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the work session meetings meet meeting
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2026, as well as the formal meeting
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>> Mr. Chairman,
» Mr. Chairman,
move for approval, but I think it's a
May 28th, 2026.
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>> Move for approval.
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>> All the rest of them, too.
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>> Second.
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>> I have a motion by Dugan, I second it by
» I have a motion by Dugan, I second it by
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>> Any opposed?
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Uh public hearing B1 is a grant
application for My Brother's Keeper's
program Promise Partnership Utah grant.
Before
we start taking comments, we're going to
invite Sylvia Richards, Council Policy
Analyst, to give us a short
introduction. Sylvia.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Periodically, the
» Thank you, Mr. Chair. Periodically, the
city applies for and receives grants
which support some city programs. Each
grant receives a public hearing which
provides the council and the public with
an opportunity to opportunity to hear
about each one. Tonight's grant supports
My Brother's Keeper program. If
approved, it would fund after-school
support, academic support, or basic
needs services for boys and young men of
color living in Westside neighborhoods
who must commute to East High School.
The program goal is to improve
graduation rates for each participant.
Thank you.
>> Thank you, Sylvia.
» Thank you, Sylvia.
Taylor, please start with our first
public comment.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. We do not have
» Thank you, Mr. Chair. We do not have
anyone registered to speak to this item.
» I need a motion.
>> Mr. Chair, I move that the council close
» Mr. Chair, I move that the council close
the public hearing and refer item B1 to
a future consent agenda for action.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> I have a motion by Council Member
» I have a motion by Council Member
Muryung which is on the second by
Council Member Petro.
Any discussion?
All of those in favor say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> Any opposed?
» Any opposed?
Any abstentions?
This motion carries unanimously with the
six of us present here.
Our next item is item B2.
Foreign ordinance for the six-year
capital asset plan.
Before we begin taking comments, I will
turn the time to Kate Werrit, Council
Policy Analyst, to give us a short
introduction. Kate.
>> Great. The CAP plan, or capital Asset
» Great. The CAP plan, or capital Asset
Plan, provides details and
prioritization guidance for the General
Fund capital improvement needs for the
for fiscal years 2027 through fiscal
year 2032.
Finance, the Mayor's Office, and City
departments have been working
extensively to create this proposed $1.5
billion six-year six-year capital asset
plan. The CAP Plan provides an overall
picture of the future general fund
spending on extensive maintenance,
expansion, and new investments.
Improvements outlined in the Capital
Asset Plan include streets, bridges,
parks, buildings, traffic lights,
sidewalks, and other public areas.
The CAP Plan is located in the fiscal
year 2027 Mayor's Recommended Capital
Improvement Program Budget and Capital
Asset Plan book for City Council
consideration.
If adopted, the CAP Plan will be updated
annually and will guide general fund
capital asset spending through the
annual capital improvement program.
Thank you.
>> Thank you, Kate.
» Thank you, Kate.
Taylor, can you begin with our first
public comment?
>> Mr. Chair, we do not have anyone
» Mr. Chair, we do not have anyone
registered to speak to this item.
>> I need a motion.
» I need a motion.
>> Mr. Chair, I move that the Council close
» Mr. Chair, I move that the Council close
the public hearing to forward action to
a future Council meeting.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> I have a motion by Council Member Dugan,
» I have a motion by Council Member Dugan,
seconded by Council Member Young. Is
there any discussion?
All of those in favor say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> I. Any opposed?
» I. Any opposed?
Any abstentions? This motion carries
unanimously with the six of us present
here.
Our next item is item B3, which is a
resolution for the Capital Improvement
Program. Uh before we begin taking
comments, I will turn the time again to
Kate Werett, Council Policy Analyst, to
give us a short introduction. Kate.
>> Thanks. Um the Council will accept
» Thanks. Um the Council will accept
public comment and
and consider future adoption on August
25th of a resolution for funding um
allocations for the capital improvement
or CIP program which involves the
construction, purchase, or renovation of
buildings, parks, streets, or other
city-owned physical structures.
Generally, projects have a useful life
at at least 5 years and cost $50,000 or
more.
This year, as part of the budget
approval, $34.9
million was allocated to CIP projects.
