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07/13/1989 - Minutes r-z-- Committee of the Whole/minutes Page 1 Minutes: Committee of the Whole Thursday, July 13, 1989 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. City Counc i l Conference Room City & County Building Room 325 451 South State Street. Sall; Lake City, Utah 84111 In Attendance: Florence Bit.t.ner, Wayne Horrocks, Sydney Fonnesbeck, Alan Hardman, Tom Godfrey, Roselyn Kirk, W. M. "Willie" Stoler, Cindy Gust-Jenson, Lee King, Cam Caldwell, Ed Snow, James Hall, Allen Johnson, Rosemary Davis, Sgt.. Mac Cannoll.e, Mayor Palmer DePaulis, Press 1. Mr. . Allen Johnson, Director of Planning and Zoning, reviewed the petition submitted by the owners of the Deja Vc_z Restaurant requesting that the ordinance controlling the number of private clubs and Class "C" taverns be changed to allow more than two such businesses per block face. He said that the owners of the restaurant purchased the building while i.t was being used as a private club, which the owners intended to continue. Mr. Johnson said that the private club was a nonconforming use and when the building changed ownership and the new license was applied for, it was turned down because of the existence of two such business on that block face. He said that the owner then applied for a bottled beer license and opened the establishment, as a restaurant., and began lobbying the City to change the ordinance. Mr. Johnson said that the petition was filed with the Treasurers office who turned it over to planning without a decision. Planning and zoning developed several options for changing the ordinance and the Planning Commission recommended amending the ordinance. Mr. Johnson said that the c_.urrent ordinance allowed a total of two private clubs or Class "C" taverns on a block face with three more allowed on the interior of a block with a bisecting internal street. Mr. Johnson said that the change would allow a third club t.o be located on the block face on blocks with no bisecting internal streets. He said that this law only effected the downtown area, C-3 and C-4 zones. Council Member Wayne Horrocks said that he was concerned with having the possibility of nine taverns on one city block. Council Member W.M. "Willie" Stoler asked how many blocks in the effected area had no bisecting streets. Mr. Johnson said that there were 15. He said that the original law controlled the total number of taverns and clubs in the area but that the law had been changed to control the concentration of such businesses. He said that the police felt that concentration control was a valid way to mitigate problems brought on by the businesses. Council Member Florence Bitt.ner asked if the ordinance was going t.o be changed because of one person. Mr. Johnson said that the proposed change was due to the petition filed by the owners of the club. He said that the nature of private clubs had changed over the years and that the Class "C" taverns now Committee of the Whole/minutes Page 2 gave the police the most. problems. Mrs. Bit.t.ner said that she didn't see the need to change the ordinance for one business. Mr. Horrocks said ► hai:. he was worried aboout getting more taverns in the downtown and that developers have spoken to him with similar concerns. Council Member Roselyn Kirk said that they should consider making the change because the owner worked with the City for over a year. Mrs. Bitt.ner said that she didn't think that the change would help the City. Council Member Alan Hardman asked why the owners of the Cabanna and the Manhattan clubs opposed the change in the ordinance, Mr, Johnson said that it appeared t.o be mainly due to a desire to protect their business. Mayor Palmer DePaulis asked why the owners invested before obtaining the permits to operate as a private club. Mr. Johnson said that it was due to the owner not being aware of City requirements. Mr. Johnson said that the owner thought that a private club was permitted at that location and that he had checked with planning over the phone but never got the details. Mr. Johnson said that the Deja Vu could operate as a restaurant. Mr. Stoler said that the original process t.o change the ordinance was a long process and that the police had agreed to patrol the increased number of clubs if they were restricted t.o the ground floor. Mr. Johnson said that. the Planning Commission had looked at the change in view of the master plan and the R/UDAT study and the need t.o open up the downtown night life in Salt Lake. He said that. the Planning Commission saw a difference between taverns and private clubs. Mr. Godfrey said that there was a difference between the tavern where people go just to drink and a private club which is a more social atmosphere with less hard drinking. Ms. Kirk said that Salt Lake has been trying to encourage downtown development and that the Council shouldn't go against the trend. She said that she thought. the Council should be more flexible and that she felt the ordinance change was well thought out. Mr. Hardman asked if the change had been reviewed by the R/UDAT committee. Mr. Johnson said that it had not. Ms. Bit.t.ner asked if the new ordinance separated private clubs from taverns. Mr. Johnson said that it did not but that the difference could be put in if the Council wanted. Mr. Stoler said that the Council would like to see the separation made. Mr. Johnson said that he would have a new version of the ordinance drafted for the Council "s review. 