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OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START. WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO WEST JORDAN'S PLANNING COMMISSION
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MEETING FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025. ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT, AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED[00:16:57]
WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND DUNCAN MURRAY IS GOING TO LEAD US. IF EVERYONE COULD[00:17:06]
PLEASE RISE AND REPEAT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ALONG 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. DUNCAN. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING ON JANUARY 21ST. COMMISSIONER ALLEN, I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. COMMISSIONER ROBERTS, I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. NEXT IS A PUBLIC HEARING WITH FINAL ACTION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT'S THE WASATCH ELECTRIC, 9000 SOUTH 6800 WEST. PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN AND PRELIMINARY MAJOR SUBDIVISION. BEN SEASTRAND, IF YOU'D COME UP AND SPEAK. GOOD EVENING. I AM NOT BEN SEASTRAND. MY NAME IS COLE PETERSON. I WORK WITH BEN AT THE GARDNER COMPANY. WE FIGURED WE'D GIVE YOU GUYS A NIGHT OFF FROM BEN TONIGHT, SO.YEAH, BUT GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HELP TO THE COMMISSION, TO THIS POINT WITH THIS WASATCH ELECTRIC PROJECT. WE ARE HERE FOR THE SITE PLAN AND SUBDIVISION, WHICH AS AS WE KNOW, IT'S FOR THE 160,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING GOING RIGHT OFF, GOING IN RIGHT OFF OF THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED 90TH SOUTH. AND YEAH, WE'VE BEEN MAKING SOME GREAT PROGRESS. THE STAFF HAS BEEN FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH. I MEAN, THIS WHOLE THIS WHOLE PROCESS, THEY'VE REALLY DONE SO MUCH TO KIND OF HELP US, GET US HELP, GET US TO THIS POINT. SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE. THE TENANT IS VERY EXCITED. WE MET WITH THEM THIS LAST WEEK AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE US BREAK GROUND SOON HOPEFULLY. AND YEAH. BUT AGAIN HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT ANY COMMISSIONER MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER ALAN, CAN YOU TALK TO US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUILDING, WHAT'S OBVIOUSLY WASATCH ELECTRIC HEADQUARTERS. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE TALKING OFFICES. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S GOING TO BE RUN OUT OF THERE? YEAH. SO IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S 160,000FT■!S WITH ABOUT A 40,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE COMPONENT. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE EXACT
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NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, I THINK THEY THEY'RE PLANNING ON HAVING IN CLOSE TO 100. I THINK I CAN I MEAN, WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR WHOLE THEIR WHOLE STAFF IN. INTO THE NEW HEADQUARTERS. AND YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE MULTI-LEVEL, YOU KNOW, WITH MEZZANINE ON TOP. SO THE OFFICE COMPONENT KIND OF MORE ON THAT SECOND LEVEL YOU WALK IN WITH TO THE RECEPTION KIND OF LOBBY AREA, YOU GO UP. AND THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THEIR OFFICES WILL BE. THEY'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, CONFERENCE ROOMS AND A BREAK ROOM ON THE GROUND LEVEL. AND THEN, YEAH, THE TRUCK SHOP WITH ALL THAT INDUSTRIAL SPACE THAT'LL MAKE UP THE REST OF THE BUILDING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE'LL CALL YOU UP IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. TAYLOR. GREAT. THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, COLE. SO ACTUALLY, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE ONE SLIGHT CORRECTION. WE'RE LOOKING AT BETWEEN 4 AND 500 PEOPLE.ACCORDING TO THEM LAST TIME WE TALKED TO THEM. SO IT IS GOING TO BE QUITE A BIT MORE THAN THE 100. MAYBE 100 IS THE FIRST PHASE, BUT IT'S QUITE A LARGE PROJECT WITH A LOT OF EMPLOYEES, AND IT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITY. YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS. IT WAS HERE BEFORE YOU LAST TIME. REALLY, NOTHING HAS CHANGED EXCEPT FOR THE REZONE AND MDP HAVE BEEN CEMENTED. WE'VE SEEN THE SITE PLAN, THE LOCATION CONCEPT AND ELEVATIONS AT BOTH PLANNING COMMISSION AND DRC. THE ZONING IS NOW SOUTHWEST QUADRANT MIXED USE AND IT MEETS THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION WITH THAT STAFF. ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE? ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. THIS HAS BEEN NOTICED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. IF YOU ARE ONLINE ON ZOOM, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND. OR IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF OR RAISE YOUR HAND BY STAR NINE. OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION OR MOTIONS? COMMISSIONER HATCH? I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE A TWO LOT AND ONE PARCEL. PRELIMINARY MAJOR SUBDIVISION FOR WASATCH ELECTRIC, LOCATED AT 9090 SOUTH 6800 WEST. SUBJECT TO ALL REQUIREMENTS OF APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
CARRIES SEVEN. NOTHING. I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE A PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN FOR WASATCH ELECTRIC, LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 9128 SOUTH 6700 WEST, SUBJECT TO ALL REQUIREMENTS OF APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION, AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. CARRIES SEVEN. NOTHING.
WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL ACTION. THIS IS FOR THE OQUIRRH HIGHLANDS, APPROXIMATELY 5900 WEST TO 6400 WEST AND 6600 SOUTH TO 7000 SOUTH. ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 160.5 ACRES.
ASSIGNING A FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FROM THE SALT LAKE COUNTY. DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL TO WEST JORDAN. LAND USE DESIGNATION OF MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND PARKS AND OPEN LAND, AND FROM THE SALT LAKE COUNTY ZONING DESIGNATION OF R, M, Z, MULTIPLE FAMILY ZONING CONDITIONS. AND R ONE. SIX SLASH ZC RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ZONING CONDITIONS TO THE WEST JORDAN ZONING MAP. DESIGNATION OF PC PLANNED COMMUNITY ZONE OF THE WEST. JORDAN. LARRY. SO THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED THE ANNEXATION PETITION FOR THIS AREA. AND AS IT SAID IN THE. IN THE AGENDA ITEMS, IT'S 160
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ACRES, JUST A LITTLE HAIR, OVER 160 ACRES IN SIZE. AND THIS AREA IS EAST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW CORRIDOR AND WEST OF THE POWER CORRIDOR. AS YOU SEE ON THE AERIAL IMAGE THERE, THAT KIND OF BLANK AREA, THAT'S WHERE THE POWER POLES RUN. AND DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE CITY, SOME PORTIONS ARE NORTH OF 72 SOUTH, AND SOME ARE A LITTLE MORE INTO OCHER SHADOWS, BUT THEY'RE NORTH OF THE CITY. THIS AREA IS A TIP THAT THE CITY AGREED THAT IF THE PETITIONS CAME IN THAT THEY WOULD ANNEX. THE AGREEMENT WAS MADE WITH SALT LAKE COUNTY SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE ANNEXED THE PORTION OF WOOD RANCH OR THE GLENWOOD PROPERTY WAY TO THE WEST, ON THE WEST SIDE OF BACCHUS HIGHWAY. THE ENTIRE THE AREA IS ENTIRELY BUILT OUT. ALL THE SINGLE FAMILY AND CONDOMINIUMS HAVE BEEN BUILT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THERE'S NO DEVELOPABLE LAND IN THIS ANNEXATION AREA. THE OPEN AREAS YOU SEE ARE ALL SLATED TO BE PARKS, AND THEY WERE MARINE PARKS AND WESTERN CITY. THIS IS THE PLAT THAT WILL BE RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY. IF THE ANNEXATION IS APPROVED. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PHASES OF THE HIGHLANDS MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS DONE IN IN SALT LAKE COUNTY. AND IT'S A MIXTURE OF SINGLE FAMILY CONDOMINIUMS, SOME MULTI-FAMILY PARKS. THERE'S A CHURCH IN THERE AND A PORTION OF A CHURCH PROPERTY THAT'S ACTUALLY IN WEST VALLEY CITY. AND SO THAT WAY WEST JORDAN WILL HAVE A CLEAN LINE. WE WILL WE WILL BORDER WEST VALLEY CITY IN THIS AREA. AND THEN AS YOU GO A LITTLE FARTHER EAST, IT'LL BE TAYLORSVILLE. SO THE LAND USE THAT I HAVE PUT ON HERE, THAT I RECOMMEND THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROPOSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL IS, FIRST OF ALL, FOR ALL OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. AND THAT MEETS THE DENSITY RANGE IN THE GENERAL PLAN. THE MEDIUM DENSITY DOES. IT'S ALL SINGLE FAMILY IN THAT RANGE. THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL MEETS THE DENSITY RANGE OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE HIGH DENSITIES.DESIGNATED BY THE ORANGE COLOR ON HERE. AND THE BLUE IS THE MEDIUM DENSITY. AND THEN IN SALT LAKE COUNTY, IT JUST HAD THE ENTIRE AREA AS RESIDENTIAL. BUT WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT THE PARK AREAS, BOTH THE FIVE ACRE PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE RETENTION POND TO THE VERY NORTHEAST BE DESIGNATED AS PARKS. AND THE ONLY REASON I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN IS IF IT WAS ON THE LAND USE MAP AS RESIDENTIAL, THEN MAYBE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE SOMEONE COULD SAY, WELL, IT SAYS RESIDENTIAL SO WE CAN GET RID OF THE PARK AND DEVELOPMENT. