[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:09] EVENING. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE WEST JORDAN CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, GREEN COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON, COUNCIL MEMBER. LAM CHAIR WHITELOCK. VICE CHAIR BADOR COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB AND IS COUNCIL MEMBER, BLUM ONLINE. MR. ANDERSON, COUNCIL MEMBER BLUM IS ONLINE. WE HAVE OUR STAFF AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANY MEMBERS OF WEST JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL. LOTS OF JAGUARS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. WELCOME. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH MR. LEWIS LUIS DURAN HAS GRACIOUSLY SAID YES TO LEADING US. COME ON UP. YOU PLEASE STAND. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES, OF AMERICA, OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE [PUBLIC COMMENT] FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ALLOWS ANYONE TO COME UP AND SHARE ANYTHING YOU WISH WITH THE COUNCIL, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES WHEN YOU COME UP, WE ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT? OH. I HOPE HE TELLS US. READY? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRIS MCCONAUGHEY. DESPITE SOME MISCONCEPTIONS, I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF EASTERN TOOELE. I DO LIVE IN WEST WEST JORDAN AND JUST WANTED TO. WELL, THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING I'LL BE SPEAKING TO LATER TONIGHT, BUT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO BRING UP ONE REQUEST THAT I VOICED BEFORE THE COUNCIL. WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR THE BUDGET, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT THE LOT LINE REQUEST FEE. THERE WERE SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE LAST TIME. THERE'S A LOT LINE REQUEST FEE ALONG WITH THE ENGINEERING PORTION. THE ENGINEERING PORTION WAS REMOVED, BUT THE LOT LINE REQUEST OR THE LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT FEE IS STILL SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE, OVER TWO GRAND HIGHER THAN WHAT SOME OTHER CITIES ARE CHARGING. IT'S NOT COMMENSURATE WITH THE STAFF EFFORT THAT'S REQUIRED. I'M ASSUMING IT WAS PROBABLY JUST OVERLOOKED WITH THE LAST IMPACT FEE STUDY. BUT AS WE'RE COMING UP ON BUDGET SEASON JUST A COUPLE MONTHS ALREADY, I THOUGHT I'D START OFF AND MAKE THAT REQUEST AGAIN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? MR. ANDERSON, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE ONLINE? ANYONE WITH THEIR HAND RAISED? JUST ONE AND THEY HAVE NOT RAISED THEIR HAND. [a. *Resolution No. 25-054 Authorizing the Mayor to Execute a Service in Lieu of Fees Agreement with Scouting of America] IT'S A STAFF MEMBER. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE NOW TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING HEARING WILL BE RESOLUTION 20 5-054, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A SERVICE IN LIEU OF FEES. AGREEMENT WITH THE SCOUTING OF AMERICA. MAYOR, ARE YOU PRESENTING? MR. LEE? I'LL TAKE THIS GLORY IN. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE SCOUTING FOR AMERICA AS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY. THE SCOUTS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE CITY FACILITIES FOR MEETINGS FROM TIME TO TIME. THOSE FACILITIES REQUIRE A RENTAL FEE. THEY HAVE PROPOSED A SERVICE IN LIEU OF FEE AGREEMENT, WHEREIN THE SCOUTS CAN PERFORM SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY AT A VALUE COMMENSURATE WITH, OR GREATER THAN, THE RENTAL FEE FOR THE USE OF THE BUILDING. THAT'S WHAT'S PROPOSED FOR YOU TONIGHT. THIS IS NOT UNLIKE SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICE AGREEMENTS WE HAVE ENTERED INTO. HOWEVER, THIS ONE IS NOT TIMED TO A VERY SPECIFIC DATE AND TIME. THIS IS OPEN ENDED FOR USE SETTING RATES. THAT THE SCOUTS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IF THEY HAVE NEED OF USING A CITY FACILITY. OKAY, IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM SCOUTING? NO. OKAY. MISS. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, AS I LOOK THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION. IT DOESN'T ASSIGN A TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE. IS THAT CORRECT? THE THE DOLLAR VALUE IS IN THE SERVICE AGREEMENT. I BELIEVE THERE'S [00:05:14] NOT A TOTAL LIKE SET MAXIMUM AMOUNT BECAUSE IT WILL VARY BASED ON WHICH ROOM THEY MAY WANT TO RENT. THE THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, IS THAT THIS IS A FEE WAIVER. AND UNDER A FEE WAIVER WE ARE CAPPED NOW. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET HERE, GET THERE WITH WITH THIS. BUT WE HAVE WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET TO 1% OF THE CITY BUDGET FOR FEE WAIVER EVER. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET TO THE $750,000 OR WHATEVER THE CAP, THE FEE WAIVER IS, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO THIS SO THAT WHEN WE DO SO, THAT WHEN WE KEEP TRACK OF THE FEE WAIVERS DURING THE YEAR, THAT WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE'VE WAIVED IN FEES. AND SO BECAUSE THIS ISN'T ANYTHING MORE THAN A FEE WAIVER. UNDER 1082. YES, THEY'RE GOING TO DO SERVICE IN LIEU OF FEES. BUT 1082 REQUIRES THAT THE MONETARY OR NON-MONETARY ASSISTANCE, WITH OR WITHOUT CONSIDERATION, BE CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL. SO I'M WONDERING IF IS THERE A I SEE THAT THE RESOLUTION SAYS NEGOTIATED A FACILITY USE THAT UTILIZES EVENT SPACES FOR UP TO 12 DAYS PER YEAR? DO WE HAVE A ANY SORT OF IDEA WHAT THE VALUE OF THAT WOULD BE THAT WE COULD INSERT IN HERE? IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A CAP, LIKE SHALL BE NO MORE THAN I THINK WE, I THINK WE, I THINK WE NEED TO FOR THE FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRACKING THE 1%. I MEAN, WE CAN CALCULATE THAT BASED ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE MOST EXPENSIVE SPACE THEY MAY POSSIBLY RENT. SO IT SHALL BE NO MORE THAN BECAUSE THEY ARE LIMITED TO 12 EVENT DAYS. WELL, JOSH, HELP ME WITH THE THE REQUIREMENT OF 1082 NO MORE THAN 1%. YEAH. SO IS AS I READ 1082. THE 1% LIMIT IS CLEARLY STATED THERE. AND I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH THAT. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE CODE THAT REQUIRES THAT TO BE SET. AT THE TIME THAT THE AGREEMENT IS ENTERED, THE CITY WOULD NEED TO TRACK THE VALUE OF ANYTHING THAT'S PROVIDED THERE AND RECORD THAT SO THAT IT COULD BE GAUGED AGAINST THAT 1% LIMIT. BUT IT'S NOT MY OPINION THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE SET FORWARD IN THE AGREEMENT BEFOREHAND, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH A SITUATION THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT FLUID, LIKE THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCOUTS ARE WHERE WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE OF WHAT THEIR USE WOULD BE. OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR. WE COULD SET A CAP. WE CERTAINLY COULD, AND THEN COUNT THAT AGAINST THE 1%. BUT I DON'T THINK THE 1082 MANDATES THAT APPROACH WELL. BUT OTHERWISE, I MEAN, IT'S ALTHOUGH IT'S LIMITED AT 12 EVENTS PER YEAR, IT'S STILL JUST AN OPEN END. IS THAT IS THAT 12 HOURS? IS THAT 12 DAYS? AND IT COULD BE A, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S IF, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HYPOTHETICALLY, LET'S JUST SAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND ART CENTER, THAT OR. I, YOU KNOW, OR. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRE STATION, I GUESS IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS COMMUNITY ROOM AND FIRE STATION 53, BUT FIRE STATION 53, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, THE RATES CAN ACTUALLY GET PRETTY HIGH. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A FULL DAY AT 53? ARE WE TALKING A FULL DAY WEEKEND AT 53? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF HOURS. OTHERWISE WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT RIGHT. APPROVING AN OPEN ENDED CHECK AND AND HOPING THAT WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. ALMOST EVERY OTHER FEE WAIVER WE'VE HAD HAS SOME SORT OF DOLLAR AMOUNT FIXED TO IT. AND THIS ONE'S OPEN ENDED AND I'M NOT SURE I'M GOING TO PULL UP. WELL, WHILE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I'LL BRING UP THE FEE SCHEDULE. OKAY. I HAVE ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION FROM THIS PACKET. I DIDN'T SEE THE INSURANCE, AND I NEED TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COPY OF THEIR INSURANCE POLICY. YEAH, THAT'S WHY THIS HAS BEEN ON HOLD FOR A WHILE, WHILE WE MADE SURE WE HAD A COPY OF THEIR POLICY AND THAT THEY AGREED TO THE TERMS [00:10:04] OF THE INSURANCE. YEAH, IT WOULD JUST BE NICE TO MAYBE HAVE THAT SO THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION. IT JUST BE THERE. I'D KNOW THEY HAD IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM OR WISH TO, PLEASE COME FORWARD. NOW. IF YOU'RE ONLINE, RAISE YOUR HAND. SEEING NO ONE COMING FORWARD, MR. ANDERSON, IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE RAISING THEIR HAND? THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE NOW. OKAY, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND BRING IT BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION OR EMOTION FROM THE COUNCIL. OR I CAN. MR. LEE, DO WE NEED IT TO HAVE MORE TIME? WE'VE HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING. I CAN I CAN MOVE THE VOTE TO THE END IF YOU NEED TIME. THE I'M LOOKING AT THE FEE SCHEDULE AT THE MOMENT. YOU KNOW THE COUNCILMAN GREEN'S RIGHT IN THAT THE THE RENTAL FOR THE TRAINING ROOM AT FIRE STATION 53 FOR THE RESIDENT RATE CAN GET UP TO $170 PER HOUR. THE SCOUTS HAVE NOT LIMITED THE HOURS. THEY'VE LIMITED THE EVENTS TO 12 PER YEAR. SO THIS THIS IS THIS IS THIS THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT IS NOT SET AS NOTICED BY COUNCILMAN GREEN. IT'S I MEAN, WE CAN COME BACK AND WE CAN DEFINE A NOT TO EXCEED TOTAL VALUE AND BRING THIS BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND SET IT AT A VERY HIGH LIMIT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE TALKING A FEW A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS AT THE VERY MOST GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE MENTIONED TO US THAT THEY WANT TO USE THE BUILDING. WE PUT 12 IN THERE, WHICH ALREADY SEEM TO EXCEED THEIR ACTUAL EXPECTED USE. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN I'M I'M LOOKING AT THE MATH AND AND WITH THIS BEING OPEN ENDED IN IN THEORY, LET'S JUST SAY THEY RENTED IT AT $170 AN HOUR TIMES TEN HOURS TIMES 12 DAYS. THAT COULD BE A $20,000 FEE WAIVER. ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH REMEMBER, IT'S SERVICE IN LIEU OF FEE. I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FOR PURPOSES OF 1082 AS A FEE WAIVER, BUT IT IS A SERVICE IN LIEU OF FEE AGREEMENT. IT IS A FEE WAIVER BECAUSE THE FEE WAIVER IN 1082 SAYS WHETHER OR NOT WE GET CONSIDERATION OUT OF THE FEE CONSIDERATION IS THE SERVICE. SO THIS IS A FEE WAIVER. ARE WE COMFORTABLE IN SAYING MY QUESTION WOULD BE. ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH SAYING THAT AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET 20,000 THAT WE THAT THEY COULD GET THE ROOM FOR UP TO $20,000 AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET $20,000 IN SERVICE OUT OF THEM? ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT OR. THAT'S MY QUESTION, BECAUSE AND IT'S GOT TO COUNT TOWARDS THE 1% WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THE STATUTE SAYS THAT. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE. WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS TRANSPARENT. I MEAN, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? IT COULD BE AS MUCH AS $20,000. WE MIGHT GET SERVICE OUT OF THAT. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $20,000 THAT NORMALLY WOULD GO TO A ROOM USE THAT'S NOT GOING TO COME TO A ROOM USE. AND AND YEAH, WE WE MIGHT GET SOME SERVICE OUT OF THAT. BUT IS THAT ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT NUMBER. DO WE NEED TO LIMIT THAT NUMBER DIFFERENTLY. THAT'S MY QUESTION BECAUSE YEAH. I GUESS, MR. LEE, MY QUESTION WOULD BE WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT IN IT TONIGHT IF WE IF WE HELD THE VOTE ON THIS TILL LATER ON THE AGENDA. IS THAT I WOULD SUGGEST WE PROBABLY TABLE IT IF YOU WANT, IF YOU WANT TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT, I MEAN 20,000, WE CAN SAY NOT TO EXCEED $20,000 TOTAL VALUE. I THINK THE SCOUTS WOULD BE MORE THAN COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THAT FAR, FAR EXCEEDS ANY EXPECTED USE. I BELIEVE IT'S FAR, FAR BELOW 1% OF THE CITY'S BUDGET. WE'VE NEVER COME ANYWHERE CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, THE 1% LIMIT. ACCORDING TO 22. IF YOU WANT TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT LOWER THAN $20,000, I'D WANT TO TABLE IT AND COME BACK WITH THE NUMBER THAT THE SCOUTS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH OR THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING. I'M TRYING TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HERE, [00:15:05] BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD BE IF IT WERE LOWER THAN THAT. OKAY. WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER LAM JUST THINKING REAL QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME MATH HERE. SO WE'RE TALKING 12 TIMES A YEAR, SO JUST ONCE A MONTH. SO JUST DO AN AVERAGE OF TWO HOURS 170 TIMES 12 IS 4080. THAT'S KIND OF A MORE DOABLE NUMBER THAN THE 20 GRAND THAT'S BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE ASKING FOR A FULL DAY'S WORTH, THOUGH. WELL, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. IT JUST SAYS 12 TIMES. SO IF IT'S IF IT'S TWO HOURS, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN A FULL DAY. AND AND I THINK THAT WE, WE AS A COUNCIL OUGHT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE AUTHORIZING AND NOT JUST DOING. I MEAN, OTHERWISE WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF I MEAN, IF WE SAY 20,000, THEN WE KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO UP TO 12 DAYS. IF WE DO, IF WE DO THE 4000 THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THEY CAN USE IT FOR 12 TIMES A YEAR FOR TWO HOURS. AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY GO OVER THEN THEY HAVE TO PAY. NO, WE'D HAVE TO PAY. THEY'D HAVE TO PAY. AND SO I KNOW THEIR MAIN, THEIR MAIN INTENT WAS TO USE THE COMMUNITY ROOM, WHICH IS FAR LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE FIRE STATION. HOWEVER, I'M THE ONE THAT PROPOSED. YOU OUGHT TO ASK THE FIRE STATION AND THE COMMUNITY ROOM, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY ROOM IS OFTEN USED BY OTHER PARTIES AS WELL. IF YOU HAD $10,000, I'M PRETTY SURE THEY WOULD NEVER COME CLOSE TO ANYWHERE NEAR THAT. SO WOULD YOU BE COMFORTABLE SAYING, YEAH, WE COULD LIMIT IT TO NOT TO EXCEED TEN? I'M PRETTY SURE THEY WOULD BE GREAT WITH THAT. YOU GO LESS THAN THAT. I'D WANT TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THEM. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK. THEIR INTENT IS TO USE THIS FOR THINGS LIKE A COURT OF HONOR, A BRIEF MEETING. IT'S NOT BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WANT TO USE IT ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR ALL DAY EVENTS. WELL, AND THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, IF WE LIMIT IT TO 10,000, THEN THEY HAVE TO JUST USE SOME OF OUR LOWER COST BUILDINGS OR ONE OF THE MONTHS THEY DON'T USE IT, THEY DO SOMETHING ELSE. SO. OR THEY ASK FOR A SECOND FEE WAIVER. OKAY, I IS THE ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS? IF NOT, I'M GOING TO STAB AT EMOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 5-054, WAIVING FEES AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A SERVICE IN LIEU OF FEES. AGREEMENT WITH THE SCOUTING OF AMERICA NOT TO EXCEED $10,000. I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION FROM MYSELF, A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LAM ANY DISCUSSION TO THE MOTION. SEEING NONE. MISS QUICK, ROLL CALL. VOTE, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER LAM. YES. VICE CHAIR. BADOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS [b. Ordinance No. 25-56 Amendments to Parking Lot Materials, Drainage Standards, and Related Definitions] ORDINANCE NUMBER 25. 56 AMENDMENTS TO PARKING LOT MATERIALS, DRAINAGE STANDARDS AND RELATED DEFINITIONS. MR. GARDENER. ALL RIGHT. YOU STYMIED ME FOR A MINUTE. SO. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO CLARIFY. SOME MISINTERPRETATIONS OF THE PARKING STANDARDS ORDINANCE THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON. RECENTLY, AND I'D SAY SOMEWHAT IN THE PAST. AND SO IN AND USUALLY WHAT THE CONFUSION IS, IS ALL OF THE PARKING LOT MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS WERE INTERMIXED WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF USE. THE SINGLE FAMILY AND INDUSTRIAL. SO THEY'RE ALL KIND OF IN THE SAME SECTION. AND IT GOT CONFUSING. AND THE OTHER THING IS WE DIDN'T REALLY OUR PARKING ORDINANCE, THE MAIN PURPOSE OF IT IS TO REGULATE OFF STREET PARKING AND, AND BUT IT IS FOR REQUIRED PARKING. AND [00:20:02] THE ORDINANCE DEFINES WHAT REQUIRED PARKING IS AND THAT IS WHAT IS IN THE PARKING TABLE OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. AND SO THAT DEFINITION WILL BE ADDED TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. AND THEN IT ALSO ADDS INSTITUTIONAL USE AND SPECIAL EVENTS. WE'VE HAD SOME REQUESTS IN THE PAST THAT THEY ALLOWED TO DO TEMPORARY PARKING FOR A SPECIAL EVENT. AND. WE HAD NO ORDINANCE FOR IT. AND SO WE JUST KIND OF HAD TO SAY, WELL, I GUESS THAT'S A SPECIAL EVENT BECAUSE IT'S SPECIAL. BUT SO WE'VE NOW DEFINED IT. SO IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER FOR STAFF. SO I'LL GO THROUGH QUICKLY THE CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE. SO THE PURPOSE STATEMENT I'VE ELIMINATED BASICALLY DOWN TO ONE SENTENCE. IT SAYS TO REGULATE OFF STREET PARKING. AND THEN AND THAT IS IF YOU'RE WONDERING, THAT IS LINE NUMBER 27 THROUGH 30 I BELIEVE. AND THEN THERE WAS ELIMINATION OF 209 THROUGH LINES 236. AND THAT WAS REALLY DEALING WITH OFF STREET PARKING FOR SINGLE FAMILY. NOW IT WASN'T ELIMINATED. IT WAS ACTUALLY MOVED TO A NEW SECTION, 1312 PARKING AND STORAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC USES. AND THAT ENCOMPASSES LINES 238 THROUGH 299. AND SO IT IT DELINEATES BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEX MULTIFAMILY USES. AGRICULTURAL USES. COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, INSTITUTIONAL OFFICE USES, INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING USES, AND PUBLIC FACILITY USES. ALL OF IT DEFINES WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL NEEDS TO BE USED FOR THE PARKING LOT, AND ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF CLARITY ARE IN 13 1260. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY CAN HAVE 40 PARKING SPOTS. THAT'S THE REQUIRED PARKING BASED UPON THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING. AND SOMETIMES STAFF WOULD GO. SO WE NEED TO PAVE YOUR WHOLE LOT. AND SOME OF THESE LOTS ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE STORING MATERIALS ON IT. AND SOME OF THESE LOTS CAN BE FIVE AND TEN ACRES. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. AND IT REALLY CAN STIFLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OUR INDUSTRIAL ZONE. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS PUT THE OUTDOOR STORAGE AREAS CAN BE COMPOSED OF ASPHALT, CONCRETE, GRAVEL OR RECYCLED ASPHALT OR ROCK, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT IF AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE IS IN THE DRINKING WATER SOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY, NO MATTER IF IT'S PARKING OR STORAGE, IT NEEDS TO BE AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE OF ASPHALT CONCRETE. BECAUSE WE NEED TO PROTECT THE AQUIFER IN THOSE AREAS. AND THE SAME GOES FOR PUBLIC FACILITY USES NOW. AND IT TALKS ABOUT NON-CONFORMITIES. IF THERE IS A COMMERCIAL ZONE WHERE THEY'VE BEEN PARKING ON A GRAVEL AREA. FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS, THIS ORDINANCE DOES WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND SAY, YOU NEED TO PAVE THAT NOW BECAUSE IT'S A, YOU KNOW, NONCONFORMITY. BEFORE THE ORDINANCE WAS PUT INTO EFFECT, THAT IS REALLY ALL THE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I HAVE A QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER BLOOM HAS A QUESTION. AND COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, MY QUESTION IS ON THE NON-CONFORMING. WHAT ONE THE NON-CONFORMING. SEE? SO THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN. AND IS THIS BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL OR IS THIS JUST COMMERCIAL? NO. ANY USE ANY USE. YEAH. SO IF THEY'RE ALREADY JUST PARKING ON GRAVEL INSTEAD OF A DRIVEWAY THEY GET TO KEEP THAT. YEAH. NONCONFORMITY IS BASED UPON USE OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM A COUPLE THINGS. DO WE ANTICIPATE APPEALS OR VARIANCE REQUESTS DUE TO THE COST FOR SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE INDUSTRIAL ASPECT? NO, BECAUSE THIS ACTUALLY MAKES IT MUCH MORE FRIENDLY TO DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL AREAS. SO I THINK THAT. OKAY, UNDER THE NEW DEFINITION, CAN A BUSINESS DESIGNATE ALMOST ANYTHING AS STORAGE TO AVOID PAVING REQUIREMENTS? NO. SO DO WE NEED [00:25:01] TO MAKE IT CLEAR A THRESHOLD FOR WHEN RECALLED OR REQUIRED? WE HAVE A DEFINITION OF STORAGE WHAT WHAT STORAGE AND MATERIALS. AND IT'S USUALLY MATERIALS ASSOCIATED TO A BUSINESS. IT CAN'T BE EVERY EVERY PERSON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, A BOAT AND RV AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT NEEDS TO BE RELATED TO THE BUSINESS LIKE SM STEEL. PROBABLY NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE BECAUSE THEY STORE EVERYTHING ON ASPHALT. BUT, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTOR YARDS. YEAH. FOR PARKING, SPECIAL EVENT PARKING, SCHOOLS WITH TEMPORARY OR SEASONAL NEEDS, THOSE ALL SEEM TO BE KIND OF LIKE GRAY AREAS. YES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANY LOOPHOLES THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO AND FIX LATER. WE HAVE ATTEMPTED NOT TO. I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THOUGH. SO, OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, THANK YOU. JUST ONE QUESTION. ON LINES 263 TO 265. IT'S JUST RESTATING THE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. IT WAS IN THE OLD CODE. IT'S IN THE NEW CODE, BUT IT'S BEEN REWARDED A LITTLE BIT. SO I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON IT. VEHICLES PARKED INSIDE YARDS OR REAR YARDS SHALL BE SCREENED FROM ANY STREET RIGHT OF WAY BY FENCING OR VEGETATION. THAT'S SUFFICIENT TO SCREEN 80% OF THE VEHICLES. IS THAT 80% OF EACH VEHICLE, OR 80% OF THE TOTAL VEHICLES, WHATEVER'S PARKED IN THAT SIDE YARD. SO THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE IF I PARKED ONE CAR ON THE SIDE, THAT WAS TOTALLY UNSCREENED, BUT I HAD FOUR CARS PARKED BEHIND BUSHES BEHIND THAT, THEN THE ONE CAR IS OKAY, BUT IF THE FOUR CARS AREN'T THERE THAT