03/17/2020 - Work Session - MinutesMINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2020
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The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, March 17, 2020,
in Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building, 451 South State
Street.
In Attendance (electronically): Council Members Chris Wharton,
Analia Valdemoros, Daniel Dugan, Andrew Johnston, Amy Fowler,
James Rogers, and Darin Mano.
Staff in Attendance: Katherine Lewis, City Attorney; Cindy Lou
Trishman, Council Office Policy Analyst; Rachel Otto, Mayor’s
Chief of Staff; and Kory Solorio, Assistant City Recorder.
Staff in Attendance (electronically): Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council
Executive Director; Erin Mendenhall, Mayor; Jennifer Bruno,
Council Executive Deputy Director; Benjamin Luedtke, Council
Public Policy Analyst; Nick Tarbet, Council Senior Policy Analyst;
Mayara Lima, Principal Planner; Mary Beth Thompson, Chief
Financial Officer; Lisa Shaffer, Mayor’s Deputy Chief of Staff;
Nick Norris, Planning Director; and Ben Kolendar, Economic
Development Acting Director.
Guests in Attendance: Peter Corroon, Applicant (Item #2).
Councilmember Wharton presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 3:52 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. 3:54:12 PM WRITTEN BRIEFING ABOUT A DONATION THE CITY RECEIVED FOR A TRADITIONAL KOREAN PAVILION TO BE PLACED IN THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE GARDENS IN JORDAN PARK. In commemoration of
the Sister-State relationship between the State of Utah and the
Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea, the new pavilion will replace
a previously donated pavilion which was removed in the late 1990’s.
Construction is anticipated to begin in March 2020 and be completed
in June 2020. View Attachments
Written briefing only.
#2. 3:55:50 PM BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND THE CENTRAL COMMUNITY MASTER PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE ZONING MAP PERTAINING TO A PROPERTY AT 1430 SOUTH 400 EAST. The
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rezone and amendments would allow the applicant to build a seven-
unit development. The proposal would change the Central Community
Master Plan Future Land Use Map from Low Density Residential to
Medium Density Residential and rezone the property from RMF-35
(Moderate Density Multi-Family Residential District) to FB-UN1
(Form Based Urban Neighborhood District). Petition Nos.
PLNPCM2019-00189 and PLNPCM2019-00190. View Attachments
Nick Tarbet, Nick Norris, Mayara Lima, and Peter Corroon
briefed the Council with attachments. Discussion was held
regarding compatible zoning concerns, public engagement, driveway
location/street interaction, Planning Commission
approval/conditions of parking/garage location, and pedestrian
entry features.
#3. PULLED BRIEFING REGARDING A PROPOSAL TO VACATE A CITY-OWNED ALLEY KNOWN AS THE FERN SUBDIVISION ALLEY LOCATED BETWEEN 1000 EAST AND 1100 EAST AND BETWEEN WOOD AVENUE AND LOGAN AVENUE.
The east-west portion of the alley runs behind eight homes between
1019 East and 1053 East Logan Avenue. The applicant originally
wanted to vacate just the alley segment adjacent to her property,
but during departmental review vacation of the entire alley was
recommended due to lack of use and multiple encroachments into the
alley. Petition No. PLNPCM2018-00468. View Attachments
Item pulled from agenda.
#4. PULLED FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING ABOUT A REQUEST TO INCREASE THE BUILDING HEIGHTS WITHIN A PORTION OF THE G-MU (GATEWAY MIXED USE) ZONING DISTRICT FROM A CURRENT MAXIMUM OF 120 FEET UP TO 190 FEET ACROSS PORTIONS OF TWO SEPARATE BLOCKS LOCATED BETWEEN 500 WEST AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS (APPROXIMATELY 625 WEST) AND 200 SOUTH AND 400 SOUTH. The applicant was requesting the change for a
specific development project and was not seeking to alter height
limits across the entirety of the zone. Petition No. PLNPCM2019-
00639. View Attachments
*The Planning Commission forwarded a negative recommendation;
therefore, an ordinance has not been drafted. If the Council
decides to approve the zone amendment, an ordinance would be
drafted and considered for approval.
Item pulled from agenda.
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#5. PULLED UPDATE FROM TRANSPORTATION DIVISION PLANNERS ON THE GOALS, PRIORITIES, AND FORMAT OF AN UPDATED TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. The city-wide plan would replace the plan adopted in
1996. The update was part of the Division’s process to develop a
request for proposals to write the new master plan. View
Attachments
Item pulled from agenda.
