Jan 14, 2025 City Council Meeting

[CALL TO ORDER]

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I THINK YOU MIGHT DO THAT. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE CITY WESTERN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 2025. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO QUIET. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE.

BUT HEY, IT WORKED OUT. SO WE. YEAH, WE CAN'T START UNTIL 7:00 OR I WOULD HAVE STARTED TWO MINUTES EARLY, SO THANK YOU. WE WILL START OUR MEETING TONIGHT WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND OUR CITY RECORDER, ANGIE STONE, HAS GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO HELP US WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ANGIE. YES. AND REPEAT THE PLEDGE WITH ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE A

[SPECIAL RECOGNITION]

IN ORDER TO RECEIVE YOUR AICPA CREDENTIALS. THERE'S A BASELINE OF EDUCATION MINIMUM STANDARD THAT YOU HAVE TO HIT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENC, AND THE REQUIREMENT TO PASS AN INTENSIVE, MULTI-HOUR EXAM THAT'S ADMINISTERED ONLY TWICE A YEAR. THIS PAST YEAR, THREE OF OUR WONDERFUL WEST JORDAN PLANNERS DECIDED TO PREPARE FOR THIS EXAM. THEY DID SO STUDYING MANY, MANY HOURS, BOTH INDEPENDENTLY AND TO THEIR CREDIT, COLLECTIVELY. AND THEY PREPARED FOR THE FALL WINDOW TO TAKE THE EXAM. NOW, TO DRIVE HOME THE POINT OF THE DIFFICULTY OF THIS EXAM. I DID A LITTLE SEARCHING EARLIER TODAY. THE NATIONWIDE PASS RATE FOR THIS EXAM THIS LAST FALL WAS 54%. SO WITH THE PASS RATE, WITH THE ODDS OF A BASICALLY A COIN FLIP. EVEN THOUGH OUR PLANNERS ARE EXTREMELY SMART AND WELL EDUCATED, I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS FOR THEM. BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, FLIPPING A COIN, YOU NEVER KNOW THE OUTCOME, RIGHT? MR. ANDERSON? YEAH. ANYWAY, THAT BEING SAID, I, I AM SO PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT ALL THREE OF OUR WONDERFULLY TALENTED

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ANY QUESTIONS? THEY'RE SMART. THEY CAN THEY CAN FIELD ANY QUESTION. LET'S GET A PICTURE IN FRONT OF THE DAIS. YES.

THE FIRST QUESTION. GOOD.

SO SCOTT, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THANKS FOR ENCOURAGING THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NICOLE COOMBS. I AM THE PETITIONER FOR THE HIGHLAND ANNEXATION.

TONIGHT, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU AND THANK THE MANY MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF WHO HELPED US GET THIS PROCESS THROUGH. THIS STARTED 20 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS VERY, VERY PREGNANT, AND WE MET WITH THEN MAYOR, MAYOR JOHNSON IN A PAVILION ON HIGH BLUFF. AND WE TALKED ABOUT ANNEXING THIS STRANGE LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY IN. SHE GAVE US THE INFORMATION THAT WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME, AND WE STARTED COLLECTING SIGNATURES. AND SO ME AND MY PREGNANT TUMMY, WHICH THEN TURNED INTO ME IN A STROLLER, AND ALL MY NEIGHBORS WENT DOOR TO DOOR AND WE COLLECTED

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PERFECT TIMING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHERS IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? COME FORWARD. HI. ROB BENNETT, RESIDENT OF WEST JORDAN. I'D JUST LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM TO LOOK AROUND FOR A MINUTE. LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING TONIGHT. THIS IS CITIZENS PARTICIPATING IN THEIR GOVERNMENT. AND THE MORE THAT CITIZENS PARTICIPATE IN THEIR GOVERNMENT, THE BETTER OUR GOVERNMENT IS AND THE BETTER IT CONDUCTS ITSELF, AND THE MORE RESPONSIBLE IT IS. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK WEST JORDAN CITY FOR INVITING US TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS AND TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND TO PROVIDE INPUT THAT YOU USE IN MAKING YOUR DELIBERATIVE PROCESSES. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT AS THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE THINGS, IT REALLY BENEFITS US AS YOU CONTINUE TO USE DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES TO ALLOW US TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON AND THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED THAT AFFECT OUR LIVES DIRECTLY. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO JUST BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT IS, AS THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING WAS TAKING PLACE, WITH MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THAT TONIGHT, THE OVERFLOW ROOM OVER HERE HAD NOT, UNFORTUNATELY, BEEN SET UP IN A WAY THAT WAS CONDUCIVE TO MORE PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. AND SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DISCUSS WITH YOURSELVES AND WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE, IT WOULD REALLY INVITE MORE OF THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN IN AND WATCH AND SEE AS THESE IMPORTANT THINGS ARE BEING DISCUSSED. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT AND TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO COME UP. I'M ANNE MARIE BARRETT, I'M THE MANAGER OF THE BINGHAM CREEK LIBRARY HERE IN WEST JORDAN CITY. AND I JUST HAD A FEW FUN BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS. OUR STORYTIMES ARE BACK UP AGAIN THERE ON MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS. THE MONDAY AND THURSDAYS ARE AT 1015, AND WEDNESDAY STARTS JUST A SKOSH LATER AT 1030 IN THE MORNING. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY LITTLES, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THEM COME JOIN US. WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN IN OUR STORYTIME! AND THEN FOR OUR SLIGHTLY OLDER

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COUNCIL CHAIR. THERE ARE FIVE INDIVIDUALS ONLINE, NONE OF WHOM HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND. OKAY.

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE WILL MOVE TO OUR REPORTS TO

[REPORTS TO COUNCIL]

