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AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE SILENCE YOURSELVES FOR A MOMENT. WELCOME TO OUR WEST JORDAN CITY COUNCIL. WE'VE GOT OUR COUNCIL HERE. CHAIR WHITELOCK IS JOINING US REMOTELY. I AM ACTING CHAIR. AND BY ACTING VICE CHAIR, LAMB WILL BE FILLING IN AT SOME POINT AS NEEDED. BUT WE ARE SET TO GO. WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND BEING A PART OF WEST JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OFFERED TO US TODAY FROM MEMBERS OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR POST 12087.
GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALL VETERANS AND SALUTE. 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 WHO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN
[a. Recognition of Outgoing Council Members Pamela Bloom and Kelvin Green]
TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL RECOGNITIONS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. OUR FIRST ITEM, THREE A, IS GOING TO BE THE RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBERS PAMELA BLOOM AND KEVIN GREEN. CHIEF COUNSEL ALAN ANDERSON. THANK YOU, CHAIR, ACTING CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN, THANKING TWO INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR SERVICE. AND THIS IS VERY HARD FOR ME BECAUSE I, I WORK WITH YOU ON A NEAR DAILY BASIS SOME NIGHTS AND SOME WEEKENDS. I'M GOING TO DO THIS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BECAUSE I CAN'T DO I CAN'T DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. SO COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM. JUST SOME STATISTICS FOR YOU. WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF THESE IN 2022, 2022. WHEN YOU WERE FIRST ELECTED, COUNCIL ADOPTED 54 ORDINANCES. I JUST WANT TO SHOW KIND OF SHOW THE GROWTH. IN 2023. THERE WERE 46 ORDINANCES, 2024, THERE WERE 59 ORDINANCES. AND THIS IS THE BIGGEST YEAR, 2025 WITH 63 ORDINANCES. BY THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING THIS EVENING. SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT IS RENAMING COPPER HILLS PARKWAY, AMENDING THE GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS OF THE CITY, ADOPTING COPPER RIM TOWN CENTER, ADOPTING STATIONARY PLANS AROUND THE TRACK STATIONS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. IN WEST JORDAN, THE GEM APARTMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NAMING PRINCIPLES FOR PUBLIC SPACES. THE DRY CREEK HIGHLANDS, WHICH USED TO BE JONES RANCH, WHICH I'LL GET TO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WITH THE NEXT ONE.AMENDMENTS TO HOME OCCUPATIONS. TONIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO MAYBE ADOPT THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE MAP. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN PRONOUNCING W UI AS WUI UPDATES TO VETERINARY SERVICES AND CREATING THE CORRIDOR LAND USE ALONG REDWOOD ROAD, AND THOSE WILL LEAVE AN INDELIBLE.
OUTCOME ON THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN FOR QUITE A LONG TIME IN TOTAL. AND THE REASON I FOCUSED ON ORDINANCES IS BECAUSE THAT CITY POLICY RESOLUTIONS ARE APPROVING THINGS, BUT ORDINANCES ARE WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING BEHIND. THAT'S YOUR LEGACY. AND SO WHILE IN OFFICE FOR FOUR YEARS, YOU PASSED OR ADOPTED AS A COUNCIL, 222 ORDINANCES IN THOSE FOUR YEARS.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WE HAVE. A SIGNATURE MAT SIGNED AT TOWARD THE CITY FOR ABOUT TEN DAYS. FIRE STATION, PUBLIC WORKS, CITY HALL, POLICE DEPARTMENT, COURTS THAT YOU CAN HANG UP AND REMEMBER YOUR TIME HERE WITH A LOT OF WELL WISHES FROM THE STAFF OF WEST JORDAN.
SO I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU IN A MOMENT. AND WE ALSO MADE A STREET SIGN THAT YOU CAN HANG UP IN YOUR NEW PLACE, BLOOM BOULEVARD. AND THEN THE BACKSIDE JUST THANKS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FROM 2022 TO 2025 FOUR YEARS. SO THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE A HARD MEETING. I'VE
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BEEN WHERE YOU ARE. YEARS AGO. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN I THINK IF I IF CELL PHONES STILL CHARGED FOR MINUTES, I WOULD BE BROKE. YOU ARE UNIQUE. YOU'RE LIKE YOU'RE LIKE A US SENATOR WHO GETS TO SERVE FOR SIX YEARS. YOU. WHEN WE CHANGE THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT, YOU FILLED THE LAST TWO YEARS OF MAYOR JIM RIDINGS TERM. BUT AS AN AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER. SO YOU'RE UNIQUE IN THE CITY WITH SIX YEARS. AND I THINK WE'VE DEVELOPED A GREAT FRIENDSHIP LIKE I HAVE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM. I GUESS YOU COULD BE KIND OF COMPARED TO MITT ROMNEY, WHO ALSO SERVED FOR SIX YEARS. BUT YOU HAVE. SO WE ALREADY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE ORDINANCE NUMBERS FOR THE FOUR YEARS THAT YOU SHARED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM, BUT YOU HAVE TWO EXTRA YEARS, 2020, WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE FOR THE CITY. THERE WAS THE COVID OUTBREAK, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK DONE BY THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW FOR ELECTRONIC MEETINGS.DEALING WITH CARES, ACT, MONEY AND WHAT TO DO. AND SOME OF THAT IS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU SEE IN THIS ROOM, SO THAT WE CAN STREAM THIS TO THE RESIDENTS OF WEST JORDAN. SO THERE WERE 50 ORDINANCES PASSED IN 2020, ON TOP OF THE FOUR THAT I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, 47 ORDINANCES IN 2021. AND THEN WE STARTED GETTING MORE ORDINANCES PASSED. SO ALL TOTALED, IN THE SIX YEARS YOU SERVED, THERE WERE 319 ORDINANCES OR LAWS THAT THE CITY PASSED FOR THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN. I WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW OF THOSE. THE BARBER PROPERTY ON 54 WEST WAS ADOPTED IN 2020, AND THAT'S NOW THERE ON 54, 90 AND 78 SOUTH.
THE RESPONSE TO COVID LOCAL EMERGENCY CODES SO THAT WE COULD FOLLOW STATE LAW AND BE ABLE TO STREAM MEETINGS ON ZOOM, ADOPTING THE ABILITY FOR LOW POWER RADIO SERVICE ANTENNAS TO USE SETBACKS FOR GARAGES, THE JORDAN FIELDS PROJECT, AND THEN THE ONE WHERE NIELSEN'S FROZEN CUSTARD CAME IN OVER BY SMITH'S OUT IN THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY, JONES RANCH, WHICH IS NOW DRY CREEK HIGHLANDS, A LARGE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES, REWRITING THE CODE FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH COMMITTEES FOR THE MAYOR, THE HELIPAD ORDINANCE THAT SHE BROUGHT FORWARD SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE ALCOHOL LICENSING, THE PLANNING COMMUNITY HILLSIDE, WHAT WE CALL PCH ZONE, THE WOOD RANCH REZONE AND ANNEXATION, WHICH IS NOW CALLED TERRAIN.
THE HIDDEN CODE DEVELOPMENT. BOTH OF YOU WERE ON THE COUNCIL WHEN GOOGLE FIBER WAS ADOPTED, SO THAT THE CITY COULD EXPERIENCE HIGH SPEED FIBER INTERNET WITH GOOGLE FIBER, THE COPPER MEADOWS DEVELOPMENT CREATING WATER EFFICIENCY STANDARDS SO WE CAN BE MINDFUL OF OF WATER, OF COURSE, STATIONARY PLANS. THE APARTMENTS, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. AND AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT A FEW TONIGHT THAT YOU WILL ADDRESS. I TO HAVE A SIGNATURE MATT. AND THIS ALSO HAS TOURED THE CITY FOR THE LAST TEN DAYS TO ALL THE BUILDINGS FOR EMPLOYEES TO SIGN. AND THIS IS A MEMENTO AND A THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF WEST JORDAN AND THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN. PUT THIS ON MY SIDE. MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THE RIGHT ONE. AND THEN WE MADE A STREET SIGN GREEN GATEWAY. AND THEN THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. FROM 2020 THROUGH 2025. AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN, THE ADMINISTRATION, ALL THE EMPLOYEES PLOW STREETS, TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS AND HELP LICENSED BUSINESSES AND ENFORCE THE CODE AND THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THAT YOU WILL BE MISSED. AND I HOPE YOU'LL STILL WATCH US ON ZOOM. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. CHAIR. THANK YOU. OH. I'M NOT LEAVING.
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SO. WHENEVER I SHOULDN'T GET THIS EMOTIONAL, I SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT I'M. I SHOULD BE AS HAPPY AS THE PEOPLE OUT THERE. THEY'RE HAPPY TO GET RID OF ME. BUT AS TYPICAL WITH SOMETHING THAT I'VE DONE EVERY TIME THAT I'VE EVER LEFT A ORGANIZATION, WHEN I RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY OR SOMETHING, I'VE LEFT SOMETHING. BEHIND. AND SO TONIGHT, WHAT I'M GOING TO. WHOOPS. WHAT I'LL LEAVE FOR THE COUNCIL THAT CAN BE PUT ON A WALL IN THE COUNCIL OFFICE IS A AMERICAN. IT GOES THE OTHER WAY ON. THERE WE GO. IT'S IT'S AN AMERICAN FLAG CANVAS. AND SO WE'LL MOUNT THAT SOMEPLACE IN THE COUNCIL OFFICE. THANK YOU. I ALREADY HAVE A WORK ORDER IN WITH FACILITIES FOR SOME OTHER PICTURES, SO I'M GOING TO ADD THIS TO IT. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. ANDERSON. I WILL ALSO SAY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN THAT THE THE VFW POST 12087 WANTED TO DO THE PLEDGE IN HONOR OF YOU TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT.[b. Resolution No. 25-062 Providing Advice and Consent to Reappoint Ammon Allen for a Third Term to the Planning Commission]
WHILE WE CLEAN UP, WE WILL GET READY FOR OUR NEXT OUR NEXT ITEM, THREE B RESOLUTION NUMBER 2506 TWO, PROVIDING ADVICE AND CONSENT TO REAPPOINT AMMON ALLEN FOR A THIRD TERM TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MAYOR BURTON. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS AN IMPORTANT PART THAT HELPS PREPARE LAND USES FOR THE COUNCIL BEFORE THEY COME HERE, AND AMMON HAS BEEN ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR TWO TERMS, SO THAT WOULD BE SIX YEARS. AND I'M ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL'S PERMISSION TO CONTINUE HIM FOR ONE MORE TERM, A THIRD TERM. HE'S DONE A VERY GOOD JOB IN THAT POSITION. HE'S VERY STALWART. AND MOST OTHER PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ARE SHORT TIMING. SO HE'LL BE THE ONE THAT KIND OF MENTORS THE OTHERS AND HELPS THEM LEARN AND GET GOING. SO THIS NEXT THREE YEARS WILL BE CRITICAL FOR HIM TO HELP PROVIDE THAT TRAINING AND STABILITY. AS THESE NEW ONES COME ALONG. THE OTHERS HAVE JUST BEEN THERE LIKE ONE TERM AND WE HAVE A BRAND NEW ONE YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN JUST ONE MORE MINUTE. SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP AMMON ON ONE MORE TERM. AND HE'S HERE IN CASE YOU WANT TO ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT COUNCIL. I'LL OPEN IT UP TO YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.FORMER BURTON OR FOR AMMON. OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION? OH. I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT. YOU DON'T. YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW THAT I. OH, OH, NOW I'M LOOKING DOWN. SORRY. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, EVERYBODY. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT COMMISSIONER ALLEN HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB. I THINK HE IS VERY DESERVING OF ANOTHER TERM. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2506 TWO. AND I'LL SECOND. I GOTTA LOOK DOWN ALL THE TIME. THAT'S A BUMMER. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLUM. ANY DISCUSSIONS? I'LL SPEAK. YES, COUNCILMEMBER. I'VE BEEN. I ACTUALLY SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A FEW YEARS WITH COMMISSIONER ALLEN, AND I WAS ALWAYS VERY IMPRESSED BY HIS HIS WORK AND HIS PREPARE PREPARATION FOR THOSE MEETINGS. AND I ALWAYS LOOKED TO HIM AS A LEADER, EVEN THOUGH HE AND I WERE BOTH APPOINTED AT THE SAME TIME. I LOOKED TO HIM AS A LEADER ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND A GREAT RESPECT. THANK YOU. CHAIR WHITELOCK WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AS WELL. GO AHEAD CHAIR. THANK YOU. YOU'RE RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR CODE SAYS TWO TERMS. AND SO THIS WILL BE HIS THIRD. AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE PERHAPS WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS IN MEETINGS PRIOR AND TALKED ABOUT IF WE'RE GOING TO
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REAPPOINT THAT, THE MAYOR SHOULD GIVE US JUSTIFICATION AND WHAT HE DID TO LOOK AT OTHER CANDIDATES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO PERHAPS ADD THAT TO OUR CODE IN THE FUTURE. BUT I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH COMMISSIONER ALLEN. I'M SURE HE'LL CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? AND I THINK WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE. MISS QUICK. COUNCIL MEMBER.GREEN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLUM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
JACOB. YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB. YES. ACTING CHAIR. BADOR. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WELCOME BACK, ALLEN. ALL RIGHT.
[c. Resolution No. 25-063 Providing Advice and Consent to Reappoint Tom Hollingsworth for a Second Term on the Planning Commission]
ITEM THREE C WILL BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2506 THREE. PROVIDING ADVICE CONSENT TO REAPPOINT TOM HOLLINGSWORTH FOR A SECOND TERM ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MAYOR BURTON TO YOU AGAIN. SO TOM IS ALSO HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S A STAND UP PERSON. HE HAS SERVED ONE TERM AND HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THAT ONE TERM. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT HIM FOR A SECOND TERM AS AS ALLOWED BY THE CODE. THANK YOU. MAYOR, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS OR AN APPROVAL? MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER O MEMBER GREEN I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 5-063 TO REAPPOINT TOM HOLLINGSWORTH TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. COUNCIL MEMBER LAM SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN APPROVAL MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AND THAT WE HAVE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAM ANY DISCUSSION NEEDED ON THIS. THEN I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE, MISS QUICK. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES.COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER LAM. YES. ACTING CHAIR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0.
[d. Resolution No. 25-064 Providing Advice and Consent to Appoint Cheryl Acker to the Planning Commission]
THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE D, THIS IS RESOLUTION 2506 FOR PROVIDING ADVICE AND CONSENT TO APPOINT CHERYL ACKER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MAYOR BURTON, THANK YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO UPDATE THE SLIDE. GREAT. SO CHERYL WILL BE BRAND NEW ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO APPROVE HER. YOU MAY RECALL SOME OF YOU THAT SHE WAS ON THE GENERAL PLAN COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE RIGHT TITLE. AND SHE SERVED THERE. SHE'S BEEN A LONG TIME RESIDENT IN WEST JORDAN. SHE IS A REALTOR AND HAS EXPERIENCE WITH REAL ESTATE ON THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL LEVEL, AND SHE'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE AND PARTICIPATING IN THE SALT LAKE BOARD OF REALTORS AND SERVED ON BOARDS THERE AND HAS WORKED WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS THERE. AND I THINK WITH HER BACKGROUND, SHE'LL BE A GREAT ASSET FOR THE THIS COMMISSION HERE, THE CITY AND HELP THE CITY CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHERS WHO ALSO APPLIED HER APPLICATION, STOOD ABOVE SOME OF THE OTHERS ON THAT, AND I THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL THERE. AND SHE IS ALSO HERE IF YOU WANT TO ASK HER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MAYOR, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE MAYOR OR FOR CHERYL OR ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE A COMMENT. SO, CHERYL, I SEE YOU OUT THERE. I'VE. I'VE KNOWN CHERYL SINCE BEFORE I EVEN SERVED ON THE COUNCIL. I MET CHERYL PROBABLY A YEAR OR TWO BEFORE I SERVED ON THE COUNCIL, AND SHE WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED AND ALWAYS KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH WEST JORDAN. SO I'M EXCITED FOR THIS APPOINTMENT AND I KNOW THAT SHE'S GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB BECAUSE ANYTIME I TALK TO HER, SHE KNOWS THIS CITY. SHE KNOWS THE CITY WELL. IN FACT, I'VE BEEN TELLING HER TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR MANY YEARS. RIGHT, CHERYL? AND SHE ALWAYS TELLS ME NO, BUT I GUESS MAYBE THIS IS GET YOUR START TO THAT. SO. BUT I'M I'M EXCITED. SO THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO DO THIS. THANK YOU.COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. I'LL JUST I DON'T KNOW CHERYL AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB DOES, BUT I TOOK THE TIME TO READ HER RESUME AND I WAS JUST VERY IMPRESSED. AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT SHE CAN BRING TO THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN. AS A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE WANTING TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS, I'LL DO SO. I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 22, DASH 064, PROVIDING ADVICE AND CONSENT TO APPOINT CHERYL ACKER
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TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON I TO READ THE RESUME. VERY IMPRESSIVE.LOOKING VERY MUCH FORWARD TO THIS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I BELIEVE WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE, MISS QUICK. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEON. YES. ACTING CHAIR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. MR. ALLEN. YEAH, JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE FOYER THERE, SO WE'VE TURNED ON OVERFLOW INTO THE WORK ROOM. SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO GO OVER TO THE WORK ROOM AND HAVE A SEAT, THEY CAN AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR AND SEE THE PROCEEDINGS. OKAY. HAVE WE GOT ANYONE WHO CAN HELP GUIDE THEM TO THAT ROOM? MR. LEE IS HELPING THEM ALRIGHT. OH, GREAT. PERFECT
[e. Resolution No. 25-061 Providing Advice and Consent to Appoint Paul Jerome as an Alternate on the Trans-Jordan Landfill Board]
THEN. ALRIGHT THEN WE WILL MOVE ON THEN TO ITEM THREE E, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 2506 ONE, PROVIDING ADVICE AND CONSENT TO APPOINT PAUL JEROME AS THE ALTERNATE ON THE TRANS-JORDAN LANDFILL BOARD. MAYOR BURTON. DAVE NEWTON HAS BEEN SERVING IN THIS POSITION FOR. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY YEARS, AND WE HAVE DECIDED JOINTLY THAT HE'S READY TO MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE, AND WE THOUGHT WE'D BE GREAT FOR PAUL TO BE THERE, SINCE HE WORKS WITH SOLID WASTE IN OUR CITY ANYWAY, AND MAKE THAT CONNECTION. BRIAN WILL STILL CONTINUE TO BE THE VOTING MEMBER, BUT PAUL WILL BE THERE IN THE EVENT THAT BRIAN'S NOT AND CAN VOTE IN HIS STEAD.MEANWHILE, WE'LL HAVE GOOD REPRESENTATION THERE AND THEN. PAUL'S HAD EXPERIENCE WITH TRASH IN HIS OWN COMMUNITY AS WELL, AND HE IS ALSO HERE IF YOU WANT TO ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS. WELL, GREAT AND GOOD TO KNOW YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH TRASH. WE'LL SEE IF ANYONE WANTS TO QUESTION THAT. I'LL OPEN THIS UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 25. DASH 061 TO APPOINT PAUL JEROME AS THE ALTERNATE ON THE TRANS-JORDAN LANDFILL BOARD. COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AND ONE TO SECOND COUNCILMEMBER BLOOM. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THEN I THINK WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE. MISS QUICK. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB. YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. ACTING CHAIR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP ON THE TRANS-JORDAN LANDFILL BOARD FOR THOSE RESIDENTS OUT THERE. IF YOU HAVEN'T, IF YOU LIVE CLOSER TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY, THE TRANSFER STATION OVER BY SANDY CITY PUBLIC WORKS IS OPEN. AND IF YOU HAVE LOADS OF GARBAGE OR RECYCLE, YOU CAN GO DRIVE THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR AND UNLOAD WITHOUT GETTING IN THE MUD, THE DIRT, THE WIND OR THE RAIN. SO IT'S A GREAT IT'S A GREAT THING THAT NOW THAT'S NOW OPEN. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED THAT OUT AND YOU LIVE THERE, YOU LIVE CLOSE, TAKE YOUR STUFF OVER, TAKE YOUR GARBAGE OVER THERE AND DROP IT OFF. AND YOU'RE ALWAYS INVITED TO COME TO DUMPSTER DAYS AND DO IT FOR FREE AT PUBLIC WORKS FOUR TIMES A YEAR. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. AND IF YOU NEED THAT TRASH INSPECTED, WE HAVE MR. JEROME WHO IS READY AND WILLING. ALRIGHT. THAT WILL DO IT FOR OUR RESIDENT. RECOGNITIONS.
THAT'S A WORD I COULDN'T SAY FOR SOME REASON. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
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SECTION. NOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY, SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW REAL QUICKLY THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. YOU CAN SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING THIS PUBLIC PUBLIC SESSION, PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION, WHETHER IT'S ON THE AGENDA OR NOT. YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOU ARE HERE, THOUGH, TO SPEAK ON A CERTAIN PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING LATER TONIGHT, YOU EITHER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING THIS SECTION OR DURING THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK DURING BOTH. SO I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED SOME YELLOW CARDS SAYING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE OF THE UPCOMING ONES. IF YOU'D LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT IS BROUGHT UP, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE GOOD. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO[00:25:02]
SPEAK DURING THIS TIME, AT WHICH POINT THE COUNCIL WILL BE LISTENING. BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THERE'S A BACK AND FORTH COMMENT SECTION ON. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE OF THE CITY STAFF MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP, THEY MAY TALK TO YOU AFTERWARDS, BUT THIS WILL BE JUST A TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT ANY TOPIC YOU WOULD LIKE. THERE ARE WAYS TO. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT BE VIEWING OR IN THE ROOM HERE THAT THINK ANOTHER TIME THEY MIGHT WANT TO TALK OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN WRITE IN COMMENTS TO US, AND THOSE DO COME TO THE COUNCIL AS WELL. SO WE'LL GET YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT IN THE FUTURE IF YOU COME. WE DO HAVE THESE YELLOW CARDS THAT MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO KNOW WHO WOULD LIKE TO TALK. SO WE WILL START WITH SOME OF THE NAMES ON THIS FIRST. THEN ONCE THOSE ARE DONE, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THOSE OF YOU IN THE CROWD WHO DID NOT FILL OUT A FORM, WHO WOULD LIKE TO TALK, AND ALSO FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLINE AS WELL. SO THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME IS STEVE SHEALY. SO, STEVE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP, YOU GET TO START EVERYTHING OFF TONIGHT AGAIN. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO TALK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU THIS EVENING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE CHANGE THAT YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING ON. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, ON PROPERTY, BEFORE SOME OF YOU HAVE PICTURES OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THESE 20 BY EIGHT INTERMODAL SEA GOING CONTAINERS ARE STARTING TO APPEAR. THIS PROPERTY THAT AT 53, EXCUSE ME, 5293 WEST LEGACY HILL HAS THREE ON THEIR PROPERTY. I SPOKE WITH COUNCILMAN JACOB HERE A FEW FEW DAYS AGO, AND THESE ARE 160FT■!.AND ACCORDING TO CURRENT ORDINANCE, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO UP TO 250FT■!S. AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT. THEY'RE YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR ACCESSORY BUILDINGS NOT PERMITTED. AND IT CONCERNS ME.
