03/03/2020 - Work Session - MinutesMINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020
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The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in
Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building, 451 South State
Street.
In Attendance: Council Members Chris Wharton, James Rogers, Andrew
Johnston, Amy Fowler, Analia Valdemoros, Daniel Dugan, and Darin
Mano.
Staff in Attendance: Jennifer Bruno, Council Executive Deputy
Director; Erin Mendenhall, Mayor; Rachel Otto, Mayor’s Chief of
Staff; Katherine Lewis, City Attorney; Allison Rowland, Council
Public Policy Analyst; Nick Norris, Planning Director; Brian
Fullmer, Council Policy Analyst; Samuel Owen, Council Policy
Analyst; Kira Luke, Council Policy Analyst; David Gellner,
Principal Planner; Molly Robinson, Planning Manager; Mayara Lima,
Principal Planner; John Anderson, Planning Manager; Nancy
Monteith, Parks Department Landscape Architect; Kristin Riker,
Public Lands Deputy Director; Vicki Bennett, Sustainability
Director; Megan DePaulis, Senior City Attorney; Debbie Lyons,
Sustainability Deputy Director, Kimberly Chytraus, Senior City
Attorney; Lewis Kogan, Trails and Natural Lands Division Manager;
Lehua Weaver, Council Associate Deputy Director; Marcia White,
Community and Neighborhoods Director; Shellie Finan, Real Property
Manager; Daniel Rip, Housing Policy and Program Manager; Robert
Nutzman, Council Administrative Assistant; Allison Parks, Senior
City Attorney, Lynn Pace, Mayor’s Senior Advisor for
Intergovernmental Affairs; Benjamin Luedtke, Council Policy
Analyst, Lisa Shaffer, Mayor’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Jennifer
McGrath, Community and Neighborhoods Deputy Director; and Scott
Crandall, Deputy City Recorder.
Guests in Attendance: Mary Warner Demuri, Project Architect (Item
2); Kathia Dang, Applicant (Item 2); Kevin Collotzi, Applicant
(Item 3); and Rusty Ballo, Applicant Representative (Item 4).
Councilmember Wharton presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. 2:06:01 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO EARLY NOTIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC AND RECOGNIZED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR LAND USE PROJECTS PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2016-00300. The Council initiated this petition to
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clarify early notification regulations and public outreach. The
purpose of the proposed changes is to increase awareness and
participation by the public for various types of City projects
while still providing a timely review process for applicants. View Attachments
John Anderson, Nick Norris, and Allison Parks briefed the
Council with attachments. Mr. Norris provided background
information about the proposal including minor changes needed to
provide clarity/consistency, proposal intended to clarify early
notification regulations for public outreach, increasing
awareness/participation for City projects (posting sign on
subject’s property), improving efforts in mailing accuracy,
clarifying outreach events, modifying public hearing process,
managing Staff time/resources with outreach efforts, potential for
developers to attend Community Council meetings, receiving 800
applications per year, general public’s ability to access project
information, specific projects having their own City webpage,
utilizing Citizens Access Portal/Accela, Planning’s webpage having
a “pending projects list” for public access, and how citizens could
more easily get information about projects in their community
(promote involvement).
Councilmember Mano said his district contained a number of
overlapping Community Council organizations and expressed concern
that some residents might not receive notification because they
did not attend additional outreach events.
Mr. Norris said Planning needed to create a "best
practice"/internal policy to direct Staff when dealing with
applications requiring notification within 600-feet.
Councilmember Fowler talked about the potential to add a full-
time community outreach person to work exclusively on community
engagement/outreach efforts for Planning. Ms. Bruno said Staff
could follow-up with Community Engagement (part of Community and
Neighborhoods Department) to gauge current strategies they were
using with Planning and determine if there was room for
bandwidth/expansion.