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SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT. SOMETHING THAT I LEARNED YESTERDAY. I'M SURE WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT. BUT AS YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ALL THE ADS ON TV DOWNSTREAM AND EVERYTHING. WELL, IT'S NOT JUST DOWNSTREAM. IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE STORM DRAINS NEAR YOU THAT THEY ACTUALLY DO ATTRACT A LOT OF MOSQUITOES TO THE COUNCIL. I DID GIVE YOU THE FLIER ON THE PROPOSED TRUTH AND TAXATION, AND AS IT SAYS, THAT THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT HAS USED THE SAME BUDGET SINCE ALMOST 2012, EXCEPT FOR NEW GROWTH. AND THEY REALLY DO NEED TO HIRE A FEW MORE PEOPLE. AND THINGS ARE GETTING COSTLY, AS WE KNOW SO. BUT BE THE PROCESS IS SO WEIRD FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT LITERALLY HAD TO START TRUTH AND TAXATION NOW TO ADOPT A BUDGET IN DECEMBER. SO AND THEY WILL BE BECAUSE TRUTH AND TAXATION WILL OCCUR. THEY WILL BE HERE IN SEPTEMBER. TIME FRAME TO PROVIDE A FULL REPORT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT AS WHAT I LEARNED YESTERDAY, LEARNING ABOUT MOSQUITOES. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE TO OUR COUNCIL OFFICE. REPORT. MR. ANDERSON. THANK YOU. JUST A FEW THINGS. FIRST, FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING YOU'VE HAD ON A TUESDAY THAT'S NOT MANDATED, MANDATED BY STATE LAW. SINCE WE THINK ABOUT 2008, WE THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT 17 YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, AND NOW YOU'RE BACK TO TUESDAY. HOW IT WAS BACK THEN WITH THE WORK SESSION BEING AT 4:00 AND CITY COUNCIL NOW AT 7:00, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE. SO IN TWO MORE WEEKS, WE WILL BE HERE AGAIN AT 4:00 AND 7:00. LOCAL OFFICIALS DAY UP AT THE UTAH LEGISLATURE. THE UTAH LEGISLATURE BEGINS NEXT WEEK, A WEEK FROM TODAY. AND WE HAVE LOCAL OFFICIALS DAY. THAT WILL BE THE NEXT DAY ON JANUARY 22ND. A FEW OF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP. WE WILL GET YOU REGISTERED. ALSO, THE YOUTH COUNCIL WILL BE ATTENDING AND WE WILL BE TRANSPORTING THEM UP TO THE CAPITOL FOR THE ACTIVITIES THERE. THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT THE TECH PROGRAMING IN THE ROOM, AND WE ARE AWARE OF THE AUDIO FROM THE WORK ROOM IS ABLE TO COME INTO HERE AS AN OVERFLOW, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THE PICTURE OVER YET. WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR VENDORS TO GET THAT SOLVED, HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT MEETING. ALSO, THE COUNCIL IN THIS BUDGET FUNDED A TOOL CALLED SWAG, WHICH GOES WITH OUR PRIME GOV AGENDA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. WE TESTED IT THIS PAST WEEK. IT WORKS. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE SETTINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. WE'RE GOING TO DO A FINAL TEST ON FRIDAY, AND WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE OUR GO LIVE EVENT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JANUARY 21ST. WITH THAT SOFTWARE. THAT SWAG SOFTWARE ALLOWS FOR LIVE CLOSED CAPTIONING IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND AFTER THE MEETING, IT WILL PROVIDE FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THOSE. AND THAT WILL INCLUDE ALL MEETINGS THAT YOU HAVE. CITY COUNCIL, MUNICIPAL BUILDING AUTHORITY, FAIRWAY ESTATES REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, BOARD OF CANVASSERS AND PLANNING COMMISSION. THOSE THINGS WILL ALL BE STREAMED, HAVE TRANSCRIPTS AND BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC LIVE. WITH ENGLISH AND SPANISH CLOSED CAPTIONING. SO JUST ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS. AND WE AND THE STAFF ARE IN THE COUNCIL OFFICE, ARE APPRECIATIVE OF FUNDING THESE EFFORTS TO BE AS OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC, WHICH HAS BEEN ONE OF YOUR ONE OF THE COUNCIL'S STRONG DESIRES FOR THAT. THAT IS OUR REPORT FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ANDERSON. MAYOR BURTON, YOU'RE UP. THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WERE OUT EARLIER MEETING AND NOW FROM WEST JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU, STUDENTS, FOR COMING AND ATTENDING. AS YOU KNOW, FROM THE PICTURE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON THE BRIDGE AND THE BRIDGE, 8600 SOUTH IS NOW OPEN, WE'RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'LL HAVE A PARTY LATER, BUT WE'RE JUST REALLY GLAD TO HAVE THAT OPEN. WE'LL PLAN A BIG PARTY WHERE WE CAN RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS FINANCED AND GETTING IT BUILT AND GETTING IT REPAIRED AND GETTING IT OPEN. BUT THAT'LL BE COMING UP AT A LATER DATE WHEN

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AND THEY'VE BEEN OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES TO CHECK THE SIGNAL LIGHTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE WORKING PROPERLY. AND THE KIDS ARE GETTING TO SCHOOL AT A ON TIME, SO THEY NOW HAVE NO EXCUSE TO BE TARDY. YEP. ANYWAY, SO WE'RE WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AS YOU KNOW. WELL, YOU OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN ELECTION YEAR FOR OUR COUNTY MAYOR AND SOME OF OUR COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SOME OF US WERE THERE. I WAS THERE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB WAS THERE.

AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE OTHER MAYORS THAT WE STOPPED BY. WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND WATCHED THEIR OUR COUNTY MAYOR TAKE HER OATH OF OFFICE AND A FEW OTHERS AS WELL. AND THAT PERSON DOWN THERE IS A FROM WEST JORDAN RESIDENT WHO IS NOW ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL REPRESENTING THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY, INCLUDING WEST JORDAN. IT'S CARLOS. MORENA MIRANDA. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND ALSO, I GOT AN INVITATION TO GO TO THE GOVERNOR'S INAUGURATION, AND THAT'S ME WITH THE MAYOR WALKER. HE WAS ALSO THERE. WE HAPPENED TO BE SITTING ON THE SAME ROW.

THEY WERE ASSIGNED SEATS. AND I LOOK BACK, I COULD SEE COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB BACK A FEW SEATS ON THE BACK, A FEW ROWS AND OVER A LITTLE BIT. AND SO THAT WAS EXCITING. AND THEN HE HAD A BALL THAT EVENING. AND SO I CHANGED MY CLOTHES AND WENT AND HAD A BALL WITH THE GOVERNOR. OF COURSE, THEY INCLUDED DANCING. SO GOVERNOR COX IS OFFICIALLY HERE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

FIRST FRIDAY IN JANUARY WAS SPECTACULAR. THEY HAD A JAZZ BAND UP THERE PLAYING, AND THEY ALSO PLAYED SOME OTHER MUSIC IN ADDITION TO JAZZ. I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER MENTIONED IT TO YOU, BUT I REALLY LIKE JAZZ. THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND WAS REALLY GOOD. THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT LIKED IT SO WELL. THEY GOT UP AND STARTED DANCING ALONG WITH IT. I WAS NOT ONE OF THEM, BUT I WANTED TO. BUT I LOST SELF-CONTROL AND DIDN'T GET UP AND DO THAT. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO FEBRUARY'S, WHICH WILL BE COMING UP REALLY SHORTLY, LIKE ON FEBRUARY 7TH. NOTHING BUT CAKES THAT HAS OPENED IN. I ALMOST CALLED THE WRONG PLACE OVER THERE, 78 AND 56 BY THE HOME DEPOT, AND THIS WAS THE FIRST MORNING THAT THEY JUST OPENED. I GOT IN THERE JUST AFTER ANOTHER CUSTOMER WALKED OUT WITH A CAKE. THERE WILL BE A GRAND OPENING COMING SOON. WE PUT THAT ON YOUR SCHEDULE ALREADY AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THERE. BUT THEY ARE OPEN. YOU DON'T NEED TO WAIT TILL THEN. AND SINCE THEN MY WIFE HAS ALREADY STOPPED AND PICKED UP A COUPLE OF CAKES AND I ENJOYED THEM. OKAY, I SHOWED HIM WITH HER TO OKAY SOME UPCOMING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME AND SEE US COME THE NEXT DAY ON TUESDAY, OUR FIRST FRIDAY, I MENTIONED THAT BRIEFLY WILL BE THE CALVARY BAPTIST GOSPEL CHOIR PERFORMANCE. OH, DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE A LOT OF FUN? I, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN STAY IN YOUR SEAT FOR THAT ONE WHEN THEY GET TO GOING. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I TOOK SOME YOUTH TO A BAPTIST CHURCH ON THEIR WAY TO THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEETINGS, AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. WE GOT TAMBOURINES AND GOT GOING AND GOT THE BEAT OF THE OF THE SOUL MUSIC THAT WAS GOING THERE. SO I CAN ONLY GUESS WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AND THEN THE NEXT DAY AFTER THAT IS EAST WASTE AND SHREDDING EVENT. SO IF YOU HAVE SOME ELECTRONICS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO PUT THEM IN THE LANDFILL, BUT TAKE THOSE AND DONATE THEM OR DROP THEM OFF AT THE CITY. SHRED E-WASTE AND SHREDDING EVENT. AND YOU BRING YOUR PAPERS AND WE'LL SHRED THOSE FOR YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY GETS THAT PERSONAL INFORMATION, NO CHARGE IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF WEST, IF YOU LIVE IN WEST JORDAN, OR THE NEW ANNEXED AREAS WOULD LET YOU COME TO YOU, JUST TELL US. OKAY, THURSDAY. THAT'S IN TWO DAYS. I OR MY OPEN OFFICE HOURS. THAT'S GOT THE WRONG TIME ON IT THOUGH. IT'S FROM 4 TO 6. THIS IS TEN TO NOON. JUST YOU BOTH. SO ANYWAY, IT'S 4 TO 6 P.M. IF YOU COME AT TEN TO NOON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL BE DOING AT THAT TIME. SO I'M PROBABLY SOMETHING ON MY CALENDAR. BUT 4 TO 6, THURSDAY THE 16TH. JAY THOMAS TOOK HIS OATH OF OFFICE. HE'S IN FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK YOU, JAY THOMAS, FOR WILLING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THAT POSITION. AND THEN WE HAVE A BRAND NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONER WHO IS JOHNNY ANDERSON. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WELL, JIMMY. YES,