THERE'S FOUR NOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF ANOTHER ONE SITS IN THE FRONT OF THE HOME RIGHT OFF ON THEIR DRIVEWAY. I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO REALLY CONSIDER WHAT 160FT■!S LOOKS LIKE, AND MAYBE REDUCE THAT FROM THE CURRENT 250 TO 150. AND THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE STORAGE UNITS LIKE THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW THE CITY CONSIDERS THESE TEMPORARY STORAGE, BUT YOU CAN BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR WHEN THEY GET ON THE PROPERTY, THEY DON'T GET OFF. SO THEY DON'T CONSIDER THAT TEMPORARY. AND I'M LOOKING AT THESE TWO IN MY BACKYARD RIGHT NOW. AND THERE'S A THIRD ONE AHEAD OF THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING A LOOK AT THAT. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND I JUST LET YOU KNOW WHERE I COME FROM. I'VE LIVED IN THE CITY NOW FOR 23 YEARS. I CAME FROM WEST VALLEY CITY, AND I WATCHED WEST VALLEY CITY LET THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS DETERIORATE. I GREW UP IN WEST VALLEY, AND I HATE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO MY PROPERTY AND MY NEIGHBORS. AND I ALSO SPEAK FOR MY NEIGHBORS, MIKE AND LISA BLANK, WHO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO ME. I BUILT A BUILDING ON MY PROPERTY. I CODED, IT HAD INSPECTED. AND IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A PIECE OF OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I'M PROUD TO SAY I BUILT THAT. AND AND PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT AND SEE THAT I CARE ABOUT MY PROPERTY. AND THE REASON I CARE FOR MY PROPERTY IS BECAUSE MY NAME'S ON THE MAILBOX. SO I WOULD LIKE, AS YOU CONSIDER, I WOULD JUST ASK, AS YOU CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE OF INCREASING THAT YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT. DECREASING THAT TO TO WHERE THOSE ARE NOT ALLOWED ON PROPERTIES. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE A CARD FOR NICOLE COOMBS. NICOLE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IF YOU'LL PLEASE GIVE US YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE AS WELL. I AM NICOLE COOMBS. I AM THE ORIGINAL PETITIONER FOR THE LATEST ANNEXATION INTO WEST JORDAN. I CURRENTLY LIVE IN WEST JORDAN. IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO SAY THAT I'VE SAID IT A LOT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL TURNS OVER TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO YOU. I HAVE STOOD IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL OFF AND ON FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES, ASKING, PLEADING, BEGGING, PRESENTING ALL DIFFERENT THINGS AND HAD REALLY CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ANNEXING US IN. AND AT THE END OF 2025. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO YOU. THANK YOU TO YOUR VISION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. A COUPLE OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. WE HAVE SEEN MORE POLICE OFFICERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAN I CAN COUNT JUST WANDERING THROUGH, AND IT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE THEM. THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANT THEM TO HONK AND WAVE, BUT TO SEE THEM INTERACT, THAT HAS BEEN AMAZING. WE HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT COME THROUGH A FEW WEEKS AGO. OF COURSE, THERE WERE ALWAYS RUFFLED FEATHERS. THERE ALWAYS ARE. BUT YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEES WERE SO KIND, SO PATIENT. THEY EXPRESSED WHY THEY WERE THERE.
THEY OFFERED OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND DESPITE THE RUFFLED FEATHERS, NO ONE CALLED ME. THAT WAS AWESOME. I ALSO AM SO EXCITED TO REPORT THAT THE POTHOLES THAT WE AFFECTIONATELY HAD GIVEN FIRST NAMES TO HAVE ALL BEEN FILLED.
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EVERY STREET LIGHT ON MY ROAD WORKS. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW AMAZING THAT IS. THAT IS A HUGE LIFT FOR US. PROBABLY THE THING THAT MY NEIGHBORS WOULD BE MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS GOOGLE FIBER.IT WENT IN VERY QUICKLY. IT KIND OF CAME IN UNDER A CLOAK OF DARKNESS. IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY EXCITING FOR US, AND I WAS THE SECOND PERSON TO SIGN UP FOR IT, AND WAS SO EXCITED TO REPORT TO MY NEIGHBORS THAT IT WAS IN IT WAS WORKING. AND I KNOW THIS SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT TRULY IT HAS IMPROVED OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. AS STRANGE AS THAT SOUNDS. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE IT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I TOO AM VERY PROUD OF THE OLD STREET SIGN THAT IS NOW HANGING IN MY GARAGE. WE HAPPEN TO BE HOME. WHILE THEY WERE CHANGING THE STREET SIGNS FROM SALT LAKE COUNTY TO WEST JORDAN CITY, AND ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WENT OVER AND ASKED FOR ALL THE LIES SIGNS, WHICH HE THEN DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE OF US THAT WERE ON THE PETITIONING COMMITTEE. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MY HUSBAND WOULDN'T LET ME PUT IT IN THE HOUSE. I THOUGHT FOR SURE HE'D SAY YES, BUT IT IS PROUDLY DISPLAYED IN MY GARAGE AND AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE FELT SO MUCH PRIDE. SO THANK YOU. AS CHANGES COME AS PEOPLE MOVE ON, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHAT YOU DID ON THIS COUNCIL IMPACTED ME. IT IMPACTED MY FAMILY, IT IMPACTED THE CITY, AND I AM SO PROUD TO HAVE SAID I WAS PART OF SOMETHING THAT WAS THE EPITOME, THE VERY DEFINITION OF GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN STILL NAME THOSE POTHOLES. PHIL. SO. HAD THE HAD TO USE MY POWER ONCE. SO I HAVE THREE PEOPLE LEFT WHO HAVE FILLED OUT YELLOW CARDS. ALL THREE OF YOU HAVE BROUGHT UP THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING IN ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NOW, I WILL LET YOU COME UP AND BE AND SPEAK AT THIS TIME. IF YOU'D LIKE TO WAIT, WE WILL HOLD ON UNTIL YOUR NAMES FOR THEIR. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NOW, ONE OF THE THREE WHO ARE SIGNED ON HERE, GO AHEAD AND STAND UP OR WE'LL JUST LET YOU WAIT UNTIL THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO WAIT. THAT'S FINE. WE WILL NOW OPEN THIS UP TO ANYONE WHO HAS NOT FILLED OUT ONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TALK. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THOSE WHO ARE ONLINE. I WOULD ASK THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ONLINE, PLEASE LET US KNOW THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK SO THAT WE CAN GET YOU IN THE QUEUE AS WELL, BUT WE WILL OPEN UP. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. PLEASE THOUGH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. MY NAME IS JANET KENWORTH. I AM A WEST JORDAN RESIDENT, HOMEOWNER AND HONESTLY AND SINCERELY, I AM JEALOUS OF MRS. COOP'S. IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE WE CAN GET A POLICEMAN TO EVEN ENTER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIVE IN THE RIVERSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST EAST OF 13TH WEST AND NORTH OF 90TH AT THE TOP OF THE HILL THERE, AND WE HAVE ISSUES. AND LATELY WHEN WE'VE BEEN CALLING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE BEING TREATED LIKE THE PROBLEMS WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET HELP FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE HOMELESS AND DRUG USERS WANDERING UP FROM THE JORDAN RIVER TRAIL RIGHT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE THE DRUG COUNSELING CENTER THAT TOOK OVER THE MATTRESS STORE THAT IS LOITERING, AND ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE HANGING OUT. AND THIS IS ALL COME AT THE SAME TIME THAT A HOUSE TWO DOORS DOWN AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME HAS BEGUN RENTING FOR 4 TO 4 PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE ALL DRUG USERS. IN OCTOBER, I WAS HOME FROM WORK ONE DAY AND HAPPENED TO WATCH A DEAL GO DOWN IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. THIS IS A BLOCK AWAY FROM OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I HAVE LITTLE KIDS IN EVERY HOUSE AROUND ME. I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN, BUT I MY BROTHERS HAVE CHILDREN AND I WOULD NOT WISH THIS ON ANYBODY. THESE TWEEKERS WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET ALL DAY LONG. THEY DO THEIR BUSINESS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. I HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAVE TOLD ME TO. PLEASE LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL CONCERNED AND WHEN WE DON'T GET ANY RESPONSE, I ASK FOR INCREASED PATROLS. WE HAVE NOT SEEN A COP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS. WE'VE CALLED RIGHT DURING ACTIVE DRUG DEALS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, CALLED ONCE WHEN THEY WERE SMOKING CRACK UP AGAINST A FENCE. NOBODY COMES. WE ARE A FORGOTTEN LITTLE CORNER OF WEST JORDAN, BUT OUR MONEY COUNTS TOO. AND WE PAY OUR TAXES TO. AND WE'RE RIGHT THERE IN THE WAY OF THE RIVER, THE DRUG COUNSELING CENTER. AND IT'S ALL JUST CULMINATED RIGHT
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IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE NEED HELP. I CANNOT THANK COUNCILMAN GREEN ENOUGH FOR THE TIME HE HAS SPENT TALKING TO ME AND GIVING ME OPTIONS. WE WOULD LIKE TO START A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. UNFORTUNATELY, I'M GONE 12 HOURS A DAY MOST DAYS, SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW. TIME TO GET THIS GOING, BUT JUST PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE US SOME ATTENTION AND SOME HELP IN THAT LITTLE CORNER OF WEST JORDAN. AND IF YOU GUYS AREN'T WILLING, GIVE US THE SANDY OR SOUTH JORDAN SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME ATTENTION. WE DESPERATELY NEED IT. THOSE KIDS AT RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DESERVE A SAFE, CLEAN NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN, COUNCILMAN GREEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.AND I IF I COULD ASK, COULD YOU PLEASE FILL OUT ONE OF THE YELLOW CARDS THAT ARE JUST THERE AND GIVE IT TO MR. ANDERSON WHEN YOU'RE DONE AT SOME POINT? I AM ACTUALLY THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER FOR YOUR DISTRICT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SO. HEARD MY NAME. WHAT? YOU DID A STING. OH, REALLY? OH, WELL. ALL RIGHT, I BETTER I BETTER GET ON MY, MY SOCIAL AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. ALRIGHT. ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. MY NAME IS VERN WATERS. I RESIDE IN HARRIMAN, BUT I WORK ACROSS THE STREET AT THE LIBRARY. I'M THE BRANCH MANAGER AND I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MY ASSISTANT IN THE BACK ROW BACK THERE. SHE WAS INJURED A WEEK OR SO AGO, AND SO I DON'T EVEN WANT HER TO STAND UP BECAUSE SHE'S NOT VERY STEADY ON HER FEET YET. BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OR HAVE HAPPENED RECENTLY AROUND THE LIBRARY. THIS COMING MONDAY, WE HAVE A BLOOD DRIVE WITH RED CROSS, SO WE WELCOME ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME AND DONATE BLOOD. WE STILL HAVE SOME SPOTS AVAILABLE. THE VIRIDIAN HAS HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH A PARENTING CLASS THAT THEY'RE DOING PARENTING WITH LOVE AND LOGIC, THAT THEY'VE HAD A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT OVER THERE. THIS FALL, WE CELEBRATED THE CENTENARIAN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WITH GOVERNOR COX AT THE MERIDIAN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COMING EVERY OTHER WEEK TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, OR MIGHT NEED OTHER KINDS OF ASSISTANCE THAT WAY. WE ALSO RECENTLY HAD A FOOD DRIVE THAT WE DID WITH THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY FILLED UP THEIR CAR COMPLETELY WITH FOOD.
THEY WERE LIKE FOUR HUGE BARRELS OF FOOD THAT ARE RESIDENTS HAVE DONATED. THAT'S REALLY WONDERFUL. AND EARLIER THIS WEEK WE HAD MRS. CLAUS COME. SHE HAD A HUNDRED KIDS VISIT AT THE LIBRARY. SO THAT WAS REALLY FUN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE FOLLOWED OR HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE LIBRARY. INSTAGRAM. BUT EVERY SUNDAY THERE'S A LOCAL KIND OF LIBRARY PERSON WHO DOES A PUN SO YOU CAN START YOUR SUNDAYS WITH SOMETHING FUNNY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND I FIND IT VERY ODD THAT YOU HAD MRS. CLAUS THERE, BUT DIDN'T INTRODUCE YOURSELF AS MR. CLAUS. BUT THAT'S OKAY. I HAVE A PIN THAT I WEAR THAT ONE SIDE. IT SAYS I AM NOT SANTA, AND THE OTHER SIDE IS SANTA WITH A X THROUGH IT. SO I'M MORE WIZARD THAN ELF. OH, GOOD. WE'LL TAKE THAT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL HERE IN THIS ROOM? WITH THAT, I'LL GO TO MR. ANDERSON. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? THERE ARE THREE INDIVIDUALS ONLINE, NONE OF WHOM HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. OKAY, WELL, WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION ON THAT. WE APPRECIATE ALL WHO TOOK THE TIME TO SPEAK. AND AGAIN, REMEMBER, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN ALWAYS DO. WE CERTAINLY TRY NOT TO MAKE THIS A SCARY EVENT AND WE ARE HERE TO HELP. THIS IS SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY WE'RE ABLE TO HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS FROM YOU. SO THAT WOULD CLOSE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. CHAIR. OH YES, I'M SORRY, I DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT RAISED HIS HAND. I'M NOT SURE IF HE HAD DIFFICULTY. IF YOU'RE NOT SURE OF WHAT, I'M NOT SURE IF HE HAD DIFFICULTY UNMUTING HIS MIC OR NOT IN THE TIME THAT YOU USE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO. WE WILL LET HIM. SURE. OKAY.
DO WE HAVE PLEASE, IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, PLEASE. YES. HELLO.
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HELLO. NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE? MY NAME IS RYAN WILKINSON. I LIVE IN WEBER COUNTY. I DON'T LIVE IN WEST JORDAN. OKAY, GO AHEAD SIR. YEAH, I JUST MAN, I'M GLAD I GOT ON. I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SHAME KEVIN GREEN. I MEAN, IT SAYS A LOT WHEN AN INCUMBENT RUNS FOR THE POSITION. IT DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE THE FINAL BALLOT.EVERYONE'S SAYING THOSE THINGS ABOUT HIM TONIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S JUST SHOCKING TO ME THAT, WELL, IT JUST SHOWS HOW STUPID YOU ALL ARE DOWN THERE. KEVIN GREEN'S A LAZY, AND. I MEAN, HE HE PERSONALLY, BASED UPON COMMENTS I MADE IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, HE FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST ME AND SOUGHT TO TO RESTRICT MY LIVELIHOOD. NOW THIS IS A THIS IS AN ILLEGAL PRIOR RESTRAINT RETALIATION. HE SHOULD KNOW THAT. AND HIS HIS COMPLAINT WAS SUMMARILY DISMISSED. HE HE LOOKED LIKE A REAL IDIOT. IN FACT, HE LIED IN HIS COMPLAINT.
IF ANYONE DOUBTS THAT, I'M HAPPY TO SEND YOU HIS COMPLAINT, WHICH IS FULL OF TYPOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TOO, BY THE WAY. AND MY RESPONSE AND THEN THE RESPONSE FROM THE THE GOVERNING BODY. BUT WHAT KIND OF COWARD DOES THAT WHEN SOMEONE SPEAKS AND HE DON'T, THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY SAY. THEY VIOLATE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND AND THEY RETALIATE BY TRYING TO RESTRICT THEIR LIVELIHOOD. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. NO WONDER YOU DIDN'T GET ELECTED, MAN. AND HERE'S THIS I WAS I WAS ADVISED BY A WEST JORDAN CITY OR WEST JORDAN EMPLOYEE THAT IF I DIDN'T LIKE PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL TO DO WHATEVER I COULD TO CONVINCE PEOPLE NOT TO VOTE FOR THEM. SO FOR THE LAST OH, TWO AND A HALF YEARS, ACTIVELY I'VE BEEN CAMPAIGNING AGAINST KELVIN GREEN AND I'VE BEEN DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT HIM. AND IT'S I'M CALLING THIS A WIN. KELVIN GREEN, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PROBABLY PLAYING AROUND ON YOUR PHONE OR SOMETHING, I'M CALLING THIS A WIN. YOU LOSE. GO AWAY. YOU LOST. THEY DON'T WANT YOU. I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. I UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, ZACH JACOB INTRODUCED SOME KIND OF ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING TO RESTRICT ACTIVITIES AT THE SOUTH VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IT ONLINE. YOUR TECHNOLOGY IS TERRIBLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS SAID, BUT NOW MANY OF YOU IN ATTENDANCE THERE KNOW THAT THAT WAS MY POSITION FOR LIKE THREE AND A HALF YEARS UNTIL I FINALLY JUST MOVED, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET POISONED BY TOXIC LEAD EMISSIONS AND HAVE MY PROPERTY DEVALUED AND ALL THE THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN I LEAVE.
I'VE BEEN OUT OF THAT AREA FOR, I DON'T KNOW, SIX MONTHS. AND THEN ZACH JACOB FOUGHT ME ON THIS. I HAVE EVIDENCE, AND I'M AFRAID THAT IS YOUR TIME UP. MISS WILKINSON. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL IN ANY TIME. AS I SAID, WE CAN TALK ON ANY TOPIC AND I THINK WE'VE JUST SHOWN
[a. Ordinance No. 25-62 a Petition from Wagstaff Investments, LLC / Brent Neel to Amend the Future Land Use Map Amendment for 3.73 acres to Neighborhood Commercial and Rezone the Property to SC-1 Zone for a Development Located at 9047 S Copper Dust Lane]
THAT. SO WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. THIS FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2562. A PETITION FROM WAGSTAFFE INVESTMENTS, LLC TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND REZONE THE PROPERTY FOR A DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 9047 SOUTH COOPER DUST LANE. WE HAVE BRANT NEAL FROM WAGSTAFFE DEVELOPMENT AND FROM OUR STAFF, WE HAVE RAY MCCANDLESS, SIR, WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP FIRST. THANK YOU. BRANT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS BRANT NEAL AND I'M WITH WAGSTAFFE INVESTMENTS. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. TONIGHT.WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WAGSTAFFE INVESTMENTS HAS SUBMITTED A ZONING MAP AND A FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT ON A CERTAIN PARCEL ON THE WEST SIDE OF WEST JORDAN. AND I THINK, AM I ABLE TO START THE SLIDE DECK? SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE SLIDE DECK, I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO WE, AS WAGSTAFFE INVESTMENTS, HAS BEEN EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN THIS PIECE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE DID REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, TO START TALKING AND NEGOTIATIONS AND TO KIND OF START GAUGING THEIR INTEREST IF THEY WOULD WANT TO SELL. AFTER A LOT OF TALKING THAT THAT DID NOTHING REALLY HAPPEN FROM THAT. AND THEN EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT THE 90TH SOUTH ROAD PUNCHING THROUGH THE BACCHUS HIGHWAY AND THE FUTURE DESIGN OF TYING INTO MOUNTAIN VIEW CORRIDOR, THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED NEGOTIATIONS AGAIN. AND THAT'S WHAT GOT US TO THIS POINT. SO THAT'S WHEN I SUBMITTED A FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT AND ALSO ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, AND STARTED THE PROCESS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE
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WHOLE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND HERE TO THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY IS SITTING AT R1 TEN, WHICH IS RESIDENTIAL. THE WE ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE IT TO SC ONE, WHICH ALLOWS US. OH THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WORKING. SO THIS IS THE PARCEL RIGHT HERE. SO IT'S ON THE 90TH SOUTH AND NEW BINGHAM HIGHWAY ON THE WEST SIDE. SO WE ARE PROPOSING SC ONE COMMERCIAL ZONE. THAT IS WHAT'S ALLOWED ANYTHING BELOW FIVE ACRES. AND WE LET ME GO ONE MORE. THIS IS THE OVERALL BROADER LANDSCAPE OF THE PROPERTY IN GENERAL. SO YOU HAVE INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTH MIXED IN WITH RESIDENTIAL TO WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED, AND COMMERCIAL A LITTLE BIT TO THE EAST. LET ME GO ONE MORE. SO BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED. SO THIS IS WHAT WHEN WE STARTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR SORRY, THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, THIS IS WHERE WE CAME IN. TO MY FAULT, I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE OF LIKE A DRC WHERE IT WAS AN OPEN COMMUNICATION. SO THAT'S WHY WE SHOWED A STRIP MALL INSTEAD OF KIND OF PARTICULARS OF WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO. AND THEN I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC. SO WHEN WE GOT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE DID THAT WE SHOWED ON THE 3.73 ACRES. WE ARE SHOWING A STRIP MALL ON THE BACK, WHICH IS A BUFFER, AND THEN SOME OTHER USES THAT ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THE SC, ONE OF A GAS STATION, FUEL CANOPY AND A CARWASH. AND THIS IS AGAIN A CONCEPT PLAN.AND THIS MIGHT BE MORE OF A TOPIC WHEN WE GET, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET TO SITE PLAN APPLICATION.
