process ensures that all voices are given a
fair hearing and that options are weighed impartially. The lack of bias, professional stature
of the team members, and pro bono nature of the work generate community respect and
enthusiasm for the process.
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• All team members donate their time and professional services. Only their travel and living
expenses are reimbursed by the community. Members stipulate that they will not, for
three years, accept commissions for work resulting from the team's recommendations. To
further ensure objectivity, members usually do not reside in the same state as the project
community.
Because team members bring new eyes and voices to a community, they frequently have
the advantage of seeing issues with greater objectivity. No two R/UDATs are the same,
even when the issues are similar. This objectivity can yield unexpected results, but they
are always grounded in experience and considered professional opinion.
Participation
The process encourages the active participation of all sectors of the community. People
can choose to become involved in the local steering committee's activities. The team
members who will visit your community will seek the opinions and comments of the public
as well as community leaders and interested groups. Interaction with team members and
local commitment to the process in the form of financial support, in-kind services, or
volunteer time create a sense of ownership in the results and help ensure that the energy
needed to implement the community's own action plan will be maintained.
A common sentiment expressed after a RJUDAT is: "This experience really brought the
community together. People who never talked before are now working together."
How long does the process take?
The first two phases, which are critical to the overall success of the R/UDAT effort,
typically take 3 to 6 months to complete, depending on how quickly the community can
organize. Phase Three, Planning for Action, normally takes place 6 months after your
initial phone call. Phase Four, Implementation, can take as long as needed to meet local
needs and priorities, although the follow-up visit usually occurs a year after the team visit.
What are the products of the RJUDAT process?
Intangible products frequently include new:
• Objective look at the community
• Sense of purpose and direction
• Energy and commitment
• Levels of cooperation and collaboration throughout the community
• Consensus on community concerns
• Communication networks throughout the community.
Tangible products include:
• A coherent description of the community's condition and the challenges that must be
addressed; this statement, generated by the steering committee during the
application process, is frequently a community's first citizen-based self-analysis
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• A well-illustrated, professional report, published and distributed by the end of the
4111 team visit, that examines the community's concerns and aspirations and
recommends a vision for the future, specific action items, and timetables for
consideration by your community
• An action plan, developed by the steering committee working with the broader
community, that describes priorities for action, including a timetable
• A report resulting from the follow-up visit that analyzes the action plan, assesses
progress to date, and makes recommendations that will aid implementation.
How much does it cost? Who pays for it?
Costs typically range from $30,000 to $50,000, some of which may be in the form of
contributions and in-kind services solicited by the local steering committee to cover travel
and living expenses, as well as report production costs. Funding must come from a variety
of public and private sources that might include businesses, local government, nonprofits,
foundations, organizations such as the chamber of commerce, arts councils, the local AIA
chapter, and other community groups and individuals. Experience has shown that the
best way to create broad community support is to ask everyone to contribute
rather than to rely on one major funding source.
Why R/UDAT?
Since 1967, R/UDATs have helped more than 130 communities nationwide to become
more livable. They have addressed a wide variety of community issues, including urban
growth and land use, inner-city neighborhoods, downtowns, environmental issues,
waterfront development, and commercial revitalization. More than 500 professionals
representing over 30 disciplines have donated more than $3.5 million in services as
members of R/UDAT teams.
What are some results?
R/UDATs have led to communities coming up with new processes to improve their quality
of life. Some examples are new construction and development, new public agencies and
organizations, new parks and open space, political change, affordable housing,
commercial and economic revitalization, historic districts, landmark preservation, new
zoning ordinances, pedestrian systems, comprehensive plans, changes in growth patterns,
and stopping inappropriate development.
How to get more information
The AIA can provide article reprints, sample reports, and names of resource people. For
more information and to help you decide if a R/UDAT is right for your community, call the
R/UDAT program at (202) 626-7442 or email rudat@aia.org and request a guidebook.
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Main Street should become a street where pedestrians have right-of-
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made feasible by more convenient off-street parking. Widened sidewalks
would permit a variety of sidewalk activities — outdoor cafes, kiosks,
street vendors, displays, colorful awnings and canopies. Overhanging
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greenery, water fountains,canopies and awnings to protect people from the sun and
storms. Widened sidewalks would have varied textures and there would be places for
relaxation.The pedestrian would have freedom of movement in an exciting and inviting
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Covered midblock pedestrian crossings would be installed, and would be
prominently marked as pedestrian ways. With tree planting and other
sidewalk greenery, which could be commenced immediately, State Street
could become the lovely tree-lined boulevard it already is at the State
Capitol end. Block interior development would bring people to the street
via pedestrian malls leading from the interior block plazas.
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Action could begin immediately to cooperatively create interior block
plazas. In the above example, pedestrians have access to the plaza from
all four sides of the block. These pedestrian ways could be arcades and
malls lined with shops. Each store or place of business could have attrac-
tive back entrances from the plaza, which would have parking and service
below it. A second level walkway could be used, allowing development of
second level entrances and display windows. A water pool, greenery and
places to sit and relax would create in the midst of Downtown the con-
venience and pleasantness of the shopping center. .
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The need is great for a complex of public buildings for conventions, sports
events, exhibitions, concerts, ballet, opera, drama, ice shows, road shows
and other events. On the two-block site would be built a convention and ex-
hibition hall, a music hall, a performing arts theater and the Transporta-
tion Center. Experience in other cities has shown these facilities to be self
sustaining only if located Downtown within walking distance of hotels,
motels and other Downtown attractions. Freeway access from the entire
region would serve the site chosen and location here would help rehabili-
tate the rapidly deteriorating west side of the Downtown.
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An aid in attracting more visitor dollars would be the establishment of
a Visitor Center to provide information regarding attractions and ac-
commodations in Salt Lake valley, Utah and the Intermountain West. •
It is located to give close relationship to the Convention/Cultural Center,
Transportation Center, the enlarged complex of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, Downtown hotels, motels and entertainment
areas.
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An adequately-sized building to house both permanent and-traveling
art collections has long been recognized as one of the great cultural
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East Street will form a magnificent focus and will strengthen the existing
character of South Temple. Center of the structure could be opened for
gardens to tie into the historically significant grave of Brigham Young
on the hill above.
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The present growers market could become the"market place"of-the City.
Besides the present growers' market function, it could be developed into
an exciting ar s similar to the Los Angeles Farmer's Market. Here one
would find a potpourri of produce,unusual foods,trinkets,souvenirs,dis-
plays, etc., with colorful awnings and places for resting amid gay sur-
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is preparing for con-
struction of major new facilities in the block east of Temple Square.
An east-west pedestrian mall and plaza with reflecting pools will be built
midway in the block to afford a view of the Temple from First Avenue.
It is proposed that Main Street be closed to vehicular traffic between
North and South Temple streets or that an underpass be built so Temple
Square block and the one east of it can be unified. Underground parking
for 1,500 cars will be provided.
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When expansion into the block east of the City and County Building is
completed, this will be a major employment concentration and anchor
on the southeast corner of Downtown. Shuttle bus service will tie this
area closely to other parts of Downtown. Early construction plans call
for a City Library, District and City Courts Building, and Metropolitan
$all of Justice. Underground parking will be provided in the new block,
and a mall will connect the two blocks with an underpass for Second
East Street.
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Install canopied pedestrian crossings at midblocks on Main, Broadway,
and State streets with shuttle bus loading zones.
Begin shuttle bus system perhaps along South Temple, Main, Broadway,
and State Streets.
Commence tree planting on State, South Temple and Main streets.
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Install canopied pedestrian crossings and shuttle bus loading zones at
midblocks in remainder of central Downtown.
Place canopied pedestrian crossings at street intersections on Main Street.
Complete tree planting on State and South Temple and begin planting
on West Temple and Fourth South streets.
Expand shuttle bus system; add to central core and peripheral parking.
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theater), Visitor Center, & Transportation Center. Build new freeway
approach in vicinity of 1st South or North Temple.
Install canopied pedestrian crossings at midblocks in remainder of Down-
town.
Discontinue Main Street parking from South Temple to between Fourth
and Fifth South. Widen sidewalks, install storefront canopies the full
length of each block. Plant trees and shrubs, install water fountains.
Create focal point between Fourth and Fifth South and erect pylons down
to Eighth South.
Complete tree planting on West Temple and Fourth South.
Extend Third Avenue under State Street to join North Temple.
Expand shuttle bus system.
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Young grave site.
Develop Memory Grove cultural area, Construct buildings, paths and
roads; enlarge planted area.
Develop Farmer's Market area.
