Jan 27, 2026 City Council Meeting

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YOUR MIC ON, PLEASE. I NEED TO HIRE SOMEONE TO TURN MY MIC ON BEFORE I GO. IF I'M GOING TO.

[CALL TO ORDER]

COLOR GUARD. RETURN TO RANKS. COLOR GUARD. DISMISSED. PLEASE BE SEATED. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE TROOP SIX COME OUT AND DO THAT. IT BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES OF MY DAYS IN BOY SCOUTS, WHICH I WILL NOT TELL YOU HOW MANY YEARS AGO THAT WAS, BUT BUT IT WAS A LOT. WE'RE

[a. JustServe Certificate Presentation]

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT THEN, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT SPECIAL RECOGNITION,

[b. Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the FY 2026 Budget, Awarded by the Gov’t Finance Officers Association of the U.S. and Canada]

THANK YOU. COUNCIL, THIS EVENING WE WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AN AWARD THAT WE RECEIVED FOR OUR BUDGET FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. AND I'M QUOTING HERE FROM THE LETTER THAT THEY THAT PROVIDE US A PRESS RELEASE ON THE AWARD. AND THEY SAID THE AWARD REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT BY THE ENTITY. IT REFLECTS THE COMMITMENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY AND STAFF TO MEETING THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENTAL BUDGETING. THIS IS AN AWARD THAT IS PRESTIGIOUS THROUGHOUT MY PEER ORGANIZATIONS. ABOUT 19,000 ORGANIZATIONS SUBMIT FOR THIS AWARD, BUT THEY ALL DO NOT RECEIVE IT JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE AWARD. IT SATISFIES NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS FOR EFFECTIVE BUDGET PRESENTATION. SO THE GOAL OF EACH BUDGET, AS IT'S REVIEWED, IS TO SERVE AS A POLICY DOCUMENT, A FINANCIAL PLAN AND OPERATIONS GUIDE IN A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE. AND OUR BUDGET HAS BEEN REVIEWED WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS. IN ADDITION, IT'S RATED BY FOUR INDEPENDENT EXPERTS IN THE INDUSTRY. THEY RATE ALL OF THE CATEGORIES. SO EACH OF THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES AND THEN 14 SUBCATEGORIES. AND THEN THEY GIVE US A GRADE AND ENSURE THAT WE AT LEAST HIT PROFICIENT, WHICH IN SOME OF THEM WE EXCEEDED PROFICIENT. BUT TONIGHT, THE REASON THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING THIS AWARD TO YOUR ATTENTION IS BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO HAVE BECKY CONDIE COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. BECKY IS JOINED OUR CITY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021. AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF ARM TWISTING, BECKY HAD BEEN SERVING IN THE CITY OF SANDY FOR MANY YEARS AND THEN DECIDED TO STAY HOME AND RAISE HER FAMILY AND CHILDREN, AND SHE DEDICATED HERSELF TO THAT FOR NINE, SEVEN, NINE YEARS, NINE YEARS, 9 OR 10 YEARS. WE KNEW ABOUT HER BECAUSE SHE HAD WORKED WITH SOMEONE ELSE THAT WAS IN OUR ORGANIZATION, THAT KNEW OF HER TALENT AND KNEW OF

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I GAVE HER FLEXIBILITY GALORE. I'M LIKE, YOU CAN WORK WHENEVER YOU WANT. I JUST NEED YOU IN YOUR HELP. SHE STEPPED IN AND WITHIN LESS THAN A YEAR, WE WERE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT SHE'D DONE. AND IN ABOUT A YEAR, A YEAR LATER OR SO, WE ASKED HER TO JOIN OUR TEAM FULL TIME, WHICH SHE DID. IN THE MEANTIME, SHE'S LED THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS AWARD. WE HAD NOT RECEIVED IT FOR MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, AND SHE LED THE THE CHARGE TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR BUDGET QUALIFIED FOR THIS AWARD BY PUTTING IN PERFORMANCE MEASURES, BY INCREASING THE NARRATIVE IN THE BUDGET, BY ADDING THOSE KEY FISCAL POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES, BY HAVING GUIDING PRIORITIES. SO MANY OF THE SO MUCH OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU SEE NOW IS BECAUSE OF BECKY CONDIE AND THE WORK THAT SHE DID. SHE ALSO HAS TAKEN ON OUR COMPENSATION STUDY, WHICH WAS A LARGE WORK, LARGE WORKLOAD FOR ME AS WELL. SHE LEARNED THE SYSTEM AND THE PROGRAM THAT WE DO, AND SHE ACCOMPLISHED THAT LAST YEAR AND WILL CONTINUE THAT WORK THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR AGAIN, WE ASKED BECKY TO TAKE ON ANOTHER BIG PROJECT, AND WE ASKED HER TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW BUDGET SOFTWARE, WHICH WE'RE SO GRATEFUL YOU FUNDED. SHE LED THAT IMPLEMENTATION ON HER OWN AND HAS IT FULLY PROGRAMED AND CAPABLE. AS WE ARE PREPARING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND AS WE WILL ROLL OUT TO YOU BUDGET SOFTWARE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS BRINGS TO OUR PUBLIC WILL BRING TO OUR PUBLISHING. AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE PREPARED THE BUDGET THAT WAS OVER 400 PAGES, ALL IN AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET.

BECKY LED THE CHARGE THROUGH THAT, AND NOW HAS IMPLEMENTED SOFTWARE WHERE WE WILL NO LONGER NEED TO DO THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT BECKY WITH THE AWARD FROM THE GFOA, WHICH WE'VE PRINTED AND FRAMED FOR HER OFFICE, WHICH IS THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FOR THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN, AS WELL AS A THANK YOU NOTE AND A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION THAT'S TAPED TO THE BACK OF THIS AWARD. SO DON'T DROP IT.

BUT I'M SUPER GRATEFUL FOR BECKY AND HER WORK. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE TWO TONIGHT THAT HER PARENTS ARE IN ATTENDANCE. IF THEY WOULDN'T MIND STANDING. THEY GAVE HER THE GENETICS TO HAVE THIS BRAIN OF HERS THAT SHE WORKS SO DILIGENTLY WITH US. AND THEN HER HUSBAND, MATT, IS HERE WITH HIS ACCOUNT AND HER FOUR KIDS. SO TODD, CORBY, MADDIE AND ELLA. ELLIE, I'M LIKE, I KNOW IT'S WHY ARE HERE AS WELL SUPPORTING HER. AND WITHOUT MATT'S SUPPORT, I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE COULD PUT IN THE HOURS THAT SHE PUTS IN. YOU'LL SEE IF YOU'RE EVER ON TEAMS FOR THE CITY, SHE IS WORKING DAY AND NIGHT DURING THE BUDGET SEASON. A LOT OF TIMES SHE CAN.