BUT THIS IS JUST OUR FEELING AFTER TALKING, YOU KNOW, AMONGST OUR GROUP AND MANY OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT THIS SITE IS A GREAT PIECE FOR COMMERCIAL ZONING. NOT ONLY, AGAIN, DO WE FEEL THAT, BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT TO MY RECOGNITION ARE IN LINE. SO IF IF FOR SOME REASON AT THIS POINT IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED, I KIND OF SEE IN THE FUTURE THAT IT'S KIND OF GOING TO KEEP GOING BECAUSE THE, THE PROXIMITY OF THIS, OF THIS PROPERTY. AND I KNOW THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE HERE TONIGHT, SO I WANT TO LET THEM SPEAK A LITTLE BIT AS WELL. BUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WE HAD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT WHY ISN'T THIS RESIDENTIAL, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO GO TO COMMERCIAL. AND WE AND THE PROPERTY OWNER HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO SOME HOME DEVELOPERS ABOUT HOW THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE R1 TEN AND HOW THAT IF THAT'S APPLICABLE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK. THE HOMEOWNER SAID THAT THAT IS, IN THEIR OPINION, NOT A GOOD FIT TO KEEP IT AS R1 TEN. AND IF ANYTHING DID HAPPEN, THEN UPWARDS TO 60 UNITS WOULD HAVE TO BE ON THAT AND HIGH DENSITY IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORK. AND EVEN WITH THAT, THEY'RE THEY POLITELY DECLINED EVEN SUBMITTING AN OFFER BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT IT WAS BETTER USE AS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL AS WELL. SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, IS TO KIND OF START THAT CONVERSATION OF GETTING IT REZONED TO THE SC ONE, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME OR. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB, HAVE YOU HAD ANY FEEDBACK ON IF YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP OF THE THE OTHER, HAVE YOU ANY FEEDBACK ON THE ENTRANCES AND EXITS THERE AS FAR AS FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE NORTH SIDE, WOULD THAT BE A RIGHT IN LEFT IN ONLY AND THERE BE NO TURNING LEFT BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC THAT'S THERE? CORRECT. SO WE'VE TALKED WITH NESTOR, THE THE CITY ENGINEER OR THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT WOULD BE TREATED AS A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT ONLY. SO PEOPLE HEADING WEST ON 90TH SOUTH, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TURN LEFT AT THAT SPOT. OKAY. SO THE ONLY WAY PEOPLE COULD HEADING WEST, ENTERING INTO THIS, THIS SITE WOULD BE TO TURN LEFT ON NEW BINGHAM HIGHWAY AND THEN ENTER ON THAT ACCESS ON THE ON THE FURTHER SOUTH PORTION. AND THEN MY BIGGEST HANG UP BEFORE WAS ANY ENTRANCE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK WHAT THIS DOES HERE IS THIS KEEPS THE TRAFFIC OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IF YOU HAD A BACK ENTRANCE INTO THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD GO USE THAT AND THAT WOULD BRING MORE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I'M SURE THEY DON'T WANT.
SO THANKS FOR KEEPING THAT OUT AND HAVING THAT BUFFER ZONE. I'M GUESSING BY THE LOOKS OF THIS, YOU'LL BE PUTTING IN SHRUBBERY AS WELL, CORRECT? YEAH. SO I MEAN, BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, THERE'S ALWAYS MASONRY BLOCK OR A FENCE THAT'S REQUIRED. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KIND OF SHOWING. WILL THERE BE A FENCE. YES. OKAY. SO ALONG COPPER DUST LANE THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE TREES I GUESS I COULD USE. OH GOODNESS. ANYWAY, SO A LONG COPPER DUST LANE. WE ALL KNOW WHERE THAT IS. BUT THE TREES WOULD BE A BUFFER AND A 20 TO 25 FOOT BUFFER. ZONE 20 IS TYPICALLY THE ORDINANCE. OOPS. WITH TREES, A MASONRY WALL. AND THEN AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DIVE INTO MORE WITH THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF ALL THE MITIGATION AND THE RISKS THAT WE WANT TO NOT IMPOSE MORE THAN WHAT WE CAN ON THAT PROPERTY. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS REGARDING THE
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PROPERTY OWNERSHIP TRANSFER, NOT BETWEEN THE CURRENT OWNER AND WAGSTAFF, BUT BETWEEN THE ROAD, NEW BINGHAM HIGHWAY. IF THAT'S UDOT, I THINK IT'S UDOT, RIGHT. THAT'S GOING TO REALIGN THIS ROAD BECAUSE THE CONCEPT SITE PLAN THAT'S HERE. AND IF YOU BACK UP ONE SLIDE, THE PARCEL OUTLINED HERE ARE DIFFERENT SHAPES. CORRECT. SO HOW DOES THAT WORK IF WE REZONE THIS TRIANGLE. BUT YOU END UP BUILDING ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THIS TRIANGLE. IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH. SO THIS IS THE TRIANGLE THAT AS IT CURRENTLY SITS. AND THEN MAYBE SOMEONE WITH THE CITY CAN CAN GIVE A LITTLE FURTHER INSIGHT. BUT AS FAR AS TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS THE PROPOSED DESIGN THAT THEY ARE STILL REVIEWING. SO IF THAT IS THE CASE WE WOULD STILL OWN THE PROPERTY AS SHOWN ON THE COUNTY PARCEL MAP. BUT IF THERE'S ANY EXCESS PROPERTY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DEDICATED OR THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO PURCHASE. I KNOW TALKING WITH THE CITY ALONG 90TH SOUTH, THERE'S SOME CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR STORM DRAIN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WITH THE BEGINNING STAGES OF THE CITY, THERE WOULD BE SOME GIVE AND TAKE AS FAR AS GIVING SOME EASEMENTS AND POSSIBLY SOME ADDITIONAL PROPERTY. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON OH, I'M SORRY, SINCE WE SINCE WE LAST DISCUSSED THIS IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I'M CURIOUS WHAT SUBSTANTIAL MATERIAL CHANGE HAS OCCURRED SINCE WE FIRST DECLINED TO SUPPORT THIS REQUEST. YEAH. SO THE FIRST ONE WAS A LARGER STRIP MALL. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS WHAT'S PERMITTED WITHIN THE SC1 ZONING. I THINK A LOT OF IT WAS US SHOWING A DRIVEWAY ALSO ON COPPER DUST LANE AT THAT TIME. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST A CONCEPT PLAN. BUT WE KNEW WE QUICKLY REALIZED WE NEEDED SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST A BASIC CONCEPT PLAN, BUT MORE OF MORE THOUGHT INTO IT. AND SO WITH THIS WE NOW HAVE WE WERE SHOWING WHAT THE ROAD DEDICATION COULD POTENTIALLY IN THE NEW DESIGN. I BELIEVE WE HAD THAT ON THE PREVIOUS ONE. BUT THIS IS WHAT THE CITY HAS ALSO SAID. THIS IS THE DESIGN.THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND WITH THE STRIP MALL. IT WAS A LARGER USE.
THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT WERE 20 TO 30,000FT■!S BUILDINGS AND A W OTHER RETAIL. SO THIS WOULD HAVE JUST A SMALLER RETAIL ON THE BACK END WITH A GAS STATION, FUEL CANOPY AND CAR WASH OUT ON THE EAST SIDE. SO BASICALLY JUST INSTEAD OF A LARGER STRIP MALL, THAT COULD BE A ANY KIND OF A LARGER BIG BOX RETAIL AND THEN OTHER USES, THIS WOULD BE MORE OF WHAT WE WOULD BE ALIGNED WITH. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON, THANK YOU. AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WE HAD OUT OF THE FIRE STATION, A NUMBER OF THE RESIDENTS EXPRESSED TO ME THAT THEY WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IN LIEU OF. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. AS SUCH AS THIS.
HOW DO YOU WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THEM REGARDING? WHY YOU'RE PURSUING THIS ROUTE VERSUS A HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO FOR US, WELL, I GUESS THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HEARD AT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AS FAR AS CONCERNS, WHICH IS SAFETY AND TRAFFIC, THE KIDS GETTING ACROSS THE STREET IN 90TH AND THOSE KIND OF MEASURES. BUT FOR US, IF YOU DID HIGH DENSITY HOUSING, IN MY OPINION, THAT ONLY INCREASES THE THAT CASE WITH CHILD SAFETY IS WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING. JUST BECAUSE IF HE HAD 60, 60 PLUS UNITS ON THAT, TOWNHOMES, CONDOS, APARTMENTS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE TO GET TO THAT, TO WHERE IT MAKES SENSE AS A DEVELOPER TO THE UNITS THAT WERE NEEDED, THAT WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY, IN MY OPINION, BE SMALLER. YOU KNOW, YOUNGER FAMILIES AND KIDS WOULD DEFINITELY BE A PART OF THAT. SO A LOT OF THE BACK AND FORTH THAT WE HAD WAS, WAS SAFETY MEASURES. SO IF THIS IS WHERE IF IT'S COMMERCIAL AND WE HAD A ROCK WALL, A MASONRY FENCE DIVIDING THE RESIDENTIAL WITH THE COMMERCIAL, AND THEN WE DID ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE SIDEWALKS, IN MY OPINION, THAT GIVES THEM A SAFETY, MORE OF A SAFETY MEASURE TO GO ON THE SIDEWALK. AND WITH THE FUTURE ROAD DESIGN, THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. SO THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS CAN SAFELY CROSS. SO IN MY OPINION, WHETHER IT'S HIGH DENSITY COMMERCIAL AND THAT CAN BE RETAIL, A LIBRARY, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, I THINK THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE MANY THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED NO MATTER WHAT THE ZONING IS HIGH DENSITY AGAIN, OR COMMERCIAL, JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE MITIGATED THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SAFETY WITH 90 SOUTH AND THOSE MEASURES, NOT NECESSARILY THE DIFFERENCE OF HIGH DENSITY AND COMMERCIAL, IN MY OPINION. THANK YOU. CHAIR WHITELOCK WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.
THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS THIS IS A GREAT SITE PLAN. YOU KNOW, IT WOULD PROVIDE ALL OF THIS.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS NOT APPROVAL OF THIS SITE PLAN. WHAT YOU'RE ASKING
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FOR IS JUST A ZONE CHANGE. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. YES. THE OF COURSE, THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL WOULD COME WITH THE WITH THE SUBMITTAL OF THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION AND WORKING WITH STAFF TO GET TO THAT POINT. SO TONIGHT AGAIN THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN. SO TALKING THE PARTICULARS THAT WOULD COME IN A LATER TIME. BUT THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT BECAUSE I KNOW THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY WANTED TO SEE WHAT OPTIONS THERE WERE. THESE ARE JUST USES THAT ARE WITHIN THAT SC1 AS PERMITTED USES. SO THIS WAY IT WOULD GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT COULD HAVE BE DONE, INSTEAD OF WHETHER THAT'S LARGER STRIP MALLS OR WHAT IT MIGHT BE. BUT TONIGHT IS JUST STRICTLY THE REZONE, AND THAT'S WHY WE FEEL BASED OFF THE SITE PLAN, IT'S A GREAT PROPERTY FOR FOR COMMERCIAL. SO YOU COULD THIS COULD GO IN THERE OR YOU COULD PUT ANYTHING THAT QUALIFIES IN OUR SC1 SELL IT. SO THIS THIS IS A GREAT LOOKING PICTURE. BUT WHAT WE'RE APPROVING IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO BUILD WHATEVER IS POSSIBLE IN SC1. SO CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH CITY. AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT AT THE PERMITTED USES WITHIN THAT ZONING. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU MR. NEIL. WE WILL NOW OPEN THIS UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.AS BEFORE. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT. WE'LL BRING YOU UP POSSIBLY LATER. BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS ON THIS. AGAIN. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WE ASK YOU TO COME UP AND PLEASE, WHEN YOU COME UP TO GIVE US YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. I'LL CHECK OUT THIS. JOE COLOSIMO CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SALT LAKE CITY, 27 C STREET, SALT LAKE CITY. LET ME START BY APOLOGIZING TO THE NEIGHBORS. FOR YEARS, PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND SO DID WE. IT WAS OUR OUR INTENTION 25 YEARS AGO. BUT WITH THE SHORTAGE OF STAFF, WE HAVE CHANGED OUR BUILDING SITE REQUIREMENTS. WE NEED TO GO TO A BIGGER CHURCH ON A BIGGER PIECE OF PROPERTY SO WE DON'T WEAR OUT THE THE LOCAL PRIEST OTHER THAN THE FACT THE SITE IS TOO SMALL, IT SITS REALLY ON, TOO BUSY OF A STREET NETWORK FOR US. THE STREETS. IT'S JUST HARD ON THE ACOUSTICS. IT'S HARD ON IN AND OUT AND SO IT'S JUST WAY TOO BUSY. IF WE WERE TO BUILD A CHURCH THERE. WHEN WE DECIDED TO MOVE AWAY FROM THIS SITE, WE APPROACHED A COUPLE HOMEBUILDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, SHARED THE SITE WITH THEM, SHARED WITH THEM THE CURRENT ZONING, AND THEY PASSED ON IT. THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED. THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A RESIDENTIAL SITE. AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING, IT WAS SUGGESTED BY A NEIGHBOR AND SHE SAID, QUOTE, CALL EDGE HOMES. THEY BUY EVERYTHING. SO I, I REACHED OUT TO EDGE FOR AN OPINION AND AN INTEREST IN THE SITE. I HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR LETTER IN YOUR PACKET, BUT THEY BASICALLY SAID IT WAS NOT AN R 110 SITE. THE CURRENT ZONING THEY WOULD NEED DENSITY AROUND 20 UNITS PER ACRE. THEY CLOSED THEIR LETTER WITH CANDOR BY SAYING THAT IT APPEARS THE PROPERTY WAS MORE SUITABLE FOR COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL. WE AT THE CHURCH WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THE ZONE CHANGE AT THIS TIME SO THAT WE CAN CLOSE OUR TRANSACTION AND BUILD A CHURCH ON A SITE THAT MEETS OUR NEEDS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DID HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO FILLED OUT LETTERS. SO MAYBE I'LL CALL YOU UP. CASES. LOOKS LIKE SAWYER. COME ON UP, PLEASE. I FEEL LIKE I JUST REPRESENT MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA I LIVE. MY HOME WOULD BE EXACTLY ADJACENT TO THIS NEW CHANGE. WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOME, LIKE MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA, WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT WOULD BE A NICE, QUIET CHURCH. I UNDERSTAND THEIR PROBLEM IN NEEDING A LARGER AREA. IT IS A QUIET AREA CURRENTLY, BUT IT WILL NOT BE AS SOON AS YOU PUNCH THROUGH 90TH AGAIN.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WENT TO MANY MEETINGS FOR AND WAS OUT OF OUR CONTROL. SO YOU HAVE NOW ISOLATED US INTO A SMALL TRIANGLE. ARE YOU ALL AWARE OF HOW THAT LOOKS ON THE MAP? SO WE ARE NOW SURROUNDED BY BUSY STREETS. IN ADDITION TO THAT STOPLIGHT THAT WILL GO IN. IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL FOUR WAY STOP THAT IN A TRADITIONAL MANNER. IT'S BEING CURVED AND MOVED AROUND TO TRY AND MANIPULATE THROUGH THAT PARK, A BUSY PARK WHERE THERE ARE TONS OF CHILDREN AND WE'VE BEEN ISOLATED, AND THERE'S NO WAY FOR OUR CHILDREN TO GET SAFELY
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OUT OF ANY OF THESE AREAS, LET ALONE HAVE A GAS STATION. THAT WOULD THEN BE SUCH AN INVITATION TO ALL THE CHILDREN FROM THE PARK, FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR WORRY IS THAT BY REZONING, WHILE THIS IS A LOVELY SITE PLAN AND I'M SURE THEY'LL DO EVERYTHING TO MAKE IT NICE, IT DOES OPEN UP FOR IT TO BE ANYTHING, AND OUR WORRY IS THAT IT WOULD BE A STRIP MALL, IT COULD BE ANYTHING ELSE. AND WE ALL LIVE THERE UNDER THE EXPECTATION IT WOULD BE A QUIET CHURCH. SO WE JUST ASK THAT IT NOT BE REZONED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT MIGHT NOT BE GREAT FOR THEIR FINANCIAL, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR OURS IF IT IS REZONED THAT WE LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THAT. THE BUSY OLD BINGHAM HIGHWAY THAT GOES RIGHT THROUGH KEEPS US ISOLATED FROM THE COMMERCIAL THAT IS WAY ACROSS THE STREET. BUT IF YOU PUT THIS RIGHT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WON'T BE ISOLATED. WE'LL JUST. IT'LL JUST BE RIGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO, JEAN MCINTYRE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A MOMENT. I HAD SOME THOUGHTS HERE AND MY PHONE JUST CHANGED MY POSITION. SO HOLD ON. OKAY. LIKE YOU SAID, MY NAME IS JEAN MCINTYRE AND I ALSO RESIDE IN WEST JORDAN, AND I RESIDE OUT IN THAT LOCATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS MEETING. LIKE CASEY, I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. NOW, I HAVE THREE POINTS THAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON. FIRST OF ALL, WHO YOU REPRESENT, THE NATURE OF THE PROPERTY TRANSACTION AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HISTORY WITHIN THE CITY'S DECISIONS, THE CITY COUNCIL'S PRIMARY OBLIGATION IS TO ITS VOTING RESIDENTS, NOT THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF A LARGE ENTITY OR OUTSIDE DEVELOPERS. THE RIGHTS OF THE VOTING RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE EVERY DAY SHOULD BE FUNDAMENTALLY OUTWEIGHED THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF A COMMERCIAL BUYER OR A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR ENTITY LIKE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. NO OFFENSE. WHICH DOES NOT RESIDE ON THIS PROPERTY. YOU WERE ELECTED TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, PRIORITIZING A COMMERCIAL SALE OVER THE IMMEDIATE SAFETY NOISE LEVELS. AND I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT FOR ONE SECOND, BECAUSE THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH MENTIONED THAT THAT AREA HE FELT WAS TOO NOISY FOR A CHURCH. SO IF IT'S TOO NOISY FOR A CHURCH, WHAT IS THIS CHANGE GOING TO DO FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? THE NOISE IS GOING TO EXPLODE AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO ENJOY THAT. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPERTY VALUES OF OUR HOMES WILL POTENTIALLY BE DROPPED. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ELECTED, THIS SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE ABOUT WHOSE INTERESTS TRULY MATTER IN WEST JORDAN. IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE THIS, THE CIRCUMSTANCES NOW SURROUNDING THE POTENTIAL SALE SUGGEST THE DEVELOPER DRIVEN PROPOSAL, NOT AN ORGANIC MARKET NEED FROM THE LANDOWNER. WE HAVE BEEN. WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED. IT CHANGED ON ME AGAIN. WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE CHURCH WAS APPROACHED BY THE DEVELOPER AND THERE IS CURRENTLY NO FOR SALE SIGN ON THE PROPERTY. THIS IS A SPECULATIVE PUSH FOR MAXIMUM PROFIT, NOT A COMMUNITY INITIATED NEED. THIS PUTS THE ONUS ON THE COUNCIL TO DEFEND THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY FROM A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INITIATED BY AN EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL INTEREST. POINT THREE THE RESIDENTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY FEEL DISENFRANCHIZED BY PAST COUNCIL DECISIONS AND URGE YOU TO LISTEN. THIS TIME, MANY OF US STOOD BEFORE THIS COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY REGARDING THE CURRENT. ABOUT 97. CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME? YEAH. I'M SORRY. YOUR TIME IS UP. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. VERY SORRY. ALL RIGHT.BUT YOU CAN YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL OUR OUR US AS WELL. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SEND US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JEAN AND THERESA MCINTYRE IS GOING TO TAG IN AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AS WELL. MY NAME IS THERESA MCINTYRE. I ALSO RESIDE IN WEST JORDAN, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY WITH THE REZONING REQUEST. AND I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING. I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL AND PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF ZONING LAWS, BUT THE WESTERN GENERAL PLAN SAYS THAT YOUR JOB IS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITY. RE DESIGNATING
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THIS PARCEL, I FEEL LIKE FOR COMMERCIAL USE WOULD VIOLATE THAT PRINCIPLE AND NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE GENERAL PLAN EMPHASIZES THE PROPER PLACEMENT OF DENSITY, CONCENTRATING COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AROUND SPECIFIC ASSETS LIKE TRACK STATIONS AND YOUR JOB. THE JOB OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION STATED ROLE IS TO MAINTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY AND FOSTER A SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY. WE FEEL LIKE A COMMERCIAL ZONE DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR HOMES ERODES THIS IDENTITY AND VIOLATES THESE CORE PRINCIPLES. MANY OF US MADE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS HERE BASED ON THE CURRENT ZONING, BELIEVING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A LOW IMPACT USE OF A CHURCH. THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT DRASTICALLY ALTERS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE CHOSE TO JOIN, INTRODUCING UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION, TRAFFIC, AND SAFETY HAZARDS. A CHANGE IN ZONING DIRECTLY IMPACTS PROPERTY VALUES. OUR HOMES, WHICH REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT FOR MANY OF US, WILL LIKELY SEE A DECREASE IN VALUE. WE RECOGNIZE THE CITY'S NEED FOR DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS. TO THAT END, MY NEIGHBORS AND I ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT REZONING TO A MULTI HOUSING CLASSIFICATION SUCH AS TOWNHOMES. THIS ALIGNS WITH THE GENERAL PLANS HOUSING STRATEGIES, INCREASES DENSITY RESPECTFULLY AND REMAINS COMPATIBLE WITH OUR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, AND AVOIDS THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF INTENSE COMMERCIAL USE. I ASK YOU TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY ADHERING TO THE ESTABLISHED VISION AND PRINCIPLES OF THE WEST JORDAN GENERAL PLAN. PLEASE VOTE TO KEEP THIS PROPERTY ZONED RESIDENTIAL OR ALTERNATIVELY, CONSIDER A RESIDENTIAL MULTI-HOUSING DESIGNATION THAT PROTECTS THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN THIS IN THE ROOM? PLEASE COME ON UP AGAIN IF YOU'LL START WITH YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. I AM ROSIE AND I'M GOING TO WING THIS BECAUSE ANYWAYS, I'M ROSIE AND I ACTUALLY LIVE ON CRESCENT, MY LANE, WHICH IS RIGHT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. SO 19 YEARS AGO WHEN THAT COMMUNITY CAME TO FRUITION, LIKE I BUILT MY HOUSE THERE WITH MY FAMILY AND I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY THIRD CHILD AND WAS I KNOW I WAS GOING TO HAVE MY FOURTH PREGNANT WITH MY FOURTH CHILD.I HAD JUST BARELY HAD MY THIRD CHILD. AND WHEN WE DECIDED TO BUILD THERE BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT BUILDING A HOME, IVORY HOMES OVER BY LIKE 80 SOUTH, WHEN WE SAW THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAD THE UNDERSTANDING THAT A CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS GOING TO BE THERE, WE REALLY LOVED THE FACT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE QUIET AND IT WAS GOING TO GROW, AND IT WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY BE A NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT ONCE, OBVIOUSLY, PAPA PETER CAME IN AND THE STENCH OF DANNON, WHO WOULD HAVE EVER KNOWN IN THE MORNINGS LIKE IT WAS BAD. BUT BACK TO JUST KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD, WHETHER IT'S A GAS STATION WHERE IT'S RETAIL SPACE. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T WORK WITH WHAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS. WELL, AS A YOUNG, AS A YOUNG HOMEOWNER WAS COMING IN FOR I. SO IT'S JUST REALLY DEPRESSING TO KNOW THAT THAT THE VALUE AND I'M A MORTGAGE LOAN OFFICER, AND I'VE BEEN A MORTGAGE LOAN OFFICER FOR 25 YEARS, AND THAT 1,000% IS GOING TO LOWER THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES. OF ALL THOSE HOMES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO PLEASE DON'T. I MEAN, IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CATHOLIC CHURCH, I FEEL LIKE IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT, THEN IT HAS TO BE HOMES SO THAT IT FEELS LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT WE'RE SURROUNDED BY BEEPING NOISE AT NIGHT BECAUSE THE TRUCKS BACKING UP. AND I MEAN, I WAKE UP TO THAT EVERY SINGLE MORNING.
