03/21/2006 - Minutes PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
TUESDAY, MARCH 21 , 2006
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in Regular Session
on Tuesday, March 21, 2006, at 7 : 00 p.m. in Room 315, City Council
Chambers, City County Building, 451 South State .
The following Council Members were present:
Van Turner Dave Buhler Eric Jergensen
Nancy Saxton Jill Remington Love
Soren Simonsen
Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; Mayor Ross C.
"Rocky" Anderson, Ed Rutan, City Attorney; and Chris Meeker, Deputy
City Recorder were also present.
Councilmember Buhler presided at and Councilmember Saxton
conducted the meeting.
#1 . 7 : 01 : 01 PM The Council led the Pledge of Allegiance.
#2 . 7 : 01 :31 PM Adopt a resolution honoring Chief Charles F.
"Rick" Dinse of the Salt Lake City Police Department. View Attachments
Councilmember Buhler moved and Councilmember Jergensen seconded to
adopt Resolution 23 of 2006, which motion carried, all members voted
aye .
#3. 7 : 12 : 40 PM Councilmember Buhler moved and Councilmember
Simonsen seconded to approve the minutes of the Salt Lake City Council
meetings held March 7 and 14 , 2006, which motion carried, all members
voted aye . View Minutes
(M 06-3)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
#1. 7 : 14 : 54 PM RE: Accept public comment regarding an
appropriation resolution adopting the One-Year Action Plan for 32nd
year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding, Home Investment
Partnerships Program (HOME) funding, Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG)
funding, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funding,
and American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI) funding (Fiscal Year
2006-07) and approving Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between Salt
Lake City and the U. S . Department of Housing and Urban Development. See
Attachments
The following spoke regarding One-Year Action Plan for CDBG, HOME,
ESG, HOPWA and ADDI and Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between Salt
Lake City and the U. S . Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 21 , 2006
Roger Borgenicht, Assist; Darin Brush, Community Development
Corporation of Utah; Lynn Samsel, Life Care; John Haymond, Salt Lak
Neighborhood Housing; Jill VanLangeveld, 4th Avenue Stairs; Victoria
Lynos; Bad Dog Rediscovers America; Lori Sandoval, Northwest Food
Pantry; Kathryn Brussard, Catholic Community Services; Josh Pedersen,
211 Information Bank; Charlie Saba, Computers for Kids Inc. ; Barbara
Fish, English Skills Learning Center; Bonnie Peters, Family Support
Center; Stephanie Jensen, Executive Director of Donated Dental; Eric
Schmidt, Odyssey House; Uinise Langi, National Association for Pacific
Islanders; Kim Correa, People Helping People; Gail Fidjeland, Rape
Recovery Center; LeAnn Saldivar, Capital West Boys and Girls Club;
Janice Jones Schroeder, Salt Lake School District; Natalia Solache,
Refugee Program; Hallow Fadumo, Somali Community Development; Nina
Greaves, Vista worker for Somali community; Matt Minkevitch, The Road
Home; Ahmod Moor, Abdalla Wazir, and Kaharaba Sharit, Somali community;
Kristin Lambert, Utah Health and Human Rights Project; Jona N. Curry,
Valley Mental Health; Mitzy Stewart and Amy Nissar, Safe Haven; Melanie
Taylor, Wasatch Homeless Health Care; Ashley Dooley, Executive Director
of the YMCA; Amy Russel YWCA; Brady Farmer, Multi-Cultural Legal
Center; Brook Baltazar, Alliance House; Joy Maxwell, Alliance House;
Alex Gallegos, Centro Civico Center; Stephanie Mackay, Columbus
Community Center; Jacob Brace, Executive Director of Neighborhood
House; Kay Stackpole, Neighborhood House; Joel Millard, Project
Reality; Captian James Sullivan, Jeremy Holyoak, and Bruce Wycoff,
Salvation Army; Lisa Heaton, Utah Alcoholism Foundation , House of
Hope; Kenneth Robertson, Utah Independent Living Center; Debra Mair,
Director of Utah Independent Living Center; Jeff St. Romain, Volunteers
of America Detox Center; Kirk Huffaker, Utah Heritage Foundation;
Sandra Hatch, Preservation Study; Jan Ericson, Development Director of
Turn Community Service; Arthur Reilly, Case Manager for HOPWA; Jill
Riddle, Housing Authority of Salt Lake; Toni Johnson, Mark and Lynne
Maxfield, Bennion Elementary Crosswalk.