Construct Merchandise Mart which will include Decorative Center.
AFTER I975
The Plan should be reviewed and updated. By this time considerably
expanded areas will be devoted to commercial, financial, cultural and
religious activities. There will be well developed parking areas in the
Core and on the periphery and the shuttle bus system will be fully ex-
panded. Most central Downtown blocks will be broken by pedestrian
malls, and backdoor entrances will face internal block plazas.
Downtown will be fully oriented to the pedestrian; it will be inviting,
easy to reach and easy to circulate within. Salt Lake City will have added
lure for visitors, and the Downtown of Utah's capital city will be the
pride of every Utahn.
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Centra| BuainosaDistrict- 1022 1.858 983 455 677 657 -64.0096
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1020 1,629 1,608 1,561 1,457 1,409 -13.51%
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MEMORANDUM
To: Margaret Hunt, Community and Economic Development
Director Dave Oka, Redevelopment Agency Director
From: Rocky Anderson, Mayor
CC: City Council Members
Jay Magure, Chief of Staff
Date: March 14, 2002
Re: Suggested strategy for moving forward with downtown revitalization
With the Olympics over, our focus must now shift to accomplishing our major
objectives for the next two years. Our top three priorities, as we identified them in the
State of the City Address in January, are(1)create expanded, sustainable city-wide youth
programs, (2) develop a comprehensive regional mass transit system, and(3)revitalize
our downtown area. We must do all we can to help both the Gateway Project and the
Main Street area complement each other and succeed.
We have had major recent successes,with the appropriation of$1.2 million from
the Federal government for youth programs,the progress being made on our inter-modal
hub, and the TRAX expansion to the Medical Center. We must focus on concrete actions
to revitalize the downtown area.
After consulting with our staff, several merchants and restaurateurs, and many
creative people who want an enlivened downtown, I suggest the following four-step
action plan. Please share this general plan and direction with the City Council during
your Tuesday briefing regarding downtown. (I regret I will be out of town and unable to
attend the Council meeting on Tuesday.)
1. 1. Jumpstart a livelier street atmosphere with weekend(and,perhaps later,
weeknight) events. These could be coordinated by the City and a committee of
downtown stakeholders. Also, the Downtown Alliance could get more involved.
With our post-Olympics"Keeping the Spirit Alive" efforts, we have started the
process of enlivening the streets in the downtown area, generating more walk-in traffic
for merchants and creating an atmosphere where business and housing projects can
proliferate. We have seen a remarkable outpouring of public support for the idea, as
evidenced by many e-mails and calls to our office, the free publicity offered by several
radio stations and the two daily newspapers, and the willingness of local bands (14 this
weekend) to perform for free.
This has been intended as a bridge to a future sustained program to get people to
view the downtown area as a major, exciting gathering place. How this evolves will be
determined by merchants, restaurateurs, community activists, artists, musicians and,we
hope, the Downtown Alliance and Downtown Merchants Association.
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This is not about having a few bands on the sidewalk each week-end evening; it is
about bringing more life to the area through (among other things) (1) extended hours for
restaurants and merchants; (2)bringing dining and retail goods out onto the sidewalks;
(3) more interesting signage and window design; (4) filling Main Street spaces with
lively uses; (5) demonstrating the easy access to downtown by transit or by driving and
parking; (6)publicity about life on Main Street; (7) street life(including street artists,
musicians,performers); and(8)programming that will draw people (while not
undermining the interests of residents and businesses). This will not happen overnight; it
will take persistence—and a sustained effort. It must be allowed to build over time.
Even with miserably cold weather the first two week-ends of our quickly-improvised
efforts, Sam Weller's reported breaking even with the costs of remaining open late and
Lynette at Lynette's Birkenstocks reported having the best Saturday in February since she
opened.
Now,with some good(at least better) weather, growing experience, and the input
and work of several creative, enthusiastic, committed people,we can create successful
means of drawing more people to the downtown area.
To accomplish our long-term goals,we have convened a committee of downtown
stakeholders to transition the project to a sustained program. Over the next month, we
will be working to determine a budget, future direction, and a long-term strategy. The
eventual goal will be for the program to run with minimal resources from the city. I hope
the Downtown Alliance will be a major partner in these efforts.
2. 2. Develop a concrete action plan for downtown revitalization.
It has been 14 years since a compressive plan for downtown was created. In 1988,
Salt Lake City utilized the expert help of an interdisciplinary Regional/Urban Design
Assistance Team (R/UDAT)to create a comprehensive plan,which envisioned many
facets of our downtown that are now landmarks, such as the Delta Center and the
Gallivan Center.
We suggest a similar process of bringing together the stakeholders to determine a
precise and concrete action plan for downtown. Such a plan must include funding and
incentive considerations, discussion of street closures,planning for parking systems,
surveying current assets that are underutilized, a market analysis, and marketing strategy.
3. 3. Adopt an accelerated implementation scheme, utilizing all available city
resources.
The plan we recommend above should not be a study that gets put on a shelf. We
should treat this as a list of action points and solutions to which we can devote all
possible resources. The strategizing process could be completed quickly, perhaps in as
little as four months. During that time, we can still make the most of opportunities that
come our way, getting the action going and fitting things into the long-range plan
accordingly. Market analysis and surveying underused assets could also start
immediately.
4. 4. Immediate implementation of a downtown no-vacancy policy and moving
forward with Library Square and Pioneer Park projects, and implementation of
Thomas Consultants recommendations.
One of our major revitalization goals should be filling vacant Main Street properties
with lively uses. We should discourage non-lively uses—or incentivize lively uses. I
suggest we find another home for the police substation on Main Street. Also,we need to
determine who is going to work on bringing businesses with lively uses to Main Street.
Downtown Alliance could be a major player in this regard. We can stress to EDCU that
this is one of our priorities. Who is taking responsibility for this? I will continue to work
with prospective businesses, as I did with AlphaGraphics (which has committed to lively
use of at least one-half of its street level space in the Brooks Arcade) and Third South and
Main(the club). Please use me whenever I can help.
We should also encourage better window design along Main Street. A pedestrian
is not treated to much when(s)he walks along Main Street between 1st and 2nd South—a
bank, an empty parking lot, a police substation, a vacant post-Olympics photo shop, an
office building lobby, a large copy shop, and more empty bank space-- about the same as
several other blocks downtown. At least the windows could be inviting. The Shreveport
Regional Arts Council is presenting"Arts in the Edge,"in vacant buildings downtown,
showcasing the area's top artists. We, or the Downtown Alliance, ought to explore a
similar project.
Some members of the Council have caused incredible delay in making a decision
about Library Square. (Just as some of them have delayed acting on the street artists
ordinance, the civilian review ordinance, and the walkable community ordinance.) We
should encourage them to be more decisive and to let us move forward with getting
things done. The Library Square project,with open space on the east side,presents a
remarkable opportunity to build up the entire area and attract mixed-use development,
including significant numbers of housing units. Likewise, we should move as quickly as
possible in transforming Pioneer Park into a safe, welcoming, interesting place—perhaps
with a stage for outdoor concerts,plays, and other events and a large Olympic-legacy ice
rink/pond/fountain.
We must also keep in mind all of the reports,plans and analyses that have been
created—and conscientiously put them into effect. As part of that effort, we have
committed to the RDA Board to report to them regularly on what we are doing to
implement the Thomas Consultants study.
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March 15,2002 TM 1997 SLOG 36 USC 220506
TO: Salt Lake City Council
CC: Mayor Rocky Anderson
FR: The Downtown Alliance Board of Trustees
RE: Main Street redevelopment recommendations
Introduction
The Downtown Alliance Board of Trustees are pleased to present our thoughts and ideas
about how to invigorate and energize Main Street,the historic center of our city, state,
and region. These recommendations were approved at a meeting of the Downtown
Alliance Board of Trustees on Friday,March 15. While our area of responsibility and
interest in downtown improvements is certainly broader than Main Street(see attached
Downtown Alliance Strategic Plan), our comments in this memo are directed to the Main
Street core area.
Main Street is important to all of us downtown and in the community because it is a
symbolic barometer of how we are doing as a city. Improving the life and vitality of
Main Street is not just about the tax base generated, the retail sales numbers, or the new
businesses that we want to attract.
It is also about creating a common meeting ground at the juncture of the public and
private realm, where all our citizens and visitors can interact, congregate, and connect.
