10/03/2017 - Work Session - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3 , 2017
The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, October 3, 2017,
at 2 : 17 p.m. in Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building,
451 South State Street.
In Attendance: Council Members Erin Mendenhall, Derek Kitchen,
Stan Penfold, Charlie Luke, James Rogers, Andrew Johnston, and
Lisa Adams .
Staff in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council
Director; Jennifer Bruno, Executive Council Deputy Director;
Patrick Leary, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; Lynn Pace, Mayor' s Senior
Advisor; David Litvack, Mayor' s Deputy Chief of Staff; Rusty
Vetter, Deputy City Attorney; Tammy Hunsaker, Redevelopment Agency
Project Manager; Katherine Lewis, Senior City Attorney; Mary Beth
Thompson, Finance Director; Jacqueline Biskupski, Mayor; Danny
Walz, Redevelopment Agency Chief Operating Officer; Boyd Ferguson,
Senior City Attorney; Margret Plane, City Attorney; Doug Dansie,
Senior Planner; Wayne Mills, Planning Manager; David Gellner,
Principal Planner; Sean Murphy, Housing and Neighborhoods Project
and Policy Manager; Nick Norris, Planning Director; Anthony
Reiderer, Principal Planner; Michaela Oktay, Planning Manager;
Nick Tarbet, Council Senior Public Policy Analyst; Russell Weeks,
Council Senior Advisor; Michael Akerlow, Community and
Neighborhoods Deputy Director; Benjamin Luedtke, Council
Constituent Liaison; Melissa Jensen, Housing and Neighborhood
Development Division Director; Mike Reberg, Community and
Neighborhoods Department Director; Sandra Hollins, Homeless
Strategies & Outreach Coordinator; Makayla Hardy, Deputy City
Recorder; and Scott Crandall, Deputy City Recorder.
Others in Attendance: Rebecca Delis, Utah Property Management
Associates Project Manager.
Councilmember Penfold presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 2 : 17 p .m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1 . 2:17:51PM RECEIVE A WRITTEN BRIEFING REGARDING THE ANNUAL
HOUSING REPORT FOR 2016 . This is provided by the Administration to
keep the Council informed and up-to-date regarding the current
state of the City's Housing Program. View Attachments
Councilmember Mendenhall asked for clarification on numbers
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and discussed a potential mechanism/tool to impact the ratio of
units . She asked staff to explain how the City measured wage growth
in connection with the growing price of homes . Mr. Murphy explained
the City was on par with the National Average of wage growth and
home pricing.
Councilmember Mendenhall further discussed the importance of
wages when considering housing affordability.
#2 . 2:27:58PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING ABOUT THE CITY' S
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS (CIP) . This involves the
construction, purchase or renovation of buildings, parks, streets
or other physical structures. Generally, projects have a useful
life of five or more years and cost $50, 000 or more. View
Attachments
Benjamin Luedtke and Mike Akerlow briefed the Council with
attachments . Comments included revisions to the Mayor' s funding
recommendations, Citywide off-leash dog park improvements, Fairmont
Park recreation and lighting improvements, fully funding the Bridge
to Bachman, Foothill Open Space acquisition (no proposed funding) ,
the 9-Line Trail funding, and options for additional unspent funds .
All Council Members were in favor of having available funds
drop to the General Fund Balance .
#3 . 2:32:58PM AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION
ABOUT HOMELESS SERVICES .
Mike Akerlow, Mike Reberg, and Sandra Hollins briefed the
Council regarding homeless services . Discussion was held regarding
Project Homeless Connect and the 90+ service providers attending
the event (300 free flu vaccinations, haircuts, mental health
issues, women' s services, housing services, veteran services,
vision services, etc. ) , secured parking facility at the 5th West
median, increased dispersion of homeless constituents throughout
the City, the use of City Source to gather information, constituent
complaints regarding the City Source app, response time with
requests to the County, and current communication lines with
State/other public safety bodies .
Council Members requested the following items from Staff:
• Identify ways to capture information about how to interface
with people before they are homeless (when they are "at
risk") .
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• Follow-up regarding the dispersion of constituent complaints
to City partners with the State and/or public safety bodies
outside of the City.