The council approves debt service and
overall CIP funding in June with the
annual budget process. Well,
project-specific funding is approved by
[snorts] that August 25th date. Thank
you.
>> Thank you, Kate.
» Thank you, Kate.
Taylor, can you begin with the first
public comment?
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have about 11
» Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have about 11
people registered to speak to this item.
The first will be Barbara Basmajian, and
then Jim Webster, followed by Seth
Common. Barbara is here in person.
» You can come to the dais here in the
microphone if your name was called. If
you need If you need to hand out
Uh yes, that's okay.
» Hello.
Uh my name is Barbara Basmajian.
>> Will you speak closer to the microphone?
» Will you speak closer to the microphone?
>> My name is Barbara Basmajian.
» My name is Barbara Basmajian.
And I'd like to thank the council
members, and I know we have a new
council member. Thank you all for your
consideration.
I'd like to thank Rachel Molinary, who
is not here. She guided me through the
CIP process, and I'd like to thank
Kat Andra, the project liaison from the
Department of Public Lands.
I'm here to talk about my CIP project,
which is called median conversion to
parklet. It's number 64 in the mayor's
budget, and it's located in district
six.
Again, credit to Cat Andra. She gave
focus to the project and created a
projected budget of $52,000.
First and foremost, critical
infrastructure improvements must be
made. We need to bring the island up to
the curb and gutter up to current code
height.
A new irrigation system is required to
support drought-tolerant landscaping,
replacing aging turf watered with
overhead spray. And finally, trees, a
bench, and landscape boulders will
complete the project to create inviting
neighborhood gathering space.
I have a letter of support from the East
Bench Community Council in full support.
I gathered over 100 signatures from
residents by going door-to-door and
attending a town hall and making phone
calls, also in support.
A little bit of imagination is required
because we're asking for a park park
where currently one does not exist.
This is what we have.
what we've seen in other neighborhoods.
And truly, this is what we're hoping to
avoid because this is also in our
neighborhood. And um
that's all. Thank you on behalf of our
community. We'll look
>> Thank you.
» Next is Jim Webster followed by Seth
Coleman and then John Burnett. Jim is
here in person.
>> Yes, I'm Jim Webster. I'm representing
» Yes, I'm Jim Webster. I'm representing
John Lear, who's the applicant of the
13th South
um
California Trail monumentation. It's
really more than that. It's a traffic
mitigation thing and the people who are
affected by this would be on Laird Way
as people make left turns to go to the
university and health center and
downtown.
As a result of the developments that's
being that's I believe approved. I don't
know the status of it, but we
what I'm trying what I would like to
propose is some precedents that have
happened over the years. 40 years ago a
number of us got together and came up
with funding for Steiner Aquatics
Center.
There was a CIP that I initiated for
traffic calming on Military Drive. That
didn't happen through the CIP process,
but there was funding that came through
later on with
Council Member Buehler. And so well
there are precedents, what we're saying
is that we are in the position right now
where we have received matching funds
from the developer and from members of
the community. And what we're hopeful
for in terms of this is some sort of
support from the City Council.
If money is available from sources other
than CIP. It's a good project. It's one
that
I think
will will be will will be well
represented not only by the local
community, but also by the state as the
state is developing a state park with
a
monumenting the California Trail as
well. So thank you for your time.
» Next will be Seth Coman followed by John
Burnett and then Kim Patzold.
Seth is here in person.
» Hi, I'm Seth Coman. I'm the community
engagement and education manager at Bike
Utah.
And I wanted to speak in support of the
Safe Routes to School Crossing Project
for Rose Park Elementary and let you
know a little bit of background on that
project. So this is a project that has
been going back going on for more than 2
years now and really involved a pretty
extensive process of not only in
community engagement, but also using
traffic safety data to verify and find
some of the most dangerous crossing
locations for students who are walking
and biking to school.
Um the primary crossing we found is at
900 West and 800 North, which is
sandwiched right between two highway
entrances. On the one side, on the east,
you have dense apartments. On the west,
you have the school neighborhood. And in
the middle, you have a tiny little
crossing. It's just two white lines.
