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10/16/2018 - Work Session - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, in Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building, 451 South State Street. In Attendance: Council Members Andrew Johnston, Chris Wharton, Derek Kitchen, Erin Mendenhall, Charlie Luke, and James Rogers . Absent: Councilmember Amy Fowler Staff in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive Director; Jennifer Bruno, Council Executive Deputy Director; David Litvack, Mayor' s Deputy Chief of Staff; Patrick Leary, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; Margaret Plane, City Attorney; Jan Aramaki, Council Policy Analyst; Benjamin Luedtke, Council Policy Analyst; Russell Weeks, Council Senior Advisor; Nick Tarbet, Senior Public Policy Analyst; Samuel Owen, Council Policy Analyst; Tracy Tran, Senior Planner; Daniel Echeverria, Senior Planner; Nick Norris, Planning Director; Casey Stewart, Senior Planner; Matthew Cassel, City Engineer; Jesse Stewart, Public Utilities Deputy Director; Mike Reberg, Community & Neighborhoods Director; Tony Millner, Housing & Neighborhood Development Project/Policy Manager; Lani Eggertsen- Goff, Housing & Neighborhood Development Deputy Director; Nole Walkingshaw, Public Services Deputy Director; Laura Briefer, Public Utilities Director; and DeeDee Robinson, Deputy City Recorder. Guests in Attendance: Joseph Hatch, American Federation of Labor (AFL) Legal Counsel; Fred Philpot, Vice President of Lewis Young Robertson & Burningham; James Alfandre, Applicant for Item #4; Jesse Dean, Central Wasatch Commission Deputy Director; and Ralph Becker, Central Wasatch Commission Director. Councilmember Mendenhall presided at and conducted the meeting. The meeting was called to order at 2 : 20 p.m. AGENDA ITEMS #1 . 2:47:09PM BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND BID REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY-FUNDED BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. The amendments would make the City's regulations consistent with applicable State agencies such as the Utah Department of Transportation and clarify requirements for bidders to certify and comply with the ordinance, including having health 18 - 1 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 insurance available for workers, and penalties or consequences for failing to meet outlined requirements. View Attachments Russell Weeks, Patrick Leary, Matthew Cassel, Jesse Stewart and Joseph Hatch briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was held regarding recognizing limitations to ordinances, collaborative efforts, and additional work from Staff to stay apprised. Councilmember Mendenhall inquired about the enforcement component/potential, and how the Council could contemplate supporting the effort . Mr. Weeks said it would allow the City more power to audit contracts/contractors . Councilmember Mendenhall inquired if Staff had contemplated affordability of the required polices to be offered. Mr. Hatch said they mimicked the State standard, where there was a requirement for providing health insurance policy for employees on State contracts . Councilmember Mendenhall inquired on how they arrived at the cost of the contracts ($1-2 million thresholds) . Mr. Hatch said there were conversations/negotiations with City attorneys to raise the standards and ensure the financial burden was not too great for smaller contracts (and not be subject to the audit/controls) . He said Labor was sympathetic to the cause, and with those amounts, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) would be covering most of the contracts that Labor would be involved in. He stressed this was a compromised ordinance. #2 . 3:06:48PM BRIEFING FROM THE CITY' S CONSULTANT WITH LEWIS YOUNG ROBERTSON & BURNINGHAM TO DISCUSS IMPACT FEE PLANNING EFFORTS. Impact fees are payments from a developer to the city that funds facilities needed to serve new demand created by the development. The Council may discuss existing usage of impact fees, how the Northwest Quadrant's Inland Port infrastructure and service needs could affect the 2016 Impact Fees Facilities Plan, as well as increasing options to spend impact fees. View Attachments Benjamin Luedtke, Mike Reberg, and Fred Philpot briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was held regarding recent Impact Fee history, service area & demand, level of service analysis, existing facilities, facilities to serve growth, financing strategy, proportionate-share analysis summary, update 18 - 2 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 on Transportation' s Impact Fee status, Impact Fees for the Northwest Quadrant (NWQ) development, and an overview of the Impact Fee Process including Impact Fee Facilities Plan (IFFP) and Impact Fee Analysis (IFA) . Councilmember Kitchen inquired if Street Impact Fees could be used for debt service (bonds) re-payment. Mr. Philpot said it would depend on what the debt service was used for, and if identified on the IFFP, Impact Fees could potentially be used to assist with re- payment. Councilmember Mendenhall inquired if the current plan was not updated, would Salt Lake City tax-payers/residents end up subsidizing new growth that would be eligible for Impact Fees . Mr. Philpot said if there were additional costs anticipated as a result of new development above and beyond what was identified in the IFFP (and the study was not updated) , there would be a drop in level of service, the improvements would not be funded, or the City would initially fund the improvements and someone else (the community as a whole) would pay for them. Councilmember Mendenhall inquired what the IFFP update status was as it related to adding projects/adjusting prices, as it existed on the plan today. Mr. Philpot said a scenario analysis was performed that included the NWQ as well as the existing IFFP, and next steps included conversations with consulting engineers, finalizing updated demand calculations/assumptions City-wide (including all Districts) , updating the buy-in equation, finalizing CIP (excluding the NWQ) , and continuing to identify growth-related components of the City' s Capital Facility Plan. #3 . 4:08:57PM BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND THE CITY' S FEE STRUCTURE FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT INCLUDE AFFORDABLE UNITS. The changes would expand impact fee exemptions. The effort supports the goals and objectives outlined in Growing SLC: A Five-Year Housing Plan from the City's Department of Community and Neighborhoods. View Attachments Lani Eggertsen-Goff, Benjamin Luedtke, Jennifer Bruno and Tony Millner briefed the Council with attachments regarding expansion goals, background (evaluating cost-prohibitive development fees) , proposed expanded Impact Fee Waiver exemptions, anticipated outcomes, expand building permit/plan review fee waivers, grant administration, processing adaptations/considerations, policy considerations, and next steps . 