SHE CAN PUTS ME TO SHAME. SO SHE'LL BE ONLINE VERY LATE AT NIGHT, WORKING ON THE BUDGET, BUT GRATEFUL FOR HER AND WANT TO ALLOW HER JUST A MOMENT TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU DENISE, THIS IS A BIT OF A SURPRISE, SO THANK YOU AND HOPEFULLY NOT QUITE AS MANY LATE HOURS THIS SEASON WITH OUR NEW BUDGET SOFTWARE. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND HOPEFULLY IT MAKES IT SMOOTHER FOR YOU AS A COUNCIL AS WELL. DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A TEAM EFFORT AND ACCOMPLISHING THOSE GOALS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS TOOL, THE POLICY DOCUMENT, A FINANCIAL GUIDE, ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA THAT THE THIS AWARD IS BASED ON COULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THE INPUT OF ALL OF YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND STAFF. SO I WANT TO RECIPROCATE THE THANKS. WE WANT PICTURES. THAT'D BE A GOOD IDEA. THIS IS HOW WE GET OUR STEPS IN. IF HER FAMILY WANTS TO COME UP AS WELL. OKAY.

123. THANK YOU. AND ONE, TWO, THREE. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. WE TRULY

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[c. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for FY 2025 and Independent Audit Opinion]

SO THERE WERE NO FINDINGS IN ANY OF THOSE AREAS AS WELL. EXCUSE ME. JUST A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. WE SAW AN 8% INCREASE IN NET POSITION OVERALL, BUT THAT IS GOVERNMENT WIDE. EXCUSE ME, BUT THAT EQUALS $65 MILLION. OF THAT $35 MILLION OF THAT INCREASE WAS INFRASTRUCTURE. SO OVER THAT ONE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, WE BROUGHT IN $35 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WE WILL THEN HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE OVER THE LIFE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS WERE THE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER THAT CAME ONLINE. THE WHEELS PARK, 90TH SOUTH EXTENSION TO BACCHUS HIGHWAY, THE 7800 SOUTH. AND THAT'S EXTENSION. WORD SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE. IT WAS A 78 SOUTH WIDENING AND THEN $24.4 MILLION OF IT WAS DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTED ROADS, PARKS AND UTILITY SYSTEMS. SO TO TYPICALLY THOSE ARE IN EITHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S A PRETTY BIG LEVEL OF CONTRIBUTION FROM OUR DEVELOPERS. NORMALLY WE'RE SEEING ABOUT $10 MILLION. SO WE'RE SEEING DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY PICK UP SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE LAST FISCAL YEAR AND CONTINUING ON INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR. EXCUSE ME, $25 MILLION OF THAT INCREASE WAS FROM OTHER CHANGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT HERE, $15.7 MILLION OF THAT, RIGHT. SOME PEOPLE GO YOU GREW $65 MILLION. WELL, REALIZING THAT ALMOST 36 MILLION OF IT WAS INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THAT'S NOT REALLY DOLLARS. THAT'S A VALUE OF SOMETHING. THAT'S DOLLARS. AND THEN $25 MILLION FROM OTHER CHANGES. ANOTHER 15 MILLION OF THAT WAS FROM GRANTS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE SAW THAT INCREASE. AND THEN A LOT OF INCREASED PERMIT ACTIVITY. WE HAD 106% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PERMITS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL FROM 2024 TO 2025. SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THAT HOUSING ARENA, $3.2 MILLION FROM IMPACT FEES RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT AS WELL, AND $1.4 MILLION FROM NEW GROWTH THAT HIT OUR TAX ROLLS AND A SMALL PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. IN ADDITION, WE SAW REVENUE GROWTH. IF YOU'LL NOTICE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS DON'T HIT THE GENERAL FUND.

THEY'RE NOT ONGOING REVENUE. THEY'RE NOT THINGS THAT WE CAN COUNT ON TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS.

THESE ARE ALL RELATED TO CAPITAL AND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. THE TWO THAT DID HAVE EFFECT ON OUR OPERATING BOTTOM LINE WAS OUR ENERGY TAX RECEIPTS, WHICH IS 6% OF OUR ENERGY BILLS. AND THE RATES WHEN THE RATES INCREASE OR USAGE INCREASES, THEN THE REVENUE INCREASES. WITH THAT, SOME SALES TAX INCREASE AND PASSPORT SALES. THERE WAS WE ALSO HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD AT LIMITING EXPENSE GROWTH AND EXPENSE GROWTH FOR OPERATIONAL OR GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES WAS LIMITED TO $6.8 MILLION. SO WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD WITH THAT. OTHER CHANGES THAT WE REPORTED IN OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT WILL REQUIRE

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[a. City Council Reports]

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THESE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE

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SO THAT THAT WAS ALL. IT WAS REALLY COLD, I THOUGHT, BUT I'M COLD. SO ALSO THANKS TO ALL THOSE THAT HAVE ATTENDED OUR TOWN HALLS, I AGREE, I THINK THEY'RE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY. THE ONE THAT WE CONDUCTED LAST NIGHT, WE HAD OVER 100 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, SO AND THERE ARE NOTHING LIKE THOSE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE ON THE INTERNET WHERE THERE'S ALL THESE ANGRY PEOPLE YELLING AND SCREAMING. THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY GOOD. THEY WE CAN GLEAN A LOT FROM WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE FEELING ABOUT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THEIR AREA. I THINK THEY'RE REALLY GOOD. AND THEN I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY YESTERDAY WITH SOME OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WE WENT TO A NEW ESTABLISHMENT IN JORDAN LANDING. AND IF MY PHONE HADN'T BEEN ACTING UP, I'D BE ABLE TO GET THAT NAME FOR YOU REALLY QUICK. BUT THANK YOU. IT'S CALLED ESCAPE FOR IT'S A NEW ESCAPE ROOM OVER IN JORDAN LANDING. IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE AN ESCAPE ROOM, THEY'RE QUITE FUN AND IT REQUIRES YOU TO WORK AS A GROUP, SO IT'S GREAT FOR FAMILIES, IT'S GREAT FOR FRIENDS, IT'S GREAT FOR COMPANIES. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAYBE LOOK THAT. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE THAT WORKED ON THE RETREAT. EVERY YEAR WE MEET TOGETHER. AND ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT WE MEET TOGETHER IS TO DECIDE WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR THE YEAR, AND TO HELP THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT KNOW WHAT WE'RE THINKING AND WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BUDGET PRIORITIES. SO THANK YOU TO ALL THAT. PUT THAT TOGETHER. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU. MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A COUNCIL ESCAPE ROOM. VICE CHAIR WIGNALL. ON SATURDAY I WAS ABLE TO DO A RIDE ALONG WITH A FIRE STATION 52, WHICH IS JUST THE FIRE, THE FIRE STATION RIGHT NEXT TO CITY HALL. WE HAD ONE CALL. IT WAS AN INTERESTING AND WHICH WAS GOOD AND WE DIDN'T GET ANY OTHER CALLS. THE REMAINING TIME I WAS THERE, WHICH IS ALSO GOOD, BUT I KIND OF WANTED TO SEE SOME ACTION, SO. BUT I'LL GO AGAIN. I'VE BEEN ADVISED TO TRY ON A FULL MOON BY TWO PEOPLE, SO WE'LL WE'LL SEE. BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WE HAVE AMAZING FIREFIGHTERS. THEY HAD REALLY GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT WEST JORDAN CITY, ABOUT THE MAYOR AND CHIEF MAXFIELD, WHO WHEN I DO SEE HIM, I'LL MAKE SURE TO SHARE THOSE COMMENTS. BUT WE HAVE REALLY GREAT PEOPLE WATCHING OUT FOR OUR CITY, AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CALLS, IT WAS GREAT TO JUST SIT AND TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR JOBS AND WHAT THEY LIKE AND THE EXPERIENCES THEY'VE HAD. AND SO IF I KNOW THAT IT'S OPEN TO ANYONE TO DO THAT, I MEAN, DON'T FLOOD THEM.