There's no overhead lights. There's no
button to press. And all the kids who
live in those apartments are having to
cross over. And cars are going upwards
at like 50 mph at times through that
that intersection. So, we think this is
really important. In addition to that
particular part of the project, there
are also other safe routes to school
improvements that we found through
traffic safety data traffic safety
audits, as well as walking and biking
audits. Um and I'm confident that all of
those things would really improve the
safety of the students at Rose Park
Elementary as they walk to school.
Um and just to speak a moment to to the
community engagement process, we had
multiple community engagement events at
the school presenting all this data,
giving all the community members and
parents a chance to come and let us know
what they thought. Um and we even did
what we call a quick build project,
where we went and we, with the approval
of the city, painted that intersection
bright green um with paint that was
going to go away relatively quick quick
quickly, and we knew that. But we took
before and after data, and we found big
crossing safety improvements, as well as
just talking to the kids and hearing
that they felt safer crossing. So, yeah,
thanks for your time.
» Next will be John Brunette, followed by
Kim Pazzuro, and then Nick Peterson.
John is here in person.
>> Hi, thank you for to speak.
» Hi, thank you for to speak.
I'm speaking um on behalf of the
residents on Hubbard Ave. And to give
everyone an idea, um,
about Hubbard Ave,
I live on the 2 to 300 block of Hubbard
Ave, but there's also a 3 to 400 block
of Hubbard Ave that parallels 900 South.
If you look at a map, Hubbard Ave is
kind of divided. Um, the 2 to 300 block
where I live is much closer to 900
South.
In fact, it's the closest street that
parallels 900 South from the Whale to
the Granary District.
With all the increased traffic from the
new restaurants and bars and the food
co-op and whatnot on 9 South, there's
been an overwhelming amount of, um,
cars and people and whatnot on our
street, which is fantastic. The problem
is the safety of it. So, on Hubbard Ave
where I live,
there's only 13 ft between parked cars.
Conversely, the street south of us,
Belmont, has about 24 ft between parked
cars.
We're on a on a two-way street, so on
the day when there are trash receptacles
out, um, snow mitigation, what or just
on a Saturday when everyone wants to be
in the 9 line,
um, there is it's just a huge traffic
jam. Um, the the security and the safety
of our street has gotten so bad that
people of the street actually bought
rubber speed bumps to put them on the
street to slow, um, the people down. And
now there's actually a painted fake
speed bump on the street that actually
works.
Um, the city's response was to remove
the speed bumps, the plastic ones, cuz
it was a safety issue apparently. And
nothing's been done.
Um, cars have been hit. We have to close
our mirrors now on our vehicles cuz it's
so close, there's so much traffic.
At the end of our street, there's a
church.
So, to compound the weekend traffic, we
have, um, a lot of the churchgoers that
attend, um, and the cars that are coming
up and down the street, um, has gotten
gotten a lot worse, I think primarily
because people are square
>> Fine.
» Fine.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
Thank you.
» Next is Kim Paterso followed by Nick
Peterson and then Nicole Palmer. Kim is
here in person.
>> Hello. Um good evening.
» Hello. Um good evening.
My name is Kim Paterso and I'm speaking
in regards to CIP Safe Side Streets
North Extension.
I'm grateful for the opportunity to
speak again on behalf of more than 120
neighbors who have given their
signatures in support of this
application. Um this is our second year
now
um seeking support for completing the
traffic calming in our neighborhood. The
block requesting safety improvements is
um
half of the block of seven between 1700
South to 2100 South to 900 East to 1100
East.
Now the southern portion um of this
block has already received street
calming measures and it's working
fabulously.
So they have speed bumps and traffic
circles.
We are simply asking for the
continuation of the same measures to the
north portion of this side of our block.
Right now safety stops halfway.
These streets within this block function
as byways. They are heavily used by
bicyclists and walkers, joggers,
and families.
Um at the at the same time they sit
between major arterial roads. As a
result, they are increasingly used as
cut-through routes.
So these wide street stretches make them
feel inviting to speed on.
So we are zone 46 in the Livable Streets
program and if we wait for that full
roll out, we're looking at five to seven
more years.
Meanwhile, development in the area
continues to grow pretty immensely. So,
last year's data, there was 3,384
units built in our area.
And under construction or operational
between 17 or 7th South and 13th East,
with approximately 50 more planned. So,
growth is here.
>> I'm
Next will be Nick Peterson, followed by
Nicole Palmer, and then Aaron Boyce.