18 - 3 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 Discussion was held regarding incentives/waivers for developers, affordable housing, fast-tracked permitting process to decrease costs, and potential ways to fund affordable housing gaps . #4 . 5:07:03PM BRIEFING REGARDING A REQUEST AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF TITLE 21A OF THE SALT LAKE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE FB-UN2 ZONING DISTRICT. An applicant is requesting the maximum height regulations be increased for property located at the southeast corner of 900 South and Washington Street. The Planning Commission forwarded a negative recommendation to the Council. View Attachments Casey Stewart, Nick Tarbet, Nick Norris and James Alfandre briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was held regarding history of the FB-UN2 zones, Planning Commission' s negative recommendation, additional properties in the area with six stories, and proposed development of the site. Mr. Alfandre said they wanted to develop a project that was in-line with the neighborhood (ground floor commercial/retail at a transit/Trax station with amenities & residential units) . He said due to contamination, no residences were allowed at ground-level, which limited what could be developed at this site . He said this could be remedied by developing ground floor commercial with residential units above. #5 . 2:20:51PM BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF TITLE 21A OF THE SALT LAKE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO REGULATION OF INLAND PORT USES . These changes would bring City code in line with State Code requirements for an inland port. Conditional uses under the proposed zoning overlay would require an impact mitigation plan. Additionally, the Planning Division has suggested development standards for activities involving transporting, unloading, loading, transferring, or temporarily storing natural resources. View Attachments Tracy Tran, Daniel Echeverria, Nick Norris, and Nick Tarbet briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was held regarding the history of House Bill 2001 (HB2001) , jurisdictional area, previous amendments, zoning districts within the Inland Port Authority Area (IPAB) , Planning tasks, public engagement process, time-line in which to complete ordinance, what informed the proposed regulations, overlay zoning approach, key regulations/considerations, proposed change to the ordinance ("temporary storage" language) , and Planning Commission' s recommendation (one mile buffer from prison to railroad freight 18 - 4 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 terminal) . Ms . Gust-Jenson inquired if there were any differences in the approach to the application process; for example, needing any outside processes (Army Corp of Engineers, State, etc. ) completed before accepting the application. Mr. Echeverria said it would be required to obtain State/Federal permits before the City approved the permit; however, if the State or Federal government required City approval first, then the City would waive that requirement. Ms . Gust-Jenson inquired if this would constitute a barrier to developers being subject to the requirement. Mr. Norris said he did not have an answer at this time . Councilmember Mendenhall requested an update from Planning Staff. #6. 5:30:34PM BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REQUIRE COMMERCIAL ANIMAL ESTABLISHMENTS THAT SELL ANIMALS TO OBTAIN THEIR DOGS, CATS, AND RABBITS FROM AN ANIMAL SHELTER, ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCY, HUMANE SOCIETY OR A NON-PROFIT RESCUE ORGANIZATION. These restrictions are intended to reduce pet overpopulation and ensure animals sold in commercial animal establishments are treated appropriately and humanely. Within Utah, both Sandy City and Salt Lake County have passed similar restrictions governing the sale of animals at commercial animal establishments. View Attachments Jan Aramaki and Nole Walkingshaw briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was held regarding the City Attorney' s 90- day compliance allowance, enforcement, and the recent creation of Animal Service' s Advisory Board. #7 . 5:39:13 PM RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE CENTRAL WASATCH COMMISSION (CWC) ABOUT THE PROPOSED CENTRAL WASATCH NATIONAL CONSERVATION AND RECREATION AREA LEGISLATION, AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES AND SCENARIOS FOR THE WASATCH CANYONS, AND FUTURE FUNDING SCENARIOS FOR THE CWC. View Attachments Samuel Owen, Ralph Becker, Jesse Dean, and Laura Briefer briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was held regarding background of the CWC, current CWC commissioners, CWC authorities (what they were/were not) , tasks/roles of the CWC, past and forthcoming legislation, creating an environmental dash- board, establishing a stake-holder council, presenting the story map, and transportation work. #8 . 5:58:11PM INTERVIEW DIEDRE DARBY-DUFFIN PRIOR TO CONSIDERING HER APPOINTMENT TO THE UTAH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 18 - 5 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 AGENCY (UPACA) BOARD FOR A TERM ENDING OCTOBER 16, 2022 . View Attachments Councilmember Wharton said Ms . Darby-Duffin' s name was on the Consent Agenda for formal consideration. #9 . 6:10:31PM INTERVIEW ADAM WEINACKER PRIOR TO CONSIDERING HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE LIBRARY BOARD FOR A TERM ENDING JUNE 30 , 2019 . View Attachments Councilmember Wharton said Mr. Weinacker' s name was on the Consent Agenda for formal consideration. STANDING ITEMS #10 . 6:01:43 PM REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR See File M 18-5 for announcements . #11 . REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR No discussion was held. #12 . CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, IN KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE §52-4-205 FOR ANY ALLOWED PURPOSE . Item not held. The meeting adjourned at 6 : 15 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 pursuant to Utah Code §52-4-203 (2) (b) . 18 - 6 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held October 16, 2018 . dr 18 - 7