[CALL TO ORDER]
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THOUGHT IT WAS ON, BUT I WILL NOW WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING TODAY, OUR FIRST OF THE YEAR 2026. WE HAVE ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, INCLUDING OUR TWO NEWEST WE. WE WELCOME THEM AND WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TO BE A PART OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING TODAY. WE START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND LARRY ELKINGTON WILL DO THAT FOR US.
SO LARRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL NOW DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE RISE. AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FIRST ON OUR
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS GOING TO BE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE FILLED OUT YELLOW CARDS, BUT THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THIS TIME, WE CERTAINLY ALLOW THAT. NOW THIS CAN BE ON ANY TOPIC, WHETHER IT'S ON THE AGENDA OR NOT. BUT IF YOU ARE HERE TO TALK ON SOMETHING IN THE AGENDA, WE WOULD. YOU CAN TALK IN THIS ONE, BUT THAT MEANS YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TALK DURING THAT AGENDA TIME. SO YOU CAN DO ONE OR THE OTHER.THERE COULD BE OH. OH FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M SORRY, I MEANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
OBVIOUSLY, MY FIRST TIME BEING CHAIR HERE IN THIS LARGE GROUP, SO TRIED TO LOOK LIKE I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING, WENT WAY OUT OF BOUNDS REAL QUICK. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO TALK, WE DO ASK THAT YOU YOU FILL THESE OUT. IT'S OKAY. NOW TO HELP. WE ASK THAT THIS BE JUST. WHAT WE WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IS THERE'S REALLY NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL DURING THAT TIME. THIS IS JUST FOR YOU TO TALK. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES WHEN THAT TIME IS UP, THE TIME THAT THE MIC WILL GO OUT AND WE'LL FINISH OUT THERE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS YOU CAN PUT THOSE AS WELL. AND THOSE GOES TO ALL THE COUNCIL. IF YOU GO TO COUNCIL COMMENTS AT WEST JORDAN, UTAH.GOV AND AND IF YOU GOT OTHER VERBAL COMMENTS YOU WANT TO JUST WRITE DOWN, YOU CAN SEND THESE ON AND WRITE DOWN ON THERE THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY AND THOSE AS WELL. SO WE NOW BEGIN. WE'VE GOT THREE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FILLED OUT CARDS FOR US. AND PLEASE, I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I MISPRONOUNCE ANY NAMES, BUT THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES. COLLEEN LAIRD, WE HAVE YOU FIRST. AGAIN, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH MY NAME. YES, MY NAME IS KATHLEEN LAIRD, AND I LIVE AT 2405 HARVEST LANE. AND SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY CAME TO THE COUNCIL WHEN WE LEARNED QUITE BY HAPPENSTANCE THAT WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY PROPERTY WAS BEING TRADED TO IVORY HOMES AND IVORY DESIRED TO BUILD HOMES ON VERY SMALL LOTS. THIS PAST WEEK, NEIGHBORS RECEIVED LETTERS FROM IVORY INFORMING US THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO THE CITY TO CHANGE THE CURRENT R-1 TEN ZONING TO ALLOW FOR THESE SMALLER LOTS. NOW, AS I PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED, WHEN WE WERE HERE BEFORE, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY CHOSE THEIR PRESENT HOME BECAUSE WE WANT TO LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY AREA WITH A NICE SIZED YARD AND WITH SPACE BETWEEN NEIGHBORS. WE DID HAVE A SCHOOL IN OUR MIDST WHICH WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE WOULD LEAVE, BUT IT'S GONE. BUT WE REASONED, EVEN IF IT DID, THE UNDERLYING ZONING WAS FOR R-1 TEN. I'M HERE AGAIN THIS EVENING TO ASK YOU TO HONOR THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. FOLLOW THE MASTER PLAN AND DO NOT CHANGE THE ZONING. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAD LAMB AND KAYLEEN WHITELOCK, WHO WE CONTACTED ABOUT HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING. OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING THAT ALL OF YOU, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS COME TO THAT MEETING, WHICH WE THINK WE'RE HOPING IS SCHEDULED NOW FOR MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26TH. SO WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ALL OUR COMMUNITY BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER EXPRESS OUR MULTITUDE OF CONCERNS AND OUR DESIRES. AND JUST SO THAT YOU'LL BE AWARE, JUST A FEW OF US HAVE COME TONIGHT. MANY MORE WILL BE AT THAT MEETING. BUT IF THE ONES THAT ARE HERE COULD JUST RAISE THEIR HANDS SO THAT YOU WOULD AT LEAST KNOW THE ONES THAT ARE HERE WITH US, WE APPRECIATE YOU, YOU LISTENING TO US ON THIS AND AND RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC TO US BECAUSE IT'S OUR HOMES. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE HAVE BEEN ALERTED TO THE TO THE TOWN HALL. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT NEXT. STEVEN GARLITZ PROBABLY MESSED UP, BUT YOU'RE NEXT. NOPE. YOU PRONOUNCE IT JUST FINE. MY NAME IS STEVEN GARLITZ. I LIVE AT 2385 WEST
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HARVEST LANE. I TOO AM HERE ABOUT THE IVORY PROPOSAL. WE HAVE LIVED IN OUR HOME SINCE 2017. WHEN WE PURCHASED IT, WE PURCHASED IT BECAUSE OF THE LOT SIZE AND OF THE AREA AND KNEW THE SCHOOL WAS THERE. WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE IT BEING TRADED OFF TO IVORY. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL IVORY'S PUT FORWARD. I CREATED A PETITION ONLINE. IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, WE'VE GOTTEN OVER 150 SIGNATURES ON IT. I'VE SENT THE PETITION BY EMAIL TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE FROM CHAD LAMB WITHIN TEN MINUTES OF ME SENDING IT, OF HIS CONCERN ALSO. AND HE'S PLANNING ON ATTENDING THIS MEETING THAT IVORY HAS SET UP. AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THURSDAY TO ATTEND THAT SAME MEETING. I KNOW CHAD HAD SENT OUT THE LETTER THAT WE HAD PUT ONLINE THAT WE ALL RECEIVED ON SATURDAY, BUT US AS RESIDENTS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXTRA TRAFFIC IT'LL BRING INTO THE INTO THE AREA, ESPECIALLY ON HARVEST LANE. AND I THINK ON 2350 OR 2400 WEST RIGHT THERE THAT RUN BY THE SCHOOL. IVORY'S TELLING US THAT THE TRAFFIC WILL NOT BE ANY MORE THAN THE SCHOOL HAD, WHICH IS NOT TRUE, BECAUSE THE SCHOOL HAD 30 TO 45 MINUTES IN THE MORNING AND 30 TO 45 MINUTES IN THE AFTERNOON. AND I'VE I'VE BEEN SITTING IN MY HOME OFFICE AND I WATCH THE KIDS EVERY DAY AND KNEW THAT THE TRAFFIC WASN'T THAT BAD AND THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE WEEKENDS OR EVENINGS EXCEPT IF THEY HAD SOMETHING GOING ON AT THE SCHOOL. BUT WE DO ASK THE COUNCIL AND THE TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THE COMMITMENT, AS CÉLINE SAID, TO KEEP THESE LOTS AS 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS. WE LOOK AT THE HIDDEN COVE, LOTS THAT WERE BUILT ON 27TH WEST, AND THEY DO LOOK LIKE THEY WERE KEPT AS LARGER LOTS. SO WE JUST IMPLORE TO THE CITY AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.THANK YOU STEVEN, AND FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, I HAD NEGLECTED TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU SPEAK, WE DO ASK THAT YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND CITY NOT ADDRESS NECESSARILY, BUT CITY RESIDENTS. BUT YOU BOTH DID THAT WELL ANYWAY. SO JANA NIXON, I HAVE A CARD FOR YOU AS WELL.
