11/10/2005 - Minutes PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
WORK SESSION
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 , 2005
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in a Work Session on
Thursday, November 10, 2005, at 6 : 30 p.m. in Room 326, City Council
Office, City County Building, 451 South State Street.
In Attendance : Council Members Carlton Christensen, Van Turner, Eric
Jergensen, Nancy Saxton, Jill Remington Love, Dave Buhler and Dale
Lambert.
Also in Attendance : Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; LuAnn
Clark, Housing and Neighborhood Development Director; Rick Graham, Public
Services Director; Doug Wheelwright, Planning Deputy Director/Community
Planning/Land Use and Transportation/Support Staff; Steve Fawcett,
Management Services Deputy Director; Sylvia Jones, Council Research and
Policy Analyst/Constituent Liaison; Ray McCandless, Community Planning/
Land Use and Transportation Planner; Jennifer Bruno, Council Policy
Analyst; Lehua Weaver, Council Constituent Liaison; Kevin Bergstrom,
Public Services Deputy Director; Alexander Ikefuna, Planning Director;
Brent Wilde, Community Development Deputy Director; Rocky Fluhart,
Mayor' s Chief Administrative Officer; Chris Bramhall, Senior City
Attorney; Valda Tarbet, Redevelopment Agency Deputy Director; Dave Oka,
Redevelopment Agency Director; Janice Jardine, Council Land Use Policy
Analyst; Greg Davis, Public Services Finance Director; Boyd Ferguson,
Senior City Attorney; D. J. Baxter, Mayor' s Senior Advisor; Jerry Fenn,
Utah President of Qwest, Public Policy; Romney Stewart, Solid Waste
Director; Jim Campbell, Attorney for Qwest; and Beverly Jones, Deputy
City Recorder.
Councilmember Lambert presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 6 : 52 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1 . 6 : 52 : 21 PM INTERVIEW ROBERT EARL FORBIS, JR. PRIOR TO HIS
CONSIDERATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. View Attachments
Councilmember Lambert said Mr. Forbis, Jr. name would be forwarded
to the Consent Agenda for approval .
#2 . 7 : 06 : 00 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE SALT LAKE VALLEY
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY CALENDAR YEAR 2006 BUDGET, AS WELL AS A
THIRD QUARTER UPDATE AND STATISTICAL SUMMARY RELATING TO MAJOR GOALS AND
PROGRAMS FOR 2005 . View Attachments
Rick Graham, Sylvia Jones , Greg Davis, and Romney Stewart briefed
the Council from the attached handout . Councilmember Buhler asked if
they had considered purchasing additional land. Mr. Graham said he felt
there was no need to expand the landfill site because the current site
would last approximately 45 years . He said over time new technologies
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and opportunities would present themselves to municipalities to further
reduce the waste stream. Councilmember Buhler said it would be prudent
to acquire land for possible future expansion. He said if the land was
never needed then the City could sell it . He urged the Solid Waste
Management Council to pursue purchasing additional land. Councilmember
Lambert said the Management Council was currently conducting a study. He
recommended Council wait for a recommendation from them.
#3 . 7 : 35 : 36 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING CABLE FRANCHISE WITH
QWEST BROADBAND SERVICES . View Attachments
Jennifer Bruno, Chris Bramhall, Rocky Fluhart, Jim Campbell and
Jerry Fenn briefed the Council from the attached handout. Councilmember
Lambert asked if this issue was scheduled for next Tuesday night . Ms .
Gust-Jenson said that was correct. Councilmember Lambert said he wanted
to place the item on Thursday night' s agenda instead.
#4 . 8 : 01 : 33 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE
PROPERTIES LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 405 WEST 2300 NORTH ON THE HIGH LAKE
BONNEVILLE BENCH AREA EAST OF BECK STREET FROM OPEN SPACE TO NATURAL OPEN
SPACE . (PETITION NO. 400-05-20) View Attachments
Janice Jardine, Doug Wheelwright and Ray McCandless briefed the
Council from the attached handout .
#5 . 8 : 25 : 18 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION REGARDING COMPONENTS
OF THE PROPOSED HOUSING POLICY. View Attachments
Janice Jardine, LuAnn Clark, Brent Wilde, D.J. Baxter and Valda
Tarbet briefed the Council with the attached handout . Councilmember
Lambert asked if the proposed plan included development in the northwest
quadrant. Ms . Jardine said not specifically. Councilmember Lambert said
that should be part of the housing policy. Councilmember Jergensen said
they needed to identify a quantifiable amount of housing growth in the
next 5 to 20 years . He said reference could be made that the Council
would go forward on the northwest quadrant master plan and the housing
policy would be updated accordingly. Councilmember Lambert asked for a
straw poll on whether the Council wanted development in the northwest
quadrant put in the housing policy. The majority of the Council Members
were in favor of putting the development of the Northwest Quadrant in the
housing policy.
Councilmember Lambert said the next issue was Single Room Occupancy
(SRO) . He said the current draft eliminated any reference to SRO' s . He
said the Administration wanted SRO housing reinserted. He said he felt
some reference to SRO housing was needed in the policy. Ms . Jardine said
SRO housing could be referred to as efficiency apartments . Councilmember
Jergensen said they could also be referred to as special needs housing.
