10/10/2017 - Work Session - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2017
The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, October 10, 2017,
at 4 : 49 p.m. in Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building,
451 South State Street.
In Attendance: Council Members Stan Penfold, Erin Mendenhall,
Derek Kitchen, James Rogers, Lisa Adams and Andrew Johnston.
Absent: Councilmember Charlie Luke
Staff in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive
Director; Jennifer Bruno, Council Executive Deputy Director;
Jacqueline Biskupski, Mayor; Patrick Leary, Mayor' s Chief of
Staff; David Litvack, Mayor' s Deputy Chief of Staff; Margaret
Plane, City Attorney; Nick Tarbet, Council Office Policy Analyst;
Nick Norris, Planning Director; Benjamin Luedtke, Council Office
Policy Analyst; Melissa Jensen, Housing and Neighborhood
Development (HAND) Director; Sean Murphy, HAND Project and Policy
Manager; Tracy Tran, Principle Planner; Wayne Mills, Planning
Manager; Russell Pack, Interim Airport Executive Director; and
Makayla Hardy, Deputy City Recorder.
Others in Attendance: Patricia Comarell, Planning Consultant with
American Planning Association.
Councilmember Penfold presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 4 : 49 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1 . 5:24:20PM FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING ABOUT "GROWING SLC: A 5-YEAR
HOUSING PLAN. " The plan envisions Salt Lake City as a place where
all its residents can find housing that is safe, secure and
affordable. The plan outlines goals for creating long- term
solutions for increasing the housing supply, expanding housing
opportunities throughout the city, addressing systemic failures in
the rental market, and preserving existing units. View Attachments
Councilmember Penfold stated this was a continued briefing to
look at specific goals and objectives for the "GROWING SLC: A 5-
YEAR HOUSING PLAN" . He indicated "Goal 1" (along with the
associated objectives) had already been covered. He reminded the
Council to keep in mind this was a discussion about an ordinance
to adopt a plan.
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Ms . Comarell discussed the beginnings of the Housing Plan
Outline-of-Expectations and the evolving process . She stated this
was a working document and as changes occurred, updates would be
made to reflect the changes (as soon as possible) to help
facilitate the project moving forward. She said balancing
statements started with the two most extreme scenarios and it was
the Council' s job to determine where the "balance" between those
values lies . She said the proposal (Page 1-3 of attachment) before
the Council was not set in stone and the examples provided could
be modified or changed completely to reflect Council needs .
Nick Tarbet, Benjamin Luedtke, Melissa Jensen, and Sean
Murphy briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was held
regarding balancing tests, concise statement revision, wage
demographics, outline of expectations, wage level/job-type
classifications, resident annual income, poverty status of
household types, "missing middle" in Annual Medium Income
(AMI) /housing types, affordability based on age of homes,
subsidized housing levels, naturally occurring attrition/growth in
housing availability, property acquisition versus utilization of
existing properties, Community Land Trust, leveraging funds
through vouchers/Housing Trust Fund, housing vouchers, landlord
practices, public/private sector housing partners, eluding funding
issues (no mention of a levy) , non-compliance enforcement
mechanism, probability/potential of Federal Tax Credits to
increase funding options, advocacy at the State/Federal level (a
service component) to support people staying in their current homes
(especially at 40% Area Median Income (AMI) and below) , and
potential of Community Development Corporation (CDC) fulfilling
home ownership opportunities .
Ms . Jensen said housing was intrinsically linked to poverty
which dictated how/when/where constituents faced with poverty
spend their money.
Councilmember Adams said in her meeting with the Blue Ribbon
Commission it sounded like they wanted to build housing which was
exclusively 40 percent AMI and below. She said it would put low-
income housing in concentrated areas in the City and she believed
mixed-income opportunities were the goal of affordable housing.
Ms . Jensen said the reports would measure up at the next
meeting. She said the vision was mixed-income opportunities, not
concentrating housing in certain areas of the City. She said the
Community Land Trust was working to get Policy and Procedures in
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place (there were several parcels of land currently targeted) and
they hoped to put the first home in the Trust before the year' s
end. She said the Community Land Trust framework existed, but
needed long-term funding sources . The framework would be
established this year and they hoped to do five-to-ten homes and
from there re-evaluate the administered cost and how the City could
make it sustainable and identify a long-term funding source .
Councilmember Kitchen said there was a vacant multi-family
building in District 4 which could be a potential opportunity to
pick-up/renovate, because hotel/motel vouchers were not affordable
housing.
Ms . Jensen said one option could be a sustainable funding
source : the Community Land Trust would allow the City to purchase
land and allow agencies to provide mortgages for people who needed
housing. She said this also intersected with zoning, or building
two homes or single attached properties on Land Trust properties
which would also allow additional housing stock and home ownership.