AND IT REALLY IS SO SAD BECAUSE I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW. AND SO AGAIN, I AM A MORTGAGE LOAN OFFICER. I KNOW THAT BY PUTTING THAT IN TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S GOING TO DECREASE THE VALUE OF OUR HOME. SOMETHING THAT MYSELF AND ALL MY NEIGHBORS HAVE PROBABLY WORKED REALLY HARD TO, YOU KNOW, TO ACHIEVE THE EQUITY IN THAT PROPERTY, IN OUR PROPERTIES. SO, YEAH, FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE DON'T PUT COMMERCIAL ANYTHING COMMERCIAL.
THERE'S ENOUGH COMMERCIAL AROUND US. WE HAVE TO TRY TO KEEP THAT SO THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE ACTUALLY ARE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PEOPLE ACROSS FROM US AND THE PARK THAT'S THERE, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO US AS WELL. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME ON UP. AS ALWAYS. NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, PLEASE. MY NAME IS BRETT LOVELL. I RESIDE IN RIVERTON, BUT WE OWN PROPERTY. QUITE A BIT OF
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PROPERTY AND OFFICE OUT OF WEST JORDAN. A LOT OF TIMES IN DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S NOT A LOT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OKAY WITH IT DON'T COME OUT TO THE MEETING AND JUST WANTED TO COME OUT AND SAY THAT BEING A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPER, THIS SITE WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL. IT WOULD BE A STRUGGLE AS FAR AS SAFETY AND TRAFFIC. SO I JUST AS BEING A PROFESSIONAL IN THIS INDUSTRY, JUST WANTED TO COME OUT AND SAY THIS MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE AS FAR AS TRAFFIC AND AND WHATNOT. TO BE A COMMERCIAL SITE VERSUS RESIDENTIAL IS HOLIDAY OIL OR A C STORE WOULD BE JUST TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH. NOT REALLY A DESTINATION. JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND WORKED WITH SOME OF YOU ON COUNCIL AND CALVIN. I DON'T FEEL THE WAY OTHER PEOPLE DID. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP IN THE PAST. APPRECIATE YOU. MERRY CHRISTMAS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL KEEP IT OPEN. ANYONE IN THE ROOM? THANK YOU. NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. HI, MY NAME IS MATT CHEN. I ALSO A RESIDENT OF WEST JORDAN. MY BACKYARD IS THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF THIS PROPOSED PROPERTY. I ECHO WHAT'S BEEN SAID BY MY NEIGHBORS. I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS ZONE CHANGE. I DO WANT TO TAKE THE COUNCIL BACK ABOUT, OH, BACK TO AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, WHERE I REPRESENTED MY FAMILY. FAMILY TRUST OF SOME PROPERTY ON DUNLOP DRIVE THAT IS VERY SIMILARLY SHAPED TRIANGLE PIECE THAT THERE WAS NOT A ZONE CHANGE, BUT AN OVERLAY GIVEN THAT ALLOWED SOME LENIENCY TOWARDS HOUSING ON A TRIANGLE PIECE THAT WAS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF ACRES, NOT THREE AND A HALF ACRES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL RECALL THAT OR NOT. I THINK BEFORE THIS GOES TO A COMMERCIAL SITE, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE DUE DILIGENCE GIVEN AND MORE OPPORTUNITY GIVEN TO COMPANIES LIKE GARBETT, WHO ARE ABLE TO WORK ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY VERY, VERY SIMILARLY SIZED AND BE PROFITABLE. WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HAPPENS ON THAT PROPERTY AND APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND NOT CHANGING THE ZONING ON THIS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE TO POP UP? I'LL GO TO MR. ANDERSON. OH NO, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER. PLEASE COME ON IN. YOU KNOW THE DRILL.SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH IT. SO I'M CHRIS MCCONAUGHEY, WESTERN RESIDENT. PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I READ SOME THOUGHTS THAT I SCRIBBLED DOWN JUST TO MAKE SURE I CAN MAKE THE BEST USE OF THAT LIMITED TIME WE HAVE. I DO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK FOR POINTING OUT THAT THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS SHARED WAS CONCEPT ONLY, AND THERE'S NO COMMITMENT TO IT. IF IT'S IF A SUCCESSFUL REZONE HAPPENS TONIGHT, THAT PROPERTY COULD BE SOLD TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO'S NOT TIED TO THE CONCEPT. AND ONCE THE ZONE CHANGE IS APPROVED, ANYTHING ALLOWED ALLOWED WITHIN THAT ZONE CHANGE DOESN'T REQUIRE FURTHER APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL. BUT CONSIDERING THE CONCEPT PLAN, SPECIFICALLY THE THE STRIP MALL COMPONENT, I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER HOW MANY RETAIL SITES ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING OR EMPTY. ALONG 90TH SOUTH, YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL LOCATIONS THAT STRUGGLE. 78TH HAS QUITE A FEW 70TH AS WELL, I DON'T KNOW. AND THOSE ARE LARGER SITES AT JUST OVER THREE ACRES. I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS SITE HAS ENOUGH POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL MASS TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR WHAT THE CONCEPT PLAN IS SUGGESTING. UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR POSSIBLE LOCATIONS FOR SPIRIT HALLOWEEN.
BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, DOES R1 TEN WORK? PROBABLY NOT, BUT I WOULD PREFER TO SEE SOMETHING CLOSER TO THE CONCEPT, CLOSER TO WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING HAS. I'D ALSO POINT OUT I DON'T NEED TO POINT OUT THAT THE COUNCIL, I'M SURE, IS COGNIZANT THAT THE RESIDENTS HERE PURCHASED HOMES WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT THIS WOULD BE A RESIDENTIAL OR THE CHURCH. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP SHOWS THE RESIDENTIAL, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE EXPECTATION. WE KNOW THAT PLANS CHANGE, BUT WE WANT TO AT LEAST TRY TO BE CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL AND THE EXISTING PLAN THAT'S OUT THERE NOW. IT'S NOT THE COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE ZONING CHANGES TO HELP MAKE THINGS PENCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT. RATHER, THE COUNCIL'S ROLE IS TO PROTECT PROPERTY RIGHTS. THE DEVELOPER HAS EVERY RIGHT IN THE WORLD TO ASK FOR THE CHANGE, BUT THE COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO APPROVE THAT CHANGE. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE NO WITH THAT. I DO ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION, ALMOST THANKLESS TO BE IN WHERE YOU'RE SITTING AND WEIGHING BOTH SIDES OF SOMETHING. THAT CAN BE HONESTLY A PRETTY HEATED, PRETTY HEATED QUESTION. THIS HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES. PEOPLE'S HOMES LIKELY ONE OF THE BIGGEST INVESTMENTS THEY'VE EVER MADE, NOT JUST IN FINANCIAL TERMS OF THE COST OF THE HOME, BUT WHERE THEY'RE RAISING THEIR FAMILY
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AND HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR LIFE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND FOR THE TWO OF YOU WHO ARE LEAVING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I ENJOYED MY TIME SERVING WITH BOTH OF YOU. CHAIR. VICE CHAIR. WISH YOU THE BEST. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE MORE TIME. ANYONE IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? AND, MR. HENDERSON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OH, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE.BUT DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE? JUST SO I'LL KNOW. RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE TWO ONLINE. NO ONE HAS RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK. NOW THE ANTICIPATION HAS GONE FOR ME. BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU. MA'AM, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. HI, SHELLEY. CARLYLE, WEST JORDAN I HAVE BEEN A WEST JORDAN RESIDENT SINCE FEBRUARY OF 1999. I'VE LIVED IN THE SUBJECT NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 2006. BEFORE WE BUILT, I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE. I LOOKED AT THE PROPOSED MOUNTAIN VIEW CORRIDOR PATHS, AND I SEARCHED AND EVERYTHING AROUND OUR SUBDIVISION WAS ZONED R1 TEN EXCEPT FOR I WAS AWARE OF PLASTIC CABINETS. WHO WAS THERE AT THE TIME, WHICH IS NOW PAPA PIZZA OR THE BAKERY. AND WE WERE AWARE OF DANNON. SO I WAS VERY AWARE THAT I WAS BUILDING A HOME, THAT ALL THE HOMES AROUND ME WOULD BE 10,000FT■!S R LARGER. THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE LAST 19.5 YEARS, I HAVE FAITHFULLY ATTENDED MEETINGS THAT HAVE COME UP, HAVING TO DO WITH 90TH SOUTH, GOING THROUGH NEW BINGHAM HIGHWAY, POTENTIAL FLYOVERS OVER 6400 WEST. ALL THESE MEETINGS I'VE ATTENDED SINCE 2006 TO THE PRESENT.
LITTLE BY LITTLE, OUR LITTLE TRIANGLE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERYTHING IS CHANGED. WE'LL SHARE APARTMENTS. THAT AREA WAS ZONED ALSO R1 TEN AND WE GOT SOMEONE GOT A LITTLE BIT SNEAKY.
THERE WAS A TOWN HALL. THERE WAS A MEETING TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO HIGHER DENSITY RESOLUTION. I DO REALIZE THAT WAS DURING 2008 AND NINE WHEN THE ECONOMY DID CHANGE, BUT LETTERS WERE MAILED OUT TO PEOPLE THAT LIVED WITHIN 100FT OF THAT. WELL, AT THE TIME, NOBODY LIVED WITHIN 100FT. SO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD GOT CHANGED TO APARTMENTS. SO NOW WE ARE JUST THIS LITTLE TINY TRIANGLE, AND THIS IS THE LAST, LITTLE BIT WE HAVE TO KEEP US FROM BEING COMPLETELY SURROUNDED ALMOST COMPLETELY BY COMMERCIAL. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER US, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN BLOOM AND COUNCILMAN GREEN AS YOUR LAST ACTIVE SERVICE. WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO VOTE NO AGAINST THIS AS PART OF YOUR LEGACY. AND WE DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SERVICE. AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT NO ONE'S GOING TO STEP UP. YEP. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. WE'LL JUST.
NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, PLEASE. MY NAME IS BRETT SEEGMILLER, WEST JORDAN I BACK MY BACKYARD BACKS THE PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I ECHO IT ALL MY OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID SO I'LL BE BRIEF. I WAS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND THIS WAS IN THE COMPLETE PACKET. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOWS THAT IT'S SORRY IN THE COMMITTEE THE WHOLE MINUTES. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THIS IS WHERE I'M GETTING THIS FROM. SO IT TALKS ABOUT YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY. I'LL JUST BE BRIEF. I WON'T CALL YOUR NAMES, BUT A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID THERE'S ALREADY PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL BETWEEN MOUNTAIN VIEW AND U-111. AND NOW WITH EVERYTHING FROM 6400 WEST WHERE THE ELECTRIC COMPANIES GOING IN OUT THERE, THERE'S ALREADY PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL. YOU DON'T NEED ANY MORE. THAT WAS ECHOED BY ONE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU ALREADY KNOW ALL THE NEIGHBORS. WE'RE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING DON'T WANT THIS. AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THIS. THE VERY LAST THING.
NO MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL INDICATED SUPPORT FOR THE CURRENT REQUEST MOVING FORWARD TO REZONE THIS. THAT WAS THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE OF THE WHOLE MINUTE. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT REZONE THIS AGAIN. WE'RE AMENABLE TO CHANGING TO LIKE WHAT CHRIS SAID, SOME DIFFERENT ZONING OPTIONS FOR HOMEBUILDERS. BUT PLEASE DO NOT REZONE THIS TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COME ON UP. WHOEVER'S NEXT, GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. HI. MY NAME IS STAN. WEST JORDAN RESIDENT. MY HOME SITS BASICALLY AT THE ENTRANCE OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO REZONE. PERSONALLY, THIS JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO OPEN UP TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE. IF YOU LET ME PUT YOUR AS IF THIS WAS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE A MAVERICK RIGHT ON MOUNTAIN VIEW.
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GREAT. WE HAVE U-111. WE HAVE ANOTHER GAS STATION RIGHT THERE. THOSE MAKE SENSE. I HAVE YOUNG KIDS BASICALLY WOULD CROSS THE STREET INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, POTENTIALLY GET HURT, GET HIT.ALSO TO MENTION 90TH SOUTH NOW THAT IT OPENED UP TO U-111 WITHIN 24 HOURS, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT OF IT OPENING. IT JUST DOESN'T IT? IT'S ART. LIKE YOU SAID. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SAID IT'S ALREADY TOO NOISY. I WOULD AGREE, WE HEAR STUFF ALL NIGHT. WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR TRUCKS BACKING UP. WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR ALL THIS RIFF RAFF GOING ON AT A GAS STATION. SO I WOULD I'M BEGGING YOU TO SAY NO. AND LET'S LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS. THANKS. THANK YOU. I KNOW WE HAVE ONE ONLINE. DO I HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME ON UP, MA'AM. AS MY BROKEN RECORD WILL SAY, PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, PLEASE. KELLY LEWIS, WESTERN RESIDENT. AND I'M A FEW DOORS DOWN FROM THIS PROPOSED AREA WHERE THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE CHANGE. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE. I'VE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 2006 AND HAVE SPENT MANY, MANY HOURS WALKING FROM MY HOME DOWN 90TH AND AROUND TO THE BALLPARK. SO LOTS OF YEARS SPENT THERE, LOTS OF YEARS WALKING BACK AND FORTH.
AND I JUST AM ANTICIPATING, I THINK THE THE MAN THAT TALKED AT THE BEGINNING TALKED ABOUT THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WE BROUGHT UP AS AS NEIGHBORS AND THE IDEA THAT PUTTING A GAS STATION THERE SO CLOSE TO THAT BALLPARK, SO CLOSE TO THAT HUGE REGIONAL PARK, IS JUST GOING TO BRING THOSE KIDS, ALL THE SKATERS, ALL THE BIKE RIDERS THAT WOULD BE THE CLOSEST GAS STATION, AND IT WOULD BRING THEM ACROSS 90TH. HE MENTIONED THAT HAVING RESIDENTIAL HOMES, THERE WOULD ALSO BE A SAFETY CONCERN, BUT I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT IDEA WHEN THEY'RE CROSSING, COMING OVER TO GET THEIR SNACKS AND THINGS FROM FROM THAT AREA, FROM THE PARK.
AND JUST WITH ALL THE CHANGES THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ROADS, WITH US BEING KIND OF ISOLATED AND SMALL FOR SO LONG, IT'S REALLY, REALLY SCARY. THE KIDS ARE NOT USED TO HAVING TRAFFIC AND THEY'RE NOT USED TO THOSE CHANGES. AND IT IT WILL THERE WILL BE LIVES LOST, I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT. AND WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILIES. THANKS. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ADAM BECK. I'M WITH JORDAN RESIDENT. I ALSO LIVE ON THE STREET THAT'S RIGHT UP AGAINST THIS PROPERTY. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID. YOU KNOW, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY OPPOSED TO THIS FOR SEVERAL REASONS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FRUSTRATIONS FROM THE PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE PAST WITH THE WITH THE ROAD CHANGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK THERE'S STILL UNRESOLVED CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY FOR CROSSING THE STREET. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS LITTLE CORNER TRIANGLE. I DON'T THINK THOSE HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. AND I THINK THIS ONLY SERVES TO WORSEN THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN THAT AREA. WE ARE DEFINITELY WORRIED ABOUT OUR KIDS. I THINK I DON'T WE MOVED IN WHEN WE HAD FIVE YOUNG KIDS. THEY'RE THEY'RE A LITTLE OLDER NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT IF IF I WERE LOOKING AT THAT SAME PROPERTY TODAY, I'D HAVE. AND THERE WAS ALL THE THE ROAD CHANGES AND ALL THE, THE, THE COMMERCIAL CHANGES, I, I'D FEEL VERY DIFFERENTLY ABOUT ABOUT BUYING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. PLEASE KEEP OUR, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE THERE. PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR OUR KIDS AND AND VOTE NO AGAINST THIS. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, PLEASE. MOLLY WARNICK AND I LIVE IN WEST JORDAN. I ACTUALLY LIVE JUST DOWN 90TH SOUTH FROM WHERE THE PROPOSED STRIP MALL AND GAS STATION WOULD BE PUT IN. I AM ACUTELY AWARE OF SAFETY CONCERNS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I LIVE AT THE INTERSECTION OF 6,490TH, AND RECENTLY A VEHICLE WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH MY BACKYARD AND INTO MY YARD. IF IT WASN'T FOR A TRAMPOLINE, THE POLICE OFFICER SAID THAT THEY BELIEVE HE WOULD HAVE HIT MY HOUSE. SO I'M VERY AWARE OF SAFETY. SAFETY CONCERNS FOR TRAFFIC. DEFINITELY GOING DOWN THAT ROAD AND LOOKING AT THAT MAP THAT WAS SHOWN, IT IS CORRECT THAT IF YOU'RE GOING WEST ON 90TH, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TURN INTO THE GAS STATION.
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BUT WE'RE ALL HUMAN AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE A U-TURN. THEY'RE GOING TO U-TURN RIGHT THERE BEHIND SOME OF THESE HOMES, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT INTO THE GAS STATION.SO THAT IS A CONCERN, A SAFETY CONCERN THAT I HAVE THOUGHT OF. I THINK AS OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID, WE HAVE A MAVERICK JUST DOWN THE STREET AT MOUNTAIN VIEW CORRIDOR, THERE'S A HOLIDAY GAS STATION. ON BACK IS THERE'S ANOTHER HOLIDAY GAS STATION BEING BUILT OFF OF 7800.
WE WE DON'T CARE FOR ANOTHER GAS STATION. WE DON'T NEED ONE. WE CAN GO GET GAS AT MAVERICK.
WE CAN GO GET GAS AT SAM'S CLUB. WE DON'T NEED ONE IN OUR BACKYARD. WITH AMAZON BEING JUST DOWN THE ROAD. WE HAVE ALL SEEN AMAZON TRUCKS AT MAVERICK. THEY'RE THERE A LOT FILLING UP BEFORE THEY'RE DONE WITH THEIR SHIFT. I CAN FORESEE THEM WANTING TO USE THAT HOLIDAY GAS STATION THAT WILL JUST INCREASE TRAFFIC. IT WILL INCREASE SAFETY CONCERNS ALONG WITH SAFETY CONCERNS. THERE'S A LOT OF RIFT RAFT THAT IS BROUGHT IN WITH GAS STATIONS. IT'S JUST HOW IT IS. WE DON'T WANT THAT IN OUR BACKYARD. LIKE OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID, WE WE WANT A NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WANT A NEIGHBORHOOD FEELING. AND BY PUTTING IN BUSINESSES AND A GAS STATION, THAT'S GOING TO LOSE OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY, OUR SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE ALL WANTED AND WE STILL WANT. SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO CONSIDER TO NOT REZONE THIS TO COMMERCIAL, BECAUSE AS RESIDENTS OF WEST JORDAN, WE WANT A NEIGHBORHOOD FEELING IN OUR SMALL PART OF WEST JORDAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL ASK AGAIN, ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO STAND UP AND TALK? MR. ANDERSON, DO WE STILL HAVE ONE PERSON WITH A HAND RAISED ONLINE? YOU HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS. ONE HAS RAISED THEIR HAND. COOL. WE WILL OPEN IT UP SO THEY CAN SPEAK PLEASE, ONLINE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, START WITH YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, PLEASE. I'M CUEING IT AND THERE'S NOT A RESPONSE AT THE MOMENT. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU ARE ONLINE I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. THIS IS YOUR TIME. IS THERE A NAME? YEAH, IT'S DYLAN MARTIN. DALEN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK. THE LINE IS OPEN FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THIS. WE THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR ALL OF YOUR WORDS.