Further discussion was held on the Council’s interest in
finding more efficient/effective ways for citizens to access
information about applications/projects. Mr. Norris said some
online programs available to the public included “Citizens Access
Portal/Accela” (applications, drawings, maps, etc.), separate
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webpage for large/complicated projects (providing continual
updates), and a “pending projects list” (providing details,
status, etc.). He further talked about an online “active project
map” which, when first implemented, was the best/easiest way to
find information (real-time map with links to all active
applications City-wide). He said the program also had a direct
link to the “Citizens Access Portal”, however; the site was
currently experiencing technical issues which needed to be fixed.
Councilmember Johnston said he was interested in pursuing
that concept and providing any necessary funding. He wanted the
Administration to get the program running properly and use that as
a platform to move forward.
#2. 2:24:17 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REZONE THE PARCELS LOCATED AT 402 AND 416 EAST 900 SOUTH TO REZONE THOSE PARCELS FROM RB (RESIDENTIAL/BUSINESS DISTRICT) AND CN (NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT) TO CB (COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT) PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2018-01025.
Currently, these parcels fall within two different zoning
districts and the parcel at 416 East Street is split zoned both RB
and CN. The applicants would like to rezone to one zone for
consistency. No development plans have been submitted at this time. View Attachments
Nick Norris, Molly Robinson, Mary Warner Demuri, and Kathia Dang briefed the Council with attachments. Ms. Robinson provided
an overview of the proposal. Comments included Southeast Asian
Market property having split-zoning, impact of side/rear setbacks
on corner lot zoned CN, RB zone intended to maintain some
residential characteristics, largest concentration of RB zoned
properties being located on 1100 East, potential impacts of
height/setbacks/parking requirements on surrounding properties,
parcel size exceeding maximum allowed for CN and RB zones, and
concern about blocking Grays Court.
Council Members expressed concerns about how future
development could impact surrounding properties regarding height,
setbacks, parking, etc. (based on how buildings were oriented on
property).
2:35:03 PM Ms. Dang and Ms. Demuri provided more details about
the proposal. Comments included intent to rectify split-zone
issues prohibiting development of the property, changes needing to
occur (primary goal to get answers about the property), supporting
small business ownership, conceptual plans/design (long process to
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achieve a final proposal), parcel being 30,000 square feet (found
in more CN and RB zones), landscape buffer/setback (required when
property in a commercial zone abuts a Residential R1 zone), patios
being allowed in CN zone, wanting something meaningful to bring
the community together, transparency (open dialog with concerned
residents/avoid negative impacts to neighborhood), and desire to
follow City recommendations/plan.
Discussion was held about potential ways to adopt the proposal
subject to having/requiring frontage on 900 South (potential for
development agreement or including requirements in the ordinance
itself). Ms. Bruno said Staff could work with the Attorney’s Office
to explore options.
Further discussion was held about potential zoning code
reform. Mr. Norris said the code did not focus on issues that
mattered and felt it needed to be fixed. He said the City was
uniquely positioned, given adequate time, to do so in a way which
reflected community issues/concerns (must be done in the right
way). Councilmember Wharton said he wanted to have that discussion
and asked Staff to make a note for future follow-up (other Council
Members expressed interest).
Councilmember Wharton said a public hearing would be
scheduled.
#3. 2:52:48 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REZONE PROPERTY AT 2064 NORTH AND 2066 NORTH 2200 WEST FROM AG-2 (AGRICULTURAL) TO M-1 (LIGHT MANUFACTURING) PETITION NO. PLNPCM-2019-00431. The applicant is requesting the rezone to accommodate
future development of the property and implement the area master
plan zoning. No site development proposal has been submitted at
this time. View Attachments
David Gellner, Brian Fullmer, Molly Robinson, and Kevin Collotzi briefed the Council with attachments. Mr. Gellner
provided background information about the proposal. Comments
included parcel being 2.8 acres, no specific site development plan
being submitted with application, property being within the Inland
Port boundary, secondary property access, and positive Planning
Commission recommendation.
Mr. Collotzi, applicant, provided further details about the
proposal. He said adjusting the setbacks would allow the adjoining
property owner to locate their development closer to his property.
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Councilmember Wharton said a public hearing would be
scheduled.