#6. 5:36:13 PM BRIEFING REGARDING BUDGET AMENDMENT NO. 5 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020. Budget amendments happen several times each
year to reflect adjustments to the City’s budgets, including
proposed project additions and modifications. The proposed
amendment includes funding for the purchase of real property. View
Attachments Jennifer Bruno, Benjamin Luedtke, Mary Beth Thompson, and Lisa Shaffer briefed the Council with attachments. Discussion was
held regarding property acquisition and allocating funding for
expenses incurred/related to the current pandemic (COVID-19).
Straw Poll: Support the budget amendment and the need to hold
a public hearing before authorizing/executing funding. All Council
Members were in favor.
#7. DINNER BREAK
#8. 5:49:44 PM BRIEFING FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON SEPARATION OF POWERS IN THE MAYOR - COUNCIL FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND WILL HOLD AN INITIAL DISCUSSION ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER CLARIFY VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE COUNCIL’S ROLE IN ORDER TO STREAMLINE COUNCIL OFFICE AND CITY OPERATIONS. The logistics associated with the Council’s
opportunity to serve as the Local Building Authority*,
Redevelopment Agency Board* and Board of Canvassers* will also be
discussed. View Attachments
* Council-Mayor Form of Municipal Government (Utah Code
10.3b.2)
* Local Building Authority (Utah Code 17D.2)
* Board of Canvassers (Utah Code 20A.4.301)
* Redevelopment Agency (Utah Code 17C)
Katherine Lewis and Cindy Gust-Jenson briefed the Council
with attachments. Discussion was held regarding Airport and
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Library budgets, funding tools (Local Building Authority (LBA)),
Redevelopment Agency (RDA) separation of powers, and consolidating
agendas (City Council, Work Session, RDA, etc.) into one document
(rather than separate).
#9. 5:46:10 PM REVIEW VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE COUNCIL OFFICE POLICIES AND UPDATES PERTAINING TO ELECTRONIC MEETINGS. The
Council Policy Manual reflects the current practices and
procedures of common Council Office business. Additional sections
of the policy manual may be discussed. Cindy Lou Trishman briefed the Council. She said this update
was in reference to the Council Electronic Meeting Policy needing
to be updated to reference State and City Code appropriately. She
said a red-line of the Policy would be brought to the Council which
might also include ordinance amendments.
#10. 4:20:54 PM BRIEFING OR DISCUSSION REGARDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICY AND BUDGET ISSUES STEMMING FROM THE ONGOING COVID-19 OUTBREAK.
Mayor Mendenhall, Lisa Shaffer, Rachel Otto, Mary Beth Thompson, Cindy Gust-Jenson, and Ben Kolendar briefed the Council.
Discussion was held regarding duration of the requested funding
($2 million), payroll costs, employers covering employee sick
leave, status of upcoming/future City sponsored events (Arts
Festival, etc.), loan program explanation/proposal/process,
business stabilization, application/funding rounds, advocacy group
application concerns, application selection criteria/priorities,
concern/consideration of small businesses (eating establishments),
options to administer/allocate the proposed loan/funding program,
and deferring Economic Development Loan Fund (EDLF) business loan
payments for 90-days.
Unanimous Straw Polls: 1. Support of the loan program as currently presented with
the understanding there might be some slight adjustments. 2. Support of asking the Administration to:
• Start introducing/advertising the loan program and
accepting applications (everything except cutting
checks).
• Look at holding a public hearing at the next
meeting; where the Council could choose to allocate
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more funding but not allow checks to go out until
Wednesday morning (April 25, 2020) at the earliest. 3. Support for giving current EDLF borrowers a 90-day loan
payment extension.
Council Members requested the following item from Staff:
• Reach-out to/inform (as soon as possible) the event
community concerning the status of upcoming/future City
sponsored events.
#11. POSTPONED BRIEFING BY THE ADMINISTRATION REGARDING ISSUES AFFECTING THE CITY THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE 2020 UTAH STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
Item postponed. STANDING ITEMS #12. REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. Item not held. #13. 6:39:29 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.
Cindy Gust-Jenson asked Council Members to keep in mind there
were functions on the docket Council Members would typically attend
out-of-state (educational/fact finding). She said the Utah League
of Cities and Towns cancelled their April function and there had
been no correspondence from the Downtown Alliance or other upcoming
conferences. She stated the Mayor (administrative branch)
determined not to allow travel at this time (unless there was a
specific justification). She said that was an example of separation
of powers where the Council Office was not subject to that
direction (advisory/informational). She said Staff needed to come
back to the Council for direction on how they wanted these types
of functions handled, which would help Staff know how to spend
their time (making/canceling reservations). #14. CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, IN KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE §52-4-205 FOR ANY ALLOWED PURPOSE.
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Item not held.
The meeting adjourned at 6:24 p.m.
Minutes approved April 21, 2020
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COUNCIL CHAIR
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CITY RECORDER
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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).
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held
March 17, 2020.
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