THESE THINGS DO BECOME VERY HARD BECAUSE MOST CITIZENS THINK WE ONLY LISTEN TO DEVELOPERS, AND MOST DEVELOPERS THINK WE ONLY LISTEN TO CITIZENS. AND THE HARD PART IS WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO BOTH. AND IT WAS SAID THAT OUR JOB IS TO DO WHAT THE VOTING PEOPLE TELL US TO DO. BUT REALLY, WHAT OUR JOB IS TO DO IS WHAT WE DEEM IS THE BEST POSSIBLE THING FOR THE CITY. AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS GOING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT IN ORDER TO GET THE BEST THING FOR THE CITY, WE DO HAVE TO LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DO HERE. AND IT IS HARD WITH A TO LIVE IN A PLACE THAT'S ON A GRID SYSTEM, AND TO HAVE A DIAGONAL ROAD JUST SUDDENLY BUST THROUGH EVERYTHING, IT KIND OF MESSES UP. A LOT OF THE PLANNING THAT WENT THROUGH. IT ALSO HURTS THAT WHEN WE ARE DOING A POSSIBLE THIS IS SET FOR A REZONING THAT OFTENTIMES THE PEOPLE ASKING FOR THE REZONE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT PLANS YET, BECAUSE THAT COST A LOT OF MONEY TO BUILD THOSE EXACT PLANS, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO SPEND THAT MONEY IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REZONED. SO THIS IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO WEIGH VERY HEAVILY WHEN WE GO INTO A REZONING. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS, AND NOW WE'LL OPEN UP TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE SOME AS WELL, BUT I'LL HOLD OFF RIGHT NOW. I'LL LET COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB START. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. CORBIN. I THINK I'LL START WITH YOU AND YOU CAN TELL ME WHERE MAYBE IT SHOULD GO. AND THAT'S REGARDING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD, THE SALE OF THE ROAD. WHERE ARE WE IN THAT PROCESS? WHERE IS UDOT? I GUESS IT'S NOT REALLY US. WHERE IS UDOT IN THAT PROCESS? WHAT ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE IN, IN. I DON'T SEE OUR PUBLIC WORKS OR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STAFF HERE. I CAN SPEAK TO MY KNOWLEDGE. PAUL MAY CORRECT ME. THE ROAD HAS THE THE INTERSECTION HAS BEEN PRELIMINARILY DESIGNED. UDOT HAS TO APPROVE IT. MY
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UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S AN UPDATE BEING RE-ENGINEERED BY UDOT AT THE MOMENT AND I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW THE NEW TIME FRAME. DO WE KNOW ABOUT PROPERTY CHANGING HANDS BETWEEN UDOT AND EITHER THE CHURCH OR MYSELF, OR THE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH? THAT'S GOING TO GET A CHUNK CUT OUT OF IT TO TO CURB THAT ROAD TO THE NORTH? YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF, SORRY, THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF NEW BINGHAM HIGHWAY TO GET AFFECT THE BAND IN NEW BINGHAM HIGHWAY TO CREATE A CREATE THE DESIRED INTERSECTION. AND THEN THAT WOULD LEAVE US REMNANT PROPERTY THAT WE WOULD THEN SELL ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE THIS TRIANGLE IS, IS. SO TALK ABOUT. BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED A SWAP OF SOME KIND BUT THAT CORRECT? DO WE KNOW IF THE WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IS WHAT'S PICTURED ON THIS SITE PLAN CONCEPT. ON THIS, ON THIS SOUTH OF 90TH SIDE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SITE PLAN CONCEPT. YES. I THINK FROM ALL INDICATIONS, THE ENGINEERING DESIGN OF THE INTERSECTION IS IF NOT FINALIZED, BUT THE CONCEPT IS VERY CLOSE. YEAH. THAT WON'T THAT WILL NOT DRAMATICALLY CHANGE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. I HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL FOR THE CITY. THE CITIZENS HAVE SAID THAT THEY ARE OKAY WITH HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING IN THAT. HOW IS THE CITY SET FOR HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING IN THAT IN TERMS OF WATER AND POWER? I WILL BRING UP MR. MCCANDLESS HERE FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THIS WILL HAPPEN. IF IT'S ZONED FOR MULTIFAMILY, THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH A A REVIEW OR FORMAL REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT ENOUGH. THE BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTIFAMILY, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT KIND OF PLAY INTO THIS. IT'S THE THE OVERALL DIMENSION OF THE THE PROPERTY ITSELF. IT'S I CAN SO IT IT'S, IT'S THAT THAT PLAYS INTO IT THE SERVICEABILITY. IT'S ALSO THE LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS TO ALLOW THE MULTIFAMILY. WE'RE STILL UNDER THE CAP AND GRADE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER MAYBE 1 OR 2 OTHER OPTIONS THAT MIGHT ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY AS MULTIFAMILY. BUT IT MAY IT MAY TAKE A ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. BUT OKAY. THANK YOU. THE HARD PART IS THAT WHAT IT IS ZONED FOR IS NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHING TO REALLY GO THERE. AND WHAT IT WAS BEST SET FOR WAS THE CHURCH.THAT'S I THINK THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR THAT. BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. COUNCIL MEMBER BLUM I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY SITS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, ARTERIAL ROADS, INDUSTRIAL USES, AND THERE'S NO OPTION HERE THAT IS IMPACT FREE. SO TONIGHT'S DECISION IS ABOUT LAND USE POLICY AND NOT ABOUT DISMISSING THE CONCERNS OF THAT NEIGHBORS HAVE SHARED. AND TO ME, THIS VOTE IS NOT ABOUT GAS STATIONS OR CAR WASHES OR EVEN WAGSTAFF.
I FEEL THIS IS DO WE ABSORB NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL IMPACTS, OR DO WE KEEP IT RESIDENTIAL AND ABSORB MATERIAL INDUSTRIAL IMPACTS? BOTH HAVE THESE TRADE OFFS. AND THE DIFFICULTY IS, IS THAT NEITHER OPTION FEELS GOOD TO THE NEIGHBORS. AND AND THOUGH THE OPTIONS CAN BE JUSTIFIED, IT DOESN'T MEAN OR APPROPRIATE IMPACTS CAN'T BE MITIGATED LATER. COMMERCIAL IS LESS AFFECTED BY NOISE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE SAME AS SAYING COMMERCIAL IS BETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS, OR THAT COMMERCIAL ALIGNS MORE CLOSELY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. I MEAN, IN FACT, THE GENERAL PLAN KIND OF CUTS IT BOTH WAYS WHERE IT SAYS THE GENERAL PLAN IS THE WILL OF THE COMMUNITY, AND PRESUMED CURRENT DEVELOPERS HAVE THE BURDEN OF PROOF. AND IF WE GET THIS REZONE, ANY PERMITTED USE IN THAT ZONE MAY OCCUR. AND WE'VE BEEN WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE HIT THAT ROAD BEFORE WHERE WE, WE'VE WE'VE APPROVED SOMETHING AND THEN IT HAS BIT US IN THE BUTT AND LIKE, WE CAN'T BLOCK A GAS STATION IF THE CODE ALLOWS IT, YOU KNOW, BUFFERS AND LIGHTING AND ACCESS CONTROLS HAPPEN LATER. BUT ONCE WE APPROVE THIS, THE USE INTENSITY IS IS LOCKED AND FOR FOR THE RESIDENTS WORRIED TONIGHT I GET IT.
THEY'RE VOTE TONIGHT. THIS VOTE TONIGHT IS THE REAL REAL LAST LEVERAGE POINT. SO THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED I WAS LIKE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE COMMITTEE OF WHOLE, WE WANTED TO SEE HOW THAT, THAT, THAT THE ROAD WAS GOING TO DEVELOP AND THE BURDEN OF THE
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PROOF FROM, FROM THE DEVELOPER DIDN'T CHANGE THAT. WE I STILL WANT TO KNOW, LIKE, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION BECAUSE LIKE, HOW IS THIS GOING TO DEVELOP WITH UDOT AND IF THE COMMERCIAL IS APPROVED, WHAT ASSURANCE EXISTS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE USES WILL PREVAIL OVER, YOU KNOW, A BAIT AND SWITCH POTENTIALLY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT PIECE OF PARCEL. AND SO ALL OF THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GOING THROUGH A LOT OF OUR HEADS. AND SO I WANT THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING THIS VOTE LIGHTLY, HOWEVER IT GOES, WHETHER FROM THE FROM THE LANDOWNER TO THE RESIDENTS, WE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT DO WE VOTE NO OR DO WE CONTINUE THE ITEM? WE'RE TRYING. THERE'S A LOT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH THIS VOTE, AND WE'RE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY.COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, BEFORE MY COMMENTS, I HAVE A QUESTION. MR. MCCANDLESS. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT OR MR. LANGFORD, THE CURRENT NUMBER OF ER ASSIGNED TO THIS UNIT IS HOW MANY? AND IF WE GO TO THE REZONE ON THE SC ONE, HOW MANY ERCS WOULD BE ASSOCIATED TO THAT FOR, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND IRC, IT STANDS FOR EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL, SOMETHING WE USED TO CALL IT ERA'S EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT. EVERY PIECE OF LAND IN THE CITY ON THE GENERAL PLAN AND EVERYTHING IS ASSIGNED A WATER, AN IRC COUNT THAT TELLS YOU HOW MUCH AND MOST HOUSES. MOST QUARTER ACRE HOUSES HAVE ABOUT ONE IRC PLUS OR MINUS. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBERS THAT RIGHT RAY OR OR A 8000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS ONE IRC.
SO TELL US WHAT THE IRC COUNT IS ON THE CURRENT PROPERTY, WHAT IT WOULD BE FOR THE NEW ONE. I THINK WITH THAT, THE IRC COUNT IS GOING TO BE THE R1 TEN ZONE, AND SO I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY CLOSE ON THAT. I DON'T THINK IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT WITH THE WITH THE COMMERCIAL. OKAY.
THANK YOU CHAIR, IF I MAY ANSWER THAT QUESTION A LITTLE BIT, I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH GREG DAVENPORT, WHO'S THE UTILITY MANAGER. CURRENTLY THAT PARCEL HAS 4.25 IRC PER ACRE, WHICH SUPPORTS 12 UNITS OF R1 TEN. IF IT'S ZONED TO AN SC ONE, THEN THE IRC COUNT WOULD BE 1.8 UNITS PER ACRE, AND THE COUNCIL WOULD BE ABLE TO WHAT HE TERMED BANK THE DIFFERENCE SO THAT THAT DIFFERENCE OF WATER, NOT THE PIPES, NOT THE TANKS AND SUCH, BUT THAT DIFFERENCE OF 2.5 IRC PER ACRE, YOU COULD BANK AND MOVE TO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WHICH YOU HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST OF TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS. IF YOU WERE TO GO TO, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS ASKED WHAT IF IT WENT TO 35 TOWNHOMES? THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE TO 13 IRC'S PER ACRE, AND THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT WOULD NEED TO LOCATE THE EXTRA 8.75 IRC'S NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WATER TO THAT PARCEL. THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON. THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THESE RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT, HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THE SHORT END OF THE STICK FOR DECADES. IT'S ALREADY BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT. THEY ARE ISOLATED AND THEY'RE BECOMING MORE ISOLATED BY THE EXTENSION OF 90TH SOUTH. I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THERE ARE USES THAT COULD COME IN HERE. THAT WOULD BE AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PERHAPS A LIBRARY, A POLICE STATION, A CARE CENTER OR A FUNERAL HOME. THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE THAT ARE VALUABLE TO THE DEVELOPER AND TO THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CONSIDERED. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE NO ON THIS REZONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. YES, THIS WILL BE ONE OF MY LAST VOTES OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT LAND USE DECISIONS ARE SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AND SOME OF THE MOST EMOTIONAL DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO FACE AS A CITY COUNCIL. LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHERE I'M GOING TO BE COMING FROM WHEN I
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VOTE. FIRST OF ALL, WE CAN'T CONSIDER ANY OTHER PROPOSAL THAN TONIGHT. THE THE IT'S WE WE CAN'T VOTE TO DO ANYTHING BUT TO. TO VOTE EITHER YES OR VOTE NO ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. WELL, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON'S SENTIMENT THAT WE CAN PUT SOMETHING ELSE THERE. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY OTHER PROPOSAL TO PUT SOMETHING ELSE THERE.LIBRARIES NOT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE'S A LIBRARY JUST DOWN THE STREET.
THERE THAT THE REC CENTER IS GOING TO GO OVER IN THE PARK, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. WE ALREADY HAVE ANOTHER PLACE, A SIGN FOR A FIRE STATION, A POLICE STATION IN, IN THE CITY.
AND I DON'T THINK THE CITY HAS THE APPETITE. BY THE WAY, IF MY NUMBERS ARE CORRECT, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEND ABOUT $3 MILLION TO BUY THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, BECAUSE I'M I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT ON THOSE THREE ACRES, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEPLACE BETWEEN 2.5 AND $3.25 MILLION INVESTMENT HERE. AND AND I CAN TELL YOU, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THAT MONEY, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT WE COULD DO THAT. THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT THAT WILL GO INTO MY CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. NUMBER ONE, IT'S IT'S INTERESTING AND I, I WOULD ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THE EDGE HOME ASSESSMENT THAT THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE ANYTHING POSSIBLE HERE IS PROBABLY ABOUT 20 UNITS AN ACRE. NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHERE WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE, BUT IF YOU WANT 60 UNITS IN YOUR BACKYARD, THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD GET. AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S THAT'S ANY BETTER THAN A, THAN A GAS STATION, BECAUSE 60 UNITS OF RENTALS CAN BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AND VERY TRAFFIC INTENSIVE. SO AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ZONES TO, YOU KNOW, THE MR. MCCANDLESS ALLUDED TO A COUPLE, BUT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A COUPLE OF STRETCHES TO GET A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY THERE. AND IF WE WENT MULTIFAMILY THERE, WE DON'T HAVE THE WATER. AND AND SO ONE OF THE DECISIONS THAT ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO MAKING ME MAKING MY DECISION TONIGHT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE UTILITIES, BECAUSE DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO, TO, TO, TO SUPPORT 35, 40, 50 DIFFERENT UNITS THERE OR THE WITH THE WITH THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THERE? IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE IT'LL TAKE LESS WATER THAN WHAT, A 12 UNIT OR LESS WATER THAN WHAT. IT'S WHAT IT'S ZONED FOR NOW. IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING. THE HARD ON ACOUSTICS QUESTION CUTS BOTH WAYS. YES. YOU YOU HEARD YOU HEARD THE THAT YOU HEARD MR. COLOSIMO FROM THE DIOCESE REPRESENTING THE DIOCESE SAY THAT THEY HAVING A HARD TIME WITH NOISE. WELL, THAT SAME HARD TIME WITH NOISE WOULD ALSO INFLUENCE WHAT WAS BUILT THERE BY A MULTIFAMILY OR BY A, BY A DEVELOPER OR HOUSING DEVELOPER. AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT. AND DOES THAT MAKE THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY ACTUALLY MORE UNATTRACTIVE BECAUSE OF THE NOISE AND PUTTING A GAS STATION THERE OR COMMERCIAL? THEY'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE NOISE. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THE THINGS THAT THAT HAPPENS THERE. LIKE I SAID, I. I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IF WE DID DO THIS, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT'D GO TO 20 UNITS AN ACRE. AND, AND THAT'S NOT THE BEST THE, THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS REZONE IS THAT THE, THE, THE WAGSTAFF INVESTMENT WANTS TO REZONE IT TO SC ONE. WHAT I WILL POINT OUT IS THAT'S NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. AND SO THE QUESTION IS, IS CAN CAN NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS COINCIDE SIDE BY SIDE. AND I WOULD TELL YOU THEY CAN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET SOUNDS YOU KNOW SOMETIMES YOU SEE THOSE POSTS ON FACEBOOK. YOU'RE DRIVING IN UTAH AND YOU KNOW WHERE YOU YOU SEE THE MOUNTAINS AND EVERYBODY TRIES TO GUESS WHERE THEY DRIVE. NEVER MIND. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THE OTHER DAY, GOING TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, AND IT WAS AMAZING TO ME ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET. HOW MANY COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES ARE MIXED IN BETWEEN HOMES? I WOULD
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TELL YOU THE CORNER OF 17TH SOUTH AND 13TH EAST IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE CORNER OF KNIGHT SOUTH AND 13TH EAST IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. GOT A NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE ON ONE CORNER AND A HOUSE IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT. AND SO. THE A COUPLE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, HOLIDAY OIL PROBABLY WANTS TO PUT A GAS STATION THERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO STEAL CUSTOMERS FROM MAVERIK. DID I SAY THAT YOU I SEE A HEAD NOD. YEAH. THEY WANT TO STEAL THE CUSTOMERS FROM MAVERIK, BUT AT LEAST MAYBE ON THE WAY, ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK, BECAUSE THEY CAN COME IN AND TURN RIGHT IN OFF AND DO BINGHAM HIGHWAY.SO I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THERE. BUT ANYWAY, JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THE ONE THING THAT I WILL WANT TO THAT I WANT TO COMMENT ON IS THE CITY COUNCIL HAVING A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE VOTING RESIDENTS. YES, WE DO, BUT I ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO A LANDOWNER AND IN MY MIND, THE LANDOWNER. THE DIOCESE OF SALT LAKE IS AS MUCH A CONSTITUENT OF MINE AS IS THE AS THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU LOOK AT THINGS AND YOU LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THE EDGE HOMES LETTER, I THINK THAT PROVIDES ENOUGH THAT ONE AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED SINCE THEN, I THINK ARE ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE PRESUMPTION THAT THE GENERAL PLAN IS CORRECT AND THAT THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY MAY NEVER BE WHAT WE HAVE DESIGNATED IN THE GENERAL PLAN IS. IT IS DOES IT BETTER OFF COMMERCIAL IS. AND THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE TO ANSWER IN MY MIND IS A COMMERCIAL BUFFER BETTER THAN ADDING A BUNCH OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND THE TRAFFIC DUMPS INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? BECAUSE IF THE, IF A, IF THE RESIDENTS IF THERE WERE HOMES THAT WERE BUILT THERE ON THAT TRIANGLE PIECE OF LAND, THEY WOULD ENTER, THEY WOULD THEY WOULD CONNECT BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO THEY WOULD BECAUSE MAY BE ABLE TO GET A RIGHT HAND OUT, BUT I ALMOST GUARANTEE IT WOULD CONNECT TO 6250 WEST. AND CONNECTING TO THAT AND ADDING TRAFFIC TO THAT STREET MAY NOT BE THE BEST THING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS SOMEONE WHO HAD A AND I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK I TOLD SOME OF YOU AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING THAT I, THAT I ATTENDED, I GOT A PHONE CALL SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT PUTTING A COMMERCIAL PIECE, A COMMERCIAL USE IN MY BACKYARD. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE COMMERCIAL USE IS A BETTER IS A BETTER NEIGHBOR THAN THE. NEIGHBORS. THAT WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THEY DECIDED TO BUILD AND PLOW IT AND PUT UP A FENCE, IT'S AMAZING HOW QUIET THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE FOUR WHEELERS RIDING ON AN OPEN PIECE OF GROUND IN MY BACKYARD. IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE COMMERCIAL PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY MORE QUIET THAN THE RENTAL PROPERTY WAS NEXT DOOR, AND IN FACT, THE COMMERCIAL BECAME A GREAT BUFFER, AND THEY BUILT A NICE FENCE THAT I DON'T HAVE TO. I GOT A BETTER FENCE THAN I'LL EVER BUILD. SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM IS THAT I HAVE TO BALANCE PROPERTY RIGHTS, YOUR RIGHTS VERSUS THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE RIGHTS. AND HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, IF WE IF WE VOTE NO TONIGHT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SAY, WELL, THAT'S GOING TO HOW BAD DOES THIS AFFECT SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE OF THE RIGHTS? AND I HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT I THINK THAT THE LOW DENSITY DESIGNATION ON THERE, I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT THAT'S NO LONGER APPROPRIATE. SO EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE REZONED FOR SOMETHING. WHAT'S THE BEST REZONE FOR THIS AREA? AND WHEN WHEN I, WHEN I TAKE WHEN I, WHEN I VOTE TONIGHT IT WILL BE BECAUSE I BASED ON WHAT I THINK IS BEST FOR AN AREA AS A BUFFER BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST IT'S NOT JUST HOUSES, IT'S NOT JUST COMMERCIAL, BUT IT'S WHAT'S THE BEST BUFFER FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO. REDUCE THE IMPACTS, REDUCE THE IMPACTS OF. WHAT COULD BE THERE. AND SO
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THAT WILL BE WHAT I MAKE MY DECISION ON. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LAM. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, ALL OF US ON THE DAIS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED ONE ONCE OR TWICE IN OUR YEARS LIVING IN WEST JORDAN.AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT GOES, BEFORE I WAS EVEN ON THE COUNCIL, OVER IN MY AREA OF 13TH WEST, A BIG APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS BUILT THAT WE WEREN'T WE WEREN'T FANS OF, AND BOTH A MAVERICK AND A HOLLY WERE BUILT. SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS WITH THE GAS STATIONS. I DO WANT TO START WITH 90TH SOUTH. WHEN I WAS ELECTED FOR MY SECOND TIME, COMING BACK FOR DISTRICT ONE, BEFORE CHRIS MCCONAUGHEY, WHO'S BEEN UP HERE BEFORE, WAS DISTRICT ONE, AND HE'S NOW MOVED OUT TO YOUR AREA, AND HE'S BEEN A BIG PROPONENT OF YOURS AND HAS TALKED TO ALL OF US AND KEPT US ABREAST OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND SO THAT'S GREAT. SO THANKS TO CHRIS FOR LETTING US KNOW AND BEING PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY OVER THERE.
MY BIGGEST WORRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN 90TH SOUTH. YOU GUYS KNOW MORE THAN WE DO BECAUSE YOU LIVE OFF OF THAT, THAT THAT ROAD WAS BUILT THE WAY IT WAS AND THAT WESTERN WAS EVENTUALLY PUNCH IT THROUGH. LAST YEAR, I SENT A FEW DIFFERENT CONCEPTS TO BOTH THE MAYOR AND CITY STAFF. I SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS INSTEAD? BECAUSE MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS HAVING ALL THAT TRAFFIC GOING 90TH WHEN IT'S GOING TO OPEN UP. I WANTED THE TRAFFIC TO KEEP ON GOING UP. NEW BINGHAM HEADING OUT TOWARDS COPPERTON SO YOUR MAIN TRAFFIC WOULD BE THERE. I FEEL THAT MY THOUGHTS AND MY DESIRES FOR WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH THAT INTERSECTION JUST THEY DIDN'T CARE. WE HAD UDOT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S UDOT, BUT WHOEVER THE DESIGNERS OF OF THE INTERSECTION CAME TO US A FEW MONTHS AGO AND SHOWED US WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. THEY HAD ABOUT 5 OR 6 CONCEPTS. I WAS NOT A FAN OF MOST OF THEM, AND BASICALLY I THINK THEY TOLD US WHAT CONCEPT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. AND AS YOU SAW IN THE MAP TONIGHT OF HOW THE TRIANGLE IS GOING TO BE AND HOW THEY HAD THE GAS STATION LAID OUT, THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO BE. 90 SOUTH IS GOING TO PUNCH THROUGH. THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO COME THROUGH, UNFORTUNATELY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, AS A CITY COUNCIL, WE DON'T GET THE FINAL SAY ON HOW THE ROAD IS PUT THROUGH THERE. WE CAN PUT OUR OUR THOUGHTS IN. WE CAN SEND STUFF TO THE MAYOR, WE CAN SEND STUFF TO CITIES, HAVE JUST LIKE YOU CAN. SO THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO COME THAT WAY. SO AS I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND I THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE, OBVIOUSLY THE TWO BEST OPTIONS ARE ARE NOW GONE. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL NOT BE BUILDING THERE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST OPTION. SECONDLY, OUR INTENT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SECOND BEST OPTION. BUT IN THE 20 PLUS YEARS THAT THAT THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR HAS BEEN THERE, NOBODY HAS COME FORTH TO WANT TO BUILD THOSE TYPES OF HOMES THERE. I'M NOT A FAN OF THE BIG, HIGH DENSITY TOWNHOMES. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. BECAUSE IN ABOUT 10S, IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE IN WEST JORDAN, I'VE HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE TOWNHOMES BEING BUILT WITH 60 UNITS AND ALL OF THE TRAFFIC FLOWING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO I DO KNOW THAT IF 60 UNITS ARE BUILT THERE WITH HIGH DENSITY, YOU WILL SEE PARKING ON THAT STREET AND MAYBE ON YOUR OTHER STREETS AS WELL. AND SO I, I WORRY ABOUT THAT AS WELL. THE CONCEPT THAT THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER TODAY, OBVIOUSLY THINGS CAN CHANGE, BUT AS I'VE TALKED WITH THEM AND AND GOTTEN THEIR INPUT ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, THEY ARE COGNIZANT OF WHAT YOU GUYS WANT AS NEIGHBORS, AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S LOWER IMPACT ON YOU. AND THE ONE THING I SAID IS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A GAS STATION THERE, DON'T PUT IT UP AGAINST THE HOUSES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE. AND AS YOU SAW IN THE CONCEPT, THEY DID MOVE IT TOWARDS THE CORNERS. WELL, THE THE CAR WASH IS THE BIGGEST THING BECAUSE THE CAR WASH HAS THE NOISE WITH THE, WITH THE DRYERS THAT DRY THE, THE CARS AS THEY COME OUT. SO THE MOST NOISE COMING FROM THE GAS STATION WOULD BE ON THE CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION AWAY FROM THE HOMES. SO AS WE MAKE THIS VOTE TONIGHT. YES, IT'S DIFFICULT. ALL OF US CHOSE TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND MAKE THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. AND WE PROBABLY HAVE ONE OF THESE, WHAT, ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS THAT COMES UP. AND SOME OF US ARE THE BAD GUYS, SOME OF US ARE THE GOOD GUYS. AND AS WE MAKE THIS VOTE TONIGHT, JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST. NOT JUST FOR THE DEVELOPER, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY, BUT FOR EVERYONE IN THE ROOM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. THANK YOU. MY INITIAL FEELING ON THIS WAS GOING TO BE I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF REZONING THIS. WHILE THE ROAD ALIGNMENT IS NOT FINAL, BEING TOLD THAT IT'S MORE OR LESS FINAL KIND OF SETTLES THAT ISSUE. BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY ISSUE. I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON WAS SAYING. I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBER LAMB WAS SAYING AS FAR AS WHAT THE COUNCIL, AS REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTS HERE WANTED TO SEE HAPPEN WITH THE
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ROADS IN THAT AREA WHERE THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT FROM UDOT THAT DUCK CREEK WAY INTERSECT WITH 90TH SOUTH, THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT. UDOT DOESN'T CONTROL DUCK CREEK WAY. IF WE WANT TO PUT A WALL THERE, WE COULD HAVE PUT A WALL THERE. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING.IT COULD HAVE BEEN A THREE WAY INTERSECTION INSTEAD OF A FOUR WAY INTERSECTION, FOR EXAMPLE.