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SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE ALUMINUM WIRE THUS FAR FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARING SIX A FOR

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SO WE. I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MARIA AND MICHELLE, BECAUSE BEFORE I CAME ALONG, THIS IS PRE JODY. WE HAD WE UNEXPECTEDLY LOST OUR. LAST ASSISTANT PROGRAM COORDINATOR. AND AT THE TIME MARIA HAD ONLY BEEN HERE FOR THREE MONTHS AND MICHELLE HAD ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A MONTH. AND THAT LEFT TWO VERY NEW EMPLOYEES LEFT TO MAN THE SHIP. AND MARIA REALLY STEPPED UP. IT WAS WHEN OUR PREVIOUS DIRECTOR OR PROGRAM MANAGER LEFT. IT WAS DURING A GRANT CYCLE. AND IF ANYBODY EVER HAS DONE GRANTS, YOU KNOW WHAT A BEAR THEY CAN BE. AND FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S NEVER DONE GRANTS BEFORE, IT WAS REALLY AMAZING THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR US, BECAUSE HAD SHE NOT DONE THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR PROGRAM WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE. ADDITIONALLY, MICHELLE ONLY HAVING BEEN HERE FOR A MONTH, THAT LEFT BOTH MARIA AND MICHELLE TO ALSO STAFF A 24 HOUR A DAY, SEVEN DAY A WEEK, ALL HOLIDAYS INCLUDED CRISIS LINE, AND OUR CRISIS LINE IS INTENDED TO. WE'RE ON CALL SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND OUT WITH POLICE OFFICERS IF WE'RE NEEDED ON ANY INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, IF THERE'S AN UNATTENDED DEATH OR ANY OTHER AD HOC THING THAT THEY MAY NEED US TO COME AND JUMP IN AND HELP OUT WITH. DOWN. ALL RIGHT. SO I DID NOT BRING MY GLASSES. SO I CAN'T REALLY I CAN'T REALLY SEE VERY WELL. BUT I DID WANT TO JUST MENTION THAT PART OF MY PHILOSOPHY BEING IN THIS POSITION IS I REALLY I REJECT THE IDEA THAT WE ARE THAT BIG CITIES CAN'T HAVE A SMALL TOWN FEEL. AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF WHAT HAS BEEN EXHIBITED BY THE OTHER SPEAKERS TONIGHT IS THAT WE DO REALLY WANT TO HAVE THAT, THAT HOMETOWN FEEL IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER. AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT VICTIM ADVOCACY IS. AND PART OF VICTIM ADVOCACY IS, IS THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING THE CITY AND WE ARE MEETING WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THEIR MOST VULNERABLE AND HIGHEST NEED OF SUPPORT AND TIME FOR SUPPORT AND EMPATHY. AND IT'S NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE A VICTIM ADVOCATE. A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT AS A CALLING. AND IT'S DEFINITELY IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE. AND IT IS IT'S A VERY UNIQUE SKILL TO BE ABLE TO MEET SOMEBODY. AND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, YOU'RE HEARING YOU'VE GAINED ENOUGH RAPPORT THAT YOU'RE HEARING THE WORST PART, THE PROBABLY THE WORST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO THEM IN THEIR LIFE OR EVER WILL HAPPEN WITH THE HAVING VICTIM ADVOCATES INVOLVED. WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE HEAL A LOT FASTER. THE SOONER THAT A VICTIM ADVOCATE CAN BE INVOLVED, THE BETTER THEIR HEALING PROCESS IS. AND AS VICTIM ADVOCATES, WE ALSO WANT TO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE THINGS THAT GO INTO, I GUESS, THE PSYCHOLOGY THAT GOES INTO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATIONSHIPS.

AND WE KNOW THAT IT ON AVERAGE, IT TAKES A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM SEVEN TIMES TO LEAVE THEIR ABUSER BEFORE THEY FINALLY MAKE THAT THAT CUT FOR GOOD. AND SO WE ARE PREPARING WE ARE WE ESSENTIALLY I FEEL A LITTLE GRANDIOSE SAYING THIS, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE HELPING TO SAVE LIVES BECAUSE WE DO PREPARE SURVIVORS TO NOT ONLY SURVIVE A SITUATION, BUT TO THRIVE ONCE

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ONE OF THE, I CALL IT MY TOOLBOX. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO IS I LIKE TO GIVE HANDOUTS TO SURVIVORS AND GO OVER DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT FACETS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND EXPLAIN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IF THEY'RE NOT BEING HIT, THEY'RE NOT BEING ABUSED. BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER DYNAMICS THAT GO INTO THAT. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ARE THE VICTIM. ADVOCATES ARE ON CALL FOR 24 OVER SEVEN ALL HOLIDAYS, AND WE ARE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO HOSPITALS TO MEET WITH SURVIVORS WHO MAY HAVE INJURIES OR TO MEET WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS WHO NEED WHO ARE UNDERGOING A FORENSIC EXAM WHERE THERE IS MORAL SUPPORT FOR THEM. DURING THAT ENTIRE PROCESS. WE ALSO WILL MEET WITH FOLKS IN THEIR HOMES OR AT A CRIME SCENE, DEPENDING ON WHEREVER THAT NEEDS TO BE. WE ALSO, IF THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM AND THEIR CHILDREN NEED TO GET TO THE SAFETY OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER, THE CITY PROVIDES US WITH VEHICLES SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TRANSPORT SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER. AND THEN AFTER A TRAUMATIC EVENT, I THINK ANYBODY WHO'S EVER BEEN THROUGH A VERY TRAUMATIC EVENT KNOWS IT REALLY WREAKS HAVOC ON YOUR LIFE. A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE THEY DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO MAINTAIN THE LIFESTYLE THAT THEY HAD BEFORE. AS FAR AS LIVING IN THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN AND WHERE THEIR TRAUMA OCCURRED. THEY GO EVERY CORNER, THEY GO AROUND AS A TRIGGER FOR THEM. AND SO OFTENTIMES WE LOSE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AFTER THEY'VE BEEN IMPACTED BY A TRAUMATIC EVENT. AND I JUST WANT TO CHALLENGE THAT AND SAY, I THINK THAT WE CAN SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN WITH THIS. IMAGINE THAT IF THAT TRAUMA SURVIVOR SEES OR IS SO SUPPORTED IN THEIR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORS, BUT ALSO THE MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, VICTIM ADVOCATES, PROSECUTORS, ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN THEIR CASE AFTERWARDS HAS SUPPORTED THEM SO WELL THAT THEY COULDN'T IMAGINE LIVING ANYWHERE ELSE. AND I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT AND A BIG THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL. WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, AND THEY ARE VERY NECESSARY AND VERY VITAL IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT, I WILL LEAVE THIS OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL TONIGHT? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. AND I KNOW IT'S VERY NECESSARY. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I SEE WITH MY OWN EYES, EXCEPT FOR ONE TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AND I WERE OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING AND A WOMAN DROVE UP IN TEARS LOOKING FOR HELP. AND SHE'D BEEN ABUSED, AND IT OPENED MY EYES TO THE NECESSITY OF YOUR WORK. AND I JUST VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR BLAYLOCK.

