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05/15/2018 - Work Session - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, in Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building, 451 South State Street. In Attendance: Council Members Erin Mendenhall, Derek Kitchen, Chris Wharton, James Rogers, Charlie Luke, Andrew Johnston, and Amy Fowler. Staff in Attendance : Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive Director; Jennifer Bruno, Council Executive Deputy Director; Jacqueline Biskupski, Mayor; David Litvack, Mayor' s Deputy Chief of Staff; Patrick Leary, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; Elizabeth Buehler, Civic Engagement Manager; Mary Beth Thompson, Finance Director; Lisa Shaffer, Public Services Director; John Vuyk, Budget Director; Jonathan Larsen, Transportation Director; Nole Walkingshaw, Deputy Director of Public Services; Benjamin Luedtke, Council Public Policy Analyst; Julio Garcia, Human Resources Director; David Salazar, Human Resources Program Manager; Russell Weeks, Council Senior Advisor; Samuel Owen, Council Constituent Liaison/Public Policy Analyst; Mike Reberg, Community and Neighborhoods Director; Allison Rowland, Council Public Policy Analyst; Kira Luke, Council Policy & Budget Analyst; Melissa Jensen, Housing and Neighborhood Development Director; Jonathan Larsen, Transportation Division Director; Margaret Plane, City Attorney; Brent Beck, Community and Neighborhoods Financial and Administrative Services Director; Tamra Turpin, City Risk Manager; Matt Kammeyer, Golf Program Associate Director; Jaysen Oldroyd, Senior City Attorney; Gregory Daly, Chief Information Officer; Jodi Langford, Human Resources Deputy Director; DeeDee Robinson, Deputy Recorder; and Kory Solorio, Assistant City Recorder. Councilmember Mendenhall presided at and conducted the meeting. The meeting was called to order at 1 : 13 p .m. AGENDA ITEMS #1 . 1:13:58 PM WRITTEN BRIEFING REGARDING THE TAX AND REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES, SERIES 2018 . The resolution authorizes the issuance and sale of not to exceed $25 million salt lake city, Utah tax and revenue anticipation notes, series 2018, and entering into certain covenants and making certain representations in connection therewith; giving authority to certain officers to approve the final terms and provisions and confirm the sale of 18 - 1 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018 the notes within the parameters set forth in the resolution, approving the form of notes; approving a preliminary official statement, official notice of sale and related matters. View Attachments Written briefing only. #2 . WRITTEN BRIEFING REGARDING THE CONSOLIDATED FEE SCHEDULE, WHICH IS A LIST OF FEES THE CITY CHARGES TO OFFSET ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE COSTS AND REGULATORY COSTS. IT IS UPDATED ANNUALLY AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. View Attachments Written briefing only. #3 . WRITTEN BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-19. View Attachments Written briefing only. #4 . 1:14:21 PM OVERVIEW FROM COUNCIL STAFF OF THE MAYOR' S RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR SALT LAKE CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-19 . View Attachments Jennifer Bruno, Benjamin Luedtke, and Sam Owens briefed the Council with attachments . Ms . Bruno discussed revenue increases, revenue decreases, sewer, water, storm water fee increases, City staffing increases, and the supplemental sales tax proposal . She went on to list other priorities including homeless service expenses, affordable housing, sustainable funding for infrastructure, economic development, and priority-based budgeting. Ms . Bruno detailed revenue-related items of note, including New Growth property taxes, judgement levy, one-time revenues versus one-time expenses, and inflationary adjustments to fees . She went on to discuss other expense-related items of note, including compensation, infrastructure, golf revenue, fleet fund, parental leave policy, health insurance, and retirement. Councilmember Johnston asked if the Fleet Fund could be discussed sooner than scheduled, in order to have more time to review numbers before adoption. Councilmember Mendenhall asked if Staff could help reorient the Council to the most current contingent appropriation decisions/opinions previously made by the Council (particularly 18 - 2 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 Fleet and Golf) . #5 . 1:38:52PM BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPOSED COMPENSATION BUDGET, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR PERSONNEL AND PAYROLL COSTS, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-19 . View Attachments Julio Garcia, Jodi Langford, David Salazar, and Benjamin Luedtke briefed the Council with attachments . Mr. Garcia discussed areas of compensation aspects, including step increases, general increases, market adjustments, and police department 401K contributions . Councilmember Luke thanked Staff for their work and for the proposed compensation plan for Police. He said it had taken awhile for other local police departments to catch up with the City' s compensation. He said Salt Lake City was different from other local municipalities which was why the Council had pushed to conduct a national compensation survey. He said he hoped the City could get back to the point where compensation was above what some of the other departments offered (not only Police but Fire