Every great city has such a place, such a street, and Main Street should be our
contribution and inspiration. -
Before offering our ideas about Main Street, let us offer some general observations about
Main Street and downtown in general. Let's remember that while we want to certainly
improve upon what we have, we have many great things happening in our downtown and
many assets to build upon. Our downtown is not dying, indeed it is growing and in some
ways thriving. Can it be better, of course it can. But the constant drumbeat of negative
comments and publicity about our downtown is not justified by the facts. Such as:
Downtown is still the employment center of Utah. More people work in the
downtown area than any other place in Utah. We should redouble our efforts to grow and
attract jobs downtown because of the many ancillary benefits, such as retail sales, dining
and entertainment use, and downtown residential living.
Downtown is a growing visitor and hospitality location. The convention center
expansions, visitors to Temple Square and other attractions, new investments in the hotel
industry, are making this part of our economy grow rapidly. The visitor market makes up
about 50%of the retail sales in some downtown locations. We should not ignore
growing this segment of the downtown market.
business vision community
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We have a growing retail market with over 750 ground floor and retail businesses.
The addition of the Gateway has increased the downtown retail offering while not
detracting from sales in the existing malls. We have a very large number of retail stores
for a market our size. While we would like more on the street level,the fact is we have
more retail opportunities than most downtowns our size.
Restaurants and nightlife are growing at a healthy clip. At last count there were
38 private clubs and over 100 restaurants in the downtown core area.
There has been a tremendous capital investment in our downtown. New freeway
access and light rail improvements have made accessibility better than ever.
A very healthy arts and cultural community is headquartered downtown. Major
performing arts organisations and cultural organizations are headquarted downtown,and
new facilities under construction or in the planning stage will attract additional patrons to
our downtown on a regular basis.
Events and festivals are growing exponentially. Just ten years ago,there were
very few festivals and events downtown. Today, especially in the warmer months,there
are major events, festivals, and concerts virtually every weekend and during many other
days of the week. The Gallivan Center has been instrumental in fostering this
development as a venue and promoter.
On Main Street itself we've seen some positive changes recently with the
purchase of the Wells Fargo Center by local investors,consolidation of Well Fargo bank
into that space, the proposed Hamilton Partners 20 story office tower,the Gateway Plaza
West office tower,the Monaco Hotel and it's popular Bambara restautant,the
renovations in the Meier&Frank Department Store, Old Navy and the Salt Lake
Community College,new restaurants like the Globe Cafe,Jitters,the Melting Pot, Third
and Main,the Trax opening,the great Olympic experience, as well as our long time
institutions such as Zions Books,Lambs,the Tribune., Standard Optical and others that
have been there for years.
So while we are talking about prescriptions for change and improvements, we don't want
to lose sight of the tremendous growth and gains we have made in the recent past.
The following Main Street recommendations are the result of not just a recent review and
comments from businesses,property owners, our Main Street Committee, and Board
members,but from our 10 years of experience and involvement in promoting,marketing,
and improving downtown.
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Downtown Alliance Main Street Recommendations
We believe that there should be three major guidelines for redevelopment efforts for
Main Street that focus our collective and individual effort.
1. Build upon our strengths. The retail activities that currently exist in the
downtown malls,the potential for changing and improving those facilities, the
Salt Palace convention center and the growth in convention delegates,the four
plus million visitors to the urban oasis of Temple Square,the new and renovated
hotels in the downtown core,the Gallivan Center's identity as a superior urban
amenity and event center,the carrying capacity of Trax, and our existing retail
community should be the seen as lynchpins in our redevelopment efforts. How
we connect, improve, and triangulate these amenities should be front and center
when we think about improving our Main Street core.
2. Utilize the recommendations of the Thomas Consultants Main Street Study
as the framework and guiding principles of Main Street redevelopment efforts.
The Downtown Alliance recommends that we participate with the RDA in a
second phase of their report to focus on leasing implementation,development
opportunities at key locations, sharpening incentive programs,and other
implementation efforts.
3. Think long-term as well by focusing on economic growth in our downtown
core, continuing the infusion of capital in our office, residential, cultural, and
transportation infrastructure, so we remain economically competitive, thereby
increasing the density in our downtown, provide more entrepreneurial and social
opportunities, and generate the active street life we desire. -
Some of the other recommendations from the Thomas Consultants study that should be
revisited and focused on are:
1. Restaurants and cafes should continue to be encouraged to have outdoor seating
and be used to stimulate pockets of activity. The City whenever possible should
relax ordinances and regulations that discourage outdoor seating.
2. Attract unique anchors, such as museums and other unique attractions, to generate
greater daytime and evening pedestrian traffic. We should look at opportunities
to focus those attractions in the Main Street corridor, and the Downtown Alliance
will help identify and work to attract those anchors.
3. Main Street should be"double-loaded"with retail type activity on both sides of
the street. The City should also reduce or eliminate retail competition from
government owned developments, like the proposed retail pad on Gallivan Plaza,
until the core is filled.
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4. According to the Thomas Consultants study,market demand for street-front retail
in the Main Street area is above and beyond that already garnered by the
Crossroads Plaza, ZCMI Center, and the Gateway, and should be the predominant
use at the ground floor. Retail uses in the study are defined to include restaurants,
clubs, and entertainment facilities. Immediate opportunities are now present with
vacancies at key corners on Main Street to transition from financial services to
retail uses,but will likely require the assistance of the City. That opportunity
should be seized now.
5. Externalize the facades and frontages of the downtown malls where possible.
While primarily the responsibly of the property owners,the City and RDA can
assist in this effort. The success and stability of the downtown malls is crucial to
the success of encouraging new retail uses in the rest of Main Street.
6. Incorporate high quality kiosks and carts on the sidewalk to fill void space and
stimulate activity. The Alliance can assist and help market that space with our
contacts with vendors and other possible users. We will also investigate the
feasibility of an arts and craft market to accommodate many of the vendors that
are not able to participate in the Farmers Market as a way of adding life to the
street and perhaps incubating some new businesses.
7. Street front retail should be mix of local and national tenants, thereby allowing a
niche for Main Street distinct from the downtown malls and Gateway.
The City should reconsider its current zoning requirement for retail on all ground
floor downtown spaces and consider focusing on certain districts.
8. The Downtown Alliance will market and promote existing downtown events, and
encourage and support major new events to locate downtown. Weekly
programming of street performers and entertainers are laudable undertakings, but
are not ones the Downtown Alliance believes are best suited to our strategic plan
and budget, although we can help in marketing them when they occur. We will
encourage other community organizations to undertake infill events,particularly
during the warmer months. The Downtown Alliance currently undertakes a
variety of marketing efforts on behalf of downtown businesses and organizations,
and we will continue to take the lead in this regard. We also sponsor and promote
several of the largest events held in downtown, and will continue to do so.
9. Develop a program for temporary, month-to-month uses of vacant space by
paying property owners for their out-of-pocket expenses, and recruit high quality
uses of the space by art organizations, and perhaps other businesses uses. Do not
allow boarding of buildings. The Downtown Alliance can help secure the tenants,the RDA can help reimburse the costs of the use of the space.
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10. Create a focal point for short-term parking, day and nighttime, in the mid point
and south end of Main Street, (between 100 South and 500 South)which is
convenient and easy to use. The City or RDA should consider leasing or
controlling some parking for short-term uses that would be inexpensive and
convenient. The Downtown Alliance will continue to try and sell the concept of a
common validation to businesses and parking lot operators and owners.
11. Provide a centralized point of information on available space, financing programs,
and tenant outreach. The Downtown Alliance can take the lead on this effort by
utilizing our new Downtown Economic Development Center on Main Street,
which will open next month.
12. Begin a public art and monument program to establish a series of staging areas
that entice visitors to explore the street. Local and state art organizations should
be encouraged to undertake this effort. Utilize the sidewalk space as an outdoor
gallery.
13. Continue existing incentive programs such as facade loans,but consider new
programs such as tax abatement,and programs to assist local and smaller retailers
during their start up years. We believe a program that will assist the intermediate
term retail user would be helpful to provide a jump-start in their initial operations.
14. Encourage more jobs to be located in the downtown core, as well as residential
units,to create more potential customers,pedestrian traffic, and street-life.
The Downtown Alliance will be working with other economic development
organization to try to increase the number of jobs downtown, which will have a
bearing on the quality of life and retail sales of Main Street.
15. Establish a framework and process for planning and implementation that all those
with a stake and a responsibility are involved, informed, respected, and
empowered. There is much to be done,and not any one person or organization
can take the complete responsibility; but a collaborative effort will surely bring
results.
Thank you for asking for the opinion of property owners, businesses, investors and others
within the Downtown Alliance,that have a long term,tangible, economic,and
community interest in the improvement and enhancement of our city.
