04/08/2008 - Minutes PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
TUESDAY, APRIL 8 , 2008
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in Regular Session
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 7 : 10 p.m. in Room 315, City Council
Chambers, City County Building, 451 South State .
The following Council Members were present:
Carlton Christensen Van Turner Eric Jergensen
Luke Garrott Jill Remington Love
JT Martin Soren Simonsen
Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; Mayor Ralph Becker,
Ed Rutan, City Attorney; and Chris Meeker, Acting City Recorder; were
present.
Councilmember Love presided at and Councilmember Garrott conducted
the meeting.
OPENING CEREMONY
#1 . 7:11:16PM The Council led the Pledge of Allegiance .
#2 . 7:11:56PM Adopting a resolution recognizing April 2008 as Fair
Housing Month in Salt Lake City, Utah. View Attachment
Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Turner seconded to
approve Resolution 18 of 2008, which motion carried, all members voted
aye .
#3. 7:15:13 PM Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember
Turner seconded to approve the minutes for the Salt Lake City Council
meetings held April 1, 2008, which motion carried, all members voted
aye .
(M 08-3)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
#1. 7:15:31 PM Accept public comment and consider approving the
financing by Salt Lake City, Utah (the "Issuer") of the acquisition
and/or construction of a manufacturing facility including equipment and
related facilities (the "Project") to be located in Salt Lake City,
Utah for use by Intsel West Properties, LLC, or any related company in
order to promote the general welfare of the residents of the State of
Utah. View Attachments
Councilmember Turner moved and Councilmember Christensen seconded
to close the public hearing and refer the item to the April 15, 2008
City Council meeting, which motion carried all members voted aye
(Q 08-5)
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COMMENTS
7:18:17 PM Comments to the City Council .
Douglas Cotant commented a panhandling ordinance and skateboarders
on city sidewalks . Susan Fleck commented on Council support for no
more homeless pets . Glenden Brown and Todd Dietz commented on payday
lending.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
#1 . 7:26:54 PM Adopting an Ordinance enacting New Title 10 Human
Rights and renumber and amending Salt Lake City Code Chapter 2 . 78
relating to the Human rights Commission; (2) and ordinance amending and
renumber Chapter 2 . 92 Salt Lake City Code, relating to a Mutual
Commitment Registry (formerly known as Domestic Partnership
Registry) .View Attachments
Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Turner seconded to
adopt Ordinance 15 of 2008 , enacting New Title 10 Human Rights and
renumber and amending Salt Lake City Code Chapter 2 . 78 relating to the
Human rights Commission; and Ordinance 16 of 2008 amending and
renumbering Chapter 2 . 92 , Salt Lake City Code, relating to a Mutual
Commitment Registry (formerly known as Domestic Partnership Registry) ,
A roll call vote was taken. Council Members Turner, Christensen,
Garrott, Simonsen, Love, Martin and Jergensen voted aye, motion
carried.
(0 08-2)
#2 . 7:29:47 PM Adopting an appropriation resolution adopting the
one-Year Action Plan for the 34th Year Community development Block
Grant (CDBG) funding, Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)
funding, American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI) funding,
Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funding, and Housing Opportunities for
Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funding for Fiscal Year 2008-09 and approving
an InterlocaL Cooperation Agreement between Salt Lake City and the U. S .
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)View Attachment
Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Simonsen
seconded to adopt the attached Resolution 13 of 2008 adopting the one-
Year Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2008 Community Development Block Grant
funding, referenced in the attached resolution as "Exhibit A, " with the
exception of the following items : CDBG items Housing #2 & #3, Public
Services #15 & #35; HOME items #2 & #3; and ESG item #11, which motions
carried all members vote aye .
Councilmember Simonsen recused himself .
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Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Love seconded to
adopt the attached resolution adopting the one-year action plan for
Fiscal Year 2008 Community Development Block Grant funding, referenced
in the attached resolution as "Exhibit A, " for the following items :
CDBG items Housing #2 & #3, and HOME items #2 & #3, which motion
carried all members present voted aye .
Councilmember Simonsen returned and Councilmember Jergensen
recused himself.
Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Love seconded"
to adopt the attached resolution adopting the one-year action plan for
Fiscal Year 2008 Community Development Block Grant funding, referenced
in the attached resolution as "Exhibit A, " for the following items :
CDBG item Public Services #35 and ESG item #11 , which motion carried
all members present voted aye .
Councilmember Jergensen returned and Councilmember Martin recused
himself.
Councilmember Turner moved and Councilmember Christensen seconded
to adopt the resolution adopting the one-year action plan for Fiscal
Year 2008 Community Development Block Grant funding, referenced in the
attached resolution as "Exhibit A, " for of the following item: CDBG
item Public Services #15, which motion carried all members present
voted aye .
Councilmember Martin returned.
(T 08-1)
#3 . 7:36:59 PM Approving an ordinance vacating a portion of the
airspace over Main Street at approximately 50 South Main Street to the
extent necessary to construct a sky Bridge as part of the New City
Creek Center. (Petition No . 400-06-38) See Attachments . View
Attachments
Councilmember Jergensen moved and Councilmember Love seconded to
adopt Ordinance 17 of 2008, vacating a portion of the airspace over
Main Street at approximately 50 South Main Street to the extent
necessary to construct a sky bridge as part of the New City Creek
Center with the following amendment, Section 3 of the ordinance as
drafted will be replaced with the following language reading Section 3 .
