[CALL TO ORDER]
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LIKE TO CALL THE WEST JORDAN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. WE ARE MISSING COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM.
SHE'S EXCUSED TONIGHT. THE REST OF US ARE HERE, AS WELL AS STAFF AND MANY FROM OUR COMMUNITY. WELCOME. WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE. WE WILL NOW ASK MR. RICHARD PACKER, WHO GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, TO COME FORWARD. DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE? LOCATION. THANK YOU. FRIENDS. NEIGHBORS, U.S. ARMY, RETIRED. PLEASE STAND WITH ME AS WE RENDER OUR ALLEGIANCE TO OUR NATION'S COLORS. 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. THANK YOU. YOU MIGHT NOTICE
[a. Recognizing the SLCC Bruins Championship Baseball Team]
THAT THAT WE'RE DRESSED IN T SHIRTS TONIGHT. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE. I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE, BUT SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS A CAMPUS IN OUR CITY AROUND 9000 SOUTH AND 3200 WEST, AND THEIR BASEBALL TEAM HAS JOINED US TONIGHT. WE WANT TO PAY SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THEM FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THAT THEY WON. SO WELCOME GUYS. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MR. RON. OH, DEAR. IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT MIC. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH US ABOUT HOW'D YOU DO IT? OKAY. WELL, I WAS THE INTERIM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT THE TIME, SO I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR THE GUY WHO MADE IT ALL HAPPEN, OUR HEAD COACH DOUG NELSON. AWESOME. MR. NELSON. WELL. THANK YOU. I DID NOT MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN. THESE YOUNG MEN DID. LOOKING AT THAT PHOTO AND SEEING THESE YOUNG MEN THAT JUST COMMITTED AND WENT AFTER SOMETHING, IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. AND LOOKING AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, THAT. IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WHICH WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND EVERYBODY'S TIGHTENING THE BELT LOOP A LITTLE BIT AND EVERYTHING GOING ON, THAT WHEN WE REMAIN ABOUT THESE YOUNG STUDENTS, THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, A LOT OF GOOD CAN HAPPEN, WHETHER IT BE ATHLETICS, WHETHER IT BE ACADEMICS, WHETHER IT BE ANY AVENUE. WHEN THEY ARE OUR FOCUS, IT'S PRETTY NEAT. THANK YOU.AND BY THE WAY, THESE YOUNG MEN, INCREDIBLE. AND I PRIDE MYSELF ON SHOWING UP EVERY DAY. I LIKE TO SHOW UP TO WORK. I HAVE A RARE OPPORTUNITY THAT I GET TO PICK WHO I WORK WITH. SO I GOT TO PICK THESE GUYS AND THEY MAKE IT SO ENJOYABLE TO SHOW UP AND MAKE ME WORK HARDER EVERY DAY FOR THEM. SO I WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THANK YOU. YOU MAKE US ALL BETTER. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IF WE COULD GET YOU TO COME UP, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU. I THINK WE SHOULD GO GET. GOT IT RIGHT. THANKS. THANK YOU. NO, I'M HIS WIFE. BUT THOSE ARE SOCIAL MEDIA GUYS RIGHT THERE. I'M PLAYING THAT ROLE TODAY AS WELL. THANKS.
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RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. I KNOW. RIGHT. HERE.HERE'S YOUR MIC. THANK YOU. SIR. NICE TEACHER. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. WE'RE GOOD THOUGH. AND BASKETBALL. THERE YOU GO. YEAH I GOT. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE DISABLED AMERICAN
[b. Disabled American Veterans Presentation]
VETERANS PRESENTATION BY COREY CADDELL. COME ON UP. IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT A COMMANDER OF THE CHAPTER OF ONE OF THE LARGEST ORGANIZATIONS, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS HARD WORK AND HOW YOU ACTIVELY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR US. OH, THERE WE GO. AND. IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT WE GET TO RECOGNIZE YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A CITY COUNCIL AND CERTAIN OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE CITY. WHAT I HAVE HERE IS FOR CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION, ONE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, ONE FOR EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE FOR THE MAYOR AND CHIEF. YOU GET TO HAVE FUN WITH THIS ONE TOO. BUT YOURS IS SPECIAL FOR ANOTHER REASON. OKAY. THIS CERTIFICATE IS AWARDED IN SINCERE APPRECIATION OF YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE DAV AND ITS MISSION. KEEPING OUR PROMISES TO AMERICAN VETERANS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP OUR PROMISES TO VETERANS JUST BECAUSE SOMETIMES WITHIN CITIES, LARGE CITIES, WE ARE NOT SEEING YOU GUYS. MAKE IT A POINT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SEEN AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO. STOP. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK, DID YOU COME DOWN? COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK IS ACCEPTING THIS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. AND SHE HAS ONE OF HERSELF. AND ALSO THERE'S A TRADITION IN THE MILITARY.KEVIN, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS WHERE WE GIVE A COIN IN APPRECIATION. THIS IS YOURS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW. FINE. NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER BOB BIDDER. COME ON DOWN.
SORRY. I MAY BE THE COMMANDER, BUT SOMETIMES I FORGET THINGS. ZACH. JACOB, COME ON DOWN. THANK YOU. I ALSO HAVE ONE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER, PAMELA BLOOM. I UNDERSTAND SHE'S NOT HERE. WE'LL GET IT TO TO HER. KENT SHELTON, COME ON DOWN.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHAD LAMB, COME ON DOWN. AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE COUNCIL MEMBERS, KEVIN GREEN. COME ON DOWN. FUN STORY I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHILE HE COMES DOWN. I, THE DAV AND THE
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VFW GOT TOGETHER TO GET THE VFW A MEETING PLACE IN THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN, AND. BELIEVE ME, IT DOESN'T GO UNHEARD WHEN THE WORDS YOU SAID TO THEM WAS WELCOME HOME.YES, SIR. HE DOES THAT. HE PULLS THAT ON ME BECAUSE HE WAS AN HE WAS AN OFFICER, I WAS ENLISTED. I FORGOT. CHIEF, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP HERE? THIS IS FOR THE WEST JORDAN FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE? WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE? UP AT THE VA, WE COLLECT FLAGS AND PROPER RETIREMENT, AND WE HAD NOWHERE TO TAKE THEM TO PROPERLY RETIRE THEM. WE TALKED TO THE CHIEF, SAID BRING THEM ON DOWN. I'M LIKE, ARE YOU SURE? SURE. NOW HE'S SAYING, HOLD OFF A LITTLE BIT. WE DIDN'T MEAN TO OVERWHELM YOU, BUT WE'VE GOT A PLAN. ALRIGHT. SO. YEP. ALL RIGHT. CHIEF, YOU GOTTA GO UP THERE. ALRIGHT, MISTER MAYOR, COME ON DOWN. THIS YOUNG MAN AND I SAY YOUNG BECAUSE I RESPECT MY ELDERS. JUST IN PASSING. AND I WAS GETTING READY TO DO A ANNUAL DAV PICNIC WHERE WE DO A PICNIC EVERY YEAR WHERE WE APPRECIATE OUR VETERANS. AND HE GOES, CAN I COME? I'M LIKE, SURE. CAN I SPEAK? I'M LIKE, SURE. AND IT WAS NICE. A LOT. NICE TO SEE A MAYOR IN THE LOCAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SHOW UP TO A PARK SUPPORTING THEIR VETERANS THAT, BELIEVE ME, THAT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED BY THEM. THANK YOU. OH. YEAH. WE GOT HIM COOKING, TOO. HE DID COOK. DID COOK.
THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS IT'S ONE BIG PICTURE NOW. OKAY. IF I COULD, BECAUSE I CAN'T GET YOU ALL IN. SO. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL AROUND. I DON'T KNOW. AND I WANT TO ADD A THANK YOU TO THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS WHO HAVE MADE OUR LIVES SO MUCH BETTER BY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR US IN THE PAST YEARS. THANK YOU TO THEM. I'LL ECHO THAT AND SAY I APPRECIATE ALL THE MILITARY. IT BECAUSE OF YOU. WE CAN BE HERE TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU. THE NEXT
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. DURING THIS TIME, IF YOU'RE AN INDIVIDUAL, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. IF YOU TELL ME YOU'RE HERE FOR A GROUP, I CAN ALLOW YOU TO HAVE FIVE MINUTES. WE ASK YOU TO BE RESPECTFUL. AND THOUGH WE CLAP AT THE BEGINNING FOR FOR THE THING THE RECOGNITIONS, WE ASK THAT YOU NOT CLAP OR BOO OR KEEP THE DECORUM OF THE MEETING.WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE YELLOW CARD. I HAVE ONE AND THE NAME ON THE CARD IS KATHLEEN LAIRD,
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AND I WOULD ASK HER TO COME FORWARD. AND THEN ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK AT THIS POINT, YOU CAN SPEAK TO US ON ANYTHING. SO COME ON UP AND SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE. MY NAME IS KATHLEEN LAIRD AND I LIVE AT 2405 HARVEST LANE, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP.I'M HERE AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY OF RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEAR THE LAND THAT WAS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY. HERE ARE SOME THINGS WE RECOGNIZE BECAUSE JORDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT DID NOT DESIGNATE THE LAND AS SURPLUS, THE CITY COULD NOT PURCHASE IT.