as well) . Mr. Luedtke addressed the Citizens Compensation Advisory Committee (CCAC) report addressing employees above median market salaries and the costly/growing pay issue . Councilmember Mendenhall asked for a comparison between the significance of the benchmark jobs on the CCAC report and this report. Mr. Salazar said it was the group of benchmarks along with additional job titles and the encumbrance in those jobs . Discussion continued regarding explanation/different interpretations of percentages for employees above median market salaries . Ms . Gust-Jensen said in past years the pay scale increased along with pay increases and asked if this was still the current practice. Mr. Salazar replied historically ranges were admirable compared to market median salary and it was not necessary to make an adjustment in the pay range. He said what needed to be done was adjusting the pay of employees in order to make that more competitive with market salaries . Mr. Luedtke addressed pay-range adjustments and stated there was no policy governing when pay ranges were changed. He said the City' s compensation plan was silent on the matter and the Council could decide if they wanted to put in a policy governing when pay ranges should be moved. Councilmember Fowler asked for explanation regarding the effect of moving a pay range . Discussion followed 18 - 3 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 regarding current practices of adjusting pay ranges . Councilmember Wharton asked about increasing counseling sessions for Public Safety employees with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) . Mr. Garcia explained the new Employee Assistance Program (EAP) expansion called "Salt Lake City Strong" would increase counseling sessions for Public Safety employees and their dependents (8 to 15 sessions) . Ms . Langford shared further details on the program expansion and addressed additional questions . Councilmember Johnson asked for further information as the program moved forward. Councilmember Luke thanked Staff for their work on the program and said the Council would be interested to hear if there were additional ideas to expand the program. Councilmember Mendenhall shared her views/concerns in addressing elected official compensation. Councilmember Johnston agreed with Councilmember Mendenhall' s comments and reiterated this was a difficult process and said he was willing to further discuss the issue . Councilmember Luke said he had concerns discussing this issue so soon after recently voting to increase sales tax and believed timing was important in this matter. Councilmember Wharton addressed gender pay equity and asked if the Employees' University was designed to assist with the issue to bring down the 7% gap. Mr. Garcia said he was happy to take this back to the Employees' University Board to see what could be done collectively/offered. Councilmember Kitchen joined the meeting at 1 : 41 p .m. #6 . 4:38:53PM BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-19. View Attachments Mike Reberg, Brent Beck, John Vuyk, Jennifer Bruno, and Allison Rowland briefed the Council with attachments . Mr. Beck discussed the department budget, division budget, funding sources, key budget changes (including proposed reductions) and proposed sales tax changes . Councilmember Rogers questioned why Hive Pass marketing was proposed as a reduction (specifically with all the transportation coming on-line) . Mr. Beck replied budget cuts with the least impact had been selected; however, he said they were planning a thorough overview of the Hive Pass during the fiscal year. Councilmember 18 - 4 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 Rogers requested Hive Pass marketing be marked for discussion when moving forward with "Funding Our Future" (sales tax) discussions . Councilmember Mendenhall also added a request for coordination information (where marketing was currently happening, including geographically) and to share that kind of distribution overlaying with the bus routes currently being discussed. Discussion was held regarding the General Fund operating process . Councilmember Fowler requested the funding transfer from RDA (roughly $2 million) into the General Fund (to be used for homeless services for Community and Neighborhoods (CAN) ) be noted in the budget to assist with future discussions on homelessness . Further discussion continued regarding the vacant Engineering position. Mr. Reberg reviewed division highlights including Civic Engagement, Facilitation training, events scheduling for community outreach, and a new online survey tool (Qualtrics) . He went on to discuss Building Services data such as an increased permit applications, issued permits, inspections, and valuations . He also noted the building permit plan review decreased from an average of 114 days to 59 days (from 2015 to 2017) for a plan review. Discussion followed regarding challenging outliers throughout the development application/permit process (lag time) , concern with justifying use of increased sales tax funding, and concern with the Northwest Quadrant in relation to Senate Bill 234 and the 60 day timeline for plan reviews . Councilmember Mendenhall requested the Administration create greater permitting efficiencies for affordable housing developments . Mr. Reberg discussed the Planning Division' s workload stats which included increased applications, appeals, ordinance interpretations, new construction in historical districts, planned developments, and sales tax funding implementation. Councilmember Mendenhall instructed Council Members to send any questions they had to Ms . Rowland. #7 . 