THANK YOU. I WOULD ECHO HIS THANKS, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY OF YOUR STATISTICS, LIKE HOW MANY WERE SERVED? I KNOW YOU'RE NEW, SO IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T. I WAS ACTUALLY WORKING ON GRANTS TODAY, SO WE DO QUARTERLY GRANTS. SO WITHIN THE LAST WHAT, THREE MONTHS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WE HAVE SERVED 1200 VICTIMS. AND DO YOU SERVE JUST WEST JORDAN RESIDENTS OR DO YOU SERVE WHOEVER IS IN NEED? FOR THE MOST PART? SOMETIMES WE DO GET PEOPLE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN A RESIDENT OF WEST JORDAN WHO FELT A CONNECTION HERE AND HAVE COME BACK TO US. OTHER THAN THAT, WE BASICALLY DO JUST SERVE WEST JORDAN. OKAY. AND ARE YOU TAKING ARE YOU KEEPING ANY ARE YOU TRACKING YOUR DATA. LIKE TO SEE IF WE'RE GETTING BETTER. IF WE'RE GETTING WORSE, I THINK WE JUST DO A COMPARISON EVERY QUARTER. ONCE WE GET THE QUARTERLY STATISTICS. AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK AND REVIEW PREVIOUS QUARTERLY REPORTS. AND ARE WE WORKING ON ANY PREVENTATIVE, SORRY, PREVENTATIVE HELPING. YEAH.

RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A PREVENTION PORTION OF OUR TEAM. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GROW TO GROWING A MEMBER WHO WILL BE ABLE TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, SPEAK AT HIGH SCHOOLS, JUNIOR HIGHS, CHURCH ACTIVITIES, WHEREVER WILL HAVE

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[PUBLIC HEARINGS]

THANK YOU. CHAIR. SO THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL REZONE. IT IS. JUST FOR ONE PROPERTY. IT'S 0.81 ACRES OFF OF 6200 SOUTH AND DIXIE DRIVE. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY THERE. IT IS. THERE'S AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING. THE SITE IS ALREADY DEVELOPED AND THE CURRENT ZONING IS A5 AGRICULTURAL. AND BOTH THE ZONING AND THE BUILDING WERE THERE WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY IN THE 80S. SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO GO FROM AN A5 ZONE TO THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE TO ALLOW THOSE USES TO BE PERMITTED HERE. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS ALREADY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, SO IT MEETS THE GENERAL PLAN. AND YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT ZONING HERE IN PINK IS ALSO ALL GENERAL COMMERCIAL. ALREADY. THE SURROUNDING ZONING. AND THEN THIS IS THE PROPOSED ZONING JUST TO CHANGE THAT ONE PROPERTY TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND KIND OF MATCH THE SURROUNDING ZONING. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE DUMB QUESTION. SO THIS THIS HAS BEEN A NONCONFORMING USE SINCE WE ANNEXED IT. YES. SO IT'S BEEN THIS WAY FOR DECADES. YES. OKAY.

WELL THAT'S YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT'S PROBABLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO CLEAN THIS UP. TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, WHEN I WAS A KID IN THE 80S, YOU LIVED THAT OVER. I LIVED IN THAT AREA. REIMS WAS NOT THERE, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE UTAH BOYS RANCH. SO THE BUILDING WAS BUILT BY THE BOYS RANCH. SO YEAH, IT IS INTERESTING THAT IT WAS NEVER CHANGED. THAT'S CRAZY. COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM, THIS THIS MAY BE MORE FOR STAFF, REALLY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT. HAVE WE ADDRESSED THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS FOR PEAK HOURS WITH THAT PROPOSED DAYCARE AND, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE AND ENCOURAGE THAT DEVELOPMENT, BOTH ECONOMICALLY, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO I'M EXCITED. SO BUT MINE WAS IS THE CONCERN WAS THE TRAFFIC CONCERN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THAT WE WERE MINDFUL OF IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW OPEN UP OUR PUBLIC HEARING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE COME FORWARD. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO TALK AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THOSE. I SEE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE IN THE IN THE ROOM. MR. ANDERSON, ARE THERE ANYBODY ONLINE THAT HAS THEIR HANDS RAISED? THERE ARE FOUR INDIVIDUALS ONLINE, NONE OF WHOM HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND THEN CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING. AND WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION OR A MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER GREEN, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 FIVE. DASH ZERO TWO. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER GREEN AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON. ANY DISCUSSION TO THE MOTION. SIMPLEST REASON WE'RE GOING TO SEE ALL YEAR. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. LET'S GO VOTE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BADOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. CHAIR. LAMB. YES. VICE CHAIR. WHITE. LOCK. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. THANK YOU, I SHALL. THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. YES. YOU'RE

[BUSINESS ITEMS]

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COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. CHAIR. LAMM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. AND COUNCIL MEMBER. BADOR. YES.

THANK YOU. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. QUICKEST ONE EVER. SO THAT'S TWO IN A ROW. ALL RIGHT. BUSINESS ITEM SEVEN B, THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 5-002. FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACCEPT OR DENY THE HIGHLANDS ANNEXATION PETITION. AND I HAVE TANGI SLOAN, OUR BELOVED RECORDER, IS A BELOVED. OKAY? HE IS. YEAH, THAT'S. RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE HIGHLANDS ANNEXATION PETITION FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION. ALSO, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY DUNCAN MURRAY IS HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS THE ANNEXATION SPONSOR, NICOLE COOMBS, I KIND OF WANTED TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE STEPS THAT GOT US TO THIS POINT WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2024, THE CITY RECORDER'S OFFICE PREPARED AND PROVIDED THE ANNEXATION SPONSOR, NICOLE COOMBS, A SPREADSHEET TO GATHER SIGNATURES. SPONSORS DILIGENTLY GATHERED PROPERTY OWNER SIGNATURES FROM THE ANNEXATION AREA, AND THEY QUICKLY. AND I'M NOT I'M NOT EXAGGERATING QUICKLY BROUGHT US PRELIMINARY SUBMISSIONS OF PETITION PAGES, WHICH ALLOWED THE CITY RECORDER'S OFFICE TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, INCLUDING ACREAGE AND ASSESSED VALUE THRESHOLDS. BY DECEMBER 5TH, 2024, ENOUGH SIGNATURES WERE APPEARED TO MEET THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS BASED ON PRELIMINARY VERIFICATIONS. THE PRELIMINARY VERIFICATION OF THRESHOLD WAS COMPLETED AROUND DECEMBER 26TH, 2024. THE SPONSORS GATHERED AND SURPASSED REALLY SURPASSED THE NECESSARY LEGAL THRESHOLD AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THE ACREAGE THRESHOLD OF MORE THAN 50% AND THE ASSESSED VALUE THRESHOLD OF 33 AND A THIRD PERCENT OR MORE. ON JANUARY 2ND, 2025, THE SPONSORS, OFFICIALLY THE SPONSORS, OFFICIALLY FILED THE PETITION

