07/09/2013 - Formal Meeting - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2013
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in Regular Session on
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 7 : 18 p.m. in Room 315, Council Chambers, City
County Building, 451 South State .
The following Council Members were present:
Soren Simonsen Luke Garrott Jill Remington Love
Kyle LaMalfa Charlie Luke Carlton Christensen
Stan Penfold
Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; Margaret Plane,
City Attorney; David Everitt, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; and Cindi
Mansell, City Recorder; were present.
Councilmember LaMalfa presided at and Councilmember Christensen
conducted the meeting.
OPENING CEREMONY
#1 . 7:18:35 PM Pledge of Allegiance .
#2 . 7:19:10 PM Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember Luke
seconded to approve the Work Session minutes of Friday, May 31, 2013
and the Formal Meeting minutes of Tuesday, June 4 , 2013 and Tuesday,
June 11, 2013, which motion carried, all members voted aye . View
Attachments
(M 13-3) (M 13-4)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
#1 . 7:20:38 PM Accept public comment and consider adopting an
ordinance amending Salt Lake City Code concerning recognition of
Community-Based Organizations (amending Chapter 2 . 60 and certain
sections of Title 21A; and deleting Chapter 2 . 62) pursuant to Petition
No. TMTL2012-00013 . The proposed amendments would update the current
ordinance related to recognized community organizations, which hasn't
been updated since 1990. The amendments are designed to bolster the
amount and diversity of public participation of community-based
groups. Related provisions of Title 21A, Zoning, may also be amended
as part of this petition. Petitioner - Mayor Ralph Becker. View
Attachments
Christopher Thomas, Sugarhouse Community Council Chair, spoke in
favor of the ordinance . He asked these items be included: extend the
45 days allotted for public comment to 60 days total; the Planning
Division public process document indicated a planning representative
would attend a community organized meeting to answer questions and he
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requested their role be elaborated; and to add the provision within
the general application procedures to ask the applicant to explain
their plan for public engagement.
The following spoke or submitted written comments against the
proposal : Joann Anderson, Steve Johnson, Karen Silver, Minta Brandon,
Anne Cannon, Ann Pineda, and Anna Giron. Concerns included recognition
of the historic relationship with community councils; dilution of the
effectiveness of these groups; timing limitations; difficulty in
informing groups that do not participate; difficulty for the public to
locate information regarding pending proposals; and views of self-
selected groups providing the appearance of representing more of the
public at large .
Gwen Springmeyer, Greater Avenues Community Council Chair, said
significant progress had been made with the ordinance . She inquired
as to what happened if a recognized organization failed to register;
she expressed concern that organizations should continue to receive
notification.
Michael Brough, Bonneville Hills Community Council and Board
Member of the West/Lower Foothill Association, asked for a simple
explanation of the proposed changes (including pros and cons) . He said
he had questions as to process such as if a community based
organization allowed its charter to expire by failing to pay its fees
on an annual basis; the ordinance was unclear as to whether there
should be a reapplication process or merely bring the fees current.
He said if one organization desired to merge with another, there was
no defined process .
Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Penfold seconded to
close the public hearing and defer action to a future meeting, which
motion carried, all members voted aye .
(0 13-19)
#2 . 7:35:26 PM Accept public comment on the proposed City Budget
for Fiscal Year 2013-14, including the proposed tax increase, in
anticipation of the Truth-in-Taxation public hearing, which is
scheduled for Thursday, August 15, 2013 at 6: 00 p.m.
Jay Ingleby, Jake Parkinson, Henrietta Prater, George Chapman, R.
Douglas Felice, and Roberto McFarlane spoke against the proposed tax
increase . Concerns included: taxpayers and families on fixed incomes,
fees already being assessed, increased parking meter hours, citizens
not getting enough time to respond or speak, adequate public notice,
confusing government speak, Salt Lake City not having a chance to
continue discussions with the State Legislature relative to sales tax
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if a tax increase was imposed at this time, waiting until January to
see sales tax revenues, poor planning costing taxpayers when it comes
to construction projects and specifically repaving, restriping, and
tearing up the road to remove railroad ties from 9th East/1300 South to
Emerson, and proposing an increase at a time when the economy was
still stagnant adding to already disheartened and angry citizens .
Councilmember LaMalfa moved and Councilmember Simonsen seconded
to continue the hearing to July 16, 2013, which motion carried, all
members voted aye .
(B 13-1)
POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS
#1 . 7:44:48 PM Adopting an ordinance that would amend the zoning
of the rear portions of two properties located at 834 and 836 South
Edison Street from SR-3 Special Development Pattern Residential to D-2
Downtown Support pursuant to Petition No. PLNPCM2012-00114 . The
request has been made in order to allow Epic Brewing to expand their
brewing operations. The current zoning would only allow residential
uses and not allow a brewery or other commercial uses. Although the
applicant has requested that the property be rezoned to the Downtown
Support (D-2) zone, consideration may be given to rezoning the
property to another zoning district with similar characteristics.