BUT BUT IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. IT WAS GREAT.

[b. Salt Lake County Library Report]

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OKAY. I'LL SING. JUST KIDDING. I WAS ABOUT TO GAVEL YOU OUT OF HERE. WE DO EVERYTHING. SO THE COUNTY LIBRARY HAS. DOES IT FEEL LIKE I'M YELLING TO YOU? THE SOUND IS A LITTLE BIT. OKAY.

IF IT'S GOOD FOR YOU, THEN I'LL PROCEED. OKAY. THE COUNTY LIBRARY HAS 18 BRANCHES SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AND WE HAVE TWO HERE IN WEST JORDAN. SO YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT OUR WEST JORDAN LIBRARY ACROSS THE STREET AND BINGHAM CREEK LIBRARY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT. THIS ABOVE OUR WEST JORDAN BRANCH IS ALSO WHERE WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE VIRIDIAN EVENT CENTER, WHICH YOU GUYS KNOW PLENTY ABOUT. SO WEST JORDAN IS REALLY A HOME FOR US AND FOR OUR SYSTEM. AND WE LOVE BEING HERE AND SHARING THIS CAMPUS WITH YOU AND SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF WEST JORDAN. SO WE'RE JUST JAZZED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP. AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WEST JORDAN RESIDENTS USE OUR LIBRARY, AND THEN I'LL HAVE MY COLLEAGUES COME UP AND TALK ABOUT SOME NEAT THINGS ABOUT OUR SYSTEM AND WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON. SO IN 2025, 344,000 PEOPLE CAME IN. WE HAD 344,000 VISITS. THOSE ARE DUPLICATED, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED, TO OUR BRANCHES HERE IN WEST JORDAN SPECIFICALLY, AND NEARLY 1.2 MILLION ITEMS WERE CHECKED OUT. MOSTLY BOOKS, BUT MAYBE SOME STORYTIME BACKPACKS OR SOME LIBRARY OF THINGS ITEMS, MAYBE A PASTA MAKER OR TWO CHECKED OUT HERE. AND SO THAT'S A LOT. WEST JORDAN LOVES TO READ. SO WE THINK THAT'S GREAT NEWS. AND WE INVITE ALL OF YOU INTO OUR LIBRARY TO CHECK OUT SOME MATERIALS. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, INCLUDING TROOP SIX. IF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ACTIVE LIBRARY CARDS YET, COME ON DOWN. AND SO WE ARE SO GLAD TO BE HERE AND AND SO CONNECTED WITH FOLKS HERE IN THE CITY. OUR VERIDIAN EVENT CENTER HAD 193 EVENTS, 14 OF WHICH WERE CITY EVENTS. SO WE LOVE HAVING OUR NEIGHBORS COME IN AND WE HAD A NEARLY 50,000 ATTENDEES.

AND LIKE REALLY EXCITINGLY, WE HAD A 58% INCREASE IN THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES ATTENDEES.

YEAH, WE LOVE IT TO. SO THEY'RE COMING FOR MAYOR BURTON AND THE ARTISTS AND THE MUSICIANS. AND ANYTIME YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME FOLKS WHO COME IN AND LISTEN AND MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OUR BRANCHES, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING THAT BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE UP TO, AND WE WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE FEEDBACK FOR US SO THAT WE CAN BE BETTER SERVING YOU. AND SO WITH THAT, WHAT I'D LOVE TO DO IS TURN THE TIME OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES FROM OUR BRANCHES HERE IN WEST JORDAN AND LET THEM SHARE SOME EXCITING THINGS WE HAVE COMING UP. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? THANK YOU. DON'T FORGET TO SAY YOUR NAME. I'M ANNE MARIE BARRETT, MANAGER, BINGHAM CREEK LIBRARY BUT ALSO RESIDENT OF DRAPER. BUT I GREW UP HERE IN WEST JORDAN, SO IT'S A GREAT PLACE. CAN'T YOU GUYS SEE HOW WONDERFUL? WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE JOEY AS OUR NEW ISH LIBRARY DIRECTOR. SHE'S SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE LIBRARY SYSTEM AND VERY INVESTED, SO JUST GLAD TO HAVE HER AS PART OF OUR TEAM. A FEW FUN THINGS ABOUT BINGHAM CREEK THAT I MAY NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS LAST YEAR, PARTIALLY BECAUSE I HAD SURGERY, SO I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU GUYS FOR A WHILE. I MISSED YOU GUYS. WE NOW HAVE FOUR STUDY ROOMS AT THE BINGHAM CREEK LIBRARY. THESE ARE IN HIGH, HIGH DEMAND ARE FULL A LOT OF THE TIME, BUT PEOPLE CAN BOOK IN ADVANCE ONLINE. AND WE ARE JUST DELIGHTED THAT WE'VE GONE UP ONE MORE ROOM, BECAUSE IT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN BEING ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WHO REALLY NEEDS THESE. WE ALSO XERISCAPE A LARGE SECTION OF LAWN. WE'VE SLOWLY BEEN DOING THAT. IF YOU'VE NOTICED, WE ARE REALLY INVESTED IN MAKING SURE WE'RE SAVING THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND NOT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY WATERING LAWNS THAT ARE REALLY GETTING USED.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE GOT SOME WEIRD, STRANGE STRIPS OF LAWN THAT WE USED TO HAVE, AND THEY'VE BEEN XERISCAPE AND IT'S SAVING A LOT OF MONEY FOR OUR TAXPAYERS AND REALLY LOOKS

