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          AND GENTLEMEN, I WELCOME YOU ALL HERE. AND WE ARE READY TO BEGIN OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR APRIL 14TH, 2026. WE'VE GOT ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE AND MEMBERS OF CITIES AND STAFF, AND A FULL HOUSE HERE IN THE CHAMBERS. ALWAYS EXCITED TO HAVE THAT. 
          GET THAT GOING. WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WE'LL BE GIVEN BY A MEMBER OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, MR. MIKE JENSEN. WILL THE AUDIENCE PLEASE STAND IF YOU CAN JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE RECITE AFTER ME. 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 VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. 
          [a.
 West Jordan Fire Department Badge Pinning Ceremony]
WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH A SPECIAL RECOGNITION, ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIME. 
          WE'VE GOT A FIRE DEPARTMENT BADGE PINNING. AND WITH THAT, OUR CHIEF, DEREK MAXFIELD. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE ADVANCEMENTS OF SOME OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS TONIGHT. IF I COULD HAVE EACH OF THOSE WHO ARE BEING PINNED COME UP WITH WHOEVER'S GOING TO PIN THEIR BADGE, AND THEN I WILL INTRODUCE THEM AND, AND TELL WHAT THEY'RE BEING PINNED FOR. AS I LOOK AT SOME OF THESE POSITIONS. YEAH, LET'S HAVE SOME SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IN THEIR ROLE FOR A LITTLE BIT. IT SEEMS LIKE I KNOW THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO COME TO THE LAST ONE WE DID. SO WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THEM THIS EVENING. BUT FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE TOM ANDERSON WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE, HAYLEY. HE HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ENGINEER MIKE JENSEN, WHO HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF DIVISION CHIEF, AND HE WILL BE OUR FIRE MARSHAL. HE WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE, JEN. AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WELL, JIM POTTER OVER HERE. JIM POTTER IS BEING PROMOTED AS OUR DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL, AND HE WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE, TERI. AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW HIRES, COLE CHESHIRE, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE, EMMA, AND ETHAN BURRELL, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND, DESMARAIS. DESMARAIS. DESMARAIS. OKAY. BUT YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR FIREFIGHTERS. A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD, WHETHER IT'S TO BE QUALIFIED TO GET HIRED AND BE A PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT, OR WHETHER IN THE CASE OF THE PROMOTIONS, THEY WERE THEY WERE TRYING TO MOVE UP AND ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND PIN ALLOW THE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TO PIN, TO PIN THE BADGE. AND IF THERE'S ANY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND TAKE PICTURES, FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP AND WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND TAKE SOME PICTURES. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL PROBABLY GATHER IN FRONT FOR THE COUNCIL TO GET A PICTURE AS WELL. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE TO PIN A SECOND TIME TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE RIGHT CAMERA ANGLE AND MOOD LIGHTING HAS BEEN PROVIDED. I DON'T KNOW. 
          AS THE CITY, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE IN THAT, AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE HONOR OF SOME NEW PEOPLE AND SOME SOME RISING. I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE YOUR TITLE AWAY WHEN I BROUGHT YOU UP, MIKE, FOR YOUR THINGS. I WANTED TO SAVE SOME EXCITEMENT. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU COME HERE AND PROBABLY. DO YOU GUYS ALL COME AROUND? DO YOU THINK THE COUNCIL STAND BEHIND? I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST TO DO. 
          WE'D JUST LIKE TO GET A PICTURE WITH ALL OF YOU. THE MAYOR. MAKE IT IN THERE. FIRST. AGAIN, 
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AGAIN, THE BADGE PINNING AND HEARING ABOUT NEW HIRES AND NEW RECRUITS INTO OUR CITY. ALWAYS JUST A GREAT MOMENT. SOME OF THOSE FOLKS MAY, WILL, WILL TAKE A QUICK MOMENT WHILE THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY OUT TO GO CELEBRATE OR GO SAVE THE CITY, WHATEVER COMES TO MIND AT THAT TIME. YEP. WE'LL NOW GO INTO OUR REPORTS FOR OUR 
          [a.