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SO ASSUMING THAT THE COUNCIL ACCEPTS THE PETITION TODAY, THEN A MUCH LARGER MASS MAILING WOULD GO OUT. ABOUT A THOUSAND PIECES OF MAIL A WEEK FROM TODAY ON THE 21ST TO ALL OF THE OWNERS AND RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AND SOME OF THE NEARBY AREAS, AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. AND SO THERE'LL BE MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY AT SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WILL BE REFERENCED IN THAT MAILING. ONE IS A FEBRUARY 4TH PUBLIC HEARING IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO LOOK AT THE ZONING FOR THE AREA, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE CITY ADOPTING SIMILAR ZONING TO WHAT THE COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS IN PLACE. AND THEN ALSO AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING, PROBABLY ON FEBRUARY 25TH, THEN YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY APPROVING TONIGHT. YOU'RE JUST POTENTIALLY ACCEPTING, BUT THEN YOU COULD POTENTIALLY APPROVE AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING THE PETITION. AND THEN ALSO LOOK AT THAT RECOMMENDATION OF ZONING FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE NOTICE THAT GOES OUT, A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, LOOK AT THEIR CONCERNS.

AND OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THESE TYPES OF THINGS CITY STAFF WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT. AND AS FAR AS PARKS AND SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO I KNOW IN A LOT OF THE PRIOR OPEN MEETINGS THAT WE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THERE WAS ONE AT FALCON ELEMENTARY THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN AWARE OF, SOME OF THE SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING SERVICES.

WE'RE AWARE OF SOME OF THE PARKS THAT ARE THERE, AND I KNOW CITY ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING AT THESE ISSUES AS THEY COME UP. AND TO KNOW WHAT IS THE PROJECTED TIMELINE OF ALL OF THIS TO PAN OUT. SO I OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE DOWN THE ROAD. BUT WHAT IS THIS TIMELINE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? SO THERE IS A TIMELINE THAT'S IN THE PACKET. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT DATE IS THAT IF THERE'S NO PROTEST THAT'S FILED BY A SIGNIFICANT LANDOWNER OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AFFECTED ENTITY, THEN IT'S MOST LIKELY POSSIBLE THAT THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE COULD APPROVE OF THE PETITION BEFORE APRIL 30TH. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN FOR TAX PURPOSES AND OTHER PURPOSES, THEY WOULD OFFICIALLY BE A PART OF THE CITY STARTING JULY 1ST. SO THAT'S THAT FAST.

OKAY, SO WITH ALL THESE QUESTIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, THE TAXES, THE MUNICIPALITY SERVICES, THE YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR CITY'S REVENUE ARE ALL WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. WHAT WHAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS GETTING ALL OF THESE SPECIFICS TAKEN CARE OF? WELL, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THEN, THAT WOULD A LOT OF THOSE LOGISTICS WOULD NEED TO BE WORKED OUT IN ADVANCE OF WELL, IN ADVANCE OF JULY 1ST SO THAT. YEAH, THAT'S YEAH. AND THERE'S TIME TO DO IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THESE TWO ORDINANCES FOR ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AND ANNEXATION ON.

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OKAY. SO NOW TWO COMMENTS. ONE, I WENT TO THE INAUGURATION OF THE COUNTY OFFICIALS THE OTHER DAY. AND SINCE YOU'RE STANDING THERE, I'M GOING TO EMBARRASS YOU. I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE SALT LAKE COUNTY CLERK, AND SHE LOVES YOU. WELL, I LOVE HER SO. SHE SHE SHE LOVES WORKING WITH YOU. I TALKED TO I TALKED TO HER FOR A FEW MINUTES, AND SHE LOVES WORKING WITH YOU, SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. SO MY NEXT COMMENT IS TO. SORRY I'M NOT. I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR LAST NAME, BUT NICOLE, IF YOU WANT ME TO COME OUT, I WILL COME OUT AND MEET WITH YOU IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I WILL BRING DONUTS AND ROOT BEER. SO WHENEVER YOU'RE READY,

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SO WHAT IT IS WHEN THOSE SUBDIVISIONS WENT IN, THERE WAS A SET OF BACK OF LOTS OF BACK OF LOT BOUNDARIES, RIGHT, SUBDIVISION BOUNDARIES. AND THEN THERE'S CITY BOUNDARIES. OR CURRENTLY THE CITY AND UNINCORPORATED COUNTY BOUNDARY. AND THOSE TWO SETS OF BOUNDARIES ARE NOT THE SAME. AND A PERFECT WORLD, THEY'D LINE UP. EXACTLY. AND SO YOU'VE CAUGHT ON TO THE FACT THAT ONCE THIS ASSUMING THIS ANNEXATION GOES THROUGH, WE WILL HAVE A COMMON BOUNDARY WITH WEST VALLEY, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ALONG THIS LINE. ONCE WE HAVE A COMMON BOUNDARY, STATE LAW ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT'S CALLED A BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. AND THEN WITH THAT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, THEN WE CAN MAKE THAT LINE BE THE SAME. SO THE SUBDIVISION BOUNDARY LINE WOULD BE THE CITY BOUNDARY LINE. AND IN ONE INSTANCE, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE MAINLY DESCRIBING THAT ADDITIONAL PROPERTY OR WOULD GO INTO WEST JORDAN, THEN THERE'S A SMALL ADDITIONAL LINE ALONG TO THE WEST SLIVER THAT'S HARDER TO SEE, BUT THAT LITTLE SLIVER WOULD GO INTO WEST VALLEY SO THAT WE KIND OF WOULD FIRM UP THAT LINE AND COMPLETE AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, WHOLE PARCELS WOULD BE IN ONE CITY OR THE OTHER. THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY SPLIT PARCELS ANYMORE. BUT YOU ARE CORRECT. THERE ARE SPLIT PARCELS RIGHT NOW. SO ACTUALLY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE WERE ACTUALLY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF AND WHEN WE COMPLETE THIS ANNEXATION PROCESS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T START THE BOUNDARY LINE PROCESS UNTIL WE GET THE CERTIFICATE FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. AND IF DURING THAT INTERVENING TIME, WOULD THERE BE AN ISSUE AND WOULD THE COUNTY POTENTIALLY TEMPORARILY ASSIGN ADDITIONAL PARCEL NUMBERS, WHICH WE WOULD WANT TO AVOID? BUT BECAUSE OF THE JANUARY 1ST DATE THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR WAS REFERENCING EARLIER FOR TAX PURPOSES, THAT'S JANUARY 1ST, IS THE DATE THAT COUNTS. THAT. AND SINCE WE'RE GOING TO GET THESE PROCESSES BOTH DONE DURING THIS CALENDAR YEAR, PRESUMABLY BOTH PROCESSES BY JULY OR AUGUST, THEN THERE WON'T BE A PROBLEM.

WE'LL HAVE IT ALL FIXED AND LINED UP BEFORE, YOU KNOW, NEW TAX NOTICES GO OUT AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO YEAH, THERE IS A GLITCH. GOOD EYE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO FIX IT. BUT WE CAN'T FIX IT UNTIL WE FINISH THIS PROCESS. AND WE BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THE COUNTY, THE STATE BOTH CITIES HAVE ALREADY AGREED ON A BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT PLAT THAT ALL THE SURVEYORS HAVE AGREED TO, SO WE CAN QUICKLY APPROVE IT AND GET IT SIGNED AND RECORDED WITHOUT HAVING TO.

WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE DIFFICULT STEPS OF DOING THE MAPS AND PLATS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I DO WANT TO SAY WELCOME. I KNOW IT'S NOT OFFICIAL YET, BUT YOU KNOW,

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THEN IT PROBABLY WAS STILL DUNCAN. BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY NOT ONLY AS COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN MENTIONED, THAT WE KIND OF SET THIS INTO MOTION WHEN WE AGREED UPON THE MDA FOR WHAT IS NOW CALLED TERRAIN. BUT ALSO, I BELIEVE THERE WAS LEGISLATION PASSED THAT THAT THE COUNTY IS BASICALLY REQUIRED TO GET RID OF ALL THEIR PROPERTY AND IT MUST BE INCORPORATED INTO CITIES. SO. WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ALL WORK OUT, STILL IT NEEDS TO OCCUR. IT'S ALREADY BEEN SET INTO MOTION. SO FOR ME, THE QUESTION ISN'T REALLY WHETHER I'M A YES OR NO, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I ALREADY COMMITTED TO BEING A YES, BUT I DO WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE FOLLOW UP ON ON THE CONCERNS OF CONNIE. I DON'T REMEMBER YOUR LAST NAME.

I'M SORRY. AND BECAUSE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE AS A CITY NEED TO KNOW. RIGHT. AND I'M SURE THAT MAYBE CORBIN KNOWS. I DON'T KNOW, BUT DEFINITELY THINGS WE WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON. AND, AND I, I WANT TO COMMEND MISS COOMBS FOR HER PERSEVERANCE. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. AND CLEARLY SHE'S EMBEDDED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND RESPECTED BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THOSE SIGNATURES GOT DONE SO QUICKLY. SO I'D ALSO ENCOURAGE US TO USE HER AS A, AS A POINT OF CONTACT, SHOULD WE NEED ANY HELP IN THAT AREA. I BET SHE WOULD BE GREAT TO DO THAT. AND I'D LOVE A DONUT AND ROOT BEER WITH YOU TOO. BUT WE'D LOVE TO COME AND WELCOME YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I SERVED ON A LITTLE LEAGUE FOOTBALL BOARD WITH HER AND SHE'S PHENOMENAL AT EVERYTHING, SO. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER GREEN. DO YOU WANT TO I WAS I WAS GOING TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT A LONG TIME AGO.

AND IT'S IN A GALAXY FARTHER, FARTHER AWAY. BACK WHEN SOME OF YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL, PROBABLY I, I ACTUALLY HELPED IN AN ANNEXATION DRIVE. AND THE FACT THAT YOU DID IT IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS PHENOMENAL. MINE WAS OUR AREA WAS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, BUT IT'S STILL PHENOMENAL. AND WITH THAT, CAN I MAKE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 5-002 ACCEPTING THE HIGHLANDS ANNEXATION PETITION I'LL SECOND. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER GREEN. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, VICE CHAIR WHITELOCK. DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. I THINK WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED. ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BLUM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRIDGER. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. CHAIR. LAMB. YES. VICE CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. THANK YOU, I SHALL. THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. BUSINESS ITEM SEVEN C HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL RETURN AT A FUTURE DATE. SO WE WILL MOVE TO BUSINESS. ITEM D CONSIDER THE MAYOR'S VETO OF ORDINANCE 2453, A MAJOR VARIATION TO APPROVE PLANS FOR THE GEM GEM APARTMENTS. WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER RIGHT NOW TO ALAN ANDERSON TO GO FORWARD ON THIS. JUST REAL QUICK. I'M GONNA JUST INTRODUCE THIS BACK IN THE SECOND MEETING IN NOVEMBER, JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING. YOU ADOPTED A RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2453. THE MAYOR HAD THAT. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT HE HAD AND STAFF HAD. WE RECEIVED HIS STATEMENT OF OBJECTION, WHICH IS THE ASSIGNED VETO OF HIS ORDINANCE. IT'S THE FIRST VETO IN THIS FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WE'VE HAD. AND SO BASICALLY, WHAT IS BEFORE YOU IS STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT IT HAS TO ONCE WE RECEIVE HIS STATEMENT OF OBJECTION AND SIGNED VETO, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE COUNCIL HAS TO HAVE A OVERRIDE VETO TOPIC ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS. SO YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MODIFY IT. YOU CAN'T REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER ANYTHING. YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED THIS ORDINANCE. THE MAYOR'S VETOED IT. SO IT'S SIMPLY TO OVERRIDE THE VETO IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO. MR. CHANDLER IS HERE. IF YOU

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AND SO WHEN, WHEN, WHEN I MADE THAT MOTION TO DEAD END TO THE DEAD END INTO THE PARK. THIS IS WHAT I DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT. WHETHER AND BY THE WAY, WHEN WE DID THAT, THEN ANY OTHER DECISION WAS LEFT TO THE STAFF TO MAKE. IT WAS A MINOR MINOR DEVIATION THAT STAFF COULD APPROVE. AND SO THIS WAS THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH ALMOST WHAT I ENVISIONED IS THAT THE STREET WOULD GO IN AND IT WOULD STUB THE STUB STREET WOULD JUST GO INTO THE PARK AND END UP WITH A PARKING LOT LIKE THIS. WE'RE STILL CONNECTING THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT DISCONNECTING. THIS IS WE'RE NOT PUTTING UP THE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, BY NOT LETTING THE STUB STREET GO THROUGH. WE'RE NOT PUTTING UP THE BERLIN WALL. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A COMMON PARK WITH SOME WITH SOME WALKWAYS. THE NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE ABLE TO WALK AND BACK AND FORTH. ALL WE'RE DOING IS RESTRICTING SOME AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC THAT TRYING TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE NEIGHBORS CONCERNS OVER THE HIGH INTENSITY, HIGH DENSITY APARTMENT COMPLEX AFFECTING THE ACREAGE. AND IN FACT, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE ECHO RIDGE PARK, WHERE THE WAY ARCADIA GOES THROUGH THE ECHO RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALTHOUGH IT'S GOT A COUPLE OF LITTLE BULBS ON IT, THIS ISN'T ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY ARCADIA ACTUALLY DEAD ENDS INTO THE PARK. WHERE THERE THE DETENTION POND IS. SO I'M GOING TO BE VOTING TO OVERRIDE THE VETO, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, WE'RE JUST GOING TO COME BACK AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING. WE'RE GOING TO TELL STAFF TO GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO TERMINATE THE ROAD AT THE CITY PROPERTY LINE AND NOT HAVE IT GO THROUGH. THE OTHER COMMENT I WILL MAKE IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE MODIFY THAT ORDINANCE. AND IN

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I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT OF THIS, NOT SO MUCH IN THE EFFECT OR TO THE EFFECT THAT IT WOULD PREVENT THE COUNCIL FROM A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION IN THE ROAD. BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT SETS UP A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE INCONSISTENT APPLICATIONS OF THE LAW, AND WHEN THERE ARE INCONSISTENT APPLICATIONS, EITHER IN THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN APPLIED IN THE PAST, OR HOW THE COUNCIL MAY WISH TO APPLY IT IN THE FUTURE. INCONSISTENCY IS NEVER A LAWYERS FRIEND WHEN IT COMES TO THIS KIND OF THINGS, AND IT'S NOT, I THINK, TO THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST TO HAVE THAT KIND OF INCONSISTENCY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE COUNCIL DOES HAVE DISCRETION IN APPLYING THE LAW AND CERTAINLY HAS THE ABILITY TO REVISIT THE ORDINANCE IF THEY FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND MAKE THE CHANGE. AND, YOU KNOW, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IF THE COUNCIL DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE WAY THAT THE LAW IS WRITTEN, WE CHANGE THE WAY THE LAW IS WRITTEN RATHER THAN CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE'RE APPLYING THE LAW. BUT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL GETS TO CONSIDER. YOU KNOW, FOR THEMSELVES. COUNCIL

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BUT. IF THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT INTERPRETATION, WE LOOK AT THE FULL CONTEXT. I WOULDN'T JUST FOCUS ON 1455 A, I WOULD LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER PROVISIONS A, B, C, D AND ON THROUGH THROUGH F.

