04/17/2007 - Minutes PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
TUESDAY, APRIL 17 , 2007
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in Regular Session
on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 7 : 00 p.m. in Room 315, City Council
Chambers, City County Building, 451 South State.
The following Council Members were present:
Carlton Christensen Van Turner Jill Remington Love
Eric Jergensen Nancy Saxton Soren Simonsen
Dave Buhler
Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; Sam Guevara, Acting
Mayor; Edwin Rutan, City Attorney; and Beverly Jones, Deputy City
Recorder; were present.
Councilmember Turner presided at and conducted the meeting.
#1 . 7:14:34PM The Council led the Pledge of Allegiance .
#2 . 7:15:00 PM Councilmember Simonsen moved and Councilmember
Buhler seconded to approve the minutes for the Salt Lake City Council
meeting held April 10 , 2007, which motion carried, all members voted
aye . View Attachments
(M 07-3)
#3. 7:15:21 PM Adopting a joint resolution with Mayor Ross C .
"Rocky" Anderson relating to "This Is The Place Heritage State Park" .
View Attachments
Councilmember Buhler said on the advice of the City Attorney he
would recuse himself from this item because he served on the Board of
the Foundation.
Councilmember Jergensen moved and Councilmember Love seconded to
adopt Resolution 24 of 2007, which motion carried, all members voted
aye except Councilmember Buhler who was recused for the vote .
(R 07-1)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
#1 . 7:19:27 PM RE: Accept public comment and consider adopting an
ordinance vacating the alley generally located at 1420 East Roosevelt
Avenue and 1419 East Emerson Avenue pursuant to Petition No. 400-06-25 .
(Jonathan Hodge) View Attachments
Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Christensen seconded to
close the hearing, which motion carried, all members voted aye .
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Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Christensen seconded to
adopt Ordinance 12 of 2007, which motion carried, all members voted
aye .
(P 07-5)
#2 . 7:20:46 PM RE: Accept public comment and consider adopting an
ordinance amending Section 21A. 48 . 030B. 9 .b, Salt Lake City Code,
pertaining to content of landscape plan, Section 21A. 48 . 050B. 8, Salt
Lake City Code, pertaining to design guidelines, Table 21A. 48 . 070G,
Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to required perimeter parking lot
landscape improvements, Section 21A. 48 . 080D, Salt Lake City Code,
pertaining to improvement of landscape buffers , Section 21A. 48 . 090,
Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to landscape yards , Section 21A. 48 . 100,
Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to special landscape regulations, and
Section 21A. 24 . 010, Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to general
provisions for Residential Zoning Districts pursuant to Petition No.
400-06-22 . View Attachments & View Attachments
The following people spoke in support of the landscape ordinance
amendments : Mark Danenhauer; Barbara Ishimatsu and Jeff Salt.
Ms . Ishimatsu said there was one sentence under Section 5
"Landscape Yards" that needed to be removed. Kevin LoPiccolo, Zoning
Administrator, said the sentence which read "the remaining 2/3' s of the
yard (s) area may be maintained with organic mulch, gravel, rocks and
boulders" should have been removed.
Councilmember Jergensen moved and Councilmember Simonson seconded
to close the public hearing, which motion carried, all members voted
aye .
Councilmember Jergensen moved and Councilmember Simonsen seconded
to defer consideration of this ordinance to the earliest Council
meeting, which motion carried, all members voted aye .
(0 07-4)
#3. 7:32:29 PM RE: Accept public comment and consider adopting an
ordinance amending Section 21A. 24 . 020 (G) , Salt Lake City Code,
pertaining to slope restrictions in the FR-1/43,560 Foothills Estate
Residential District, Section 21A. 24 . 030 (G) , Salt Lake City Code,
pertaining to slope restrictions in the FR-2/21,780 Foothills
Residential District, Section 21A. 24 . 040 (G) , Salt Lake City Code,
pertaining to slope restrictions in the FR-3/12,000 Foothills
Residential District, Section 21A. 32 . 040 (H) , Salt Lake City Code,
pertaining to slope restrictions in the FP Foothills Protection
District, Section 21A. 32 . 100 (H) , Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to
slope restrictions in the OS Open Space District, Section 21A. 32 . 100
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(I) , Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to fence restrictions in the OS
Open Space District, and Section 21A. 38 . 100, Salt Lake City Code,
pertaining to non-complying lots pursuant to Petition No . 400-06-13 .
The following people spoke in support of the Foothill zoning
amendment : Cindy Cromer and Susan Loffler.
Councilmember Buhler moved and Councilmember Saxton seconded to
close the public hearing and defer this item to a later Council
meeting.
Councilmember Buhler said some issues had been raised during the
public hearing and additional information had been received. He said
the Council needed to hold a Closed Session on the issue .
Councilmember Saxton said she agreed. She said they needed to consider
non-conforming lots and look to the future .
Councilmember Turner called for the vote , which motion carried,
all members voted aye .