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IT'S IN THE EVENING. IT'S SUPER FUN. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME AND I'LL JUST PASS ALONG TO WEST JORDAN AND MY COLLEAGUES FROM THERE. THANK YOU ANN, MARIE AND JOEY. I WANT A SECOND ONE. ANN MARIE SAID. IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE HAVING JOEY DIRECTING OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW. IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, REACH OUT TO ME. MY NAME IS VERN WATERS. I MANAGE THE LIBRARY BRANCH ACROSS THE STREET, AND IN JUST A MOMENT YOU'LL HEAR FROM MY ASSISTANT, JENNIFER FLAKE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AT OUR LIBRARY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF, WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO FEATURE SOME PROGRAMING FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. WE CALL THEM ALL ABILITIES, AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL ALL ABILITIES PROGRAMS. WE HAD ONE WITH A LOCAL GROUP THAT DOES SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED A SOUND BATH EXPERIENCE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS OR HAVE EVER HAD A CHANCE. WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS. I'M NOT IN WHEELCHAIRS, SOME THAT COULD NOT GET OUT OF THEIR CHAIRS, AND WE HAD 15 MINUTE SOUND BATH SESSIONS WITH THEM LAST WEEK. AND THE SECOND GROUP THAT WE HAD IN PARTICULAR, I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH AMAZING, RESTED SMILES, JUST BLISSED OUT PEOPLE.

IT WAS REALLY FUN. THAT SAME GROUP CAME LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND DID SOMETHING FOR GROWN UPS AND PEOPLE WITHOUT SPECIAL NEEDS OR ANYTHING AS WELL. SO WE DO SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS. OUR ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR WAS OVER 400 PEOPLE AT OUR SPECIAL ABILITIES PROGRAMS. OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE VIRIDIAN COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT TYLER AND TAYLOR AND THEIR STAFF ARE WONDERFUL, HOSTING DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THE CONCERT SERIES. THEY HELP US OUT IN BEING ABLE TO FEATURE PUPPET SHOWS, MAGIC SHOWS, OWL CAMP, WHICH IS COMING UP.

THERE'S A GUY THAT MANAGES THE WESTERN LIBRARY THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A WIZARD, AND SO HE'S THERE EVERY DAY, WELCOMING THESE KIDS AND THEN KICKING THEM OUT OF THE LIBRARY AT THE END OF THE DAY, EXCEPT FOR LAST YEAR, THERE WAS ONE DAY I COULDN'T BE THERE IN THE AFTERNOON, AND JOEY STEPPED IN AND GOT DRESSED UP AND JUST LOOKED AMAZING AND DID A GREAT JOB FILLING IN FOR THAT WIZARD. SO WE'VE GOT AL KEMP COMING UP SPY CAMP, AND IT'S JUST BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEST JORDAN CITY, WITH THE MAYOR. WE SEE HIM OFTEN AND THE FIRE CHIEF AND POLICE CHIEF AS WELL. SO I'M GOING TO TURN THE TIME OVER TO JEN FLAKE, MY ASSISTANT. HELLO, I AM JENNIFER FLAKE AND I'M THE ASSISTANT MANAGER AT WEST JORDAN LIBRARY. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WINTER READING. AND MARIE MENTIONED SUMMER READING, WHICH IS GOING TO START IN THE SUMMER. BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE A WINTER PROGRAM AS WELL. WE'VE GOT THE FLIER RIGHT HERE. IT'S A LITTLE MORE CHILL PUN VERY MUCH INTENDED THAN SUMMER READING. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SET YOUR OWN GOAL, WHICH IS EXCITING. AND IF YOU COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET, YOU CAN COME AND GET A FABULOUS PRIZE, WHICH I'VE BROUGHT VERN TO DEMONSTRATE. AND YOU CAN COME GET A FREE BOOK. SO YEAH. SO COME ON DOWN TO YEAH, THERE'S A MULTITUDE I COULDN'T CARRY ONE. SO YEAH, COME ON DOWN AND THEN SIGN UP FOR WINTER READING DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU I

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[c. Mayor’s Report]

SO SHE LIKES YOU MORE THAN ME. SHE'LL BE ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROOM. SO, MAYOR, YOUR REPORT PLEASE. WELL, IF YOUR MOM IS ANYTHING LIKE MY DAD, SHE DOESN'T KNOW. SHE SAID IT THREE TIMES. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU A COUPLE OF GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE THIS BUILDING. IT'S A MEDICAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER. THAT THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN THERE. THIS IS OVER AT 90TH. I'M SORRY, 78 SOUTH AND MOUNTAIN VIEW CORRIDOR ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 78 SOUTH, ON THE WEST SIDE OF MOUNTAIN VIEW CORRIDOR. IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. WELL, NOW IT'S OCCUPIED. IT'S BEEN LEASED. IT WILL BE OCCUPIED REALLY SOON BY GEMCO MEDICAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER. AND THIS IS A REAL BIG DEAL. SO THAT'LL HAVE THINGS THAT YOU NEED MEDICALLY TO AMAZON DOESN'T DELIVER SUCH AS PACEMAKERS AND SENSORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'LL TAKE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. PARDON ME. IT IS 90TH. YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU ANYWAY.

AND IT SAYS ON MY PAPER TOO, BY THE WAY, IF I JUST LOOKED AT MY PAPER AND SAID USE MY MEMORY.

OKAY, I'LL SAY IT THREE TIMES. NOT NOT TOO GREAT. OKAY. MOVING ALONG THE SALT LAKE BOARD OF REALTORS INVITED ALL THE MAYORS FROM SALT LAKE COUNTY TO COME OUT, AND THEY BROKE US UP INTO DIFFERENT ROOMS. AND I GOT TO SHARE A ROOM WITH TAYLORSVILLE AND SOUTH JORDAN AND TALK TO REALTORS. AND THEY GOT TO ASK US QUESTIONS AND LEARN ABOUT HOW ARE THERE CITIES THAT THEY LIVE IN. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE, THE REALTORS THAT LIVE IN EACH OF THESE CITIES AND WORK IN THESE CITIES AND LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, SO THEY CAN HELP OUR CITIES TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE THE REALTORS HAVE A BIG PART TO DO WITH THAT. THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE WE HAD EARLIER. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING ON, BUT THE STATE IS IN SESSION AND THOSE THAT WENT TO LPC, THIS IS OUR SPEAKER. SCHULTZ. MIKE SCHULTZ SPEAKING TO US. I REALLY DO KNOW HIS NAME. SO HE CAME TO LPC AND TALKED TO US FOR A FEW MINUTES. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN MIKE SCHULTZ FOR A LONG TIME, EVEN BEFORE I WAS ON THE COUNCIL BECAUSE HE DOES A LOT OF BILLS I HAVE TO DO WITH CONSTRUCTION AND SO DO I FOLLOW THOSE. ANYWAY, I THOUGHT HIS COMMENTS WERE VERY GOOD AT THAT MEETING, AND HE UNDERSTOOD BETTER THAN SOME OTHER LEGISLATORS ON HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND AND THAT WAS THERE. AND SO WAS ZACH. AND HE COME COMMENTED ON HOW HIS DESIRE ISN'T TO TAKE CONTROL AWAY WITH LOCAL CONTROL, BUT HIS DESIRE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO IT AND HAVE IT GO FORWARD. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS INSIGHTFUL. AND HIM TO SAY THAT LAST WEEK WAS THE NAACP FIRST RESPONDERS AND THAT THAT FIRST RESPONDERS TO, WELL, ONE OF OUR OFFICERS, ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS OFFICERS GOT AN AWARD THERE, CHIEF WALLENTINE, WHO IS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE NAACP, RECEIVED A FANTASTIC AWARD. AND THEN BRIAN SHAW ALSO RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR THE FANTASTIC THINGS THAT HE DOES OUR CITY EVERY YEAR. THEY HOLD US AND OUR CITY EVERY YEAR HAS PEOPLE RECEIVING AWARDS AT THE NAACP AWARDS BANQUET. AND WE HAD OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS DAY, AND HERE'S OUR YOUTH COUNCIL THAT ATTENDED. LOCAL OFFICIALS DAY IS SO FUN. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR CREATING A YOUTH COUNCIL, BECAUSE I USED TO GO TO THAT ALL THE TIME AND USED TO TALK TO OTHER CITIES YOUTH.