3:01:29PM BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPOSED NON-DEPARTMENTAL FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-19, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS, GRANTS AND OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT DO NOT BELONG TO PARTICULAR CITY DEPARTMENTS . View Attachments Russell Weeks, Mary Beth Thompson, John Vuyk, and Mayor Biskupski briefed the Council with attachments . Ms . Thompson provided an overview saying the non-departmental budged was a very 18 - 5 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 large fund which included everything that did not fit anywhere else (City memberships, transfers from the General Fund to other funds (Capital Improvement Program (CIP) , Information Management Systems (IMS) , Governmental Immunity, and Risk Management) . Mr. Weeks reviewed Staff policy questions . He stated two requests had recently been made to the Council office : 1) from the Downtown Alliance for additional funding (to raise the proposed appropriations from $150, 000 to $200, 000) and 2) from the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association for additional funding (to restore money to their budget allocation) . Councilmember Fowler disclosed she worked for the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association and explained her involvement with the organization. Councilmember Rogers said he was in favor of: considering a contingent appropriation on the proposed $91, 000 for the phased creation of an Arts Division (to allow follow-up to occur within a certain timeframe in order for the Administration to access the funds) and discussing with the Mayor the strategy of how City lobbyists would be deployed to address legislative issues . Further discussion continued regarding City lobbyists . Councilmember Wharton inquired about the proposed funding increase for Animal Services . He said he had received feedback from residents requesting more of a presence for animal control enforcement in District 3 . Mayor Biskupski said the increase was due to inflation and the City would receive the same amount of services . Discussion continued regarding the potential of added services to the Animal Services Contract. Councilmember Wharton asked about the timeline to phase in the proposed creation of an Arts Division in the Department of Economic Development . Mayor Biskupski said this matter arose following a piece of legislation addressing the gray area of non- profits and government . She said the Administration was also trying to gain more ground in arts and culture. Councilmember Mendenhall questioned the proposed funding for Legal Defenders . Mr. Vyuk said a 22% funding increase request was received from the Legal Defenders . He said the cause of the increase was related to the addition of police officers into the system. Discussion continued regarding the proposed funding increase. Councilmember Mendenhall asked Staff to add funding for Legal 18 - 6 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 Defenders and the Council Lobbyist discussion to unresolved issues for future discussion. Councilmember Mendenhall discussed the funding request from the Downtown Alliance Safety Ambassadors program. She said she supported continued education about the progress of the program and also supported fully funding it. Councilmember Kitchen commented about the program and said he would also like to see it fully funded. Councilmember Mendenhall asked Staff to add this item to unresolved issues as well . Mr. Weeks said conducting a customer survey on how people were being treated by ground transportation businesses in the City would be helpful . He continued to say that ground transportation was a complaint-driven industry and the Council office had not received a complaint in months . He said Staff was concerned if the allocated funding for Airport Ground Transportation Enforcement in the City was cut, what would happen to the Department of Airports enforcement of off-site ground transportation enforcement. Councilmember Rogers said he would support funding a survey; however, he wanted more information on how the survey would be conducted. #8 . 3:38:05 PM BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPOSED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES (IMS) BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-19 . THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE CITY. View Attachments Kira Luke, Greg Daly, Mary Beth Thompson, and John Vuyk briefed the Council with attachments . Mr. Daly reviewed the IMS recommended budget request including security upgrades, City staff computer replacements, network/hardware purchases, licensing fee increases, and personnel changes . Councilmember Rogers asked how IMS could help inform the City' s small cell wireless facilities of the City' s ordinance and policies to advance development of infrastructure for a `connected city' . Mr. Daily responded that IMS was not involved in discussion about incentivizing the position of carrier equipment. He provided an overview of the need for small cell antennas throughout the City. Discussion continued regarding IMS and Economic Development working together concerning the economic potential with 5G Networks . Councilmember Kitchen asked Staff to send the Council any information they received regarding 5G Networks . 