MY NAME IS JANA NIXON AND I LIVE IN TAYLORSVILLE, UTAH, BUT I OWN A DUPLEX HERE IN WEST JORDAN, AND MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE RENTED THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. OUR COST HAS ALWAYS BEEN $86 TO THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN, AND WITH THIS NEW PRICE INCREASE, IT WENT FROM 86 TO $978. AND AFTER THE FEES ARE PAID FOR THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE $813. NOW, DO ALL OF YOU HAVE A SHEET? I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE THIS AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T WANT TO DO. WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO KEEP OUR RENT LOW FOR OUR TENANTS JUST TO HELP OUT THOSE FAMILIES, AND ALSO BECAUSE IT HELPS WITH TURNOVER. AND SO I DECIDED TO TAKE THE GOOD LANDLORD CLASS TO LOWER OUR FEES. SO INSTEAD OF PAYING $86 TO THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN, I HAD TO PAY $487 THIS YEAR. THAT IS A 466% INCREASE. AND THE YEARS FOLLOWING THAT, IT'LL BE $263 A YEAR, WHICH IS STILL A 206% INCREASE. NOW, THE GOOD LANDLORD CLASS DOESN'T EVEN HELP ME, BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE UTAH FAIR HOUSING. I ONLY HAVE ONE DUPLEX, SO THE UTAH FAIR HOUSING LAWS DON'T EVEN APPLY TO ME. AND THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT RIDICULOUS ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD IN THAT CLASS THAT IF YOU HAVE AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT PET, EVEN IF IT'S LIKE A PONY, YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT PONY INTO YOUR APARTMENT. IT'S JUST WE'VE LOST OUR MINDS. I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS PRICE INCREASE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY EXORBITANT. AND I WAS TOLD WHEN I ASKED THE CITY, WHAT IS MY $428 GOING TO? THEY SAID IT IS JUST A DOCUMENT PREP FEE AND IT'S ALL DONE ONLINE. SO IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT EXACTLY IS MY MONEY GOING TO? I ALREADY PAY PROPERTY TAXES. I ALREADY PAY ALL MY CITY UTILITIES. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING, BECAUSE I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THERE'S A PROJECT THAT THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN HAS COMING UP THAT THE WEST JORDAN LANDLORDS ARE FUNDING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. JENNA. THANK YOU FOR COMING. I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENT CARDS FILLED OUT. IS THERE
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ANYONE IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD? WILL I BE COME FORWARD AGAIN? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AMY MARDA. I LIVE IN SALT LAKE CITY, AND I VOLUNTEER FOR A NONPROFIT CALLED BAILING OUT BENJI, WHICH WORKS TO END PUPPY MILLS AND ANIMAL SUFFERING IN THE PUPPY MILLS. I HAVE SPOKEN TO CITY COUNCIL OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS ABOUT THE INHUMANE CONDITIONS AT THE PUPPY MILLS, AND I JUST WANTED TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF TO THE NEW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND ALSO TELL YOU THAT I'LL BE SHIFTING MY COMMENTS GOING FORWARD, FOCUSING ON THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ISSUES AROUND PUPPY MILLS, WHICH I HAVE NOT DONE BEFORE. THE THREE MAIN CONSUMER PROTECTION ISSUES ARE EXPENSIVE VET CARE AND TRAINING FOR THE PUPPIES, PREDATORY LENDING AND THE SPREAD OF DISEASES TO HUMANS, AS DOCUMENTED BY THE CDC. SO I ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED CITY ORDINANCE THAT I'VE EMAILED TO YOU, HOPING TO GET A HUMANE PET STORE BAN PASSED IN THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AMY. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW WE HAD OTHERS. SO, MA'AM, GO AHEAD AND COME UP. YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, PLEASE. MY NAME IS LYNN WHEELER. I LIVE IN WEST JORDAN. I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE PREVIOUS MAYOR AND OUR CURRENT MAYOR ABOUT PEOPLE GOING THROUGH RED LIGHTS. I'M SURE EVERYBODY HAS HAD THIS, HAS SEEN THIS, MAYBE EVEN BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT. THREE, FOUR PEOPLE GO THROUGH A RED LIGHT AT A TIME AND IT'S JUST AWFUL. AND I'D LIKE YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? OKAY.MR. ANDERSON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YES. WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS ONLINE, NEITHER OF WHOM HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL, SEEING AS THERE ARE NO OTHER PEOPLE WHO WOULD WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME, I WILL PUT A CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND WE WILL NOW GO OVER TO OUR REPORTS. WE'LL HAVE
[a. City Council Reports]
FIRST OUR COUNCIL REPORTS WHERE THE COUNCIL CAN SPEAK ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. I WILL START SAYING AS I THESE REPORTS HAVE BEEN TOWARD THE END OF OUR MEETINGS, I PUT THEM TOWARD THE FRONT BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE TIMES THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, HAVE TO SAY ARE GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE TO HEAR. AND USUALLY ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS POINT, SOME OF YOU HAVE LEFT AFTER YOU'VE SPOKEN, SO WE'D LIKE TO AT LEAST GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO SOME OF YOU.I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL THE EFFORT THAT WENT IN THROUGH OUR CITY AND OUR STAFF. WITH SUCH A GREAT CHANGE OF OUR COUNCIL AGAIN, WE WE WELCOME TWO MEMBERS, TWO NEW MEMBERS, AND AND ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK AGAIN WITH US. BUT OUR OATH OF OFFICE, VERY WELL DONE BY OUR STAFF AND MANY OF THE THINGS THAT GO ON IN THE CITY. GO SO WELL BECAUSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN THE CITY. AND I'M JUST VERY HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT. AND SEE.
I'M ALSO GOING TO JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY. AND AS MUCH AS THIS MAY SOUND SELF PROMOTING, I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE AN ENTITY THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF FOR MANY YEARS. THE WASATCH IMPROV FESTIVAL, WHICH HAS BEEN IN MIDVALE FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, IS FINALLY GOING TO MOVE TO THE CITY THAT I WANTED IT IN FROM THE BEGINNING, AND THAT IS HERE IN WEST JORDAN. AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT THIS THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT THE BRAND NEW CANYON VIEW CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTER. SO JUST VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME IN THE CITY THAT I WANTED IT IN. I'LL NOW OPEN THIS UP TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO REPORT BACK, I GUESS MENTION I MADE IT TO. FIVE, FOUR, FIVE, 4 OR 5 OTHER CITIES SWEARING IN CEREMONIES LAST WEEK. SANDY DRAPER, SOUTH
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JORDAN AND HARRIMAN. SO FOUR OTHERS BESIDES OURS AND AND THEY'RE ALL WELL ATTENDED. THEY ALL DID, DID GREAT. AND THEY ALL HAD MAYORS BEING SWORN IN. SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT IT SHOULDN'T BE, BUT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER OF AN EVENT THAN WHEN IT'S JUST COUNCIL MEMBERS, APPARENTLY SO. BUT THEY WERE ALL ALL WELL DONE AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE THERE AND REPRESENT THE CITY. SO DAVID, DAVID HERE, DAVID DOBBINS WAS AT THE DRAPER ONE WITH HIS TIES TO THAT CITY, BUT I DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE FROM OUR CITY. BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS GREAT TO GO, GREAT TO BE THERE AND AND TO KIND OF LET THEM KNOW THAT WE CARE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. THEN WE WILL MOVE TO THE MAYOR'S REPORT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL CHAIR. SOME[b. Mayor’s Report]
OF YOU WERE PROBABLY THERE. A LOT OF YOU WERE THERE, NOT SOME PROBABLY TO JOIN US IN THE BRAND NEW APOLLO BURGER OPENING. THEY CLOSED THEIR OLD LOCATION AND MOVED IT TO THE NEW LOCATION JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTH. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEIR BURGERS REALLY ARE CHARBROILED. WE'RE HAPPY THAT THEY'RE STILL HERE IN OUR FOOTPRINT IN WEST JORDAN. WE HAD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FIRST FRIDAY OF THE YEAR HAPPENED ON JANUARY 2ND. IT WAS A GREAT ONE. IT WAS A LINDA RONSTADT BY A GROUP CALLED RONSTADT LIVE. AND THE PERSON WHO ACTED AS LINDA WAS A LIVE PERSON. ANYWAY, IT HAD FANTASTIC ATTENDANCE. ABOUT 400 PEOPLE WERE THERE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON WAS THERE TOO. SO IT WAS. WE'RE OFF ON A GOOD START FOR OUR OUR FREE CONCERTS AT THE VIRIDIAN. THAT HAPPENED THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH, AND I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE OTHER ONE LATER NEXT WEEK, SINCE WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER WEEK BEFORE THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SEEM TO HAPPEN, WELL, THEY ALWAYS DO HAPPEN. WE HAD A WATER LINE BREAK, BUT THIS WAS NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FAULTY WATER LINE.THIS ONE HERE, GROUNDWATER WAS BEING DRIVEN BY A CONTRACTOR AND HE WAS VERY GOOD AND HIT RIGHT ON WHERE THAT WATER PIPE WAS. AND YOU CAN SEE IT WAS QUITE EFFECTIVE. THE STREETLIGHT WAS NOT AT THAT ANGLE UNTIL THE WATER CLEANED ALL THE DIRT OUT FROM THERE.
OUR CREWS WERE GREAT, GOT IT TAKEN CARE OF, AND NOBODY SUFFERED WITH ANY WATER LOSS BECAUSE THE WATER REDUNDANT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN THAT LOCATION. WE HAVE ONE NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONER AND TWO NEW AND TWO REAPPOINTED PLANNING COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU JUST APPROVED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. AND THERE THEY ARE. AND THE TOP ONE IS REAPPOINTED. THAT'S ALAN AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT. THAT'S TOM AND THE. AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE REAPPOINTED. AND THE BOTTOM LEFT IS. YES. AFTER CHERYL AND I. YES. AND I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN THEIR NAMES DOWN. BUT FORTUNATELY I DO KNOW WHAT THEIR NAMES ARE AND THOSE ARE ARE REAPPOINTED AND REAPPOINTED PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY MET AND THEY'RE OFF TO A GOOD START. UPCOMING EVENTS. WE HAVE OUR CRAFTS AND CRATING REGISTRATION FOR THAT WILL OPEN ON THE 18TH. OF. LET'S SEE, ON THE 18TH OF JANUARY FOR THE EVENT ON THE 18TH OF FEBRUARY. ACTUALLY, THAT'S JUST STARTS ON THE 21ST. OKAY. WE'LL GO WITH THAT GRAPHIC FIRST. THAT'S A LITTLE LATER START DATE. SO ANYWAY GET READY TO COME TO IT. THESE HAVE HAD GREAT TURNOUTS. PEOPLE ENJOY DOING THAT. AND THAT'LL BE FROM 630 TO 830 AT THE VIRIDIAN, WHICH WORKS OUT WELL FOR THESE EVENTS. OTHER ITEMS OF NOTE. MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY CITY OFFICES. OH, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CLASS TOO. BUT BEFORE THAT, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, WE OUR OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THAT DAY, SO DON'T COME IN IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CITY HALL. OKAY. AND THEN OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CLASS.