THAT WAS FUN TALKING TO OUR CITY'S YOUTH AND IT WAS GREAT. AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LUNCHEON THERE AND I GOT TO JOIN FOR THE LUNCHEON AND OUR, OUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS COME AND JOIN WITH US. SO WE HAD SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH OUR YOUTH, WITH SENATOR HARPER

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THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A REALLY SMART EVENTS PEOPLE HERE, SO SENSORY FRIENDLY AND OUR REGULAR SMALL TALL BALL. ALSO COMING UP IS OUR WELL COVETED CRAFTS AND CRAVINGS, WHICH PEOPLE KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE. THEY CAN DO THEIR ARTISTIC WORKS AND HAVE A BITE TO EAT WITH THEM. THAT WILL BE THE CANYON VIEW CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY AND ARTS BUILDING ON WEDNESDAY THE 18TH. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND PLANT THAT. AND I'M LOOKING AT THAT UP THERE THAT SAYS THAT THE 21ST, MY PAPER SAYS THE 18TH OVER ON THE RIGHT IT SAYS THE 18TH. SO TWO PLACES IT SAYS THE 18TH. SO I'M GOING TO SAY 18TH. MARIE, DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S THE 18TH OR 21ST? SHE SAYS 18TH OKAY. OH IT'S STARTING JANUARY 21ST. NEVER MIND. OKAY. OTHER ITEMS OF NOTE ARE CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH FOR PRESIDENTS DAY. SO IF YOU WANT SOME CITY SERVICES, DON'T COME ON THAT DAY. OUR CHRISTMAS TREE DISPOSAL IS ALMOST OVER. IT QUITS AT THE END OF THE MONTH, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN RID OF YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE YET, IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER TRASH PICK UP DAY BEFORE THE 30TH, YOU CAN PUT IT OUT WITH YOUR REGULAR TRASH. IF NOT, DROP IT OFF TO ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS AND THERE ON OUR WEBSITE YOU CAN FIND THOSE LOCATIONS. AND THAT IS MY REPORT. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN OUR FORMER POLICE CHIEF, HE IS FULLY GROWN OUT HIS RETIREMENT BEARD AND IS WELL INTO SANTA'S MODE AT THIS POINT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

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BLOOD DISORDERS LIKE VON WILLEBRAND'S DISEASE, ENDOCRINE DISORDERS AND ALLERGIES, AND ALL OF THESE. IF A PUPPY FROM A PUPPY MILL, WHETHER IT'S PURCHASED ONLINE OR IN A PET STORE, HAS THESE ISSUES, THOSE REPRESENT ADDITIONAL VETERINARY COSTS THAT THE CONSUMER THEN HAS TO PAY TO ADDRESS OR TO FIX WITH THEIR VETERINARIAN. AND I JUST TOOK MY LITTLE DOG TO THE EMERGENCY VET LAST NIGHT BECAUSE HE WASN'T FEELING WELL, AND IT COST ME $1,200. SO IF ANYONE, ANYONE WHO'S EVER HAD A PET HAD TO TAKE HIM TO THE VET OR EMERGENCY VET. IT'S EXPENSIVE. SO I WILL CONTINUE SUMMARIZING THIS REPORT AT THE NEXT MEETING. AS AND AS ALWAYS, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION. AND GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OH, GOOD. THAT WAS I WAS ACTUALLY JUST ABOUT TO ASK. I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? MR. ANDERSON, I'LL ASK. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE WHO HAS RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK? YOU HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL ONLINE AND THEY HAVE NOT RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE CAN'T FORCE THEM. ALL RIGHT THEN. THEN I WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THIS MEETING AND WE WILL MOVE

[a. Ordinance No. 26-09 Amendments to West Jordan City Code Title 2, Chapter 6 and Title 3, Chapter 4 (Fee Waivers and City Support)]

THESE ARE FEE WAIVERS AND CITY SUPPORT. AND OUR VERY OWN PATRICK BOYCE IS MAKING HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THESE ARE ORDINANCES. WELL, AN ORDINANCE WITH A COUPLE OF CHANGES TO THE CITY CODE THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO BASICALLY DO A FEW THINGS. ONE IS WE'RE CLEANING UP SOME DEFINITIONS AND SOME LANGUAGE IN CODE SECTIONS. PARTICULAR TITLE THREE, CHAPTER FOUR MAKING SURE THAT EXPECTATIONS ARE CLEAR FOR WHEN PEOPLE DO COME AND REQUEST CITY SUPPORT AND FEE WAIVERS. AT THE END THERE. I THINK IT'S IT'S MADE IT OVERALL A LOT MORE CLEAR.

HOPEFULLY IT'S EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE. I KNOW OFTENTIMES THE COUNCIL GETS REQUESTS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUPS OR OTHER JUST ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.

AND SO NAVIGATING THIS, MAKING IT EASY FOR THEM AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND COMPLY WITH IS IMPORTANT. AND THEN TITLE TWO, CHAPTER SIX ADDS SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHEN AMOUNTS ARE OVER $5,000 THAT THEY NEED TO COMPLY WITH SOME REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER THINGS. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE COUNCIL HAD ANY QUESTIONS. I THINK IT'S BEEN TO THREE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING. SO HOPEFULLY ANY ANYTHING HAS BEEN FLESHED OUT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM. I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THANK YOU. APPARENTLY WE WILL LET THAT GO. THEN I WILL LOOK TO SEE THEN IF THERE IS A MOTION. WHO WOULD ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ON THIS? COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 26. DASH ZERO NINE AMENDMENTS TO THE WEST JORDAN CITY CODE.

