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>> Thank you. Thank you again to everyone
» Thank you. Thank you again to everyone
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Um, we'll start with public hearing.
Item B1 is for the ordinance amending
the administrative hearing process.
Before we begin taking comments, I will
turn over the time to Michael Sanders,
council policy analyst, to give a short
introduction. Thank you, Michael.
>> Thanks, council. The administration is
» Thanks, council. The administration is
proposing to consolidate the appeals
process related to certain license
denial, revocation, or suspension as
well as civil infraction appeals. This
process would replace the current small
claims court process for formal appeals
and create a consistent practice for
appeal processing. The proposal also
includes adding an $81 fee for formal
administrative appeals. This proposal
will also apply to the parties,
gatherings, and events ordinance which
was which was adopted last week on
August 12th.
» Okay, Taylor, please start with our
first public comment.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. We do not have
» Thank you, Madam Chair. We do not have
anyone registered to speak to this item.
>> Okay, thank you. I'll look for a motion.
» Okay, thank you. I'll look for a motion.
>> I move that the council close the public
» I move that the council close the public
hearing and adopt the ordinance.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> Okay. C motion made by council member
» Okay. C motion made by council member
Puy, second by council Dugan. Do I have
any discussion? All those in favor,
please say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> I.
» I.
>> All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
» All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
>> This brings us to the potential action
» This brings us to the potential action
section. Item C1 is for an ordinance
design review standards amendment.
I'll look for a motion.
>> Mr. Chair, I move that council adopt the
» Mr. Chair, I move that council adopt the
ordinance.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> Motion made by council member Dugan,
» Motion made by council member Dugan,
second by council member Puy. Do we have
any discussion on the motion? Okay,
seeing none, all those in favor, please
say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
» All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
Our final item is C2 is for a resolution
on the capital improvement program.
Chair, I move that the council approve
the resolution adopting the capital
improvement program project specific
allocations for fiscal year 26 as shown
on the attached exhibit A funding log.
Um, I further move that it is the intent
of the council to address funding for
curb, gutter, and irrigation needs on
1200 East medians CIP project number 25
with existing funds in transportation
and public lands in an upcoming budget
amendment. I further move that it is the
intent of the council to examine
trafficcoming CIP project allocations
that are on hold due to SB95
for recapture consideration with a focus
on reallocating the funds to school
safety projects.
>> Second. Motion made by council member
» Second. Motion made by council member
Petro, second by council member Puy. Is
there any discussion?
>> I madam chair I would like to highlight
» I madam chair I would like to highlight
the the the the process of CIP how
unique it is that a major city and a
city at all has a uh has uh the
opportunity for neighbors uh to submit
their own projects uh what they want to
see in their own neighborhoods improved.
Um and uh for unfortunately we don't
have funding to support every project uh
and there are hard choices to to be made
but encouraging more the neighbors to
keep on submitting their proposals um
and future CIP and I think it opens uh
you know later in the year or early in
the year. Thank you.
>> Thank you council member Kui. Any other
» Thank you council member Kui. Any other
discussions?
>> Okay, seeing none, I'll call a vote. All
» Okay, seeing none, I'll call a vote. All
those in favor, please say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> All opposed. Motion passes unanimously
and we'll move on to the comment section
to the mayor. Are there any questions
for the mayor? Uh mayor Rachel, thanks
for being here today.
>> Awesome. No questions. We're now in the
» Awesome. No questions. We're now in the
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Taylor, you can begin our first general
comment.
>> Actually, madame chair, can I um I have
» Actually, madame chair, can I um I have
a question for the mayor. Can I ask that
first?
» Yeah. I think according to Robert's
rules, we're just out of uh out of, you
know, standards, but you can ask.
>> I'm sorry. I didn't You're You're just
» I'm sorry. I didn't You're You're just
You're so efficient that I
>> I did compete in Robert's rules. So,
» I did compete in Robert's rules. So,
>> yeah. And it shows um but I just wanted
» yeah. And it shows um but I just wanted
to ask that before we got into our um
public comments. So, um, mayor, we, um,
I think all of us have been getting some
questions about, um, from residents
about what the city is doing with regard
to the fire that occurred in Mil Creek,
um, where we lost, I think it was 23
units, um, of housing. Can you talk
about what the city is doing to address
that?
Yes, our risk manager at the city has
been working really hard with public
utilities to evaluate what we need to do
on our property, the public utility
property that's owned to secure that and
recover any equipment that may be there.
Risk has also been reaching out trying
to reach out to the tenants of those
apartments to offer city resources. that
does not um preempt them from being able
to come later for damages, but we want
to make sure that if there are financial
needs that we can help them get that
cash in hand. Um we haven't been able to
get their names and phone numbers. So,
we've been working through the promise
program through Mil Creek City and also
through um the property management group
over those apartments as a intermediary.