2. Mr. Cam Caldwell, Council Budget Analyst, reviewed changes to the Lost and Recovered property laws which gives the Chief of Police the discretion t.o donate recovered bicycles to certified charities. He said that. the State law governing disposal of recovered property had been changed. Mr. Godfrey asked how much money is raised from selling the bicycles. Mr. Caldwell said that the Police auctions raised approximately $25,000 - 30,000 per year and that 60% of that was from bicycle sales. Mr. Stoler said t.hat he was concerned that giving the bikes away could take away bikes from those least able to afford them. Mr. Stoler said that he was concerned that donating the bikes to charity would make it hard for the low income children to buy a bike through the Police Committee of the Whole/minutes Page 3 auction. Sgt. Mac Cannolle said that. the Police thought that a donation of five bikes per charity per year was a good number to start with but that five had been chosen arbitrarily as a place to start. Ms. Gust-Jenson said that the number of bikes donated could be capped at a specific number or limited to a percentage of bikes on hand at the time of the auction. Ms. Bitt.ner said that she agreed with capping the number of bikes given away. Mr. Godfrey said that he agreed that the Police should hold some back for the auction and donate some. Mr. Stoler said that. the Council would just have to set the number and see how things work out. He said that he would support donating five bikes per charity per year. . The rest of the Council agreed that. 5/year/charity would be a good palace to start.. Ms. Gust-Jenson said that the nu.rmber could be changed if problems arose. 3. Ms. Cindy Gust.—Jenson asked the Council to give the Staff direction as to which department the Council wanted to target for auditing in the Coming year. She said she was assuming that. the Council was still holding the audit of the dispatch operation as the number one priority. She said that the Council had indicated earlier that they were interested in also doing a management audit. of Administrative Services. She asked the Council if that was still the preference since Administrative Services had been consolidated with Human Resources. She said that if Administrative Services was chosen they could do a genera] audit or a divisional audit. She said that the budget held enough money to do one general management audit or two detailed division audits. Ms. Kirk said that with Administrative Services having been moved, she would favor delaying that audit until things had time to settle and that. the Council could do Public Works which was the number two choice of the Council at the last. retreat.. Ms. Gust.-Jenson said. that the Director of Human Resources had. not requested a delay in the audit., Ms. Bittner said that she would like to see an audit. of Data Processing. Mr. Godfrey said that he didn't want t.o do Fleet. Division again. Mr. Hardman said that he would like to see a management audit of the combined Human Resources/Administrative Services t.o see how things are working. Ms. Gust.- Jenson said that the budget could likely handle a general audit of the entire department with a more detailed audit. of Data Processing. Mr. Godfrey asked if leaving Fleet out of the Audit would allow for a detai led audit of Data Processing. Mr. Caldwell said that .it probably wouldn't but that. the Council could spread. the audit over two fiscal years. Ms. Kirk said that she would support a general audit. of Human Resources & Administrative Services with a detailed follow up audit of Data Processing. The rest of the Council agreed. Ms. Gust--Jenson said that the staff also needed direction for internal audits to be done by the Council staff. She asked the Council Members t.o submit a list of five or more audit targets for discussion. The staff would ►:.hen develop a listing of ideas for Council consideration. The meeting adjourned. Committee of the Whole/minutes Page 4 S i caned W.M. "W . i e" Stole., Council. Chair Attested by; -Ka , y ar _ 1, City Recorder