05/16/2017 - Work Session - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2017
The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at
3 : 02 p.m. in Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building, 451
South State Street.
In Attendance: Council Members Erin Mendenhall, Derek Kitchen,
Stan Penfold, Charlie Luke, James Rogers, Lisa Adams, and Andrew
Johnston.
Staff in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council
Director; Jennifer Bruno, Executive Council Deputy Director;
Jacqueline Biskupski, Mayor; Patrick Leary, Mayor' s Chief of
Staff; David Litvack, Mayor' s Deputy Chief of Staff; Margaret
Plane, City Attorney; Lehua Weaver, Council Associate Deputy
Director; Benjamin Luedtke, Council Public Policy Analyst; Nick
Norris, Planning Director; Nick Tarbet, Council Senior Public
Policy Analyst; Allison Rowland, Council Public Policy Analyst;
Mary Beth Thompson, Finance Director; John Vuyk, Budget Manager;
Julio Garcia, Human Resources Director; Matt Kammeyer, Golf
Associate Director; Lisa Shaffer, Public Services Director; Daniel
Echeverria, Senior Planner; Paul Nielson, Senior City Attorney;
Michael Akerlow, Community and Neighborhoods Deputy Director;
Wayne Mills, Planning Manager; Gregory Daly, Chief Information
Officer; and Scott Crandall, Deputy City Recorder.
Councilmember Luke conducted the meeting until Councilmember
Penfold arrived at 4 : 15 p.m. Councilmember Penfold conducted the
remainder of the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 3 : 02 p .m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1 . 3:02:13PM RECEIVE A WRITTEN BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPOSED
FINANCE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. View Attachments
Written briefing only.
#2 . 3:03:23PM RECEIVE A WRITTEN BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPOSED
COMPENSATION BUDGET, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR PERSONNEL AND PAYROLL
COSTS . View Attachments
Written briefing only.
#3 . RECEIVE A WRITTEN BRIEFING REGARDING THE CONSOLIDATED FEE
SCHEDULE . This is a list of fees the City charges to offset
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administrative service costs and regulatory costs. It is updated
annually as part of the budget process. View Attachments
Written briefing only.
#4 . RECEIVE A WRITTEN BRIEFING REGARDING TAX AND REVENUE
ANTICIPATION NOTES, SERIES 2017 . The resolution authorizes the
issuance and sale of not-to-exceed $25 million Salt Lake City,
Utah tax and revenue anticipation notes, Series 2017, 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 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.
#5. 3:04:37PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING A REVENUE UPDATE AND
A BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 BUDGET. View
Attachments/PowerPoint
Mary Beth Thompson, John Vuyk, and Patrick Leary briefed the
Council with attachments/PowerPoint presentation. Ms . Thompson
said an Economic Trends Analysis report would be available
quarterly to keep Council Members informed about sales tax data
and economic trends .
Councilmember Luke requested feedback on sales tax data
relating to internet sales (Amazon) . Ms . Thompson said she would
provide information as soon as she finished analyzing the revenue
already collected.
Discussion was held on parking issues . Ms . Thompson said
complaints were decreasing and utilization/tickets were
increasing. Councilmember Adams suggested Council Members utilize
District Newsletters to inform constituents about the parking app.
Councilmember Rogers requested follow-up information regarding the
projected increase in parking meter utilization ($600, 000) .
Councilmember Johnston requested feedback regarding the parking
ticket amnesty program. He also requested information about how
the Impact Fee moratorium affected the number of permits issued
and the cascading effect on the budget long-term.
Mr. Vuyk presented the expense side of the proposed budget .
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Discussion was held on employee compensation (step increases) . Mr.
Vuyk said compensation was the largest component of the General
Fund budget . Discussion was held on the Capital Improvement Program
(CIP) . Mr. Vuyk said $1 . 9 million was reallocated from old
underutilized CIP projects to current projects . Councilmember
Rogers requested a list of projects where funding was reallocated.
Councilmember Luke said additionally, he wanted to know where/how
the reallocated money would be spent (identify CIP area of
reallocation) .
Councilmember Adams said the proposed budget showed
approximately $8 million being allocated to streets ($11 million
normally) and asked why the lower amount when so much more was
needed. Mr. Leary said he would get information back to Council .
#6 . 3:37:11 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE MAYOR' S
RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 . View Attachments
Jennifer Bruno briefed the Council with attachments . Comments
included increased sales/property tax revenue, potential judgement
levy (truth-in-taxation) , property tax stabilization, new growth
estimates/methodology, Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment,
water/sewer increases, Library rate increase, Council priorities
(homelessness, housing) , payroll system upgrade, CIP
percentage/needs, pavement management study, increased staffing,
fewer one-time money expenditures, and transfer Rose Park Golf
Course (RPGC) to General Fund.