#4. 2:58:57 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ABOUT A PROPOSAL TO CLOSE A CITY-OWNED ALLEY LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1040 SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. PLNPCM2019-00400. The alley is 15
feet wide and approximately 253 feet long. It runs west of
Washington Street toward an abandoned Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
railroad line, where it becomes a dead end before reaching 300
West Street. The proposal would allow the petitioner to incorporate
it into the seven of eight adjacent properties they own. View Attachments
Mayara Lima, Brian Fuller, John Anderson, and Rusty Ballo
briefed the Council with attachments. Ms. Lima provided details
about the proposal which included City-owned alleys, surrounding
properties being zoned General Commercial (CG), permitted uses,
owner intending to sell combined properties for future
development, alleyway being completely fenced off, and Property
No. 1026 not being owned by petitioner.
Councilmember Mano expressed interest in having a policy
discussion with the Administration regarding alley dispositions
(see Staff report). He said there was potential for alleyways to
provide public connections in mixed-use developments and careful
consideration was needed before permanently closing them.
3:06:41 PM Mr. Ballo said he worked with the applicant and
provided further details about the proposal which included ongoing
criminal activity, adjacent businesses (uniform cleaning business
and Volunteers of America (VOA), vacant buildings, property being
on the market, access issues, and intent to sell property for
housing development.
Councilmember Wharton said a public hearing would be
scheduled.
#5. 3:08:58 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ABOUT THE DRAFT SALT LAKE CITY PUBLIC LANDS NEEDS ASSESSMENT. This assessment is the first step
toward creating a new Comprehensive Public Lands Master Plan for
the Parks, Trails and Natural Lands and Urban Forestry Divisions. View Attachments
Allison Rowland, Nancy Monteith, and Kristin Riker briefed
the Council with attachments. Ms. Rowland said the Staff report
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contained policy questions/issues for Council consideration
including timeline, geographic participant distribution,
equity/population size, funding needs, park rangers, golf/open
space, and new park types. Ms. Riker provided further details about
the proposal which included proposal being first public lands
assessment, population growing faster than anticipated,
statistically valid 2017 survey, 81% of residents believing the
City provided adequate parks/recreation services, potential for
increased conflicts as more people utilized parks, City needing to
plan for growth (impact on existing service levels), walkability
goals (proximity to parks/trails/open space), utilizing assessment
data to develop a comprehensive master plan, robust community
outreach (Open City Hall, workshops, events, surveys, and
stakeholder meetings), evaluation of existing inventory, varying
maintenance levels for different categories of open space (700
acres of developed parks/300 acres of manicured landscapes).
Further comments included utilizing different Levels of
Service (LOS) metrics for budgeting, impact fee growth
assessments, comparison to other cities, City needing to decide
appropriate LOS per resident (currently 3.5 acres per 1,000
residents), analyzing acreage-per-planning-area, difficulty
acquiring large parcels of land for green space, distribution of
park amenities City-wide, high-quality amenities needed, asset
condition assessment (every park amenity receiving a rating),
capital investments (long-term analysis), community
values/desires, priority improvements requested by residents
(restrooms, maintenance, cleanliness, lighting, and safety
features), 86% of residents expressing willingness to pay more for
parks, desire for new uses, where future improvements/new
facilities should be targeted, closing walkability gap, issues to
consider in upcoming master plan (improving existing parks/natural
lands, creating a more equitable/connected park system, adding new
services to meet growing demand, creating an action plan),
differences between mini-parks/community parks/regional parks, and
evaluating under-utilized parks.
Ms. Riker said Public Lands had contracted with a consultant
to utilize data (gathered in this report) to begin a comprehensive
master plan process. She said the final plan would represent an
effort to ensure the City’s needs aligned with park system
offerings, parks being equitably accessible, and planning for the
next ten years as the City continued to grow. She said they hoped
to work with the Council, Mayor’s Office, stakeholders, and general
public to complete this project.
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Councilmember Rogers talked about the Westside not having a
destination park like other parts of the City (unfair to put
Regional Athletic Park in statistics because of pay-to-play).
