05/04/2010 - Minutes PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in Regular Session on
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 7 : 00 p.m. in Room 315, City Council Chambers,
City County Building, 451 South State .
The following Council Members were present:
Carlton Christensen Stan Penfold Luke Garrott
Jill Remington Love Van Turner
The following Council Members were absent:
JT Martin Soren Simonsen
Jennifer Bruno, Deputy Council Director; Edwin Rutan, City
Attorney; David Everitt, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; and Beverly Jones,
Deputy City Recorder; were present.
Councilmember Love presided at and Councilmember Garrott conducted
the meeting.
OPENING CEREMONY
#1 . 7 : 04 : 18 PM The Council led the Pledge of Allegiance.
#2 . 7 : 04 : 40 PM Youth City Government presented the Youth State of
the City report.
Damian Choi, YouthCity Government, Employment and Teen
Coordinator; Joel Organista, Emma Waitzman, Alexandra Nelson and Molly
Pace presented the Youth State of the City report.
#3. 7 : 17 :29 PM Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember
Love seconded to approve the Salt Lake City Council minutes for April
27, 2010, which motion carried, all members present voted aye . View
Attachments
(M 10-3)
PUBLIC HEARING
#1 . RE : 7 : 18 : 00 PM Accept public comment and consider adopting an
ordinance amending the East Bench Community Master Plan Future Land Use
Map from Institutional to Low-Density Residential land uses for
property located at 1794 S . Texas Street pursuant to Petition No .
PLNPCM2009-01358, and
An ordinance amending the zoning map to rezone property located at
1794 S. Texas Street from Institutional (I) to Single-Family
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Residential R-1/7 , 000 pursuant to Petition No. PLNPCM2009-01359 . View
Attachments
The following spoke in support of the rezoning: Joseph and Paula
Sargetakis; Judi Short and Ron Price.
Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Turner seconded to
close the public hearing, which motion carried, all members present
voted aye .
Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Penfold seconded to
adopt Ordinance 30 of 2010 rezoning property located at 1794 S . Texas
Street from Institutional to Single Family-Residential and Ordinance 31
of 2010 amending the East Bench Community Master Plan Future Land Use
Map from Institutional to Low Density Residential, which motion
carried, all members present voted aye .
(P 10-10)
COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR 7 :27 : 01 PM
Councilmember Turner said the Deseret News Editorial Board
strongly favored the Mayor' s proposed budget. He said the newspaper
had complemented the Mayor for keeping core services in place and by
not raising property taxes . David Everitt, Deputy Mayor, said he would
pass the comments on to Mayor Becker.
Councilmember Christensen said he attended the Mayor' s Education
Summit. He said he was surprised at the level of engagement of
different families and individuals primarily in Councilmember Turner' s
area. He said it was a great public/private partnership in trying to
improve literacy and reading.
COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL 7 :29 : 05 PM
The following spoke in favor of keeping the funding for YouthCity
Artways : Brittany Anderson; Erin Mendenhall; Brad Slaugh; Clayton
Carr; Hillary Van Moorleghem and Leslie Ford.
Paul Heath submitted a card in favor of YouthCity Artways .
Michael Erickson spoke in opposition to the Mayor' s alcohol
proposal .
Greg Johnson, Community and Economic Development Department, said
he held one of the positions slated for elimination and asked the
Council to review the criteria of which his position and others were
selected for elimination.
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Jim Breitinger spoke on the approved plans for keeping Tanner Park
a dog off-leash area. Diane Schaufer said they had worked hard to make
Parley' s Historic Nature Park work by following the City' s standards on
creating dog parks .
Fred Cox spoke about the zoning extension on 750 North Redwood
Road.
NEW BUSINESS
#1 . RE: 7:51:40 PM Adopting an ordinance repealing Sections
18 . 16 . 080 through 18 . 16 . 260, Salt Lake City Code, relating to licensing
requirements for boiler operators and steam engineers . View
Attachments
Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Christensen seconded to
suspend the rules and adopt Ordinance 28 of 2010, which motion carried,
all members present voted aye .
(0 10-8)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
#1 . RE: 7 : 54 :25 PM Adopting a resolution extending the time period
for satisfying the conditions set forth in Ordinance 24 of 2008
(rezoning property located at 728, 732, 752 and 766 North Redwood Road
from Single-Family Residential R-1/5, 000 to Community Business (CD) ) .
View Attachments
Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Turner seconded
to defer this item to next week.
Councilmember Christensen said he had voiced concerns about the
houses in disrepair. He said the property owner was having some
economic problems .
Frank Gray, Community and Economic Development Director, said this
was the second extension for the request . He said the owner would
agree to demolition of the houses and because the houses were being
removed there was a housing mitigation fee of $37, 000 . He said the
City would place a lien on the property prohibiting a building permit
from being issued to the petitioner until he could afford to pay the
mitigation fee .
Councilmember Garrott called for the question, which motion
carried, all members present voted aye .
(P 08-8)
CONSENT AGENDA 8 : 00 : 07 PM
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Councilmember Turner moved and Councilmember Christensen seconded
to approve the Consent Agenda, which motion carried, all members voted
aye.
#1. RE: Approving the appointments of the following individuals
to serve on the Mayor' s Records Appeals Board: Mark Flores, alternate
member from the public; Brian Watts, alternate member from the public
and Sandra Stanger, alternate records committee member.
(I 10-11)
#2 . RE: Setting the date of June 1, 2010 at 7 : 00 p.m. to continue
to accept public comment and consider an ordinance adopting the Salt
Lake City Historic Preservation Plan pursuant to Petition No .
PLNPCM2009-00171 .
(T 10-3)
The meeting adjourned at 8 : 00 p.m.
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the City Council Regular Session meeting held May
4, 2010 .
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