IT'S CLEAR THAT THE INTENT IS TO CONNECT CONVENIENT ACCESS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS AND FOR ONE FOR. I'LL GET PERSONAL. I HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, BUT IT NEIGHBORS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND IT IT GREATER CONNECTIVITY TO THAT HAS MADE MY LIFE BETTER. MY KIDS LIFE BETTER. AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY FEEL FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE THAT NOW PEDESTRIAN ACCESS. THAT'S GREAT. BUT IF I DON'T KNOW IF I'M QUITE ANSWERING YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION THOUGH. IT WILL. I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUSLY COMPLICATED. THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO ASK THESE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ABOUT 1455 ABOUT SETTING A PRECEDENCE. AND, AND, AND FIGURING OUT CLEARER PROCESSES FOR ENGAGING THE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THIS RIGHT, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY COMMUNICATE WITH WITH THE DEVELOPER. AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE MAYOR'S MAIN, MAIN REASON FOR, FOR DOING WHAT HE DID IS TO GIVE US TIME TO EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS. WE WERE CAUGHT UNAWARE THAT THE APPLICANT FILED A SPECIFIC FOCUSED A MODIFICATION TO THEIR ALREADY APPROVED PLAN. WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO REALLY REACT LIVE HERE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE PARKING OR ACCESS OR OR CONNECTIVITY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR UTILITY SERVICES, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE AT THAT MEETING. AND SO ONE OTHER CONCERN AS WE GO FORWARD. SPEAKING OF PRECEDENT, THIS CODE HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR 2020, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS, A COUPLE DECADES OR LONGER. WE'VE EXEMPTED REAL PROPERTY FROM FROM MANY DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS OVER TIME FOR CONNECTIVITY REASONS, FOR STUB STREETS. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT IF WE GO BACK ON THAT, WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES? I'M NOT THE ATTORNEY, BUT THAT'S IN THE BACK OF MY MIND AS WELL. WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON IN LINE, SO IF I COULD HAVE GREEN AND WHITE LOCK HOP OFF AND SHELTON BACK ON AND THEN. ARE YOU DONE? THANK YOU. OKAY.

COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK OR. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I CAN APPRECIATE STAFF'S. OPINIONS, BUT FOR ME, THE RESIDENTS MATTER AND THE RESIDENTS CAME FROM THAT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAID, PLEASE DON'T. IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE CONNECTED, BUT THEY DON'T WANT THE TRAFFIC. AND THERE WILL BE TRAFFIC. WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC FREQUENTLY, AND

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TO HAVE A BARRIER, TO HAVE THE PARK, TO ALLOW THAT PARK PARKING TO BE ACTUALLY UTILIZED BY MAYBE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO, TWO COMMUNITIES THAT WANT TO USE THE CITY PARK. SO I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF AN OVERRIDE. COUNCILMEMBER GREENE A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, ONCE AND I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY IS RIGHT. THERE'S SOME INTERPRETATION HERE BECAUSE THE INTENT WAS TO JOIN SUBDIVISIONS TO CONNECT NEIGHBORHOODS. I DON'T THINK THE INTENT WAS AND I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SAY HINDSIGHT'S 2020, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE WAS 20 SOMETHING YEARS AGO. BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT IF THAT WAS GOING TO BE A IF THAT WAS GOING TO BE A, AN SM STEEL RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO REQUIRE A STUB STREET BECAUSE IT'S A HIGHER INTENSE USE, GOING TO A LOWER INTENSE USE. WHAT WE HEARD WAS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN ESSENCE, WANTED TO BE ISOLATED. IT IS AN ISOLATED NEIGHBORHOOD OUT THERE, AND WHAT THEY DON'T WANT IS TO IMPACT. AND THEY THEY'RE DEALING WITH, HONESTLY. THE ECHO RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD IS DEALING WITH A LOT OF IMPACTS ANYWAY, BECAUSE OF CISCO AND BECAUSE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH, BECAUSE THEY GOT THROWN OUT THERE IN AN ISOLATED AREA. AND MR. LANGFORD'S RIGHT. THAT BOAT HAS PASSED. BUT IT'S OUR JOB TO HELP MITIGATE THAT. AND I BELIEVE THAT DOING THIS IS MITIGATED. NOW, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRECEDENTS, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT STREET, BUT THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM GLOVER NURSERY THAT THEY ORIGINALLY WANTED TO DO R1 SIX FOR THE SETBACKS. AND IT GOES INTO THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S GOT THE BRIGADOON NAMES LIKE THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STREET WAS YOU MAYBE YOU CAN REMEMBER, BUT THERE'S A STREET THAT COMES AROUND THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD AND COME AROUND, AND IT DEAD ENDS AS A STUB STREET IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. AND WE SPECIFICALLY SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO REQUIRE THAT STREET TO CONNECT. WHY? BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS DIDN'T WANT THAT STREET TO CONNECT. SO THE PRECEDENCE IS ALREADY THERE. WE SET THE PRECEDENCE WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND WITH GLOVER ACROSS THE STREET FROM GLOVER NURSERY. WE DIDN'T CONNECT THAT. WE LEFT THAT LITTLE STREET THAT THAT GOES THAT THAT GOES NORTH AND DOWN AND AROUND AND CURVES AT 92, 60 OR WHATEVER THE STREET NAME IS. WE PURPOSELY ISOLATED THAT STREET AND DIDN'T CONNECT IT TO THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE PRECEDENCE IS ALREADY THERE. THE PRECEDENCE IS ALREADY THERE FOR THE PARK. AND HERE'S THE HERE'S HERE'S THE HERE'S WHERE I'M GOING TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WHITLOCK. THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS TO MEAN SOMETHING. IF THIS IS JUST A DONE DEAL, IT'S GOING TO BE AND THE CITIZENS INPUT DOESN'T MATTER, THEN WHY DO WE HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING? NOW?

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WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS AROUND THE, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. WE DID THIS ACROSS THE STREET FROM GLOVER NURSERY.