• Follow up with the County Health Department regarding the
fulfillment of complaints transferred to them.
• Work with Administration/Staff to resolve problems with the
City Source app.
#4 . 4:10:49 PM RECEIVE A 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 (Salt Lake Housing
Plan) . View Attachments
Nick Tarbet, Melissa Jensen, Sean Murphy, Nick Norris, and Ben
Luedtke briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was held
regarding housing policy statements, definition clarifications for
the use of `modernize' and `flexible' , zoning changes over time,
incentivized housing, and the financial impacts of parking
requirements .
Councilmember Penfold said the Housing Plan was five to ten
years out . He said if the Council wanted more clarity/refinement
regarding the plan they should voice their concerns so Staff could
follow up.
Council Members requested the following items from Staff:
• Flag figure 1 . 1 . 3 in Objective 1 of Goal 1 and allow for the
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) conversation to determine the
language to be used in the Grow Salt Lake Plan.
• Add specifics in regards to data points to Objective 4 of
Goal 2 for high quality data.
• Add language to figure 1 . 1 . 4 in Objective 1 of Goal 1
requiring owners/operators of affordable housing projects who
had relaxed parking requirements to supply Hive Passes to
every tenant.
• Explore/define what incentives for alternative transportation
modes might look like .
• Determine how to reconcile the competing objectives of clean
air and affordability in housing.
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• Explore opportunities to create a streamlined mechanism for
testing innovative housing options . Add language reflecting
the needs assessment to housing goals . Show the utilization
of City resources/assets in the goals/objectives .
• Discussion/clarification on what parts of the Area Median
Income (AMI) would be the City' s priority.
#5 . THE COUNCIL MAY RECEIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT THE NORTHWEST
QUADRANT.
Item not held.
#6 . 5:03:10PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD
AMEND THE ZONING MAP FOR 81 LOTS NEAR 800 AND 900 SOUTH 900 WEST
TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DENSITY AND FOR SMALL, BUSINESS
NODES TO BE DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2016-00924 .
The Westside Master Plan, which the Council adopted in 2014, calls
for the creation of nodes, which are "integrated centers of
activity" and '"key types of locations for redevelopment" and
provide a focal point for change in the community. The proposed
rezoning's are from: R-1/5000 (Single-family Residential) , CB
(Community Business) , RMF-35 (Moderate Multi-Family Residential)
and RMF-45 (Moderate/High Density Multi-Family Residential) to FB-
UN1 (Form-Based Urban Neighborhood) , R-MU-35 (Residential/Mixed
Use) and R-MU-45 (Residential/Mixed Use) (Westside Master Plan
Implementation) . View Attachments
David Gellner, Nick Norris, and Nick Tarbet briefed the Council
with attachments . Discussion was held regarding existing zoning
classifications, design/building/landscape buffer requirements
within certain zoning classifications, permitted multi-family
housing in the CB zone category, Open Space (OS) zoning
requirements, public lands zoning classification, and Parks
Division ownership of nearby property.
A 4-3 Straw Poll was taken in support to change the Planning
Commission' s proposed zoning recommendation of City-owned parcels
located on the west end of Genesee and on Montague Avenue to the
Staff recommended change to Open Space (OS) . Council Members
Rogers, Penfold, Luke, and Adams in favor; Council Members
Mendenhall, Kitchen, and Johnston opposed.
Councilmember Penfold stated a public hearing would be held
October 17, 2017 with tentative action on November 21, 2017 .
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#7 . 5:22:05PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD
REZONE PROPERTIES LOCATED BETWEEN 2200 WEST AND INTERSTATE-215 (I-
215) AND BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 200 NORTH AND 2040 NORTH FROM
BUSINESS PARK (BP) TO M-L LIGHT MANUFACTURING PURSUANT TO PETITION
NO. PLNPCM2016-00788 (JEFF BECK) AND PETITION NO. PLNPCM2016-00870
(SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL) . The zoning text would be amended for the
M-1 Zoning District to require a 15-foot landscape buffer when
adjacent to an AG-2 agriculture or AG-5 Agriculture Zoning
Districts and building setbacks of one foot beyond the required 15
foot landscape buffer for every one foot of building height above
30-feet. The changes are intended to increase the economic
development potential in this area of the City. View Attachments
Nick Tarbet, Nick Norris and Wayne Mills briefed the Council
with attachments . Discussion was held regarding the potential of
unintended consequences effecting other locations in the City.