SO WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LEAVING IT AS IT IS, OR MAKING IT A FULL SCALE PARK IS REALLY NOT AN OPTION. NOW, A LITTLE HISTORY. MANY YEARS AGO, THREE SCHOOLS, COLUMBIA, HEARTLAND AND WEST JORDAN WERE PART OF A VERY ILL CONCEIVED PLAN BUILD MOVABLE MODULAR SCHOOLS THAT CAN BE RELOCATED AND HAVE AN OPEN CLASSROOM DESIGN. THROUGH THE YEARS, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE OPEN CLASSROOM CONCEPT, WHERE THREE OF THE FOUR CLASSES IN A POD WERE NOT ENCLOSED, WAS FLAWS, FLAWED, AND WALLS NEEDED TO BE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN THE CLASSES WHOSE WALLS WERE DELAYED TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND THE LAST TO BE COMPLETED WAS JORDAN'S. THE IDEA OF MOVING THE MODULES PROVED MORE EXPENSIVE THAN BUILDING NEW, SO THERE WAS TALK OF REBUILDING EACH OF THE THREE SCHOOLS. COLUMBIA AND HEARTLAND WERE REBUILT, BUT WEST JORDAN HAD TO LIMP ALONG WITH REPAIRS. AS ENROLLMENTS IN THE EAST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT DECLINED, THE BOARD DECIDED TO CLOSE MAJESTIC ELEMENTARY, BUT THE CITIZENS PROTESTED AND THE BOARD RELENTED, SO THE SCHOOL BOARD TURNED TO WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY. THE SCHOOL'S CLOSING WAS BASICALLY A DONE DEAL BEFORE OUR COMMUNITY WAS INFORMED. SO DESPITE OUR PLEAS AND DATA PRESENTATIONS, THE SCHOOL WAS DEMOLISHED. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE DISTRICT PLANNED TO HOLD THE LAND AND THAT THE OTHER SCHOOLS NEEDED TO BE DIDN'T MEET EARTHQUAKE STANDARDS, AND A NEW SCHOOL WAS NEEDED. IT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED THERE. SO KNOWING THE HISTORY, PERHAPS YOU CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY. WHEN ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO, OUR COMMUNITY LEARNED QUITE BY HAPPENSTANCE THAT A CONTRACT HAD BEEN SIGNED BETWEEN JORDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IVORY HOMES. WE DECIDED TO APPEAL TO THE CITY TO DENY A ZONING CHANGE, EVEN BEFORE A FORMAL REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE BY IVORY HOMES. WE'VE BEEN CAUGHT OFF GUARD BEFORE, AND IF WE CAN HELP IT, WE DON'T INTEND TO LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. OUR CONCERN IS NOT BASED ON A RUMOR. I PERSONALLY SPOKE WITH SCOTT THOMAS, WHO IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF AUXILIARY SERVICES FOR JORDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE INFORMED ME THAT THE LAND SWAP CONTRACT HAD BEEN SIGNED WITH A 60 DAY DUE DILIGENCE CLAUSE, AND THAT IVORY HOMES ASSURED THE DISTRICT THAT THEY WOULD BUILD HOMES THAT BLENDED WITH OUR AREA. HE SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT THEY PLANNED TO BUILD PATIO HOMES. I ASKED FOR A CONTACT INDIVIDUAL AT IVORY HOMES, AND MR. THOMAS GAVE ME THE NAME OF ROSS DINSDALE. WHEN I CALLED MR. DINSDALE, HE SAID THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD WHAT THEY CALL COTTAGE HOMES. I ASKED FOR IVORY HOMES DEFINITION OF A COTTAGE HOME, AND HE SAID IT IS A HOME WITH ABOUT 1000 SQUARE FOOT MAIN FLOOR, A BASEMENT IN A SECOND STORY, BUILT ON A SMALL LOT. NOW, MOST OF THE LOTS IN OUR AREA ARE 10,000FT■!S. I'VE REACD COTTAGE HOMES IN MAGNA ARE ON 4 TO 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN 2 TO 2 AND A HALF HOMES IN OUR 10,000, OR A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT AREA. WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME FOLKS LIKE TO LIVE IN APARTMENTS, AND TOWNHOMES ARE SO-CALLED COTTAGE HOMES, BUT MOST OF US IN THE WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY MOVED HERE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY AREA WITH A NICE SIZED PRIVATE YARD SPACE BETWEEN NEIGHBORS AND AN ELEMENTARY WITHIN EASY WALKING DISTANCE. WE FEEL BETRAYED THAT OUR SCHOOL IS GONE, AND WE ASK YOU TO HELP US KEEP THE FLAVOR OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY REQUIRING COMPARABLY SIZED LOTS AND HOMES THROUGHOUT. SOME WILL SAY THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING MUST BE BUILT HERE TO PROVIDE HOMES FOR FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS. WE COUNTER THAT A SECOND HOMES ARE BUILT. THOSE IN THEIR FIRST HOME WILL HAVE SOME PLACE TO MOVE TO, AND THUS OPEN UP FIRST TIME HOMES TO BUYERS. FOR MANY OF US, WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR SECOND HOME AND IT TOOK TIME, EFFORT AND SACRIFICE FOR US TO MOVE HERE. CITY STAFF HAVE CONFIRMED THAT CURRENTLY, THE FUTURE USE ZONING SLATED FOR THE WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY LAND IS R1 TEN, WHICH MEANS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. PLEASE, NO MATTER THE AMOUNT OF CAJOLING, DON'T CHANGE THE ZONING AWAY FROM THAT R1 TEN DESIGNATION. CAN WE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT FEEL THIS SAME WAY? IF THEY COULD JUST STAND SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THE PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO IVORY HOMES THAT SMALL LOTS AND HOMES DO NOT BLEND WELL WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND IF THEY PROCEED AND REQUEST A CHANGE, WE ASK THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO STAND WITH US IN OPPOSING THEIR SMALL LOT REQUEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? THE YOUNG LADY. AND THEN YOU, SIR. OKAY. MY NAME IS AMY RICE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL
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MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED LAND SWAP INVOLVING WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROPERTY. WHAT MAY LOOK LIKE JUST A LAND DEAL IS, IN REALITY, A DECISION THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY. SAFETY, OPEN SPACE AND FUTURE. THIS LAND IS ALREADY A COMMUNITY PARK. IN PRACTICE, FAMILIES PLAY HERE, NEIGHBORS WALK THEIR DOGS HERE, AND KIDS USE IT AS A SAFE PATHWAY TO AND FROM SCHOOL. TAKING THIS LAND AWAY WOULD REMOVE ONE OF THE FEW OPEN SPACES LEFT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND PUT CHILDREN AT RISK BY ELIMINATING A SAFE THOROUGHFARE. I LEFT HERE TODAY IN ROUTE, AND I NOTICED THERE WAS A TEAM ACTUALLY OUT PRACTICING IN THE FIELD. THE PROCESS SO FAR HAS BEEN UNCLEAR. THE COUNCIL HAS SAID TO ME THEY WEREN'T MADE AWARE OF THIS SWAP, BUT AS I LEARNED TONIGHT, THEY WERE RESIDENTS WHO CALLED THE DISTRICT WERE TOLD SURVEYS WERE UNDERWAY. IF THAT'S TRUE, WE ASK, WHERE ARE THOSE SURVEYS AND IF THEY ARE COMPLETED? EVEN IF THE LAND IS SOLD, HOW CAN WE BE SURE THE FUNDS TRULY GO INTO EDUCATION IN WEST JORDAN SCHOOLS AND NOT OTHER CITIES? WHAT HAPPENS IF THE LAND SWAP PROCEEDS? WILL IT BE FENCED UP, TORN UP, LEFT VACANT FOR YEARS, DISRUPTING A SAFE WALKING ROUTE FOR CHILDREN? THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT DESERVE CLEAR ANSWERS. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS YOUR MOMENT TO BE BOLD. BE TRUE DECISION MAKERS AND TO SHOW YOU STAND WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS. BE OUR VOICE IN YOUR SEATS. SUPPORT US, NOT DEVELOPERS. SHOW US THAT THIS COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY BY PROTECTING OUR OPEN SPACES AND ENSURING TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS. IF A PARK IS AN OPTION, I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH CORBIN LEE AGAIN AND MAKE SOME TYPE OF OPTION SIMILAR TO THE WILLS PARK. IF THAT SPACE HONORS THE HISTORY OF THE SITE WHILE GIVING FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND NEIGHBORS A PLACE TO GATHER FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. SORRY TO COME. ONCE THIS LAND IS GONE, IT'S GONE FOREVER. PLEASE PROTECT IT, PRESERVE IT AND MAKE IT A TRUE COMMUNITY ASSET.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE SHOWING YOUR APPRECIATION TO YOUR FELLOW BEINGS, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO ASK YOU NOT TO APPLAUD. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. SIR. STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS KEVIN LUND. I LIVE AT 7164 SOUTH, 2420 WEST. THREE HOUSES FROM THE LAND IN QUESTION. THAT IVORY IS SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO BE BUILDING ON. ON MY WAY DOWN HERE TONIGHT, I DROVE BY THROUGH THE PARKING LOT OF THE OLD SCHOOL. THERE WAS THREE DIFFERENT TEAMS. WE HAD A BASEBALL TEAM. WE HAD A SOCCER TEAM, ALL YOUNG KIDS, FOOTBALL TEAM OUT PRACTICING THERE.
THERE WAS OLDER COUPLES GETTING THEIR STEPS IN, WALKING AROUND. THERE WAS PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS. YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME CONCERNS THERE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'VE LIVED THERE FOR OVER 40 YEARS NOW. IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST HOUSES IN THAT AREA, AND IT JUST MAKES ME SAD TO SAY THIS IS GOING AWAY. ALL MY KIDS, MY GRANDKIDS WENT TO THAT SCHOOL. I KNOW IT'S NOT A REAL YOUNG AREA NOW. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF YOUNG KIDS THERE, BUT STILL, WE NEED SOME OPEN SPACE. WE NEED SOMETHING. REACT RECREATION FOR ALL THESE OLDER PEOPLE, YOUNGER KIDS, FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, SOCCER TEAMS TO PRACTICE AND TO HAVE THIS ALL GO AWAY FOR A BUNCH OF WHO KNOWS WHAT KIND OF HOUSES. WE'VE HEARD DIFFERENT STORIES, EVERYTHING FROM THREE STORY LITTLE TOWNHOUSES, WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN CONSTRUCTION FOR 50 YEARS MY WHOLE LIFE. SO THEY COME IN THERE AND THEY START TEARING UP ALL THIS STUFF, PUTTING ALL THEIR UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, NEW ROADS, HEAVY EQUIPMENT RUNNING THROUGH IT AND ESTABLISHED SUBDIVISION THAT'S GOT NARROW STREETS, AS IT ALWAYS IS. NOT ENOUGH PARKING. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADD ALL THIS STUFF GOING TO BE JUST MORE CONGESTION. SO WE NEED TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. WE JUST CAN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, 40 HOUSES BUILT ON A LITTLE TEENY AREA THERE. SO WE'RE JUST CONCERNED WE'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE A PLAN OF WHAT IVORY HAS IN MIND FOR THIS. LET US SEE WHERE THE ROADS ARE GOING TO BE. WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE GOING TO BE CURB AND GUTTER ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, PARKING STRIPS ARE JUST GOING TO BE A BUNCH OF LITTLE HOUSES TEN FEET APART.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR CONCERNS. WE LOVE OUR AREA THERE. WE'VE LIVED THEIR WHOLE LIFE WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE. I KNOW CHANGE IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE
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SOMETHING MAJOR LIKE THIS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE OUR PROPERTY EVALUATIONS DOWN. OUR PROBABLY OUR TAXES UP. SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CLAPPING? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? PLEASE COME FORWARD. I'M MICHELLE ANDERSON. IMAGINE GOING TO BED ON JULY 24TH. AND THE LAST THING THAT YOU SAY TO YOUR SON BEFORE YOU DO IS I LOVE YOU. AND THEN WAKING UP THE MORNING OF JULY 25TH TO THE LIFELESS BODY OF YOUR SON IN YOUR BACKYARD WITH GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS SIDE. EVEN SADDER, WHEN I WENT TO CHECK TO SEE IF HE WAS OKAY. CLEARLY I DID NOT SEE THE WOUND. I DID NOT, AND I DID NOT REALIZE THAT HIS DAUGHTER, MY GRANDDAUGHTER, WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME. I HAD SHUT THE DOOR. I HAD THOUGHT I SHUT THE DOOR, AND SHE WAS ONLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLD, AND STILL REMEMBERS SEEING HER DAD WITH THE GUNSHOT WOUND ON HIS SIDE.THIS WAS THE MOST TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE. IT HAS TORN MY LIFE APART.
I WASN'T DOING WELL. I DIDN'T DO WELL AT ALL. I COULDN'T GET OUT OF BED. I COULDN'T STOP CRYING. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE PAIN. I WAS AT THE POINT OF LOSING MY HOUSE AND MY CAR, BUT I HAD BEEN FOLLOWING SOMEBODY ON INSTAGRAM WHO HAD THESE CUTE LITTLE HAIRLESS CATS.