18 - 7 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 Councilmember Rogers complimented the changes and quicker processing of queues in the 'City Sourced' app (for service/fix it requests) and asked how IMS would continue improvements . Mr. Daly replied 'City Sourced' was a component of the Constituent Resource Management (CRM) project and provided an overview of the process . Councilmember Kitchen inquired about the City' s network (current context and vulnerabilities) . Mr. Daily stated it was tough to know where vulnerabilities lie until you have been successfully attacked. He explained further details regarding the City' s current network status . Councilmember Kitchen said he wanted to further discuss this matter with Mr. Daily. Councilmember Kitchen asked if IMS was aware of grant opportunities . Mr. Daily said they did not have knowledge of all possibilities . Councilmember Kitchen said he wanted to hear from the Administration if there were any missed opportunities . Councilmember Mendenhall asked about a Geographic Information System (GIS) assessment (a layering of/data source to indicate changes in a community) and if/when it was likely to happen. Mr. Daly talked about the specifics of establishing/creating this type of data. He said if it was a Council priority, IMS would coordinate as necessary and plan for the delivery of information. Discussion followed regarding the CRM project and the correlation to GIS/data sources . Ms . Gust-Jenson suggested a future policy discussion concerning IMS and the centralizing/sharing of data. Council Members agreed to hold a future policy discussion regarding the centralization conversation of IMS . Councilmember Mendenhall asked the Administration along with Mr. Daily to explore the data concept of change potential (in the community) around Homeless Resource Centers (HRCs) and Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in the future. #9. 4:03:05 PM Tentative Break #10 . 4:26:31 PM BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPOSED GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-19, WHICH IS THE CITY' S SELF- INSURANCE FUND FOR LIABILITY CLAIMS . View Attachments Russell Weeks, Tamra Turpin, and Margaret Plane briefed the Council with attachments . Ms . Turpin said the Governmental Immunity Budget was the fund from which the City paid self-insured claims (general and auto liability) . She provided an overview and said the funding increase requested was to restore the 18 - 8 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 Governmental Immunity Fund balance and to transfer two full-time equivalents from the Attorneys office to the Governmental Immunity Budget. Ms . Plane further explained the Attorney' s office was trying to correct the cost of services and determine how many employees would be paid out of the Immunity Fund versus the General Fund (costs were paid out of the Enterprise Fund) in order to shift costs for services accurately. Councilmember Wharton asked if the current funding level for Government Immunity was adequate, if other revenue needed to be considered, and if more money was needed for Risk Management . Ms . Plane replied one issue (residing in different places) was the on-going need for departments to inspect, maintain and fund (an important aspect) their own facility. She said in terms of determining how much should be in reserve, Staff worked with the actuary to provide needed information and to set the amount to hold in reserves . Further discussion continued regarding the ability to do a levy (property tax) and the process (if needed to pay a large judgement) , excess liability policy, breakdown of the requested funding increase, and overview of the Annual Litigation Report. #11 . 2:16:05PM BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPOSED GOLF FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-19 . View Attachments Nole Walkingshaw, Matt Kammeyer, Allison Rowland, and Lisa Shaffer briefed the Council with attachments . Mr. Walkinshaw discussed golf revenue and intentions needing to be considered (how to: increase revenue, bring golf up, and making golf more sustainable) . He said the next appropriate steps to pursue were Requests For Proposals (RFPs) for Nibley Park and Rose Park golf courses with the intent to increase revenues and increase access to public spaces . Mr. Walkingshaw further explained the RFPs, potential opportunities associated with each golf course, and addressed additional questions . Councilmember Fowler said she liked the proposals and it was a great way to start looking at open space . Councilmember Wharton said he was open to the multi- use proposals . He said as the proposals go forward he wanted to be sure and hear from communities surrounding the golf courses . Councilmember Kitchen asked for specification on how many residents utilized the golf courses last year or were projected to use it this year. Mr. Kammeyer said roughly 8-10% of the City 18 - 9 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 population used the golf courses . Discussion continued concerning the Golf Fund deficiency, the importance of knowing how many residents actually benefit from the program if subsidizing continued, and comparing the gap in Fleet with the gap in Golf (prioritizing one over other the other) . Councilmember Fowler requested the percentages of population that use the Tracy Aviary versus the Sorensen Community Center and also number comparisons (numbers of others who pay to use facilities versus free-to-use facilities) . Discussion continued