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FOR THE BOARD CHAIR. WE'RE READY. ALL RIGHT. I CALL TO ORDER THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN ON MAY 27TH, 2025. ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE IN ATTENDANCE
[a. Resolution No. 251 Adopting the Annual Budget for the Redevelopment Agency of the City of West Jordan for Fiscal Year 2026.]
TONIGHT. WE WILL START TONIGHT WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING A IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 251, ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. DENISE, YOU'RE UP AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, YOU'LL JUST RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN I'LL PRESENT RIGHT AFTER. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I WILL THEN MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE COME FORWARD. MR. ANDERSON, DO WE HAVE ANY ONLINE? THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE'LL TURN THE TIME BACK OVER TO MISS STECK. ALL RIGHT.SO THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS STARTED ON APRIL 22ND WHEN YOU ACCEPTED THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY'S BUDGET. WE MOVED ON TO ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE ON MAY 6TH. AND YOU'VE HAD YOUR PUBLIC HEARING JUST NOW. WE'RE NOW ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION 251, WHICH WILL ADOPT THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE RDA. WE'VE HAD A WORK SESSION ON THIS. WE'RE YOU'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON THE BUDGET AND HAD IT TO REVIEW THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE IN THESE SLIDES, ASSUMES THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. THAT WILL BE YOUR NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER AS THE ESTIMATES FOR THE ENDING BALANCE. WE HAVE SEVERAL PIECES OF PROPERTY ACQUISITION THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN THIS BUDGET TO USE TO HELP WITH BLIGHTED AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT HAVE COME TO OUR ATTENTION SINCE YOU ADOPTED THE TENTATIVE BUDGET THAT ARE UP FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL, SO WHEN THE COUNCIL MOVES TO APPROVE, SHOULD THEY MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET, THESE ITEMS COULD BE ADDED AS AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET IF THE COUNCIL SO DESIRES. SO THE FIRST ITEM IS A DIGITAL SIGN THAT WOULD COST ABOUT. WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT $50,000. IT WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH RDA NUMBER TWO. AND ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS SPONSORED THIS SO THEY CAN SPEAK TO IT IN DISCUSSION IN A MOMENT. AND THE SECOND ONE IS A SOFTWARE PACKAGE WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO EVALUATE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND MARKET CONDITIONS ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN QUESTION, AS WELL AS THE AREAS.
SO I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN KIND OF BRIEFED ON THESE, AND I WILL LEAVE THOSE UP TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AS TO WHO WANTS TO PUT THE MOTION TOGETHER AND IF THEY'D LIKE TO ADD THESE THINGS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER GREEN. I'M THE ONE THAT KIND OF PUSHED FOR THE DIGITAL SIGN. THAT WAS BASED ON SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT MR. JEROME AND I HAD ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL SIGNAGE AT THE GATEWAY, AT THE GATEWAY TO WEST JORDAN, OVER THERE BY GARDNER VILLAGE. AND SO REALLY, THIS 50 K ALLOWS AS, AS I TALKED OR TEXTED BACK AND FORTH WITH MR. DOBBINS, PROBABLY DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THIS HIGH. BUT THE END OF THE DAY, IT GIVES THE STAFF THE GO AHEAD TO START A PROJECT AND DESIGN A PROJECT THAT WILL WORK FOR SOME GATEWAY INTO WEST JORDAN AT 7800 SOUTH.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. AND IF IT DOESN'T ALL GET SPENT, OBVIOUSLY IT COMES BACK TO THE FUND. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT ONE WAS. VICE CHAIR WHITELOCK AND I THINK I CONTACTED EACH OF YOU TODAY. BUT MR. DOBBINS SENT US AN EMAIL AT 943 THIS MORNING ABOUT THE SOFTWARE. AND HE SAYS THE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE, AVAILABLE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO EASILY ACCESS THE INFORMATION TO KNOW WHAT OUR TRAFFIC COUNTS. WHAT'S THE INCOME OF THE AREA AND INFORMATION LIKE THAT. THAT CAN BE VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AS THEY PURSUE DEVELOPERS AND BUSINESSES TO COME INTO THE CITY. SO WHEN THAT CAME IN, I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD WORK WITH BOTH DENISE ALLEN AND LEGAL ON A POSSIBLE MOTION. SO I HAVE A MOTION THAT THEY'VE THAT MR. DOBBINS HAS SENT TO ME FOR EITHER JUST THE SOFTWARE OR THE SOFTWARE AND THE SIGNAGE. SO ONCE WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION BASED ON WHAT WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN ME NEW MOTIONS THAT WE CAN USE IF WE'RE IN FAVOR. I PERSONALLY AM IN FAVOR
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OF BOTH OF THEM. I THINK WE'VE REALLY BEEN LACKING IN THE AREA NEAR GARDNER VILLAGE TO REALLY OWN THAT AREA AND HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT. OUR AREA, I THINK IT'S SUCH AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE OUR COMMUNITY WAS FOUNDED. AND AS FAR AS THE SOFTWARE, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO BRING IN MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I AM IN FAVOR OF.COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION ON THE BUDGET FOR THE SIGN, AND I DON'T KNOW IF DAVID OR DENISE WANTS TO HANDLE IT, BUT THE EMAIL THAT WE GOT ON THAT TODAY SAID THAT YOU WERE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER CITIES AND GAVE YOU AN ESTIMATE FOR THE PRICE OF THE SIGN. OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SIGNS LIKE THIS. I KNOW THAT IF YOU WERE CALLING ME BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF CAR I DRIVE AND ASKING WHAT I PAID FOR, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT GOING FORWARD. SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE'VE DONE ANY RFPS OR ANYTHING SHOPPING ONLINE, A GOOGLE SEARCH TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ACTUAL COST, I MEAN, WHAT OUR ACTUAL COST OF A SIGN LIKE THIS MIGHT. YES, I CONTACTED A COUPLE THOUSAND. JUST SEEMS REALLY LOW. AND AGAIN IT THE RANGE WAS BASED ON SOME OLD ACTUAL DATA THAT THEY HAD THAT THESE CITIES ACTUALLY SPENT.
THEIR SUGGESTION WAS THAT WE GO A LITTLE BIT HIGH AND THEN WE GO OUT, WE WORK WITH YOU TO COME UP WITH HOW BIG A SIGN WE WANT THE QUALITY OF IT. WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK IF THERE ARE UTILITIES ALREADY THERE. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWN FACTORS. SO THE SUGGESTION WAS 30,000 WAS KIND OF THE LOWER END, 50 WAS ABOUT THE HIGHER END. AND SO THEY SUGGESTED WE GO GO WITH 50 THEN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GET IT DESIGNED, LOOK AT UTILITIES, PUT IT OUT TO BID. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THOSE ACTUAL COSTS ARE. SO THEN A BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD FOLLOW TO IF IT'S OVER THE 50, IT WOULD, WE WOULD COME BACK WITH ANY CONTRACTS AT THE RDA, WOULD ENTER INTO TO THE BOARD. BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PROCEED WITH ANYTHING, WE WOULD MAKE SURE WE HAVE YOUR APPROVAL. OKAY. I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO START THIS OFF WITH A MORE SUFFICIENT AMOUNT, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT SEEMS LOW TO ME, JUST JUST ON A GUT CHECK KIND OF FEEL. I'VE DONE ABSOLUTELY NO RESEARCH. SO YOU'RE THREE STEPS AHEAD OF ME THERE. BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WHENEVER I'VE GOT TEN YEARS OF CITY PROJECTS UNDER MY BELT, OUR ART CENTER THAT WE BUDGETED $6 MILLION FOR IS GOING TO BE HOW MUCH OUR CITY HALL RENOVATION WAS $5 MILLION, RIGHT? SO OUR SIGN THAT'S $50,000. CAN WE START AT 75 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T SPEND THAT MUCH, THEN GREAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT WOULD BE EASIER FOR US BECAUSE THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. AND IF WE COME IN UNDER, THEN IT JUST GOES BACK INTO THE FUND BALANCE.
RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE KIND OF HAPPEN WITH THIS IS LET'S, LET'S OVERSHOOT IT BY 50 OR 100% JUST TO, JUST TO JUST TO JUST. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE REALISTIC IDEA GOING, GOING INTO IT. SO THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE THE SIGN IS GOING TO GO, JORDAN OR NOT. JORDAN. THE GARDNER VILLAGE. THANK YOU. GARDNER VILLAGE HAS GOT THIS BIG, BIG SIGN RIGHT THERE THAT TAKES UP IN MY MIND ALL OF THE REAL ESTATE WHERE WHERE THAT SIGN WOULD GO. DO WE JUST TAKE THAT ONE DOWN? COUNCIL I CAN ANSWER THAT. SHORT ANSWER IS THAT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. LONG ANSWER IS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT INTERNALLY ABOUT HOW WE COULD HANDLE THAT. THERE IS AN AGREEMENT, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THAT AGREEMENT WITH GARDNER VILLAGE. SO IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO THAT WILL HAPPEN AND CAN HAPPEN THERE, WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT WITH GARDNER VILLAGE, HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, THESE THESE DIGITAL SIGNS CAN HAVE MESSAGES PROGRAMED AND HAVE A ROTATING BASIS. SO THE THOUGHT IS THAT WE COULD HAVE ADVERTISEMENTS. IF THAT'S THE AGREEMENT GOING LONG TERM, WE CAN STILL MEET THE CRUX OF THAT AGREEMENT THROUGH MESSAGES THAT DO APPEAR ON THAT SIGN. BUT ALL THAT'S GOT TO GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, OUR LEGAL PROCESS, EVERYTHING. DON'T WE OWN THAT SIGN NOW? ISN'T THAT OURS? ISN'T THAT THE MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT SIGN IS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY GARDNER VILLAGE, BUT IT'S ON OUR ON OUR PROPERTY. YEAH. THEY HAVE A
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WRITTEN AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THAT. AND THERE IS POWER THERE ALREADY. IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS. IT'S AN ONGOING AGREEMENT. IT'S NOT ONE THAT HAS TO BE RENEWED. SO WHATEVER WE DO, WE'D HAVE TO COORDINATE THAT WITH GARDNER VILLAGE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY I'M A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED WE DIDN'T HAVE MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.AND I KNOW THAT IF I JUST WENT TO THE CITY AND SAID, LET'S PUT UP A SIGN AND DIDN'T TELL ANY OF YOU HERE AND JUST WANTED TO DO THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT, RIGHT? I'M SURE YOU WOULDN'T LIKE THAT EITHER. SO TONIGHT'S THE TONIGHT, AND TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE REALLY HEARD ABOUT THIS AND REALLY HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO KIND OF DIG IN AND SEE WHY AND WHERE. YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT BUDGETS IN THERE, AND ONE COUNCIL MEMBER DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND $30,000 ON A ON CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. AND NOW IT'S OKAY TO SPEND $50,000 ON A DIGITAL SIGN THAT REALLY, WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT. SO I WILL BE AGAINST THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY WE'RE HAVING IT, WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO. THE LIGHT THAT WILL COME FROM THIS WILL AFFECT PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND LIKE COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON SAID, IT ALSO AFFECTS THE SIGN THAT'S THAT'S THERE AS WELL. SO I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE THIS, THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE DISCUSSION RATHER THAN JUST THROW THIS OUT THERE AND GET AN EMAIL TODAY ABOUT THIS. SO THAT'S MY THOUGHTS. WELL, I, I, I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR SENTIMENT. I. WE TALKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND IT GOT BACK TO DAVID, REALLY WHAT THE STAFF IS LOOKING FOR IS A GO AHEAD TO STUDY THIS. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE THINGS THERE'S A LAND AGREEMENT. THERE'S MAYBE UTILITY ISSUES BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH POWER IS ACTUALLY THERE.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT WHAT WE'RE GIVING THE STAFF IS THE GO AHEAD TO SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THE 7800 SOUTH GATEWAY TO THE CITY? MORE VISIBLE? THAT SAYS, WELCOME TO WEST JORDAN. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE WE'VE TRIED TO ESTABLISH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS HELP ESTABLISHING THE IDENTITY AND DOING IT RIGHT. THIS IS REALLY JUST I MEAN, IF IT IF IT COMES BACK AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, WE'LL JUST DO IT. A BUDGET AMENDMENT PUT THE MONEY BACK IN THE IN THE BUDGET. IF IT TURNS OUT IT'S POSSIBLE, I'M GOING TO TRUST THE STAFF THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BRING BACK BEFORE THERE'S ANY CONTRACTS. THIS IS WHAT THE DESIGN. AND THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MITIGATE A SIGN. BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE THE STAFF THE GO AHEAD SO THAT THEY CAN START WORKING ON WE I MEAN, WE'VE WE'VE APPROVED THE GATEWAY AT 90TH WITH SOME SIGNS. WE'VE APPROVED THE GATEWAY AT 70TH WITH THE SIGNS. THIS MONEY WAS ACTUALLY PROBABLY PULLED OUT, IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE GATEWAY TO 70TH AND 90TH AND SETTING ASIDE FUNDS FOR THAT, WE WERE GOING TO USE SOME MONEY FROM THE RTA NUMBER TWO, TO PAY FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE. AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF US ON THIS COUNCIL OR ON THIS BOARD THAT SAID, NO, WE NEED TO RESERVE THE MONEY TO WORK ON THE GATEWAY IS 7800 SOUTH IN RTA NUMBER TWO.
AND SO REALLY WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE GATEWAY AND ALL THIS IS, IS TO GO AHEAD TO GIVE THE TO GIVE THE STAFF A GO AHEAD TO SAY IT'S OKAY TO LOOK AT IT AND START ASSEMBLING COSTS. AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT. AND THEN IF WE DO HAVE TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT, IT'S BECAUSE IF THE COSTS GO DOWN, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DOING A BUDGET AMENDMENT AT ALL, I DON'T THINK. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S THE THAT WAS THE RATIONALE IS IT WAS A IT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT PAUL AND I HAD HAD 2 OR 3 WEEKS AGO ABOUT GATEWAYS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, AND IT EVOLVED TO THIS ACTUALLY FAIRLY QUICKLY. COUNCIL MEMBER. I AM IN FAVOR OF A SIGN AT SOME POINT, BUT TO GO WITH WHAT BOARD MEMBER, BOARD CHAIR LAMB HAS SAID, JUST LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE HERE, 1300 WEST OF 1600 WEST IS NOWHERE NEAR GARDNER VILLAGE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SIGN IS GOING OR WHERE YOU WANT ME TO VOTE ON THAT ADDRESS IS THE LOCATION OF THE RTA, NOT WHERE THE SIGN WILL BE. THE SIGN WILL BE JUST BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS. OKAY, WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS ADDRESS, THINKING THAT THAT THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE WANTING THE SIGN TO GO SOMEWHERE IN THERE. SO, LIKE I SAID, THIS GOES WHERE
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WE'RE WE'RE HEARING SOMETHING, AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO GET A CHANCE TO GET A GOOD FEEL FOR IT. I'M IN FAVOR OF THE SIGN, BUT ALSO TO GO WITH WHAT CHAIR LAMB SAID THAT THIS IS COMING A LITTLE BIT. NO. ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST ONE MORE TIME. I MEAN I, I'M WITH COUNCILMEMBER. I'M NOT AGAINST THIS. I'M JUST AGAINST THE WAY IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TONIGHT. AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO MORE DISCUSSION AND SOME SITE, YOU KNOW, GO LOOK AT THE SITE. THE ONE THING I WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE I'M IN ADVERTISING IS THIS IS A BILLBOARD. IT'S A LIGHTED BILLBOARD, AND YOU HAVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ON THAT SIDE, AND YOU GOT TO TALK ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION. AND PEOPLE OVER THERE ARE NOT PROBABLY GOING TO LIKE HAVING THIS LIGHT GO UP, YOU KNOW, IS IT GOING TO BE ON PAST 10:00 AND BE BE FLICKERING? SO YEAH, I JUST THINK WE NEED SOME MORE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL YES ON THIS. OR IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GO WITH I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY NO. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO GO FROM HERE.IT IS A CONFUSING MOTION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, IS THERE A PROPOSED MOTION OR PROPOSED? IS THERE ANOTHER SLIDE OR IS THIS WHERE I HAVE IT? I, I'M JUST TRYING TO DECIDE IF I SHOULD DO IT TOGETHER OR NOT. JUST JUST DO IT TOGETHER. VOTED DOWN AND WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY I'M GOING TO DO THIS ONE. I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 251, ADOPTING THE FINAL BUDGET FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF WEST JORDAN CITY. THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, WITH AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE ADDING 30,000 FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF ECONOMIC DATA AND ANALYSIS OF RDA OWNED PROPERTIES. AN AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ADDING 75,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DIGITAL SIGN AT 7800 SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE CITY. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR WHITLOCK AND BOARD MEMBER GREEN. SECOND BOARD. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? I WILL SAY YOU JUST SAID 75,000, BUT THE SLIDE SAID 50. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I GOT IT. SOME COUNCILMEMBER SHELDON. SO CHAIR LAMB BROUGHT UP SOME EXCELLENT POINTS. I WILL BE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION. HOWEVER, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE THE, YOU KNOW, A SIGN THAT EITHER SHUTS OFF AT A CERTAIN POINT IN THE EVENING OR DIMS ITSELF DOWN. I, I'VE GONE DOWN UNIVERSITY PARKWAY IN OREM TOWARD THE BYU CAMPUS AND BEEN BLINDED BY LIGHT. A DIGITAL BILLBOARD THERE. IT'S IS SO INTENSE AND I YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE MIDVALE RESIDENTS THAT THIS AFFECTS, BUT WE STILL NEED TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THEM. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THOSE POINTS, CHAIR.
COUNCILMEMBER JACOB. THANK YOU. I WILL JUST MENTION I'M IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS WELL, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I WILL MENTION THAT ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS, INTENSITY, BRIGHTNESS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE REGULATED IN OUR CODE ALREADY. I WAS A DISCUSSION WE HAD TEN YEARS AGO, NINE YEARS AGO WHEN WE GOT THAT FIRST ONE OFF OF WHAT WAS THEN NEW BINGHAM HIGHWAY AND AIRPORT ROAD. THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT THEY WANTED TO CONVERT TO AN ELECTRONIC SIGN. SO WE HAD TO WRITE IT INTO THE CODE ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT. SO THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THERE AS FAR AS AN ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD. NOW, IF THIS QUALIFIES AS AN ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD, I GET IN FUNCTION.
IT'S KIND OF THAT IT'S KIND OF WHAT IT IS, BUT WHETHER IT MEETS THE DEFINITION IN THE CODE IS ANOTHER DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HAVE AS WE GET RFPS AND THINGS, AND AT THAT TIME. ALL RIGHT,
[b. RDA Resolution No. 252 amending the budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.]
LET'S VOTE. BOARD MEMBER BLOOM. YES, CHAIR. LIAM. NO. VICE CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. BOARD MEMBER. JACOB. YES. BOARD MEMBER. GREEN. YES. BOARD MEMBER. BEDAU. YES. BOARD MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 1. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE PUBLIC[00:20:01]
HEARING. BE READY. RESOLUTION NUMBER 252, AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025. SO I'LL JUST PRESENT ON THIS, AND THEN YOU CAN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, IF YOU DON'T MIND. EXCUSE ME. THIS IS THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE CITY ON JUNE 24TH. WE'VE RECEIVED OUR FINAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF TAX INCREMENT IN MARCH. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO FINISH UP THESE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT EARLY. THE FIRST THING IS WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THE TAX INCREMENT REVENUE. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT'S A PRETTY BIG AMENDMENT. USUALLY WE'RE REALLY CLOSE. HOWEVER WE WERE ESTIMATING THE WRONG YEAR OF THE END OF ONE OF THE AREAS. SO WE BUDGETED TAX INCREMENT.HOWEVER WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY TAX INCREMENT BECAUSE THE AREA CLOSED. SO WE'RE REMOVING THAT.
WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE SALE OF THE LAND THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR. RECOGNIZING INTEREST EARNINGS.
THESE ARE ACTUAL INTEREST EARNINGS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME PROPERTY THAT WE PURCHASED LAST, LAST YEAR WAS PURCHASED FROM THE WRONG RDA. AND WE'RE MOVING IT TO THE CORRECT RDA. AND WE ARE RECEIVING A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND PER OUR AGREEMENT. THE ENERGY TAX THAT WE RECEIVE FROM A CERTAIN ENTITY IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IS THEN ALLOWED TO BE REBATED TO THEM, AND THEIR ENERGY BILLS WERE HIGHER THAN WE BUDGETED FOR. SO WE'LL BE RECEIVING THOSE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND WE'VE PAID THEM OUT ALREADY. SO REVENUE INCREASES BY SIX, I'M SORRY, BY $2 MILLION UP TO SIX POINT ALMOST $6.4 MILLION. OOPS. IN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL LEGAL BILLS DUE TO THE SALE OF LAND. SO THE REVIEW OF THOSE CONTRACTS. SO WE'RE ASKING TO INCREASE THAT BUDGET BY $16,500. ADMINISTRATION IS BASED ON OUR ACTUAL TAX INCREMENT. SO IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF TAX INCREMENT FOR SOME OF THOSE OLD RDA AREAS. AND WE RECEIVED A LITTLE MORE THAN WE'D ANTICIPATED. SO WE'RE ADJUSTING THAT AGREEMENTS. ONE OF THE ENTITIES THAT IS UNDER AGREEMENT DID NOT FULFILL ALL OF THEIR OBLIGATION. AND SO THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR THEIR COMPLETE REBATE. AND SO WE'RE TAKING THAT BACK INTO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND SOME OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE APPROVED LAST YEAR OR THIS CURRENT YEAR. IT WAS HARD WORKING IN TWO DIFFERENT YEARS ARE GOING TO BE DELAYED. AND THAT'S THE 90TH SELF PROJECT THAT IS DEPENDENT ON UDOT. AND THEN THE 70TH SOUTH BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT WAS HAS COMPLETED DESIGN AND IS NOW UNDER PROCUREMENT. AND THEN THE TRANSFER OF THAT LAND BETWEEN RDA AREAS. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING EXPENDITURES BY $1.5 MILLION, BRINGING THEM DOWN TO 6.5 MILLION. THIS IS A QUICK REVIEW OF THE OR HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS A WHOLE. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD BUDGETED ORIGINALLY TO USE $3.7 MILLION OF RESERVES.
AFTER ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED, WE WILL ONLY BE USING $173,000 OF RESERVES, PRETTY MUCH ENDING THE YEAR AT THE SAME PLACE AS WE STARTED. SO THE AMENDMENT IS NOW PRESENTED TO YOU AND TO THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR COMMENT, AND THEN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION ZERO, WHATEVER IT IS. 251 NO. 250 WHICH ONE? 252 OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN HOUSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE COME FORWARD NOW. MR. ANDERSON, IS THERE ANYBODY ONLINE? THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE WILL GO TO A MOTION OR DISCUSSION. MOVE TO APPROVE RDA RESOLUTION NUMBER 252. I'LL SECOND A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER GREEN, A SECOND BY VICE CHAIR WHITELOCK. DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION. LET'S VOTE. BOARD MEMBER BRADOR. YES. BOARD MEMBER JACOB. YES. VICE CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES.
BOARD MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. CHAIR. LAMB. YES. BOARD MEMBER. GREEN. YES. BOARD MEMBER. SHELTON. YES.
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THANK YOU. I SHOW THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER[00:25:05]
GREEN AND A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER SHELTON. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL JUST DO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES SEVEN ZERO. AND I WILL* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.