The Downtown Alliance has a ten-year history of active involvement and promotion for
our Main Street core. We light up the street during the holidays,we kick off the holiday
season with an event,with ring in the New Year with a big bang,we were the catalyst for
the Thomas Consultants redevelopment plan, we took the lead in supporting light rail into
downtown, we organized the Main Street Trax design enhancement committee,we
secured$250,000 in funds for Main Street area businesses for construction impact, we
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manage the information kiosks, we sponsors the festivals, we market the businesses, we
help recruit the tenants, and now we're even moving to Main Street.
We are committed to making downtown Salt Lake City a superior place to live, work and
play. Thank you.
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DAVID DOBBINS . A _' ' �A P,r llYr ' RjP I))A ii.Oi
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
MAYOR
COUNCIL TRANS MITTAL
TO: Rocky Fluhart, Chief Administrative Officer Date: ebruary 28, 2002
FROM: David Dobbins /Z
RE: Quarterly Housing Report for Fiscal Year 2001-02 Second Quarter
STAFF CONTACT: LuAnn Clark, 535-6136
DOCUMENT TYPE: Written briefing
DISCUSSION: The City Council has requested quarterly housing report
from the Community and Economic Development Department. The following information
has been included in the report:
• Loans for first time homebuyers, single-family rehabilitation and multi-family
rehabilitation are reported separately -
• List of the funding sources with the dollar amount spent for the fiscal years
• Demolition permits reported by the structure and the number of units
• Boarded houses or apartments listed by district
• Housing Trust Fund Ledger
• Residential subdivision approval activity report
• Community Development Corporation quarterly report
Housing starts by council district will be provided beginning in the third quarter
451 SOUTH STATE STREET, ROOM 404, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 841 1 1
TELEPHONE: 801-535-6230 FAX: 801-535-6005
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HOUSING
QUARTERLY ACTIVITY
REPORT
October 1, 2001 —December 31, 2001
Second Quarter
The First Time Homebuyer Program, which uses the HOME, CDBG, Rental Rehab
programs and Bank partners to help families purchase their first home. At the end of the
Second quarter, seven homes are in the process of rehabilitation, and two new construction
projects are in the bid process for first time homebuyers to purchase. Twelve families were
placed in new homes in the quarter. Our closings have been delayed due to the
contractor's delays in starting rehabilitation projects. We are running continuing to run a
monthly advertisement in the newspapers to seeking additional contractors to add to our
bid list to alleviate these construction delays.
First Time Home Buyer Loans
Fiscal YTD 1"quarter
Loans Closed 14 12
Dollar Amount $1,704.160 $1,469,660
Average Per Loan $121,725.71 $122,471.67
The Housing Rehabilitation Program has completed 31 projects with 64 units this
fiscal year. The total for the fiscal year is 64 units.
Single Family Rehabilitation Projects
Fiscal YTD 2nd Quarter
Loans Closed 37 13
Dollar Amount $658,681.40 $214,200.40
Change Orders $15,996.00 $13,996.00
Average Per Loan $ 18,234.52 $16,476.95
Multi-Family Rehabilitation Projects
Fiscal YTD 2°d Quarter
Loans Closed 7 0
Dollar Amount $383,848 $0
Average Per Loan $54,835.43 $0
Number of Units 40 0
Average Per Unit $9,596.20 $0
The list below shows a percentage of total dollars spent with each funding source.
FUNDING SOURCES Fiscal YTD %OF 2nd Quarter %OF
7/01/00—12/31/01 FUNDS 10/1/01-12/31/01 FUNDS
Community Development $ 884,362.00 32% $ 498,224.00 29%
Block Grant
Rental Rehab Funds $ 263,334.00 10% $0 0%
Personal Contributions $ 98,585.00 3% $ 90,585.00 5%
Private Funding Sources $ 933,877.00 33% $ 586,639.00 34%
Home $ 558,694.00 20% $ 508,349.00 30%
River Park $ 15,044.00 0% $ 5,270.00 1%
TOTAL $ 2,762,335.00 100% $ 1,697,856.00 100%
Below is a list of our mailing outreach efforts for the first quarter.
DATE of MAILING NUMBER AREA
October 16,2001 643 North Temple to 600 North
700 West to Redwood Road
October 19,2001 372 North Temple to 600 North
700 West to Redwood Road
Total Mailed 1,015
STATUS ON CURRENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS:
Phoenix Circle Subdivision:
Size: 7 New Homes- 2 twin homes and 3 detached, single family homes
Target Population: First-Time Homebuyers
Location: 200 North and 600 West
Partners: Salt Lake City, and the Multi-Bank Pool(fmancing)
Preliminary Review with Council Member: Met with Council member Reid and
Janice Jardine on April 9, 1996. Council member supported as long as homes were
built for home ownership and approval received from Community Council.
Met with Council Member Christensen, Janice Jardine and Kristen Kamerath on
March 12, 1998 . Council Member Christensen supported project as preliminary
designed.
Community Council: Fair Park Community Council approved project on June 27,
1996.
Status: The easement issue has not been resolved.
Riverview Subdivision
Size: 7 Single-Family Homes
Target Population: Mixed Income
Location: 1000 West 700 South(former LDS church site)
Partners: Salt Lake City, LDS Church land donation, (SLC will paid for
demo/cleanup and asbestos removal)
Preliminary Review with Council Member: Met with Council member Milner
and Janice Jardine on October 3, 1996.
Community Council: preliminary subdivision plans were taken to Popular Grove
Community Council meeting for review and comments on March 26, 1997.
Community Council updated November 19, 1997.
Status: Final home is for sale as market rate housing.
Sherwood Place
Size: 6 Single-Family Homes
Target Population: Mixed Income
Location: 350 Navajo Street (former LDS Church site)
Partners: Salt Lake City, LDS Church land donation, (SLC will pay for
demo/cleanup and asbestos removal)
Preliminary Review with Council Member: Met with Council member Milner
and Janice Jardine on October 3, 1996. Council member Milner indicated support
for homeownership on the site.
Community Council: Preliminary Subdivision plans were taken to Popular Grove
Community Council for review and comments on March 26, 1997. Community
Council updated November 19, 1997.
Status: Subdivision is being reviewed by appropriate City Departments.
Building Permit Activity for Second Quarter:
October
No. of Units Permits Issued*
Single Family Dwelling 15 15
Total New Construction 15 15
Additions, Alterations and Repairs 186 153
Total Residential Construction 201 168
Demolition Permits
Single Family Dwelling 5 5
Fourteen of the single family permits issued in October were for a valuation of
$100,000 or more. Land costs are not included in the valuation amount.
November
No. of Units Permit Issued*
Single Family Dwellings 18 18
Manufactured Homes 3 3
Total New Residential Construction 21 21
Additions, Alterations and Repairs 35 123
Total Residential Construction 56 133
Demolition Permits
Single Family Dwelling 1 1
Eight of the permits issued for single family dwellings in November were issued
for $100,000 or more. Land costs are not included in valuation amount.
December
No. of Units Permits Issued*
Single Family Dwellings 15 15
Apartment 6 1
Total new residential construction 21 16
Additions, Alterations and Repairs 114 78
Total Residential Construction 135 94
Demolition Permits
Single Family Dwellings 3 3
Tri-plex 3 1
Twelve of the single family permits issued in September were for a valuation of
$100,000 or more. Please note that land costs are not included in the valuation amount.
*Permits Issued Category is the number of permits issued to a contractor or sub contractor
for plumbing, electrical, mechanical, etc. permits.
All building permit information has been provided by the Building Services and Licensing
Division.
BOARDED BUILDING ACTIVITY:
Existing Boarded Building as October 1,2001 84
Vacant/Secure Buildings as of October 1, 2001* 4
Demolition Permits (3)
Remodeled/Rehabilitated (1)
New Buildings Boarded 3
Total Boarded Buildings as of 12/31/01 83
Buildings Vacant/Secure 4
*Vacant properties where complaints or activities have required the staff to monitor but not
boarded.
