05/03/2005 - Minutes (2) PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, MAY 3 , 2005
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in a Work Session on
Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at 5 : 30 p.m. in Room 326, City Council Office,
City County Building, 451 South State Street.
In Attendance : Council Members Carlton Christensen, Eric Jergensen,
Van Turner, Nancy Saxton, Jill Remington Love, Dave Buhler, and Dale
Lambert.
Also in Attendance: Cindy-Gust Jenson, Council Executive Director;
Mayor Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson; Rocky Fluhart, Chief Administrative
Officer; Sam Guevara, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; Gary Mumford, Council
Deputy Director/Senior Legislative Auditor; Russell Weeks, Council
Policy Analyst; Jan Aramaki, Council Constituent Liaison/Research &
Policy Analyst; Russell Pack, Airport Commercial and Administration
Director; LeRoy Hooton, Public Utilities Director; Jim Lewis, Public
Utilities Finance Administrator; Stephanie Duer, Water Conservation
Coordinator; Susi Kontgis, Budget Analyst; Laurie Donnell, Budget
Analyst; Orion Goff, Building Official; Rick Graham, Public Services
Director; Steve Fawcett, Management Services Deputy Director; Gordon
Hoskins, Chief Financial Officer; Ty McCartney, Police Civilian Review
Board Administrator; Edna Drake, Licensing Administrator; Daniel Mule,
Treasurer; John Naser, Engineering Senior Project Manager; Tracey
Stevens, Chief Procurement Officer; Sim Gill, City Prosecutor; Jamey
Knighton Anderson, Labor Relations Specialist; Sylvia Jones, Council
Research and Policy Analyst/Constituent Liaison; Lehua Weaver, Council
Constituent Liaison; Janice Jardine, Council Land Use Policy Analyst;
Doug Wheelwright, Planning Land Use & Transportation/Subdivisions;
Jennifer Bruno, Council Policy Analyst; Romney Stewart, Executive
Director of the Salt Lake Valley Solid Management Facility; Stewart
Palmer, Finance Officer for the Salt Lake Valley Solid Management
Facility; John Patterson, Salt Lake County Public Works Director; and
Chris Meeker, Chief Deputy City Recorder.
Council Chair Lambert presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 5 : 37 p.m.
#1 . 5 : 37 : 42 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE LANDFILL. View
Attachments
Romney Stewart, Stewart Palmer, Rick Graham and Sylvia Jones
briefed the Council with the attached handout. Councilmember Jergensen
asked if current fees were sufficient. Mr. Graham said there were new
challenges and fees could change.
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#2 . 6 : 05 : 46 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING REGARDING THE
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (SID) 900 EAST 900 SOUTH STREETSCAPE .
View Attachment
John Naser and Jan Aramaki briefed the Council with the attached
handout. Councilmember Buhler said departments should not be given
more responsibilities without receiving more funding. He asked if
Public Services was prepared to absorb the projected $3, 000 for
maintenance . Mr. Naser said existing Liberty Park staff would take
care of maintenance. He said other small costs were for watering the
landscape and power to run the watering system. Councilmember Buhler
asked that Public Services come back to Council if bids for the
project were higher than estimated. Mr. Naser said if the cost was
inflated they would bring the project back to Council .
Councilmember Saxton requested that the $3, 000 be brought
forth in the next budget.
#3 . 6 : 11 : 08 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE PROPERTY
CONVEYANCE ON THE GILMOR PROPERTY. View Attachments
Russ Pack, Janice Jardine and Lehua Weaver briefed the Council
with the attached handout. Councilmember Saxton asked about the wet
lands and a conservation easement . Mr. Pack said the conservation
easement was to the South and shown as red on the handout. He said
the property was owned by the City. He said the property to the North
owned by the Gilmore family was anticipated to be kept as open space
and airport zoned.
#4 . 6 : 14 : 10 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING REGARDING THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO INCREASE MAXIMUM RATES TAXI DRIVERS MAY CHARGE
RIDERS . (ITEM C-1)View Attachments
Russell Weeks briefed the Council with the attached handout . He
reviewed proposed motions . Councilmember Lambert asked if the rate
structure needed to be changed. Mr. Weeks said the Council as a
legislative body could change rates when needed.
#5 . 6 :21 : 50 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE MAYOR' S
RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR
2005-2006 . View Attachments
LeRoy Hooton, Jim Lewis, Stephanie Duer and Lehua Weaver briefed
the Council with the attached handout. Ms . Weaver referred to an error
in the handout, changing the Total Revenue and Other Sources and the
Total Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay for the water fund to
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$63, 017, 903 . Councilmember Christensen suggested looking at radio
reading for meters . Mr. Lewis said meters could be read for $7 .20 per
year and the cost for radio meters implementation was $140 . He said
this was more than a 12 year payback. He said radio meters were
effective for hard to read meters in the winter months . He said the
program was implemented in areas above llth Avenue, Wasatch Drive and
Highland Drive .
Mr. Hooton said as time went on water and sewer systems would
need to be replaced. He said some systems were designed for farm land
and now modern day fire flow needs were the issue .
Councilmember Turner asked what year water would be tapped out.
Ms . Duer said 2050 was the year or rule that conservation and the
water re-use programs used.
Councilmember Lambert asked what the forecast was for water
supplies in reservoirs that Salt Lake City water was drawn from. Mr.
Hooton said based on supply in the Provo River, Utah Lake, Jordan
River drainage, the snow pack was well above normal . He said
Jordanelle and Deer Creek were expected to be filled this year so the
water supply would be adequate .
Councilmember Love asked how often sewer lines were maintained.
Mr. Hooton said the issue was currently under review. He said he had
new recommendation regarding the current maintenance program. He said
they were reviewing the current no-fault program to see if funding was
high enough for cleanup. He said health issues were involved and a
panel was studying sewer backups .
#6 . CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, IN
KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE TO DISCUSS LABOR NEGOTIATIONS, PURSUANT TO UTAH
CODE ANN. §§ 52-4-4 , 52-4-5 (1) (a) (ii) .
This item was not held
#7 . 8:03:36 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING COUNCILMEMBER JERGENSEN
AND COUNCILMEMBER LOVE' S LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO CREATE A HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION. View Attachments
Council Members Jergensen and Love briefed the Council with the
attached handouts . Councilmember Love recommended hiring outside
counsel for not more than $1, 000 to draft an ordinance . Councilmember
Buhler suggested defining the word "discrimination" . He suggested
that of the nine member board no more than two members be from any one
Council District. Councilmember Saxton asked for a list of
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discrimination complaints . The majority of Council Members were in
favor of moving the issue forward including allocating $1, 000 .
Councilmember Jergensen asked Ms . Gust-Jenson to review legislative
actions regarding the Council preparing ordinances for legislative
action.
#8 . 8:03:41 PM REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING REVIEW OF
COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS .
Councilmember Lambert said there would be more information coming
regarding the budget. Councilmember Jergensen said discussing policy
priorities early would be helpful .
See file M 05-5 for announcements .
The meeting adjourned at 8 : 30 p.m.
COUNCIL CHAIR
CHIEF DEPUTY RECORDER
This document along with the digital recording constitutes the
official minutes for the City Council Work Session meeting held May 3,
2005 .
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