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS OF HAVE COME TO RELY ON THESE PARKS, AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO REMAIN AS WHAT THEY WERE BARGAINED FOR WHEN THEY PURCHASED THE ZONING. THE ZONING, AS YOU READ IN THE AGENDA WAS R1 SIX RM. THE RM WAS A RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY IN THE ZONE WHICH COVERED THE VERY EAST. THE TOWNHOME TYPE THINGS THERE TO THE VERY EAST, THEN THE CONDOS TO THE VERY SOUTH. THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SURROUNDING THE PARK WERE ALL R1 SIX IN THE COUNTY. THIS WAS A PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN SALT LAKE COUNTY CALLED OCHER HIGHLANDS. IT CONSISTED OF, I BELIEVE, 10 OR 12 PHASES WITH THE CONDOMINIUM PROJECT. SO IT WAS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPERTY TO THE VERY SOUTH AND WEST JORDAN CITY OCHER SHADOWS WAS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL IS THAT WE PLACE THE ZONING ON HERE AS PLANNED COMMUNITY. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS, TO ME, THAT LESSENS THE NON-CONFORMING ISSUES THAT WILL ARISE BECAUSE OF WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ZONES THAT MATCH EXACTLY WITH THE COUNTY. THE PLANNED COMMUNITY ZONE DOES THAT VERY WELL. SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BUILD AN ADU, KEEP AN ADU, ADD AN ACCESSORY SHED TO THEIR
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PROPERTY, THEY'RE VERY, VERY UNLIKELY TO RUN INTO A NON-CONFORMING ISSUE THAT WILL PROHIBIT THAT. AND WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT YOU RECOMMEND SEND A POSITIVE[Business Items]
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RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR BOTH THE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION AND THE ZONING. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. THIS HAS BEEN NOTICED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES. COME APPROACH AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME. THANK YOU. CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS, STAFF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS BRANDY FRANZEN AND I AM HERE AS AN ORIGINAL PETITIONER AND A PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PETITIONING GROUP. IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND, I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 21 YEARS, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ANNEXATION FOR 20 OF THOSE.SO I KNOW YOU ARE ALL TOO YOUNG. BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND, MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD OF NICOLE. SHE
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COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. SO I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF HER IN OUR PETITION GROUP. SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF RECOMMENDATION OF THIS ANNEXATION. AND JUST TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR 20 YEARS. WHEN WE GOT THE APPROVAL FROM THE CITY TO BEGIN COLLECTING SIGNATURES, WE STARTED THAT ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT, OCTOBER 31ST, AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET AT LEAST 58% OR MORE LESS THAN 30 DAYS LATER. SO I THINK THAT SHOWS THE SUPPORT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THIS ANNEXATION. AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HERE AT WEST JORDAN AND THE RECORDER'S OFFICE, WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL AND IN RECORDING AND VALIDATING THOSE PETITIONS. AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ONLINE? OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR COMMENT AND OR MOTIONS.COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOTTA LOVE SIRI.
YEAH. SO, BASED ON THE INFORMATION AND CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THE STAFF REPORT, AND UPON THE EVIDENCE AND EXPLANATIONS RECEIVED TODAY, I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS APPLICATION.
OKAY. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SEVEN. AND FOR THE SECOND MOTION, BASED ON THE INFORMATION AND CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THE STAFF REPORT AND UPON THE EVIDENCE AND EXPLANATIONS RECEIVED TODAY. I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS APPLICATION ON THE ZONING MAP DESIGNATION.
COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SEVEN. NOTHING. AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S MEETING, AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE'LL DISMISS. SINCE NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO IS CAN YOU DO IT?
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