Nick is here in person.
» Hello. Thanks for having me. Um my name
is Nick Peterson. I'm a resident of 620
South 900 West in Poplar Grove. Uh my
wife and I have lived there for the past
8 years, and we care a lot about our
neighborhood and our community. Uh I
wanted to advocate for my capital
improvement grant, which is a greenway
connector between the Jordan Parkway and
the Chapman Library. So, I have a few
visuals. Um the Chapman Library is a hub
of our neigh- neighborhood. It's this
beautiful Carnegie era library. There's
already been some improvements. Uh
there's a green space median next to
library on 600 South.
Um about three blocks away, directly
west, is the Jordan Parkway. And so, you
can see signs pointing to the Chapman
Library. That's a 6-minute walk. Um this
section of the parkway is very nice. Uh
there's trees, um nice parks. The
neighborhood next to it has green space
medians with mature birch trees that
provide a lot of shade that is about 10°
cooler than everywhere else in our area.
And so, my project proposes to address
this section, this gap in
infrastructure, um on 600 South between
1000 West and 900 West. So, connecting
the parkway to the library with green
space. There's also an intersection here
that's a two-way stop that is quite
dangerous because people speed through
without stopping right next to the park.
Um and so I think my project is
basically to propose a green space
corridor that connects these two major
parts of Poplar Grove with a green space
median with trees that would add shade
as well as a um traffic circle that
would deal with the traffic issues
there. Um but I think it's a great
opportunity to take this sort of dead
zone, this four-lane road that's empty.
All of the houses along this road are
back-facing so there's not really an
incentive for them to grow trees or
maintain these spaces. So I think this
is a really good opportunity for the
city to provide green space in our
neighborhood and show that the west side
is as deserving of green spaces in our
neighborhoods. Thank you.
» Next is Nicole Palmer followed by Aaron
Boyce and then Jeff Bear. Nicole is here
in person.
» Good evening everybody. My name is
Palmer and um
this year I start my 16th year as
principal at Rose Park Elementary.
Um and I'm here to advocate for and
thank you for considering the safe
routes to school project in Rose Park.
And um I'm really here to like speak for
the families and the communities and say
that as long as I've been there it has
been a a primary concern of our families
um
>> [clears throat]
» [clears throat]
>> the the safety of 900 West and I'm sure
» the the safety of 900 West and I'm sure
you've probably all driven on it. Um not
only does this project benefit the Rose
Park Elementary students but the entire
community as well as the kids who go to
North and West because they have to
cross the street to get to their bus
stops.
Um and I just truly appreciate you
giving it some thought. Every day we
have hundreds of kids who come from the
east side of 900 West to come to school
and I don't think I have much more to
say. Just know that we would appreciate
it. It's been something I have been
thinking about since the first year I
started there and I appreciate Seth and
Bike Utah and Mary at the city for
helping us actually get some movement
toward improving the safety for our
families and our kids. Good evening.
» Next is Aaron Boyce followed by Jeff
Bear and then Natalie Brund. Aaron, you
may now unmute.
>> Thank you. Can you hear me?
» Yes, we can hear you.
>> Yeah, my name
» Yeah, my name
>> [clears throat]
» [clears throat]
>> Excuse me. My name is Aaron Boyce. I'm a
» Excuse me. My name is Aaron Boyce. I'm a
Ballpark neighborhood resident. I'm
really active here in the community with
Ballpark Action Team and I'm just simply
commenting in support of Central 9th's
CIP project for pedestrian safety near
our newly minted meet-up area.
Um I know there's a lot of other
initiatives built into this CIP, but the
reason that I specifically am supporting
it tonight is the crosswalk at West
Temple and Mead Avenue. Um practically
speaking, this is used as a crosswalk
whether we like it or not and um as we
all know there is an off-ramp that goes
directly into our neighborhood. Um and
there are many including many children
and people experiencing homelessness in
this area. And so I just think it's a
really great idea to upgrade this
intersection.
Um
I'm just speaking in behalf of that.
Thank you so much.
>> Next is Jeff Bear followed by Natalie
» Next is Jeff Bear followed by Natalie
Brund and then Jen Solomon.
Jeff is here in person.
>> Good evening.
» Good evening.