BOARDED LIST BY DISTRICT
CLOSED/BOARDED HOUSES/APARTMENTS IN SALT LAKE CITY by CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT __ __
01/10/2002
District#1
Address Sidwell No. Owner _Owner's Address Boarded*__ _ Comments
344 W. 600 North 08-36-127-012 Brite Investments 140 E. Pioneer Ave. Sping 1996 no permit
Sandy, UT 84070-1031
226 N. 600 West 08-36-305-010 Robert E. Sampson _—_ 605 K Street 1995 No permit
322-3101 SLC, UT 84103-3261
554-56 N 300 W 08-36-205-005 Redevelopment Agency 451 South State St. Rm 415 Mar-98 permit expires 5/02
SLC,UT 84101
677 North 300 West 08-25-453-003 RDA Salt Lake City, 451 South State St. Rm 418 Mar-98 permit expires 5/02
C/O Danny Walz Salt Lake City, Ut 84111
1044 West 200 South 15-02-178-020 Latter Day Saints Church of Christ Mar-99 PTB Exp. 3/17/2001
P.O. Box 65644
SLC, Utah 84165
956 W. 200 South 15-02-251-023 Premier Roofing 1183 W 900 S Spring 1997
SLC, UT 84104-2043
578 N. Redwood Rd. 08-34-202-12 Alan T. Parsons 724 South 300 East Oct-99
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
527 N. 300 W. 08-36-204-028 Redevelopent Agency of 451 South State St. Rm 418 Feb-00 Permit expires 5/02
Salt Lake Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
362 N Edmonds PI 08-36-154-034 Edward &Tonya Hayes 351 East 6310 South Mar-00 Boarded 3/00 NO ptb
Salt Lake City, Utah 84107
203 North Redwood Rd 08-34-331-015 Vasilios Priskos 51 East 400 South May-99 Two Units Boarded
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
574 North 300 West 08-36-205-001 RDA of Salt Lake City 451 South State St. #418 01-Jan Boarded Commercial
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 PTB expires 5/02 ____ ____
271 West 600 North 08-36-205-010 RDA of Salt Lake City 451 South State St.#418 Boarded Single Family___
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 _01-Jan PTB expires 5/02_
176 North Duder St. 08-34-331-017 Vasilios Priskos 51 East 400 South#210 01-Mar No PTB ______._
185 North Harold St Same Parcel _ Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 01-Aug ____._.____
1898 North 2200 West 08-21-276-001 Cottonwood Airport Center LC 2855 Cottonwood parkway#5E 01_Jun __
do Cottonwood Realty Service Salt Lake City, Ut 84121 _._ _
1862 North 2200 West 08-21-276-002 Cottonwood Airport Center LC 2855 Cottonwood Parkway#5( 01-Jun _____
c/o Cottnwood Realty Service Salt Lake City, UT 84121 __
1822 North 2200 West 08-21-276-005 Cottonwood Airport Center LC 2855 Cottonwood Parkway#5( _01-Jun
c/o Cottonwood Realty Service Salt Lake City, Utah 84121
477 North Pamela Way 08-34-176-014 Victor Huizar 477 North Pamela Way OfDec Forclosure, owner MIA
CIO Gonzolo Huizar Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
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CLOSED/BOARDED HOUSES/APARTMENTS IN SALT LAKE CITY by CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT
— — 01/10/2002
__ District#2 —_
Address Bidwell No. Owner Owner's Address Boarded* Comments
632 S. Glendale St._ 15-02-383-013 Carl W. Barney, Jr. 2837 E. 100 North PRE 1986 No Permit 11/17
Layton, UT 84047
1592 S. Major St. ___ 16-18-156-010 Theron T. & Bonnie F. 40 W. 9400 South 1995 No Permit
Miller, 255-6500 Sandy, UT 84070-2635
600 W.200 South 15-01-501-002 D&RGW Railroad P. O. Box 5482 Sping 1997 r Permit expiresl2/99
Denver, CO 80217-5482
855 W. 800 South 15-11-252-007 Clifford White 1250 E. 3545 South May-97 No Permit 11/12
SLC, UT 84106-2437
442 West 300 South 15-01-179-011 Kantun, LLC 235 N. Eastcapitol Blvd Winter 1997 Permit Expires 12/99
SLC, Utah 84103
No Permit, Owner
772 W 100 S 15-02-230-009 Craig C. & Mary A. Binks 722 West 100 South Feb-99 Active Building permits
Salt Lake City, Utah 84104
1419 South Richard St. 15-13-231-014 Tibia Fusis LC 5008 S Naniloa Dr. May-99 Pre-Demo App
Salt Lake City, Utah 84117
915-17 So Jefferson St 15-12-279-004 Dwight Flickinger 1712 E Princeton Ave 06/04/1999 PTB exp 6/4/00
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
1235 W Arapahoe Dr 15-11-102-005 Garth C. &Oral M. North 1071 N. Redwood Rd. Aug-99 Vacant/Secure
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
17 South 800 West 15-02-227-004 Sundowners Motorcycle CIL P.O. Box 511062 Jun-99 Closed to Occupancy
Salt Lake City, Utah 84151 by FBI, Secured by
_ incedent response
179 West 500 South 15-01-476-001 Phillips Petrolium Co. PO Box 358 Jul-99
c/o PTR&C Borger,Texas 79008
138 East 800 South 16-07-152-016 Jason Roundy 369 East 900 South#320 Oct-98 Fire in Single Family
Salt Lake City, Ut 84111 W/rehab permits __ _
Paul &Carol Rubey 444 E. 12300 South#102 _ Illegal units in rear ___
Draper, Ut 84020 req. demo or reconversion
624 South 900 West 15-02-455-017 Ronald &Courtney 861 East 800 South Jan-00 Closed to Occ.by __
Lindsey Salt Lake City, ut 84102 health dept.
512 South 900 West 15-02-452-041 Kuldip Virk 14253 Brentwood Dr. Jul-00 Closed by Health Dept.
Salt Lake City,Ut 92392 PTB 06/26/00
15-02-452-042 Dave Bolinder PO Box 391 owns 6' of house
Midvale, Ut 84047
1380 South 900 West 15-14-202-014 Dalton, David &Georgia PO Box 27532 Jul-00 Fire, Excessive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84127 Damage, Closed to Occ. _
835 West Genesee Avf 15-11-254-007 Chase Bank of Texas 4708 Mercantile Dr. N Oct-00 Partially Boarded Rear
Agent/Linda Coleman Fort Worth,Tx 76137 Windows, listed for sale
938 South Washinton St.15-12-257-01e Pearl Toki do Sione Toki 938 South Washington St. Oct-00 Closed by Health Dept.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Owner unknown locat.
615 West 800 South 15-12-151-001 Western Dry Mix and 4000 Browns Canyon Road 01-Mar Vacant Cement Plant
Packaging Inc. Peoa, Utah 84061 Several Health Dept.
C/O Stewart Grow issues. Operating
Recycling Buisiness w/o
License. Secured w/o
boarding monitor for
transient prblms.
Arson fire 3/26/00
1380 S. W. Temple St 15-13-227-006 SNT Enterprises 1370 South West Temple St. 01-Jun
c/o Sattar N Tabriz Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Application For Demo
Conditional use
1091 South Prospect S 15-10-403-012 Greg R. &Joni K. Bailey 1384 East Vinyard Drive 01-Jun Fire Damage
1
Bountiful, Utah 84010 Boarded
1638 West Dalton Ave 15-10-401-004 Jon T Bugger 30 N 200 E 01-Jun Boarded, posted ____
Centerville, Utah 84014
1042 So West Temple 15-12-427-026 Edward J & Mary Cordova 1042 So. West Temple St. 01-Oct Boarded, owner MIA
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
922 W.400 So. 15-02-402-017 GMAC Mort. Corp. 500 Enterprise Rd. #150 01-Nov Forclosure
Horsham PA, 19044 Boarded
CLOSED/BOARDED HOUSES/APARTMENTS IN SALT LAKE CITY by CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT
01/10/2002
District#3
Address Sidwell No. Owner Owner's Address Boarded* Comments
245 1/2 W. 300 North 36-403-037-000 Gerald S. Fitzpatrick 51 Melrose St. #3b PRE 1990 No Permit
Melrose, MA 02176 Lein 11/24/98
515 N. Arctic Ct. 08-36-205-027 RDA of SLC % Jones Wa 170 South Main Street Mar-98 PTB exp 05/02
Holbrook& MCDO SLC,UT 84101
322 S 1100 E 16-05-402-026 Paul Schaaf 1140 E Harrison Ave. 01-Sep Stay Granted
Salt Lake City, Ut 84105 Going to B.O.A.