Council Members requested the following items from Staff:
• Overlay AMI to the left of Income Range on future charts .
• Determine at what point housing units were no longer
subsidized.
• Add an advocacy objective for fighting at a State and Federal
level to fund the proposed programs .
• Add an additional objective component to look at financing
(both long and short-term financials) .
• Add an objective around revenue which needs to be clearer/more
specific.
• Consider additional language showing the City was
working/willing to work with local groups to help people get
into homes .
• Discussion with the Mayor, Administration, and Residents
regarding a potential levy.
• Add language to the ordinance exploring a levy and legislative
modifications to assess impact fees .
• Discussion regarding how many non-related people could reside
in a single home.
• Consider a buy-out program if inclusionary zoning was
considered.
• Anticipate ways to quickly evaluate appropriate inclusionary
zoning measures which were achievable.
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• Consider innovative ways to get residents into home
ownership.
• Add language to the ordinance to increase funding for
marketing and partnerships to increase affordable housing
ownership.
#2 . 4:50:01PM FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
THE CITY' S ZONING REGULATIONS FOR THE CITY' S NORTHWEST QUADRANT.
The proposal includes map amendments and zoning changes that are
intended to ensure future development and uses in the area are in
keeping with the City's goal to provide an economic engine for the
City and region, while protecting sensitive lands and wildlife
near the Great Salt Lake shore lands. Various sections of Title
21A of the Salt Lake City Code would be amended including the
following changes: View Attachments
• Create the Northwest Quadrant Overlay (Natural Area,
Development Area, and Eco-Industrial Buffer)
• Amend the M-1 (light Manufacturing) Zoning District and
Land Use Tables
• Amend the Lowland Conservancy Overlay
The Council may also receive a general update from the
Administration about the Northwest Quadrant.
Nick Tarbet, Tracy Tran, Wayne Mills, Russell Pack, and Nick
Norris briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was held
regarding the three follow-up questions from the previous Council
meeting:
Building Design
Mr. Norris said he believed best practices were included and
were regulated through the zoning ordinance . He said there was no
way to require developers to obtain design approval from a non-
city entity.
Councilmember Mendenhall said her concern was not that a
certifying body would have an official review. She said she wished
to ensure sufficient bird experts would look at orientation in the
design review process to make certain nothing was overlooked.
Councilmember Penfold said the Tracy Aviary might have ideas
around bird-friendly design and could be a potential resource .
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Mr. Pack said the Airport had the opposite bird problem. He
said the Airport was focused on bird mitigation, which included
bird capture and relocation.
Councilmember Mendenhall said since impact would not be
measured after these buildings were built, the Council/City should
be sure requirements were sufficient. She said other design
planning relied on residents to complain in order for the City to
reassess policy. She said a proposal could be funded for non-
profits or research money used for a pre/post development analysis .
Councilmember Penfold said the entire Northwest Quadrant had
potential to be a Redevelopment Agency district. He suggested it
be a consideration for funding around studies for birds, building
design, and bird impact. He said it also might be an opportunity
to fund impact studies going forward.
Councilmember Mendenhall suggested a Request-for-
Qualifications (RFQ) process in which a university might want to
take on.
Councilmember Johnston said the 9-Line Project was also
located near the Northwest Quadrant and the Council might want to
consider both areas moving forward.
Councilmember Penfold said there might also be an opportunity
in the Parks Department to see if they could explore it.
Wind Energy Production
Ms . Tran said large wind energy systems were prohibited
because feasibility was low for wind energy in the Northwest
Quadrant.
Airport Master Plan
Councilmember Penfold said the portion in question would
require rezoning for a future potential new runway. He advocated
to consider making the adjustment now.
Mr. Pack said presently the Airport was not constrained by
air space (extra runway) and he did not see it being an issue for
approximately 20 years . He said the extra runway required an
extensive amount of work including moving Interstate 80 as well as
relocating power plants in the area.
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Ms . Tran said the issue was if the Natural Area Overlay
boundary was removed there would still be a portion zoned Lowland
Conservancy Overlay District.
Follow-up determinations :
1 . Airport Master Plan - exclude properties owned by the
Airport from the natural areas and Lowland conservancy
Overlay.
2 . Wind Energy Production - remove completely.
3 . Building Design - leave the building design as is .
#3. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF
COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. The Council may give
feedback or staff direction on any item related to City Council
business, including but not limited to:
• Scheduling items
Item not held.
#4 . REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
Item not held.
#5. CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, IN
KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE §52-4-205 ANY ALLOWED PURPOSE.
Item not held.
The meeting adjourned at 6 : 48 p.m.
COUNCIL CHAIR
CITY RECORDER
This document is not intended to serve as a full transcript
as other items may have been discussed; please refer to the audio
or video for entire content.
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This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held
October 10, 2017 .
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