04/12/2005 - Minutes (2) PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2005
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in a Work Session on
Tuesday, April 12, 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, Van Turner, Eric
Jergensen, Nancy Saxton, Jill Remington Love, Dave Buhler and Dale
Lambert.
Also in Attendance : Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive Director; Mayor
Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson; LuAnn Clark, Housing and Neighborhood
Development Director; Karen Wiley, Housing and Neighborhood Development
Grant Financial Administrator; Jennifer Bruno, Council Policy Analyst;
Sylvia Jones, Council Research and Policy Analyst/Constituent Liaison;
Gary Mumford, Council Deputy Director/Senior Legislative Auditor; Sam
Guevara, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; Lynn Pace, Deputy City Attorney; Louis
Zunguze, Community Development Director; Rocky Fluhart, Chief
Administrative Officer; Lehua Weaver, Council Constituent Liaison; and
Beverly Jones, Deputy City Recorder.
Councilmember Lambert presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 5 : 36 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1 . 5 : 36 : 08 PM & 7 : 38 : 25 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING AN
APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR
2005-2010, WHICH INCLUDES THE ONE-YEAR ACTION PLAN FOR 2005-2006, AND THE
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG)
FUNDING, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (HOME) FUNDING, EMERGENCY
SHELTER GRANT (ESG) FUNDING, HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
(HOPWA) FUNDING, AND AMERICAN DREAM DOWNPAYMENT INITIATIVE (ADDI) FUNDING
(FISCAL YEAR 2005-06) AND APPROVING INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN SALT LAKE CITY AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT. View Attachments & View Attachments
Jennifer Bruno and LuAnn Clark briefed the Council from the attached
handouts . HOUSING: Item 1 - Assist ($350, 000) . Item 2 - Community
Development Corporation (CDC) Program support ($70, 000) . Item 3 - CDC
Property Acquisition and Rehabilitation ($75, 000) . Item 5 - Housing and
Neighborhood Development (HAND) Housing Match Fund ($75, 000) . Item 6 -
HAND Low and Moderate Income Housing Rehabilitation ($600, 000) . Item 7 -
LifeCare ($76, 000) . Item 8 - Mukon Community Development Property
Acquisition and Rehabilitation ($0) . Item 9 - Salt Lake Neighborhood
Housing Services Revolving Loan Fund ($100, 000) . Council Members were in
favor of the funding recommendations for each item but wanted to
reconsider funding for Items 3, 7 and 9 after the discussion was held.
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STREET DESIGN: Item 1 - Grand Street Design ($0) . Item 2 - Strong
Court Street Design ($0) . Item 3 - Clark Street/1300 West Street Design
($0) . Item 4 - Redwood Drive/Dale Street Design ($0) . Council Members
wanted to reconsider funding for Item 4 after the discussion was held.
STREET CONSTRUCTION: Item 1 - Physical Access Ramps ($300, 000) .
Council Members wanted to reconsider the funding amount . Item 2 -
Ardmore Place ($0) . Item 3 - Fremont Street/Remington Way ($372, 000) .
Item 4 - Stewart Street/1500 West Design ($0) .
SIDEWALKS : Item 1 - Sidewalk Replacement Program ($250, 000) .
PARKS: Item 1 - ADA Park Improvements ($100, 000) . Item 2 - Constitution
Park Playground ($0) . Item 3 - Jordan River Park Security Lights
($125, 000) . Item 4 - Skate Park Design/Rosewood ($45, 000) . Item 5 -
Riverside Park Streetscape ($11, 500) . Council Members wanted to
reconsider the funding amount for Item 5 . Item 6 - 1700 South Jordan
Park Restrooms ($0) . Item 7 - Van Ness Park Playground ($80, 000) . Item
8 - Baseball Facilities/Sherwood Park ($14, 500) . Item 9 - TreeUtah
($5, 000) .