Conveyance of property interest. The conveyance of the property
interest from the City for the vacated portion of the above-referenced
Main Street airspace shall not convey the City' s fee simple absolute
interest in the property, but rather shall retain a future interest in
the property for the City, whether it be by lease for a term of years ,
a deed with a right of reverter, or some other equivalent mechanism.
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The Mayor will consult with the City Council in negotiating the terms
and conditions of the conveyance. Councilmember Jergensen also proposed
the following Legislative Intents :
I . It is the intent of the City Council that City Creek Reserve
Inc. use in designing Block 74 east of the City Creek Center urban
design and architectural elements similar to those outlined in
Ordinance 13 of 2007 adopted by the City Council on April 17, 2007 and
that the Planning Commission take those elements into consideration in
evaluating CCRI proposals for the block.
Design elements could include elements :
• That actively enhance the project' s relationship to
surrounding blocks and economic development opportunities for
those blocks .
• That enhance a primary pedestrian focus, requiring components
including but not limited to all of the following:
• Maximizing permeable block faces through actions including
but not limited to:
• Landscaped project entrances on each block face that open the
block with pedestrian corridors, and;
• Maximizing visual permeability into a store or by a legitimate
display window, and
• Maximizing outward facing retail on all block faces .
• Enhanced pedestrian amenities on all block faces such as but not
limited to shading devices, signage and seating.
• Uses on all external block faces that support pedestrian
activity including but not limited to restaurants, residential, or
retail uses comparable to commercial activities in the City Creek
Center project.
II. It is the intent of the City Council that the City work with
the developer to request that the Utah Department of Transportation
place a mid-block crosswalk on State Street that will connect the City
Creek Center to Social Hall Avenue on the east side of State Street and
that the developer develop design concepts and renderings to illustrate
how such a crossing would be incorporated.
III. It is the intent of the City Council that the City, the
developer and Salt Lake County work together to find ways to create
synergy on the east and west sides of West Temple Street between South
Temple and 100 South streets to mirror and reinforce pedestrian
activity on both sides of West Temple Street . Steps could include
providing outdoor canopies and furniture for pedestrians, programming
events on both sides of the street, and, if appropriate, providing for
an outdoor vending area with water, power and other amenities in front
of the planned Nordstrom store .
IV. It is the intent of the City Council that the developer
continue to work with Historic Landmarks and the Administration to
address the depth of the stairway leading to the entrance of the
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department store planned for Main Street to make the entrance more
level with Main Street.
Councilmember Christensen spoke to the motion. He said he had
strong feelings about this issue because he remembered how it reflected
on himself and his father having worked in the ZCMI building.
Councilmember Turner said ZCMI had been part of everyone' s lives
growing up. He said the City Creek project would bring back good value
to Salt Lake City and change the City for the better.
Councilmember Jergensen said the roll of City Council was to look
at the present and the future of the City. He said the City and the LDS
Church through City Creek Reserve Inc. had partnered to improve the
core of the City. He said over the past year the project had evolved
and he was happy to vote in favor of the project.
Councilmember Love said when she weighed all the information there
was no question that she would vote to approve the sky bridge .
Councilmember Martin said the process had been important . He said
the journey had been long. He said it was no secret that he was
fundamentally opposed to a bridge but it was one of those things that
he had to admit he did not understand. He said the petitioner had met
the criteria the City Council had requested.
Councilmember Simonsen said he was opposed to the concept of the
sky bridge . He said the best thing to do was to make the bridge
irrelevant. He said the decision tonight was not about the bridge, it
was about whether the petitioner had responded to all of the criteria
and he said he did not believe that the criteria had been met.
Councilmember Garrott said the revitalization of Main Street was a
public responsibility and the idea that this project would take care of
Main Street could be the death of Main Street . He said asked the
Council and the Administration not to abdicate the responsibility to
the rest of Main Street. He said he would vote against the proposal
because he was against the type of development in general .
A roll call vote was taken, Council Members Christensen, Turner,
Jergensen, Love, Martin and Simonsen voted aye and Councilmember
Garrott voted nay, which motion carried.
(P 08-3)
CONSENT 8:25:27 PM
Councilmember Jergensen moved and Councilmember Christensen
seconded to adopt the Consent Agenda, which motion carried all members
voted aye
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#1 . Approving the appointment of Wayne Holland, Michael Zuhl and
David Ibarra to the Airport Board for a term extending through January
1 , 2012 .
(I 08-3)
#2 . Setting the date of May 6, 2008 at 7 : 00 p.m. to accept public
comment and consider adopting an Ordinance vacating the north/south
portion of the alley generally located at 1000 Ease and Lincoln Street,
and Elm Avenue and Sugarmont Drive (Petition No. 400-07-03) .
(P 08-5)
The meeting adjourned at 8 : 25 p.m.
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the City Council Regular Session meeting held April
8, 2008 .
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