regarding comparison of parks maintenance versus golf maintenance and moving the golf deficient to the General Fund. Councilmember Wharton inquired what the economic impact of golf was in the City (was Salt Lake City a golf destination, if golf courses were subsidized would there be other ways to get back revenue) and asked if there was a way to obtain the data. Ms . Shaffer said she would get back to the Council with that information. Councilmember Rogers spoke about continued/on-going construction projects throughout the Rose Park Golf Course and the effects to rounds played there . Councilmember Rogers asked if anyone on the Council wanted to see golf operate outside of an enterprise fund. Council Members Wharton and Luke said more information was needed before a decision could be made. Councilmember Mendenhall mentioned the `Guiding Policy Principles for Changes to the Golf Enterprise Fund' the Council had previously created. She said she did not want it to lose the context the Administration had been asked to find solutions for and that it could be revisited in a future meeting. She asked the Administration to look at the policy and bring the Council some solutions . Councilmember Luke said he appreciated Councilmember Mendenhall highlighting the Policy Principles the Council had put together. He said what needed to be addressed was long-term Golf Fund issues and what took place with Wingponte Golf Course. He said transferring Wingponte to the Airport was a life-support effort to keep the course going but did not work as hoped and it would now cost millions of dollars to do anything with Wingponte because of the rash decision to close it down. He said we have had policy discussion about not supplementing the General Fund money to the Golf Enterprise Fund (which he voted for and continued to support) . He said he was interested in seeing different ideas to keep moving forward but if it came down to not using General Fund 18 - 10 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 money (which would close a golf course) he was not willing to make that decision (let alone have the discussion) . Councilmember Fowler spoke about the Policy Principles and said a lot of them applied to the Rose Park Golf Course/area. She said she believed it was time to start investing in the area. She said another thing to consider was that Bonneville Golf Course actually had a trail running through its golf course . She spoke about multi-use golf courses and said she looked forward to having them. Councilmember Mendenhall said she heard about the challenges Rose Park Golf Course had faced (proximity to the sewage treatment plant) . She said she had also heard reference to the amenity part and making it a community asset . She said if there was desire to invest in the Rose Park area then there should be a parks plan and complete study to figure out what kind of a park would work there. Councilmember Rogers stated the difficulties for the Rose Park Golf Course had come from construction/sewer lines running through the facility. He said it all goes back to what the community wanted. He said they were given the opportunity to discuss a park and they did not want a park. He said it would be a hard sell to go back and present a multi-use golf course to the community but that was something he was willing to do. Councilmember Mendenhall said there was the legal reality of Enterprise Funds needing to be self-sustaining and the need to talk about dividing Rose Park from the Golf Fund in order to make it more functional . Councilmember Rogers suggested adding discussion to eliminate the Golf Enterprise Fund. Councilmember Luke said the trail going through Bonneville Golf Course was actually Wasatch Drive which was a controversial issue and was currently being discussed. #12 . BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REZONE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINALS AND RUNWAYS FROM OPEN SPACE (OS) , COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR (CC) , AND BUSINESS PARK (BP) TO AIRPORT (A) . The nearly 489 acres of land located south of the airport includes the former Wingpointe Golf Course, which was closed in 2015. The Airport director has not specified the intended long-term use for the property. If the zoning amendment is approved, the entire property could be used for any use allowed in the airport zone. The planning commission, which reviews all requests for rezones and text amendments, forwarded a negative recommendation to the council . View Attachments 18 - 11 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 Item not held. #13 . 5:41:36 PM BRIEFING REGARDING THE CITY' S FUNDING NEEDS AND REVENUE OPTIONS, INCLUDING THE RECENTLY-APPROVED 0 . 