PUBLIC SERVICES: Item 1 - Boys and Girls Club/Capitol West Club
($30, 000) . Item 2 - Boys and Girls Club Transportation Sensation at Lied
Club and Capitol West ($0) . Item 3 - Boys and Girls Club/Youth With a
Voice ($15, 000) . Item 4 - Catholic Community Services/Weigand Resource
Center ($45, 000) . Item 5 - Salt Lake Community Action Program
(CAP) /Housing Outreach Rental Program ($30, 000) . Item 6 - Salt Lake
CAP/Northwest Emergency Food Pantry ($25, 000) . Item 7 - Salt Lake
Community Action Program/Tenant Maintenance Project ($11, 000) . Item 8 -
Community Health Centers ($90, 000) . Item 9 - Community Services
Council/211 Info Bank ($0) . Item 10 - Community Services Utah Food Bank
($40, 000) . Item 11 - Crossroads Urban Center Emergency Food Pantry
($16, 000) . Item 13 - Salt Lake Donated Dental ($35, 000) . Council
Members wanted to reconsider funding recommendations for Items 4 and 13
after the discussion was held.
Item 13 - English Skills Learning Center ($5, 000) . Item 14 - Family
Support Center ($10, 000) . Item 15 - Guadalupe Center Educational
Programs ($47, 000) . Item 16 - Guadalupe Center Voluntary Improvement
Program ($0) . Item 17 - Kostopulos Dream Foundation Summer Programs
($5, 000) . Item 18 - Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake ($10, 000) . Item 19 -
Literacy Action Center ($0) . Item 20 - Multi-Cultural Legal Center ($0) .
Item 21 - Multi-Ethnic Development Corporation ($0) . Item 22 - People
Helping People ($5, 000) . Item 23 - Rape Recovery Center ($30, 000) . Item
25 - The Road Home ($126, 000) . Item 26 - Salt Lake City Police
Department/Crime Prevention ($40, 000) . Item 27 - Salt Lake City Police
Department/Mobile Neighborhood Watch ($5, 000) . Item 28 - Salt Lake City
Youth and Family Division ($0) . Item 29 - Somali Community Development
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($5, 000) . Item 30 - South Pacific Island Association ($0) . Item 31 -
Utah Federation for Youth ($0) . Item 32 - Utah Nonprofit Housing
Corporation ($25, 000) . Item 33 - Valley Mental Health ($10, 000) . Item
34 - Wasatch Community Gardens ($5, 000) . Item 35 - Wasatch Homeless
Health Care ($20, 000) . Item 36 - YMCA After-School and Summer Enrichment
Program ($10, 000) . Item 37 - YWCA Crisis Shelter and Supportive Services
($35, 000) . Council Members wanted to reconsider funding for Items 19 and
23 after the discussion was held.
Ms . Bruno said the Council was $32, 000 over budget . Councilmember
Saxton suggested taking $40, 000 from the Crime Prevention Specialist and
$40, 000 from the Food Bank. Ms . Clark said that would give $35, 000 to
the YWCA. Council Members were in favor of giving the Food Bank the
remainder of the money.
Council Members were in favor of keeping the funding at $45, 000 for
Catholic Community Services, $30, 000 for Donated Dental Services, $45, 000
for Guadalupe Center Educational Programs, $35, 000 for Rape Recovery
Center and $2, 000 for Literacy Action Center .
PUBLIC SERVICES BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS: Item 1 - Boys and Girls
Clubs/Capitol West ($15, 000) . Item 2 - Centro Civico Mexicano (fund
kitchen) . Item 3 - Community Action Program/Matheson Head Start
($52, 000) . Item 4 - Catholic Community Services ($9, 900) . Item 5 - St.