Further Council comments/concerns about the proposal included
ratio/types of amenities varying between parks (some parks having
many amenities while others having very few), challenges
associated with creating spaces/amenities desired by different
communities/residents (find appropriate LOS metric), evaluating
under-utilized spaces (identify what changes were needed),
difficulty in identifying/securing funding for existing parks
(impact fee statutes), new parks/spaces creating more maintenance
issues, areas of the City lacking parks due to expensive land
costs, creating community partnerships (community driven effort),
holistic overview of all parks/spaces (funding, management,
including Fleet Block, etc., all options on table), current funding
plans being inadequate, funding additional studies, making
Washington Square/Library a downtown park, open space uses
continually evolving, alternative funding options available
nationally, and requiring park space as part of future
developments.
Councilmember Johnston said during the budget cycle, he
wanted to include funding to identify ways the Council could better
assist the Parks Department in managing valuable public amenities
(encourage community investment in public parks/open space).
Councilmember Rogers talked about Portland having a Revolving
General Obligation Bond for their parks program which
automatically renewed every five-ten years. He expressed interest
in looking at that type of funding stream to address changing needs
as the City continued to grow (look at highest/best use).
#6. 3:49:02 PM RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY’S SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT ABOUT MAJOR PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY OR SCHEDULED TO BEGIN DURING FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020. View Attachments
Vicki Bennett, Debbie Lyons, and Samuel Owen briefed the
Council with attachments. Ms. Bennett provided an overview of the
proposal which included solar procurement (timeline), renewable
energy service contract with Rocky Mountain Power (RMP), solar
farm development, concern with proposed rate drop (amount RMP paid
the City), net-metering program concerns, resolution for 100%
renewable goal by 2030 (passed by 23 Utah cities/counties), and
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program elements included in application (being submitted to the
Public Services Commission (PSC) next year).
Ms. Bennett provided further details about the timeline
including Governance/Utility agreements (adopting final governance
agreement by August 2020), low-income plans, providing an opt-out
option, potential ordinance language, rate design/projections,
creating mechanism for participants to reach a single joint
decision, how costs would be shared among communities, capping
program rates, each community filing a plan to address low-income
programs/assistance, outreach, engagement, and affordable housing.
Further discussion was held on electrified transportation
(public electric vehicle (EV) charging network), battery-backup
opportunities, potential options for backup generators at City
facilities, and Utah Climate Action Network (UCAN)
program/funding. Councilmember Rogers requested information about
usage of City charging stations. Ms. Bennett said she would provide
the information.
4:06:40 PM Ms. Lyons provided an overview of the following food
projects outlined in the attachment: Resident Equity Advisors -
$50,000 (two-year pilot program), Food/Economy/Equity Study -
$65,000 (leverage existing data to evaluate current food system),
and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - $15,000
(Farmer Markets/farm-stand expansion). Comments included
recommending strategies, engaging farmers to explore food
barriers, incorporating food access in conjunction with other
City/Master plans, equipment upgrade requirements (federal),
leveraging resources, and community food assessment. Ms. Lyons
said the status on these programs would be included in the next
“Quarterly Update”.
Councilmember Rogers requested information about
efforts/assessment from Sustainability and Community and
Neighborhoods (CAN) in addressing “Food Deserts” in the City
(geographical areas lacking sufficient supply of fresh vegetables,
fruits, and healthy affordable whole foods). He said a 500-unit
apartment complex was being developed on Redwood Road/North Temple
(no grocery stores within 1-3 miles). Councilmember Johnston
expressed interest in exploring options to spend funding in ways
that would result in tangible benefits, which in turn could be
used as a starting point for continued growth.
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Council Members talked about the importance of Sustainability
being involved in ongoing redevelopment discussions/projects to
ensure analysis was done to address a variety of issues regarding
“Food Deserts”. Comments included impacts of concentrating low-
income housing in certain areas of the City, lack of supermarkets,
need for metrics to analyze success in food programs/projects,
affordable food being associated with large markets (potential for
incentives), and community gardens not addressing everyone’s
needs.