I GOT UP ENOUGH COURAGE TO ASK THEM IF THEY HAD. IF ASKED THEM IF I COULD HAVE ONE OF THEIR BABIES FOR A DISCOUNT. I WAS STRUGGLING SO BAD AND I WASN'T MAKING VERY MUCH MONEY AND REALLY COULD NOT AFFORD A KITTY. THEY DISCUSSED IT AFTER HEARING MY STORY, AND THEY SOLD ME A KITTY FOR $200 TO COVER MY VET BILLS. THANK YOU. TO COVER THE VET BILLS THAT THEY HAD ACCRUED DOING ACCRUED ON HER. SHE WAS SICK AND SHE WAS. THE LADY WAS GOING TO HAVE A BABY IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. I NAMED HER HAMMY HAMMY FOR SHORT. AFTER GETTING HAMMY, I STARTED DOING BETTER. I GOT OUT OF BED. I STARTED WORKING AGAIN AND REALIZED HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE STRUGGLING LIKE I WAS. SO I DECIDED THAT I NEEDED TO HELP OTHERS BECAUSE EVERYBODY NEEDS A HAMMY. I BEGAN BREEDING RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC OF 2020, AND I HAVE HELPED SO MANY OTHERS, JUST LIKE ME, WITH AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL. I HAVE SENT CATS AS FAR AS MEXICO AND CANADA. WHEN I STARTED BREEDING WITH JORDAN ALLOWED A REASONABLE NUMBER OF CATS AND WHILE I WAS OUT SAVING THE WORLD, UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, THE CITY CHANGED THE ORDINANCE AND I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL A NOTE CAME ON MY DOOR LEFT BY ANIMAL CONTROL TO CALL THEM. SOMEBODY HAD CALLED ON ME WHO DOES NOT UNDERSTAND BREEDING BECAUSE I HAVE BABY KITTIES IN A KENNEL, WHICH IS THE ONLY REAL SAFE WAY TO KEEP THEM. MY BUSINESS THAT I HAVE BUILT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAS COME TO A SCREECHING HALT, AND I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP. I NEED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A KENNEL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? AND OUR COUNCIL RULES ACTUALLY SAY IF SOMEONE HAS COME AND SPEAK SPOKEN AS THE GROUP. AND GETS THE FIVE MINUTES, THEN WE DON'T USUALLY ALLOW OTHERS TO SPEAK TO THE SAME TOPIC. BUT I WILL ALLOW FIVE MORE PEOPLE TO COME TO SPEAK TO THE SAME TOPIC OF WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY. BUT TYPICALLY WE ONLY ALLOW THE GROUP TO BE REPRESENTED BY THE GROUP SPOKESMAN. SO IF YOU DESIRE TO COME, PLEASE COME GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SALLY SULLIVAN, AND I HAVE LIVED WITHIN A STONE'S THROW OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WAS DEMOLISHED FOR 45 YEARS, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA. I MOVED TO WEST JORDAN WHEN THERE WERE ONLY 7000 PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE ENJOYED LIVING THERE. HOWEVER, WHEN WE HEARD THIS NEWS, WE WERE VERY DISTRESSED. WHAT I DO IN MY FORMER CAREER, I'M NOW RETIRED, BUT I DID RESEARCH AND SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW I LOOKED
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AT THIS ISSUE. OKAY, I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON COTTAGE HOMES THAT IVORY HOMES HAS PUT INTO OTHER AREAS. OKAY. AND WHILE THEY MAY BE PUSHING THE POINT THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP WITH THE HOUSING PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD FULL SIZED HOMES, LET ME TELL YOU, IT WAS INTERESTING WHAT I FOUND. I FOUND THAT THERE THERE ARE THREE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN TEN MILES OF US. THE SAGE, WHICH THOSE HOMES START AT $445,000. THE GABLERS GROVE COTTAGES, THEY START AT $490,000. HIDDEN OAKS START AT 550, AND DRY CREEK, HERE IN WEST JORDAN STARTS AT 550. SO I DON'T THINK THE CASE CAN BE MADE THAT IT'S GOING TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BUY THEIR FIRST HOME. THOSE ARE STILL REAL EXPENSIVE HOMES. I ALSO WENT ON YELP FOR ONE OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, AND I LOOKED UP WHAT THE REVIEWS ARE. THERE ARE 75 REVIEWS. AT LEAST 70 OF THEM WERE ONE STAR. NEGATIVE REVIEWS FOR IVORY HOMES. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIG CONCERN ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE HOMES THAT WILL BE GOING IN THAT AREA AND FOR WHO IT SERVES. I THINK THAT IVORY HOMES IS JUST LOOKING FOR ANOTHER AREA THAT THEY CAN PROFIT FROM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TYSON VANHOENACKER. I LIVE ON 2530 WEST IN WEST JORDAN. I ECHO MISS LAIRD'S COMMENTS, BUT I WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE NOT BROUGHT UP. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND NOT HERE, BUT THERE ARE SOME QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT I THINK THIS COUNCIL CAN ADDRESS. ONE IS THE SCHOOL ITSELF IS ALREADY OVERCROWDED. THE ENTIRE FOURTH GRADE IS IN PORTABLE CLASSROOMS AND THAT'S CAUSING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS DOWN 7180, ESPECIALLY AS IT IS ANYTIME THERE IS A NIGHT LIKE PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES, CHOIR CONCERTS, ANYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THE EVENING OR WHERE PARENTS NEED TO BE TO. THEY'RE PARKED ALL THE WAY DOWN THE STREET AND ADDING, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE HOMES, BUT IT'S GOING TO ADD THAT MANY MORE CARS AND TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS A LOT HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS. MY WIFE AND I LOOKED FOR A LONG TIME TO FIND THERE WERE NO STARTER HOMES ANYMORE. THEY WERE ALL OWNED BY LANDLORDS AND SO WE ENDED UP IN A CONDO, WHICH WE LOVED, AND WE LIVED THERE FOR NINE YEARS, ALSO IN WEST JORDAN. WE WERE GOOD NEIGHBORS. WITH COUNCILMAN BADER THERE. SO IF THERE WAS AN INSISTENCE ON COTTAGE HOMES. I COULD SUPPORT THAT. IF THERE WAS A CONDITION ON THE DEED THAT COULD NOT BE REMOVED, THAT IT COULD ONLY BE OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES AND NEVER TURNED INTO RENTALS. AND THAT WAY THEY COULD STAY STARTER HOMES AND REMAIN STARTER HOMES. AND I THINK THAT COULD BE NOT MY FIRST CHOICE. BUT IT WOULD, I THINK, SATISFY THAT NEED IN THE IN THE CITY AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE. WE'VE ALREADY HEARD YOUR NAME, BUT IF YOU'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, MY DARLING WIFE AND I LIVE JUST THREE HOUSES NORTH OF WHERE OUR SCHOOL USED TO BE RETIRED FROM THE ARMY. IN 2018, WE GOT OUR DREAM HOME AND MY DARLING WIFE GOT A JOB TEACHING RESOURCES AT THE SCHOOL. ALL FOUR OF OUR LITTLES, WHO ARE NOW TEENAGERS, ATTENDED WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY. AND I WAS I WAS A SCHOOL DAD BEFORE I STARTED MY SECOND CAREER. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WE'RE EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED TO THIS SPACE. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT THE COUNCIL'S DECISION. IF IT STAYS A COMMUNITY SPACE OR NOT. THAT'S MY IMPRESSION. I'M REALLY NOT HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR AN OUTCOME. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK FOR MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEEPLY AFFECTED, AND IT'S ONLY GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS. I'VE BEEN THE MY[00:35:01]
DARLING WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN THE SELF-APPOINTED CARETAKERS. WE'RE SHARING THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SPACE. I'VE. I'VE SWEPT THE BLACKTOP OF ALL THE LITTLE ROCKS SO THE CHILDREN COULD SAFELY ROLL THEIR BIKES AND SKATEBOARDS AND ALL THEIR LITTLE TOYS ACROSS IT.I'VE BROUGHT MY WEED EATER OVER AND CARVED OUT THE SPRINKLER HEADS BECAUSE THEY WERE OVERGROWN, AND SO THE WATER WASN'T GETTING OUT TO MAKE A GREEN SPACE FOR US. DARLING WIFE AND I WENT AND BOUGHT POUNDS AND POUNDS OF WILDFLOWER SEED AND SPREAD IT ALL OVER THE LOT JUST TO THE NEXT DAY. SEE THE MIGRATING GEESE EATING IT ALL UP. MY SECOND CAREER IS WORKING FOR DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, WORKING IN COMMUNICATIONS IN THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE. I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET TO WORK FROM SALT LAKE TO WORK FROM HERE. I OFTEN FIND MYSELF IN MEETINGS WITH POLITICALS, POLITICAL APPOINTEES, POLITICIANS, BUREAUCRATS, BUDGET OFFICERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND FINDING MYSELF AS A PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER BEING THE VOICE OF EMPATHY AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHOSE WHOLE LIVES IS PUSHING NUMBERS AROUND AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO THE DEAL, GET TO THE YES, AND TRYING TO BE THE VOICE FOR OUR AUDIENCES AND OUR OUR CITIZENS WHO AREN'T THERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES IN THE ENTIRE PROCESS. FOR THE SHUTTING DOWN OF THE SCHOOL.
WIFE AND I SPOKE AT THE FIRST MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, VOTED ON WHETHER TO CONSIDER CLOSING THE SCHOOL, AND IT HAS BEEN DOWNHILL FROM THERE. I SPEAKING FOR MY FRIENDS. I HOPE WE HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD. WE HAVEN'T FELT LISTENED TO. WE HAVEN'T FELT LIKE THOSE WHO HAVE SAY. THE POWER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SELL. MY TIME IS UP. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS HEATHER GIBSON HERE FROM CEDAR FORT, UTAH, SUPPORTING MICHELLE, WHO IS JUST UP HERE EARLIER TALKING ABOUT HER CATS. I'M A DOG AND CAT BREEDER. I RUN A COMMUNITY CALLED BIG HEARTED BREEDERS THAT TRAIN BREEDERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT PREDOMINANTLY OUR BREEDERS ARE HERE IN THE US. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT'S BECOMING A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM FOR BREEDERS TO HAVE A SPACE TO DO WHAT WE DO. I STARTED BREEDING AS A FOSTER PARENT OF CHILDREN, SO I WAS A FOSTER PARENT FOR OVER TEN YEARS. AND AS I WATCHED THE HOPE AND THE HEALING THAT THE PETS BROUGHT INTO OUR HOME, I DECIDED I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH OTHER FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY ONE TIME I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT WAS REMOVED BY A SWAT TEAM AFTER A MURDER THAT HER PARENTS WERE INVOLVED IN AND HAD MASSIVE TRAUMA. AND SHE CAME TO ME AND I, WE'RE TRYING TO I COULD TELL SHE WAS STRUGGLING. AND I SAID, HONEY, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT IT? AND SHE SAID, NO, MOM, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.
