08/23/2005 - Minutes (2) PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 , 2005
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah met in Work Session on
Tuesday, August 23, 2005, at 5 : 30 p.m. in Room 326, Committee Room,
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 : Mayor Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson; Cindy Gust-Jenson,
Executive Council Director; Rocky Fluhart, Management Services Chief
Administrative Officer; Jennifer Bruno, Council Policy Analyst; Lehua
Weaver, Council Constituent Liaison; Sam Guevara, Mayor' s Chief of
Staff; Edwin Rutan, City Attorney; "Rick" Dinse, Police Chief; Scott
Atkinson, Police Administrative Bureau Assistant Chief; Jerry Burton,
Police Administrative Services Unit Manager; Kay Christensen, Budget
Analyst; Russell Weeks, Council Policy Analyst; Dell Cook, Engineering
Landscape and Architect Project Manager; LuAnn Clark, Housing and
Neighborhood Development Director; Sherrie Collins, Housing and
Neighborhood Development Special Project Grants Monitoring Specialist;
Laurie Donnell, Budget Analyst; Dennis McKone, Fire Department
Administration Assistant/Media Relations; Lamont Nelson, Fleet
Management Division Manager; Steve Fawcett, Management Services
Department Deputy Director; John Spencer, Real Property Agent; Diana
Karrenberg, Community Affairs Manager; Gwen Springmeyer, Community
Affairs Analyst; Kevin Bergstrom, Public Services Department Deputy
Director; Kevin Young, Transportation Planning Engineer; Charles
Querry, Fire Chief; Carroll Mays, Police Operations Bureau Assistant
Chief; Louis Zunguze, Community Development Administration Director;
Brent Wilde, Community Development Administration Deputy Director;
Richard Johnston, Deputy City Engineer; Rosemary Kappes, Housing
Authority Executive Director; George "Buzz" Welch, Housing Authority
Board; Douglas Sterling, Housing Authority Board; Joe Post, Housing
Authority Non-Profit Division; Bill Nighswonger, Housing Authority
Development Director; Michael Gallegos, Housing Authority Board; David
Oka, Redevelopment Agency Director; and Scott Crandall, Deputy
Recorder.
Councilmember Lambert presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 5 : 39 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1 . 5:39:00PM INTERVIEW ANDREA WOLCOTT PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF HER
APPOINTMENT TO THE AIRPORT BOARD . View Attachments
Councilmember Lambert said the appointment would be forwarded to
the Consent Agenda for formal approval .
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#2 . 5:44:51 PM INTERVIEW MICHAEL BETTIN PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF
HER APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. View
Attachments
Councilmember Lambert said the appointment would be forwarded to
the Consent Agenda for formal approval .
#3 . 5:48:51 PM RECEIVE THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE SALT LAKE CITY
HOUSING AUTHORITY. View Attachments
Rosemary Kappes, George "Buzz" Welch, Douglas Sterling, Joe Post
Bill Nighswonger and Michael Gallegos briefed the Council with the
attached handouts . Councilmember Lambert said the Housing Authority
would be invited to participate in additional housing policy
discussions .
#4 . 6:32:43 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING ON THE SORENSON UNITY
CENTER BUSINESS PLAN. View Attachments
Kay Christensen, Russell Weeks, and Mayor Anderson briefed the
Council with the attached handouts . Council Members expressed concerns
about funding/subsidizing ongoing operational costs estimated at
$230, 000 and securing community partnerships . Councilmember Buhler
said he felt the project needed to be scaled back to match current
commitments and asked the Administration to explore the possibility of
building the project in phases . Councilmember Saxton said she felt the
Administration needed to go back to the community to obtain clearer
direction about the theatre.
Ms . Gust-Jenson said funding requests would be submitted by the
Administration but they needed Council feedback on moving the project
forward. A straw poll was taken on approving engineering and design
plans . The majority of the Council was in favor.
#5 . 7:53:11PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE OPTION TO CONSTRUCT
A NEW FLEET FACILITY. View Attachments
Jennifer Bruno, Kevin Bergstrom, Lamont Nelson, and John Spencer
briefed the Council with the attached handouts . Councilmember Buhler
asked the Administration to analyze the impact on travel time and fuel
expense with the new location. A straw poll was taken requesting that
the Administration explore funding proposals for a new fleet facility.
The Council wanted the proposals to include surplusing the warehouse
located at the International Center. The majority of the Council was
in favor.
#6 . 8:41:00 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING ON IMPACT FEES AND THE
20-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS INVENTORY. View Attachments
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LuAnn Clark, Rick Johnston, Scott Atkinson, Charles Querry, Brent
Wilde, Louis Zunguze and Rocky Fluhart briefed the Council with the
attached handout . Council Members expressed concerns that the 20-year
plan would take approximately 40 years to complete . They said the plan
needed to be scaled back to 20 years and funding levels needed to be
inline with the number of projects . Councilmember Lambert asked the
Administration to identify projects they anticipated funding through
general obligation bonds . He said Council Members would review current
project lists and recommend reductions . He said Council staff would
use the information to work with the Administration to prepare a plan
with matching revenue and expenditures .
#7 . 7:01:34 PM 8:24:57 PM RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. (UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM F-4) View
Attachments
LuAnn Clark, Rick Johnston, Scott Atkinson, Charles Querry, Brent
Wilde, Louis Zunguze and Rocky Fluhart briefed the Council with the
attached handout . Councilmember Lambert said the Council and
Administration needed to address the number of projects where funding
had been appropriated but had not been started/completed. The majority
of the Council was in favor of having the Administration provide
follow-up information regarding the list of projects . The Council
wanted follow-up information to include a time limit on projects . They
said if projects were not completed during the time limit the money
would come back to the Council for reallocation. Councilmember Lambert
asked the Administration to prepare a project status report for Council
consideration. He said the Council also wanted to know why there was a
large backlog on projects .
#8 . 9:23:10PM REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW
OF COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS .
No report was given. See file M 05-5 for announcements .
The meeting adjourned at 9 : 32 p .m.
COUNCIL CHAIR
CHIEF DEPUTY CITY RECORDER
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This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held August
23, 2005 .
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