10/03/2017 - Work Session - Announcements City Council Revised Announcements
October 3, 2017
Information Needed by Staff 5:47:56 PM
A. Sign Overlay Text Amendment: Vivint Arena and Practice Facility
On September 19, the Council adopted an ordinance that amended the Sign overlay
at the Vivint Arena block. The sign overlay district was not applied to the practice
facility located at 1432 S. 50o W. Representatives for the Jazz are still interested
pursing the practice facility sign.
The Attorney' Office is of the opinion that the applicant is still entitled to have the
part of their petition relating to the practice facility sign considered by the Council.
Even though the Planning Commission forwarded a negative recommendation, the
Council still has the final say in zoning changes. The applicant has the right to
request the Council consider the petition.
The public hearing noticing for the Arena Overlay(September 19)was very specific
to the Vivint Arena block. Therefore, the Attorney's Office recommends that a public
hearing for the practice facility sign be noticed and held at that point the Council can
consider acting on the petition.
The following timeline is proposed for the Council to consider the request for a single
on premise sign at the Jazz Practice Facility at 1427 South 50o West.
• Briefing October 17
• Set date October 17
• Public hearing November 28
• Potential Action December 5
➢ Does the Council approve of this timeline?
Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive Director, explained the proposed expedited
timeline for the sign overlay text amendment for the Vivint practice facility which
was overlooked in the original petition. She said there were two separate items which
required two separate ordinances/votes. Ms. Gust Jenson said there was a long
history of discussion about large signage that abuts highways/busy roads, she said it
would be natural for this conversation to happen in relation to the arena signage. She
said additional briefings could be added to the proposed timeline if the Council
desired.
Councilmember Rogers suggested separating the on-premise sign discussion from
the off-premise sign discussion.
No objections were raised in regards to the proposed timeline.
For Your Information
B. Golf Enterprise Fund Discussion Scheduled for January 2018
The Chair designated Council Member Charlie Luke to represent the Council on the
Administration's new Golf Task Force.
Given all the moving pieces of this issue, many of which the Administration is still
processing,the Chair and Vice Chair have decided to schedule Council discussion of the Golf
Enterprise Fund no earlier than January, 2o1.8.This will provide time for the
Administration's new Golf Task Force to meet and come up with more solid feedback. The
task force's first item will be to discuss a draft RFP/RFQ requested by the Council to
generate alternatives for the Golf Fund.Additional information may be found in an email
sent to Council Members by Allison on September 29 (attached).
Ms. Gust-Jenson said we are at that time of year where the Golf Enterprise Fund
discussion took place. She asked Council Members if they wanted to have the
discussion now(with the current Council Members) or at the beginning of the year
with the newly formulated Council. She said the recommendation from the Chair
was to wait for the newly formed Council.
Council Members agreed to wait to have the Golf conversation until January when
the new Council was in place.
From: Rowland,Allison
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2cn7 11:54 AM
To: City Council Members <City.Council.Members@slcgov.com>
Cc: City Council Staff<City.Council.Staff@slcgov.com>
Subject: Status update on Golf Fund
Hello Council Members,
With the Golf Fund discussion now scheduled for January, staff wants to be sure that you have a
clear overview of the current and future financial conditions, as well as some other pending
issues. I'm happy to respond to any questions you may have.
Best,
Allison
1. The Golf Enterprise Fund continues to experience difficulties in covering operating
expenses.
a. Projected FY18 operations deficit: -$662,895.
b. Projected FY17 operations deficit: -$863,248 (as of May 9).
c. Total operating deficit: -$1,526,143 (operations deficits are cumulative).
2. Capital backlogs continue to mount.
a. Golf CIP funds for next 17 years will be used to pay debt service for water upgrades
(the "ESCO") at Bonneville, Glendale and Rose Park Golf Courses.
b. ESCO debt service:$415,613 in FY18.This amount will rise annually, reaching
$677,000 in FY32.
c. The Administration has not yet indicated how it will pay for Glendale culinary
water, which was used again in 2017 because of the ongoing secondary water
permitting delay.
d. The Administration is currently reprioritizing other capital investment needs with
the goal of clearly separating maintenance versus investment items.
3. Net income projections suggest that another general fund subsidy will be needed in FY19,
and possibly beyond.
a. The Golf Fund's cash reserve is exhausted (Attachment 1).
b. The Administration has not indicated whether there are any plans to ultimately
repay the Council's FY18 contingent appropriation of$404,000 (or any future
subsidy)to the general fund.
4. The Administration's new Golf Task Force will draft an RFQ, and inform the Mayor's
recommendations to the Council.
a. The Council Ch/VC have agreed that the RFP for third-party management of the golf
system will instead be an RFQ.
b. The draft RFQ will be reviewed by this group before being forwarded for Council review.
c. The Chair chose Charlie as the Council's representative for this group (Attachment 2).
Attachment 1. Golf Fund Cash Reserves
Data from Administration is current as of March 31,2017
FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18
Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Projection Budget
Golf Operations
Fund 743,356 (347,437) (987,558) 320,130 60,677 (923,925) (265,999)
Golf CIP Fund 183,133 552,939 922,907 1,209,898 1,353,016 (1,315) (119,113)
926,489 205,502 (64,651) 1,530,028 1,413,693 (925,240) (385,112)
Attachment 2. SLC Golf Planning Task Force (from July transmittal)
Purpose Potential Task Force Members
•To specifically enable direct and open conversations between the • Dan Dent(Lead Task Force)
Council and the Administration regarding the future of the Golf • Lisa Shaffer(Sponsor)
Division.This will likely include review of some historical • Mayor's Office-Patrick Leary, David Litvack and/or Nate Salazar
information and definitely include detailed review of analysis of • Council Member(s)-Andrew Johnston and/or one or more or all
preliminary concepts,options,constraints and plans the Golf
Division has prepared over the last several months. • Council Staff Representative-Allison Rowland or other
• Public Utilities Representative-Jesse Stewart or other
Task Force Expected Results • Parks and Public Lands Representative-Lewis Kogan or other
•To achieve common understanding and possibly agreement of • SLC Finance Representative John Vuyk, Mary Beth Thompson and/or
Golf Divisions issues,needs,opportunities,constraints and Marina Scott
value. • Economic Development-Lara Frits or RDA Director
• External Party 1-representing the golf community in SLC trenches-
•To outline high level but specific direction and a related course(s) possibly Tom Dickerson
of action in an effort to position the Golf Division for success and
• External Party 2-representing the non-golf community in SLC-
maximum benefit to the City.
possibly Ray Wheeler
Task Force Schedule • External Party 3-representing the business community-possibly a
• Start as early as first week in July thru possibly August or female attorney(to make sure the task force is not completely male
September 2017 depending on need and progress. dominated)
•Weekly 1-2 hour meetings depending on available schedules.
Expected Task Force Member Level of Effort Required(2-4
hours per week)
•Attendance at all meetings-estimated at 8-2o hours total
• Information review and analysis outside of meetings-estimated
at 8-2o hours total
• Communications with peers,work groups and community as
applicable between meetings-estimated at 4-io hours total