ARE SCREENED, THEN THE ONE CAR IS NOT OKAY, I WOULD AGREE. OKAY, IT SEEMS LIKE AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE BECAUSE DRIVING BY YOU CAN'T TELL IF THERE'S FOUR CARS HIDDEN AND THEREFORE THE ONE'S OKAY, OR IF THE ONE'S SITTING OUT THERE IS THE ONLY ONE, THEREFORE NOT OKAY. WELL, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT BROUGHT UP THE EXAMPLE. SO IS IT OKAY? I WOULD SAY YES BECAUSE IT'S FOUR CARS AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE 75%, FOUR CARS ARE SCREENED AND ONE CAR IS NOT SCREENED AND THE ONE CAR IS OKAY. BUT IF THE ONE CAR IS STILL SITTING IN THE SAME EXACT PLACE AND THERE AREN'T FOUR CARS BACK THERE THAT ARE SCREENED, THEN THE ONE CAR IS NOT OKAY BECAUSE 100% OF THE CARS ARE SHOWING. OKAY, SO HE NEEDS TO BACK UP. DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT OR. I THINK IT NEEDS CLARIFICATION. EITHER THE EITHER. SO THIS IS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES. YEAH I GOT YOU. BUT LIKE A DUPLEX IT'S NOT IT'S NOT HARD FOR ME TO SEE A DUPLEX THAT HAS FOUR PARKING SPOTS ON THE SIDE OF IT, ON THE SIDE YARD OF A HOUSE. THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN. YEAH. SO I COULD I COULD SEE THAT HAPPENING WHERE THE ONE CAR THAT YOU DRIVE BY AND THAT YOU TAKE OFFENSE TO. FOR SOME REASON I HATE PEOPLE TAKING OFFENSE TO THAT. BUT THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AND YOU SAID IT'S 260 OFFENSE. WE WOULDN'T HAVE HALF THE CODE WE HAVE. WHAT'S THE NUMBER AGAIN. YEAH 263. THE 265. IT'S 1312 6A5. AND THIS IS 80% OF THE VEHICLES. I THINK MAYBE IF YOU WANT TO SCREEN 80% OF EACH VEHICLE, THAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE. SO DO DO YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THE SCREENING OR JUST THE 80%? I THINK IT'D BE BETTER TO HAVE A DECLARATIVE STATEMENT TO SAY THEY MUST BE SCREENED. HOWEVER, THAT MAKES IT MORE ONEROUS UPON THE HOMEOWNER, RIGHT? SO MAYBE 80% OF EACH VEHICLE, WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT WAY YOU COULDN'T HAVE ONE VEHICLE STICKING OUT WITH 100% OF IT SHOWING IN ANY SITUATION, WHETHER THERE'S FOUR OTHERS BACK THERE OR NOT. SO YOU WANT TO ADD EACH TO THAT 80%? I'M NOT SURE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD. I WAS JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION OF THE WAY I'M THINKING OF IT. IS CORRECT OR NOT. THAT, AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES PARKED IN A REQUIRED SIDE YARD, YOUR REAR YARD SHALL BE SCREENED FOR MANY STREET RIGHT OF WAY BY FENCING OR VEGETATION. PERIOD. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S IF I LIKE THAT BETTER, BUT THAT WOULD BE CLEARER. SO ANYWAY, I WAS JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION IF I WAS READING IT RIGHT. APPARENTLY I AM SO OKAY. WELL, I THINK I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT, AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALTER IT IN SOME FORM. I HATE DOING THAT UP HERE, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD. THERE'S A COUPLE. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER ISSUES. I'LL WAIT TILL AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER, MR. GARDNER? OKAY, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME FORWARD OR RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE ONLINE. MR. ANDERSON. [00:30:02] ANYONE ONLINE? NO, THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE. OKAY? SEEING NO ONE ONLINE, NO ONE COMING FORWARD. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION OR A POSSIBLE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN I'M I'M LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF SECTIONS. ONE. ARE YOU ON LEGISLATIVE OR. IT'S THE LEGISLATIVE COPY. IT MADE PERFECT SENSE ON LINES 42 AND 43 WHEN WE MADE IT. A PERSON WHO ESTABLISHES A USE. BUT NOW WE'RE NOW WE'RE SAYING THAT EACH USE SHALL DO SOMETHING PRETTY HARD TO HAVE A USE DO SOMETHING. SO I THINK LINES 42 AND 43 NEED TO BE CHANGED. BUT AS WE CHANGE THAT, THE ONE CONCERN THAT I REALLY HAVE IS ON THE CHART THAT'S DOWN BELOW THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY LINE NUMBERING. IT SAYS ONE FAMILY AND TWO FAMILY. AND THEN IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY TWO. AND WE ADDED GARAGE SPACES. THE PROBLEM IS THAT DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS NOW WITH THE CODE THAT WE PASSED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH THE HOP Z. THAT SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE GARAGES IN YOUR LAND. SO WE NEED TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE THEN THAT GOES DOWN FURTHER ON LINE 241 WHERE IT SAYS ALL DRIVEWAYS LEADING TO THE PARKING SPACES. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO HAVE TO BE MADE, IF WE'VE ELIMINATED GARAGES IN AREAS, THEN THE DRIVEWAYS MAY BE THE PARKING SPACES AND NOT LEADING TO THE PARKING SPACE. SO I THINK OVERALL, THE CONCEPT WHERE WE'RE GOING IS EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE. BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE APPROVED THE HOP Z WITHOUT GARAGES AND THE FACT THAT. IT IT TALKS ABOUT DRIVEWAYS LEADING TO THE PARKING SPACE NOW IN THE DRIVEWAY MAY ACTUALLY BE THE PARKING SPACE ALONG WITH THE THE THE CONFUSION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB BRINGS UP. I THINK WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO POSTPONE THIS FIX A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT IN CONFLICT OR CLARIFIED, AND THEN AND THEN DO THAT. I DON'T WANT TO SIT UP HERE AND TRY TO AMEND THIS. I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS BECAUSE HEARING YOUR CONCERN IS NOT DIRECTING ME WHAT YOU NEED ME TO DO, BECAUSE I I'VE GOT THE HOP. THING, BUT IT SAYS REQUIRED PARKING MANEUVER. LET'S SEE. REQUIRED PARKING AREAS WHICH COULD BE JUST A DRIVEWAY IN THE HOP Z. AND I WILL CHANGE. THE USE TABLE SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF ASPHALT OR CONCRETE. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE CONTRADICTORY TO THE HOP Z ORDINANCE. WHAT I BUT IT SAYS DRIVEWAYS LEADING TO PARKING SPACES. SO WHAT I WOULD WHAT I WOULD SAY IS TO TO FIX THIS IS ONE REMOVE THE GARAGE SPACES OUT AND THEN JUST SAY DRIVEWAYS. WE DON'T NEED TO SAY DRIVEWAYS LEADING TO PARKING SPACES. JUST SAY DRIVEWAYS ARE MADE OUT OF CONCRETE OR ASPHALT. BUT MANY OF OUR ZONES, WE STILL REQUIRE GARAGES. SOME DO. BUT BUT WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T REQUIRE EVERY PARKING SPACE IN THE TABLE AS REQUIRED PARKING TO HAVE GARAGES BECAUSE GARAGES AREN'T REQUIRED IN EVERY PLACE. YEAH, I'LL CHANGE THE TABLE, BUT I THINK THAT WORDING IS ACCURATE. BUT I'LL LOOK AT IT. I WOULD THINK IT'S EASIER TO SAY DRIVEWAYS ARE INSTEAD OF SAYING DRIVEWAYS LEADING TO PARKING SPACES, BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A GARAGE. WHY NOT JUST SAY DRIVEWAYS OR ARE MADE OUT OF CONCRETE OR ASPHALT? DO COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE? YEAH. NO, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE OKAY. BECAUSE TABLE GENERALLY MEANS WE KILL IT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS TO TO AND AND WE CAN. I'LL JUST MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE. I WON'T REFER IT ANYWHERE. MOTION TO POSTPONE FOR THIS TO COME BACK NO LATER THAN. FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY. THAT GIVES US JANUARY AND THE FIRST [00:35:01] MEETING OF FEBRUARY TO WORK ON IT. AND YEAH, THAT THAT'LL BE MY MOTION TO POSTPONE TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL NO LATER THAN THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY. OKAY. I'LL SECOND THAT. THAT'LL BE FINE. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, A SECOND FROM MYSELF. ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS MOTION? SEEING NONE. MISS QUICK, A VOTE, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. VICE CHAIR. BADOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LIAM. NO. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 1. THANK YOU. I WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THIS TO PLEASE EMAIL MR. GARDNER. OKAY. MOVING ON. WE WILL GO TO ORDINANCE AGENDA ITEM C, ORDINANCE NUMBER [c. Ordinance No. 25-58 Amending West Jordan City Code Section 14-5-9 Utilities and Utility Easements] 25, DASH 58, AMENDING WEST JORDAN CITY CODE SECTION 14 5-9 UTILITIES AND UTILITY EASEMENT. MR. GARDNER, FOR DECADES THE CITY HAS REQUIRED IN OUR SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS THAT PUBLIC UTILITY AND BE MINDFUL A PUBLIC UTILITIES, ELECTRICITY, GAS, TELECOMMUNICATION, NOT WATER SEWER STORM SEWER. AND WE'VE ACQUIRED EASEMENTS ALONG THE REAR PROPERTY LINES OF SUBDIVIDED LOTS SO THEY CAN PUT THOSE UTILITIES IN. HOWEVER, FOR MANY YEARS, UTILITIES ESTABLISHED THOSE THINGS IN AREAS NOT ONLY THEY WILL NOT DO IT ANY LONGER, THEY WILL NOT GO INTO YOUR REAR YARD ONLY IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE A REAR LOADED ALLEY LOADED, THEN THEY WILL DO IT THERE, BUT THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO A DRIVEWAY. THEY DON'T LIKE GOING INTO PEOPLE'S YARDS ANYMORE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET INTO, YOU KNOW? AND SO FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, THEY'VE MOSTLY ESTABLISHED IN FRONT YARDS. AND SO THE PROPOSAL WAS TO ELIMINATE THE 7.5FT EASEMENT ACROSS BACK LINES AND TEN FEET ACROSS THE BACK LINES OF LOTS LOCATED ON THE PERIMETER OF A SUBDIVISION. SO THAT MEANS AT THE VERY EDGE OF THE SUBDIVISION, ABUTTING AGAINST UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY OR ANOTHER SUBDIVISION WITH THE. WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT IF OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS EITHER PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING OR UTILITY ENGINEERING, SEES THE NEED FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND THEN THEY CAN REQUIRE IT TO BE ON THE PLOT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GARDNER? I DON'T SEE ANY. SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME FORWARD. AND IF YOU'RE ONLINE, RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN. GIVE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. WELCOME AND GO, MR. MCCONAUGHEY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, I'M CHRIS MCCONAUGHEY, WEST JORDAN RESIDENT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO MAYOR BURTON AND MR. LEE ON WHAT WAS IT MAY? SORRY, JUNE 30TH. THEY TOOK THE TIME TO HEAR ME VENT FOR A LITTLE BIT. ALL THE HOURS OF CONVERSATION THE COUNCIL HAS HAD ABOUT SETBACKS FOR 80 USE OR ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW FAR DO WE NEED TO BE AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. AS I STARTED LOOKING INTO BUILDING, I FOUND OUT THAT NONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS REALLY MATTERED IN MY SITUATION BECAUSE WE HAD A TEN FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT ACROSS THE BACK OF THE YARD. UTILITIES ARE LOCATED IN THE FRONT, NOT ON THE BACK. SO WHY IS THERE AN EASEMENT? AS WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT, YOU HEARD WE LEARNED I LEARNED THE SAME HISTORY THAT MR. GARDNER SHARED. THIS IS A DECADES OLD PRACTICE THAT HAS JUST NEVER REALLY BEEN ADDRESSED. I DIDN'T REALIZE THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS IN CODE THAT IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO GET CLEANED UP. I'M NOT AT A POINT ANYMORE WHERE IT'LL HELP ME. THE EASEMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET ON MY LOT. HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO DO, CONTACT EACH OF THE UTILITIES, GET A LETTER FROM THEM SAYING THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO USE THAT BACKYARD BECAUSE UTILITIES ARE OUT IN FRONT. THEN I CAN GO AHEAD AND BUILD IN THE BACKYARD. SO THIS DOESN'T HELP ME, BUT IT DOES HELP EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S COMING DOWN THE LINE. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF LAND LEFT TO DEVELOP ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY, SO FIXING THIS WOULD BE IMMENSELY HELPFUL TO OTHER FOLKS AS THEY'RE LOOKING TO BUILD AND HELP SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH HOUSING PRICES. IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO ADUS OR SHOPS OR OTHER ANCILLARY [00:40:04] BUILDINGS IN THE BACKYARD. SO I COULD RAMBLE ON FOR ANOTHER MINUTE AND 24 SECONDS. BUT I'LL LEAVE IT AT THIS. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME BEING HERE THIS MORNING. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU COULD BE DOING. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE LITTLE NUANCED ISSUES OF THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE, MR. ANDERSON? THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE DESIRING TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. I'LL, I'LL I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR EITHER DISCUSSION OR EMOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2558. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB. ANY DISCUSSION TO THAT MOTION SEEING NONE. OH. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. THANKS. I JUST WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR THIS MOTION. I LIKE TAKING SOMETHING ARBITRARY OUT OF CODE AND PUTTING IT IN THE HANDS OF THE EXPERTS THAT WORK FOR US, AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY THE RIGHT WAY TO GO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS QUICK, A VOTE PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. VICE CHAIR. BADOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB. YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS BUSINESS ITEM A, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2561. THE 2026 ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE FOR CITY COUNCIL AND AGENCY BOARDS. MISS, WHAT HAVE I DONE? ONE MORE PUBLIC HEARING. [d. Ordinance No. 25-57 Amending West Jordan City Code to Establish Public Art Regulations and Definitions] THERE'S ONE MORE. OH, I DO, DON'T I? SORRY. WE'LL GO BACK TO THIS LAST ONE BECAUSE LARRY ISN'T DONE YET. GET BACK UP HERE, LARRY. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2557, AMENDING WEST JORDAN CITY CODE TO ESTABLISH PUBLIC ART REGULATIONS AND DEFINITIONS. I WILL BUY YOU ALL A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR NOT SHOVING ME TO THE END OF THE AGENDA. SO. HERE ALL NIGHT, FOLKS. SO? SO THIS IS DEALING WITH PUBLIC ART. THE CITY HAS THE DESIRE TO ESTABLISH PUBLIC ART ON PUBLIC FACILITIES. SO THE ORDINANCE WILL BE ADDED TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. 13 824 WILL SAY THE PLACEMENT OR INSTALLATION OF ANY PUBLIC ART IS DEFINED IN SECTION 13 TWO THREE REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR OR DESIGNEE, AND THEN THERE WILL BE TWO DEFINITIONS ADDED. AND THAT IS THE DEFINING PUBLIC ART, A WORK OF ART AS DEFINED IN THE SECTION THAT IS PLACED OR INSTALLED UPON PUBLIC PROPERTY OR PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY. AND THEN WHAT A WORK OF ART IS, IS I DIDN'T WRITE THIS. I ACTUALLY TOOK THIS OUT OF THE STATE OF UTAH DEFINITION, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH IT ALL, BUT IT DEFINES WHAT ART IS. IF YOU CAN DEFINE WHAT ART IS. AND SO AND THAT IS IT. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? DID YOU HAVE TO LOOK UP ANY OF THOSE DEFINITIONS OF ART? BECAUSE I DID THE ONE I DID, YES. BECAUSE I THE BASS RELIEF. YES. BECAUSE THAT ONE IS LIKE THIS AND THE ONE IS LIKE THIS. SO. WELL, I'M GLAD I WASN'T ALONE NOW. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. WHY? I'M GOING TO ASK THIS WILL SOUND WEIRD, BUT WHY THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR AS THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY? WHY NOT IT BE THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE? BECAUSE THEN, IN THEORY. IN THEORY, MAYOR, BE THE ONE THAT DECIDES WHO TO DESIGNATE. SO I'M JUST WONDERING, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE MAYOR COULD HAVE THAT AUTHORITY, THEN THE MAYOR WOULD TO SAY, DECIDE, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. I'M GOING TO MAKE SCOTT LANGFORD DO IT. DO YOU WANT MY OPINION OR THEIRS? YEAH, I WANT I JUST WANT AN OPINION. I DON'T LIKE WRITING ORDINANCE THAT PUTS AN ELECTED PERSON, WHICH IS A POLITICAL, IN A VULNERABLE POSITION. C AND I'D RATHER MY OPINION AND I'D RATHER PUT THE ELECTED POSITION ELECTED IN THAT POSITION, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC. SO, MAYOR, I CAN ALWAYS USURP THAT FROM THEM. IF [00:45:02] SOMETHING COMES UP, IT'S GOING TO BE CONTROVERSIAL. I CAN ALWAYS STEP IN AND AND DO THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS THAT PERSON'S LIST, THAT TITLE LISTED ON THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY KIND OF AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN HERE. I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF IT BEING THE MAYOR OR DESIGNEE, BECAUSE THEN THE MAYOR CAN DESIGNATE ANYBODY HE WANTS TO, AND THAT COULD BE THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR. BUT ULTIMATELY, KIND OF WITH THE CITY, THE BUCK STOPS WITH THE ELECTED AND ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. SO I KIND OF LIKE THAT. AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO THE THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE AS WELL, BECAUSE IT PUBLIC ART CAN BE A VERY HOT TOPIC, AND I THINK IT'S MORE JUST THAN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. TAKE THE HEAT THAN THAN A EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY. SO IF I HAVE ONE MORE PERSON THAT THINKS THAT WE SHOULD PUT MAYOR, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO THAT. I'LL JUMP ON THE MAYOR BANDWAGON. OKAY. SORRY, MAYOR. BE CAREFUL HOW YOU WORD THAT. OKAY. BUT I, I THINK. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MISTER GARDNER? IF NOT, I WILL ONCE AGAIN OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ART, CERTAINLY A JAGUAR SHOULD WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ART. YOU'RE ALL CIVIC STUDENTS, RIGHT? COME FORWARD. IF YOU ARE SOMEWHAT LIKE SIGNATURES, MAYOR. IF YOU ARE ONLINE, MR. ANDERSON, WE'VE GOT THE MILLIONS OR THE ZERO TONIGHT. IT'S ZERO AGAIN. OKAY, THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK FOR A POSSIBLE MOTION. AND IF WE ADD THE MOTION, I. I'D HOPE THAT YOU WOULD ADD THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, THERE'S A COUPLE OF WORDS HERE. I SAID JUST THE MAYOR GO AHEAD THAT I DON'T LIKE. BUT OVERALL IT'S IT'S THE RIGHT THING. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS A NONSTANDARD IN DRAFTING. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORD HAVE THE WORDS BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO BECAUSE INCLUDING JUST IS A IS IS A NON-INCLUSIVE LIST. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2557, AMENDING LINE 15 OF THE LEGISLATIVE DRAFT SO THAT IT SAYS THAT IT APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR OR DESIGNEE. I WILL SECOND AND ALSO STATE THAT SOMETIMES WORDS ARE ART AND UP FOR DISCRETION. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, A SECOND BY VICE CHAIR BADOR. ANY DISCUSSION? THE MOTION. MR. CHANDLER, CAN I JUST MAKE A QUICK CLARIFICATION IN THE WORDING THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR THE THE MOTION? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, WAS THAT OR MAYOR OR DESIGNEE OR DESIGNEES. DID YOU INTEND TO INCLUDE NO MAYOR OR DESIGNEE? WE DON'T NEED THE DESIGNEES IS REDUNDANT. HE CAN. EACH PERSON IS A DESIGNEE. SO IF HE DESIGNATED THAT TO 2 OR 3 PEOPLE. SO IF THE MAYOR WANTED TO PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE, YOU THINK THAT WOULD WORK UNDER DESIGNEE? YEP. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE MOTION. OKAY. AND I WHILE I RESPECT AND APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, YOU ARE OUR ATTORNEY. SO WHAT DO YOU FEEL? I THINK DESIGNEES WOULD BE CLEARER ON THAT. BUT IF WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE RECORD HERE, I THINK IT WOULD WORK UNDER EITHER WORDING. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON, WHAT IF WE HAD DESIGNEE WITH THE S IN PARENTHESES AT THE END? THAT COULD WORK. IT'S TYPICALLY NOT THE PREFERRED DRAFTING FORM. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN WOULD DISAGREE WITH ME ON THAT. OKAY. YEAH. I THINK IF WE'RE INTENDING TO HAVE BOTH TERMS THERE, I WOULD INCLUDE BOTH. AS IT'S DRAFTED, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE JUST TO REPLACE CITY ADMINISTRATOR WITH MAYOR, AND THEN THAT WOULD KEEP ALL OF THE OPTIONS CLEARLY STATED ON THE TABLE. BUT I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN HAS PROPOSED WOULD WORK JUST FINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT THEN I HAVE MY MOTION. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION TO THIS MOTION? SEEING NONE. MISS QUICK, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN OF A SECOND BY VICE CHAIR. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LAM. [00:50:07] YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. AS GOVERNING IS ALSO AN ART, I WILL SAY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. YES. VICE CHAIR. BADOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. I SHOW THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. HERE IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT THE JAGUARS TO HAVE LEARNED. WE'RE JUST PEOPLE. WE'RE MOMS OR DADS. WE'RE WOMEN. WE'RE MEN. WE JUST SERVE. WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE HERE TO SERVE. WE'RE NOT PERFECT AND WE DO OUR BEST. AND THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT OUT OF YOU. YOUR BEST. MOVING ON. BUSINESS [a. Ordinance No. 25-61 the 2026 Annual Meeting Schedule for City Council and Agency Boards] ITEM A ORDINANCE 2561. THE 2026 ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE FOR CITY COUNCIL AND AGENCY BOARDS. MR. ANDERSON. NOW, YES, NOW IS A GOOD TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS ORDINANCE 2561, ADOPTING THE 2026 ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE FOR CITY COUNCIL AND THE AGENCY MEETINGS. WE'RE DOING THIS IN DECEMBER THIS TIME BECAUSE WE HAD AN ELECTION THIS YEAR. AND IN COMMUNICATING WITH THE NEWLY ELECTED, MAKING SURE THAT THE SCHEDULE WORKS, THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST A REPEAT OF 2025. THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON HERE THAT HAS COME UP SINCE. AND I'M GOING TO USE MY LITTLE HANDY DANDY ANNOTATOR TO HIGHLIGHT THESE THINGS. THE ONE THING THAT WE DO NEED TO DISCUSS IS DOWN HERE IN OCTOBER. I DID CONFIRM WITH THE OLC THAT THE FALL CONVENTION WILL BE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THIS YEAR. I DOUBLE CHECK THE DATES AND I SAID THOSE DATES ARE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AND THEY SAID THAT'S WHEN THE SALT PALACE IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM. SO I DID CONFIRM THAT THEY TYPICALLY HAVE AN EVENT ON THE FIRST EVENING OF THE FIRST NIGHT, WHICH WOULD CONFLICT WITH COUNCIL MEETING. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR THE 20TH, SO MOVING IT UP A WEEK MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE. THE GENERAL ELECTION AND TALKING WITH THE CITY RECORDER'S OFFICE WHO HANDLES ELECTIONS FOR THE CITY, WE ARE GOING TO BE AN ELECTION SITE. I DON'T KNOW THAT IF IT'S A BIG DEAL, BUT I DID NOT PUT A MEETING THERE BECAUSE THERE'LL BE POLLING DOWNSTAIRS, AT LEAST FOR THE GENERAL. I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR THE PRIMARY. THIS CONSISTS OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BEGINNING AT 4:00, CITY COUNCIL AT 7:00, RTA MEETINGS QUARTERLY LIKE WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR. SO THE SECOND MEETING OF THE THIRD MONTH OF EACH QUARTER WOULD BE AN RDA MEETING. YOU ALSO WILL SEE, AGAIN USING MY LITTLE TOOL HERE ON THE FIFTH, I GOT TO USE A DIFFERENT COLOR. LET'S GO PURPLE. THESE FIFTH TUESDAYS OF THE MONTH ARE THE OVERFLOW COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. IF WE GET REALLY BUSY AND I WANT TO CIRCLE THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER OR NO. YEAH, IT'S JUST HARD TO SEE ON MY IT IS OUR COMPUTER IN THE WAY. SO THOSE ARE THE DATES. WE WOULD NOT DO THAT IN DECEMBER FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. THERE IS FIVE TUESDAYS IN DECEMBER. SO IT'S JUST THE THREE. WHAT'S ON HERE ALSO IS THE THE HOLIDAYS WHICH YOU SEE ON THE FIRST, THE 19TH OF JANUARY, ETC. THE ONE THING TO BE AWARE OF IS IN UTAH, JUNETEENTH IS RECOGNIZED ON THE MONDAY, THE JUNE 15TH. SO THAT WILL BE THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY. YOU'LL SEE THE STAMPEDE IS JULY 2ND, THIRD AND FOURTH WITH A PARADE ON THE FOURTH GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 3RD. YOU'LL SEE MID-YEAR IS APRIL 22ND THROUGH THE 24TH. AND SAINT GEORGE AND OUR LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE RETREAT IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 9TH AND 10TH. SO YOU'LL ALSO SEE IN THE GREEN THE THE BUDGET BEGINS. YOU'LL YOU'LL HAVE A EXTRA MEETING IN MAY ON THE FIFTH TO RECEIVE THE MAYOR'S BUDGET. AND THEN THE WORK SESSIONS WILL ALL BE BUDGET RELATED. IF YOU DON'T DO TRUTH AND TAXATION, THE BUDGET ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE 29TH OF JUNE, NOT THE 26TH. I MISSED THAT ONE. IT'S THE PRIOR TO JUNE 30TH. IF YOU GO THROUGH TRUTH AND TAXATION THAT BUYS YOU ADDITIONAL TIME UNTIL AUGUST, THE COUNTY WAS SIGNS THE TRUTH AND TAXATION DATE TO US. SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THE MEETING THAT'S PROPOSED. AND THE ONLY THING THAT I NEED FROM YOU ON THIS ONE IS IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT SECOND MEETING ON OCTOBER, DEPENDING ON YOUR DESIRES FOR THE EVENING EVENT WITH US, UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS. AND YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MEETING AT MINIMUM ONCE A MONTH, COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB CONCERNING [00:55:06] THE LCT IN OCTOBER. I THINK OUR OUR JOB AS A CITY COUNCIL IS TO HOLD CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND SO I WOULD SAY IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE THAT, LET'S PUT OUR CITY COUNCIL FIRST AND LET'S STILL HAVE OUR MEETING ON THE 27TH. ULK2 SOMETHING THAT'S GREAT TO GO TO. MOST OF YOU GO IN APRIL ANYWAY, SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO MISS MUCH ON THAT TUESDAY NIGHT. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE JUST KEEP THE 27TH THE WAY IT IS. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. SEE, I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST MOVING OCTOBER TO THE SIXTH AND THE 20TH THAT WAY. O MEETING WE CAN KEEP THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ANOTHER ROOM IF WE HAD TO. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER IF WE MOVED IT TO THE SIXTH AND THE 20TH, THEN SEPTEMBER FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH OCTOBER THROUGH NOVEMBER WOULD ALL WOULD BE EVERY OTHER WEEK. AND THAT WOULD JUST BE NICE AND AND AND NICE. AND WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? NICE AND REGULAR CADENCE. YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER WEEK IT WILL BE BUSY. I'M JUST SAYING. SO THEN EVERYBODY CAN MAKE IT. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. SEE, I'M LOOKING AT THIS SCHEDULE AND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS OCTOBER 13TH AND 27TH. AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THE NEXT WEEK IS THE THIRD AND THE 17TH. WHAT SEEMS TO ME. WELL, AND THIS YEAR WE CANCELED THE MEETING ON ELECTION NIGHT TO AVOID ANY POTENTIAL ELECTIONEERING ISSUES BECAUSE OF THE 500 FOOT RULE OR WHATEVER THE HECK IT IS. WOULD WOULD IT BE BETTER TO MOVE THE NOVEMBER AT LEAST MOVE THE NOVEMBER 3RD MEETING TO NOVEMBER 10TH? I KNOW IT SCREWS UP THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO MOVE THE NOVEMBER 3RD MEETING TO NOVEMBER 10TH? WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ELECTION AT ALL. PLANNING COMMISSION IS NONPOLITICAL. THEY COULD MOVE UP AND THEY DON'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTION CYCLE. THAT WOULD WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO DO NOVEMBER 10TH AND THE 17TH FOR THE COUNCIL? AND THAT'S TWO WEEKS IN A ROW. BUT THAT WOULD ALSO, IF YOU DECIDED TO KEEP THE MEETING ON THE 27TH, NOT PUT TWO MEETINGS BACK TO BACK. AND IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD PUT TWO MEETINGS BACK TO BACK IN NOVEMBER. BUT IT, IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF CANCELING THE MEETING ON ELECTION DAY LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR. ANYWAY. JUST THE THOUGHT. AND ANY OTHER THOUGHTS. IF NOT, I'M SURE MR. ANDERSON WOULD APPRECIATE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS. VICE CHAIR, MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 561. THE 2026 ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE FOR CITY COUNCIL AND AGENCY BOARDS COUNTS. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE TO SAY, MR. ANDERSON? NO, I KNOW OKAY. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, VICE CHAIR BADER A AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION TO THAT MOTION, SIR? SEEING NONE. MISS QUICK, A VOTE PLEASE. VICE CHAIR BADER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. FOR WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHILTON. YES. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. AND WITH SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL. AND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MEMBER OF ENBRIDGE HERE, I'M GOING TO AMEND OUR AGENDA AND MOVE COUNCIL OUR REPORTS. I'M GOING TO SWAP OUR REPORTS IN OUR CONSENT ITEMS. SO THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE WILL BE HEARING ON THE AGENDA, MISS QUICK, OUR CONSENT ITEMS. AND BECAUSE BECAUSE TWO OF THEM ARE RESOLUTIONS THOSE WILL BE ROLL CALL VOTES. SO WE CAN EITHER DO IT ALL TOGETHER OR WE CAN DO THEM IN. NO, I HAVE TO DO MY ROLL CALL VOTES INDIVIDUALLY, SO I WILL DO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO [CONSENT ITEMS] I DON'T I CAN DO THEM BOTH TOGETHER, MR. ANDERSON. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AND I'LL SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, A SECOND BY MYSELF. ANY DISCUSSION TO THIS MOTION? SEEING NONE. MISS QUICK, A VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER [01:00:06] BLOOM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB. YES. VICE CHAIR. BADER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. AND CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM, WE'LL HAVE OUR REPORTS TO [a. City Council Reports] COUNCIL. THE FIRST IS CITY COUNCIL REPORTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GO TO UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS. YOU ENJOYED. MOST OF YOU ENJOYED THAT LITTLE OREO AND FOUND A PEN. THOSE ARE TCHOTCHKES THAT WERE GIVEN TO ME AND THAT I BROUGHT BACK FOR YOU. SO ENJOY THOSE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT DRONE DELIVERY, AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN OUR CITY. I'M HOPING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SHELDON WILL BE MY SECOND, AND WE'LL BE PUTTING IN AN RCA FOR LOOKING AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THAT, BECAUSE DRONE DELIVERY IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN ARIZONA AND SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY WANT TO LOOK WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE, NOT REACTIVE. THERE WAS ALSO A CLASS ON HR THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK TO THE MAYOR ABOUT, AND SINCE I HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM, I THINK ON THURSDAY, I'LL BRING THAT UP WITH HIM THEN. AND THEN JUST ANOTHER REMINDER ABOUT. THE AMERICA 250. JUST SERVE HAS SOME INFORMATION ON HOW TO HOW TO HELP ELEVATE THAT. SO JUST WANTED TO CONVEY THAT. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A REPORT OKAY. [b. Council Office Report] THEN WE WILL MOVE TO MR. ANDERSON. HE'S LIKE WELL THAT WAS QUICK. JUST THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT, HARRIS, ON TRANSITIONING THEM TO BE. COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE WORKING ON THEIR PHONES, ON THEIR CELL PHONES THAT THEY WILL HAVE. SO THEY'LL HAVE A CITY NUMBER AND ALSO GETTING THEIR COMPUTER SET UP AND USER LOGINS AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS, JUST GETTING THEM ORIENTED TO BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER BEGINNING NEXT MONTH. AND WE DO HAVE THE OATH OF OFFICE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 5TH. YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO ATTEND THAT. SO WE HAVE THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT OUR COUNTRY RELIES ON. AND THAT'S OUR REPORT FOR TONIGHT. THANK [c. Mayor’s Report] YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT MAYOR IS YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR GETTING THE MEETING OVER NICE AND QUICKLY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, SINCE ALL OF YOU WERE THERE, CHIEF WALLENTINE HAD HIS RETIREMENT PARTY AND IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE AND SUPPORTING HIM FOR THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE FOR US. WE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE FOR OUR AN OPEN HOUSE THAT NOBODY ELSE COULD BEAT IT FOR. THE MEET THE BEAT. AND I'VE LEARNED THAT ALMOST EVERYBODY THAT WENT THERE FOUND OUT THAT SUGAR BEETS ARE WHITE. SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU THERE. AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THAT. THAT'S BEEN A REAL POPULAR PIECE OF ART THAT WE'VE ADDED TO OUR CITY, BUT NOT THE LAST. THERE'S MORE TO COME. AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER WHITLOCK MENTIONED, THE. 2025 CITY SUMMIT FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WAS AN ENJOYABLE EVENT. IT WAS GREAT SEEING COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE AND I THINK WE ALL ATTENDED, LEARNED SOMETHING AND THAT WE CAN BRING BACK AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEARNINGS AND SUPPORT TO OUR CITY. WHEN YOU GO TO LEAVE HERE TODAY, YOU'LL PROBABLY NOTICE THERE'S CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AROUND THE BUILDING AND THEY TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY THEY'VE BEEN TURNED ON. LET ME REPHRASE THAT. TODAY'S THE FIRST NIGHT THEY'VE BEEN TURNED ON. THEY'VE BEEN ON DURING THE DAY A COUPLE OF TIMES JUST FOR TESTING. AND TODAY WE ACTUALLY PUT THEM ON THE POLES ON RING ROAD. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO DRIVE RING ROAD ON YOUR WAY OUT, YOU'LL GET TO SEE THOSE AS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN ON THIS SEASON. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT CROSSWALKS RECENTLY, AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT STAFF IS WORKING ON REPORTS FROM ME. I HAVE A LIST NOW OF ALL THE CROSSWALKS IN THE CITY, AND I'VE ASKED THEM TO DO SOME WORK ON EACH OF THOSE CROSSWALKS TO LET US KNOW WHAT PROTECTIONS ARE ON THOSE. FOR EXAMPLE, DO THEY HAVE [01:05:03] STREET LIGHTS THAT LIGHT THEM AND ARE THERE SIGNAL LIGHTS LIKE THE HAWKS OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP ON THOSE CROSSWALKS? AND THEY'RE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER FOR ME. AND ONCE I GET ALL THAT TOGETHER, THEY ARE ALSO RIGHT NOW DOING SOME DATA STUDIES SO WE KNOW WHAT THE SPEEDS ARE OF VEHICLES THAT ARE DRIVING THERE. SOMETIMES THE SPEEDS ARE THE SAME AS THE SPEED LIMITS, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO A STUDY ON THAT. HOW MANY CARS DRIVE THERE, HOW MANY PEDESTRIANS ARE CROSSING, WHAT THE HISTORY OF THAT CROSSWALK IS AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT. AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT CROSSWALKS NEED IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN I'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO THE COUNCIL. AND THERE MAY BE A BUDGET ON THERE TO GO ALONG WITH IT OF WHAT WE, THE ENGINEERS, DETERMINED WOULD BE SUITABLE TO MAKE OUR CROSSWALKS SAFE IN OUR CITY. SO JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND WILL BE COMING TO YOU WHEN THAT GETS TOGETHER. AND WEST JORDAN CITY RECEIVED OUR GESTURE OF DESIGNATION DURING THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CONFERENCE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS UNABLE TO BE THERE AT THAT TIME BECAUSE I HAD A CONFLICT. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON FOUND OUR DESIGNATION ON THEIR WALL AND POINTED THAT OUT TO US. SO WE ARE AN OFFICIAL GESTURE OF DESIGNATED CITY THINGS. COMING UP OUR FIRST FRIDAY HOLIDAY EVENT. OH, THIS IS OUR BIG ONE. AND IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO COME, COME EARLY, COME HAVE FUN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TREATS SUCH AS S'MORES OUTDOORS AND OTHER TREATS. AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WHO WILL SHOW UP BEFORE THE CONCERT STARTS. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A PICTURE OF WHO THAT GUEST IS. YES, IT'LL BE SANTA. OH, YEAH. ON A FIRE TRUCK. SO UNLESS IT SNOWS A LOT, MAYBE THE SLED WILL BE HERE, BUT, WELL, IT'LL PROBABLY BE. IT'LL BE A FIRE TRUCK. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR CHRISTMAS CONCERT THERE AS WELL. SATURDAY, THE NEXT DAY AFTER THAT, THE OUR OFFICERS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER AN ORNAMENTS WITH OFFICERS. SO BRING YOUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, WHATEVER YOUR DESIGNATION IS TO THEM. AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DECORATE ORNAMENTS WITH THE OFFICERS. AND THAT'LL BE SOMETHING FUN FOR THE KIDS TO DO. AND THEN THEY CAN HANG ON THE TREES. THEY CAN HANG IN THERE DURING CHRISTMAS. AND THE MAYOR'S OPEN OFFICE HOURS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WILL BE ON DECEMBER THE 11TH, 4 TO 6 P.M. NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY. COME BY. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A CHAT WITH YOU. AND WE'RE HAVING HOLIDAY FOR THE ANIMALS AGAIN THIS YEAR. THIS IS HAPPENS WITH OUR WEST JORDAN ANIMAL SHELTER. IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR DONATIONS THAT YOU CAN DONATE, AND WE CAN GIVE GIFTS TO OUR FOUR LEGGED PETS WHO WERE THERE AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER, WE'D LOVE THESE DONATIONS. COME AND HELP THEM CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH US. AND THAT IS MY REPORT. AND CORBIN NEEDED TO LEAVE A FEW MINUTES EARLY, SO. BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A REPORT FROM THE CEO ANYWAY. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WELL, THEN I GUESS MR. JEROME HAS TO TALK. PARDON ME. MR. JEROME WILL HAVE TO TALK. HE CERTAINLY MAY SAY NOTHING TO REPORT. THERE YOU GO. HE GAVE HIS REPORT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL, WITH THAT, GUESS WHAT? WE ARE DONE. SO I'LL CALL THIS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.