I'm speaking in support of the 1700
South neighborhood byway crossing.
Um
This is a great
um proposal in that it it drew four
community councils together. Ballpark,
Liberty Wells, East Liberty Park and
Sugar House.
1700 South is a
it's a dangerous roadway.
Uh it's been narrowed, but people still
speed through there and this project
will uh improve the safety of
the cross crossways, north-south
crossways where there are not
signals.
The second one is slow slow down Liberty
Wells South.
This is for traffic calming between 1700
South and 2100 South on 300, 400, and
600
East.
Uh the these streets are used by people
to avoid State Street and 700 East, but
they still feel that they can drive the
speeds of State Street and 700 East.
We have the traffic feedback boards, the
driver feedback boards, and they're
regularly flashing the 30, 40, and even
50 mph in these 20 mph streets.
Uh residents regularly come out and find
that their cars have been hit, their
side view mirrors have been knocked off.
We've had accidents where the cars are
going so fast they end up flipping and
landing on their roof.
And I just like to say that we've been
asking for traffic calming in this area
for This is the 19th year.
So, just would appreciate um your
consideration. Thank you.
» Next is Natalie Brookes, followed by Jen
Solomon. Natalie is here in person.
>> Thank you. I'm Natalie Brookes. Um sorry
» Thank you. I'm Natalie Brookes. Um sorry
for my handwriting. Um thank you all for
your public service. Thanks Erica
Carlson for District 5. Um I am here to
support the same CIP grants that Jeff
just talked about. Um 1700 South is a
corridor that connects Ball Park,
Liberty Wells, East Liberty Park, and
Sugar House. And
I have witnessed near Hawthorne, where
there's already in a school crossing at
600, I've actually seen cars move into
oncoming traffic to pass the car ahead
of them cuz they're slowing down at that
crosswalk on 600. And so, we really need
infrastructure for these crosswalks. 600
already has lights, but 400 does not.
Um I I think the CIP grant would allow
space for infrastructure like pedestrian
islands as well to address these safety
concerns. I don't want it to be another
death that requires us to take action.
So, I'm glad this is already been
proposed by the the mayor, but um I hope
that continues to get support.
Um
and then also
I think that's most of what I wanted to
say. But, thank you guys.
» And next will be Jen Solomon. Jen, you
may now unmute.
» Jen?
Are you there?
Next comment.
» And that is the last comment for this
item.
» Okay.
Thank you everyone for those that shared
your thoughts about CIP.
Um CIP is one of the the most
challenging uh processes we have. It's
also very unique. There are cities that
has a CIP pro- process where neighbors
uh can propose projects. That's not
common in most cities. It's actually
very unique uh of our city that we have
a process like that. Um and in in many
cases
uh it highlights uh the need from the
incredible need that we have in our
neighborhoods uh for infrastructure.
Unfortunately, as you might might have
catch from discussions earlier today, um
we don't have money for all of the
projects. Um
and many projects have waited, you know,
many many years to even get considered.
Um
not because they are not important, um
but because we don't have the money for
all of them.
Uh so, for those that um
that get funded this year, um
great job. It doesn't, you know, we
still have more. For those that don't
get funded, please keep trying. Um
because we really need uh
we need your voice at the table Um
and we definitely need to keep tackling
the
incredible need that we have in our
neighborhoods for safety especially in
general.
So, thank you for everyone that that
commented on on this issue.
Um I need a motion.
>> Mr. Chair, I move that the council close
» Mr. Chair, I move that the council close
the public hearing and defer action to a
future council meeting.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> I have a motion by Council member Young
» I have a motion by Council member Young
and a second by Council member Carlson.
Is there any discussion?
I'm going to call the question. All of
those in favor say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> Any opposed? Any abstentions?
» Any opposed? Any abstentions?
This carries unanimously with the six of
us present today.
Um
Now, we're going to move to the C
portion of our agenda, which is
potential action items. And this is an
ordinance
for alley vacation at approximately 567
East Warnock
Avenue. I need a motion.
>> Mr. Chair, I move that the council adopt
» Mr. Chair, I move that the council adopt
the ordinance.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> I have a motion by Council member Young
» I have a motion by Council member Young
and a second by Council member Dugan. Is
there any discussion?