Um and so we're we're here. We have
resources. We are trying to make them
available. We would um love to be in
touch with those folks and we appreciate
Mil Creek for putting us in touch
through the the means that they can.
>> Yeah. If there are any Mil Creek
» Yeah. If there are any Mil Creek
listeners um or folks here um or people
that know someone that was effective,
who should they contact about to get
more information?
>> I would ask Mark Catrell. Lori.
» I would ask Mark Catrell. Lori.
>> Uh, I think the city's risk manager,
» Uh, I think the city's risk manager,
Lori Roberts,
>> would be the best person to contact.
» would be the best person to contact.
>> Um, I could try to get that number for
» Um, I could try to get that number for
you in a moment.
>> Okay. Sorry.
» Okay. Sorry.
>> Great. Thank you.
» Great. Thank you.
>> Great question. Thank you.
» Great question. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.
» Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.
>> Thank you, council member, and thank you
» Thank you, council member, and thank you
to the mayor for uh always providing us
um this information and help resources
for residents. Okay, we'll go back to
our general comment section. Taylor,
will you please begin?
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. We have two
» Thank you, Madam Chair. We have two
people registered to speak. The first
will be Ian McCubbin, followed by Chris
Olsen. Ian is here in person.
» Thank you, council. Thank you, mayor.
Thank you, city attorney. Um Ian
McCubbin here is a resident of the upper
avenues. Want to thank Chris Wharton for
all his support through the years.
I don't know if your microphone's on. It
just means the people online can't hear.
>> Check.
» There we go. Can you hear me now?
>> Okay. Thank you.
» Okay. Thank you.
>> Great. Okay. Starting over.
» Great. Okay. Starting over.
>> I want to thank everybody, council,
» I want to thank everybody, council,
mayor, city attorney. I want to
acknowledge Council Member Wharton and
the Salt Lake City Fire Department for
their continued support of us trying to
address the wildfire risk in our
neighborhood. This city is wolffully
illprepared for wildfire. I work in
Pasadena. I have hundreds of colleagues
that lost their homes in Altadena. It
affects me directly every day. Talked to
people this week. Yes, I saw the fire
chief's presentation a couple months ago
about this is a different ecosystem.
I've actually studied wildfire for 25
years in the federal government. I
understand it. I'm here as a personal
homeowner and I have found the city
attorney, public utilities, public
lands, and the mayor's office completely
ignoring the risk that presents itself
to the upper avenues, to federal
heights, to the eastbench, to all the
neighborhoods that will be impacted.
What we saw last year in Ensign Peak
where it threatened the utility
infrastructure by Rocky Mountain Power,
the city is just not paying attention
here and something bad will happen. I
don't want to be chicken little and say
that, but the reality is the city is not
addressing this properly, mayor, and I
think you all need to kind of bring in a
fires are and start to think about this.
And public utilities is just been
totally asleep at the wheel on this. And
I'm not surprised what happened in Mil
Creek happened. And I'm sorry it
happened. It's horrible what happened to
those people. Like I said, I talked to
someone for two hours yesterday that
lost their house in Aladena. I
understand this impact directly. And I
think you all need to kind of wake up
and realize that something needs to
happen. I think Salt Lake City Fire
understands the risk completely. I think
Chief Alred, Chief Shepard are doing a
great job, but they're really in a
response mode. And what needs to happen
is public utilities and public nance
needs to address at a high level the
risk that their lands present to the
city residents. Wildfires will cause
billions of dollars in damage in the
state of Utah. this this year alone and
>> I'm
» I'm
>> thank you. If you have any remaining
» thank you. If you have any remaining
comments, feel free to submit them
online. You can always email or call in
as well. U Taylor, next commentator,
please.
>> This will be Chris Olsson, who's here in
» This will be Chris Olsson, who's here in
person.