THE THE INPUT THAT THE COUNCIL HAD ON THAT ROAD ALIGNMENT WAS JUST SIMPLY NOT. WELL, I WON'T SAY IT WASN'T CONSIDERED BECAUSE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS DID LIKE WHAT'S GOING IN AND SOME WANTED IT DIFFERENT. SO I GUESS SOME OF IT WAS HERS, MAYBE SOME OF IT WASN'T. OR AT LEAST NOT, YOU KNOW, PERSUASIVELY ENOUGH. BUT I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. THE 90TH SOUTH PUNCHING THROUGH KIND OF BEING PAST OUR POINT OF HAVING CONTROL OVER IT IS IS NOW WHAT IT IS. SO NOW I LOOK AT WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT'S WHAT'S THE BEST? YOU KNOW, IN 12 YEARS OF DOING THIS, HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IS NOT ON THE TABLE TONIGHT. OR HIGHER DENSITY. I WON'T SAY HIGH DENSITY BECAUSE THAT GIVES THAT PRODUCES DIFFERENT IMAGES IN EVERYBODY'S MIND, BUT MORE DENSE THAN THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT ON THE TABLE. IT'S NOT WHAT'S BEING ASKED FOR. WE CAN EITHER VOTE FOR THE STATUS QUO OR WE CAN VOTE FOR THE REQUEST. I WISH WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO REZONE IT SOMETHING ELSE, AND GOOD LUCK. BUT IT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY, SO WE CAN'T DO THAT.
SO AS AS FOR TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO BE A, A, A NO OR A VOTE TO NOT APPROVE FOR THE REASONS I MENTIONED IN THE COMMITTEE THE WHOLE MEETING. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT FIT.
THERE'S A GREAT PARCEL, JUST TWO AND A HALF BLOCKS TO THE WEST OF THIS. IF YOU WANT TO PUT ONE ON 64TH AND NEW BINGHAM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PARCEL FOR A HOLIDAY GAS STATION, AND I THINK IT WOULD GET JUST AS MUCH THROUGH TRAFFIC STOPPING IN THERE AND AND STUFF. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE WAGSTAFFE GUYS. BY THE WAY, I USED TO WORK AT SINCLAIR OIL A LONG TIME AGO, SO I USED TO DEAL WITH YOU GUYS ALL THE TIME, BUT IT'S BEEN 20, YOU KNOW, 15 YEARS. ANYWAY, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS, BUT I'M GOING TO BE A NO ON THIS. IT'S IT'S A TO ME IT'S NOT THE RIGHT FIT. AND AND I AGREE WITH SOME OF WHAT THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS, HAS BROUGHT UP OBVIOUSLY MANY OF THE CONCERNS, MANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU FEAR IS GOING TO HAPPEN DON'T ACTUALLY MATERIALIZE. AND I GET THAT. I GET I GET YOU'RE AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. I DON'T THINK A GAS STATION HERE IS GOING TO RUIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT I ALSO DON'T THINK IT'S IT'S QUITE THE RIGHT FIT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WAY THE ROADS ENDED UP.
SO I'M GOING TO BE ENOUGH. CHAIR WHITELOCK WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FROM ONLINE. THANK YOU.
AS EVERYONE HAS SAID, IT IS A HARD DECISION. THESE ARE NOT EASY DECISIONS FOR ME. ANOTHER THING BESIDES WHAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IS. ACTUALLY I'M CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING A CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OUR CITY AND, AND, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SELL THIS PARCEL AND, AND THEY'VE TOLD US THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD TO THE SOUTH. AND WE DO HAVE A CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OUR CITY, AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT LOSING THAT. SO THAT ALSO IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE WONDERED THINKING ABOUT THIS. AND I KNOW THE BIG HOME BUILDERS AREN'T LOOKING AT THIS PARCEL AND EDGE HOMES. I READ THAT LETTER. THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT FOR US, MR. COSMO. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SMALL HOME BUILDERS. NOT A LOT OF THEM ANYMORE, BUT THERE STILL ARE SOME. AND AND PERHAPS THE CHURCH COULD LOOK AT HELPING WITH THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT I HEAR DEVELOPERS TELL ME ABOUT ALL THE TIME. PERHAPS THE CHURCH COULD HELP OUT WITH THAT, AND COULD GO AFTER A SMALLER HOME BUILDER THAT MIGHT BUILD SOME HOMES THAT WERE ON SMALLER LOTS, AND SMALLER HOMES THAT COULD PERHAPS BE A LITTLE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR SOME FAMILIES. AND AND MAYBE THERE CAN BE SOME DEED RESTRICTIONS OR SOME CREATIVE STUFF THAT THAT HELPS THOSE HOMES GO IN. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE STATE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR ARE WORKING ON. PERHAPS WE COULD PARTNER ON THIS PARCEL TO PUT IN MORE FAMILIES AND GIVE THEM AN AFFORDABLE OPTION. I I'M NOT READY TO SAY THAT COMMERCIAL, JUST GIVING THEM AN SC1 AND MAYBE THEY'LL PUT IN WHAT I'VE
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SEEN. YOU KNOW, THEY COULD HAVE COME. MANY PEOPLE COME WITH THE ZONING CHANGE, PLUS THEY COME WITH A MASTER DEVELOPMENT OF SOME SORT. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A REALLY SMALL PARCEL FOR THAT, BUT AN AGREEMENT COULD HAVE COME TO SHOW US AND LOCK THEM INTO WHAT WOULD GO THERE. BUT WHAT I'M BEING ASKED TO DO IS GIVE THEM AN OPEN ENDED ANYTHING FOR AN SC1. AND I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. AND THE NEIGHBORS AREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS? ALL RIGHT THEN, IF WE HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS, THEN WE'LL OPEN THIS UP FOR A MOTION. SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION. I DON'T THINK CONTINUING THIS OR MOVING THIS IS GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, YES OR NO, AND GO FORWARD WITH IT, RATHER THAN TRYING TO PUSH IT DOWN THE STREET AND MAKE A DECISION A MONTH OR TWO FROM NOW. SO I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS MADE THEIR WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR DECISIONS ARE, BUT I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS TALKED TONIGHT. SO I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 562. A PETITION FROM WAGSTAFFE INVESTMENTS, BRANT NEALE, TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT FOR 3.73 ACRES TO NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMERCIAL AND REGIONAL PROPERTY TO SC ONE ZONE FOR DEVELOPMENT, LOCATED AT 99,047 SOUTH COPPER DUST LANE. I WILL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LAM AND SECONDED FROM MYSELF ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE. YEAH. JUST QUICKLY COUNCILMEMBER BLOOM, THANK YOU. THIS IS NOT AN EASY DECISION, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RESIDENTS WHO TOOK TIME TO SHARE THEIR CONCERNS. AND AND THOSE CONCERNS ARE VALID. AND I DON'T WANT HOWEVER, TONIGHT'S VOTE GOES TO BE INTERPRETED AS MINIMIZING THEM. AND MY DECISION IS BASED ON THE LAND USE QUESTION BEFORE US. AND I AM PERSUADED THAT IT IS SUITED BETTER TO ABSORB NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THAN ANY ADDITIONAL HOMES IN THIS LOCATION. AND WHILE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT DOES INTRODUCE ITS OWN IMPACTS, THOSE IMPACTS CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH DESIGN STANDARDS, BUFFERING, LIGHTING CONTROLS, TRAFFIC MITIGATION. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER APPLICATIONS COME FORWARD. I DO HOPE AND EXPECT THAT THOSE PROCESSES TO BE MEANINGFULLY, BE MEANINGFULLY ADDRESSED. THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S COMPATIBILITY. AND SO MY VOTE TONIGHT IS GOING TO REFLECT THE JUDGMENT ABOUT THE MOST APPROPRIATE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FOR THIS DIFFICULT PARCEL, GIVEN ITS LOCATION AND CONSTRAINTS. AGAIN, IT DOES NOT DIMINISH THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED OVERSIGHT AS THIS PROPERTY MOVES THROUGH THE NEXT STAGES OF REVIEW. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT WITH THIS VOTE, AGAIN ECHOING EVERYONE ELSE, THAT IT IS HARD A A YES VOTE OBVIOUSLY PUTS THIS AT AN SC ONE ZONE AND A NO VOTE KEEPS IT AT SOMETHING WE ALL AGREE IS NOT WHAT WE WANT THIS SITE TO BE. SO IT WOULD PROBABLY COME TO SOMETHING REZONING AGAIN LATER. SO THESE ARE SOME THINGS WE'RE HAVING TO WEIGH AS WE PUT IN THIS VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON, TONIGHT, A NO VOTE SIMPLY ASKS THE LANDOWNER AND THE DEVELOPER TO BECOME MORE CREATIVE AND LOOK FOR WAYS THAT THEY CAN DO SOMETHING THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN JUST THE POCKETBOOK. I THINK WHAT COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK BROUGHT UP ABOUT INTRODUCING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THAT LOCATION IS A PHENOMENAL IDEA. OTHER THINGS THAT I MENTIONED WOULD TAKE MORE CREATIVITY, WOULD PROBABLY RESULT IN LESS PROFITS. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO IT WOULDN'T BE AS EASY FOR SURE, BUT. I THINK THAT IF, YOU KNOW, A NO VOTE IS GOING TO BE IS NOT A YES VOTE FOR R 110. A NO VOTE IS SIMPLY SAYING THAT COMMERCIAL IS NOT THE RIGHT THING FOR THIS LOCATION, WHICH IT IS NOT. ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. SEEING NONE, I WILL SAY, MISS QUICK, WE ARE READY TO GET THIS VOTE ON CHAIR WHITELOCK. NO.COUNCILMEMBER GREEN WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A SECOND. YES. COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON. NO.
ACTING CHAIR. BADOR. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES.
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COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB. YES. OKAY, I SHOW THE MOTION FAILS. 3 TO 4. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL[b. Ordinance No. 25-48 Adopting the West Jordan City Impact Fee Facilities Plan (IFFP), Impact Fee Analysis (IFA), and Impact Fees for Transportation]
NOW MOVE ON TO PROBABLY A LESS EXCITING ITEM. ITEM FIVE B IS ORDINANCE 2548, ADOPTING THE WEST JORDAN CITY IMPACT D FACILITIES PLAN. IF THE IMPACT FEE ANALYSIS IF A AND THE IMPACT FEES FOR TRANSPORTATION, DENISE STECK WILL BE PRESENTING. I IMAGINE EVERYBODY'S EMPTIED OUT BY NOW. SO FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE MR. FRED PHILPOTT ONLINE, I BELIEVE FROM LRB PUBLIC FINANCE. HE SUPPORTED THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE STUDY THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT AND IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE RELATED TO THE STUDY OR HOW THE METHODOLOGY THAT THAT WAS IMPLIED. SO WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK REAL QUICK ABOUT WHAT IMPACT THESE ARE. SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SOME OF THESE ARE REQUIRED FOR US TO GO THROUGH, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS SEVERAL TIMES IN WORK SESSIONS. SO COUNCIL IMPACT FEES ARE ONE TIME FEES CHARGED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DEVELOPERS TO OFFSET THE FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS ON PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY'RE DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT ARE BORNE BY THE DEVELOPMENT, RATHER THAN EXISTING TAXPAYERS. THE PARTICULAR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE SPEAKING TO TONIGHT ARE ROADS, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR US. BEFORE IMPOSING AN IMPACT FEE, WE NEED TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE NEED TO PREPARE AN IMPACT FEE FACILITIES PLAN, WHICH IS DONE BY AN ENGINEERING FIRM AND OUTLINES THE DEMAND FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THEIR ESTIMATES AND PROJECTS THAT ARE RESULTING FROM THE DEMAND. SO YOU LOOK AT WHAT PROJECTS ARE THERE AND THEN WHAT ROADS ARE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THE SECOND STEP IS DONE BY A CONSULTANT THAT IS SPECIALIZED IN THIS, AND THAT'S THE IMPACT FEE ANALYSIS. IT TENDS TO BE MORE MONETARY IN PURPOSE AND IT KNOWS THE COSTS OF THE PROJECTS. SO THE FIRST STUDY IDENTIFIED THE PROJECTS. THE SECOND STUDY IDENTIFIES THE COST OF THOSE PROJECTS. AND THEN ALL THE FINANCING SOURCES FOR THOSE PROJECTS, WHETHER IT BE IMPACT FEE OR GENERAL FUND RELATED.THE TWO FIRMS THAT WERE USED FOR THE IMPACT FEE FACILITIES PLAN, THE CONSULTING FIRM FOR THE ENGINEERING SIDE WAS WELL CONSULTANT GROUP AND THE CONSULTANT FOR THE IFA WAS THE LEWIS LRB PUBLIC FINANCE, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS LEWIS YOUNG. THERE'S A PROCESS TO THIS THAT IS VERY LEGAL IN NATURE. THIS IS VERY LAW DRIVEN. QUITE CANDIDLY, WE ARE IN THE BLUE AREA RIGHT NOW WHERE THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APPROVAL AND THE IMPACT FEES.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, THERE IS A 90 DAY WAITING PERIOD BEFORE THESE FEES COME INTO EFFECT, SO THAT WE DON'T AFFECT DEVELOPERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE APPROVAL CYCLE. AND THEN IMPACT FEES BECOME EFFECTIVE. SO THEY WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE AROUND THE 1ST OF APRIL. SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT FEES TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THE METHODOLOGY THAT WAS USED, WE USED THE ENTIRE CITY AS AS THE METHODOLOGY TO SUPPORT THE STUDIES. WE TOOK AN INVENTORY OF OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE USING OUR DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE. SO LISTING ALL OF OUR ASSETS THERE. THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WAS FOR ARTERIALS AND COLLECTOR ROADS ONLY, NOT FOR RESIDENTIAL ROADS. PROJECTS IN THE STUDY.
THE STUDY COMBINED WHAT WE CALL A BUY IN COMPONENT, WHICH MEANS THAT SOME OF WHAT IS ALREADY EXISTING WAS BUILT TO SUPPORT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. SOME OF OUR WIDENING PROJECTS ARE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO THERE'S A BUY IN COMPONENT TO THIS. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE NEW ROADS THAT ARE NEEDED. THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THE COUNCIL, AND I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED TO REMOVE THAT BUY IN COMPONENT, KNOWING THAT WE'VE ALREADY INCURRED THOSE COSTS AND WOULD NOT BE RECOVERING THEM THROUGH IMPACT FEE COLLECTION FINANCING SOURCES. NO BONDS WERE CONSIDERED IN THIS STUDY, AND NO OTHER FINANCING SOURCES WERE CONSIDERED. THE COST ANALYSIS WE'VE GIVEN TO YOU IS SUCH THAT THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE WAS CONSIDERED, INCLUDING THE BUY IN COMPONENT THAT IS $191 MILLION IN THAT TOTAL COST
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COLUMN, WHICH WOULD BE THE VALUE OF WHAT WE BELIEVE OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IS WORTH AT 115 MILLION. AND THEN WHAT FUTURE? THE VALUE OF THE FUTURE ROADS, INTERSECTIONS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO COMPLETE, BUILD OUT THE PERCENTAGE TO DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE IS THEN NEXT IDENTIFIED. SO HOW MUCH ARE THOSE FUTURE ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS RELATED TO NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND HOW MUCH ARE THEY RELATED TO OUR CURRENT DEFICIENCY. AND THEN THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT IS THE NEXT PIECE OF THAT. AND THAT WOULD BE 60 MILLION OF THE 191 MILLION THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED, THE AMOUNT OF NEW TRIPS THAT WOULD BE GENERATED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT IS 106,000. THAT MEANS DAILY TRIPS. AND THEN THE COST PER TRIP, WHERE AGAIN SUGGESTING THAT THE IMPACT FEE BE DISCOUNTED BY 25%, AND THAT WE ADOPT 75% OF THE STUDY SUPPORTED MAXIMUM FEE PER TRIP.SO INSTEAD OF WHAT THE STUDY SAYS, YOU COULD IMPOSE AND SHOULD IMPOSE AS AN IMPACT FEE FOR FULL COST RECOVERY WOULD BE $558 PER TRIP. INSTEAD, WE ARE SUPPORTING THE DISCOUNT OF THE EXISTING BUY IN AND REDUCING THAT COST TO $418 PER TRIP. THE LAST STUDY THAT WE DID FOR ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION WAS DONE IN 2016. IT'S ALMOST TEN YEARS OLD. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION COST INDEX INCREASED BY OVER 92%. THAT ISN'T RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO UTAH, WHERE CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE ACCELERATED IN EXCESS OF THAT. THIS IS NATIONWIDE BETWEEN 2016 AND NOW. OUR PROVEN VARIATIONS. SO IF A DEVELOPER COMES TO US AND SAYS THAT THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE TRIP GENERATION THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY THE STUDY FOR THE PARTICULAR TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S INCURRED, THEY ARE FREE TO DO A TRIP, STUDY ON THEIR OWN AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY. THE CITY WILL REVIEW IT WITH THEIR ENGINEERS, AND THEN WE'LL SUPPORT A NEW CALCULATION OF THE IMPACT FEE BASED ON THEIR TRIP STUDY IF IT'S BEEN APPROVED. BUT USING THAT $414 PER TRIP CALCULATION. SO THERE ARE WAYS FOR A DEVELOPMENT IF IT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE STUDY, CAN COME TO THE CITY AND HAVE AN IMPACT FEE RECALCULATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR THEIR PURPOSE. ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE THIS WAS THE LAST WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD, WHICH YOU ALL SUPPORTED TO MAINTAIN A CONSOLIDATION OF CATEGORIES. AS YOU'LL SEE IN ONE OF THE SLIDES I COME UP NEXT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A BIG LIST OF, OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEVELOPMENTS, AND HOW MUCH THOSE DEVELOPMENTS WOULD COST PER 1000FT■!S. WHEN WE GIVE YOU THAT LIST, IT JUST WAS OVERWHELMING. AND THERE WAS A HUGE VARIATION IN THE COST PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. WE FELT THAT IT WAS IN OUR BEST INTEREST AS SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT, THAT WE WOULD CONSOLIDATE THOSE CATEGORIES AND BRING THEM DOWN TO A LEVEL THAT'S MUCH LOWER THAN THE STUDY SUPPORTS. WE ALSO REMAINED SUPPORTIVE OF THE DISCOUNT OF TAKING OUT THAT BUY IN COMPONENT. WE WOULD SUGGEST COUNCIL, THAT YOU CONSIDER INCREASING THE FEE ANNUALLY BY 5 TO 10% AS CONSTRUCTION COSTS INCREASE, AND AS WE HAVE A STUDY THAT MIGHT BE TWO YEARS OLD, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND BRING YOU A NEW STUDY EVERY 2 TO 3 YEARS. BUT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, INFLATION DOES OCCUR AND THE CITY DOES INCUR MORE COST. BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER. WE WANT TO CONDUCT OUR STUDIES EVERY 2 TO 4 YEARS. AS YOU KNOW, YOU JUST RECENTLY IN THE LAST YEAR IT FEELS LIKE TWO DID THE WATER, STORM WATER AND SEWER IMPACT FEES AND THEN THE PARK POLICE AND FIRE IMPACT FEES. THOSE STUDIES ARE ALREADY OUT OF DATE. THEY'RE FROM 2023. SO WE'RE STARTING THAT WORK NOW. WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE TO YOU OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE NEED TO BE DOING THE SAME THING WITH ROADS AS WELL. IT WILL ALWAYS DELAY A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE STUDY COMPONENT. THIS IS A LITTLE SMALL ON THE SLIDES I APOLOGIZE. BUT THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED AREAS ARE THE CONSOLIDATED AREAS. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU SUPPORTED COUNCIL AS US JUST COLLAPSING THIS LIST. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THINGS LIKE A CONVENIENCE MARKET THAT LIKE A MAVERICK OR A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, THOSE IMPACTS ARE TREMENDOUS. UNDER THE STUDY, $117,000 PER SQUARE FOOT OR $208,000 PER SQUARE FOOT. BUT COUNCIL, YOU ASKED THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, DOES MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER, AND SO ASKED US TO CONSOLIDATE THAT. UNDER THE RETAIL CATEGORY, YOU CAN SEE MEDICAL AND DENTAL ALSO BRING IN MORE TRIP GENERATION. AND SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH HIGHER FEE. INSTEAD, WE'RE CONSOLIDATING THAT UNDER GENERAL OFFICE. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE OTHER ONES AS THEY OCCUR.