SORRY, I'M SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER. IT'S COMING UP ON JANUARY 22ND. THAT'S BEEN A BIG HIT THIS PAST YEAR. IT'S CONTINUED ON THIS YEAR. IF YOU HAVE A LIVE CHRISTMAS TREE THAT YOU WANT TO DISPOSE OF, YOU CAN EITHER LEAVE IT OUT ON YOUR TRASH DAY ON THE IT'LL GET PICKED UP THE SAME DAY YOUR TRASH GETS PICKED UP, OR YOU MAY DROP IT OFF AT ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS. OUR LOCATIONS. IF YOU LOOK THOSE UP ON OUR WEBSITE, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT
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THOSE LOCATIONS ARE, BUT I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW WHERE YOUR CURBSIDE IS, SO JUST PUT IT THERE. THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. AFTER THIS MONTH, YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND YOUR OWN WAY TO DISPOSE OF IT. WE ARE HAVING OUR. LET ME SEE WHAT'S NEXT. THERE WE GO. OUR ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE BUS TOUR THAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK, THURSDAY, WHERE WE INVITE OUR LEGISLATORS TO TOUR WEST JORDAN. IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR LEGISLATORS WHO DON'T GET IN WEST JORDAN OFTEN TO SEE WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AND WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE, AND I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU WILL BE THERE JOINING WITH US. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THIS HAS BEEN GETTING RENOWNED INFORMATION. I HEAR PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE HEAR ABOUT THIS. SO IT'S BEEN A REAL SUCCESS AND WE WILL BE DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. YOU MAY REMEMBER WHEN WE DID OUR LITTLE BREAKFASTS, THIS SEEMS TO BE HAVING A BETTER IMPACT THAN THE BREAKFAST DOES, BUT TO MAKE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, WE DO BOTH. WE FEED THEM FIRST, THEN WE TAKE HIM OUT. AND THAT IS MY REPORT. THANK YOU MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, I'LL CLOSE THAT. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. BEFORE YOU DO THAT, BEFORE I DO, WE HAVE A REPORT. WE HAVE THAT TOWARD THE END.THAT'S AT THE END. YEAH. IN THAT CASE, I WILL INTERJECT FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO REPORT ON WAS ON THESE LITTLE CARDS THAT WE PASSED OUT TO YOU.
AND IF I COULD HAVE COREY COME UP, DO IT NOW BECAUSE HE WON'T BE HERE AT THE END. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU, CHAIR? THAT'S APPARENTLY FINE WITH ME, MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE IT PART OF MY REPORT INSTEAD OF THE CEO'S REPORT. THIS IS THE LITTLE CARD WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH IN THE PARKS. WE'RE THESE QR CODES. WE'D LIKE TO GET THEM OUT IN PARKS ON SIGNS EVENTUALLY, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE PARKS AND STREETSCAPES, WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE WHEN THINGS ARE BROKE. WE DON'T ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT IT. SO WE REALLY ARE A BIG BELIEVERS IN IF YOU SEE IT, PLEASE REPORT IT. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF THESE CARDS, AS YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS OR RESIDENTS THAT YOU CAN HAND THEM TO, THEY CAN SCAN IT WITH THEIR PHONE.
IT'LL TAKE THEM STRAIGHT TO SUBMIT WORK ORDERS AND WORK REQUESTS, AS WELL AS ALL THE AFTER HOURS NUMBERS THAT THEY CAN CALL. SO BUT WE REALLY JUST WANT TO GET REAL TIME QUICK REPORTING WHEN YOU SEE ISSUES. AND QR CODES ARE A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT REALLY HELPS WITH THAT. SO YOU'LL START SEEING IT GO UP HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT COULD I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH. CERTAINLY CAN. QUESTION IS IS THIS DOES THIS LEAD TO THE SAME SITE AS REPORT A PROBLEM AT LEAST THE SERVICE REQUEST WEB PAGE WHERE YOU SUBMIT THE ACTUAL SERVICE REQUEST. IT'S THE SAME SYSTEM THOUGH. YES. THE ANSWER IS YES. YEP. SAME SYSTEM. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, MAYOR, IF WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE MY
[a. Resolution No. 26-001 approving a Substantial Amendment to the City’s Adopted Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Year 2025 Annual Action Plan and Authorizing the Mayor to Sign Associated Agreements]
PERMISSION TO DO YOUR JOB. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO FIRST START OFF WITH OUR ITEM FIVE A IT'S RESOLUTION NUMBER 26 001, THE FIRST OF THE NEW YEAR, APPROVING A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S ADOPTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, OR CDBG PROGRAM FOR YEAR 2025, ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN ASSOCIATED AGREEMENTS. WE'LL HAVE MEGAN JENSEN FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COME AND SPEAK TO US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. SO THIS IS TO REALLOCATE SOME CDBG FUNDS TO A DIFFERENT PROJECT. AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS. SO I'LL GIVE A VERY SHORT OVERVIEW OF CDBG. IF YOU DON'T KNOW. IF YOU DO KNOW, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME. BUT SO EVERY YEAR THE CITY GETS MONEY FROM THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THAT WE CAN USE IN LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREAS AS DEFINED BY THEM.FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE A CERTAIN THRESHOLD IN THEIR INCOME. SO WE HAVE SOME LEFTOVER MONEY FROM PREVIOUS PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SPENT. AND SO THIS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD JUST REALLOCATE THAT MONEY TO A DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT WHERE WE WOULD PUT UP APPROXIMATELY 148 PATHWAY LIGHTS IN DIFFERENT CITY. CITY PARKS AND TRAILS. AND LIKE I SAID, HUD DEFINES WHERE WE CAN PUT THOSE THEY HAVE TO BE IN CERTAIN CENSUS TRACTS THAT ARE DEFINED AS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREAS. SO THAT'S HOW WE HAVE PRIORITIZED THE PARKS AND TRAILS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LIGHTS, COREY HAS BROUGHT IN AN EXAMPLE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT OVER THERE. THEY ARE SOLAR LIGHTS AND THEY ARE VERY PROGRAMABLE SO THAT THEY CAN BE CONDUCIVE TO. YES, THANK YOU. SO THAT THEY CAN BE CONDUCIVE
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TO THE AREA THAT THEY'RE IN. SO WE CAN DIM THEM TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE. THEY CAN BE ON A TIMER TO TURN OFF AT A CERTAIN TIME OF NIGHT, AND THEY CAN BE ON A MOTION SENSOR, SO THEY ONLY TURN ON IF SOMEONE'S WALKING BY THEM. THEY DON'T HAVE SHIELDS. I JUST LEARNED, BUT WE CAN PROGRAM THEM. AND THEN JUST AS A CONCLUDING NOTE, WE THINK THAT THESE WILL REALLY INCREASE SAFETY. WE HAVE BEEN OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE JORDAN RIVER COMMISSION TO HAVE LIGHTING ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER TRAIL, FOR EXAMPLE, TO INCREASE SAFETY.AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE CDBG FUNDS SHOULD BE USED FOR IS ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY IN THESE AREAS. I DO HAVE ALL THE MAPS ON HERE IF IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT THEM, BUT THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET, SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY WILL BE HIGHER THAN WHAT THE EXAMPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN. THERE WILL BE 14FT AND THEN ANOTHER FOOT OR TWO. JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE THAT WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE CONCERNED ME. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB. SO REAL QUICK. SO DO THE LIGHTS STAY ON ALL NIGHT IN THE DARK OR DO THEY JUST TURN ON BY MOTION SENSOR. SO THE SINCE THEY'RE SOLAR I, I BELIEVE THEY KIND OF DIM THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND WE COULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM ONLY STAY ON FOR 4 HOURS OR 6 HOURS OR TURN OFF AT A CERTAIN TIME. YEAH. SO A PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN DEMOING A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SOLAR LIGHTS FOR FINDING GOOD PARKS, PATHWAY OR PARKS PATHWAY LIGHT. THIS IS THE ONE THAT LASTS THE LONGEST, THAT KEEPS THE LIGHT FROM GLOWING ALL OVER.
HOWEVER, IF YOU WERE TO LEAVE IT ON ALL DAY, IT WILL NOT MAKE IT FROM DUSK TO DAWN. WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANY SOLAR LIGHT THAT CAN MAKE IT TO THE DURATION OF THE NIGHT. IF YOU SET IT FOR MOTION SENSOR, IT'LL STAY ON FOR TEN MINUTES. THEN IT DIMS DOWN AND STAYS OFF, OR YOU CAN SET IT TO COME OFF IN TWO HOUR INTERVALS. SO AT 10 P.M. WE COULD HAVE IT THAT THEY WOULD BE PROGRAMED TO SHUT OFF. OKAY. IS THERE A THING WITH THAT THOUGH WHERE YOU COULD HAVE IT GO SAY A FEW HOURS AND THEN GO MOTION SENSOR. FROM THAT POINT YOU'D HAVE TO MANUALLY YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY CHANGE IT. SO NO. SO NO WE COULD DO IT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL LIGHT. IF SO WHICH WOULD YOU LIKE? IF THERE IS A OKAY, A PARK THAT MAYBE A NEIGHBOR SAYS, HEY, I DON'T LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW. WE CAN WE CAN ADJUST IT OR SET IT DOWN. LIKE SHE SAID. WE CAN ALSO SET IT TO 100% BRIGHTNESS OR IF IT NEEDS TO BE DIM, WE CAN LEAVE IT AT 25%.
IT'S THAT WAY ALL THE TIME. IF IT'S TOO BRIGHT FOR SOMEONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS I'M GUESSING THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH STEALING COPPER. NO ISSUE WITH STEALING COPPER. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE LOVE I SAY WE DO. WE'RE STILL CONTINUALLY GOING TO LOOK AT THESE BECAUSE WE ARE HOPING ONE DAY TO FIND ONE THAT WILL MAKE IT DUSK TO DAWN. BUT YEAH, HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET. HOPEFULLY, AS THE POET ONCE SAID, DON'T STEAL MY SUNSHINE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK. THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU SAID THAT WE CHOSE THE PARKS BASED ON INCOME.
WAS THERE ANOTHER ANOTHER CRITERIA THAT WE DECIDED, OR WAS THAT SOLELY THE DECIDING FACTOR? SO YEAH, THAT WAS THE MAIN FACTOR IS JUST BASED ON THOSE CENSUS TRACTS THAT ARE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME. WE'VE PRIORITIZED JUST THAT SMALL LIST THAT WAS IN THE PACKET.