(Petitioner: Epic Brewing LLC) View Attachments
Councilmember Garrott moved and Councilmember Simonsen seconded
to adopt Ordinance 31 of 2013 amending the zoning of the rear portions
of two properties located at 834 and 836 South Edison Street from SR-3
Special Development Pattern Residential to D-2 Downtown Support
subject to the Administration and petitioner entering into a
development agreement; and that the Council Initiate a Legislative
Action requesting the Administration to amend the Central Community
Master Plan to:
1 . Establish strong policy guidance and implementation strategies
for preservation of established low - medium density residential
neighborhoods specifically center courts/ interior block
developments . This should include but not be limited to the
following areas :
o Edison State Street/200 East & 800/900 South
o Hawthorne 500-600 East (550 South)
o Stanton/Beldon 300-400 East (550 South)
o Montrose 200-300 West (750 South)
o Menlo/Markea 800-900 East (250 South)
o Iowa Pennsylvania 200-300 South (950 East)
2 . Change the future land use designation and adjust the zoning of
center court properties to reflect the existing residential land
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uses .
Said motion carried, all members voted aye except Councilmember
Penfold who voted nay.
7:46:45 PM Councilmember Penfold expressed concern with the
challenges created by development agreements and encroaching business
into a reviving residential area.
7:47:37 PM Councilmember Garrott said this was a compromise that
achieved a win/win situation for a unique section of the city while
allowing two uses to co-exist and stabilize the neighborhood and
enable activities to hide the commercial on State Street .
(P 13-6)
7:52:46 PM COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL
J.T. Martin spoke about ordinance restrictions associated with
street parking/advertising. He said a request was made to allow a
restored covered wagon to be placed on the west side of South Temple
to promote events taking place during the Annual Days of 47
festivities . He said the request was denied and urged the Council and
Administration to consider the economic impacts of this free event for
the public. Mr. Everitt clarified parking meters were not covered for
advertising purposes; if advertising was allowed for one, he would
suspect there would be many requests . Inquiry was made as to
differentiation between community events open and free to the public
versus private events that were not; Mr. Everitt said staff would have
a difficult time distinguishing or being able to make determinations
based on content. It was stated that other locations were explored
but did not meet approval for exposure with the requestor.
Oscar Ross requested an investigation into his altercation with
the Salt Lake City Police Department on January 11, 2009 . He said he
had followed the Citizen Complaint process and remained unsatisfied.
8:02:28 PM CONSENT AGENDA
Councilmember Simonsen moved and Councilmember Penfold seconded
to adopt the Consent Agenda, which motion carried, all members voted
aye .
#1 . RE: Setting the date of Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 7 : 00 p.m.
to accept public comment and consider adopting an ordinance amending
the Future Land Use Map of the Central Community Master Plan and the
Zoning map related to property located at 1073 East 1300 South
pursuant to Petition Nos . PLNPCM2012-00608 and PLNPCM2012-00610 . The
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proposal would change the zoning on the property from R-1-5000 -
Single Family Residential to CN - Neighborhood Commercial to allow for
a two-story, mixed-use development. Liberty Heights Fresh Market would
be housed on the first floor, and four residential units on the second
floor. Although the applicant has requested that the property be
rezoned to the CN-Neighborhood Commercial zone, consideration may be
given to rezoning the property to another zoning district with similar
characteristics. Petitioner - Liberty Heights Fresh. View Attachments
(P 13-8)
#2 . RE: Appointment of Jeffrey L. Snelling as the City Engineer
of Salt Lake City Corporation. View Oath
(I 13-17)
#3 . RE : Appointment of Amanda Thorderson to the Library Board for
a term extending through June 30, 2016 .
(I 13-18)
#4 . RE: Appointments of the following people to the Utah
Performing Arts Center Agency Board:
a . Jason Mathis for a term extending through December 31, 2016 .
b . Dave Golden for a term extending through December 31, 2015 .
c . Jennifer Bruno for a term extending through December 31, 2016 .
d. Justin Belliveau for a term extending through December 31,
2015 .
e . Helen Langan for a term extending through December 31, 2017 .
(I 13-19)
Councilmember Simonsen expressed concern as to a transparent
process and suggested establishing future policy to review all board
appointments in a public meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 8 : 03 p.m.
Council Chair
City Recorder
This document is not intended to serve as a full transcript as
additional discussion may have been held; please refer to the audio or
video for entire content.
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This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the Salt Lake City Council Regular Session meeting
held July 9, 2013 .
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