#7 . 4:50:04PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPOSED GOLF
FUND . View Attachments
Mayor Biskupski, Patrick Leary, Matt Kammeyer, John Vuyk,
Lisa Shaffer, and Allison Rowland and briefed the Council with
attachments . Comments included policy shift, impact on future
budgets by transferring RPGC to General fund, provide a variety of
robust recreation activities for residents/visitors, promote open
space, protect community assets, promote non-golf activities on
RPGC, create Northwest Recreation Area, golf operating deficits,
create revenue generating opportunities, capital infrastructure
needs, community partnerships, develop strategy for ongoing
maintenance costs, Jordan River projects, create large park system
which included golf, broader recreation concept, strengthen
community engagement, address decades of deferred maintenance,
identify funding sources, joint Council/Administration discussions
needed to address deferred infrastructure/ongoing parks/golf
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needs, General Fund subsidy, potential for bonding, lower golf
fees for City residents, lease or sell property for development,
and Wingpointe Golf Course issues .
Councilmember Mendenhall requested feedback regarding the
Mayor' s vision to connect the back nine at RPGC in a new way to
the Jordan River Parkway. Councilmember Kitchen said he wanted to
see greater accessibility for the boarder community for recreation
activities (no fees/or limited fees) .
Councilmember Luke requested feedback from Ms . Shaffer
regarding how the Administration planned to address deferred
maintenance issues for the Golf Enterprise Fund (existing golf
courses) , existing parks/open space, and the additional burden of
moving RPGC to the General Fund. (information needed for follow-
up discussion)
Councilmember Rogers requested a per-acre breakdown of
maintenance costs being spent on every City park. He said based on
that figure, he would request a proposal on how an equivalent cost
per-acre could be spent on the RPGC (1, 000 acres) .
Councilmember Penfold said the Public Services budget was
severely reduced a few years ago and ask Ms . Rowland to find out
if that budget was fully restored. He said Staff was tracking
Council questions and would gather information for a follow-up
briefing/discussion.
#8 . 3:55:12 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPOSED
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES (IMS) BUDGET. The department
provides technical support for the City. View Attachments
Gregory Daly, Lehua Weaver, and Patrick Leary briefed the
Council with attachments . Comments included new Constituent
Relations Management System, replacement Document Management
System, accelerated spending for security purposes, and potential
project to look at quality-of-life issues across the City.
Councilmember Luke said the Council Office played a major
role in constituent requests (document sharing/management) and
asked IMS to work closely (step-by-step in decision making) with
Council/Staff for implementation of new systems .
Councilmember Mendenhall expressed interest in a potential
project which looked at quality-of-life issues across the City
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with metrics already collected in a GIS format. She asked if the
Council could provide project support this year. Mr. Daly said he
thought the project could be accomplished without a funding
request. Councilmember Mendenhall requested information regarding
prior year Accela based IMS service costs/increases and what could
be anticipated in the future .
#9 . 5:43:24PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE
THAT WOULD AMEND THE CITY' S TRANSIT STATION AREA (TSA) ZONING
DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2016-00522 . Among other
changes, the proposal incentivizes affordable housing in TSAs,
requires uses on the ground floor of a building that encourage
engagement with pedestrians on the street, and requires building
materials to be high-quality and long-lasting, such as brick, stone
and patterned concrete. The proposal was initiated by the Council.
View Attachments
Nick Tarbet, Daniel Echeverria, Nick Norris, Paul Nielson,
Wayne Mills , and Michael Akerlow briefed the Council with
attachments . Comments included Fair Housing Act, affordable
housing credits, utilize point system, equitable housing
distribution, avoid concentrating protected classes in one area,
designated areas of opportunity, potential to modify zoning in
certain areas, parking issues/requirements, program monitoring,
capacity limits for breweries, brew pubs, etc. , and how to
integrate breweries, etc. into neighborhoods (potential for
conditional use for large scale facilities) .
Councilmember Penfold said a potential follow-up issue was to
examine whether a zoning modification was needed regarding ground
floor uses in certain locations .
Councilmember Rogers said the Mayor' s Blue Ribbon Commission
dealt with affordable housing issues and asked if she would be
willing to let Planning make a presentation to them. He said he
thought it would be helpful to receive their input since they were
involved in doing developments (what would incentivize them) . Mr.
Norris said he would check with the Mayor.
Councilmember Penfold asked Planning to work with Housing and
Neighborhood Development (HAND) to explore opportunities that
might exist through zoning to incentivize affordability in target
areas (tie that to a financial incentive) .
Discussion was held on potential straws polls relating to
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conditional uses for breweries, potential to modify incentive
system (provide additional incentives in areas of opportunity) ,
and modifying the 15-year affordability requirement in the design
guidelines (tied to tax credits) . The Council felt more follow-up
was needed before conducting straw polls .
Councilmember Penfold suggested closing the public hearing
and deferring action to a future date to allow time to review
additional comments/proposed changes .
#10 . 6:20:14PM 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:
• Budget Amendment No. 6 Agenda Timeline,
• Changes to the Rules of Decorum,
• Changes to the Annual Calendar,
• Changes to the City agenda layout, and
• Scheduling items.
See File M 17-5 for Announcements .
#11 . REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
No discussion was held.
#12 . 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 : 29 p.m.
COUNCIL CHAIR
CITY RECORDER
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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 May
16, 2017 .
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