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Councilmember Lambert asked if the Council was in favor of identifying
more specifically the special needs population. Councilmember Saxton
asked Ms . Clark to help the Council with wording and placement .
Councilmember Lambert said the next issue was to encourage single
family infill housing to attract middle income families . Ms . Gust-Jenson
said the policy did refer to this issue but they wanted to be sure it was
captured adequately. Ms . Clark said Page 1, No. 4 said "policies and
programs that encourage home ownership would create an appropriate
balance between rental and home ownership. " Council Members wanted that
wording added to Item 8 .
Councilmember Lambert said the next issue was increasing population
in the City to maintain viable schools . Ms . Jardine said that was not
specifically stated. Council Members were in favor of including the
wording "coordinate housing initiatives with the local school district. "
Councilmember Lambert said the next issue was redeveloping existing
housing in higher densities . Councilmember Jergensen said the
subcommittee felt there needed to be an increase in density in areas
where density was appropriate . Council Members Jergensen and Saxton said
the subcommittee felt the issue was adequately addressed in the policy.
Councilmember Lambert said the next issue was zoning considerations
such as housing mitigation to prevent commercial encroachment into viable
residential neighborhoods . Councilmember Christensen said he felt this
needed to be tied to master plans . Councilmember Lambert said the policy
should state the City encouraged residential and ongoing residential use
in neighborhoods but wanted to be sensitive to a master planning process
that allowed ongoing development or walkable communities .
Councilmember Lambert said the next issue was the request for
funding from both the Housing Trust Fund and the Redevelopment Agency
(RDA) . Councilmember Jergensen said RDA and Housing Trust Fund policies
were different. He said they needed to be combined or require developers
to choose which funding source would better meet their needs .
Councilmember Christensen said he wanted to delineate what the different
funding sources were suppose to accomplish. Councilmember Lambert said
the issue needed to be addressed but he did not want it in the Housing
Policy. Councilmember Jergensen recommended that in the December RDA
meeting they look at these issues and set a time to come to a conclusion.
All Council Members were in favor.
Councilmember Lambert asked if there was reference to mitigation in
the proposed policy. Ms . Jardine said Page 3, under C, Housing Stock,
Statement 2 . Councilmember Lambert read the statement. Ms . Clark said
the current mitigation ordinance was triggered if the zoning was changed
from Residential to Commercial and a house was being removed or if
someone went through a conditional use process to create a parking lot .
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Ms . Gust-Jenson said there was a follow through problem because in the
1995 zoning rewrite the Council said they wanted to automatically assume
and expect that the zoning changes would follow the adoption of a master
plan.
Councilmember Lambert asked if the Planning Commission was currently
looking at the mitigation issue . Mr. Wilde said it had been on the table
for a while but they could raise it to a higher priority. Councilmember
Lambert asked for a straw poll on whether the Council wanted the
mitigation statement to stay in the policy. Councilmember Lambert said
he did not know how he felt. Councilmember Christensen said he felt
mitigation should be related to the Land Use Plan. Councilmember Buhler
suggested they say "adaptive reuse of existing housing stock or replace
the City' s housing stock. " He said it could also state "including
housing mitigation" or "supports housing mitigation. " Councilmember
Lambert said mitigation should be added to No. 1 and No. 2 should be
removed. All Council Members were in favor.
Ms . Jardine said the Mayor' s letter recommended use of providing
City financing for studies on proposed housing projects in which a
building might require seismic upgrades . All Council Members felt that
financing seismic upgrades did not belong in the housing policy.
#6. 8 : 05 : 07 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING POSSIBLE SITES FOR
CONSTRUCTING A NEW FLEET FACILITY. View Attachments
Rick Graham and Kevin Bergstrom briefed the Council with the
attached handout. A discussion was held on the proposed facility sites .
Councilmember Lambert asked if the Council wanted to go in the direction
indicated at the Executive Session or did they want to continue to pursue
other options . Councilmember Christensen said he wanted to continue to
pursue other options . The majority of the Council Members were in favor
of the option from the Executive Session.
#7 . CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE
PURPOSE OF STRATEGY SESSIONS TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, OR LEASE
OF REAL PROPERTY WHEN PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF THE TRANSACTION WOULD DISCLOSE
THE APPRAISAL OR ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION OR
PREVENT THE PUBLIC BODY FROM COMPLETING THE TRANSACTION ON THE BEST
POSSIBLE TERMS, AND TO DISCUSS PENDING OR REASONABLY IMMINENT LITIGATION;
PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANN. § § 52-4-4 , 52-4-5 (1) (a) (iii) AND 52-4-
5 (1) (a) (iv) , AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS THAT ARE PRIVILEGED, PURSUANT TO
UTAH CODE ANN. § 78-24-8 .
This item was not held.
#8 . REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL
INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS .
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This item was not held.
The meeting adjourned at 9 : 25 p .m.
Council Chair
Chief Deputy City Recorder
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes for the City Council Work Session held November 10,
2005 .
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