5 PERCENT SALES TAX INCREASE AND A POSSIBLE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. New revenue from the sales tax increase could be used toward streets maintenance, transit, neighborhood safety, and affordable housing. The Council's will discussion the mayor's proposal for sales tax allocations and a demonstration of the accountability dashboard, among other things. View Attachments Lehua Weaver, Elizabeth Buehler, Mary Beth Thompson, Melissa Jensen, Jonathon Larsen, and Mike Reberg briefed the Council with attachments . Ms . Thompson reviewed the sales tax detail (year one funding) from the Mayor' s recommended budget, with an estimated $25 million in anticipated revenue proposed to spend towards Neighborhood Safety, Infrastructure, Housing and Transit. Councilmember Fowler commented there were Fire Department programs which could also benefit from the funding and questioned why it was not included with the proposed Neighborhood Safety funding. She said she wanted to see it considered moving forward because it would take some of the burden off of the Police Department. Ms . Weaver replied Staff was tracking Council scenarios/interests in a spreadsheet and anticipated to have it ready next week. Councilmember Luke suggested moving the Planner position from Street (infrastructure) to Housing because he believed there was more of a need to have the Planning Department involved with the Housing discussion as opposed to Infrastructure. Mr. Reberg said he agreed and believed it was an error in placement. Councilmember Johnston asked if there was opposition from the Council to set the expected Fund Balance contribution amount from 10o to 11% . Ms . Bruno said Staff would include it with the Council scenarios for discussion/review. Councilmember Luke said it would be good to discuss the Fund Balance; however, it was also important to realize there were other areas (CIP) which were consistently underfunded as well . Ms . Jensen reviewed funding details for the Housing portion of the recommended budget and said it was important to address the housing crisis in multiple ways : including shared housing opportunities, incentivized rent programs, down-payment 18 - 12 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 assistance, support/enhance service models for the most vulnerable, and expedited processing system for new affordable housing-unit developers . Discussion followed regarding coupling funding/funding sources and Community Land Trust funding practice. Councilmember Fowler said she wanted to have a policy discussion about contributing/setting an expected funding percentage into the Community Land Trust and to help increase home ownership. Councilmember Fowler asked if there was a different/better way to spend $400, 000 of tax payer money for affordable housing rather than creating an expedited processing system for developers of new affordable housing units . Ms . Jensen replied it was in response to the developer community and the need to incentivize housing. Councilmember Fowler asked if the expedited processing system could be off-set in an already current/existing process . Councilmember Luke questioned the funding for the $250, 000 for Parks Capital Replacement in Infrastructure. Ms . Thompson replied it was for some sidewalk replacement and asset replacement (deferred maintenance) within Parks . Mr. Larsen further reviewed funding details for the Transit portion of the recommended budget including Fiscal Year 2017/2018 accomplishments, ongoing and future goals, and key budget considerations . Discussion followed regarding operation of the proposed On-demand Shared Ride service, first year metrics for success of the On-demand Shared Ride service, and concern regarding integration between the City and Utah Transit Authority (UTA) to implement a seamless service. Councilmember Mendenhall asked Staff to provide a map showing where the On-demand Shared Ride services corridor would overlap in the City. #14 . 6:21:06PM INTERVIEW LINDA WARDELL PRIOR TO CONSIDERING HER APPOINTMENT TO THE BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM EXTENDING THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2018, STARTING FROM THE DATE OF ADVICE AND CONSENT. View Attachments Councilmember Mendenhall said Ms . Wardell' s name was on the Consent Agenda for formal consideration. #15 . 6:27:42PM INTERVIEW WASIM KHUDHAIR PRIOR TO CONSIDERING HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXTENDING THROUGH MAY 15 , 2022 . View Attachments 18 - 13 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 Councilmember Mendenhall said Mr. Khudhair' s name was on the Consent Agenda for formal consideration. #16 . 6:30:32 PM INTERVIEW LUNA BANURI PRIOR TO CONSIDERING HER APPOINTMENT TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXTENDING THROUGH MAY 15 , 2022 . View Attachments Councilmember Mendenhall said Ms . Banuri' s name was on the Consent Agenda for formal consideration. #17 . REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS . Item not held. #18 . REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. No discussion was held. #19 . 6:37:49 PM CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, IN KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE §52-4-205 FOR ANY ALLOWED PURPOSE . Councilmember Fowler moved and Councilmember Johnston seconded to enter into Closed Session to discuss strategy sessions to discuss collective bargaining pursuant to Utah Code §52-4- 205 (1) (b) . A roll call vote was taken. Council Members Rogers, Fowler, Johnston, Kitchen, and Wharton voted aye. See File M 18-1 for Sworn Statements . In Attendance: Council Members Rogers, Fowler, Johnston, Kitchen, and Wharton . Absent: Council Members Mendenhall and Luke. Others in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Benjamin Luedtke, David Litvack, Jaysen Oldroyd, Jennifer Bruno, Lehua Weaver, Margaret Plane, Patrick Leary, DeeDee Robinson, and Kory Solorio. The Closed Session adjourned at 7 : 07 p.m. The Work Session meeting adjourned at 7 : 07 p.m. COUNCIL CHAIR 18 - 14 MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 15 , 2018 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 pursuant to Utah Code §52-4-203 (2) (b) . This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held May 15, 2018 . ks 18 - 15