Vincent de Paul ($19, 600) . Item 6 - Community Services Council
($62, 900) . Item 7 - Easter Seals Utah ($0) . Item 8 - Housing and
Neighborhood Development ($10, 000) . Item 9 - Neighborhood House
($17, 300) . Item 10 - Odyssey House ($45, 000) . Councilmember Lambert
said his twin brother was the Director of Odyssey House so he would
recuse himself from votes or debates on Odyssey House funding. Item 11 -
Salt Lake County Aging Services/New Rose Park Senior Center ($0) . Item
12 - Salt Lake County Aging Services/Friendly Neighborhood Center
Renovations ($0) . Item 13 - Sarah Daft Home ($8, 000) . Item 14 -
Salvation Army ($60, 000) . Items 15 thru 18 - TURN Community Services
($0) . Item 19 ($3, 000) . Item 20 ($16, 975) . Item 21 ($5, 500) . Item 22
($27, 723) . Utah Alcoholism Foundation ($3, 400) . Item 23 - Volunteers of
America ($71, 000) .
STREET LIGHTS: Items 1 thru 8 - Liberty Wells Community Council,
($190, 000) . Councilmember Love suggested that if the full funding of
$190, 000 was recommended it should be contingent on the Council approving
a Special Improvement District (SID) . She said she wanted to send a
letter of interest to the Liberty Wells area with a requirement that at
least 30% of the residents needed to respond.
PLANNING: Item 1 - Centro Civico Mexicano ($0) . Item 2 - Liberty
Wells Community Council ($0) . PERCENT FOR ART: Item 1 - ($3, 000) .
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: Item 1 - Liberty Wells Community Council ($0) .
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Item 2 - Salt Lake City Housing and Neighborhood Development Self-Help
Grant ($10, 000) . CITY ADMINISTRATION: Items 1 thru 6 ($712, 721) .
CONTINGENCY: ($30, 000) .
Ms . Bruno said Council still had $255, 958 to spend. Councilmember
Christenson referred back to Parks, Item 8, Riverside Park Streetscape
and asked that it be funded for $71, 500 . Council Members were in favor.
Councilmember Saxton referred to Page 12, No. 10, Odyssey House . She
requested that $14, 000 be funded for windows . Council Members were in
favor. Council Members were in favor of $300, 000 for the Sidewalk
Replacement Program, $36, 000 for Item 2, Page 10, Centro Civico Mexicano,
$107, 000 for the Community Action Program/Matheson Head Start, $118, 000
to Volunteers of America, $6, 000 for Percent-for-Art and $4, 500 for ADA.
HOME PROGRAM: Council Members were in favor of funding HOME and
ADDI at the requested amounts . HOPWA: Item 1 - Housing Authority of
Salt Lake City ($145, 987) . Item 4 - Utah Aids Foundation ($15, 000) .
Item 6 - West Valley Housing Authority ($30, 600) . Item 8 - Housing
Authority of Salt Lake County ($38, 500) . ESG: Item 1 - Marillac House
($5, 000) . Item 5 - Odyssey House (Councilmember Lambert recused himself)
($7, 000) .
#2 . (TENTATIVE) THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO
EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF STRATEGY SESSIONS TO DISCUSS THE
PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY WHEN PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF
THE TRANSACTION WOULD DISCLOSE THE APPRAISAL OR ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE
PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION TO PREVENT THE PUBLIC BODY FROM COMPLETING
THE TRANSACTION ON THE BEST POSSIBLE TERMS, AND TO DISCUSS PENDING OR
REASONABLY IMMINENT LITIGATION PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANNOTATED § § 552-4-
4, 52-4-5 (1) (a) (iii) AND 52-4-5 (1) (a) (iv) , AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS
THAT ARE PRIVILEGED PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANNOTATED § 78-24-8.
This item was not held.
#3 . (TENTATIVE) THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO
EXECUTIVE SESSION, IN KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE, TO DISCUSS LABOR
NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANNOTATED § § 52-4-4 AND 520405
(1) (a) (ii) .
This item was not held.
#4 . REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL
INFORMATION ITEMS AND 8 : 58 : 26 PM ANNOUNCEMENTS .
No report of the Executive Director was held. See File M 05-5 for
Announcements .
The meeting adjourned at 9 : 06 p .m.
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Council Chair
Chief Deputy City Recorder
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes for the City Council Work Session held April 12, 2005 .
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