09/06/2005 - Minutes (2) PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2005
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in a Work Session on
Tuesday, September 6, 2005, at 5 : 30 p.m. in Room 326, City Council
Office, City County Building, 451 South State Street.
In Attendance : Council Members Carlton Christensen, Eric Jergensen,
Van Turner, Nancy Saxton, Jill Remington Love, and Dave Buhler.
Absent: Councilmember Dale Lambert.
Also in Attendance : Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive Director;
Rocky Fluhart, Chief Administrative Officer; Sam Guevara, Mayor' s
Chief of Staff; Ed Rutan, City Attorney; Lehua Weaver, Constituent
Liaison; Sylvia Jones, Council Research and Policy Analyst/Constituent
Liaison; Janice Jardine, Council Land Use Policy Analyst; Jan Aramaki,
Council Constituent Liaison/Research and Policy Analyst; Russell
Weeks; Council Policy Analyst, Gary Mumford Council Deputy
Director/Senior Legislative Auditor; Doug Wheelwright, Planning Land
Use and Transportation/Subdivisions; LuAnn Clark, Housing and
Neighborhood Development Director; Sherrie Collins, Special Project
Grants Monitoring Specialist; Alison McFarlane, Senior Advisor for
Economic Development; Gordon Hoskins, Chief Financial Officer; Jeff
Niermeyer, Public Utilities Deputy Director; Max Peterson, City
Engineer; John Naser, Engineering Senior Project Manager; Mary
Johnston, City Courts Director; Claudia Sundbeck, Courts Civil Section
Manager; Rick Graham, Public Services Director; Janet Wolf, Youth City
Program Director; Diana Karrenberg, Community Affairs Manager; Doug
Dansie, Community Planning/Land Use and& Transportation; Cheri Coffey,
Deputy Director for Zoning Administration and Preservation
of Urban Design; Lt. Tim Doubt, Narcotic Unit Commander; Sgt. Ryan
Atack, Narcotic Squad; Marjean Serarcy, Meth Initiative; and Chris
Meeker, Chief Deputy City Recorder.
Council Vice Chair Saxton presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 5 : 37 p.m.
#1 . 5 : 37 : 35 PM INTERVIEW RUSSELL VETTER AND JAMES SCHWIG PRIOR
TO THEIR APPOINTMENT TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. View
Attachment
Councilmember Saxton said Mr. Russell' s and Mr. Schwig' s names
would be forwarded to the Consent Agenda.
#2 . 5 : 47 : 43 PM INTERVIEW ALLEN L. ORR PRIOR TO HIS APPOINTMENT
TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE . View Attachments
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Councilmember Saxton said Mr. Orr' s name would be forwarded to
the Consent Agenda.
#3 . 5 : 56 : 55 PM INTERVIEW JEANNE ROBISON PRIOR TO HER APPOINTMENT
AS A FULL-TIME JUSTICE COURT JUDGE AND HOLLY BARRINGHAM PRIOR TO
CONSIDERATION OF HER APPOINTMENT AS A PART-TIME JUSTICE COURT JUDGE
FOR THE SALT LAKE CITY JUSTICE COURT. View Attachments
Councilmember Saxton said Ms . Robinson' s and Ms . Barringham' s
names would be forwarded to the Consent Agenda.
#4 . 6 : 10 : 58 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING BUDGET AMENDMENT NO.
1 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2005-06 . View Attachments
Sylvia Jones, Gordon Hoskins , Lt. Tim Doubt, Sgt. Ryan Atack,
Marjean Serarcy, Janet Wolf, Alison McFarland, LuAnn Clark and Rick
Graham briefed the Council with the attached handouts . Ms . Jones said
there was an addendum to the budget amendment, Item A-7, request for
funds for victims of Hurricane Katrina. She said the Chamber of
Commerce would brief the Council on September 20, 2005 regarding the
Chambers approach to Downtown construction mitigation, Item A-6 and
would be held the same night as the budget amendment public hearing.
She said Item D-6, related to the 900 South storm drain project, west
of Main Street to 900 West as opposed to the 900 East 900 South
project.
Councilmember Buhler asked Mr. Hoskins for an update regarding
fund balance . Mr. Hoskins said the 2005 fiscal year was not closed
but more funds were coming in to the City and expenditures were lower
than budgeted. He said when the fiscal year closed fund balance would
gain between 2 and 3 million dollars .
Councilmember Jergensen asked Mr. Graham and Ms . Wolf to meet
again with the Avenues Community Council regarding the use of City
funds for renovation and use of Ottinger Hall for youth activities .