BASED ON THAT AND JUST NEED FROM WHAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN. SO OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS DO WE HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE BECAUSE I KIND OF LIKE THE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM, I UNDERSTAND I READ THE PACKET, I UNDERSTAND IT WASN'T REALLY BEING UTILIZED.
SO WE'VE GOT THESE FUNDS, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT WHAT MECHANISM IF WE PUT IN PLACE TO REEVALUATE IF WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE LOAN PROGRAM? AND YEAH, SO EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THE CDBG FUNDS. SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO OR IF STAFF SEES THAT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, YOU KNOW, PRODUCTIVE PROGRAM STARTING THE NEXT YEAR, THEN WE WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT IT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO KNOW THAT HOUSING IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. SO WE WOULD LOOK THAT ON LOOK AT THAT ON A YEARLY BASIS. THANK YOU. YEAH.
COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR COREY. I THINK I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT FOR THE LIGHTS, DO YOU PROGRAM THEM LIKE FROM YOUR DESKTOP OR ARE YOU HAVING TO GO OUT TO EACH TO EACH LIGHT TO PROGRAM? YES. YOU CAN PURCHASE LITTLE, LITTLE CONNECTOR PACKS, BUT MOST OF THEM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE WI-FI OR PAY FOR A CELL PACKAGE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND DOES THAT MEAN A LOT OF EXTRA TRAINING FOR YOUR TEAM? A LOT OF EXTRA WORK WE HAVE WE ALREADY HAVE THESE IN A FEW OTHER PARKS WE'VE PUT IN OTHER PLACES. OKAY. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE ACTUALLY.
YEAH. MY OTHER QUESTION IS CAN THEY DO LIKE FUN COLORS FOR CHRISTMAS TIME? I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT I WILL LOOK LOOK INTO IT. I DON'T THINK THIS ONE WILL, BUT I BET YOU THERE IS ONE. BUT YEAH OKAY, THANKS. YES, YOU CAN CHANGE THE THE SHELL AROUND IT. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
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THE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT THEN WE WILL OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THESE LIGHTS OR ANY COMMENT REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION, YOU MAY STEP FORWARD. I'M NOT SEEING THE RUSH THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT WE WILL NOW GO.MR. ANDERSON, IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TALK? LIGHTS? CHAIR. YOU HAVE TWO MEMBERS ONLINE, NEITHER OF WHOM HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. OKAY. THEY'RE SHY.
ALRIGHT THEN. WE WILL BRING THIS BACK FOR THE COUNCIL. IF WE HAVE A MOTION IN PLACE WITH THIS, OR IF THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MADE ABOUT THIS. I'LL MOVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 26 001, APPROVING A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S ADOPTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK. SECONDED FROM COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON. WE'LL GO TO OUR CITY RECORDER, MISS SLOANE, FOR A VOTE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LAM. YES, CHAIR.
YES, VICE CHAIR. YES. COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. HARRIS. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THAT THAT THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. ALRIGHT. 2601 GOES THROUGH. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM B,
[b. Ordinance No. 26-01 a Petition from Avery Steed / Fulmer Lucas Engineering to Rezone 86.14 acres to Professional Office (P-O) and Amend the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) to Medium Density Residential for 42.27 acres and Professional Office for 43.84 acres for a Free Standing Emergency Room (FSER) located at 6170 West 7800 South]
WHICH IS ORDINANCE 2601. AND THIS IS A PETITION TO REZONE 86.14 ACRES AND AMEND THE FUTURE LAND MAP USE FOR A FREESTANDING EMERGENCY ROOM AT 6170 WEST, 7800 SOUTH. AND WITH THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR APPLICANT. WILL RAMSEY IS HERE FROM FORMER LUCAS FULMER, LUCAS ENGINEERING AND TAYLOR JENSEN FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS WILL RAMSEY. I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT LONE PEAK HOSPITAL RIGHT HERE IN DRAPER, UTAH.THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TONIGHT. WE WERE RECENTLY APPROVED AT HCA LONE PEAK HOSPITAL TO BUILD A FREESTANDING EDITOR. AND SO THIS THIS PROPOSAL OR THE GOAL OF THIS SUBMITTAL IS TO REZONE THE THE EXISTING 86 ACRE PROPERTY FROM THE AGRICULTURALLY FOCUSED A 20 ZONING DISTRICT TO A PO OR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FREESTANDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND HOPEFULLY SOONER, RATHER SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
A FULL FLEDGED HOSPITAL. THE. THE PROPOSAL WILL OFFER AND PROVIDE HOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE CITY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AN AREA THAT IS UNDERSERVED BY MEDICAL AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. THE PROPOSAL WILL ALTER THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO ALLOW FOR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTHERN. ROUGHLY 40 ACRES OF THE PROPERTY, AND ALLOW FOR A BUFFER FOR FROM EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSITION TO HIGHER DENSITY NEXT TO THE FREEWAY AND HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT. THE. THE PROPOSAL WILL FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT FOR A TAX PAYING HOSPITAL IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CITY, AND WILL ALSO ATTRACT HIGH PAYING JOBS, AS WELL AS A SUBSTANTIAL TAX BASE FOR THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE A BENEFIT TO THE IMMEDIATE ADJACENT COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN AS A WHOLE. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PLANNING STAFF FOR PREPARING THE COMPREHENSIVE STAFF REPORT AND FOR WORKING WITH US ON THIS PROJECT THROUGHOUT. OUR PROPOSED PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES SET FORTH IN THE GENERAL PLAN FOR WEST JORDAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. RAMSEY OR FOR TAYLOR? ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT GOT YOU OFF THE HOOK QUICKLY, BUT I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. IF ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND IF YOU WILL GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, PLEASE. I'M JOHN KRISTIANSON. I LIVE AT 6417 WEST 7800 SOUTH, WHICH IS KITTY CORNER TO THIS PROPERTY. MY FARM IS OPPOSITE THAT AND I LOOK AT THIS AS A REAL POSITIVE AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT HAPPEN. I WANT TO PUT MY POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION OUT THERE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE THE GROWTH THAT'S GOING ON TO THE SOUTH,
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WEST, NORTH, IT TRULY IS AN UNDERSERVED AREA. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE MEDICAL NEEDS AND WE HAVE THE FIRE STATION RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD, THE EMERGENCY, WE HAVE EASY ACCESS. LOOKING AT BANGERTER CORRIDOR, YOU WANT 11 AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE PERFECT PLACE TO PUT ONE. AND SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BEING DEVELOPED INTO A FULL SCALE HOSPITAL EVENTUALLY. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT USE FOR THIS CORNER. SO YOU'VE GOT A REAL PLUS FOR ME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE HOPE YOU'LL NEVER NEED TO USE IT. ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, MR. ANDERSON, DID OUR TWO PEOPLE HANG ON? AND DO THEY WANT TO TALK? YOU STILL HAVE TWO PEOPLE ONLINE, ONE OF WHOM HAS RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK TONIGHT. WELL, WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THEM. YOU ARE FREE TO TALK AGAIN. WE NEED YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, PLEASE. HELLO. JUST CHECKING. YOU CAN HEAR ME? YES. PERFECT. THANK YOU. YEAH. MY NAME IS JOHN ROBE. I OWN THE HOME AT 6322 WEST 73 SOUTH WEST JORDAN. AND I'M CURRENTLY RENTING OUT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PLANNED ZONING AREA. ONE REASON I PURCHASED MY HOME BACK IN 2016 WAS BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE, AMAZING, FANTASTIC PARK THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EXACTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. AND AFTER REVIEWING THIS RESOLUTION, I'M UNFORTUNATELY COMING TO THE CONCLUSION THAT INSTEAD OF A PARK THAT I'LL BE LOOKING OUT TO FROM MY MASTER BEDROOM, I'D BE LOOKING UNDER, YOU KNOW, A BIG HOSPITAL BUILDING, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES OF A VARIETY OF SORTS, AND A PARKING LOTS AND LIGHTING ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OF THAT. I HAVE MY MAIN CONCERNS. OBVIOUSLY, WE LOVE HAVING AN EMERGENCY ROOM IN THE AREA, AND I'M NOT OPPOSED TO TO THE IDEA OF HAVING ONE CLOSE AS AS MY NEIGHBOR HAS POINTED OUT, THE QUESTION I'D HAVE FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS TO IF IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF DESIGNATING THE ZONING AREA OR HAVING SOME SORT OF GREEN SPACE, OR ADDING A PROPOSITION FOR A NICE SEPARATION FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREA ACROSS THE STREET TO THIS PUBLIC OFFICE, AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SOME DELINEATOR, AT LEAST OF SOME KIND, TO MAKE THE VIEWS FROM THE HOMES ON 7830 SOUTH, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT NICER TO LOOK OUT AT INSTEAD OF THE GENERAL PROFESSIONAL OFFICES THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA. AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS IF THERE WOULD BE ANY SORT OF WAY THAT WE COULD DO THIS, WHERE EITHER THERE'S A SMALL PARK AREA OR THE ZONING ISN'T AS WIDESPREAD FROM THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICES. SO EVERYTHING SOUTH OF, I GUESS, EVERYTHING, PARDON ME, TO THE WEST OF THE ROAD IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING SLATED FOR DEVELOPMENT. FROM WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING EAST OF THE ROAD LOOKS TO BE WHERE THE CURRENT EMERGENCY ROOM IS PLANNED TO BE. SO IS THAT POSSIBLE THAT THINGS ON THE WEST COULD STILL STAY ZONED AS A PARK OR LAND USE AREA? THAT'S MY QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL, AND WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AS A RESIDENT THERE. THANK YOU. MY COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OH NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU JOHN FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AGAIN, I'LL LOOK BACK TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT. YEAH, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER. PLEASE COME UP. PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. MY NAME IS JOHN. ONE RESTROOM WEST JORDAN. AS IT TURNS OUT, I'M A NEIGHBOR OF THE GUY WHO JUST SPOKE. WE'VE MOVED IN IN 2019 AND HAD THE SAME LAND PLAN THAT WAS THERE BEFORE, WHICH WAS A PARK ON THE CORNER THERE BY THE BY THE FIRE STATION WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING AS A BUFFER, BECAUSE WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT A HOSPITAL AND I AND I LOOK THROUGH THE PLANS PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSELY, ALL I SAW WAS THE FREESTANDING EMERGENCY ROOM, WHICH IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING TERM. I SAW NOTHING ELSE ABOUT THE HOSPITAL. SO AS IT WOULD STAND WITH THIS REZONING, PRESUMABLY THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING THEY WANTED WITHIN THAT. WELL, YOU'RE NOT SHAKING YOUR HEAD, BUT I'LL BET YOU IN TWO YEARS WE'LL HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION. SO THAT'S THE QUESTION. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF BUFFER.THERE'S A DITCH OR WETLANDS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S PROTECTED THERE, SOME SORT OF BUFFER, A REINSTATEMENT OF THE PARK THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. SO AT LEAST THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THERE AND WE'RE NOT HEARING SIRENS AND SEEING THE VIEWS AND ALL OF THAT. SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ROBERT. AGAIN, I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
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ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND SEE IF WE'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION POINTS. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ASK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. ANY ANYONE CAN RESPOND. WAS A PARK CONSIDERED FOR THIS LOCATION? WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE PLANS? THANK YOU. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'VE BEEN CHECKING WITH OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, THE MAYOR MYSELF. NONE OF US CAN RECALL A PARK EVER ON A GENERAL PLAN OR FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THIS PARCEL. TAYLOR, YOU'RE STANDING UP. WAS THAT. IS THAT INCORRECT? I THINK I HAVE A MAP IN HERE. I WILL PULL UP IF THAT'S OKAY. IF YOU KNOW THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP. OKAY, SO THIS IS THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP.SO THAT CORNER THAT'S GREEN THAT IS SHOWN AS FUTURE PARK. SO THAT WAS ON THE GENERAL PLAN.