TITLE TWO, CHAPTER SIX AND TITLE THREE, CHAPTER FOUR. I WILL SECOND THAT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE APPROVE FROM COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK AND A SECOND FROM MYSELF. MISS QUICK, WE CAN NOW GO TO VOTE. OH, SORRY. FORGOT TO. YOU GUYS DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU'D HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. SO DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THIS MATTER? THEN? NOW I CAN OFFICIALLY ASK MISS QUICK. WE CAN HAVE OUR VOTE. THANK YOU. CHAIR. YES? COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. HARRIS. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB. YES. VICE CHAIR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THAT. PATRICK. OUR NEXT ITEM

[b. Reconsideration of 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]

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THEY WANT THE CAR WASH HOURS OF OPERATIONS TO BE RESTRICTED. SO AND WE'VE DONE THAT PRIOR. SO SOMETHING LIKE 8 TO 9 OR SOMETHING DELIVERIES THEY WANT RESTRICTED TO SEVEN FROM 7 A.M.

TO 7 P.M. THEY WOULD LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL TO BE BUILT PRIOR OR SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE COMMERCIAL. I'M SORRY COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK. THE DISCUSSION SHOULD BE TO THE MOTION, WHICH IS TO RECONSIDER UNTIL YOU HAVE A VOTE. TELLING YOU WHY I'M WILLING TO RECONSIDER. IS THAT NOT ALLOWED? WELL, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS, BUT YOU HAVE TO BRING IT ON TO THE TABLE FIRST. OKAY, THAT THAT'S TO DO IT PROCEDURALLY. THE MOTION IS TO RECONSIDER. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE AMENDMENTS. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND, OKAY, THAT YOU HAVE A VOTE TO RECONSIDER, TO BRING IT ON THE TABLE AND THEN DISCUSS THE AMENDMENTS THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED. OKAY. WELL THEN WE'LL JUST FORGET EVERYTHING WE JUST HEARD.

COUNCILMEMBER LAND, DID YOU STILL WANT TO. OH, RIGHT. YEAH. NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN SHOT DOWN BY MR. ANDERSON. ALRIGHT, THEN. WE DO HAVE THAT MOTION THAT HAS BEEN. APPROVED BY MYSELF AND SECONDED FROM COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK. THEN I GUESS WE'LL JUST GO STRAIGHT TO A VOTE ON

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COUNCILMEMBER LAMB. YES. CHAIR. YES. VICE CHAIR. WAGNER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SHELTON. NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. WHITELOCK. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 1. AND NOW WE CAN'T WAIT TO DISCUSS AS TO WHY. NOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS. IF WE WOULD LIKE TO. WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK TO FINISH HER THOUGHTS. MR. ANDERSON, DO I NEED TO BEGIN AGAIN? YOU CAN PROCEED HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE. NOW THAT IT'S ON THE TABLE FOR OPEN DISCUSSION BY THE SEVEN OF YOU. OKAY, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, MISS QUICK, ALL OF THOSE THINGS I LEFT OFF AT DELIVERIES FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. WAS THERE MORE OKAY. YES THERE ARE. THANK YOU. THE RESIDENTIAL IS TO BE BUILT PRIOR TO OR SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE COMMERCIAL THAT THEY WILL HAVE MORE MATURE TREES ON THE 9000 SIDE. AND THAT AND THIS IS PART OF CODE. BUT ENSURE THAT THE LIGHTS ARE NOT POINTING TOWARDS THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.

AND THE LAST ITEM IS THAT THE DIRECTION OF THE GAS PUMPS WILL BE PUT IN SUCH THAT THE CARS ARE FACING, THE HEADLIGHTS OF THE CARS WILL GO EAST OR WEST, NOT NORTH AND SOUTH. AND IF WE CAN GET A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LAMB. YES, SINCE I'M THE LONE WOLF FROM THE PREVIOUS VOTES, THE OTHER TWO THAT VOTED YES ARE GONE. JUST I WANT TO JUST PUT ON RECORD THAT THE PREVIOUS ONE IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THIS ONE, OTHER THAN WE'RE GETTING RID OF THE RETAIL AND PUTTING THE HOMES IN. SO I'M FOR THIS FOR THE NEW ONE.

I WAS FOR THE LAST ONE AS WELL. THE ONE THING I WORRY ABOUT IS THE PREVIOUS VERSION HAD THE RETAIL TO KIND OF BUFFER BETWEEN THE GAS STATION AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NOW YOU WON'T HAVE THAT BUFFER ANYMORE. NOW THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THOSE BACKYARDS WILL SEE THE LIGHTS AT THE GAS STATION ALL NIGHT LONG, WHERE BEFORE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN KIND OF A BUFFERING OF NOISE. AND THAT'S THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. OBVIOUSLY THE LAST ONE DIDN'T PASS. I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IT, BUT I DO WORRY THAT THE OPPOSITION THERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSITION BECAUSE OF THE GAS STATION. THE ONE THING I HEARD WAS THAT THE GAS STATION WILL BRING IN RIFF RAFF, WHICH I DISAGREE WITH. I HAVE BOTH A MAVERICK AND HOLIDAY BY MY HOUSE, AND I DON'T SEE RIFF RAFF AT EITHER OF THEM. OR MAYBE I'M THE RIFF RAFF, I DON'T KNOW. SO. BUT ANYWAY, I'M EXCITED TO BRING THIS BACK. AND I DO THINK THIS IS A BETTER USE OF THIS LAND FOR WHAT STAFF WANTS TO PUT ON THERE, AS OPPOSED TO 50, 60 TOWNHOMES IN THAT CORNER. SO THANK YOU. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT I ENDED UP BEING THE LAST VOTE IN THAT, AND IT WAS A TOUGH ONE FOR ME. BUT WHAT REALLY HIT ME WAS THAT I THOUGHT WE WERE MOVING VERY FAST ON THIS, AND THAT THERE WAS STILL SOME THINGS TO BE LOOKED AT WITH THIS. SO I APPRECIATE BOTH OUR CITY STAFF AND THE THE OWNER, MR. COLOSIMO, WHO IS HERE TAKING THAT MOMENT TO LOOK IT OVER AND HELPING US FIND SOMETHING. I DO THINK THAT THE HOUSES PROVIDE A BETTER BUFFER THAN THE. THEN THE STRIP MALL HOUSES. NO, BUT BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE THOSE PEOPLE WILL MY MY THING IS THAT THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE BUYING THOSE HOMES KNOWING THIS IN ADVANCE AND THINGS WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF RATHER THAN THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET WHO WEREN'T EXPECTING THAT. SO THAT IS WHY I VOTED YES ON THIS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? THEN WE CAN MOVE ON. OH WELL, HE JUST WENT ON AFTER I SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON RIGHT AFTER YOU GLANCED AWAY. I'M SURE YOU YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB I TOTALLY DID. THANKS. THE THE UNDERLYING OR THE THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BACK ON THE TABLE NOW THAT WAS VOTED DOWN WAS TO REZONE ALL 3.73 ACRES TO SC ONE. I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT. I DO LIKE THE NEWER PROPOSAL BETTER. I'M I WAS IN FAVOR OF BRINGING IT BACK UP FOR DISCUSSION. THAT'S WHY I VOTED YES TO RECONSIDERATION. I DO LIKE THE NEW PROPOSAL BETTER, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO US WHEN IT'S ZONED FOR HOMES ON THE HOMES AND COMMERCIAL, ON THE COMMERCIAL, AND NOT VOTE TO APPROVE 3.73 ACRES FOR AN SC ONE. IN OTHER WORDS, ON FROM WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN. NOW. I'M NOT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF A