Councilmember Saxton asked Council Members if they felt
guidelines needed to be in place before HUD-HOME funding was used to
pay rent for victims of Hurricane Katrina. All Council Members were
in favor of moving forward with a 60 day time period to apply to
utilize funds for six months . Councilmember Buhler asked that the
City coordinate with the State.
Councilmember Saxton asked if Council Members wanted Item D-9,
interest for Municipal Building Authority bonds, accrued in the amount
of $79, 693 to be transferred to the General Fund or to the Capital
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Improvement Program (CIP) fund. Council Members Love and Christensen
preferred to keep the funding in CIP.
Councilmember Buhler asked Ms . McFarland why the City needed to
hire an ombudsman for new construction. Ms . McFarland said many of
the projects were time consuming and going on all at once . She said a
coordinated point person was needed. Councilmember Saxton said the
Downtown Alliance was supportive of the position. She said her
concern was when plan reviews for all the projects came in. She said
the City did not have enough staff for review. All Council Members
were in favor of further analysis .
Ms . Clark said the proposal for housing victims of Hurricane
Katrina was for $100, 000 . She said approximately $30, 000 would come
from HOME funding to be moved to tenant based rental assistance. She
said approximately $70, 000 would come from a house the City was going
to purchase but could not due to an ownership problem. She said this
would be for a six month period of time . Councilmember Love said she
wanted this to be coordinated with other housing groups for placement .
Ms . Clark said the Governor had put Richard Walker in charge of the
program. All Council Members were in favor of moving the issue
forward with a 60 day time period and encouraged the Administration to
work with non-profit associations for utilization of the funds .
Councilmember Buhler said it would be 60 days to apply for funding and
the funding could be used for six months with the City coordinating
with the State .
Councilmember Christensen asked staff to look at funding for
Concession Stands at Little League ball parks, one-time arts grants
and payout obligations for pending retirees .
#5 . 8 :27 : 57 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING A REQUEST TO CREATE
TRANSIT ORIENTED ZONING DISTRICTS (TC-50 AND TC-75) AND REZONE THE 400
SOUTH COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR FROM APPROXIMATELY 200 EAST TO 925 EAST.
(PETITIONS : 400-01-48 AND 400-01-12) View Attachments
Janice Jardine, Doug Dansie and Cheri Coffey briefed the Council
with the attached handouts . Mr. Dansie said design criteria had been
incorporated into the design review process making the process
consistent with walkable communities . Ms . Jardine referred to the
Matters at Issue part of the staff report. She said the addition of
allowing Research Park zoning districts was a new item.
Councilmember Christensen said in the past mixed uses had become more
commercial than residential . He said a stipulation should be added
that a percentage of the block face be residential and a percentage
commercial . He said his fear was the area would be strip malls and
very little residential . Mr. Dansie said currently the area was
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almost 100% commercial . Councilmember Jergensen said he wanted to see
400 South be a true mixed use corridor with residential and
commercial . Councilmember Saxton asked that all new sidewalks be made
to standard widths . She said existing sidewalks were too narrow.
Councilmember Love said Councilmember Christensen would come back to
Council with ideas regarding encouraging office space and residential .
#6. 9 : 12 : 58 PM RECEIVE A REPORT FROM THE COUNCIL GROUND
TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE ABOUT UNRESOLVED GROUND TRANSPORTATION
INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDED BY CITY COUNCIL CONSULTANT RAY
MUNDY, PHD. View Attachments
Russ Weeks briefed the Council on the report with the attached
handouts . Councilmember Buhler referred to Page 5 of the handout. He
said he recommended preparing a "bridge" ordinance that would include
some or all the items outlined and prepare language signaling that it
is the City Council' s intent to move to a contract form of regulating
the taxicab industry.
#7 . 9 : 16 : 34 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE TO
INCREASE TRAFFIC SCHOOL FEES . View Attachments
Sylvia Jones and Mary Johnston briefed the Council with the
attached handout. Councilmember Christensen asked about the on-line
traffic school . Ms . Johnston said the on-line school was for out of
State residents only. She said they were looking at putting the on-
line school on the City' s web site for use by anyone in the next year.
#8 9 : 25 : 34 PM REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING REVIEW
OF COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS .
See file M 05-5 for announcements .
The meeting adjourned at 9 : 32 p.m.
COUNCIL CHAIR
CHIEF DEPUTY RECORDER
This document along with the digital recording constitutes the
official minutes for the City Council Work Session meeting held
September 6, 2005 .
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