Note: Item 7 and 8 were heard as one briefing.
#7. 4:20:47 PM 4:27:57 PM RECEIVE AN OVERVIEW OF FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. A franchise agreement
is a contract between the City and a utility provider that allows
the utility provider to use the public right-of-way.
Benjamin Luedtke, Kira Luke, Katherine Lewis, and Kimberly Chytraus briefed the Council. Ms. Chytraus provided background
information about franchise agreements. Comments included allowing
utility providers to utilize/construct improvements in the public
right-of-way, franchise providing blanket/non-exclusive
permission for companies to locate anywhere within the City’s
right-of-way (locations narrowed through City’s permitting
process), potential users (railroads, power/gas companies,
telecommunications, cable/video, water, and sewer), process being
provided by ordinance, cities having the right to control their
property, requirement for a railroad franchise to be granted by
ordinance, City ordinances being vehicle to encumber City
property, Administration negotiating contracts within ordinance
parameters, and City being compensated for allowing right-of-way
usage (generally set by State – municipal sales and use tax).
Further comments included small cell facilities having more
limited fees (some providers paying per-foot), some policy
decisions/regulations being made by federal government (equal
treatment of service providers), City unable to prohibit
installation of telecommunication services in the right-of-way,
current City code providing limited direction regarding
franchises, utilization of “form franchise agreement” containing
generally accepted provisions, current gas franchise with Dominion
Energy (currently being renegotiated), current Rocky Mountain
Power franchise, Comcast franchise providing current video
services, multiple telecommunication franchises with various
providers, multiple railroad franchises (most being historic),
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recommending changes to City code, having a comprehensive
franchise code (similar to Small Cell), updated code would contain
many provisions currently addressed in agreement, no comprehensive
scheme for franchises, and Federal/State restrictions.
Councilmember Wharton asked what specific changes could be
made to address code modifications (total restructure versus minor
modifications). Ms. Chytraus said the existing ordinance was very
short/incomplete and extensive changes were needed (would resemble
Small Cell Wireless facilities ordinance) but would be applicable
to general use of the City’s right-of-way. She said franchises
were handled through current practices/agreements and not by City
code. She said they wanted to streamline the process so the Council
could use its time more efficiently.
#8. 4:34:37 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD GRANT A TELECOMMUNICATION FRANCHISE AGREEMENT TO TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA LLC. The agreement would allow the company
to place and maintain its facilities within the City rights-of-
way. The company would be governed by certain conditions, need to
secure appropriate permits and pay the telecommunications tax
under state law. View Attachments Shellie Finan, Kira Luke, Katherine Lewis, and Kimberly Chytraus briefed the Council with attachments. Ms. Finan said the
vendor's agreement expired in January 2019 and they were looking
for a ten-year renewal.
Councilmember Wharton said he received a lot of resident
feedback about this proposal which he would pass along to the
Administration.
#9. Tentative Break.
#10. 4:39:48 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING ABOUT THE DRAFT FOOTHILLS TRAIL SYSTEM MASTER PLAN. The plan aims to improve and
create trails that are environmentally sustainable, enjoyable,
accessible, safe, and low-maintenance. This is the first master
plan for the Foothills Natural Area, which would cover from the
North Salt Lake boundary, south to Emigration Canyon. A future
plan update will address the area between Emigration and Parleys
Canyons. View Attachments Allison Rowland and Lewis Kogan briefed the Council with
attachments. Ms. Rowland said Councilmember Wharton requested the
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Administration address specific questions raised by the public as
outlined in the attachment. Mr. Kogan summarized the
Administration’s responses. Ms. Rowland said Council Staff reached
out to people who provided contact information (answers sent
directly to them).
Councilmember Johnston asked about potential target/metrics
for the number of miles intended for adaptive uses (accessibility
for special needs groups). Mr. Kogan said three proposed sites
would provide between 5-8 miles of adaptive trail (out of the
hundred-mile trail system). He said when construction projects
began and professional trail builders analyzed sites, Staff would
get a better sense of providing/ensuring more trails were
considered for adaptive cycles/people with disabilities.