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SO THIS THIS WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN REVIEWING THIS HAS ENDED UP LIKE THIS. MUCH SIMPLER TO USE, MUCH EASIER FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO CALCULATE THOSE FEES, AND FOR DEVELOPERS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY STAND. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE CURRENT FEE HERE UNDER THE CURRENT FEE SCHEDULE, AND THEN THE PROPOSED FEES AS THEY'RE GIVEN TO YOU IN THE ORDINANCE NOW TO BE SUPPORTED. THERE IS SOME LARGE PERCENTAGE INCREASES. HOWEVER, THEY ARE JUSTIFIABLE WITH THE STUDY AND THE TYPE OF STUDY AND METHODOLOGY THAT WE USE IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CITIES AS WELL. THAT'S ALL FOR WHAT I HAVE, SO I WILL TURN THE REST OF THE TIME OVER TO THE COUNCIL TO OPEN UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PRESENTATION, BUT FRED IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ON THE STUDY SIDE. SO THANK YOU COUNCIL. YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS. IT'S BEEN A LOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SURE. WE WILL THEN OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. OUR LAST ONE WENT OVER AN HOUR. I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT UNDER THAT THIS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO DO I HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THIS? MR. ANDERSON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YOU HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL ONLINE AND THEY HAVE NOT RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND, YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW. WE WILL NOW SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. THANK YOU. DENISE, IS THE DISCOUNT. THE 25% DISCOUNT IS THAT JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE AMOUNT THAT IF YOU TAKE OFF THAT TOP LINE OF THE IMPACT TO THE EXISTING ROADS, IT WORKS OUT TO 25%. AND THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE LANDED AT. IT DOES. I'LL GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE FOR A MOMENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. THERE IT IS. IT'S NOT 25% OF THE TOTAL COST, CLEARLY, BUT BECAUSE THOSE EXISTING ROADS, ONLY 12% IS DUE TO THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT, IT WOULD BE A 25% DISCOUNT OFF THAT COST TO DEVELOPMENT. YES. SO THE $139.83 IS ROUGHLY 25% OF $558.27. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY.MY MY THOUGHT OR MY COMMENT, I GUESS IS I DON'T I DON'T THINK THE I THINK IF THE STUDY IS OVERESTIMATING WHAT WE SHOULD CHARGE, YOU KNOW, THE STUDY SAYING YOU COULD CHARGE THIS MUCH, BUT WE THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE HIGH. SO WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE IT BY 25%.
I WOULD HAVE RATHER SEEN THE METHODOLOGY, SAY 25% OFF ALL THE NUMBERS. INSTEAD OF ELIMINATING A CATEGORY WHICH THE STUDY SAYS IS JUSTIFIED AND PERSONALLY MAKES SENSE TO ME BECAUSE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT DOES HAVE IMPACT ON EXISTING ROADS. IN FACT, I WOULD SAY THAT IN PUBLIC HEARINGS LIKE THE ONE WE JUST HAD, A LOT OF WHAT YOU HEAR IS WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ROADS THAT ARE THERE ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, ARE ALREADY ALL BROKEN UP AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM EVEN WORSE BY APPROVING THIS. YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THAT FREQUENTLY. SO I WOULD HAVE RATHER SEEN THIS JUSTIFICATION SAYING WE THINK 75% IS SUFFICIENT FOR WHAT WE NEED. THIS STUDY ESTIMATED HIGH ON SOME THINGS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. THEREFORE, TAKE 25% OFF OF ALL THE NUMBERS AND WE'LL APPROVE 75%. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE LAND IN THE SAME SPOT, SO MUCH LIKE OUR DISCUSSION IN THE WORK MEETING ABOUT TAXES AND WHO TAXES WHAT, WHEN WE'RE TAKING MONEY FROM THE SAME PLACE AND PUTTING IT THE SAME PLACE. I WOULD I JUST LIKE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR FOR MY PERSONAL JUSTIFICATION. I'D RATHER SEE THAT EXISTING ROADS BUY IN INCLUDED AND THEN DISCOUNT THE WHOLE THING BY 25% SAYING, WE THINK THAT THE STUDY WAS A LITTLE HIGH. THAT'S MY DRUTHERS. SO. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TALK ON THIS MATTER OR HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'D SEE NO MORE QUESTIONS. I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION. YES, I SLEPT THROUGH THAT ONE. SORRY. WITH THAT.
THEN I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 25 DASH 48. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AND SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS AGENDA ITEM IS BORING IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK MISS QUICK, WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB. YES. CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. ACTING CHAIR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. I SHOW THE MOTION
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PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO BUSINESS ITEMS.[a. Resolution No. 25-065 Authorizing the Mayor to Execute a Partnership Agreement With the Wasatch Improv Festival]
OUR FIRST IS RESOLUTION 2506 FIVE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WASATCH IMPROV FESTIVAL. IN FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS. I AM A MEMBER OF THE WASATCH IMPROV FESTIVAL, SO I WILL LEAVE THIS IN THE CAPABLE HANDS OF ACTING VICE CHAIR CHAD LAMB. DO YOU WANT TO STAY THERE AND NOT TALK? YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO DOWN. AND I WANTED TO GO SIT WITH THEM. OKAY, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. NO, I DO ALRIGHT. WELL THANK YOU BOB, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO I KNOW YOU STEPPED DOWN JUST SO THAT I COULD DO THIS ONE MORE TIME, RIGHT. THAT'S THE MAIN REASON.SO THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT A BORING SUBJECT. THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY COMEDIC. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS TONIGHT. CORBIN, WILL YOU BE PRESENTING AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU. COUNCIL, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AN AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CO-SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH QUICK WITS COMEDY LLC TO PUT ON THE WASATCH IMPROV FESTIVAL IN WEST JORDAN AT OUR NEW COMMUNITY ARTS AND EVENTS CENTER.
COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTER. THE I BETTER BACK UP THE CANYON VIEW CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTER. THANK YOU. WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT ONE. WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT NAMING, RIGHT? REALLY PROUD OF THAT NEW FACILITY AND PROUD OF THE THINGS THAT THAT FACILITY IS FACILITATING IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BRING EVENTS SUCH AS THIS INTO WEST JORDAN. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN A PRIOR WORK SESSION MEETING. WE THINK A CO-SPONSORSHIP OF THAT OF THE WASATCH AND FESTIVAL IS A GOOD OUTCOME FOR BOTH THE FESTIVAL AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL BRING SPONSORSHIP, RECOGNITION, NOTORIETY AND VISITORS INTO OUR COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, I PROPOSE THAT YOU CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 065. JASON WILD FROM QUICK WITS LLC IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE AGREEMENT SPECIFICALLY, OR THE IMPROV FESTIVAL THAT I CAN'T ANSWER FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU. I KNOW WE'VE HEARD FROM BOB, DO ANY OF YOU WANT TO HAVE JASON WILD? JASON. RIGHT. DO YOU WANNA HAVE HIM COME UP AND GIVE US A A BLURB, OR ARE YOU GOOD? ALRIGHT, SO NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT PHIL, I'LL LET IF YOU'LL HOP OFF AND LET COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON. SO I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT I WOULD BE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO VOTE YES IN IN FAVOR OF THIS. IF WE COULD GET A MR. LEE AND MR. JEROME TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE QUICK WITS IN THE PRODUCTION. LET'S BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. THERE WE GO. IT'S A LITTLE FUNNY, MESSING WITH THE CHAIR, NOT HAVING THE HOT MIC. I WAS GOING TO ASK EITHER. YOU KNOW, I'M CALLING COUNCILMEMBER BADER BECAUSE HE'S DOWN THERE, BOB.
OR IS COHORT OR THE, YOU KNOW, MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO COME UP AND SPEAK. BUT WE KNOW YOU JUST BE GOING OFF THE CUFF ANYWAY BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPROV FESTIVAL. SO I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PREPARED REMARKS, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. SO I'LL BE IN FAVOR OF THIS. THANKS.
ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25 DASH 65 065, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WITH WASATCH IMPROV FESTIVAL COUNCILMEMBER BLOOM. AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN ON STAGE AT THE QUICK WITS BEFORE, YES, I KNOW WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT. WHAT'S UP? WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT, WILLIS? I WILL I WANT TO SECOND THIS ENTHUSIASTIC. YES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM. ANY DISCUSSION TO THE MOTION? SEEING NONE. MISS QUICK, WE'RE READY. LET'S VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. OR LET'S SEE. ACTING VICE CHAIR. LAMB. YES. AND CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. THANK YOU.
I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BADER. IF YOU'D LIKE TO REJOIN US.
THANK YOU. MICROPHONE BACK. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT JASON WILDE SAT FOR 2.5 HOURS
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TO BE IGNORED. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT TO HIM. THAT JUST HUMBLED HIM. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE NEEDS MORE. DID YOU WANT TO COME GIVE US SOME COMEDY REAL QUICK? OKAY.THERE'S TWO CUPS OF COFFEE BEFOREHAND. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM SIX B. THAT IS
[b. Ordinance No. 25-63 Adoption of the West Jordan Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Map and Code Modifications]
ORDINANCE 2563 ADOPTION OF WEST JORDAN WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE, OR THE WUI MAP AND CODE MODIFICATIONS BRING OUT CHIEF CHRIS TREVINO, ONE OF SEVEN. WELL, IT'S DEFINITELY GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. COUNCIL MAYOR, CITY STAFF FIRST. THIS WAS QUITE THE UNDERTAKING, BASED ON SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I PROVIDED OR WE PROVIDED BACK IN OCTOBER AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING WHERE WE WERE FLYING A PLANE AND BUILDING IT AT THE SAME TIME AND GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, TONIGHT YOU HAVE ORDINANCE 2563 BEFORE YOU, WHICH WILL OUTLINE TWO REQUIREMENTS FROM HOUSE BILL 48 THAT OUTLINES TWO THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CAPTURE. THE AS COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED THE WUI CODE FROM 2006 I LIKE IT. I THINK IT'S FUNNY, IT'S NOT QUICK OR WITTY, BUT IT IS FUNNY.WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT BEING ONE, THE OTHER BEING A MAP THAT WE HAD CITY STAFF WORK WITH US ON LEGAL LAND USE. WE'VE BEEN IN PLANNING COMMISSION, PLANNING COMMISSION A WEEK AGO. SO THIS IS SEEN IT'S ROUNDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE NEED TODAY IS A WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE THAT CAPTURES THOSE TWO ITEMS TO ADOPT THE WUI CODE, 2006 WUI CODE AND THE MAP, WHICH IS AND SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET. BASED ON WHAT I SAW, WE WE WE MODIFIED THAT JUST TO CAPTURE THAT WESTERN EDGE AS WE FEEL THAT IS THE GREATEST THREAT. TALKING WITH CHIEF MAXFIELD TODAY AND A GROUP THAT HE'S A PART OF THE NEW MAP, AS WAS MENTIONED, THERE WAS A CHANGE COMING IN THE MAP. THE NEW MAP ACTUALLY WILL BE OUT LATER THIS WEEK AND IDENTIFIES QUESTION, IDENTIFIES LESS PROPERTIES THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. SO WITH THAT I WOULD JUST BE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. THANK YOU. DID I JUST HEAR YOU RIGHT THAT THE MAP AND THE PACKET IS NOT THE MAP THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT OUT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS? NO, THAT IS THAT IS OUR CORRECT MAP.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S WE'LL SAY THERE'S MULTIPLE MAPS. THE ONLY ONE THAT'S REQUIRED OF OUR CITY IS THE ONE THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET. AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED TO MOVE TO THIS GROUP. ALL THAT DOES IS WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY OUR WUI BOUNDARY. SO THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS AT PLAY. BUT ULTIMATELY RIGHT NOW THE TWO THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN ARE THAT MAP AND THEN THE CODE THAT'S BEEN IN FASHION FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. GOTCHA. OH, PLEASE. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, THERE ARE TWO MAPS. THERE'S A MAP THAT WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY AS A CITY, WHAT OUR WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE AREA IS. THE STATE IS ALSO CREATING A MAP OF HIGH RISK PLACES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND THAT MAP, WHICH WILL IDENTIFY THOSE HIGH RISK AREAS, WHICH OVERLAYS WITH OURS A LITTLE BIT, IS WHAT WILL BE COMING OUT THURSDAY THAT MAPS ABOVE OUR PAY GRADE. YEAH. OKAY.
PERFECT. YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH SAY IN THAT MAP. ACTUALLY, THAT'S THE HARD PART.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, EXCUSE ME. CHAIR WHITELOCK WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AS WELL. THEN I'LL BE ACTUALLY CHIEF, MATT SPILLED ANSWERED. IT'S ALL GOOD. I HAD A FEELING THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS THAT WAS HAPPENING THERE HE IS, CLAIRVOYANT COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE ORDINANCE 2563, ADOPTION OF THE WEST JORDAN WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE WUI MAP AND CODE MODIFICATIONS. I WILL SECOND THIS AS WELL. SO WE HAVE. A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCILMEMBER BLOOM, AND I HAVE GIVEN A SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS. THEN I BELIEVE WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE.
CHAIR WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LAM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLOOM. YES. FOR BLOOM, I GUESS. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON.
YES. ACTING CHAIR. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
[a. City Council Reports]
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ALRIGHT. WE HAVE MOVED THROUGH SO MANY THINGS NOW, BUT IT IS TIME TO OPEN IT UP FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL REPORTS. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A A LONG MEETING SO FAR. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST STATE ON A VERY QUICK MESSAGE. SOME OF THE GREAT ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS WE HAVE HAD IN THE CITY HAS THE HOLIDAYS WERE HERE, THE FROM THE CULTURAL ARTS SOCIETY OF WEST JORDAN. WE SAW SO MANY GREAT THINGS WITH THEIR MUSICAL GROUPS THERE OVER AT THE IN THE LIBRARY SPACE. WE GOT, WE GOT SYMPHONY, WE GOT CORRALS, WE GOT, WE GOT SO MANY THINGS. THAT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING. I KNOW THE MAYOR WAS THERE. ALSO WENT AND SAW A PRODUCTION OF IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE THAT WAS AT THE CANYON VIEW CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTER, AND THAT WAS A GREAT USE OF THE SPACE. THE SET WAS WAS VERY TOP NOTCH FOR THAT AND A GREAT EVENING. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS IN THAT BUILDING THAT, THAT, THAT REALLY USED THAT SPACE AS, AS WELL AS THEY DID, IF NOT BETTER. COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM. OH. WELL, OBVIOUSLY, THIS WAS MY LAST MEETING ON THE DAIS AND SPENT SOME TIME. THINKING ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID. AND CITY COUNCIL'S OUTLIVE ALL OF US. THIS SEAT MATTERED LONG BEFORE ME, AND IT'LL MATTER LONG AFTER ME. I WAS A TEMPORARY STEWARD OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ANY ONE PERSON. WHAT SURPRISED ME MOST WAS HOW OFTEN THE HARDEST DECISIONS WEREN'T NECESSARILY ABOUT POLICY, BUT ABOUT PEOPLE TRYING TO BE HEARD WHILE CARRYING FEAR AND HOPE OR FRUSTRATION. AND MY HOPE IS THAT THIS COUNCIL KEEPS CHOOSING CURIOSITY OVER CERTAINTY, LISTENING BEFORE REACTING AND REMEMBERING THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO COME TO THIS ROOM TRULY CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS CITY, EVEN WHEN THEY DISAGREE. SERVING HERE HAS SHAPED HOW I LISTEN, HOW I QUESTION, AND HOW SERIOUSLY I TAKE PUBLIC TRUST. AND I WILL CARRY THAT WITH ME. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS JOURNEY. AND AND I WILL HOLD THAT DEAR IN MY HEART. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BLOOM.COUNCILMEMBER GREEN, I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO REPORT. WELL, BEFORE I GIVE MY FINAL COMMENTS. IT WAS THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR FIRST FRIDAY. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. IT WAS FUNNY, I WAS TALKING TO TO SHERRY AT THE CITY EMPLOYEE LUNCH, WHICH BY THE WAY WAS A GREAT LUNCH TOO. SO THANKS FOR EVERYBODY THAT PUT THAT ON. BUT I WAS TALKING TO HER THERE. AND APPARENTLY IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS, THAT THE FIRE TRUCKS SUPPOSED TO COME AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALL THESE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON IT AND IT DIDN'T WORK. WELL, WHAT WAS FUNNY, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS IT DIDN'T MATTER BECAUSE MY LITTLE EIGHT YEAR OLD GRANDSON STANDING ON THE CURB AND HE SEES THE TRUCK ENTER. RING ROAD, I WILL TELL YOU THAT HE DIDN'T NEED THE LIGHTS ON, BECAUSE MY EIGHT YEAR OLD GRANDSON WAS TELLING EVERYBODY, HERE COMES SANTA, LOOK, HE'S ON THAT FIRE TRUCK. I KNOW HE ALL THE WAY AROUND. SO EVEN WITH LITTLE GLITCHES, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. WE DID HOLD THE THE. LET'S GET THE OFFICIAL TERM RIGHT. THE SOUTH SALT LAKE VALLEY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT PSLV MADE. WE DID HOLD OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION HEARING ON MONDAY NIGHT THE EIGHTH. THE. I THINK IT WAS A UNANIMOUS DECISION, BY THE WAY, WHICH IS PRETTY STRANGE. WHEN YOU HAVE UPWARDS OF 21 MUNICIPALITIES IN THE IN THE IN THE ORGANIZATION. IT WAS A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO RAISE THE PROPERTY TAXES BY AN AVERAGE OF $0.77 A YEAR. SO IT WAS NOT A MAJOR TAX INCREASE. NUMBER WISE. IT'S SUBSTANTIAL, BUT IT WILL RAISE ABOUT. AND WHAT'S REALLY IRONIC IS THAT WE VOTED FOR A IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS, WE VOTED FOR A TAX INCREASE IN DECEMBER OF 2025. THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT WILL NOT SEE THE MONEY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE COUNTY DOES. THE THE PROPERTY TAX DISTRIBUTION WILL NOT SEE IT UNTIL NEXT BUDGET YEAR IN DECEMBER OF 2026. SO REALLY INTERESTING. JUST A
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COUPLE OF PARTING. COMMENTS IF I CAN GET BACK TO THAT PAGE. THERE WE GO. IT HAS BEEN SIX YEARS. FOR. ME SITTING UP HERE. THE FIRST PERSON. SEE IF I CAN GET THROUGH THIS, THE FIRST PERSON THAT I HAVE TO THANK IS. MY WIFE, TOSHI, SITTING OUT THERE IN THE THE CHEAP SEAT.SOMETIMES SHE GETS TO HEAR ME COMPLAIN ABOUT CITY POLITICS AND OH MY GOSH, CAN WE BELIEVE WHAT? YOU DID THIS AGAIN? AND SHE'S PUT UP FOR THAT FOR SIX YEARS. AND SO THANK YOU. BUT I DO LOOK BACK ON THE PAST SIX YEARS AND. SEE THE. THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. I THINK WE'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN LAND USE. AS I LOOK OVER. MY FOR MY, MY FOUR AND A HALF YEARS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SERVING WITH YOU ALL, PLUS SIX YEARS ON THE COUNCIL, WE HAVE MADE IMMENSE STRIDES IN LAND USE AND TRYING TO GET PLANNING THINGS RIGHT. I THINK WE'VE SET THE CITY ON A GREAT TRAJECTORY, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU. DON'T LOSE THE MOMENTUM. WE CREATED ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE. BRINGING BACK THE THE MISSING MIDDLE.
AND ADOPTED SOME CREATIVE THINGS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF. WE'VE SEEN SOME GOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND HOPEFULLY WE WE SEE A WHOLE LOT MORE. I THINK WE'VE BEEN PROACTIVE. ALAN MENTIONED THE HELIPAD ORDINANCE THAT HAPPENED TO BE PROACTIVE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR CITY NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH WITH HERRIMAN AND THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH IT AFTER THE FACT, I'M GLAD WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY HAD IT DONE. WE'VE ALSO CHANGED THINGS FOR THE BETTER WITH CHANGING THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE. WE'VE ADJUSTED THE PARKING ORDINANCE SO THAT THAT THAT'S NOW A CIVIL INFRACTION SO WE CAN BETTER ENFORCE IT. AND WE'VE EVEN DONE SOME, SOME VERY MINOR THINGS THAT WE BURIED IN CODE FOR THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH, LIKE WE'VE PROHIBITED SEWER LIFTS IN THE CITY. AND I THINK THAT WAS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT, AS I'VE HEARD OTHER CITIES START TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH, OH, WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE HAVE A SEWER? OH, THEY WANT TO PUT A SEWER LIFT IN AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT. WE'VE ALREADY GOT THAT DONE. WE GOT THE CANYON VIEW. I WONDER WHAT MY PHONE'S RINGING. WE GOT THE CANYON VIEW. CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTER BUILT WITHOUT ANY DEBT.
AND WE'VE AND AND WE'VE ALSO PAID OTHER BONDS OFF EARLY IN THE CITY. AND WE'VE GOT A GREAT FINANCIAL TRAJECTORY. THE ONE THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WISH WE'D HAD TIME TO DO. ONE OF THEM WAS TO ESTABLISH COMMUNITY COUNCILS, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. WE'VE REFOCUSED THE CITY ON ON I THINK WE HAVE. ON. PATRIOTIC THINGS LIKE MEMORIAL DAY.
VETERANS DAY AND THE GOLD STAR MEMORIAL. NOW I CAN'T TURN THE PAGE. ON A PERSONAL NOTE. OVER
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THE LAST SIX YEARS. HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, I DON'T KNOW BY HOOK OR BY CROOK, BUT SOMEHOW I ENDED UP BEING AN APPOINTEE APPOINTED. AN HONORARY COLONEL IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE KENTUCKY'S HIGHEST, ONE OF KENTUCKY'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARDS. IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THAT THAT HAPPENED, I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER ABOUT THE STORY. I ALSO HAD THE. OPPORTUNITY TWICE. ONCE IN PERSON AND ONCE BY PAPER. TO GET TWO OF OUR CITY ATTORNEYS ADMITTED TO THE BAR OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. I WANT TO. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY. THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, COUNCIL OFFICE, MAYOR, AND YOUR STAFF.WHILE THE POLITICAL WINDS DID NOT. LIFT MY SAILS. AND PUSH ME BACK TO THIS DAIS. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU. THAT IT WON'T STOP MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND BOTH TO COUNCIL MEMBERS GREEN AND BLOOM, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU BOTH HAVE BEEN GREAT MENTORS TO ME, AND I HOPE THAT THROUGH YOUR EXAMPLE, I CAN DO THAT WITH OUR NEW INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU SERVED VERY WELL, SERVED A LOT. IN FACT, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT GROUP THAT WAS CALLING YOU DURING THAT, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET BACK TO THEM QUICK. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB THANK YOU. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO I'M GOING TO SAY PAMELA AND KELVIN. YOU GUYS WILL ALWAYS BE COUNCIL MEMBERS. BUT I'LL START WITH PAMELA. WE OBVIOUSLY TWO YEARS AGO OR IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS AGO.