Councilmember Jergensen moved and Councilmember Simonsen seconded
to close the public hearing and refer to future Council Meetings, which
motion carried, all members voted aye . (Budget Amendment #4)
(T 06-1)
#2 . 9 : 02 : 15 PM RE : Accept public comment and consider adopting an
ordinance amending Salt Lake City Ordinance 26 of 2005 which adopted
the final budget of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Ordinance 48 of 2005
which ratified and readopted the final budget for fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2006 . (Budget Amendment #4) View
Attachment
Councilmember Buhler moved and Councilmember Jergensen seconded to
close the public hearing, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
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Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Buhler
seconded to adopt Ordinance 17 of 2006, with the following
stipulations : not approve funding for Wasatch Front Regional Council
lobbying (Item A-2) and that the Administration take funding from
existing budgets and further move that the Council authorize an
increase of 0 .25 full time employee (FTE) in the Attorney' s Office with
out a funding appropriation, with the understanding that the General
Fund portion of $3, 300 be absorbed by the Attorney' s Office and the
other two-thirds of the 0 .25 will be charged to Public Utilities and
further move that the Council authorizes the appropriation of $54 ,025
from the General Fund (fund balance) to increase Justice Court staffing
by 4 . 0 contract FTE for the purpose of hiring clerks on a contract
basis until the results of the study are available and further move
that a portable digital recording system and expansion of existing
public address system in the amount of $11,500 for neighborhood
outreach and City board meetings, which motion carried, all members
voted aye .
Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Jergensen
seconded to authorize the appropriation of $1 ,470 ,000 from the General
Fund for the final phase of the Citywide Interoperable Communication
System with the understanding that funding is replaced in fund balance
in the up-coming fiscal budget, and ask the Administration to create a
dialogue with the School District regarding potential interoperable
ability between the two entities, which motion carried, all members
voted aye .
Councilmember Buhler moved and Councilmember Christensen seconded
to adopt Item A-15, authorizing the appropriation of $4 ,000,000 from
the General Fund for the Grant Tower Railroad Realignment with the
understanding that more will be needed, which motion carried, all
members voted aye .
Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Turner seconded to
authorize the appropriation of $75,000 for the Street Lighting Analysis
which motion carried, all members voted aye .
Councilmember Jergensen moved and Councilmember Buhler seconded to
reduce the $400,000 appropriation in the Unspecified Donation budget
and leave $50,000 of funding, and request that the Administration
report to the Council on a quarterly basis regarding the status of the
donations, which motion carried, all members voted aye .
Councilmember Buhler said the staff report was unclear in that it
was not City funding but reduced the $400, 000 appropriation to a
$50, 000 authorization. He said the reporting would be of monies
collected and monies expended.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2006
Councilmember Buhler moved and Councilmember Turner seconded to
authorize and appropriation of $26,405 from the General Fund and add
1 . 0 FTE, a Ground Transportation Administrator, to the Building
Services and Licensing Division staff as detailed in the motion sheet,
which motion carried, all members voted aye .
Councilmember Jergensen moved and Councilmember Christensen
seconded to approve all the items listed as submitted by the
Administration in the staff report with the exception of those which
were already approved or disapproved, which motion carried, all members
voted aye .
(B 06-5)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
#1 . RE: Adopting a resolution expressing official intent regarding
certain capital expenditures to be reimbursed from proceeds of an
obligation to be issued by the City, and related matters . View
Attachments
Councilmember Jergensen moved and Councilmember Buhler seconded to
adopt Resolution 18 of 2006, which motion carried, all members voted
aye . (Grant Tower Railroad Realignment Project)
(Q 06-5)
#2 . 9 : 12 : 35 PM RE: Adopting resolutions for grants from
Georgia State University Grant, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing
Arts Grant, Utah Humanities Council Grant and State of Utah Department
of Health & Human Services Grant, (relating to Budget Amendment No . 4)
View Attachments
a . Authorizing Salt Lake City Corporation to accept
the Georgia State University Department of
Criminal Justice Grant.
(C 06-125)
b . Authorizing Salt Lake City Corporation to accept
the John F. Kennedy Center for performing
Arts Grant.
(C 06-126)
c . Authorizing Salt Lake City Corporation to accept
the Utah Humanities Council Grant.
(C 06-127)
d. Authorizing Salt Lake City Corporation to accept
the State of Utah Department of Health and Human
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Services Grant.
(C 06-128)
Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Turner seconded
to adopt Resolution 19 of 2006, Resolution 20 of 2006, Resolution 21 of
2006, and Resolution 22 of 2006, which motion carried, all members
voted aye .
(Q 06-5)
CONSENT AGENDA 9 : 13 : 47 PM
Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Simonsen seconded to
adopt the Consent Agenda, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
#1. RE: Approving the appointment of J. Creed Haymond to the
Historic Landmark Commission for a term extending through July 14,
2007 .
The meeting adjourned at 9 : 15 p.m.
Council Chair
Chief Deputy City Recorder
This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes for
the City Council Work Session held March 21, 2006.
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