All of those in favor say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> Any opposed?
» Any opposed?
Any abstentions?
This carries unanimously with the six of
us present.
There are no new business or unfinished
business items, but there is a consent
agenda. So, I need a motion.
>> Move for approval.
» Move for approval.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> I have a motion by Council member Petro
» I have a motion by Council member Petro
and a second by Council member Dugan.
Any discussion? All of those in favor
say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> Any opposed? Any abstentions? This
» Any opposed? Any abstentions? This
motion carries unanimously with the six
of us present. Now, we're going to that
bring us to brings us to the section G
of our agenda. Are there any questions
for the mayor
or mayor's staff.
Thank you for being here.
No?
>> Mr. Chair.
» Mr. Chair.
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Just uh
» Just uh
Was there any uh news or on the fire?
Thank you.
>> All the noise. [laughter]
» Thank you, Council member Dugan. Um so,
today the city requested from the state
forester to continue the ban on personal
fireworks in the city through the July
24th holiday. Um this was through a
process that was set out by the governor
yesterday um that I'm sure you saw. So,
we submitted the form today to the state
forester. We just received notice a
little while ago that we have been
granted a full prohibition on personal
fireworks in the city. So, that
prohibition will continue similar to the
July 4th holiday
um through all of the the
uh official discharge days, so the 22nd
through the 25th this month. So, no
personal fireworks in Salt Lake City
through this holiday.
Thanks.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Thank you very much for working on that,
» Thank you very much for working on that,
and I appreciate the update.
» Thank you thank you.
Thank you for that information. Um now
that we're in the general comment
section of portion of our agenda, um
this is the section where um
comments
uh can be addressed uh on any city
business that are not scheduled for
public uh hearing. Uh and it's a limited
to a 1 hour, and those uh individuals
who have registered themselves to speak
before 7:30 p.m. Uh so, 7 minutes ago.
Our meeting rules apply that we
expressed earlier today uh to the
general comments, so please avoid
disruptions or threats.
Uh if you have um any handout, please uh
give it to our staff who can give it to
us.
Um
and we will be calling the names in the
order of sign-ups. And uh uh
and you will have 2 minutes. Um
and host will announce time when your 2
minutes are up. If you have not finished
your comment, most likely we want to
hear it all. So, just send it to us. Um
you know, give it to our staff. Uh send
it to
through email. Uh
or send it to uh us through
um mail as well. I
Ash K and uh or and Zoom can assist you
if you are online, if you need
assistance. If you are need assistance
here in person, there's staff
council staff here to assist you. Um I
uh
Taylor, can you begin now with our uh
first comment out of me after me
paraphrasing the rules?
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have four
» Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have four
people registered to speak. The first
will be Ibrahim Abdirezac, followed by
Soren Simonson, and then Benjamin Pelts.
Ibrahim is here in person.
» Yeah, good evening. My name is Abdirezac
Ibrahim. I do live on the west side of
Salt Lake City since 1998. I do really
care on the west side. Uh
the reason why I just came here today uh
we have an office on 1151 South and
Redwood Road. The office The office The
office of our office, there is other new
apartment is new apartment. But the
problem is that there is a bus
coming the other side and then there's
people want to come to our side. There
is no crosswalk, you know. There is no
They cannot cross on this side because
it's very hard to cross because there is
a
traffic.
And then we have a elders peoples the
the which they cannot cross. So, they
have to go all the way down to 1300
South and
California Avenue or or 800 South and
Indiana. And then that's one of the
challenges we've been facing since the
uh I saw what's happening since the year
we have a new apartment but
and then beside that you know we're
living on the Glendale we don't have
like high school this is just general
we don't have a high school our kids
going to outside from our Glendale
neighborhood going outside some of the
kids especially even my own kids going
to Cottonwood for the uh
some school and that that's one of the
challenge so I'm a
advocating you know my community on the
west side Rose Park Glendale so I do
care my community and then one other
thing last one we need to have like
10,000 trees on the west side because
the summer times people always good
living from west side to the east side
because we we don't have like capacity
of the communities that they which they
can stay on the
summer time on their houses you know for
example so if we can get those things
that would be really
good so I do care you know on the people
who lives on the west side so I've been
living since 98 so thank you
» Next will be Soren Simonsen followed by
Benjamin Pauts and then Heidi Hogan.