IT'S NOT ON THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AS FAR AS I AM AWARE OF OF HAVING A PARK ACTUALLY BE PLANNED THERE OR FUNDED OR FUNDS BEING COLLECTED FOR THIS PIECE WAS NOT CHANGED, BUT THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE WAS A REZONING GOING ON AT THAT TIME FOR FOR THOSE ON THE COUNCIL WHO MIGHT BE NEW, IT WAS THE BOWMAN'S ARROW PROJECT, AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION WHILE WE HAD AN ACTIVE APPLICATION IN. SO THIS IS A HOLDOVER FROM PREVIOUS GENERAL PLAN. WHAT IS MORE, CURRENT POLICY THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE COUNCIL IS THE ADOPTION OF THE INTERCHANGE OVERLAY ZONE, WHICH WAS KIND OF PURPOSELY WRITTEN FOR THIS PARCEL, AND IT STATES THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARCEL AND THE INTERCHANGE OVERLAY HERE, WHICH IS INTERCHANGE OVERLAY ZONE, BE WHICH I HAVE A MAP OF, RIGHT THERE WOULD BE FOR A HOSPITAL OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL USE, AS WELL AS INCREASED RESIDENTIAL WEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW CORRIDOR. THAT'S CALLED MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGHWAY UP THERE. AND SO THAT IS THE FUTURE PLAN FOR THIS PROPERTY. IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE 86 ACRES TO COME IN AND GET A INTERCHANGE OVERLAY ZONE ADDED ON TOP OF IT. THAT REQUIRES A MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND AGREEMENT. AND THAT'S REALLY THE REASON WHY WE'RE SEEING THE FREESTANDING EMERGENCY ROOM COME IN BY ITSELF, IS BECAUSE THAT'S A PERMITTED USE IN THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONE, AND THEY'RE FUNDED AND READY TO GET THAT GOING. WHEREAS THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT OF THAT INTERCHANGE OVERLAY ZONE IS GOING TO REQUIRE MORE NEGOTIATION WITH THE COUNCIL AND COMING UP WITH MORE DESIGN STANDARDS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD UP A DELAY OF THE HOSPITAL FOR THAT REASON. SO THIS WILL BE COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER REZONE IN THE FUTURE. PROBABLY THE PRETTY NEAR FUTURE TO REZONE AND OVERLAY ON TOP OF ALL 86 ACRES. SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK TAYLOR, RIGHT NOW WHAT THEY'RE ASKING TO BUILD IS AN EMERGENCY ROOM. BUT WHEN THE WHEN THEIR FUNDING COMES THROUGH AND THEY DECIDE TO BUILD A HOSPITAL, WHAT PROCESS WILL THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW? WILL THEY BE COMING BACK TO ASK THE CITY IF THEY CAN BUILD THE BUILDING THEY WANT TO BUILD? THEY'LL HAVE TO COME THROUGH FOR A SITE PLAN PROCESS, WHICH GOES TO A PUBLIC HEARING AT PLANNING COMMISSION, AND IT'LL HAVE TO MEET ALL THE STANDARDS OF THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONE, WHICH HAS A MINIMUM, I THINK, OF 15% LANDSCAPING AND OPEN SPACE WITHIN THAT. BUT WE DO PLAN ON APPLYING THE INTERCHANGE OVERLAY ZONE OVER THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, INCLUDING WHERE THE HOSPITAL WILL GO AND THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS AND EVERYTHING CAN BE NEGOTIATED AS PART OF THAT MDA. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THAT MDA PROCESS, THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND DETERMINATION. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LAMB. YES. BEFORE THE GENTLEMAN EVEN CAME UP, I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING, AND I DON'T LIVE OUT THERE. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, DO WE HAVE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL AND THE HOMES THAT ARE THERE? OBVIOUSLY AT THAT NORTHERN SECTION, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TRIANGLE, THE NORTHERN SECTION WILL BE HOMES. SO YES, EVENTUALLY THAT ROAD THAT GOES UP TO THE PARK WILL BE RIGHT NOW, I KNOW IT'S LIKE ONLY HALF A ROAD, RIGHT? LIKE YOU TRAVEL TO A PORTION, IT'S ONLY HALF THE WAY UP. SO YEAH, THAT THAT NORTHERN PORTION WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM ONCE THE, ONCE THE ROAD IS IN AND THE HOMES ARE IN. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS ALONG THAT ROAD. AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, A PARK OR SAY, WE KNOW WE'VE GOT THE PARK THAT WE JUST FINISHED UP, UP IN THE NORTHERN PART. AND THAT'S GREAT, I THINK. BUT MAYBE SOME KIND OF GRASSY SEPARATION AREA AND, YOU
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KNOW, MAKING IT SO THAT WE KNOW THE FIRE TRUCKS ALREADY GO ON THAT ROAD. BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE KEEPING THAT TRAFFIC OFF OF THERE FROM THE HOSPITAL AS WELL. I'M NOT SURE. OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT A CITY PLANNER OR TRAFFIC PLANNER, BUT I DO AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN. IF I LIVED OUT THERE, THE FIRST QUESTION I WAS ASKED IS CAN THERE BE A BUFFER? SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M SITTING, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF THE THE BUILDINGS OF THE HOSPITAL. SO AND I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT A PROCESS THE CITY COUNCIL CAN SAY, HEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PUT A BUFFER HERE TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAVE THEM PUT THAT IN, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COMES UP WHEN THE WHEN THE PLANS COME BACK? SO TYPICALLY WITH A SITE PLAN THAT COMES IN, WE LOOK AND SEE IF IT COMPLIES WITH THE ORDINANCE. AND SO IF IT COMPLIES PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL YOU WOULD APPROVE IT. SO IF THEY COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONE, WE HAVE A DUTY THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION NEEDS TO APPROVE THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT A LEGISLATIVE BODY OR ADMINISTRATIVE BODY. SO IF YOU'RE WANTING SOME SORT OF BUFFER BUILT IN THROUGH THE MDA, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO DO IT, BECAUSE THAT IS A NEGOTIATION WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING FOR DENSITY IN THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, THE UPPER 46 ACRES. SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO NEGOTIATE THOSE, BECAUSE WHEN THOSE COME BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION, IF THAT'S PART OF THE MDA, THEN THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT. BUT IF IT'S JUST A STRAIGHT PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONE LIKE WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT, IF THEY COMPLY, THEY'D BE APPROVED. GREAT. DID YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO THIS RIGHT.YEAH. SO WITH THE IOC THERE IS AN MDA AND MDP AND LIKE TAYLOR INDICATED, AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN GET INTO THE NEGOTIATION OF SITE PLANNING. YEAH OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VICE CHAIR. OH SORRY. DID YOU HAVE MORE YOU NEED TO SAY FIRST JUST A LITTLE MORE HISTORY. THIS OCCURRED WELL BE WELL BEFORE TAYLOR WAS HIRED. AND CORBIN AND PAUL, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE OVERALL MAP RIGHT HERE, THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THEY WERE THEY WERE LESS THAN COOPERATIVE WHEN WE WERE REDOING THE GENERAL PLAN BACK IN 2011. WELL, 20 1012. AND SO THE GENERAL PLAN COMMITTEE AT THE TIME JUST DID THIS, THIS SWATH OF POTENTIAL LAND USES THERE. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF A NEED OF A PARK IN THAT AREA. ALSO GOING ON AT THAT SAME TIME WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAPLE HILLS, WHICH IS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY. YOU HAD SOME RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SPEAK TONIGHT. PART OF THE NEGOTIATION WITH THE DEVELOPER OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SWAPPED LAND AND DONATED LAND WHERE MAPLE HILLS PARK IS CURRENTLY BUILT, THAT TEN ACRE PARK ON THE NORTH END, THAT OTHER GREEN BLOB. SO THERE WAS SOME NEGOTIATION THAT THE THE LAND WAS DONATED FROM MAPLE HILLS PARK AND AND SO THAT SATISFIED THE NEED FOR A PARK IN THAT AREA. WE WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE GENERAL PLAN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IF IF IT LINED UP WITH THE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OR THE APPLICATION OF A BOWMAN'S ARROW. BUT TAYLOR INDICATED THERE WAS ACTIVE APPLICATIONS, AND SO WE JUST PUMPED OUR BRAKES AND WAITED FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO CHANGE. THERE'S NO ENTITLEMENT OR VESTING OR COMMITMENT BY THE CITY TO DO A PARK IN THAT AREA OR ON THAT, THAT GREEN TRAPEZOID, BECAUSE, WELL, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND BUILT THAT PARK AND MAPLE HILLS PARK. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONVOLUTED HISTORY. WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT THE TIMING WAS NOT QUITE RIGHT. AND TONIGHT IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN. SO BUT THERE IS THAT TEN ACRE PARK, MAPLE HILLS PARK, THAT IS, IS JUST TO THE NORTH. I THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, VICE CHAIR WEIGL. I JUST OKAY, THERE WE GO. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC. I ACTUALLY RECEIVED A VOICEMAIL FROM A RESIDENT WHO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THAT GOES AROUND THE ROUNDABOUT UP THERE, AND BECAUSE THEIR KIDS ARE NOT BUSSED TO SCHOOL, AND A LOT OF THE KIDS USE THE ROUNDABOUT AREA TO CROSS, AND SHE INDICATED THAT THERE ARE NO CROSSING GUARDS THERE. I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO PUT CROSSING GUARDS THERE, BUT I'M JUST ASKING IF THERE ARE ANY CONSIDERATIONS FOR THAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. TRAFFIC IS SOMETHING WE LOOK AT WITH ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO REQUIRE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES WHEN THEY COME IN. THERE'S ALSO AN UNBUILT COLLECTOR ROAD THAT WILL KIND OF GO FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN ON THE BOTTOM ON 78, AND IT CONNECTS IN WHERE THAT ROUNDABOUT IS. SO THAT WILL BE PART OF AS THE SITE DEVELOPS OUT, THAT COLLECTOR ROAD THROUGH THIS AREA WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. I DON'T KNOW IF
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THAT REMAINS A ROUNDABOUT WHEN THOSE CONNECT. THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM, BUT DEFINITELY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ONGOING. AND THEN MAINTAINING SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS IS A PRIORITY OF THE CITY. SO ANYTIME WE DO ONE OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, WE DO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO WALK TO THE SCHOOLS WITHOUT WALKING IN THE ROAD, HAVING SIDEWALKS AND PATHS WILL BE MAINTAINED. THANK YOU. AND CHAIR, IF I MAY ADD INTO HIS COMMENTS ON THE SAFE HOUSE TO SCHOOLS, THOSE ARE GENERALLY GENERATED THROUGH THE SCHOOL ITSELF, AND IT GOES TO THE DISTRICT, AND THEN THEY MEET WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, AND THAT'S HOW THEY DETERMINE THOSE.AND IT'S FROM THAT THAT WE DECIDE WHERE THE CROSSING GUARDS NEED TO BE. SO THAT WOULD NEED TO BE INITIATED THROUGH THE SCHOOL SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING THEIR NEEDS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, THANK YOU. I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS THIS PROPOSAL EARLIER TODAY. AND I WAS ASKED, ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF THIS OR ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE OPPOSED TO THIS? I SAID, WELL, IF THEY WERE HERE FOR THE BOWMAN'S ARROW THING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF THIS. AND IF THEY WEREN'T HERE FOR THE BOWMAN'S ARROW THING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPPOSED TO THIS. AND I THINK I GOT THAT PRETTY CLOSE. IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT WAS PROPOSED. I MEAN, NOT NOT EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE TONIGHT WAS HERE 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO WHEN BOWMAN'S ARROW WAS, WAS COMING TO US. AND THAT WAS SUPER HIGH DENSITY HOUSING RIGHT UP AGAINST 78TH AND MOUNTAIN VIEW CORRIDOR AND ALONG 78TH. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REDUCED DENSITY AS IT WENT UP THE HILL A LITTLE BIT. BUT IT WAS, I DON'T KNOW, 1900 HOMES OR I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THIS SAME PROPERTY. AND, AND THEN WHEN WE HEARD THAT MR. BOWMAN HAD SOLD HIS PROPERTY TO THE HOSPITAL, THERE WAS GREAT REJOICING IN ALL THE LAND AND AND PEOPLE WERE PEOPLE WERE VERY RELIEVED THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE WHAT HE WAS PROPOSING. AND I'M PERSONALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE HOSPITAL TAKING THIS PHASED APPROACH AND JUST BUILDING A PIECE AT A TIME AS THE NEED DEVELOPS IN THE AREA AND AS THE THE AREA DEVELOPS. I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT THE BUFFER ISSUE. IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT HAS KIND OF THE THE DISTANCE OF THE DRIVEWAY, IT'S A PRETTY LONG DRIVEWAY. THERE YOU GO FROM THE FROM 7800 SOUTH BACK TO THE PARKING LOT, AND THEN THE PARKING LOTS GOT SOME SPACE BEFORE YOU GET TO THE BUILDING. IF YOU FOLLOW THAT ACROSS TO THE WEST AND YOU COMPARE IT TO WHERE IT IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE LIKE ON THE SECOND ROW OF HOUSES FROM 78 SOUTH, AS FAR AS LIKE DISTANCE FROM 78TH GOES. SO I THINK I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME FOR, FOR THE, THE HOSPITAL TO PUT SOME TREES IN AND KIND OF TRY TO SHIELD THAT AS THE HOSPITAL DEVELOPS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT DECADE OR TWO, I WOULDN'T BE TOO. I WOULD BE PRETTY SURPRISED IF WE'RE BUILDING A FULL FLEDGED HOSPITAL IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS OR 24 MONTHS. IN FACT, I'D BE SURPRISED IF THE EMERGENCY ROOM IS DONE BY THEN. SO. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT A SEED THAT YOU PLANT IN WATER AND POOF, OUT COMES OUT COMES THE BUILDING. SO THERE'S SOME TIME AND I THINK, I THINK SOME LANDSCAPING IN BETWEEN 78 AND WHERE THE BUILDING IS PROPOSED TO BE, I THINK IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE AND IN LINE WITH THE, WITH THE ZONING. SO I THINK THE CONCERNS THAT YOU THAT THE NEIGHBORS WHO BROUGHT UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 7800 SOUTH ARE LEGITIMATE, BUT I THINK THEY'RE ALSO TAKEN CARE OF WITH WITH THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. SO I THINK WE'RE OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON, I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF IS THE THE LARGE CIRCLE NEXT TO THE JUST TO THE WEST OF THE BUILDING? IS THAT THE HELIPAD? NO, THE HELIPAD IS ACTUALLY TO THE EAST. THAT'S SORT OF LIKE AN INTERNAL ROUNDABOUT AS ROADS CONNECT THROUGH THERE AND PARKING LOTS CONNECT. SO IT'S TO THE EAST. YEAH, IT'S IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE, BUT IT'S KIND OF THE DARKER BLACK SQUARE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE BUILDING JUST ABOVE THE PARKING LOT. OKAY, OKAY. HOSPITALS PUTTING AS CLOSE TO MOUNTAIN VIEW CORRIDOR AS THEY CAN BECAUSE HELICOPTERS ARE NOISY. SO THE FREEWAY IS ALSO NOISY. SO IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO PUT IT. WHEN I SAW THE CIRCLE I THOUGHT HELIPAD AND I THOUGHT IT REALLY SHOULD BE ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO THEY ALREADY THOUGHT AHEAD OF ME. SO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN THEY'RE AHEAD OF COUNCIL MEMBER SHELDON. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION YOU CAN ANSWER, BUT I AM A LITTLE CURIOUS ABOUT TIMELINE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD ADDRESS. YEAH, TIMELINE IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. SO IT TAKES ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO BUILD A FREESTANDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THEN FROM THERE
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WE'RE GOING TO GO PROBABLY AT LEAST 2 TO 5 YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STABLE AND FINANCIALLY STABLE, ESSENTIALLY, SO THAT WE CAN THEN APPROVE A HOSPITAL. HOSPITAL WOULD BE PROBABLY FIVE, TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, ASSUMING WE CAN ACTUALLY GET FUNDING FOR IT.RIGHT NOW, I'M ONLY APPROVED AND FUNDED FOR THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THEN I WILL. IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, WE'LL SEE IF ANYONE HAS A MOTION. I'LL DO A MOTION. BUT CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE MOTION? THANK YOU. I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2601. A PETITION FROM AVERY, STEVE FULLMER, LUCAS ENGINEERING TO REZONE 86.14 ACRES TO PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FOR 42.27 ACRES AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE FOR 43.84 ACRES FOR A FREESTANDING EMERGENCY ROOM LOCATED AT 6170 WEST 7800 SOUTH. COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LAM AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK. MISS SLOAN, WE'LL GO TO A VOTE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JACOB. YES. COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK.
YES. COUNCILMEMBER. HARRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. CHAIR. BADOR. YES.
VICE CHAIR. WIDNALL. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. LAM. YES. MOTION PASSES. PASSES 7 TO 0. ALRIGHT.