AND I SAID, WELL, YOU NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE WHO CAN YOU TALK TO ABOUT IT? AND SHE TURNED TO ME AND SHE SAID, I CAN TALK TO THE CAT. AND IT JUST BROUGHT, LIKE I WATCHED THE HEALING THAT THESE ANIMALS BRING. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU TWO REASONS WHY YOUR CITY SHOULD CONSIDER OFFERING CONDITIONAL USE LICENSES TO BREEDERS. NUMBER ONE IN UTAH, SIX OUT OF TEN HOMES HAVE PETS, SO 60% ROUGHLY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE PETS IN THEIR HOME, AT LEAST ONE. AND THEY NEED PLACES OTHER THAN SHELTERS TO FIND THESE PETS. AND WHEN YOU HAVE CONDITIONAL USE LICENSES, YOU CAN OVERSEE AND HELP REGULATE WHAT'S GOING ON IN BREEDERS HOMES. NUMBER TWO, BREEDERS MAKE GREAT HOME BASED BUSINESS PARTNERS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF REVENUE THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE BROUGHT IN, NOT ONLY FROM THE BREEDERS AND THE TAXES THAT THEY CAN GET THAT ARE CURRENTLY GOING UNCOLLECTED, BECAUSE THEY ARE OPERATING STILL JUST UNDER THE RADAR. BUT GOOD BREEDERS WOULD LOVE AN OPTION TO COME FORWARD AND DO IT RIGHT. WE ALSO BRING IN A LOT OF TRAVEL. WE BRING IN PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR HIGH QUALITY BREEDERS THAT COME AND THEY STAY AND THEY EAT, AND THEY STAY IN HOTELS IN THE AREA WHILE THEY PICK UP THEIR ANIMALS. AND I WOULD LOVE IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER OPTIONS TO MAKE CONDITIONAL USE LICENSES POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS TREVOR KITCHEN. I ACTUALLY LIVE IN ONE OF THE HOUSES THAT BORDERS THE WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I'VE LIVED THERE FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, AND
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WE ACTUALLY MOVED IN ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOT TAKEN AWAY AND DEMOLISHED. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS IN US MOVING INTO THE HOME THAT WE DID WAS THAT WE ACTUALLY LIVED RIGHT NEXT TO THE WALKWAY TO THE SCHOOL. SO WE WERE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEND OUR KIDS OUT THE FRONT DOOR, AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAFELY, RELIABLY AND REPEATEDLY EVERY DAY, AND THAT WE COULD KEEP AN EYE ON THEM FROM THE WINDOW IF WE NEEDED TO. AND LIKE THAT WAS ONE OF THE REALLY BIG FACTORS IN US CHOOSING THE HOME THAT WE DID. AND SADLY, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO TAKE THE SCHOOL AND DIVERT THE CHILDREN TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. AND AFTER SEEING THE THE THE FEELINGS, THE INTENT THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SEEMED TO HAVE, WE MADE THE DECISION TO CHOOSE A CHARTER SCHOOL INSTEAD OF STAYING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL REALLY CARED ABOUT MY CHILD'S EDUCATION. AND SO ON TOP OF THAT, I HAVE A HAVE A VIEW FROM THE BACKYARD. I ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SAYING. I'M CONSTANTLY SEEING PEOPLE GOING FOR WALKS, RIDING BIKES. I USE THE ASPHALT TURF IN THAT PARKING LOT TO TEACH MY DAUGHTER HOW TO RIDE HER BIKE. IT WAS A WONDERFUL WAY TO SAFELY TEACH HER HOW TO RIDE A BIKE WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT CARS OR ANYTHING. THERE ARE PEOPLE CONSTANTLY USING THAT COMMUNITY AREA FOR SPORTING EVENTS AND SUCH, AND WITH COVID, IT GOT A LOT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO SOCIALIZE AND TO GET OUT AND TO BECOME PART OF A COMMUNITY. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS SPACE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER AND UNIFYING. DESPITE THOSE STRUGGLES, AND THAT SOCIALIZATION IS ONE OF THE BEST COMBATANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ACROSS OUR COUNTRY EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW. AND SO WITH THE POTENTIAL OF THIS, THIS SPACE THAT WE USE AS A COMMUNITY, SO MUCH BEING TAKEN AWAY AS A PARENT, AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF FEELINGS AND A LOT OF PASSION BEHIND THIS. SO IF YOU GUYS COULD JUST WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LEARN AS MUCH AS WE CAN, DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO TRY TO PROTECT THIS AREA, AND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF US THAT PURCHASED THE LOTS THAT WE DID WITH THAT COMMUNITY ASPECT IN MIND, AND IT MATTERS A LOT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I CAN ALLOW ONE. I WILL ALLOW ONE MORE FROM WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY AND THAT WILL BE UP. MORE BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT.MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TONIGHT. I'M HERE BECAUSE THE FUTURE OF WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY PROPERTY IS NOT A SCHOOL DISTRICT ISSUE. IT IS A CITY ISSUE. ONCE THAT LAND IS SOLD, THE CITY COUNCIL WHO DECIDES WHAT IT BECOMES? AND I'M ASKING YOU TO PAUSE, REFLECT. THE PROPERTY AND PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY FROM A SHORT TERM DECISION WITH LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES. THIS ISN'T ABOUT A BUILDING. IT'S ABOUT WHETHER WEST JORDAN WILL HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO SERVE FUTURE FAMILIES AND RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES. DO YOU REALLY THINK FAMILIES ARE NOT HAVING BABIES BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THEM? NO, THEY'RE DELAYING THEM. SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FOLLOWING A FAILED NATIONAL IDEOLOGY? YES. LOOK IT UP. IT'S CALLED ECONOMIES OF SCALE. WRITE IT DOWN. THAT'S BEEN CLOSING NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS FOR DECADES. YEAH, LOOK THAT UP TO IT. PROMISES COST SAVINGS THAT RARELY MATERIALIZE. PLEASE LOOK THAT UP WHILE DESTROYING THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS PROVIDE. AND ONCE THE LAND IS GONE, YEAH, IT'S GONE FOREVER. WE NEED TO QUESTION YOUR ASSUMPTIONS. IF THE BIGGER IS BETTER THAN WHY DID THE JORDAN DISTRICT SPEND THE LEAST POOR STUDENT AMONG LARGE DISTRICTS THE LEAST. LOOK IT UP. AS A CITY, YOU HAVE TO THE POWER TO SAY NOT HERE. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SAY NOT LIKE THIS. YOU CAN DEMAND TRANSPARENCY. YOU CAN DELAY REZONING. YOU CAN ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC REASSURANCE INSTEAD OF PRIVATE SALE. STAND WITH YOUR RESIDENTS. PROTECT THE LAND. PRESERVE OUR OPTIONS. NONE OF THE SURROUNDING SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO PASS SEISMIC STUDIES. YOU KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE REBUILDING ONE? WELL, ONE IS ALREADY BEING BOUGHT BY IVORY HOMES. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RESPOND TO NATIONAL DISASTERS? YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO.
NOT IN MY HOUSE, NOT IN MY COMMUNITY, AND NOT FOR THESE PEOPLE HERE. THIS IS AN ASSET YOU HAVE, AND THEN YOU WANT TO SELL IT TO IVORY HOMES. HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF THE RECORD OF IVORY HOMES? HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF WHAT THEY'VE DONE? HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF THE RECORD? OUR NEIGHBORS DON'T DESERVE THIS. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. THANK YOU, MR.
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ANDERSON. IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? THERE ARE FOUR INDIVIDUALS ONLINE, NONE OF WHOM HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND HAVE ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO. A COUPLE OF THINGS I DO WANT TO STATE.THE COUNCIL WAS THE WAY I WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS WAS FROM RESIDENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. WE WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS THROUGH ANY OFFICIAL CHANNELS, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW. NUMBER TWO, I USED TO WORK WITH MR. THOMAS SCOTT THOMAS FROM AUXILIARY SERVICES, SO I CALLED HIM YESTERDAY. HE VERIFIED THIS IS A LAND SWAP. WHEN THERE IS A LAND SWAP THEY CAN DO THAT. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ELECTED BODY AND THEY CAN CHOOSE TO DO THAT. AND THE CITY IS LEFT OUT OF THE LOOP THAT WAY. SO AT THIS POINT, WHAT THIS COUNCIL CAN DECIDE ONCE A PROPOSAL HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO US, WE'VE SEEN NOTHING FROM IVORY CORPORATION. YET ONCE SOMETHING IS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL, WE CAN DECIDE. DO WE LIKE THEIR PROPOSAL? ARE WE WILLING TO MAKE A ZONE CHANGE? THAT IS THE ONLY AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE GIVEN TO US BY THE LEGISLATURE.
SO THAT IS IN OUR CONTROL. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU DESIRE, I WISH WERE IN OUR CONTROL, BUT THEY SIMPLY AREN'T. WE HAVE TO ALSO FOLLOW THE RULES THAT WE'RE GIVEN, AND THEY'RE GIVEN TO US VIA THE LEGISLATURE. SO IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNCIL, WE HAVE AN EMAIL CALLED COUNCIL. COUNCIL COMMENTS AT WEST JORDAN UTAH GOV. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEND THAT. AND THAT GOES TO ALL OF US. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO
[a. Ordinance No. 25-39 Adopting the 2025 Sanitary Sewer Master Plan]
MOVE ON WITH OUR MEETING. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS. OUR FIRST ONE IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 25, DASH 39 ADOPTING THE 2025 SANITARY SEWER MASTER PLAN. AND TONIGHT THAT WILL BE. I DON'T SEE, MR. MURPHY, BUT YOU'RE HERE SOMEWHERE, I'M SURE. MR. OH, OKAY. WE WILL START. JUSTIN, COME ON UP. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, TO BE ON YOUR AGENDA. I REALLY THOUGHT EVERYBODY'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT SEWER SYSTEM, I GUESS NOT. THAT'S MAYBE THE STUDENTS FROM WEST JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL. THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM. I'M SURE THAT'S WHY THEY CAME. I'LL BET THAT OR AN ASSIGNMENT. YEAH. ALSO, I YEAH, I FEEL LIKE I MIGHT BE A LETDOWN. I'M. NO, NOT A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL TEAM. I'LL DO MY BEST THOUGH. I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PHOTOS AFTER THE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. SO I'LL KEEP THIS MOVING ALONG. LIKE I SAID, MY NAME IS JUSTIN BREWER WITH COUNCIL ENGINEERS. WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF 2025 SEWER MASTER PLAN UPDATE. NOW, I WAS TOLD I HAVE CONTROL OF THIS. IS IT THIS THING? YES. THERE WE GO. OKAY, ALRIGHT. THE SEWER MASTER PLAN IS A PART OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN. IT EVALUATES BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE SYSTEM DEMANDS, AND IT PREPARES THE CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN TO GUIDE INVESTMENTS IN MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING THE SYSTEM. NOW, THE LAST UPDATE WAS COMPLETED IN 2019. SO THIS DOCUMENT BRINGS THE CITY'S PLANNING FORWARD WITH THE LATEST GROWTH PROJECTIONS AND SYSTEM DATA. THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN THE PLAN EMPHASIZES THAT THE UPDATE IS ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENT, RELIABLE, COST EFFECTIVE AS WEST JORDAN CONTINUES TO GROW. THE PLAN IS DESIGNED TO ALIGN WITH BOTH REGIONAL GROWTH FORECASTS AND THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES. WEST JORDAN CITY OWNS AND OPERATES 365 MILES OF PIPELINE, RANGING IN SIZE FROM 4IN TO 36IN IN DIAMETER, WITH OVER 7000 ASSOCIATED MANHOLES. THE BACKBONE OF THE SYSTEM IS FOUR MAJOR TRUNK LINES THAT RUN WEST[00:50:03]
TO EAST ALONG SEVENTH, 70TH, 7000 SOUTH FROM UTAH. SO I GUESS I'D CALL IT 70TH 7800 SOUTH, 8500 SOUTH AND 90TH SOUTH. THE SYSTEM IS GENERALLY IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT LIKE ALL AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, IT DOES REQUIRE ONGOING MAINTENANCE, REHABILITATION, AND TARGETED UPGRADES. ONE OF THE FINDINGS IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IS THAT WHILE CAPACITY IS CURRENTLY SUFFICIENT IN MOST AREAS, LOCALIZED CONSTRAINTS EXIST IN OLDER TRUNK LINES AND NEEDS CONTINUED CLOSE MONITORING. LOOKING FORWARD, THE CITY SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE READY FOR SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. OUR ANALYSIS PROJECTS FUTURE SEWER FLOWS WILL INCREASE BY ABOUT 82% BETWEEN TODAY AND THE FULL CITY. BUILD OUT AN IMPORTANT POLICY DECISION INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN, AS THE ASSUMPTION OF A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 25 UNITS PER ACRE IN THE OVERLAY ZONES, THIS ASSUMPTION BALANCES HIGHER DENSITY REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL WITH REALISTIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING, AND ENSURES THAT SEWER CAPACITY PLANNING REFLECTS COUNCIL'S VISION FOR GROWTH MANAGEMENT. THIS MEANS THE CITY WILL NEED TO CAREFULLY PLAN BOTH CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS AND CONDITION UPGRADES TO MAINTAIN RELIABLE SERVICE AS GROWTH CONTINUES. IN THE SHORT TERM OR OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, WE RECOMMEND PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS IMMEDIATE CAPACITY AND CONDITION ISSUES. THESE INCLUDE TARGETED PIPE REPLACEMENTS LOCALIZED AS WELL AS LOCALIZED UPGRADES AT POINTS WHERE FLOWS ARE REACHING A CAPACITY. THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY DOES HIGHLIGHT THAT PRIORITIZING THESE PROJECTS NOT ONLY MAINTAINS THE SERVICE RELIABILITY, BUT ALSO PREVENTS COSTLY EMERGENCY REPAIRS IN THE FUTURE. FOR THE LONG TERM, 10 TO 20 YEARS OUT, THE FOCUS WILL BE ON LARGE CAPACITY UPGRADES AND SYSTEM EXTENSIONS TO SERVE GROWTH AREAS. BECAUSE CONDITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS EVOLVE, WE RECOMMEND ASSESSING THESE LONG TERM NEEDS DURING FUTURE PLAN UPDATES.LONG TERM PLANNING ENSURES THAT WHEN GROWTH ACCELERATES IN THE WEST SIDE UNDEVELOPED AREAS, THE CITY WILL ALREADY HAVE A STRATEGY IN PLACE FOR SEWER SERVICE EXPANSION. SANITARY SEWER, SEWER EXPANSION THAT IS HARDER TO SAY. SOUTH VALLEY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY WELL, WEST JORDAN IS ALSO PARTNER WITH SOUTH VALLEY RECLAMATION FACILITY. THE CITY OWNS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 36% OF THE TOTAL PLANT CAPACITY AND CONTRIBUTES WILL WILL CONTRIBUTE ROUGHLY 1.8 MILLION PER YEAR TOWARDS ITS MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES. PLANNED PROJECTS AT THE PLANT INCLUDE THE MOTOR CONTROLS. THANK YOU. I WILL GET THOSE TO CONTROL CENTER. CENTER CONTROL, VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE REPLACEMENT, SWITCHGEAR REPLACEMENTS, PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, UV DISINFECTION REPLACEMENTS, SITE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS POWER UPGRADES.