Adoption of the proposed zoning text amendment and property owner' s
request to maintain AG zoning.
Councilmember Penfold stated a public hearing would be held
October 17, 2017 with tentative action on November 21, 2017 .
#8 . 5:27:31PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD
REZONE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 1144 WEST 500 SOUTH AND 1111 WEST
ARAPAHOE FROM OS OPEN SPACE TO R-1/5000 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2016-00882 . When the City Zoning
Code was rewritten in 1995 and new zoning districts and maps were
created, these properties were inadvertently zoned Open Space
despite the presence of residential structures on the sites. This
proposal is to correct the zoning errors and zone the property for
residential use. View Attachments
Nick Tarbet, Doug Dansie and Nick Norris briefed the Council
with attachments .
Councilmember Penfold stated a public hearing would be held
October 17, 2017 with tentative action scheduled for November 21,
2017 .
#9 . 5:29:10 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
THE CITY' S ZONING REGULATIONS TO CREATE A SIGNAGE OVERLAY DISTRICT
ON THE BLOCK BOUNDED BY 200 SOUTH STREET, STATE STREET, 100 SOUTH
STREET, AND MAIN STREET PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2016-00246.
The proposal would allow for signage to support the cultural and
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commercial development on the block (Regent Street) . View
Attachments
Nick Norris, Anthony Riederer, Michaela Oktay, Rebecca Delis
and Nick Tarbet briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion
was held regarding Regent Street parking garage signs, historical
branding theme, way-finding goals for visitors, and the proposed
signage examples/sign dimensions .
Councilmember Penfold stated a public hearing would be held
October 17, 2017 with tentative action on November 21, 2017 .
#10. 5:45:10PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ABOUT A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD
REZONE AN AREA BOUNDED BY 200 SOUTH, 500 WEST, 400 SOUTH AND THE
RAILROAD LINE TO THE WEST OF SALT LAKE CITY' S CENTRAL STATION TO
G-MU GATEWAY MIXED USE PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2016-00583.
The property is currently zoned D-3 Downtown Warehouse/Residential
District and CG General Commercial District. The proposal would
facilitate the development of Station Center, a Redevelopment
Agency (RDA) project located in the same general area. View
Attachments
Anthony Riederer, Michaela Oktay and Nick Tarbet briefed the
Council with attachments . Discussion was held regarding potential
of property owner projects and split-zoning.
Councilmember Penfold stated a public hearing would be held
October 17, 2017 with tentative action on November 21, 2017 .
#11 . 5:48:00 PM 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.
See File M 17-5 for announcements .
#12 . REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
No discussion was held.
#13 . 2:47:04PM CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION,
IN KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE §52-4-205 FOR ANY ALLOWED PURPOSE .
Councilmember Luke moved and Councilmember Adams seconded to
enter into Closed Session to discuss the purchase, exchange, or
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lease of real property pursuant to Utah Code §52-4-205 (1) (d) , and
Attorney-Client matters that are privileged pursuant to Utah Code
§78B-1-137, Utah Open and Public Meetings Law. A roll call vote
was taken with Council Members, Penfold, Johnston, Luke, Kitchen,
Mendenhall, Adams, and Rogers voted aye . See File M 17-2 for Sworn
Statement.
In Attendance: Council Members Mendenhall, Penfold, Johnston,
Kitchen, Luke, Adams, and Rogers .
Others in Attendance: Margaret Plane, Boyd Ferguson, Cindy Gust-
Jenson, Benjamin Luedtke, Jennifer Bruno, Nick Tarbet, Katherine
Lewis, Mary Beth Thompson, Jackie Biskupski, Patrick Leary, Lynn
Pace, Rusty Vetter, Nick Tarbet, Russell Weeks, Danny Walz, Tammy
Hunsaker, Makayla Hardy, and Scott Crandall .
The Closed Session adjourned at 3 : 42 p.m.
The meeting adjourned at 5 : 52 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.
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held
October 3, 2017 .
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