WE'VE DONE THE PARK TERMINATION AT CRICKET IN SYCAMORES. THIS IS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE. AND THE LAST OVER, OVER THE EVEN ON MY TIME AS THE COUNCIL. AND SO I JUST DON'T SEE WHAT BIG DEAL IT IS. ALL RIGHT. HOLD ON BOB, I'M GOING TO GO TO ZACH. AND HE WAS IN LINE BEFORE. SO ZACH, ARE YOU STILL THERE? YEP. OKAY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS FOR LEGAL AS FAR AS PROCEDURE GOES, SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING THIS AS A AS A VETO OVERRIDE KIND OF A THING. IF THE OVERRIDE FAILS AND THE VETO STANDS, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE THE DEVELOPER AND THE APPLICANT IN THEIR IN THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS? DOES IT LIMIT THEM AS TO WHAT THEY CAN DO? YOU KNOW, LIKE AS IF AN APPLICATION IS DENIED, YOU KNOW, FOR A YEAR OR WHATEVER. YOU KNOW WHAT, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. MY INTERPRETATION WOULD BE THAT WE'RE BACK TO THE PLAN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED, WITH THE ROAD GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH, THE APPLICANT WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND REAPPLY, EITHER WITH THE SAME PLAN OR WITH THE CHANGED PLAN, PARTICULARLY IF THE APPLICANT WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN. THAT WAS IN LINE WITH WHAT THE COUNCIL HAD PROPOSED WITH THE DEAD END THERE, BECAUSE THAT WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION, I SEE NO PROBLEM AT ALL WITH THE APPLICANT COMING BACK WITH THAT, PARTICULARLY IF WE WANTED TO FLESH OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE PARKING LOT COMING OUT, AKIN TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN SHOWED WITH THE CRICKET CONNECTION, I WILL SAY THAT THAT THE PICTURE THAT HE SHOWED THERE WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I HAD ENVISIONED AS THE COUNCIL'S KIND OF INTERPRETATION OF WHAT WAS APPROVED THE OTHER NIGHT. AND I WILL SAY I'VE GOTTEN A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM STAFF AS TO WHAT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED. I THINK THERE IS SOME CONFUSION IN THAT REGARD. ASKING THE APPLICANT TO FILE A NEW APPLICATION IN LINE WITH WHAT THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WAS OR PREFERENCES WERE BASED ON THE PUBLIC HEARING, WOULD ALLOW STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO VET THE APPLICATION, MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING VOTED ON, AND ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. AT THAT POINT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE APPLICANT'S TIMELINE IS. IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PURSUING AT THIS POINT OR NOT, BUT THERE WOULD BE NO OBSTACLE TO THEM REAPPLYING FOR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

OKAY, MY SECOND QUESTION, I GUESS, IS FOR SCOTT HORTON. HAS THERE BEEN ANY INDICATION FROM THE APPLICANT THAT THEY WERE UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT WAS APPROVED? AND WE'RE DESIRING MORE TIME.

SLASH. DISCUSSION WITH SLASH OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY AND NEGOTIATE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I'LL TAKE THIS ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOBS I WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE APPLICANT EARLIER TODAY. THEY WANTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THEY HAD A PRIOR COMMITMENT AT ANOTHER LOCATION SO THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT. THEY WERE SURPRISED BY THE MOTION AT THE LAST MEETING. AND THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION ON THEIR PART ON EXACTLY HOW TO PROCEED FORWARD. THEY THEIR ORIGINAL REASON FOR THE PROPOSAL WAS TRYING TO RESPOND TO NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS, AND I DON'T THINK THEY HAD ANTICIPATED LOSING THAT CONNECTION POINT.

THAT SAID, I THINK THEY'VE EXPRESSED THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO MAKE

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ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. NOPE, NOPE, NOPE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB KIND OF HIT ON MOST OF WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ON. FIRST OF ALL, I NEED TO SOMEWHAT APOLOGIZE BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS STARTED BECAUSE ME AS A NEWBIE LEANED OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AND SAID, WHY CAN'T WE JUST CLOSE THAT OFF SO WE DON'T HAVE IT? AND THEN BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM? IT WAS IT WAS ALL DONE. AND I THOUGHT, OH, WELL, I GUESS THAT'S HOW THINGS WORK HERE. BUT THE POINT I NEED TO SEE IS IF WE OVERRIDE THIS VETO, IT SEEMS LIKE NEW PLANS HAVE TO BE MADE ANYWAY, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THOSE PLANS. IS THAT A CORRECT KIND OF THOUGHT? I DON'T KNOW THAT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE'RE AT. I WOULD MAYBE LOOK TO THE PLANNING STAFF. I THINK THAT THERE'S AT LEAST ENOUGH OF AN UNDERSTANDING THAT I THINK WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, WITH AT LEAST A DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE. THERE IS SOME UNEASINESS WITH THE PLAN, I THINK, AS I STATED, BUT I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD DISAGREE. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CHECK OUT, BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE WHEN I'M HEARING ABOUT THIS CONFUSION ON BOTH THE CITY SIDE AND THE DEVELOPER SIDE, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH PEN AND PAPER AND DRAW OUT SOMETHING. IT'S NOT GOING TO JUST OVERNIGHT. THERE'LL BE A LITTLE PARKING LOT THERE. STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AND I MEAN APPROVE IT, ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE COUNCIL'S WISHES WERE. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ME CHECKING BECAUSE OF SOMETHING I ACCIDENTALLY I DON'T THINK IT WOULD NECESSITATE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT THIS POINT. OKAY. WELL THEN IF THAT IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, I DON'T SEE THIS MESSING UP CONNECTIVITY BECAUSE THIS WILL ALMOST BE TWO PARKING LOTS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A LITTLE STRIP OF THE PARK, WHICH I THINK WOULD STILL GO THROUGH. I, I THINK THAT THIS IS, MUCH LIKE WE'VE SAID, OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE SET UP WHERE WE WOULDN'T EXPECT THEM TO GO THROUGH, BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD BE OKAY WITH THE FACT OF PLANS AND STUFF. SO IF THE CITY THINKS THEY'RE OKAY TO CONTINUE AND THE DEVELOPER'S PROBABLY OKAY TO FIGURE IT OUT AND WE DON'T NEED TO COME BACK, THEN I HAVE WHAT I NEED. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON, EARLIER TODAY IN OUR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN 1300 WEST AND REDWOOD ROAD. AND I ACTUALLY TODAY TOOK A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD BETWEEN 13TH WEST AND REDWOOD AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THAT CONNECTIVITY. I DO APPRECIATE CONNECTIVITY, AND I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR CITY. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I FEEL THAT. PUTTING THAT CONNECTIVITY OFF IS GOING TO WORK BEST FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS CURRENTLY THERE. THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES CONNECTING THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH MULTI-FAMILY. DEVELOPMENT, AND THE TRAFFIC AND THE PARKING PROBLEMS THAT COULD ENSUE. YOU KNOW, MAYBE CUTTING THAT ROAD OFF WON'T, WON'T MITIGATE ALL THE TROUBLE THAT WILL COME. BUT I THINK IT WILL HELP. AND THE RESIDENTS THERE HAVE ASKED FOR IT. AND SO I AM IN FAVOR OF MAINTAINING THAT. THAT DISCONNECT IN THIS ONE PARTICULAR CASE, EVEN THOUGH I AM IN FAVOR OF CONNECTION. ALL RIGHT. MY THOUGHTS ARE WE ALREADY VOTED ON THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND WE MADE OUR DECISION. AND REALLY ALL WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT IS JUST THINGS THAT WE ALREADY KNEW AND THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY MOVING FORWARD. SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO ON ORDINANCE 2453. I'LL SECOND THAT. HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL FROM CHAIR LAMM AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? JUST A QUICK NOTE. I WILL PROBABLY BE VOTING NO BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS BETTER. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES, WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES AND NOT JUST BLOW PAST THEM. COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON, I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF THE DEVELOPER AS WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO LET THIS MOVE FORWARD AS IT IS AND NOT STYMIE THEIR WORK ANY FURTHER. ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO A VOTE. MISS QUICK. WE ARE VOTING TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO. MAYBE. I THANK

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED THAT APPROVES. AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I GOT A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY ME. COUNCIL CHAIR LAMB AND SECOND BY GREEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ADJOURNED

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.