[c. Ordinance No. 26-03 Amending the West Jordan City Code Title 13 and 15 Regarding Variances, Land Use Appeals, and Public Hearing and Noticing Requirements]
THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR ITEM FIVE C, WHICH IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2603. THIS IS AMENDING THE WEST JORDAN CITY CODE TITLE 13 AND 15 REGARDING VARIANCES, LAND USE APPEALS AND PUBLIC HEARING AND NOTICING REQUIREMENTS. WE'LL HAVE DUNCAN MURRAY FROM THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THANK YOU, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO THE GENESIS FOR THIS ITEM WAS HOUSE BILL 368 AND THE GENERAL SESSION OF 2025. THAT BILL BECAME EFFECTIVE IN MAY. VERY LARGE LAND USE BILL AFFECTED A LOT OF AREAS FOR CITIES AND THE THE LAND USE ARENA, ALMOST ALL OF WHICH WE RESPONDED TO WITH OTHER CITY CODE TEXT AMENDMENTS LAST YEAR. THIS WAS THE ESSENTIALLY ONE REMAINING ITEM THAT WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO FINISH STUDYING AND GETTING TO AND REACTING TO. IN PARTICULAR, IF YOU NOTICED IN THE PACKET, IT'S LITERALLY LIKE ONE LINE, RIGHT? WHICH OUT OF ALL THE THOUSANDS OF LINES OR WHATEVER IT WAS IN THAT BILL, IT SEEMED KIND OF INNOCUOUS. BUT REALLY IT'S IT'S SOMEWHAT SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT CITIES MAY NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A LAND USE APPEAL OR A VARIANCE. AND A LOT OF CITIES, INCLUDING OUR CITY, WERE REQUIRING THOSE IN OUR CITY CODE. THE THOUGHT IS, IF IT'S IN OUR CITY CODE AS BEING REQUIRED, THEN IT'S REQUIRED AND WE'RE IN VIOLATION OF THE STATUTE. SO OBVIOUSLY, IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THAT, WE NEEDED TO CHANGE EACH OF THE AREAS IN OUR CITY CODE WHERE WHERE THAT WAS STATED. PRESUMABLY IT MIGHT ONLY BE 1 OR 2 SECTIONS. IT ENDED UP BEING FIVE. AND THE REASON WHY IS WE HAD ONE MAIN SECTION DEALING WITH THE PROCESS OF LAND USE APPEALS, ANOTHER TWO SECTIONS DEALING WITH VARIANCES, AND ANOTHER TWO SECTIONS DEALING WITH REGULAR LAND USE APPEALS AS OPPOSED TO VARIANCES. AND SO OUR AND AND SOME OF THOSE SECTIONS DEALT SPECIFICALLY WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS IN GENERAL FOR THE CITY. WE STILL OBVIOUSLY ARE GOING TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS HERE AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL. THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR HAS SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS AS WELL, BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE THEM ANYMORE FOR THE FOR LAND USE APPEALS, WHICH NOW, INSTEAD OF A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, AS YOU KNOW, IS THE LAND USE APPEAL AUTHORITY, WHICH WE'VE HAD IN PLACE FOR A YEAR AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO THE THING THAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT HOW THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE IS, IS SET FORTH IS IT DOESN'T SAY THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE PROHIBITED.IT'S REALLY UNUSUAL LANGUAGE, RIGHT. IT SAYS MAY NOT REQUIRE, BUT FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES IT'S PROHIBITED. RIGHT. I GUESS IN THEORY SOMEBODY COULD DEMAND ONE OR ASK FOR ONE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT EVER OCCUR. IT'S POSSIBLE MY CAR COULD GET HIT BY A METEORITE. NOT LIKELY
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TO HAPPEN, BUT BUT IN ORDER TO BE IN KEEPING WITH THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE, THAT'S THE WAY WE'VE TRIED TO WORD IT IN OUR CODE. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO SOME OTHER CITIES LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MAIN LANGUAGE UP ON THE SCREEN. SO. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRADITIONAL LAND USE APPEAL AND A VARIANCE. A TRADITIONAL LAND USE APPEAL IS STAFF MEMBER OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKES A DECISION. SOMEONE DOES THE TRUE APPEAL OF THAT. THE OTHER TYPE IS A VARIANCE, WHICH IS JUST SOMEBODY DOESN'T LIKE THE ORDINANCE, HOW IT'S APPLIED TO THEIR PROPERTY. AND SO THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY APPEALING THE CITY CODE, SO TO SPEAK. IN EACH INSTANCE, THERE'S SOME SPECIAL RULES. MOST CITIES FOR A TRADITIONAL APPEAL. AND THERE'S ONLY EVER BEEN ONE IN THE NINE AND A HALF YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE.SO THEY'RE REALLY RARE, RIGHT? IT WAS AN APPEAL OF A SUBDIVISION PLAT THAT IS TRADITIONALLY ON THE RECORD, WHICH IS AN ERROR STANDARD. SO THE APPEAL, THE APPEAL AUTHORITY IN OUR CASE ARE ONE PERSON ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE CAN'T JUST WILLY NILLY OVERRULE THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR WHOEVER IT'S BEEN APPEALED FROM. HE HAS TO RECEIVE IT ON THE RECORD, WHICH MEANS WHATEVER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR STAFF LEVEL THAT'S LOCKED IN, YOU CAN'T TAKE ANY NEW EVIDENCE, NO NEW INFORMATION. AND THEN THE APPEAL AUTHORITY, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE, LOOKS AT THE RECORD AND DETERMINES IS THERE. AN ERROR THAT WAS MADE? IN OTHER WORDS, IS THERE NO WAY THAT SOMEBODY WITH THOSE FACTS COULD REACH THAT DECISION? NOT HE'S THE ALJ IN THAT INSTANCE IS NOT SUBSTITUTING HIS JUDGMENT FOR THAT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. HE'S SIMPLY SAYING, IS IT POSSIBLE OR IS IT NOT POSSIBLE THEY COULD HAVE REACHED THAT DECISION. SO IT'S REALLY RARE THAT UNDER A DE NOVO, I MEAN, NOT DE NOVO, BUT ON THE RECORD. DECISION THAT SOMETHING WOULD BE OVERRULED. THAT, I BELIEVE, IS WHY EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T FIND ANY LEGISLATIVE HISTORY, THAT IS WHY I THINK THAT THE LEGISLATURE SAID NO PUBLIC HEARINGS, BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THE THE APPEAL AUTHORITY ONLY LOOK AT THE RECORD. CAN'T HEAR FROM ANYBODY ELSE. AND YET YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE PRESUMABLY YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR NEW INFORMATION FROM SOMEBODY ELSE. THE TWO CONTRADICT EACH OTHER. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO VARIANCES, BECAUSE LIKE I SAY, THAT'S DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT AN APPEAL FROM ANOTHER AUTHORITY. IT'S JUST DO THEY MEET FIVE STATUTORY CRITERIA. BUT AGAIN, MOST OF THE TIME IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY EITHER MEET THE FIVE CRITERIA OR THEY DON'T. AND IF THE TESTIMONY IS NOT RELEVANT THEN IT'S NOT HELPFUL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THAT BACKGROUND. I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT A LOT OF OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. I THINK IT'S THE MOST LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE. SO IN ADDITION TO JUST REMOVING FROM OUR CODE ALTOGETHER THE REQUIREMENT OF HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING, THERE'S ALSO BEEN NO NOTICE THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE OUT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE'RE NOT HAVING. AND THEN WE, THE THE STATE LEGISLATURE UPDATED SOME SECTION NUMBERS. SO WE UPDATED THOSE. AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER, AS YOU KNOW, IN MOST OF OUR CITY CODE TEXT AMENDMENTS, WE USED TO HAVE A DOUBLE NUMBERING SYSTEM WHERE WE WOULD SPELL NUMBERS IN WORDS AND THEN PUT THEM IN NUMBERS. AND SO WE HAD SOME OF THOSE JUST UPKEEP. YOU KNOW, JUST REGULAR MEETING WITH OUR CURRENT WAY THAT WE THAT WE WRITE CODE. SO WITH THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HAPPY TO HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. APPARENTLY NOT. APPARENTLY YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY CHANGES WITHIN THIS? YOU'RE MISSING OUT. ALL RIGHT, MR. ANDERSON, IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. DUNCAN, DON'T TAKE THAT PERSONALLY. ALRIGHT, THEN THEY'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. ANY DISCUSSION OR A MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER JACOB, THANK YOU.
ON THE SLIDES, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE OF ALL THE CODE? JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO POINT SOMETHING OUT AND I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D ACTUALLY HAVE A SLIDE FOR IT. I THINK ON LINE 38, THE ADDITION USUALLY HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION NEEDS TO BE RECONSIDERED THERE
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AND PULLED BACK OUT JUST BECAUSE IT SAYS THE PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRES CERTAIN APPLICATIONS TO, YOU KNOW, OR THIS CODE AND UTAH CODE REQUIRE CERTAIN APPLICATIONS TO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING, USUALLY HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. BUT THEN IT LISTS GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS AND LAND USE ORDINANCES, WHICH HAVE TO COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL.THOSE ARE NOT USUALLY HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND PLANNING COMMISSION DOES A PUBLIC HEARING. BUT THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION. RIGHT. AND THEN IT COMES TO US. SO I THINK THAT THAT WORDING WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE ENTHUSIASTIC. I THINK PART OF THE REASON THAT LANGUAGE INITIALLY WENT IN IS WHAT'S REQUIRED BY STATE CODE IS THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS TO BE HELD AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL. STATE CODE DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT ONE PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL. REALLY? RIGHT. YEAH. IT'S JUST A PUBLIC MEETING. WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING TO OURSELVES? OUR CITY CODE AND OUR COUNCIL RULES DO REQUIRE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. BUT IN STATE CODE IT'S NEITHER. IT SAYS IT SAYS IN THE STATE STATUTE PUBLIC MEETING. BUT SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY PART OF THE REASON FOR THE WORDING THERE. BUT BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. WE'RE LATER IN THESE CODE SECTIONS. IT DOES STATE THAT WE COULD JUST REMOVE THAT ONE CLAUSE REFERENCING USUALLY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WELL, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF EITHER LEAVING IT THERE AND LETTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE ALL THE FUNDING OR TAKING IT OUT IF WE'RE STILL GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUND, TOO.