THESE ARE ALL NECESSARY TO KEEP THE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATING RELIABLY. IN OUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, WE EMPHASIZE THAT THE PARTNERSHIP IN SOUTH VALLEY REC, OR RECLAMATION FACILITY IS A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL COMMITMENT, BUT ALSO A COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO MEET THE REGULATORY AND TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS. SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS. WE RECOMMEND FLOW MONITORING TO TRACK PERFORMANCE WILL CONTINUE FLOW MONITORING TO TRACK PERFORMANCE.
ROUTINE MANHOLE INSPECTION AND PIPE JET CLEANING EVERY FOUR YEARS, AS WELL AS CCTV VIDEO INSPECTION EVERY SEVEN YEARS. IN ADDITION, WE RECOMMEND A FORMAL CONDITION ASSESSMENT PROGRAM AND AN ANNUAL REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PROGRAM SO THE CITY CAN BE PROACTIVE WITH PROJECTS LIKE CIP OR SORRY, CURED IN PLACE PIPE REPAIRS RATHER THAN WAITING FOR FAILURES. THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY STRESSES THAT A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE APPROACH REDUCES LIFE CYCLE COSTS AND EXTEND THE USEFUL LIFE OF CITY INFRASTRUCTURE. I BELIEVE THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE. SO JUST IN CONCLUSION, SEWER MASTER PLAN PROVIDES THE CITY WITH A ROADMAP TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS. IT IDENTIFIES BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PROJECTS, REINFORCES THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTENANCE MONITORING, ONGOING SYSTEM REINVESTMENT, AND ESTABLISHES PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS TO ALIGN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH DEVELOPMENT POLICY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL STOP THERE AND I GUESS WE CAN. WHAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
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ME, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. YOUR PLAN USED 3.3 PEOPLE PER UNIT. DID THAT ACCOUNT DID YOU WEIGH IN LIKE ADUS OR BECOMING MORE POPULAR? ESPECIALLY WHEN BUILDERS ARE ENCOURAGING FAMILIES THAT IF THEY PUT ONE OF THOSE IN, THEN THEY CAN AFFORD THE HOUSE? SO IT WAS THAT CONSIDERED AT ALL THAT? YEAH. SO THE ACTUALLY, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT A COPY OF THE MASTER PLAN, BUT IT WAS PER GUIDANCE OF THE. GENERAL PLAN.THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER THE FULL TITLE. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT WAS NOT A DECISION THAT WE CAME TO WAS FOLLOWING THE PLAN OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON FOR QUESTIONS. MR. MURPHY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? JUSTIN BROUGHT UP IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE COMMENT IS THIS THAT THAT HAVING WATCHED A LOT OF THE VIDEOS OF THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF THE SEWER SYSTEM, LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY. WHEN WE WE WERE REVIEWING AS STAFF THE 36 INCH A TRUNK MAIN IN 78 SOUTH, WHICH IS A VITRIFIED CLAY PIPE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST WE HAVE IN TOWN. IT'S VERY ROBUST PIPE. HOWEVER, IT'S BEEN IN THE GROUND FOR 40 YEARS AND 42 YEARS ABOUT AND WE NOTICED A FEW CRACKS IN IT. SO AGING INFRASTRUCTURE IS WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT AGAINST RIGHT NOW. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TO THE COUNCIL AS WE MOVE INTO EVERY BUDGET YEAR, WE'RE ALWAYS PRIORITIZING BY WHAT WE SEE COMING OUT OF OUR VIDEO MONITORING. I THINK THAT'S A KEY, IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY FROM THIS ITERATION OF THE MASTER PLAN, BEING THAT WE ARE AGING IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I JUST WANTED TO REINFORCE THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, I DID NOTE THAT IT ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW SOME OF OUR PIPES ALLOW WATER TO SEEP IN. SO THEREFORE WE'RE CONTRIBUTING MORE THAN MAYBE WE'D LIKE TO. SO VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS, YOU MAY COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE AND YOU'D HAVE THREE MINUTES. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THIS TOPIC? MR. ANDERSON? IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE THAT HAS THEIR HAND RAISED? THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS ONLINE, NEITHER OF WHOM HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND. WE LOST 100% ALREADY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION OR EMOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 22. DASH 39, ADOPTING THE 2025 SANITARY SEWER MASTER PLAN. COUNCIL MEMBER LAM. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, MISS QUICK, A VOTE PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. OH, SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. VICE CHAIR. BADAU. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER LAM. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS
[b. Ordinance No. 25-38 Petition from South Valley Water Reclamation Facility for a Future Land Use Map Amendment and Rezone of 6.508 Acres at 7495 South 1300 West to Public Facilities Zone or Other Designation/District]
ORDINANCE NUMBER 25. DASH 38, A PETITION FROM SOUTH VALLEY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY FOR A FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AMENDMENT AND REZONE OF 6.508 ACRES AT 7495 SOUTH 1300 WEST.I HAVE TAKEN TAKE ON OKAY WORTHEN AND RAY MCCANDLESS. SO MR. WORTHEN FIRST. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS AGAIN. WARREN, I GAVE YOU A USB STICK. IS THERE COULD YOU PULL UP THE AERIAL? SO THIS IS THE FACILITY? I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS SEEN THIS ONCE BEFORE. AND OF COURSE THE PARCEL IS IS KIND OF OUTLINED IN RED THERE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND AS THE COUNCIL IS AWARE, WE HAVE SUBMITTED BUILDING PLANS FOR AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TO GO UP ON THAT PARCEL ON 1300 WEST. THERE WAS A BIT OF INFORMATION
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I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL, AND I APPRECIATE JUSTIN. ACTUALLY, ONE OF HIS SLIDES HELD SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, WHICH MEANS WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF COORDINATING TOGETHER, RIGHT? WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. WE WANT THE CITY TO BE INFORMED OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE. THERE'S THERE'S A DOCUMENT ENTITLED PAGE 27. THE FACILITY HAS A 382 PAGE CAPITAL FACILITY PLAN THAT OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS ADOPTED. THANK YOU FOR NOT SENDING US THAT WHOLE PLAN. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. IT IT'S ON THE USB. WE'RE NOT GOING TO PULL IT UP. SO BUT I DO WANT TO SHARE PAGE 27 BECAUSE IN ALL FAIRNESS TO THE COUNCIL, AT THE COMMITTEE IN THE WHOLE MEETING, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. RIGHT, YOU KNOW, AND I FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND I'M SAYING, WELL, THIS IS POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT WE CAN DO AND, AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND, AND THOSE WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION MOVING FORWARD.BUT IN THIS LIST OF PROJECTS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS LIST IS ACTUALLY THE SAME LIST THAT DAVE AND JUSTIN JUST PRESENTED IN THEIR SEWER MASTER PLAN. AND SO WHEN YOU GO DOWN THAT LIST, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE A COUPLE YEARS AWAY FROM NOW, WE'VE TARGETED A NEW ENTRANCE BRIDGE AND AN ACCESS IMPROVEMENT. AND IF WE GO BACK TO THAT AERIAL OR JUST PULL UP THE OTHER PAGE, JUST THE OTHER PAGE ON THAT USB, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE'S LIKE PAGE 142 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS THE ONLY PROJECT THAT IS ACTUALLY SLATED IN ALL THOSE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE COMMITTEE, THE WHOLE MEETING.
BUILDING THE ROAD AND THE BRIDGE SO THAT WE CAN THEN REBUILD THE BRIDGE IS THE ONLY PROJECT THAT WE HAVE THAT'S APPROVED. AND OF COURSE, WE WOULD PUT IT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARCEL RIGHT THERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. MCCANDLESS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE WITH US? YOU DON'T HAVE TO. YEAH. YOU LOOK SAW, SIR. SORRY. I'M ON THE ACTIVE INJURED RESERVE LIST. I'D BE HAPPY TO FILL THINGS IN IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH THEM. AND WHAT'S ON THE TABLE FOR TONIGHT? IT'S UP TO YOU.
COUNCIL. WHAT SAY YOU? WE'VE. WE'VE HEARD THIS IN WORK MEETINGS. SO FOR ME, I'M OKAY.