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I'LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THE MOTION, BUT I KIND OF WANT TO KNOW IF WE WANT THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THE MOTION. YES. IF YOU WANT US TO NOTIFY ALL THE RESIDENTS WITHIN A 300 FOOT ROW, 2 OR 300 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AND WE WOULD NEED SOME TIME TO GET THAT OUT.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT AT THE FEBRUARY 10TH MEETING BECAUSE THERE IS A TEN DAY REQUIREMENT, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION DONE BY THURSDAY TO MEET THAT DEADLINE. SO DOING A PUBLIC HEARING IS GOING TO DELAY IT PROBABLY AN ADDITIONAL TWO WEEKS FROM WHAT YOU MAY WISH. SO JUST SO, THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY WOULD PROBABLY BE THE EARLIEST TO HAVE IT DONE. IT COULD BE INTO MARCH, BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE DEVELOPER AND STAFF CAN COME UP WITH. BUT IT WOULD NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MOTION.

WHAT'S IN THE NON-BOLD TEXT ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU IS THE ORIGINAL. WE JUST NEED WHAT'S THE BOLD ON THE TOP WITH WHETHER YOU WANT A PUBLIC HEARING OR NOT. AND THEN WE'LL KNOW WHAT TO DO FROM THERE. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON, I JUST LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING A. PUBLIC HEARING WITH THIS. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND I THINK THEY WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, I AGREE, SO I WILL MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM AND REFER IT BACK TO STAFF FOR FUTURE ACTION.

AND THIS IS TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. DO I NEED TO GIVE YOU A DATE? I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT PUTTING THE STAFF ONTO A DATE, BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER AND THERE NEEDS TO BE. SO I JUST YOU COULD SAY IT'S JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS SOON AS STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER CAN GET IT BACK TO US. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'LL SECOND IT AND WE CAN MOVE ON FROM THAT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE AMENDED ITEMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT A TIME THAT AND A TIME THAT WILL WORK BEST. AND FROM THAT WAS APPROVED, BROUGHT FORTH BY COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK AND SECONDED BY MYSELF. CAN I CAN I JUST MAKE A CLARIFICATION ON THAT? I THINK THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN VERY WEIRD. SO I THINK, MR. CHAIR, THAT YOU HAD IDENTIFIED THAT AS A MOTION TO APPROVE, BUT I BELIEVE THE MOTION IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE. YES. OKAY. OKAY. SO THE MOTION TO CONTINUE WITH THE ADDED, ADDED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS DONE BY COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK, SECONDED BY MYSELF.

NOW, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. YES. COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK. YES.

VICE CHAIR. WEINER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. LAMB. YES. CHAIR. BADOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. HARRIS. YES. THANK YOU, I SHALL. THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. ALL

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[a. Council Office Report]

[b. City Administrator’s Report]

THEY'RE USED TO ANSWER COMMON QUESTIONS ANYTIME 24 OVER SEVEN. AND IT'S COMMUNICATION THAT MEETS RESIDENTS WHERE THEY ALREADY ARE. SO CLEAR COMMUNICATION BUILDS TRUST AND REDUCES CONFUSION. SO MEET JOJO AS YOU ALL HAVE HOPEFULLY ALREADY MET. TANJI SLOAN AND I WORKED PRETTY TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THAT JOJO WAS READY TO GO LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE EARLIER THIS MONTH. WHAT'S SO AMAZING ABOUT THIS BLUE DOG ISN'T THAT IT'S A BLUE DOG, BUT HE IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR RESIDENTS ANY TIME, ANY PLACE. IT COULD BE 3 A.M. AND SOMEBODY COULD HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW TO PAY THEIR WATER BILL, AND JOJO WOULD BE ABLE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S ALSO A TEXTING SERVICE. THAT PHONE NUMBER IS UP THERE NOW, BUT HE IS MOSTLY USED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. IN FACT, SINCE WE SINCE HE WENT LIVE, WE HAVE HAD OVER 665 QUESTIONS. 100 OF THOSE ARE THROUGH TEXT MESSAGE, AND THE REMAINING 565 ARE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE OF HOW JOJO HAS ALREADY HELPED US WITH COMMUNICATION, SOMEBODY WAS ASKING HIM ABOUT A FORM FOR OUR PASSPORT OFFICE, SAYING THAT THE FORM WAS NOT WORKING. JOJO WAS ABLE TO SAY THAT THAT WAS A THIRD PARTY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND THAT HE WOULD LET CITY STAFF KNOW THAT IT WAS BROKEN, AND I WAS ABLE TO GO IN AND FIX IT. SO I, I AM QUITE, QUITE PROUD OF JOJO, AND I THINK TANJI SLOAN IS TOO. WE BOTH ARE EXCITED THAT HE IS HELPING RESIDENTS. AND THEN THE NEXT THING I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS SOMETHING CALLED YAPPA FI. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE IN EMERGENCIES. WE CAN TARGET PEOPLE BASED ON WHERE THEY LIVE. IT'S ALL TIED BACK TO THEIR UTILITY BILLS AND THE INFORMATION THAT THEY PROVIDE TO US. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST USED THIS FOR THE 70TH SOUTH CONSTRUCTION BRIDGE UPCOMING CLOSURE. WE WERE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, JUST FYI, THIS IS HAPPENING. WE WERE ABLE TO GEOFENCE. WE SENT IT TO OVER 500 PEOPLE. WELL, 507 ACCOUNTS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY. AND WE HAD 75% REACH, WHICH I DON'T KNOW, FOR COMMUNICATIONS.

THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE. AND IT JUST ALLOWS US TO JUST REACH OUR RESIDENTS BY THIS. THIS SPECIFICALLY WITH IT CAN REACH WITH TEXT, EMAIL, A PHONE CALL, AN AUTOMATED PHONE CALL, AND IF, HEAVEN FORBID, TRADITIONAL SNAIL MAIL IF WE WANT TO DO THAT. SO YEAH, THESE ARE THE NEW TOOLS IN OUR TOOL BELT. AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT IT'S JUST ONE MONTH INTO THE NEW YEAR, AND WE'RE ALREADY JUST COMMUNICATING TO OUR RESIDENTS IN NEW WAYS. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU DO, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT JOJO'S SPEAKS OVER 70 LANGUAGES. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE LANGUAGES THAT ARE COMING INTO US. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ENGLISH FIRST, SPANISH SECOND, AND THEN FRENCH. SO YEAH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO.