Soren is here in person.
» Good evening uh mayor staff and city
council. It's good to be with you.
Congratulations Councilman Napier
Pearson. It wasn't that many years ago
when you were
interviewing me as a reporter sitting up
in those chairs. Uh congratulations.
Um we applaud the work that each of you
are doing. Um I'm here with a small
group. Um you've heard from some of us
in uh previous meetings about some
really critical issues that face our
Great Salt Lake.
Much of our focus uh over the last
several years has been on the saline
lake part of the Great Salt Lake.
We're here to help connect dots.
Uh and you might hear from a couple of
my uh colleagues that have been working
for many years since long before the uh
North or the uh North Point Community
Plan began
trying to work on really critical
preservation and conservation and
stewardship of the not saline lake part
of our Great Salt Lake, which is the
shoreland area that surrounds the lake.
It's fed by fresh water. The Jordan
River is a major tributary and the
wetlands and uplands that are connected
to the Jordan River and the South Shore
of the Great Salt Lake uh are in very
dire circumstances, much like the saline
lake. Uh and a lot of that is
attributable to the development pressure
of that continues to push closer and
closer to the lake.
Um there have been a number of decisions
made in recent years, zoning decisions
and planning decisions that we think
continue to fragment really sensitive
wildlife habitat and continue to erode
this really critical and hemispherically
significant habitat area that is so
critical to migratory birds and
permanent wildlife uh that surrounds the
Great Salt Lake. I've shared a letter
with you signed by a number of um
community uh advocates and uh people in
their professional capacity, including
mine as executive director of the Jordan
River Comm-
» Thank
Thank you.
» Next is Benjamin Fouts, followed by
Heidi Hoven. Benjamin, you may now
unmute.
>> Hi, this is Benjamin Are you able to
» Hi, this is Benjamin Are you able to
hear me?
>> Yes, we can hear you.
» Yes, we can hear you.
>> Perfect. Well, good evening, Council
» Perfect. Well, good evening, Council
members. My name is Benjamin Fouts, like
I already mentioned. And I'm following
up on the email that I sent the Council
last Friday uh regarding the
implementation of the new short-term
rental licensing process.
I own a townhome uh that I purchased
with the intent of operating as a
short-term rental.
and it had been operating as one prior
to the new licensing requirements. Um
when the city adopted the new ordinance,
I uh made every effort to comply and and
actually welcomed the uh regulations.
Uh before the applications opened, I
proactively contacted the business
licensing department to understand how
these rules would apply to my property
and how I could promptly apply for a
license.
And so on July 1st,
I attempted to apply as early as
possible could.
And despite making what I believe was
every reasonable effort to comply
proactively and in good faith, I was
ultimately denied because the 10% cap
for my HOA had already been reached.
And so my request is simply that as you
consider amendments to the ordinance, um
that you would also review whether the
transition process gave existing owners
who were trying to comply
a fair and transparent opportunity to
understand the rules, know when and how
to apply, and fairly uh compete for the
limited licenses that were available.
Thank you for allowing me to speak and
your time and consideration.
» And next will be Heidi Hoven, who's here
in person.
» Thank you. Good evening. Thank you for
this opportunity to speak with you. I'm
Heidi Hoven.
I have been in front of this
council for nearly 30 years speaking
about the same issue
and it really hasn't changed that much.
I am now working for the last 10 years
for National Audubon Society
and I'm a wetland ecologist and a
um avian conservation biologist working
towards conserving shorelines of Great
Salt Lake. And so just in on the shirt
tails of Soren and my colleagues over
here,
please look at this letter.
Lean in.
Work hard.
Dive deep. Learn the land conservation
tools to build your toolkit. There's
many options out there, and I don't
believe that the city is taking
advantage of what they could other than
zoning,
which is not something in perpetuity.
You all know that can change.
So, we would really love more
opportunities to talk with you
individually, in person,
um and engage. There's lots of options
out there to save our shoreline of Great
Salt Lake. Thank you.
» And that's the final registered
commenter.
>> Thank you for all of you to share your
» Thank you for all of you to share your
comments and documents with us.
This um
This concludes our Salt Lake City
Council meeting for today. This meeting
stands adjourned right now.