BUT IF ANYONE WANTS. BUT WE'RE APPROVING MORE THAN JUST THE BRIDGE TONIGHT. RIGHT. WE'RE NOT APPROVING THE BRIDGE. WE'RE APPROVING A ZONE CHANGE. MR. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN THIS. IS THIS. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY NOW. ON THE ON THE FIRST ON THE FIRST SLIDE, IT SAID REZONE TO PUBLIC FACILITIES OR OTHER ZONED. EXPLAIN. ARE THERE OPTIONS. ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT DOING WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO. BASICALLY YOUR OPTIONS ARE JUST TO KEEP IT KEEP THE ZONING IN THE BUSINESS RESEARCH PARK TO ZONE IT TO WHAT THE PEF AND OR IT'S CERTAINLY YOUR PURVIEW TO TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE IN THE CODE. JUST THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF THOSE THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING. SO IT'S TOTALLY UP TO THE COUNCIL. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? I COULD PROBABLY JUST ADD IN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID, IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU, INDICATE THEY WANTED IT TO BE REZONED TO PUBLIC FACILITIES ZONE. THE ORDINANCE, THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY DRAFTED REFLECTS THAT. SO IF YOU WANTED TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, PART OF YOUR MOTION WOULD BE TO CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE. BUT IT IS CURRENTLY DRAFTED AS A REZONE TO THE ZONE. THANK YOU. DUNCAN, BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE A DESIRE TO CHANGE IT TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN PUBLIC FACILITIES? WE'LL WE'LL SOMEBODY REMIND ME WHAT WE TALKED. IS THIS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS IS CHANGING IT TO PAF. IS THAT RIGHT, RAY? BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE THERE WAS THERE WAS ONE THAT IF WE DID IT, IT WOULD THAT WE SAID NO, WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE IT OR SOMETHING. AND I'M TRYING
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TO REMEMBER IF IT WAS SO WHAT WAS ON THE TABLE IS TO, TO ZONE TO TO TO THE PEF ZONE. THE COUNCIL THAT AT THE COMMITTEE THE WHOLE MEETING DISCUSSED GOING TO THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONE AS AN INTERIM STEP, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THE FUTURE USES ON THE PROPERTY WERE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. AND SO THE COUNCIL HAD MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONE IT. WE TOOK IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION FELT THAT THE TWO STEP PROCESS WASN'T NECESSARY, AND JUST MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE, AS OPPOSED TO THE THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONE. OKAY, THAT MAKES MORE THAT. YEAH, THAT THAT HELPS ME REMEMBER. OKAY. THEN I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT FROM RESEARCH PART TWO PUBLIC FACILITIES. IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD SEEING NO ONE, MR. ANDERSON, ANY HANDS RAISED ONLINE, THERE IS NO ONE INDIVIDUAL ONLINE AND THEY HAVE NOT RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK. THAT'S ANOTHER 100%. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL BRING THAT BACK. TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION OR EMOTION. OH, AND I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.ANYONE WANT TO GIVE ME A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER JACOBS I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2538. THE PETITION FROM SOUTH VALLEY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY FOR A FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AMENDMENT AND REZONE OF THE 6.508. HOW MUCH IS 0.008 OF AN ACRE AT 7495 SOUTH 1300 WEST, AT THE PUBLIC FACILITIES ZONE? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BADER. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BUDA. ANY DISCUSSION? MISTER COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN I'M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER BACK TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I THINK THE COUNCIL WANTED THE TWO STEP PROCESS SO THAT WE'D HAVE BETTER. CONTROL, IF YOU WILL, OVER SOME THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER. I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO VOTE, I KNOW THAT. I'M NOT SURE WHY THE TWO STEP PROCESS WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT ONEROUS, BUT OKAY, LET ME THINK ABOUT IT. WELL, WE BETTER HOPE THAT YOUR NAME DOESN'T COME UP FIRST THEN. MISS QUICK, CAN WE HAVE A VOTE, PLEASE? THANKS, CINDY. HOW WOULD I KNOW? COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, I'M SORRY. YOU'RE FIRST. AND YOU? YOU SAY THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE RANDOM. IT TOTALLY IS RANDOM. YEAH. DO YOU WANT ME TO GO DOWN THE REST OF THE WAY AND I'LL VOTE YES. OKAY, OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER SHILTON. YES. VICE CHAIR. BADER.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER LAM. YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0. THANK YOU, MISS QUICK. AND SHE REALLY DOES HAVE A RANDOM SYSTEM THAT SHE
[c. Resolution No. 25-047 Adjustment of Impact Fees for Peterson Development Commercial Project at 7800 South 5561 West]
CALLS UPON US. AND YOU KNOW, THAT JUST IS FATE, RIGHT? THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 047. ADJUSTMENT OF IMPACT FEES FOR PETERSON DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL MR. DOBBIN, MR. DOBSON GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PETERSON DEVELOPMENT FOR SOME TIME ON A CRITICAL, HIGHLY IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT WE WANT IN THE CITY. AND SO WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE WAIVE OR ADJUST THOSE IMPACT FEES DOWN TO ZERO. THE GENERAL FUND WILL COVER THOSE. AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX THAT COMES FROM THIS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL THE CITY WILL RECOUP THAT IN A FAIRLY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, WHEN YOU SAY IT COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, WE COULD WE COULD JUST PULL IT OUT OF RESERVES AS A ONE TIME THING AND JUST YEAH, IT WAS TALKING WITH WITH MISS STECK AND SHE SAID WE'LL TAKE IT OUT OF SALES TAX. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. DOBBINS, I[01:10:04]
WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU'RE HERE TO ADDRESS THIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NO ONE COMING FORWARD. MR. ANDERSON, AM I TO ZERO? NO. YOU. THERE'S ONE PERSON ONLINE. THEY HAVE NOT RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. DEDICATION. ALRIGHT. I WILL BRING THIS BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR A MOTION OR DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 22. DASH 47, ADJUSTMENT OF THE IMPACT FEES FOR PETERSON DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M GOING TO SECOND IT. SORRY. CAN'T IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION TO THIS MOTION SEEING NONE MISS QUICK A VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB SEE IT ISN'T RANDOM. YES. CHAIR WHITELOCK YES. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. VICE CHAIR. BADAU.YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0. THANK YOU.
[a. Resolution No. 25-049 Salt Lake County Lease Agreement for Recreation Center, Pool, and Field of Dreams]
WE NOW HAVE BUSINESS ITEM RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 049. SALT LAKE COUNTY LEASE AGREEMENT.MR. FRALICK. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR WHITELOCK AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HERE TO EVENING TO JUST ASK FOR APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO A NEW LEASE AGREEMENT WITH SALT LAKE COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION. OUR 30 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE RECREATION CENTER, THE SWIMMING POOL AND THE FIELD OF DREAMS EXPIRED. SO WE'VE WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY TO ENTER INTO A NEW AGREEMENT. IT'S REALLY MEMORIALIZING WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY HERE, THIS PROPERTY THAT'S PUTTING BACK THAT BACK IN WITH ADDED LANGUAGE FOR THE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT, BUT WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO TO ENTER INTO THAT NEW LEASE AGREEMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE WEST JORDAN CITY ACTUALLY OWNED THE PROPERTY THAT THE COUNTY WAS THEN LEASING. I KIND OF HAD AN INKLING, BECAUSE I REMEMBER READING THAT BIG HISTORY OF WEST JORDAN BOOK, THAT WEST JORDAN CITY HAD ALL THE CONTROVERSY AROUND BUILDING THE POOL AND NOW SALT LAKE COUNTY ON THE OUTSIDE. SO I THOUGHT, OH, WELL, MAYBE WE BUILT IT AND GAVE IT TO THEM OR THEY BOUGHT IT OR WHATEVER. AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T KNOW THAT WEST JORDAN CITY OWNS THOSE PROPERTIES? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A GOOD LEGAL TEAM. YEAH, I GUESS WE GAVE HIM THE NAMING RIGHTS. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE BECAUSE IT. THAT'S A SEPARATE AGREEMENT FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER. THAT IS A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WHICH IS ALSO UP FOR RENEWAL THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING WITH THE COUNTY. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PROPOSALS FOR CHANGES FOR THAT ONE. BUT ON THAT ONE WE ACTUALLY OWN THE BUILDING AND THE LAND. THEY JUST OPERATE IT FOR US. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. YEAH. WE'LL BE COMING LATER ON. YEAH. OKAY. IN THE FUTURE. AND MY QUESTION IS DID I READ IT RIGHT? IT'S A 30 YEAR LEASE WITH ONE TERM THAT CAN BE RENEWED. SO 60 YEARS. YEP. OR UNTIL THEY CEASE OPERATIONS OF ONE OF THEIR FACILITIES, IF THEY WERE TO CEASE OPERATIONS. CORRECT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB I HATE THAT ONE. THERE'S JUST THAT LAST PERSON THAT JUMPS ON. HE BROUGHT UP A GOOD QUESTION. SO IF IF YOU SAID THEY CEASE TO EXIST, DO WE HAVE THE FIRST OPTION AS A CITY TO BUY THE FACILITIES IF THEY LEAVE THEM I DON'T KNOW. IS THAT PART OF THE CONTRACT OR THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO CHASE OR CORBIN IF HE KNOWS. WELL, I WOULD ASSUME THEY WOULD SELL IT TO A PRIVATE ENTITY.
RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT OPTION ISN'T IN THIS LEASE AGREEMENT. NO. BUT AS WE DO OWN THE PROPERTY, ONE WOULD ASSUME THAT. YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE THAT. RIGHT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS TO BE LEGAL OR NOT, BUT I WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION. I ASSUMED AS WELL. BUT YEAH, I WANT TO KEEP THAT POOL. YEP, YEP. WE CAN ADD WHATEVER WE WANT. I GUESS IF THEY DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE THE OPERATION, WE CAN ADD MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS IN THE POOL AND A POOL IN THE POOL.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PICKLEBALL IN THE POOL. PROBABLY BETTER FOR THE JOINTS OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER LIGHTS ON, I GUESS WE WILL GO FOR A MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 5-049. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHELDON. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB. A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. MISS. QUICK, A VOTE, PLEASE. VICE CHAIR BADOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL
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MEMBER. LAMB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. THANK YOU,[b. Resolution No. 25-048 Approving the Community and Arts Center Naming Rights Agreement]
I SHALL. THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0. EXCELLENT. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVING THE COMMUNITY ART CENTER NAMING RIGHTS. YOU HAVE A PACKET WHICH GIVES YOU SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, LIKE THE ACTUAL NAME IS NOW IN THE DOCUMENT AS WELL AS YOU HAVE SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE. SO THAT THAT CAME IN LATE TO US. SO THEREFORE WE'RE GETTING IT TO YOU A LITTLE BIT LATE. SO GIVE YOU A SECOND. AND THEN MR. JEROME, IF YOU WANT TO PRESENT. THANK YOU CHAIR. AND THANK YOU. COUNCIL. YES. THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IN PRINT IS REFLECTING THE ACTUAL ENTITY NAME, AS YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD, CANYON VIEW CREDIT UNION HAS GONE THROUGH A NAME CHANGE TO THAT NAME NOW, BUT IT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN BY A DIFFERENT NAME. SO WE WERE WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE CORRECT NAME IN THE AGREEMENT. AND THEN THE EXHIBITS THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE ACTUAL SIGNS THAT WILL BE ON THE BUILDING REFLECTING THIS, BUT THE RESOLUTION IS FOR NAMING RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN AND CANYON VIEW CREDIT UNION FOR THE NAMING RIGHTS OF THE COMMUNITY ART CENTER. IT'S FOR A TERM OF 5.25 YEARS TO START OCTOBER 1ST, FOR A TOTAL OF $525,000 THAT WILL BE PAID YEARLY. THERE ARE SOME OTHER STIPULATIONS IN THE AGREEMENT BESIDES SIGNAGE. SOME OF THOSE THINGS DEAL WITH HOW, YOU KNOW, USE OF THE BUILDING THAT THEY GET. CAN YOU VIEW CREDIT UNION AS WELL AS SOME FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASSES? STIPULATIONS ON USE OF THEIR NAME BY THE CITY AND AT THE CENTER IN IN CALLING THE NAME OF THIS OF THE CENTER, THE CANYON VIEW CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER FOR THE TERM OF THAT AGREEMENT. WE THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HAD A CONFLICT TONIGHT WASN'T ABLE TO COME. BUT PENDING THE OUTCOME OF TONIGHT'S VOTE, WANTS TO COME AND EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THIS AT ONE OF THE NEXT TWO COUNCIL MEMBER OR COUNCIL MEETINGS. WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB WILL THERE BE ANY SIGNAGE OUT ON 22ND, OR WILL THE SIGNAGE JUST BE ON THE BUILDING? YES, THERE WILL BE. THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE SIGNAGE ON 22ND WEST AND ON REDWOOD ROAD AT 80TH SOUTH, TWO WAYFINDING SIGNS. SO THE SIGNAGE THAT YOU GUYS SEE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING THAT THOSE THE BLUE WEST JORDAN WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, THERE WILL BE SIMILAR SIGNS ON 22ND WEST AND REDWOOD WITH THE CANYON VIEW CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER ON THOSE TWO SIGNS, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER CITY FACILITIES, CITY AND COUNTY FACILITIES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. WHEN WHEN WE GOT THE ORIGINAL DRAFT AND WE WERE PROVIDING SOME FEEDBACK, I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED WAS WHEN WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO RENT THE FACILITY, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING IN OUR RENTAL AGREEMENT THAT ALSO SAYS THAT PEOPLE RENTING IT OUT SHOULD USE THIS NAME? THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY COVERED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. I'D PROBABLY LOOK TO CHASE. I THINK THAT WHEN IT SPECIFIES THE CITY USES IT FOR NEWSLETTERS, CITY PUBLICATIONS. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT. YEAH, WE DO COMMIT TO THAT IN THE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU. I THINK SOME CHANGES PROBABLY NEED TO BE MADE SUBSEQUENT TO THE AGREEMENT TO OUR STANDARD RENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE FACILITY, BUT IT AS IT'S BRAND NEW, WE HAVEN'T HAD MANY RENTALS YET. WELL, AND THE STANDARD RENTAL AGREEMENT THAT WE USE CAN PROBABLY DO THAT WITHOUT MODIFYING THIS AGREEMENT ANYWAY. CORRECT. SO BUT YEAH, I WOULD AGREE THAT WE NEED TO MODIFY THE STANDARD RENTAL AGREEMENT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THAT NAME, SINCE THEY'RE GIVING US A HALF $1 MILLION. I THINK WE CAN ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THAT NAME AND HELP HELP IN THAT EFFORT. CORRECT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 22, DASH 48, APPROVING THE COMMUNITY, ARTS AND COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTER NAMING RIGHTS. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB I'LL SECOND. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. DISCUSSION TO THE MOTION.COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE VERY NICE ALLITERATIVE ACRONYM THAT
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WE HAVE NOW CREATED, THE CV, C, U C, A C. IF WE WANT TO USE THAT ACRONYM IN ANY OF OUR, YOU KNOW, SHORTHAND INTERNALLY OR WHATEVER, IT'S THE UKEK JUST SO YOU SO YOU GOT THAT DOWN. IT'S JUST A VERY GOOD NAME. THAT'S A TOUGH ONE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I AM JUST DELIGHTED FOR THIS CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CITY. I DO LIKE THE U LOGO, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T ASK ME. I'M A MEMBER AND THEY DIDN'T ASK ME. SO WE HAVE THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AND THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. MISS QUICK, A VOTE PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB. YES. VICE CHAIR. BADOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. THANK YOU, I SHALL. THAT MOTION PASSES 6 TO[a. City Council Reports]
0. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. OUR REPORTS TO COUNCIL. FIRST UP, CITY COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. I GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS. I'M GOING TO STEAL WARREN'S THUNDER A LITTLE BIT. YOUTH COUNCIL IS WELL UNDERWAY. WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, AND IT'S IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE HAVE 18, 18 YOUTH AND A COUPLE THAT MADE AT LEAST HAD INTEREST IN NAMES.AND SO WE MAY BE UP TO THE FULL 20 HERE SOON. AND WARREN CAN GIVE YOU MORE ON THAT. IT WAS GREAT TO BE PART OF THE BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AFTER THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT WAS ACTUALLY GREAT TO BE PART OF THE TRANSJORDAN RIBBON CUTTING. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON AND I WERE THERE. THE TRANSVERSE I, I ACTUALLY TEXTED MAYOR WALKER AND ONE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER IN DRAPER AND SAID, DANG, YOU'RE LUCKY YOU GET TO BE THE FIRST ONES TO DROP THE GARBAGE OFF AT THE NEW TRANSFER STATION. SO NEVER MIND. BUT IT WILL BE OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE THAT NEW TRANSFER STATION ON OCTOBER 1ST. BUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, THAT MIGHT BE FOR THE ONE THAT'S OUT THERE. ANYBODY ELSE THAT THE HOUSEHOLD WASTE, THE CHEMICAL WASTE THAT'S RUN BY SALT LAKE COUNTY THERE, THAT AT THAT FACILITY, AT THAT PROPERTY IS OPEN AND IS TAKING THE HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIAL RIGHT NOW. IT WAS GREAT TO BE PART OF THE PUSH IN CEREMONY THE OTHER NIGHT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT MEETING BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING YESTERDAY, THE CASES OF WEST NILE VIRUS ARE ACTUALLY GOING UP. WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT YESTERDAY IS CALLED THE WEST NILE. WEST NILE VIRUS PARADOX. AND THE DRIER IT GETS WITH THE HIGHER DROUGHT. SO AND THIS IS REALLY FUNNY THE THE THE DROUGHT DROPS THE NUMBER OF MOSQUITOES. BUT AS THE NUMBER OF MOSQUITOES DROP IN A DROUGHT, THE THE RATE OF WEST NILE VIRUS GOES UP. AND IT'S THE WAY THAT THE MOSQUITOES CONGREGATE AND THE WAY BIRDS CONGREGATE AROUND WATER, AND IT'S THE WAY IT'S TRANSMITTED AND IT ACTUALLY CONCENTRATES IT MORE THAN SPREAD OUT. SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MOSQUITOES, BECAUSE ALL THE DUCK CLUBS ARE LETTING THE WATER INTO THE MARSHES, THE GREAT SALT LAKE. BUT THAT SHOULD ALLEVIATE HERE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. 7%. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 7%. IF YOU SAW THE DOCUMENT I SENT LAST NIGHT, ABOUT 7.3% OF ALL THE TRAPS. YES, THEY'RE CALLED TRAPS. WE WE GO OUT AND TRAP MOSQUITOES. IT'S FUNNY AS HECK. ABOUT 7.3% OF ALL THE TRAPS IN THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR WEST NILE VIRUS, AND THAT'S A VERY HIGH RATE, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF DANGEROUS. SO THE MESSAGE IS THAT IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE BETWEEN DUSK AND DAWN, MAKE SURE YOU'RE USING THE APPROPRIATE MOSQUITO REPELLENT AND WEARING LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS AND ANY OTHER PROTECTIVE STUFF, BECAUSE THAT THREAT IS REAL. AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, I MEAN, WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF THE TESTS JUST DOWN BY MY HOUSE OVER BY
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GARDNER VILLAGE. SO THE THREAT IS REAL. THE, THE I GUESS THE NICE THING ABOUT WEST NILE VIRUS IS YOU CAN'T PASS IT BETWEEN PEOPLE AT LEAST YET. AND IT'S IT'S PASSED BY MOSQUITOES. SO IF YOU PRESENT, YOU PREVENT YOURSELF FROM MOSQUITO BITES. YOU CAN PREVENT THE THE WEST NILE VIRUS. AND SO AND AND AND I WILL JUST THROW IN THAT IF IT IT IT'S IT'S GENE DRAKE WHO I FILLED HIS POSITION. HE STILL COMES TO THE MEETINGS. HE'S SO INGRAINED AFTER 29 YEARS OF THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT HE STILL COMES TO THE MEETINGS. IT'S GREAT TO SEE HIM.SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL. OH, AND ONE LAST THING. IT'S IN THE IT'S IN MY ON THE OTHER SIDE BACK IN JULY OR. YEAH, BACK IN JULY REPORTED THAT THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT WAS SEEKING A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. THE AVERAGE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT $0.99 PER HOUSEHOLD PER YEAR, BASED ON THE CERTIFIED TAX RATE AND SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN VALUATION. THAT PROPOSED RATE WILL DROP THE MILL LEVY AND WILL CREATE ABOUT A 77 ON THE AVERAGE HOME IN WEST JORDAN OR IN THE DISTRICT. IT WILL ONLY INCREASE THE TAXES TO $0.77 PER HOUSEHOLD PER YEAR TO PAY FOR THE INCREASED COSTS OF THE, THE THE THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT. AND IF YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN ADDRESSING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 8TH AND MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW. BUT IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND THAT, I'M SURE YOU'LL BE THRILLED TO TALK ABOUT A 77 CENT A YEAR TAX INCREASE. BUT IT IT THE THE TRUTH AND TAXATION HEARING WILL BE ON DECEMBER 8TH. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. SOME PEOPLE ARE ON FIXED INCOMES AND THAT COULD NEVER MIND JUST REITERATING SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT I HEAR. I WAS SO INSPIRED BY YOUR EMAIL FORWARDING THE MOSQUITO REPORT TO ALL OF US THAT I RECIPROCATED AND FORWARDED YOU ALL THE WATER REPORT THAT I JUST REMEMBERED TO DO IT. BECAUSE WHEN KEVIN WAS TALKING, I REMEMBERED THAT I HAD RECEIVED THAT. SO I'VE NOW FORWARDED THAT ALL TO YOU. AND A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT OUR CITY'S GROWTH IS OUTPACING OUR CITY'S WATER USE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING PER CAPITA. NOW, EVERY YEAR THE CITY IS USING MORE, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RENEGOTIATE OUR CONTRACT WITH JORDAN VALLEY, BECAUSE THAT 120% THAT WE CAN GO UP TO, WE'RE BUMPING UP AGAINST IT AND WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER IT THIS YEAR ALMOST FOR SURE. SO UNLESS IT GETS REAL WET REAL FAST, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO EXCEED THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE RENEGOTIATING THAT, ASKING FOR MORE WATER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AS OUR PAINTER. PAY IT OR LOSE IT, USE IT OR PAY IT, PAY IT AND USE IT OR LOSE IT OR WHATEVER IT IS. HOWEVER YOU PHRASE THAT, THAT CONTRACT IS COMING UP. ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION ON THAT IS THE TERM THAT I WAS APPOINTED TO TAKE OVER FOR THE JORDAN VALLEY WATER BOARD EXPIRES IN FEBRUARY OF 2026. I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE DOING THAT. SO JUST I KNOW IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE'LL HAVE. I JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. THE WATER DISTRICT WILL BE INFORMING THE CITY OF THAT OFFICIALLY BY LETTER ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, AND I'M BRINGING IT UP TO THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE THAT LETTER GOES TO THE ADMINISTRATION. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, PART A AND PART B ARE BOTH AWARE AND THAT STARTS. BUT THAT DATE STARTS A 90 DAY CLOCK THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT TWO NAMES TO THE GOVERNOR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THOSE NAMES. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER BADOR. IT'S IT'S A SHAME THAT WE DO THESE SO LATE, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE ARE NOT HERE TO HEAR THE THINGS WE SAY. BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'VE DONE TWO TOWN HALLS, COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB AND MYSELF, THAT WERE HOTLY. ATTENDED BY AS MANY PEOPLE AS SOMETIMES SHOW UP ON OUR ZOOM. WE EACH HAD ONE PERSON SHOW UP TO THOSE AT LEAST. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB MINE WASN'T MARRIED TO ONE OF THE DIRECTORS, SO I WON SLIGHTLY IN THAT THAT. BUT MAN, I WISH I COULD POINT OUT TO PEOPLE AND ANYONE LISTENING TO THIS LATER TO PLEASE KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HEAR FROM YOU. WE'D LIKE IT IF IT WASN'T. JUST WHEN
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THERE'S A HOT BUTTON ISSUE AND EVERYBODY SHOWS UP ON ONE THING, WE WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT LITTLE THINGS YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE ON YOUR OWN. SO I'M SPEAKING OUT INTO THE VOID, HOPING THAT YOU'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHANCE THAT YOU HAVE TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE WE WERE ELECTED TO BE YOUR VOICE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU AS MANY CHANCES AS POSSIBLE AS POSSIBLE TO TELL US. AND SO WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL USE THAT.I GET PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS QUITE OFTEN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO COME UP WITH BETTER WAYS TO REACH OUT TO THE PEOPLE. BUT IF YOU SEE THAT THERE'S A TOWN HALL, PLEASE SHOW UP. SO IT'S NOT JUST LONELY COUNCIL MEMBERS WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON, AND A TABLE FULL OF WATER BOTTLES AND SOME COOKIES. WE'D LIKE TO. WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE EXCITING. I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT I WAS VERY IT'S VERY NICE SATURDAY, I WOULD SAY I, I LIKE TO WALK MY DOG IN VETERAN'S PARK, AND THIS SATURDAY THERE WAS THE, THE THE SUICIDE WALK. I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME. OLSON JUST WENT OUT OF MY HEAD. BUT OUT OF DARKNESS. OUT OF DARKNESS. YEAH, BUT SO GREAT TO TO TALK TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THERE. I TRIED TO DO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST TOWN HALL, AND THAT WAS JUST GO UP TO PEOPLE, AND I TRIED TO FIND THE WEST JORDAN RESIDENTS AND INTRODUCE MYSELF AND MY DOG AND, AND BE THERE. BUT AS WE START THE THIS SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WE'RE A LITTLE OVER A WEEK INTO IT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY IN NEED AND MANY WHO ARE HOPING TO HELP. SO PLEASE FIND EACH OTHER AND AN EASY NUMBER TO REMEMBER. NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT AND PLEASE CALL IF YOU ARE IN NEED. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. THIS MORNING WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT TO COPPER HILLS HIGH SCHOOL AND HONOR THREE YOUNG MEN WHO SAVED SOME PETS FROM A HOME THAT WAS BURNING. AND IT WAS GREAT TO MEET THEM. VERY UNASSUMING, HUMBLE YOUNG MAN, IN MY OPINION.