» To make my twominute mark, I'll read
this comment. Uh, I'm Chris Olsson from
District 6 and I'm here to thank you for
moving forward with new trail heads and
hopefully some new trails. I've been an
avid mountain biker in Salt Lake's
foothills for 30 years and the open
houses I attended pre-COVID were well
attended and filled with great
excitement to create Corner Canyon
North. This would save citizens long
drives across the valley, improving air
and reducing traffic. But unfortunately,
a special interest group organized after
the fact has remained very vocal and has
held hostage any progress on the trails
for four years. They make comparisons to
Boulder, which is half of Salt Lake
City's population, and I fear a few
avenues interests are halting the
benefits in the East Bench phases two
and three. I currently live near
Parley's Point trail head and that new
trail is great and very popular and
really used a true success story. The
east bench phases two and three sit
above the large university user base
less likely to have backyard issues and
provide an opportunity to address the
dry creek bottleneck. I feel the
conflicts between hikers and bikers has
been fabricated uh and it's not
reflective of my experiences in the
foothills until you get to the high hike
summits and the downhill trails like Bob
Sled and and Terror Ridge. Uh exclusive
signage uh specifically the heels not
wheels has created some conflict where
none existed before. I feel the signage
should be for safety only and is
desperately needed along the bobsled and
terror ridge trails. An online resource
trail forks that logs usage indicates
that the new 19th Avenue and Ridgeline
trails are very popular with actual
users. Thank you for giving us these
trails. Please give us more. I would ask
you to move forward with Eastbench
Development.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> Thank you. If you have remaining
» Thank you. If you have remaining
comments, please submit them online.
call in, email, lots of ways to come
back. Thank you everyone for your
comments. We really appreciate you
participating today. We have no new
business items and we're now at the
unfinished business section. Item F1 is
the resolution central WACH commission
addition of the city of Holiday. I'll
look for a motion.
>> Mr. Ch, Madam Chair, I move that the
» Mr. Ch, Madam Chair, I move that the
council adopt a resolution approving
Holiday's admission as an additional
member of the central commission.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> Motion made by council member Dugan.
» Motion made by council member Dugan.
Second by council member Wharton. Do we
have any discussion? Seeing none, I'll
call for a vote. All in favor, please
say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
» All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
Our next item F2 is for the resolution
of legislative policy for housing
program funding. I'll look for a motion.
Madam chair, I move that the council
adopt the legislative policy for the
Salt Lake City housing program funds.
Further move that the council adopt a
legislative intent that the
administration provide their preliminary
metrics on these programs to the council
halfway through the fiscal year 2026 and
at annual intervals thereafter.
>> Motion made by council member Dugan,
» Motion made by council member Dugan,
second by council member Wharton. Is
there any discussion on the motion?
Okay, seeing none, we'll call for a
vote. All in favor, please say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
» All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
Our next item, F4, is for the
legislative policy for the community
land trust program. And I'll look for a
motion.
>> Madam Chair, I move that the council
» Madam Chair, I move that the council
adopt the legislative policy for the
Salt Lake City Community Land Trust
Program.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> Okay. Motion made by Council Member
» Okay. Motion made by Council Member
Wharton, second by Council Member Dugan.
Is there any discussion?
>> Okay. Seeing none, I'll call for a vote.
» Okay. Seeing none, I'll call for a vote.
All in favor, please say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> I. All opposed. Motion passes
» I. All opposed. Motion passes
unanimously.
>> Madam Chair, did we skip item three?
» Madam Chair, did we skip item three?
>> Three. I think we did. Yeah,
» Three. I think we did. Yeah,
>> we did.
» we did.
>> Thank you for catching that. Thank you
» Thank you for catching that. Thank you
for being my Hawkeyes.
>> I guess I'm getting old is what that
» I guess I'm getting old is what that
means.
>> Welcome.
» Welcome.
>> Our next motion, we went out of order.
» Our next motion, we went out of order.
We'll jump back to item F3, is for the
resolution of legislative policy for the
home repair. Look for a motion.
>> Madame Chair, I move that the council
» Madame Chair, I move that the council
adopt the legislative policy and
budgetary guidelines for the Salt Lake
City home repair program.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> Motion made by council member Puy,
» Motion made by council member Puy,
second by council member Young. Is there
any discussion? Okay, seeing none, I'll
call for vote. All in favor, please say
I.
>> I.
» I.
>> I.
» I.
>> All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
» All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
Okay, back on track. Our final item, F5,
is for the resolution of legislative
policy for the Noah Preservation
Program. Look for a motion.
>> Madam Chair, I move that the council
» Madam Chair, I move that the council
adopt the legislative policy for the
Salt Lake City Naturally Occurring
Affordable Housing Preservation Program.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> Okay. Motion made by council member
» Okay. Motion made by council member
Wharton, second by Council Member Dugan.
Is there any discussion? Okay. Seeing
none, I'll call for a vote. All those in
favor, please say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
» All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
Great work, team. This brings us to the
consent portion of our agenda. I'll look
for a motion.
>> A move to approve the consent agenda.
» A move to approve the consent agenda.
>> Motion made.
» Motion made.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> Motion made by Council Member Pu, second
» Motion made by Council Member Pu, second
by Council Member Wharton. I'm calling
for a vote. All those in favor, please
say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
» All opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
And this concludes our Salt Lake City
Council meeting, the council's formal
meeting. now stands adjured.
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