I ASKED JOJO HOW THAT RECONSIDERATION THING WENT AND HE SAID ROUGH. SO ROUGH OR OKAY,

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THANK YOU. CHAIR, I WANT TO SHOW YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR JUSTICE COURT. IS THAT OKAY? THE. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN BUILDING OUT THE SECOND COURTROOM. IT'S LOOKING REALLY GREAT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MILLWORK IS DONE. THE CARPET IS IN THE CEILING, TILES ARE HUNG.

THE LIGHTING IS IN RIGHT NOW. THAT GROUP THAT'S IN THERE RIGHT NOW IS INSTALLING THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE ROOM THAT WILL SUPPORT THE COURTROOM. WE HOPE TO GET THIS UP AND RUNNING THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AT YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE'LL HAVE THE TAYLORSVILLE CITY COUNCIL HERE, AND WE'LL GIVE THEM A TOUR OF THIS COURTROOM. WE WANT TO GET JUDGE BOWEN AND THE TAYLORSVILLE CASES GOING IN THIS COURTROOM. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEN JUDGE HOLTON WILL MOVE INTO THE TEMPORARY COURTROOM SPACE DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM IN THE JUSTICE CENTER WHILE WE UPGRADE AND FIX THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE OLD COURTROOM. WE'RE NOT DOING A FULL REDO OF THE COURT, THE EXISTING COURTROOM, BUT WE ARE UPGRADING SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES IN THAT COURTROOM. AND THEN JUDGE HOLTON WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE COURTROOM HE'S USING NOW, AND WE WILL BE FULL FUNCTIONING TWO COURTROOMS. IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROCESS. THE TEAM HAS COME TOGETHER REALLY WELL OVER IN THE JUSTICE COURT, AND THE TWO JUDGES ARE WORKING VERY WELL. IT'S BUSY. IT'S IT'S A BUSY SPACE, WHICH IS GREAT. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE BUILDING GETTING USED. I USED TO WALK THROUGH THAT BUILDING AND SOMETIMES THINK OUR BAILIFFS DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO. I DON'T THINK THAT EVER ANYMORE.

THEY GOT THEIR HANDS FULL AND THEY'RE NEEDED AND WELL USED. SO THANK YOU, WARREN, FOR SHOWING THOSE PICTURES. THIS WAS THE LAST I WANTED TO CATCH HIM BEFORE I LEFT, BUT HE SNUCK OUT OF HERE. DAVID DOBBINS, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. THIS IS HIS LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HE'S HE IS RETIRING FROM THE PUBLIC SECTOR. HE'S TAKING A JOB IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WORKING FOR THE CLYDE COMPANIES. HE'S BEEN FANTASTIC. HE'S GOT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND HERE AND DONE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT WORK FOR US. HE WILL STILL WORK WITH US OFF AND ON THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY. BUT HIS LAST FULL, FULL DAY IS THE END OF THIS WEEK. HE'LL START HIS NEW JOB NEXT WEEK. MARIE MENTIONED IT, BUT I WANT TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT. THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AT 70TH SOUTH. THE BRIDGE SPAN HAS BEEN DELIVERED. WE HAD TO SHUT THE ROAD DOWN OVERNIGHT TO DELIVER THE BRIDGE SPAN, BUT THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS WITH SOME ASPECTS OF SETTING THE BRIDGE SPAN IN PLACE. THEY NEED. THEY HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE BOLTS. SO THEY'RE GOING TO FIX THAT. AND AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL USE Y'ALL AGAIN TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC IN THAT AREA IMMEDIATELY IMPACTED. AND WE'LL DO ANOTHER OVERNIGHT CLOSURE OF 70TH SOUTH. RIGHT NOW IT IS STILL DATE TO BE DETERMINED ON THAT. COUPLE OTHER COUPLE OTHER ITEMS. JORDAN VALLEY WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, AS YOU KNOW, IS OUR WHOLESALE WATER PROVIDER. WE GET 80 TO 90% OF OUR WATER FROM JORDAN VALLEY OF THE JORDAN VALLEY WATER THAT WE TAKE. MOST OF THE WATER THAT WE TAKE COMES THROUGH THE JORDAN VALLEY AQUEDUCT. WE GET SOME WATER FROM JORDAN VALLEY THROUGH OTHER MEANS, BUT BY AND LARGE, THE BIGGEST PORTION COMES FROM THE AQUEDUCT. JORDAN VALLEY IS DOING A TEST RUN CLOSURE OF THE AQUEDUCT THIS WINTER IN PREPARATION FOR A LONGER CLOSURE. THE AQUEDUCT NEXT WINTER. THAT CLOSURE OF THE AQUEDUCT WILL BE FEBRUARY 2ND THROUGH THE 28TH. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WILL STILL GET WATER FROM JORDAN VALLEY, BUT WE'LL GET LESS WATER FROM JORDAN VALLEY AND WE WILL SUPPLEMENT THE WATER WITH OUR WELLS. YOU MIGHT HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS. HEY, MY WATER TASTES A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE MIX BETWEEN WELL WATER AND JORDAN VALLEY WATER WILL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT. IT'S STILL GREAT. THE QUALITY IS HIGH. WE DO ALL THE SAME TESTING. IF SOMEONE HAS CONCERNS, THEY ARE WELCOME TO CALL US. I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT. SO FEBRUARY 2ND THROUGH THE 28TH AND THEN THIS IS IN PREPARATION. IT'S KIND OF

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I'D LOVED IT. IT WAS SUCH A GREAT NIGHT. IT WAS SO. IT WAS SO NICE TO RECOGNIZE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE COMMUNITY GREAT. BOB, YOU MISSED AN EXCELLENT EVENING. YOU WERE YOU WERE WHERE YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN WITH YOUR MOM AND HER BIRTHDAY, BUT YOU MISSED A FANTASTIC EVENING. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR NOMINATING PEOPLE TO BE AWARDED FOR PRESENTING AWARDS, FOR HOSTING AND CONDUCTING AN EMCEEING THE EVENING. THANKS FOR HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE WEST JORDAN FANTASTIC. AND WE VOLUNTEERED BOB FOR EMCEE NEXT YEAR. I ACCEPT. OH, YOU DID, BUT REMEMBER I SAID YOU GUYS WERE. SO NEXT YEAR YOU HAVE TO DO IT? YEAH. DID YOU ROTATE IT? THAT'S ALL I HAVE, CHAIR. THANK YOU. BE THERE.

ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO ADD IN, OR IF WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT RECONSIDERATION AND FIX SOME STUFF, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TROOP SIX AND ANNE MARIE FOR SEEING THIS ALL THE WAY TO THE END. WE APPRECIATE IT, BUT WE WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.