YEAH. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, WE'RE BACK TO MAKE THE MOTION. THEN I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 20 603. WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE ADDITION ON LINE 38. COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON SECOND. ALL RIGHT, THEN, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB WITH THE ADDITIONS HE SAID SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. SO WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE, MISS SLOANE. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR WIDNALL. YES. COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON. YES, CHAIR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
HARRIS. YES. AND COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES, I SHOW THAT MOTION. MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU.
[a. Resolution No. 26-002 Formalizing the Appointment of Chair, Vice-Chair and Past Chair Position for the Period of January to June 2026]
THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT THING, WHICH IS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. AND WE HAVE OUR ITEM SIX A IS FORMALIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND PAST CHAIR POSITION FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY TO JUNE OF 2026. MR. ANDERSON. YEAH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL CHAIR.FORMALIZING AT THE JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, BEGINNING OF DECEMBER 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION 24 041 THAT AMENDED CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND PROCEDURES WITH THE CREATION OF APPENDIX B, AS IN BOY. IN THAT DOCUMENT, WHICH ESTABLISHED A ROTATION THE COUNCIL DESIRED INSTEAD OF HAVING AN ANNUAL ELECTION FOR CHAIR TO GO THROUGH A SIX MONTH ROTATION BY SEATS, SO IT GOES WITH THE DISTRICT SEAT AT LARGE, DISTRICT AT LARGE. AND SO WE STARTED THAT IN JANUARY OF 2025.
AND NOW WE CONTINUE ON WITH THAT. SO WHAT THIS BASICALLY DOES IS THIS FORMALIZES COUNCIL MEMBER BOB IS THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, AND NEW COUNCIL MEMBER JESSICA WIGNALL AS THE VICE CHAIR, WHO WILL BECOME THE CHAIR IN JULY, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KAYLEEN WHITELOCK, WHO SERVED AS THE CHAIR LAST SEMESTER. AS THE PAST CHAIR, YOU GOT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IN ACTION AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THE CHAIR WAS ABSENT AND THE VICE CHAIR RAN THE MEETING, LAST MEETING AND I WASN'T ABSENT, I WAS ONLINE. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT, SORRY YOU WEREN'T IN PERSON. LET ME REPHRASE THAT. AND THE CHAIR, THE CHAIR RECUSED HIMSELF FOR AN ITEM AND THE VICE CHAIR RAN THAT PORTION, OR THE PAST CHAIR RAN THAT SEGMENT OF THE MEETING. SO IT'S A VERY GOOD SYSTEM. AND HE DID A GREAT JOB, TOO. EVERYBODY LIKED IT. SO WE'LL DO THIS AGAIN IN JULY. BUT THE LEADERSHIP THERE IS IN THE CENTER OF THE DAIS WITH, LIKE I SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER, CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER. WIGNALL AS VICE CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITELOCK IS PAST CHAIR. THIS FORMALIZES THAT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER? YES. COUNCILMEMBER
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WHITELOCK, MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION. NO. YES. RESOLUTION. NO. THIS. YES. RESOLUTION 26 002. FORMALIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR. WIGNALL AND PAST CHAIR WHITELOCK FOR JANUARY TO JUNE OF 26. I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST SECOND THAT. SO WE WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK AND I HAVE PROVIDED A SECOND SO WE CAN GO TO OUR VOTE.MISS LOAN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. VICE CHAIR. WAGNER. YES. CHAIR. BADER. YES.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. I SHOW THAT THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. ADDED ADDED A LITTLE DRAMA THERE FOR A MOMENT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT THEN. WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR REPORTS
[a. Council Office Report]
TO COUNCIL. THIS FIRST ONE WILL BE FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICE, MR. ANDERSON. THANK YOU CHAIR.NOTHING REALLY TO REPORT FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICE. WE'VE ONBOARDED COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER WIGNALL AND COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK. EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE WELL EXPERIENCED, YOU'RE STILL ON BOARD AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER. SO THEY ARE. THEY'RE THEY'RE MOVING ALONG VERY QUICKLY. WE HAD GREAT CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PACKETS AND HOW TO READ THEM AND BE INFORMED, AND I THOUGHT EVERYBODY DID A WONDERFUL JOB TODAY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. ALSO VERY GLAD TO HAVE OUR CITY RECORDER AND DEPUTY CITY RECORDER HERE ASSISTING US IN TRAINING A LITTLE BIT AS THEY TAKE ON SOME NEW ROLES WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND WE'RE ASSISTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS WHILE THEY'RE SHORT, THEY'RE THE PERSON THAT TAKES THE MINUTES AND HELPS THEM PUBLISH AGENDAS. SO BRINGING THEM UP TO SPEED WITH PRIME GOVT AND YOUTH COUNCIL STILL MOVING ALONG, THERE'LL BE AT THE LOCAL OFFICIALS DAY NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS REALLY GEARED FOR YOUTH COUNCILS AND THAT'S THAT'S OUR REPORT FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I'M SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING MISS LIU NEEDS IS MORE RESPONSIBILITY IN THINGS. SO WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO PROVIDE
[b. City Administrator’s Report]
THAT FOR YOU. YOU JUST ASK. WE'LL NOW GO TO OUR CAO REPORT FROM CORBIN LEE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE RETREAT THIS PAST WEEKEND. IT'S VERY HELPFUL. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE HAS BEEN MEETING SINCE THE START OF THE NEW YEAR. WE'LL HAVE AN INTERNAL STAFF FULL DAY BUDGET MEETING RETREAT ON FRIDAY, THE 23RD WEEK FROM THIS FRIDAY. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. I[CONSENT ITEMS]
WANT TO SHOW YOU AN UPDATE ON THE COURTROOM. WARREN, CAN YOU SHOW THE THIS IS A COURTROOM.THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THE BUILDING OUT. THE SECOND COURTROOM, WORKED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND GOT ALL THAT MILLWORK STAINED. IT'S LOOKING GREAT. THEY WERE LAYING CARPET OR STARTING TO LAY CARPET TODAY. WE SHOULD GET JUDGE BOWEN IN THERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. WHEN JUDGE BOWEN GOES INTO THIS COURTROOM, THEN JUDGE HOLTON WILL GO DOWNSTAIRS INTO THE TEMPORARY COURTROOM WHILE WE UPDATE THE AUDIOVISUAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE COURTROOM TO MAKE THE TWO COURTROOMS A LITTLE MORE. WHAT I WANT TO SAY THEY'RE EQUAL AND BOTH UPDATED ON THEIR AV SYSTEMS. SO WE'RE STILL PROBABLY A MONTH AND A HALF AWAY FROM HAVING BOTH COURTROOMS DONE. AND BOTH JUDGES IN THE TWO FORMAL COURTROOMS AND GIVEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BACK THAT OVERFLOW SPACE AND THE JUSTICE CENTER, WHERE WHERE WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT MULTI-PURPOSE USES. BUT IT'S COMING ALONG. IT'S LOOKING REALLY GREAT. AND WE'RE ANXIOUS TO GIVE YOU AND THE TAYLORSVILLE CITY COUNCIL A TOUR OF THIS SPACE SOON. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. DO WE. YEAH. DO WE PUT A CITY LOGO IN THESE COURTROOMS? I'M NOT SURE. DO WE HAVE IT IN OURS, OR IS THERE A WILL IT BE A TAYLORSVILLE LOGO? AND THIS ONE LOGO OR A SEAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I CAN'T REMEMBER. THEY DO HAVE SOME KIND OF INSIGNIA. IT'S NOT THE CITY LOGO, BUT I THINK THERE'S A SEAL. THERE'S NO LIKE WEST JORDAN COURT VERSUS TAYLORSVILLE COURT. THIS IS JUST TWO COURTS WORKING TOGETHER, RIGHT? IT WILL BE LABELED AS THE WEST JORDAN COURT AND THE TAYLORSVILLE COURT. OKAY. BUT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SWITCH. I, I TOOK IT FOR GRANTED THAT ALL COURTROOMS WERE THE SAME, AND WE WERE
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GOING TO MAKE THEM SO THAT THE JUDGES COULD SWITCH BACK AND FORTH ALL THE TIME. WHAT I FOUND OUT IS JUDGES GET UP THERE AND THEY KIND OF GET EVERYTHING SET THE WAY THEY LIKE IT. DON'T TAKE MY ROOM. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE DRIVING AND YOU HAVE YOUR REAR VIEW MIRROR SET. AND SO THE JUDGES WON'T BE SWITCHING COURTROOMS VERY OFTEN. WE WERE WORRIED WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIT A JURY BOX INTO THIS SMALLER COURTROOM. AND SO WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE TO TRADE WHENEVER THERE WAS A JURY TRIAL. BUT WE DID GET A JURY BOX INTO HERE. AND SO THERE THERE WON'T BE MUCH NEED FOR THEM TO TRADE COURTROOMS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? YOUR REPORT OR IS THAT IT? THAT'S ALL FOR ME TONIGHT.THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT THEN. WE HAVE COME TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS. WHICH WE CAN JUST JUMP RIGHT ON OR MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS. THAT WOULD BE EASY. ALRIGHT THEN WE WILL. I HAVE A A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LAM AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT THEN WITH THAT. OH, I FORGOT TO SAY NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU PUT AWAY THE CHAIRS. SO THAT'S NICE. AND WITH THAT, I
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