(0 07-5)
7:39:38 PM COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL
Douglas Cotant complained about loud music on April 14, 2007 from
the band that played at Washington Square . Kathleen Hill and David
Scheer spoke about the Main Street Sky Bridge . Jeff Salt and Stephen
Wilson, Vice President of the Utes Remote Control Association, spoke in
opposition of the Salt Lake Regional Athletic Complex along the Jordan
River.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
#1 . 7:52:05 PM RE: Adopting a legislative action initiated by
Councilmember Jill Love requesting that the Administration develop
"formula free business" and "form based" commercial zoning
classification or regulations to be applied to small scale, unique
commercial areas within the City. View Attachments
Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Jergensen seconded to
approve the legislative action and send it to the Administration, which
motion carried, all members voted aye .
(G 07-10)
#2 . 7:53:32 PM RE: Adopting an appropriation resolution adopting
the One-Year Action Plan for 33rd year Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) funding, Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)
funding, Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funding, Housing Opportunities
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for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funding, and American Dream Down Payment
Initiative (ADDI) funding (Fiscal Year 2007-08) and approving an
interlocal cooperation agreement between Salt Lake City and the U. S .
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Simonsen
seconded to adopt Resolution 25 of 2007, which motion carried, all
members voted aye .
(T 07-1)
#3. 7:55:52 PM & 9:38:25 PM RE: Adopting an ordinance to amend the
Downtown Master Plan and the Urban Design Element pursuant to Petition
No. 400-06-37 . (City Creek Center) .
The meeting was recessed for more discussion on the Downtown
Master Plan and the Urban Design Element.
Councilmember Jergensen moved and Councilmember Christensen
seconded to adopt Ordinance 13 of 2007 approving the language to amend
the master plan and the Urban Design Element with the Alternative D
language as outlined.
Councilmember Love said they had worked through many details and
had tried to be as specific as possible to give the developer guidance .
She said she wished there could have been a collaborative process with
the Administration.
Councilmember Jergensen said some details had not been satisfied.
He said concerns would be expressed by some that the Council had not
adequately addressed some details necessary to effectively look to the
future in downtown. He said the goal was to establish a process . He
said the sky bridge proposal could maximize and enhance the economical
potential of the entire downtown. He said it would be inappropriate as
a Council not to be open minded and not look at new ideas . He said
criteria needed to be established. He said an efficient and straight
forward process was needed. He said the Council and the Planning
Commission could work together to find an adequate design solution. He
said there was a compelling need for discussion and public interest .
He said he would vote in favor of the motion.
Councilmember Saxton said she wanted to put the vote off another
week. She said it had been hard without plans to see what the
weaknesses and the strengths of the project would be . She said there
would be other petitioners' in the future and design needed to be taken
seriously.
Councilmember Simonsen said this was a life changing decision and
a sky bridge was the wrong approach for the community. He said it was
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important to get the right kind of investment in downtown and he did
not feel they were getting that. He said the Council had spent a lot
of time negotiating compromises and not much time asking opinions of
professional planners and urban designers . He said the Council had
received unsolicited commentary from people who were well respected
urban designers and planners including people outside the community.
He said he was uncomfortable with not following the advice of these
people . He said they had not created an option to bring vitality,
people and life to the streets of downtown. He said he would not vote
in favor of the motion because he did not believe it was the right
thing for downtown.
Councilmember Buhler said this was a very historic step for the
City' s downtown. He said this was an exciting project which had worked
in other cities and he felt it would work for Salt Lake City. He said
this was a much different process than what the Council had first
received. He said there was much more detail and thought . He said he
would support the motion.
Councilmember Christensen said one of the challenges with public
policy decision making was that it did not take into account all other
elements . He said there was a risk to this decision but there were
aspects of the process he found exciting.
Councilmember Turner said the Council looked at every aspect and
did not rush the decision. He said they tried to do everything the
right way.
Councilmember Turner called for the question, which motion
carried, all members voted aye except Councilmember Simonsen who voted
nay.
(P 07-1)
7:57:04PM CONSENT AGENDA
Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Saxton seconded
to approve the Consent Agenda, which motion carried, all members voted
aye .
#1 . RE: Setting the date of May 8, 2007 at 7 : 00 p.m. to accept
public comment on the issuance by the City of its Sales Tax Revenue
Bonds to finance a portion of the costs of acquisition and construction
of (a) certain improvements relating to its Westside Railroad
Realignment Project (Grant Tower) , (b) certain infrastructure
improvements in connection with the light rail expansion within the
City and (c) various other capital improvement program projects and to
provide for the publication of a notice of such public hearing in
accordance with applicable law.
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(Q 07-3)
#2 . RE: Approving the appointment of Jennifer Mayer-Glenn to the
Human Rights Commission for a term extending through December 24, 2007 .
(I 07-17)
#3 . RE: Approving the appointment of Barbara Lovejoy to the Human
Rights Commission for a term extending through December 28, 2009 .
(I 07-17)
#4 . RE: Approving the appointment of Lynn Hoffman-Brouse to the
Arts Council for a term extending through July 1, 2007 .
(I 07-18)
#5 . RE: Approving the appointment of Rebecca Guevara to the Arts
Council for a term extending through July 1, 2009 .
(I 07-18)
The meeting adjourned at 10 : 03 p .m.
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the City Council Regular Session meeting held April
17, 2007 .
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