Councilmember Johnston requested updates (look at outcomes) as the
Administration got deeper into the process. He said he supported
any efforts to increase those miles as much as possible.
Councilmember Wharton said the item was on the formal meeting
agenda for consideration.
#11. 4:59:39 PM THE COUNCIL CONVENED A WORKING RETREAT LAST MONTH AND DISCUSSED VARIOUS PROJECTS AND ISSUES THAT COULD BE PRIORITY TOPICS TO GUIDE WORK FOR THE COMING YEAR. The Council
will review the list of projects and identify some possible next
steps for moving ahead with the projects. View Attachments
Lehua Weaver, Rachel Otto, and Mayor Mendenhall briefed the
Council with attachments. Ms. Weaver said Staff wanted to review
the information listed in the attachment to ensure Council Members
comments were captured correctly.
Ms. Weaver said Staff felt the following topics/areas could
be utilized to capture/categorize Council Members items: budget,
City assets (centralized around general facilities/parks
development), economic development, equity issues, and quality of
urban living. She said sub-categories included housing and
neighborhood preservation, safety/community support issues, and
transportation.
Discussion/review was held on Items 1-26 listed in the chart
entitled "Notes from Council Work Session Retreat". Comments
included potential to receive summaries from City Departments
about their annual achievements/goals during the budget process
(potential to collaborate with Administration to facilitate),
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potential ways to translate budget issues/metrics into "service
delivery" components where residents could better understand how
services were being provided/funded, requesting the Administration
identify what service delivery changes citizens would notice as a
result of a specific budget proposal, City branding/identity
(neighborhood by neighborhood or City-wide - "Branding in a Box"),
City rebrand project being Administrative priority (collaborative
effort with multiple stakeholders), components of rebranding (new
flag, neighborhood preservation, anti-displacement conversations,
gentrification mitigation approach, establishing a technology
corridor, place making, etc.), budget request to allocate
resources, governance/maintenance of City assets
(facilities/parks/real estate), utilizing long-term leases (retain
ownership), evaluating best uses of City properties (ongoing
conversations with Administration), how development impacted
neighborhoods (general ordinance review), defining issues falling
under the Council's role (policy driven questions) versus those of
the Administration (some issues needing joint effort, avoiding
duplication), identify specific issues for follow-up briefings,
prioritizing planning resources with expected outcomes to
streamline/simplify the process for those wanting to conduct
business/interact with City (potential code revision), Council's
willingness to allocate funding based on specific outcomes,
special events, public markets, Economic Development Loan Funds
(identify ways to achieve City goals), economic development
tools/new opportunities (place making, activation ideas), Jordan
River improvements/programming (change to combined item),
improving City's municipal equity index rating (potential
policy/ordinance updates - discussion with Administration), Human
Rights Commission (strengthen/expand role - change to combined
item), renters defense (equity issue - remove Item 13 from list,
kept on Staff radar), Quality of Urban Living, Accessory Dwelling
Units (ADU), Single Resident Occupancy (SRO), geographic
distribution, alleyways discussion (City asset/explore potential
uses), community gardens/park strips (“Food Deserts”/public
markets), tracking/understanding City demographic changes, anti-
displacement, housing preservation (potential
changes/affordability issues), addressing needs of vulnerable
populations, crime/safety perception (batched with Park Ranger
discussion, future conversations with Administration), services
for communities needing additional support (specific populations),
traffic calming measures (exploring creative/new options, briefing
scheduled), scooter issues (resolution needed, forthcoming
transmittal), long-term transit plans (City-wide connectivity,
what would transit look like long-term, transit expansion
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discussions/potential for new services), Foothill traffic issues,
equity for fees (potential creation of tiers), and Rank Choice
Voting (RCV) issues: exploring options addressing constituent
expectations during upcoming elections, logistics/education
campaign, and Staff working with County election
officials/information gathering (remove from priority list kept on
Staff radar).