CLOSED/BOARDED HOUSES/APARTMENTS IN SALT LAKE CITY by CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT
01/10/2002
District 4
Address Sidwell No. Owner Owner's Address Boarded* Comments
455 E.Sego Ave. 16-06-326-011 Richard K.Thomas 167 W.1300 North 1992 PTB Expires
(801)773-4082 Sunset,UT 84015 26-Aug
2002
338 S.Shelmerdine 16-06-202-008 Richard B.Rogers 315 W.Hueneme Rd. Permit Expires
Camarillo,CA 93012 01/08/2002
520 S.Windsor St 16-05-101-005 Peter&Patricia Sadoski 1630 Sunset Dr Sping 1997 Permit expires
Logan,Utah 84321 12/02/02
46 S.700 East 16-05-353-007 Julie A.Imaizumi and 780 E.Northcliffe Dr. Sping 1997 Permit expires
John K.Williams-560-8957 SLC,UT 84103-3339 Jul-01
634 South 700 East 16-06-283-008 Martha Daniels 1960 South 400 East Apr-99 No Permit
C/O Janice Durham SLC, Utah 84115
558 E.300 South 16-05-154-003 Winthrop Court LC 860 East 4500 South #303 PRE 1992 Demo application
SLC,UT 84102 Hist.Approval
666 East 300 South 16-06-454-019 William Bleazard 329 S.Vincent Court PRE 1998 No Permit
359-6553 SLC UT,84102-2109
427 E.600 South 16-06-477-027 LDS Church 363-9031 50 E.North Temple St. PRE 1992 PTB Exp 1/27/02
SLC,UT 84104
573 E.600 South 16-05-353-001 Patsy V.Kuronya 788 E.Shiloh Way PRE 1990 PTB Exp 2/10/02
288-2033 Murray,UT 84107-7654
652 E.600 South 16-07-276-028 M.S.Management Assoc 367 Trolley Square PRE 1990 Exp,10/09/02
521-9877 SLC UT,84102
501 E 900 South 16-08-101-006 Rentco PO BOX 57218 Spring 1997 PTB Exp 3/01/01
Murray, UT 84157-0218
519 E 600 South 16-06-426-004 Pitts Investment Inc. 2429 E Granite Hills Dr. Aug-98 PTB Exp. 10/02/01
Sandy, UT 84092
517 E Vernier PI 16-06-426-005 MTB Enterprises Inc. 860 East 4500 South#303 Oct-98 Aplying for Demo
SLC, UT 84107 App. By Hist.
524 E Vernier PI 16-06-426-006 MTB Enterprises Inc. 860 East 4500 South#303 Oct-98 Applying for Demo
Corp. % Craig Nielsen#810 SLC, UT 84107 App by Hist.
527 E Vernier PI 16-06-427-010 MTB Enterprises Inc. 860 East 4500 South #303 Oct-98 Applying for Demo
SIC, UT 84107 App. By Hist.
528 E Vernier PI 16-06-427-011 MTB Enterprises Inc. 860 East 4500 South #303 Oct-98 Applying for Demo
SLC, UT 84102 App. By Hist.
533 E Vernier PI 16-06-426-002 MTB Enterprises Inc. 860 East 4500 South #303 Oct-981Applying for Demo
SLC, UT 84102 App. By Hist.
323-325 S 500 E 16-06-426-003 MTB Enterprises Inc. ,860 East 4500 South #303 Oct-98'Applying for Demo
SLC, UT 84102 App. By Hist.
327-329 S 500 E 16-06-427-012 MTB Enterprises Inc. 860 East 4500 South #303 Oct-98 Applying for Demo_
SLC, UT 84102 App by Hist.
538 E.Vernier PI 16-06-427-018 MTB Enterprises Inc. 860 East 4500 South #303 Oct-98 Applying for Demo
SLC, UT 84102 App by Hist.
334 S. 600 E 16-05-478-018 Winthrop Court 860 East 4500 South #303 Oct-98 Applying for Demo
SLC, UT 84102 App by Hist.
50 S 700 E Julie A. Imaizumi & 780 E. North Cliff Drive May-89 PTB Exp 7/01
John K. Williams SLC, Utah 84103-333980
326 South 600 East 16-06-427-036 Winthrop Court, LC 860 East 4500 South #303 May-99 Demo App. By Historic
SLC, UT 84102
I
1144 S Foulger St 16-07-351-001 Marina Rendon 3220 Darwin Ave. Jul-99 Vacant/Secure
Los Angeles, CA 90031
1145 S Foulger St 16-07-305-015 Marina Rendon 3220 Darwin Ave Jul-99 Vacant/Secure
Los Angeles, Ca 90031
216 South 1100 East 16-05-252-029 Yasuyo & Hirofumi Miyoshi PO BOX 1013 Feb-00 Fire Damage
Park City, Utah 84060
613-15 East 500 South 16-06-434-002 Prosperity Enterprises 1218 West 4365 S#4b Apr-00 i HAAB Appeal
do Carrie Fugett Taylorsville, Utah 84123 ;Econ. Hardship App.
346 East 600 South 16-06-457-001 Clinton Chealey PO Box 1150 Feb-00 Living in trailer in front
Grantsville, Utah 84029 yard, closed to Occ.
Seeking judgement
559 East t 800 South 16-07-231-034 Dora Gutierrez 418 N. 1400 W. Oct-00
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
464 South 600 East 16-06-432-020 East Downtown LLC 181 Stewart St. #1111 Jul-00 Vacant/Secure
Slat Lake City, Utah 98101 Econ. Hardship Hist.
632 S 700 E rear 16-05-353-014 TS1 Partnership LTD PO Box 6120 01-Aug Permit Exp 10/9/02
C/O Simon Property Tax Indianapolis In,462066
Dept.
46 S 700 E. rear 16-05-101-004 Audie Leventhal 1519 So. Devenshire Dr. 01-Sep Application for Stay
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 to correct HAAB Def.
822 So 500 E 16-07-253-029 Alzora Paros 822 So. 500 E. 01-Oct Closed to Occ.
Salt Lake City. Ut. 84102 Structural Problems
851 So. Edison St. 16-07-176-012 L. Dale Mcallister 2807 South Clearbrook Dr. 01-Nov new No response
Salt Lake City, utah 84119 from owner
CLOSED/BOARDED HOUSES/APARTMENTS IN SALT LAKE CITY by CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT
01/10/2002
District#5
Address Bidwell No. Owner Owner's Address Boarded* Comments
1856 South Edison St. 16-18-308-011 Douglas C. Bott 1863 S. State St. 1996 permit exp. 11/30/2000
486-1691 SLC, UT 84115-2075
420 E. Redondo Ave. 16-18-460-004 FirmLand Investment, Inc. 425 E. 2100 South 1990 PTB exp 3/01
SLC, UT 84115-2237
1247 S 1100 E. 16-08-477-064 Liberty Heights Properties PO Box 521494 Aug-00 Small Retail/Demo
Salt Lake City, Utah permit active
CLOSED/BOARDED HOUSES/APARTMENTS IN SALT LAKE CITY by CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT
01/10/2002
District#6
Address Sidwell No. Owner Owner's Address Boarded* Comments
CLOSED/BOARDED HOUSES/APARTMENTS IN SALT LAKE CITY by CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT
01/10/2002
District#7
Address Bidwell No. Owner Owner's Address Boarded* Comments
602 E 2100 S 16-19-232-001 Sinclair Oil Corp. PO BOX 30825 Feb-97 PERMIT EXPIRES
C/o Sinclair Oil/TXDPT SLC, UT 84130 Dec-99
HOUSING TRUST FUND LEDGER
02-2nd Q HTF(2)
HOUSING TRUST FUND LEDGER - December 31, 2001
72-17004-Federal INCOME CONTRACT EXPENSE OBJECT BALANCE DATE DESCRIPTION
ENCUMBER CODE
NHS-City Front Apts Loan 1,500,000.00 2590- 1,287,530.56 09/06/2001 Loan-155 units/60%affordable-641 W No.Temple
Benchmark Media Housing Loan-RDA 750,000.00 RDA loan transferred to HTF
Wendell LLC 26678-Rehab Loan 11,532.95 2590 09/24/2001 Wendall Apartments 72-5-01-8825 bal 20,258.86
Critchlow]oan Payment 50.00 013708 1,287,580.56 10/05/2001 Loan payment-Huntsman Apts.Loan
Wendell LLC 26678-Rehab Loan 20,258.86 2590 10/30/2001 Wendell Apartments 72-5-01-8825-Bal-0-
Escalante Loan 300,000.00 2590 987,580.56
_
Critchlow Loan Payment 50.00 013708 987,630.56 11/05/2001 Loan payment-Huntsman Apts.Loan
Benchmark Media Loan Transfer 1,500,000.00 2,487,630.56 11/15/2001 Transfer to NHS project
Inter st on Benchmark Loan _ 2,487,630.56 11/15/2001 Interest on Benchmark through 11/15
Critchlow Loan Payment 50.00 013708 2,487,680.56 12/06/2001 Loan payment-Huntsman Apts.Loan
UNHC-Escalante Apts. 300,000.00 2590 2,187,680.56 12/31/2001 Loan for Escalante Apts.