IT WAS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GET OUT AND BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY THERE. SOMETHING I'D ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT WAS THE FIRST FRIDAY CONCERT THAT WE HAD. THIS LAST FRIDAY WAS SO MUCH FUN. THERE WAS. I STOOD FOR MUCH OF THE CONCERT BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST NOWHERE TO SIT. I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE BRING THEIR OWN CHAIRS. I WASN'T THAT SMART, SO I MIGHT HAVE TO DO THAT NEXT TIME. BUT IT WAS A BEATLES COVER BAND, SO TO SPEAK, AND THEIR MUSIC WAS FABULOUS. ON TUESDAY THE SECOND, A WEEK AGO, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A WEST JORDAN FALLEN OFFICER MEMORIAL DEDICATION. IS A SPECIAL EVENT THAT HONORED THE TWO OFFICERS WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY HERE IN WEST JORDAN CITY, AND THERE'S A NEW MEMORIAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE POLICE STATION THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO GO AND AND TAKE A LOOK AT. IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL. THE PUSH OUT CEREMONY. KELVIN OR COUNCIL MEMBER GREENE ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR OUR WEST JORDAN POLICE K-9 OFFICERS AND THEIR AND THEIR DOGS. K-9 OFFICERS HAD A COMPETITION ON SUNDAY. AND OF COURSE, WEST JORDAN CITY TOOK FIRST PLACE, AS ALWAYS. AND JUST SO PROUD OF OF THEM AND THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN. THEY'RE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AND INCREDIBLE ANIMALS THAT THAT HELP TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR OFFICERS. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
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MR. ANDERSON. COUNCIL OFFICE REPORT I'M GOING TO HAVE WARREN FINISH UP ON THE YOUTH COUNCIL.JUST FOLLOWING UP, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER GREENE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE DO HAVE 18 PARTICIPANTS, AND WE DID RECEIVE TWO INQUIRIES OVER THE WEEKEND. SO WE ARE HOPING TO BE MAXED OUT AT 20 IN THE COMING DAY OR SO. IF NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT VAN FROM THE RETIREMENT CENTER FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS DAY SO WE CAN ALL FIT. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
[c. Mayor’s Report]
A SUCCESSFUL YEAR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S REPORT.[01:35:07]
MAYOR BURTON. THANK YOU. BY THE WAY, I SIGNED WITH YOU. JUST GAVE ME PERMISSION TO DO FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FUNDS FROM CANYON VIEW CREDIT UNION RIGHT AFTER YOU FINISHED. SINCE THAT WAS SIMPLY A RESOLUTION, I WAS ABLE TO SIGN IT IMMEDIATELY. SO THAT'S DONE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN THE OUT OF DARKNESS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WAS TALKING ABOUT, THEY DO THAT HERE AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK EVERY YEAR, SET UP A STAGE. AND THEY HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE THIS YEAR. THEIR NUMBERS INCREASED EVERY YEAR. AND IT IS A VERY GOOD EVENT THAT THEY PUT ON. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE WOULD. THE PARK WAS PACKED. IT WAS VERY GOOD. SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CHOOSE. OUR PARK WORKS WELL FOR EVENTS SUCH AS THAT, AND THEY LOVE COMING OUT HERE FOR THAT. OKAY, WE START OUR VERY FIRST CITIZEN'S ACADEMY HAPPENED ON AUGUST 3RD. OUR SECOND ONE WILL BE TOMORROW NIGHT. SO OKAY, HOPE I WAS TALKING TO ME. SO I THINK WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I KNOW WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT. OH, THAT'S WHERE ALAN WAS ADDRESSING THEM, APPARENTLY.
GOOD JOB ALAN. OKAY. AND THEN YOU ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE PUSH IN CEREMONY. SO BY RAISE OF HANDS, WAS THAT A FIRE TRUCK? RAISE YOUR HAND OR A FIRE ENGINE? WHO KNOWS? THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S AN ENGINE. WHAT IS IT? IT WAS AN ENGINE. OKAY. NO. CHIEF.
HERE. YEP, IT WAS AN ENGINE. SO I GOT TO BE RIGHT SINCE HE WAS NOT HERE. SO WHAT'S A FIRE TRUCK? HOW'S THE LADDER? THAT. THAT'S HOW I KEEP IT STRAIGHT. OKAY, SO THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING THAT WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE THE ANOTHER NEW ENGINE HERE FOR OUR CITY AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW. AND THE OTHER WAS PUT IN AS RESERVE. OKAY. AND THIS MORNING AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON SPOKE ABOUT THIS. THAT'S A PHOTOGRAPH FROM THIS MORNING. THOSE ARE THE THREE BOYS THERE THAT HELPED THAT HELPED SAVE THE LIFE OF THE TWO DOGS IN THE HOUSE THAT WAS BURNING AND WAS ON FIRE. SO THEN COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON ALSO TALKED ABOUT THIS THE FIRST FRIDAY. LAST FRIDAY. THERE WAS ALSO A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE THERE AT THAT EVENT.
WE ESTIMATE 867. SO THAT WAS GOOD. AND THE PEOPLE IN THE BAND ONE WAS FROM WEST JORDAN, ONE WAS FROM TAYLORSVILLE, ONE WAS FROM SOUTH JORDAN, AND. I THINK THE OTHER ONE WAS SANDY.
ANYWAY, THEY'RE ALL ADJOINING CITIES, AND THAT WAS KIND OF PRETTY COOL. SO THAT WAS FUN.
AND THEN SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IS RIVERTON SENT ME A THANK YOU. WE HAVE DONATED OR TRANSFERRED THIS CANINE OVER TO RIVERTON. SO THEY NOW HAVE A CANINE. SO THE HANDLER ON THIS WAS NO LONGER HERE IN THE CITY. SO WE COULD EITHER START TRAINING FROM SCRATCH AND GIVE IT TO ANOTHER HANDLER. BUT THE LIFE ON THIS WAS LESS THAN WHAT WE WANTED TO INVEST IN. SO WE GAVE IT TO RIVERTON AND LET THEM INVEST IN IT. AND SO THEY NOW HAVE A CANINE DOG, SO THEY ARE APPRECIATIVE OF HAVING THAT CANINE FROM US. AND CONTINUING FOOD TRUCKS GET IT IN WHILE THEY CAN. THIS IS THE LAST MONTH. SO THAT'S HAPPENING. COMMUNITY MARKET. THEY'RE STILL HAPPENING THROUGH OCTOBER. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THAT ONE ONLY BECAUSE OCTOBER IS REALLY CLOSE, SO NOT MUCH MORE. OKAY. AND MY MAYOR'S OFFICE OPEN, OFFICE HOURS IS COMING UP. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THURSDAY ON 911, SO I'LL HAVE A PATRIARCH TIE ON THAT DAY. AND THEN THE WHEELS PARK. PHASE TWO OPENING THIS SATURDAY. OH, THE FORECAST LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD. IT'LL BE GREAT. BRING YOUR BIKE AND COME OUT AND DO THAT. I'M REALLY SAD THOUGH, BECAUSE I WILL NOT BE THERE BECAUSE I WILL BE WATCHING MY GRANDSON DO A MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE IN IDAHO AT THE SAME TIME THIS HAPPENS. OF COURSE, I'M REALLY THRILLED TO BE WITH MY GRANDSON, JUST SO YOU KNOW. SO I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN GO IN THERE AND HELP REPRESENT OUR CITY FOR THIS BIG, EXCITING THING. AND THEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS. WE GOT TWO OF THEM DOWN AND WE HAD TWO TO GO. SO I EXPECT THAT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP TO BE EVEN HIGHER FOR THE NEXT TWO. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THAT'LL
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BE GREAT. AND THEN WE WILL I WILL REEVALUATE AFTERWARDS AND DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO NEXT YEAR DIFFERENTLY TO HELP THIS GO FORWARD. SO THAT IS MY REPORT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. ON TO[d. City Administrator’s Report]
MR. LEE FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. THANK YOU. CHAIR, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. THE BIKE PARK OPENING ON SATURDAY. THERE ARE PROFESSIONAL RIDERS AND OLYMPIANS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. A COUPLE OF THEM WILL BE THERE DOING DEMONSTRATIONS AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS. WE'RE NOT DOING A FORMAL RIBBON CUTTING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT WILL BE. IT WILL BE A GRAND OPENING AND WE WILL SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE IT HAPPEN AND JUST ENJOY THE KIDS ENJOYING THE PARK AND RIDE IN THE PARK. THIS WEEK IS THE NINE OVER 11 DAY OF SERVICE SERVICE PROJECTS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. GLORY HAS BEEN DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB AS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR, WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF CHURCHES AND NONPROFITS TO ORGANIZE AND COORDINATE VOLUNTEER GROUPS ALL OVER THE CITY. SHE SENT US. SHE SENT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT VIA EMAIL, PROBABLY SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. I'LL ASK HER TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO IF YOU HAVE TIME, I WANT TO POP OVER TO ONE OF THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON THIS WEEK.THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THEY START UP, I THINK, ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. SORRY, 911 IS ON THURSDAY. I THINK THE FIRST PROJECT IS MAYBE EVEN TOMORROW MIGHT BE THURSDAY, BUT THE KICK OF THE FORMAL KICK OFF IS ON THURSDAY. AND THEN THERE ARE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
AND THEN JUST ONE LAST THING THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED A WEEK FROM SATURDAY IS JORDAN VALLEY WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT GARDENS 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, I THINK FROM 9 TO 2. ZACH, DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? SO THERE'LL BE A LOT HAPPENING OVER AT THE CONSERVATION GARDENS ON ON SATURDAY THE 20TH. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON
[CONSENT ITEMS]
OUR AGENDA IS CONSENT ITEMS. IF COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION PASSES. NOW WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN FROM THIS MEETING. BUT WE DO HAVE FAIRWAY ESTATES NEXT. SO. SO WITHOUT