Ms. Weaver said Staff would review descriptions and work with
the Administration to identify items for follow-up briefings
(separate Council related items from Administrative items). She
said Staff would come back to Council with a more detailed list.
#12. 5:51:31 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT ISSUES AFFECTING THE CITY THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE 2020 UTAH STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
Lynn Pace briefed the Council about the following bills/key
issues:
• general budget issues
• Inland Port - substitute bill (reviewed by City
Attorney), additional bill - Senator Escamilla.
• Redevelopment Agency (RDA) - expected to fade away.
• housing issues - monitoring a number of bills,
optimization for State to allocate funding toward
affordable housing (amount and locations unknown).
• HB462 - unlawful retainer bill - just released (City not
having a chance to review yet).
• homeless issues - bills pending, Senator Escamilla bill
only one to move through Committee (rest of the bills
stalled), probably will move quickly at end of Session.
Mr. Pace said Staff had talking points about changes
that were needed to each bill, four public bills needed
to be modified for the City to be satisfied (fifth bill
not being made public yet).
• 700 undrafted bills, depending on how many surfaced,
there could be a large logjam of bills, process needing
to be watched carefully at end of Session.
• SB150 - main transportation bill - progressing well -
debate about whether State will pursue bonding for
transit, Frontrunner double-track, Salt Lake County
transportation funding (.25% sales tax - being source of
contention)
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• SB150 – Class B&C Road Funds - funding being reallocated
(potential to be incorporated in bond), ensuring City's
interests were protected.
• SB210 - police body cameras - carefully negotiated
(having broad support including City)
• HB273 - land use - League of Cities and Towns – providing
penalties if local officials knowingly/intentionally
violate their own ordinance or State land use laws
(intended to control risk), League endorsing substitute
bill as a compromise measure.
Councilmember Wharton said he was unable to attend the
Legislative Subcommittee meeting on Friday and wanted the Council
to consider taking a position opposing HB449 (bill to study a
potential ban on hormone blockers for transgender youth, not a
City issue). Following discussion, a Straw Poll was taken to have
the Subcommittee look at whether the City should publicly oppose
the bill. All Council Members were in favor. Mr. Pace said he would
contact the Bill's sponsor and get information back to Council
Staff/Subcommittee.
Councilmember Fowler expressed concerns about SB173 relating
to enforcement/penalties for disrupting public meetings. Following
discussion, a Straw Poll was taken for Council to oppose the bill
and talk with the Administration about directing lobbyists to act
against the bill. All Council Members were in favor.
Mr. Pace said the remainder of the session would move quickly
and asked Council Members to notify him immediately with
concerns/direction.
#13. REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
No discussion was held.
#14. 6:17:06 PM 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:
• The Hibernian Society (St. Patrick's Day) Parade;
• The 41st Giant in Our City event;
• Joint Town Hall Meetings with Mayor Mendenhall; and
• Scheduling Items.
See File M 20-5 for announcements.
MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020
20 - 15
#15. 6:18:47 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 Rogers seconded
to enter into Closed Session to discuss pending or imminent
litigation pursuant to Utah Code §52-4-205(1)(c). A roll call vote
was taken. Council Members Johnston, Wharton, Dugan, Valdemoros,
Mano, Fowler, and Rogers voted aye. See File M 20-1 for Sworn
Statement.
In Attendance: Council Members Johnston, Valdemoros, Wharton,
Fowler, Dugan, Rogers, and Mano.
Others in Attendance: Jennifer Bruno, Lehua Weaver, Katherine
Lewis, Benjamin Luedtke, Lisa Shaffer, Allison Rowland, Shellie
Finan, Kristen Riker, Marcia White, Rachel Otto, Jennifer McGrath,
Daniel Rip, Erin Mendenhall, Megan DePaulis, Robert Nutzman, and
Scott Crandall.
The Closed Session and Work Session meetings adjourned at
6:50 p.m.
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COUNCIL CHAIR
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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
March 3, 2020.
Chris Wharton (Nov 9, 2021 14:41 MST)
Cindy Trishman (Nov 9, 2021 16:46 MST)
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