P.1
PLANNING DIVISION
RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION
APPROVALS AND ACTIVITY REPORT
QUARTERLY HOUSING REPORT- SUBDIVISION/CONDO
RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION APPROVALS ACTIVITY REPORT,
OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2001
Number of Lots
Date Project Name Address Final Preliminary Type
Preliminary
Plats* 10/30/01Pioneer Square 1930 South Fremont Dr. 2* Non.Res.
Industrial Park Plat C
10/30/01Laurel Hurst Minor 2010-2016 S.2500 E. 2* Res.
11/27/01Madison Phase 2 Amd. 1130-1220 S. &Redwood Rd-Mont. St. 10 Res.
Glendale Gardens Amd.
11/27/01Albert Place Amd. 943-951 S.900 W. 4* Res.
11/27/01 Lewis Brothers Minor 60 West 500 South 1* Non Res.
12/10/01Moffit Minor 760-812 S.Redwood Rd. 3* Non Res.
12/10/01Rob Long Minor 648-650 East Ely Place 2* Res.
Minor Subdivisions
Notice-Final 10/01/01 Burdette Flag Lot 1750 E. 1700 S. 2 Res.
11/15/01 Laurel Hurst Minor 2010-2016 S.2500 E. 2 Res.
11/15/01Kurz Minor 1025-1029 E.Kensington Ave 2 Res.
Subdivisions Final 10/01/01Zions Security Corp. 351 N. 6070 W. 1 Non.Res.
Plats Bonneville Center Plat B-1
10/29/01 Hodges Land Sub. 400 N. 600 W. 19 Res.
10/30/01 Vista Industrial 700 S. Gladiola and Fulton 2 Non.Res.
Amended Final
Plats 10/17/01Shaun Mitchele 895 N. 1300 W. 2 Res.
Amd.Cone&Roberts Sub.
10/30/01 Pioneer Square Ind. 2250-2534 west Bridger Rd. 3 Non.Res.
Amd.
Quarter Total
31 24
*These projects will appear again on a future Quarterly Report,for a final plat approval of some kind. Do not add these numbers to the approved subdivision lot
totals.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Quarterly report
1111,
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
OF UTAH MEMO
January 31, 2002
TO: Karen Wiley
FROM: Bruce Quint -;
SUBJECT: CDBG & HOME Quarterly Report - 2ND Quarter 2001/2002
Enclosed please find our quarterly reports for our HOME and CDBG City
grants.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
501 EAST 1700 SOUTH•SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84105•(801)994-7222• FAX (801)994-7220•E-MAIL:slcdc@slcdc.org•TDD:(801)535-6021 1121
EOUPL HOUSiN&
OPPORTUNITY
CDC Total Activity Log '
October 2001
_ JOB TASK CITY COUNTY STATE GENERAL TOTAL_
GENERAL OPERATIONS - In House
Phone Call 46 30 37 81 194 —
Memos & Letters 16 11 1 39 67 -
Mail/ E-mail 8 6 5 84 103 _
Board Activities 84 84
Meeting/Planning 30 20 9 46 105
_ Outreach/Marketing 41 41
Training/Seminars 5 5 _
Fundraising/Grant Applications 5 13 10 28
Financial 5 5 18 28
_ Reports 10 6 2 22 40
—Warehouse
14 14
Warehouse 62 62
Office Building 4 4 r_
Newsletter 16 16
REFERRAL & EDUCATION - Outreach
_ Phone Call/Walk-in 3 2 2 7
Meeting/Appointment 4 3 7
Outreach/Presentation/Workshop 0
Technical Assistance to Agencies 3 2 5
NHO-CONSTRUCTION 0
Phone Calls 3 8 11
Pre-Development 41 29 5 75 -
Closings-Purchase 1 2 3 -
Development 45 62 18 125
Closings-Sale 9 7 16
Post-Development 2 2 4 -
_ Rehab Program/Lead Based Paint 6 4 10
Inner City Project 1 2 3
NHO-HOMEBUYERS -
_ Phone Calls 2 3 3 8
Marketing/Sales 15 3 18 3 39
Research 0
Application Processing 23 7 11 41 _
Counseling/One-on-One 4 1 5 _
Loan Committee 0
Doc Prep-Loans 0
_ File Management 1 4 5 6 16 -
Long Term Follow-up 4 3 6 13
Repair-Call Backs 0
Section 8 3 1 4
DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE 0
Phone Calls 73 84 9 166 _
Application Processing 31 32 63
Drive-by/Inspection 0 _
Doc Prep 43 39 5 87
File Management 60 66 126
Long Term Follow-up 15 15 14 44 _
Payoff Request 12 20 - 7 39 _
Subordination 24 23 17 64
Reconveyance 2 2 4 _
Taylorsville 36 36
TOTAL 539 514 158 601 1812
CDC Total Activity Log
November 2001
JOB TASK CITY COUNTY STATE GENERAL TOTAL
iDENERAL OPERATIONS - In House
Phone Call 35 -37 33 69 100
Memos & Letters 19 7 24 50
Mail/ E-mail 3 1 100 104
_ Board Activities 46 46
Meeting/Planning 26 21 12 52 111
Outreach/Marketing 29 29
Training/Seminars 8 8
Fundraising/Grant Applications 12 25 6 43
Financial 7 6 35 48
Reports 3 5 22 30
Audits/Monitoring 31 31
Warehouse 1 53 54
Office Building 8 8
0
REFERRAL& EDUCATION - Outreach
Phone Call/Walk-in 2 2
Meeting/Appointment 2 2
Outreach/Presentation/Workshop 1 1
Technical Assistance to Agencies 1 1
NHO-CONSTRUCTION 0
Phone Calls 3 3 6
Pre-Development 31 38 24 93
Closings-Purchase 2 5 7
illDevelopment 26 33 59
Closings-Sale 11 22 2 35
Post-Development 13 14 6 33
Rehab Program/Lead Based Paint 4 3 7
RMHA Millcreek 10 _ 10
NHO-HOMEBUYERS _
Phone Calls 6 4 20 30
Marketing/Sales 0
Research 0
Application Processing 9 4 6 19
Counseling/One-on-One 0
Loan Committee 0
Doc Prep-Loans 3 2 5
File Management 1 1 2
Long Term Follow-up 2 1 3
Repair-Call Backs 0
Section 8 1 5 6
DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE 0
Phone Calls 54 64 3 121
Application Processing 32 31 3 66
Drive-by/Inspection 0
Doc Prep 37 31 68
File Management 73 70 4 147
Long Term Follow-up 9 10 19
Payoff Request 13 17 6 36 -
0 Subordination 16 22 14 52
Reconveyance1 1 2 3
Taylorsville 28 28
TOTAL 450 415 112 546 1523
CDC Total Activity Log
December 2001
JOB TASK CITY COUNTY STATE GENERAL TOTAL
GENERAL OPERATIONS - In House
Phone Call 36 38 18 50 142 -
Memos & Letters 5 16 24 45
Mail/ E-mail 7 3 57 67
Board Activities 50 50
Meeting/Planning 33 29 8 47 117
Outreach/Marketing 16 16
Training/Seminars 17 17
_ Fundraising/Grant Applications 3 21 24
Financial 4 45 49
Reports 1 22 23
Audits/Monitoring 11 11
Warehouse 30 30
Office Building 5 5
0
REFERRAL & EDUCATION - Outreach
Phone Call/Walk-in 1 1 2
Meeting/Appointment 2
Outreach/Presentation/Workshop 0
Technical Assistance to Agencies 3 _ 3
NHO-CONSTRUCTION 0
Phone Calls 7 1 8
Pre-Development 75 45 9 129
Closings-Purchase 3 5 8
Development 48 57 38 143
Closings-Sale 8 4 3 15
Post-Development 6 22 28
Rehab Program/Lead Based Paint 0
RMHA Millcreek 9 13 22
NHO-HOMEBUYERS
Phone Calls 2 4 3 9
Marketing/Sales 2 10 4 2 18
Research 0
Application Processing 4 2 5 11
_ Counseling/One-on-One 0
Loan Committee 0
Doc Prep-Loans 2 2 4
File Management 1 1 3 5
Long Term Follow-up 1 4 5
Repair-Call Backs 0
Section 8 0
DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE 0
Phone Calls 50 48 1 19 118
Application Processing 24 18 _ 42
Drive-by/Inspection 0
Doc Prep 25 25 50
File Management 47 49 96
Long Term Follow-up 12 12 1 25
Payoff Request 15 15 8 38
Subordination 15 13 9 37
_ Reconveyance 3 2 _ 5
Taylorsville 22 22
TOTAL 440 407 121 471 1439
FEDERAL QUARTERLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS/STATUS REPORT
OISL(Own In Salt Lake)—DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES—2ND Quarter(2001/20021
DISTRIBUTION OF GRANT FUNDS
FUNDING AMOUNT #OF GRANTS #OF GRANTS FUNDED #OF GRANTS AVAILABLE #OF GRANTS FUNDED PERCENTAGE OF #OF GRANTS AVAILABLE _ - - -
SOURCE ALLOCATED TO BE FUNDED AS OF 7/1/01 AS OF 7/1/01 DURING 01/02 GRANT SPENT AS OF 12/31/01 . -
CDBG 00/01 $ 50,000.00 25 17 8 8 100% 0 .
