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01/17/2017 - Work Session - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 , 2017 The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at 5 : 28 p.m. in Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building, 451 South State Street. In Attendance: Council Members James Rogers, Andrew Johnston, Erin Mendenhall, Derek Kitchen, Stan Penfold, Charlie Luke, and Lisa Adams . Staff in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; Jennifer Bruno, Executive Council Deputy Director; Patrick Leary, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; David Litvack, Mayor' s Deputy Chief of Staff; Margaret Plane, City Attorney; Michaela Oktay, Planning Manager; Michael Maloy, Senior Planner; Nick Tarbet, Council Senior Policy Analyst; Nick Norris, Planning Director; Vicki Bennett, Sustainability Director; Allison Rowland, Council Public Policy Analyst; and Scott Crandall, Deputy City Recorder. Councilmember Penfold presided at and conducted the meeting. The meeting was called to order at 5 : 28 p.m. AGENDA ITEMS #1 . 5:28:39PM RECEIVE A WRITTEN BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY' S PARKING REGULATIONS AND THE SALT LAKE CITY CONSOLIDATED FEE SCHEDULE . Under the proposal, the overnight (8 p.m. to 8 a.m. ) , two-hour time limit at metered spaces would be removed and regulations for on-street motor home, boat, trailer and other parking would change, among other amendments. Most of the changes proposed are minor updates to language resulting from an in-depth Administration review in 2015 and 2016. View Attachments No issues were raised. #2 . 5:37:42 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION REGARDING ISSUES AFFECTING THE CITY THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE MAY ADDRESS DURING ITS 2017 SESSION. View Attachments David Litvack briefed the Council with attachments . Mr. Litvack said he met with the City' s delegation to discuss the attached legislative priority list. He said discussion was held during the Redevelopment Agency (RDA) meeting about affordable housing and potential to remove the 10o set aside . He said there 17 - 1 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 , 2017 were ongoing discussions with the State/County about providing the Council and other stakeholders with more details about homeless services/programming. Discussion was held on various aspects of the Simpson Avenue Homeless Resource site . Comments included $10, 000 earnest money, $7 million property purchase ($55 per square foot) , $300, 000 to pay off pending lawsuit, and potential property lease buyouts . Mr. Litvack said the Administration would present a report to the Council before the end of the week with complete details . Councilmember Luke asked if the $55 per square foot included the $300, 000 buyout . Mr. Litvack said no. Councilmember Rogers asked if the $55 per square foot included the land value or was that just the building itself. Mr. Litvack said he thought that was only the land but would clarify with Staff. Councilmember Rogers requested separate cost totals for the land and the land with building. Councilmember Adams requested information about potential costs to buyout existing leases and relocate businesses/people that were being displaced. Councilmember Mendenhall asked the Administration to work with South Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County to explore opportunities to locate a homeless site in South Salt Lake or the County which could provide services for that area. She asked the Administration to come back to Council with an update on those conversations . #3 . 5:46:25 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND THE CITY' S ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (ADU) REGULATIONS. The amendments would generally allow ADUs west of Canyon Road, south of South Temple, west of 1300 East and south of 1-80. Currently, new ADU permits are only available for properties located a half-mile (%) or less from a fixed transit stop. Additionally, the amendments will limit the number of ADU permits issued per year to 25. View Attachments Nick Tarbet, Michael Maloy, and Michaela Oktay briefed the Council with attachments and PowerPoint presentation. Comments included impact of 1- mile restriction, ability to attract ADUs, mitigate community concerns, limit permits to 25 per year, install north/south boundary line, compile an illustrated user guide, discuss Citywide policy, geographic equity issues, quality of life enhanced by ADUs, aging in place, limiting where ADUs would be allowed, utilize interim policy, residents in favor of removing 17 - 2 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 , 2017 boundary, enforcement issues, absentee landlord duplexes, parking issues, Airbnb (Air Bed and Breakfast) issues, short-term versus long-term rentals, and arbitrary boundary lines . Councilmember Adams said she was concerned about how ADUs were being addressed in the East Bench Master Plan and requested information about addressing that conflict. Councilmember Mendenhall said Durango, Colorado held a session on their ADU process at the American Planning Association (APA) conference in April and asked Planning to review their process . Mr. Maloy said he thought the proposal could serve as an interim solution until Planning could interview neighbors, evaluate the process, make needed adjustments, and then come back to Council with recommended changes . Discussion was held on boundary adjustments (potential to eliminate boundaries) , allow a specific number of ADUs per district to explore demand, address ongoing enforcement issues, and explore potential for Airbnb housing. Councilmember Luke requested feedback from the Administration (Community and Neighborhoods/Orion Goff-Building Services) about how the City intended to enforce ADUs and Airbnbs before the proposal was advanced. Councilmember Penfold asked the