YEAH. FOUR YEARS AGO A CHANGE WAS MADE FOR ME WHERE I HAD TO LEAVE THE COUNCIL, AND I NEVER BLAMED PAMELA FOR BEATING ME. IT WAS JUST THE NUMBERS. IT'S A NUMBERS GAME. AND PAMELA DESERVED TO BE ON THE COUNCIL. AND SHE SHOWED THAT IN FOUR YEARS OF BEING ON HERE, I STILL REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED BACK ON, SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT WORRIED OF HOW I WOULD FEEL, AND I TOLD HER, I NEVER HATED YOU. I JUST HATED LOSING. AND I KNOW SHE FEELS THE SAME WAY BECAUSE SHE SHE LOST THE COUNCIL RACE TOO. AND IT MADE YOU STRONGER AND YOU RAN AGAIN AND YOU WON AND YOU DESERVED IT. SO THANK YOU FOR SERVING AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART. AND I AM GLAD THAT I GOT TO SERVE WITH YOU, AND YOU DID GREAT THINGS IN THE FOUR YEARS AS AN AT LARGE. AND YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE HERE. THINK ABOUT THIS.
YOU SPENT MORE AS MUCH TIME ON THE COUNCIL AS YOU WOULD GETTING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN COLLEGE. SO YOU GOT A YOU GOT A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC SERVICE. AND KELVIN MANY NIGHTS ON THE PHONE, NOT AS MUCH AS ALAN. SO MY, MY, MY NUMBERS AREN'T AS BAD, BUT WE SPENT MANY NIGHTS TALKING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS BEFORE WHEN I WAS ON AT LARGE AND THEN BACK AGAIN. DID WE ALWAYS AGREE ON THINGS? NO. BUT EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREED ON THINGS, WE STAYED FRIENDS. AND WE WE KEPT TO IT. AND WE'LL NEVER AGREE ON EVERYTHING, WILL WE? BUT MY WAY, YOUR WAY DOESN'T MATTER. WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK, YOU CAME TO WORK AND YOU WORKED HARD AND YOU MADE SURE THINGS GOT DONE. I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN I WAS RUNNING TWO YEARS AGO, I HAD ONE GUY ASK ME, HE'S ALL CHAD OR COUNCILMEMBER LAND, WHATEVER. WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN YOU WERE
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ON THE COUNCIL LAST TIME? YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE THE THINGS THAT YOU DID? AND I, I TRIED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DID I DO PERSONALLY, AND I NEVER DID THINGS ON MY OWN. I ALWAYS DID THINGS AS A GROUP, WHETHER IT WAS WITH ONE COUNCIL MEMBER OR FOUR OR ALL SEVEN OF US. WE HAVE BEEN A GROUP AND WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER HARD. AND COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK HARD AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE WITHOUT THE HARD WORK, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AS STRONG AS WE WERE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. AND YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE BACK UP HERE IN A FEW YEARS UNTIL TOCE. THANKS, BILL WITH YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. THANK YOU. GOSH, A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID IS WHAT BEEN SAID. YOU TRY AND DO THIS COLLECTIVELY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO WORK, BUT WE'LL SEE. ONE GREAT PART ABOUT THIS SERVICE IS I WAS TALKING TO ANOTHER FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER THIS LAST WEEK. AND HE SAID, HE SAID, WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS SERVICE IS MOST OF WHAT MOST OF WHAT YOU DO IS LIKE. WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB JUST SAID YOU DON'T DO. YOU'RE ONE OF SEVEN. YOU'RE YOU'RE A VOTE, RIGHT? MOST OF WHAT WE DO, WE WE DON'T WE CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR IT. RIGHT? WE WE CAN WE CAN TRY AND PUT OUR STAMP ON THINGS, TRY AND GET OUR, OUR $0.02 IN ON A, ON A GIVEN TOPIC, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. BUT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS YOU CAN DRIVE AROUND THE CITY AND SAY THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD BEEN HERE. AND I THINK YOU BOTH HAVE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DRIVE AROUND THE CITY AND YOU CAN POINT TO AND SAY, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF I HADN'T BEEN HERE. AND I POINTED THINGS AND I SAY, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF KELVIN HADN'T BEEN HERE. AND I'M NOT SAYING IN GOOD WAY. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. I HAVE APPRECIATED SERVING WITH BOTH OF YOU. JUST LIKE ANY JUST LIKE ANY GROUP. IF WE ALL THOUGHT THE SAME WAY ALL THE TIME, WE WOULDN'T NEED US ALL UP HERE. SO I APPRECIATE THE TIMES THAT WE'VE DISAGREED.I APPRECIATE THE. THE THE STRENGTH YOU'VE HAD TO VOICE YOUR OPINIONS TO PERSUADE AND TO HELP ME SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY OR MORE CLEARLY. WHETHER YOU PERSUADED ME TO YOUR POINT OF VIEW OR NOT, YOU DEFINITELY HELP ME TO TO EVALUATE MY POINT OF VIEW AND TO REEXAMINE WHETHER I'M RIGHT OR NOT ON ANY GIVEN ISSUE. AND AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SO I APPRECIATE THE DIVERSITY THAT YOU'VE BOTH BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL. YOU BOTH BRING VERY DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU COME FROM VERY DIFFERENT LIFE EXPERIENCES, AS WE ALL DO.
AND YOU HAVE YOU HAVE MADE THE COUNCIL RICHER FOR YOUR SERVICE. SO THANK YOU. AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN IS STILL GOING TO BE AROUND. I KNOW YOU'RE LEAVING TOWN. WHATEVER.
COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN'S STILL GOING TO BE AROUND, AND IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO HEAR HIM LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AT A SHOT. IT'S GOOD TO SEE HOW THAT GOES. I'M SURE HE'LL BE SPEAKING FOR A GROUP SO HE'LL GET FIVE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. TO BEGIN WITH. FIRST FRIDAY WAS FABULOUS. I DIDN'T STAY FOR THE CONCERT, BUT I DID GET S'MORES AND HOT CHOCOLATE WAS DELICIOUS AND WE GOT TO SEE. THE DRONE SHOW WAS FUN. I AFTER THAT WAS THAT PART WAS DONE. I HAD ALREADY HAD TICKETS FOR THE IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE PRODUCTION AND AS BOB, COUNCIL MEMBER, ADORE ACTING CHAIR ADORE STATED, IT WAS JUST A FABULOUS PRODUCTION. SEEING SOMETHING LIVE AND IN PERSON IS JUST A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN WATCHING IT ON A ON A SCREEN, AND I JUST WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO TO GO AND SEE THAT. NEXT THING I WANT TO BRING UP IS TOMORROW NIGHT. I BELIEVE IT'S TOMORROW NIGHT THAT I'M DOING THE PICTURES OR IS IT THURSDAY? THANK YOU. THURSDAY NIGHT. THURSDAY NIGHT I AM TAKING PICTURES FOR OUR NEW COUNCIL. THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR PICTURE DON'T NEED TO COME THURSDAY NIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HERS DONE AGAIN. SHE FEELS LIKE I COULD
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DO A BETTER JOB THAN I DID LAST TIME AND I'M SURE SHE'S RIGHT. SO. BUT IF ANYONE, IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME ON THURSDAY EVENING AT 6 P.M. IT'LL BE IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM DOWNSTAIRS. WE'LL BE DOING PICTURES THERE. AND THEN FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY TO BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS, BLOOM AND COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, THAT IT HAS BEEN TRULY BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU. I LOVE YOU, BUT NOT IN A CREEPY WAY. YOU'RE YOU'RE BOTH JUST AMAZING PEOPLE AND THE THINGS THAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE FOR ME TO CONSIDER AS I'M MAKING MY DECISIONS AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, THINGS I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT OF, THINGS THAT WERE JUST COMPLETELY BEYOND MY ABILITY TO EVEN COME UP WITH AND COMPREHEND, AND THE DEPTH AND THE BREADTH OF. OF WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M JUST GRATEFUL. JUST GRATEFUL FOR BOTH OF YOU AND AND. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SERVING WITH YOU. AND I HOPE TO MAINTAIN A FRIENDSHIP LONG INTO THE FUTURE WITH BOTH OF YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW HEAR A VOICE FROM ON HIGH CHAIR WHITELOCK. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY WORK WITH THE SUBJECT YOU'VE GOT. SO I'LL TRY TO BE A BETTER SUBJECT THIS TIME AND HOPE THAT MY FLIGHTS ALL CONNECT CORRECTLY. SO I GET THERE IN TIME. IF NOT, I WILL JUST LEARN TO BE HAPPY WITH MY OTHER PICTURE, WHICH IS A FINE PICTURE. I TOO AM GOING TO MISS. COUNCIL MEMBERS BLOOM AND AND GREEN. IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW BOTH OF YOU. I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE THAT THAT THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND LEARN ABOUT THEM AND GROW WITH THEM AND CHANGE WITH THEM. AND I HAVE APPRECIATED BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM AND GREEN FOR WHAT THEY'VE BROUGHT TO OUR COUNCIL AND TO OUR CITY, AND I WISH THEM THE BEST IN WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE TO DO NEXT. I'M SURE THEY'LL DO GREAT THINGS. THANK YOU. AND JUST REMEMBER, IT'S TWO HOURS LATER HERE. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ON YOU. WE'RE HERE IN OUR TIME ZONE. JUST TO WRAP UP, I'VE KIND OF SAID BEFORE COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM, I KNEW YOU BEFORE THIS GOING IN, IN FACT, WAS VERY SURPRISED WHEN I STARTED TO RUN. AND I GOT AN EMAIL FROM YOU ASKING ABOUT ALL MY VIEWS ON THINGS, AND I WAS GOING, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, WHY IS SHE ASKING ME? OH, THAT'S RIGHT, SHE'S ON THE COUNCIL. IT WAS JUST A DIFFERENT NAME THAN I WAS USED TO. SO IT IT DIDN'T CLICK IN. IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH YOU AND JUST SEE YOUR PASSION FOR THE PEOPLE OF WEST JORDAN AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND AND MAKING SURE THAT THE VOICES ARE HEARD. AND COUNCILMEMBER GREEN, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON, I WOULD JUST BE QUIET AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING. SO YOU WOULD EXPLAIN ALL THE CODE AND I'D GO, OH, THAT'S WHAT ALL THAT MEANS, AND THAT'S ALL THAT. IT WAS SUCH A GREAT LESSON FOR ME BECAUSE I CAME INTO THIS SO COLD. I DIDN'T DO PLANNING COMMISSION, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. I WAS JUST SOME BUMPKIN OFF THE STREET THAT WANTED TO SERVE AND RUN AND THEN REALIZED, OH, I NEED TO LEARN A LOT OF STUFF. YOU WERE A GREAT MENTOR TO ME, AND I KNOW YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BE. I ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNCIL AND EVERYTHING YOU DO THERE. WITH THAT, I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO WRAP UP OUR OUR COUNCIL REPORT SINCE IT'S NEARLY MIDNIGHT IN DELAWARE, AND WE'LL NOW GO ON TO OUR COUNCIL OFFICE REPORTS.[b. Council Office Report]
HEY, IT'S 6 A.M. IN GERMANY. I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. WELL, SINCE WE'RE SPEAKING OF TIME, JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WENT 68 MINUTES, AND TONIGHT YOU'RE AT 175 MINUTES. BUT THE VAST RESEARCH OF THE COUNCIL OFFICE, I WENT AND LOOKED BACK ON[02:55:01]
DECEMBER 20TH, 2023, WHICH IS THE LAST TIME WE SAID FAREWELL TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THAT MEETING WENT FOUR HOURS AND 34 MINUTES. SO YOU'RE STILL AHEAD. BUT YOU ALSO HAD MORE PEOPLE CHANGING. AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BLOOM AND COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN FOR YOUR SERVICE. PAMELA AND KELVIN. LOTS OF EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES AND PHONE CALLS OVER THE THE YEARS THAT YOU'VE SERVED. THE NEXT STEP IS THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS. THAT WILL BE ON JANUARY 5TH AT 6 P.M. AT THE CANYON VIEW CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY AND ART CENTER. I GOT TO COME UP WITH AN ACRONYM FOR THAT, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU THERE TO BE ON THE STAGE. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, MISS SLOAN WILL GIVE THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECT, AND THEN THEY WILL TAKE THEIR PLACE ON THE STAGE WHERE YOU ONCE SAT. BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE FOR THAT PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS AMERICAN THROUGH AND THROUGH. THE OTHER COUPLE PIECES OF GOOD NEWS. WELL, THE FIRST ONE IS I ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT WE'VE HAD CONTACT FROM CITIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE DO SWAGGERT AND PRIME GOV. SO THAT'S STARTING TO HAVE SOME ATTRACTION. MISS SLOAN IN THE ELECTION OFFICE TOLD ME ABOUT A CITY THAT CONTACTED HER, WHOSE MAYOR SAID I WENT TO THE OATH OF OFFICE IN WEST JORDAN TWO YEARS AGO AND WE HAVE TO DO OURS LIKE THEIRS. CAN YOU SEND ME TEMPLATES OF WHAT YOU DID? AND SO TANDUAY HAS BEEN GIVING THAT CITY CLERK SOME DETAILS ABOUT HOW TO RUN AN OATH OF OFFICE. SO WE'RE VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS AND SO THAT WE CAN STAY UNDER FOUR HOURS AND 34 MINUTES, I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE MY REPORT. THANK YOU,[c. Mayor’s Report]
MR. ANDERSON. WE'LL NOW GO FOR TO OUR MAYOR'S REPORT WITH OUR VERY OWN MAYOR, DIRK BURTON.GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR WHEN YOU DO IT EVERY TIME. OKAY.
FIRST FRIDAY YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT THAT QUITE A BIT. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND ATTENDING IT. IT WAS SPECTACULAR. IT WAS A SELL OUT. WE FILLED THE WHOLE PLACE UP AND THE CONCERT WAS VERY GOOD. I ATTENDED ALONG WITH OUR TWO COUNCIL ELECTED MEMBERS, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ESSENTIALS 101. SO THEY'RE ALL SMART, KNOW EVERYTHING AND THEY'RE READY TO GO, RIGHT? ALMOST. THAT WAS JUST A GOOD STARTER. IT PROBABLY MAY HAVE SCARED HIM MORE THAN HELPED HIM FEEL COMFORTABLE AND GAVE HIM MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS, BUT AT LEAST THEY KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS TO START ASKING NOW. SO THAT WAS GOOD. I'M GLAD THEY DID THAT. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT MAYOR RED HAT, WHO WAS KILLED ON HIGHWAY SIX, JUST A FEW MILES OUTSIDE OF GREEN RIVER. HE WAS THE MAYOR OF GREEN RIVER. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DINNER WITH HIM BACK IN APRIL, ON MY WAY DOWN TO SAINT GEORGE, AND SO IT WAS KIND OF A SHOCK WHEN I HEARD THIS. THE MAN WAS 40 YEARS OLD AND ENGAGED TO GET MARRIED NEXT MONTH. IT WAS REAL SAD. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING HIS FUNERAL LAST SATURDAY. I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE MESSIAH'S, THE ANNUAL MESSIAH SING ALONG, AND THAT WAS A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THAT. IT WAS ALSO A SELL OUT. THEY DON'T CHARGE FOR THE TICKETS. HOWEVER, THEY DO OFFER TICKETS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIT EVERYBODY IN. THAT DOESN'T. IT SHOWS UP. SO THAT WAS SPECTACULAR. IT'S OKAY, 2020 IS OVER. I DON'T HAVE COVID. OKAY, I HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT UPDATE I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU FOR THE END OF THE YEAR TO LET YOU KNOW SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENED IN CODE FOR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT. THAT'S THE SECOND PAGE. I'M SORRY, THE FIRST PAGE. SO YEAR TO DATE, 2025 CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS CREATED OVER 2400 NEW CASES.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL CODE OFFICERS. DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE ON THAT TO SHOW? OKAY.
ANYWAY. AND THEY HAVE CLOSED OVER 2100 OF THEM. AND THERE'S REMAINING OF 243 CASES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. AND ON THESE CASES, THEY'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB WAS INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE ABOUT SOME ILLEGAL FOOD STANDS WHERE PEOPLE WERE SELLING COME BACK. THEY DID NOT COME BACK. SO IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. THERE WERE SOME
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ISSUES OF FOOD TRUCKS THAT WERE NOT LICENSED WITH THE COUNTY OR ANY JURISDICTION, AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO GET THOSE OUT OF OUR CITY BEFORE ANY MORE PEOPLE GOT SICK. WE HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER LAMB'S WHERE THIS ONE TO A RESIDENT WHO WAS OPERATING A RESTAURANT WITHOUT A BUSINESS LICENSE AT A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WHERE THEY COOK THE FOOD THERE, AND THEY BROUGHT IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO WHO CREATED A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER THAT WAS ISSUED TO THE HOMEOWNER. AND THAT ENDED UP STOPPING AND AND SAVED SOMEBODY ELSE FROM GETTING SICK, I'M SURE. AND WE DID THE RENTAL CHANGES. SO OUR RENTAL HOUSING OFFICER HAS SUCCESSFULLY WORKED WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HELPED SOLVE PROBLEMS IN SEVERAL OF OUR RENTAL PROPERTIES. SOME HAVE BEEN DRUG RELATED WITH INCLUDING NARCOTICS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THEY USE THE GOOD LANDLORD PROGRAM AND THE RENTAL OFFICER TO HELP GET THAT CLEANED UP AND GET THAT OUT. SO WE'VE IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SOME RENTAL PLACES AROUND THERE. THERE'S ALSO BEEN OTHER RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT THEY HAVE HELPED BRING RENTALS INTO COMPLIANCE BY CITY CODE. THEY DID 206 RENTAL INSPECTIONS, AND 175 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN CLOSED ALREADY. SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR HELPING THAT GO GO FORWARD. AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OF THE CODE, WHERE WE INVITED CODE OFFICER FOR THAT. WE'VE THEY'VE IDENTIFIED 79 PROPERTIES AND 69 OF THOSE 79 HAVE BEEN RESOLVED ALREADY. SO THAT'S MAKING PROGRESS THERE. THEY'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED 43 INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES RELATED TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT VIOLATIONS. A LOT OF THOSE ARE IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT ARE NEAR OR IN A PROTECTED WATER ZONE. AND SOME OF THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING PICKED ON, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING THEM BECAUSE LET'S SUPPOSE THAT THEY HAVE A BUSINESS AND THEY INADVERTENTLY CONTAMINATE THE GROUND THAT FEEDS TO OUR WELLS.THAT WOULD BECOME A SUPERFUND PROJECT, AND MOST LIKELY THEY WOULD NOT SURVIVE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN THAT THAT ENCOUNTERS. SO THIS IS REALLY PROTECTING THEIR BUSINESS FORUM, WHETHER THEY APPRECIATE IT OR NOT. SO THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL. AND AS YOU MAY KNOW OR REMEMBER, THE WALL ALONG 9000 SOUTH ON OLD BINGHAM HIGHWAY BETWEEN OLD BINGHAM HIGHWAY AND 48TH WEST WAS REPAINTED AND LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER. AND THEN A COAT WAS PUT ON THERE, A COATING ON THERE, THE GRAFFITI RESISTANT DON'T TEST IT, BUT IT HAS THAT ON THERE. AND IN 2025 SO FAR I KNOW IT'S ALMOST THE END OF THE YEAR. WE'VE HAVE 1100 NEW BUSINESS LICENSES, SO 1100 MORE BUSINESSES THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR. AND THAT'S MY REPORT ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. OKAY.
UPCOMING EVENTS. ALAN TALKED ABOUT THAT. OUR OATH OF OFFICE. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE. WE HAVE OUR NEXT CRAFT AND CRAVINGS NIGHT WILL BE DECEMBER 17TH. YOU WANT TO COME THERE? THAT'LL BE AT CANYON VIEW CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER, AND WE HAVE ONE ON DECEMBER 17TH, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON JANUARY 21ST. PLEASE COME TO BOTH AND BE AWARE THAT WITH CHRISTMAS WE'RE CLOSED CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY WE'RE ALSO CLOSED NEW YEAR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY. WE WILL BE OPEN THE FRIDAYS AFTER EACH OF THOSE HOLIDAYS, SO CITY OFFICES WILL BE OPEN. WE'LL BE DOING WORK HERE ON THOSE DAYS. AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AND COUNCIL MEMBER BLUM FOR THE SERVICE YOU HAVE PERFORMED FOR OUR CITY. MAKING IT BETTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND YOUR DEDICATION AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I WENT TO ANOTHER MEETING AND HAVE TO GO TO THAT MEETING AND COMING BACK. I SURE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL WE HAVE HERE YOUR ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THINGS, MAYBE NOT AGREE, BUT COME TO A SOLUTION. AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. AND BECAUSE WE WORK TOGETHER, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THINGS THAT WOULDN'T HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OTHERWISE. SO THANK YOU FOR ACCOMPLISHING THOSE THINGS. WHILE YOU'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL. AND GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND WE'VE OFFICIALLY GONE PAST THE TIME WHERE THE LIGHTS IN THE BUILDING ALL WENT OUT IN THE HALL. SO THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING. BUT THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, ALL THIS TIME, OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR
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REPORT. CORBIN LEE, I'M THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN US AND THE MEETING. I THINK I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER. HUME. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, WE LOVE YOU, STAFF. YOU HAVE MADE COMMUNITY BETTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS TO WEST JORDAN. THANK YOU CORBIN. THEN THAT BRINGS ME TO JUST THE LAST THING CONSENT ITEMS. IF I[CONSENT ITEMS]
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MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS SECOND. WELL, THEN WE HAD THAT APPROVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLUM. ALL IN FAVOR I THEN THAT PASSES. OH, EVEN THE VOICE FROM ABOVE. THEN I WILL NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING. WE WILL WAIT JUST A FEW MOMENTS WHILE WE GET READY, AND OUR LONG AWAITED RDA MEETI