HOME 00/01 $ 50,000.00 25 7 18 14 84% 4
HOME'01/02 $ 75,000.00 30 0 30 8 26% 22
80 24 56 30 26
RECAPTURED FUNDS
2000/2001 #of HOME Grants Recaptured #of CDBG Grants Recaptured& #of Grants Funded with
FUNDING QUARTER and Funds Returned to City _available for funding Recaptured CDBG funds.
1'Quarter 4 5 5
2ntl Quarter 2 2 5
3'tl Quarter
4"Quarter
TOTAL 6 7 10
TYPE OF HOMES PURCHASED WITH GRANT FUNDS
2000/2001 Single-Family Condo Townhomes TOTAL
FUNDING Detached
QUARTER
1"Quarter 10 3 3 16
2"tl Quarter 23 1 24
3'd Quarter
4'Quarter
TOTAL 33 4 3 40
AREA LOCATION OF HOMES PURCHASED WITH GRANT FUNDS
2000/2001 Central So. N.E. East Glendale Rosepark Jackson People's Northwest Poplar Onequa Emerson Sugarhouse Fairmont TOTAL
FUNDING City Central Central Downtown Freeway Grove
QUARTER .
1s'Quarter 3 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 16
2ntl Quarter 4 1 5 4 1 1 3 4 1 14.
3ftl Quarter
4'Quarter
TOTAL 7 1 6 6 2 1 6 6 3 1 1 40
During the 2ND quarter of 2001/2002 the CDC received 45(YTD—95 requests for applications from homebuyers interested in using the OISL grant to purchase homes in the Salt Lake City •
area.
NHO—CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES - 2nd Quarter(2001/2002)
Pre-development -1960 West 400 North—Signed contract to purchase home for rehab and lot for 2-3 new homes—to close prior to June,2002
-1500 South Richards(50 West)—Signed contract to purchase home for rehab and lot for new home—to close Feb.,2002
-741 East 2700 South—negotiating purchase of lot for new home
-1429 So.Richards Street—evaluating for possible rehab or demo/new construction
-1419 So.Richards Street- "
" -225 East 2700 South-inspected for purchase,rehab and/or lot split
-414 So.Fletcher—Inner City Project site
-327 E.Coatsville—inspected for purchase,rehab,resale
Planning phase -1962-64 West 400 North—1 home to be rehabbed and lot to be subdivided for 4-5 new homes
-1103&1115 E.Zenith Avenue—evaluating for rehab&lot split process begun to create individual lots
Subdivision phase -9-unit subdivision at 1512 S.900 West. Partially funded with CDBG&HOME funds. Site and utility work almost complete. Construction on first will begin soon.
Under Construction -
Projects sold -lot at 223 North 800 West—sold to private owner for new construction of innovative narrow home design.
-1082(1078)West 300 South(Demo/New Construction)—new Affordability Project home completed and sold on 12/13/01.
During the 2'd quarter of 2001/2002 the CDC processed 15(YTD-26)application requests by interested homebuyers in living within the Salt Lake City limits.
See attached Activity Log Summary sheets for the 2nd Quarter of 2001/2002.
CBD Improvements, 1984 - 2001
Project Name/Location Year Amount Funding Source
e „ „
Main Street Transit Improvements 1984 $2,900,000 Federal,RDA, SID
North Temple to 400 South
Gateway Storm Drain 1986 1,300,000 County Flood Control
on 200 South to 300 West and on 400 West
from 200 South to North Temple
-71„ e „
Artspace Walkway 1986 110,000 CDBG
Pierpont- 300 West to 400 West
CBD Sidewalk Beautification 1986 450,000 RDA, SID
200 South- 300 West to 400 West
„
Gateway Storm Drain 1987 275,000 RDA
200 South- 300 West to West Tem•le
v ea NS.
Block 57 Parking Lot& South Temple C/G 1988 92,000 GF,RDA, LDS Church
Main Street to West Temple(north side)
„, 4Akr.Weitk,
West Temple Storm Drain 1988 420,000 RDA
300 South to 500 South and
200 South to South Temple
West Temple Parking Lot on North Temple 1988 75,000 RDA
Between 200 and 300 West
„, ,r• . „ „
Pierpont Walkway 1988 450,000 RDA, SID
200 South to Pierpont Avenue
Project Name/Location Year Amount Funding Source
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Main Street Bus Bays 1988 190,000 UTA,RDA
South Temple to 400 South
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CBD Sidewalk Beautification - 9 1,300,000 SID, GF
West Temple- 100 to 400 South
200 South- West Temple to 200 West
300 South- 70 West to 200 West
Post Office Place Main Street to West Temple
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o,`4,��bi,r.,.,u:Su L3 RcaC7YS' +J:u:L�v'� 4dddi7dU7ty Rltk'2' 's� tk 4�..,,� � '.. �r�y'ry f>f�*1 t if w„ ,a.E,,.`,33t,,wt,L�r;S �` ,+v' `ifa 3 c,„.;
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State Street Storm Drain 1989 420,000 RDA
100 South to 400 South
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Main Street Storm Drain 1989 330,000 RDA
50 North to 300 South
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'`a3,ra ^u,.,, �"�` �,r22,..r..� 6k a� 'v � s." N6: .+•,''•. t' s ., : 1 850� .,;;�� �'� at„.. ' �5 ff E,t,RS i,W,
CBD Sidewalk Beautification/Li ht►n•
9 1990 ,000 RDA, SID
South Temple -Main to 300 West
300 South- West Temple to 200 West
State Street - 50 South to 400 South west side
400 South - Main Street to State Street north side
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CBD Sidewalk Beautification 1991 1,550,000 RDA, SID
State Street- South Temple to 200 South
100 South- State St. to Main Street(south side) ----
200 South - State Street to Resent north side
400 West Street Reconstruction and 1992 1,320,000 RDA, SID
Sidewalk Beautification -_--
North Temple to 200 South
i
m
Project Name/Location Year Amount Funding Source
CBD Sidewalk B autification 1993 470,000 RDA, SID
300 South-Main to 35 West(south side)
South Temple-Main to 48 East(south side) pp ---
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400 West Street Reconstruction 1993 700,000 RDA,Public Utilities
200 South to 400 South
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100 South Island Rehabilitation 1994 50,000 Zion's Securities
Main Street to State Street RR
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South Temple Island Removal 1994 40,000 GF
Main Street Intersection -�--
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Main Street Electrical Vault Rehabilitation 1995 31,000 GF
200 South to 300 South
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CBD Street Lighting & Sidewalk Beautification 1995 500,000 RDA, SID
400 West Street Lights-200 South to 400 South
200 West Street Lights -200 South to Pierpont(east side)
400 South Sidewalk Beautification- West
Temple to 175 North(north side) --
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CBD CBD Street Li.htin. 1996 300,000 RDA
300 South-Main to State (south side) ---
200 South Main to Regent(North side)
200 South-Main to West Temple(both sides)
200 South- West Temple to 200 West(south side)
200 South-200 West to 300 West(north side)
200 West- 100 South to 200 South(west side)
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Light Rail and Street/Sidewalk Reconstruction 1997 20,300,000 P.U.,RDA, GF
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CBD Sidewalk Repairs 2001 260,000 RDA
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400 West Median Island Construction 2001 125,000 RDA
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CBD Streets Asphalt Overlay 2001 1,350,000 GF
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CBD Light Pole Rehabilitation/Painting 2001 250,000 GF
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