Administration to come back to Council on addressing community concerns regarding the City' s inability to enforce current zoning ordinances (including owner- occupied units) , parking issues (specifically in dense neighborhoods) , and Airbnbs (short-term versus long-term) . He said a response was important going into the public process so Council Members could be prepared to address resident concerns . Councilmember Kitchen said separate policy discussions were needed on ADUs and Airbnbs . He said ADUs were essential to address affordable housing on the City' s east side and should be addressed in the context of the City' s affordable housing crisis . Councilmember Johnston said the effectiveness of ADUs needed to be demonstrated as part of the policy discussion. He expressed concern that nothing would get done if the City waited to solve all compliance issues . Councilmember Penfold expressed concern about the 17 - 3 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 , 2017 affordability of ADUs and requested the Administration explore how other cities evaluated/addressed that issue . Mr. Maloy said he would follow-up. Councilmember Penfold said Airbnb discussions by the State Legislature could potentially influence future Council discussions and the timeline for a public hearing/adoption might be impacted. He asked the Council to contact Staff with any questions/concerns so they could be incorporated in the next briefing. #4 . 6:10:07 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REQUIRE COMMERCIAL BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING AND MARKET TRANSPARENCY. The proposal would require owners of large buildings (City buildings larger than 22, 000 square feet and commercial buildings larger than 25, 000 square feet) to annually benchmark energy data using the Environmental Protection Agency's online tool and share Energy Star Scores and data with the City. The proposal would require owners to perform "tune-ups" of buildings with Energy Star Scores that are below average and that qualify for one of the utility incentive programs. The City will have the Energy Star Scores of all benchmarked buildings available for public review. View Attachments Vicki Bennett briefed the Council with attachments . She said two additional open house/stakeholder meetings would be held in January/February, 2017 to ensure everyone had the information they needed. Councilmember Penfold asked Ms . Bennett to transmit any modifications to Council as soon as possible . He said a hearing would be scheduled for February 21, 2017 with potential action on March 7, 2017 . He said a final ordinance was needed for the Council to move forward and adjustments to the timeline could be made if necessary. #5. 6:18:01 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON A 2016 REVIEW OF THE VIABILITY OF RE-OPENING WINGPOINTE GOLF COURSE, WHICH WAS CLOSED IN NOVEMBER 2015. View Attachments Allison Rowland and Patrick Leary briefed the Council with attachments . Council Members expressed concerns about the lack of new information, the large amount of funding proposed to restore the golf course to a playable condition, and the Administration' s delayed efforts to work with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to resolve funding and other related issues . 17 - 4 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 , 2017 Discussion was held on delaying further action/funding until Council Members returned from the League of Cities and Town Conference being held in March in Washington D.C. Councilmember Mendenhall said if Council Members planned on discussing this issue with the Washington Delegation, it was important for the City to present a unified message. Councilmember Penfold said he felt the Council would not be interested in moving forward with Wingpointe if the FAA did not modify its position. Councilmember Rogers suggested if a response from FAA was not received by March 21, 2017, any funds/subsidies for Wingpointe would not be included in the upcoming budget . Councilmember Penfold said he did not think a straw poll was needed on that but Council would track a response from the FAA. He asked Mr. Leary to update the Council with any information he thought would be helpful . He said if Council Members wanted to take a unified message to Washington, a discussion would be scheduled in February to ensure support for whatever that message was . #6 . 6:35:17 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND HOMELESS SERVICES IN SALT LAKE CITY. Councilmember Penfold said the agenda for the Council' s January 24, 2017 retreat contained 2016 priorities which the Council needed to discuss to determine whether to continue those into 2017 . He said during the retreat, he felt it was important for the Council to hold a policy discussion around homeless issues and asked Council Members to contact Staff with policy topics they thought were important. Councilmember Mendenhall said the Council' s Homeless Subcommittee was working on issues and had some policy proposals which they would transmit to Staff. Councilmember Penfold asked Council Members to also let Staff know if they had any new 2017 priority items they wanted to discuss at the retreat. #7 . 5:29:08PM 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. See File M 16-5 for announcements . #8 . REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. 17 - 5 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 , 2017 No discussion was held. #9 . CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, IN KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE §52-4-205 FOR ANY ALLOWED PURPOSE . Item not held. The meeting adjourned at 6 : 37 p.m. COUNCIL CHAIR CITY RECORDER This document is not intended to serve as a full transcript as other items may have been discussed; please refer to the audio or video for entire content. This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held January 17, 2017 . sc 17 - 6