 City Council Reports]
COUNCIL REPORT. THIS IS WHERE WE GET A CHANCE TO MENTION A FEW THINGS. I'LL START WITH BEING VERY GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF. JUST A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO, AS WE PUT OUT SOME OF YOU IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE GOING DOWN REDWOOD ROAD, YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF THE BLUE PINWHEELS OUT ON THE STREET THERE THAT IS A PART OF THE CHILD ABUSE PROTECTION AWARENESS PREVENTION, NOT PROTECTION PREVENTION AWARENESS. IT WAS VERY GREAT. I WAS VERY GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THAT AND SEE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM THE CITY, THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ALL COMING TOGETHER AS WE HAD, THAT HAD THAT MOMENT TO, TO SHARE, NOT ONLY PUTTING THOSE PINWHEELS OUT THERE, BUT THEN TO COME IN AND, AND HEAR FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE WITH THAT, ALWAYS A GREAT PART OF THE CITY. AND IT WAS, LIKE I SAID, VERY GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THAT AS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO IT, BUT JUST VERY GRATEFUL TO SEE THE THE KNOWLEDGE PUT FORTH THERE. ALSO SOME VERY FUN THINGS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY THAT THAT I WAS VERY GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF. I LOVE TO SEE OUR CITY STARTING TO COME TOGETHER AT THIS POINT WHERE WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE, YOU KNOW, READY TO BRING IN SPRING AND CLEAN UP AND GET READY. JUST ALWAYS MAKES MY HEART FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE HERE IN WEST JORDAN. AND I WILL OPEN THAT UP FOR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE CITY STAFF WHO WORK SO HARD ON PUTTING ON THE EASTER EGG HUNT. THAT WAS A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL. IT WAS FUN. IT WAS GREAT TO BE THERE. AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. I LOVE HOW THEY WILL GIVE US BAGS OF EGGS TO HAND OUT TO THE KIDS, BECAUSE THERE'S HUNDREDS OF KIDS WHO GET THERE LIKE 15 SECONDS LATE AND THEY MISS EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT'S OVER ALREADY. AND SO WE GET TO HAND OUT EASTER EGGS TO THOSE KIDS. AND THAT'S SO MUCH FUN. AND, AND THEN A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT HEAD, COREY FROEHLICH, WHO, WHO WORE THE BUNNY SUIT? WHAT? OH, SORRY. I JUST HAD TO SAY IT. YOU WERE GREAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS. YEAH, I WANTED TO THANK. THEY'RE ALL GONE NOW, BUT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHADOW STATION 53 FOR A DAY TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES. AND IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE AND BUSY. AND I LEARNED A LOT AND I GAINED A LOT OF I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT I COULDN'T RESPECT HIM ANYMORE AND, AND I LEFT REALLY FINDING EVEN MORE RESPECT FOR, FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO THAT THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. AND I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT ALSO TO CITY STAFF FOR. I TOOK MY KIDS TO THE FIRST FRIDAY CONCERT. WE REALLY LIKE TO GO TO THOSE. AND IT WAS PARTICULARLY EXCITING FOR US. IT WAS A BLUEGRASS BAND WHERE BIG BLUEGRASS FAMILY. AND THEN SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE MAYOR WHO CARRIED MY SLEEPING CHILDREN OUT TO THE CAR AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. SO THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT NIGHT. AND OUR CITY EVENT STAFF JUST DOES A BEAUTIFUL JOB. SO THANKS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JACOB. THANK YOU. MANY OF YOU KNOW THIS ALREADY. YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THIS ALREADY AND OUR STAFF KNOWS THIS. BUT AS IS WIDELY KNOWN, I SERVE ON THE JORDAN VALLEY WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND THIS LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR MEETING AND HAD A RECOMMENDATION COME DOWN FROM THE DROUGHT MONITORING COMMITTEE. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE'S NO SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ANYMORE. IT'S ALL GONE. IT'S BEEN GONE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND OKAY, THERE'S LITTLE TINY BITS. IF YOU'VE HIKED THE RIGHT TRAIL IN THE SHADE, YOU MAY STILL NEED A SPIKE, BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE WATER. THE WATER IN THE MOUNTAINS IS PRETTY MUCH GONE. WELL, THE WATER DISTRICT DECLARED A STAGE TWO DROUGHT, 
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WHICH IS GOING TO CALL FOR A 10% REDUCTION FOR FOR OUTDOOR WATER USE, ESPECIALLY, BUT ALL WATER USE THIS SUMMER. SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR MORE MESSAGING COMING FROM THE CITY AND FROM THE WATER DISTRICT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME ACTION ON THAT FORMALLY IN OUR NEXT MEETING. 
          BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF GET THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE. IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START NOT LETTING YOUR WATER RUN THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY. SO THANKS. YEAH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JACOB. I WILL SAY RELATED. THIS WAS THE BEST YEAR OUR OUR CITY DID ON SNOW REMOVAL. SO IT WAS A YEAH, A TRADE OFF. AND I, I FORGOT I WANTED TO ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON SAID ABOUT THE, THE EGG HUNT FOR I, I GOT CHOKED UP. THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS IN THE CITY EVERY YEAR. AND EVERY TIME I TELL SOMEONE THAT IT'S OVER IN 30S, THEY DON'T BELIEVE IT AND IT IS OVER IN 30S. AND THEN THERE'S ABOUT AN HOUR OF KENT AND I WALKING AROUND WITH BIG BAGS OF EGGS TRYING TO MAKE KIDS HAPPY. SO. AND I LOVE THAT PART TOO, JUST AS MUCH. SO BIG 
          [b.
 Mayor’s Report]
SHOUT OUT TO OUR CITY FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS THEY DO. WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE MAYOR FOR THE MAYOR'S REPORT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL CHAIR. SO THIS IS THE FIRST FRIDAY EVENT, AND THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS'S $0.02 AT THE END OF THE FIRST FRIDAY EVENT. SO JUST SAVING SEATS. 
          YOU CAN TELL IT'S VERY EXCITING AND THEY THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT. AND OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE AT PEACE. AND THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EASTER EGG HUNT. THERE'S A PICTURE FROM EASTER EGG HUNT. I CAN'T TELL WHO'S IN WHO THAT BUNNY IS. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU KNEW. IT WAS JUST REALLY PERPLEXING. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAFF AND COUNCIL THAT CAME OUT AND PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND AND MADE IT A GREAT EVENT. IT IS EVERY YEAR. ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS THAT WEST JORDAN DOES IS OUR ADA SECTION OF EASTER EGG HUNTS, WHICH IS GIVES CHILDREN WITH CHALLENGES AND DISABILITIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EGG HUNT AND HAVE SUCCESS. SO THAT IS REALLY A GREAT THING. AND WE HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM OUR CADETS WHO VOLUNTEERED AND HELPED THINGS HAPPEN. SO WE APPRECIATE THEM COMING OUT AND HELPING. MAYOR, COULD I INTERRUPT FOR JUST A SECOND? YES. SOME OF THESE PICTURES MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE EVENT WASN'T VERY WELL ATTENDED. THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE. AND SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT IT WASN'T AS SPARSE AS THE PICTURES MAKE IT LOOK. THAT'S TRUE. THIS IS ONE MINUTE AFTER THE EVENT. YEAH, I WAS THINKING WHAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL AND I DON'T I WAS TOLD WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE FIELD IS DO A DRONE PICTURE OF HOW IT HAPPENS WHEN THE ALARM GOES OFF AND HAVE IT GO WHOOP. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO IF WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE AIRPLANES GOING THROUGH, WE'LL JUST FLY ON AN AIRPLANE AND TAKE A PICTURE AND DO THE VIDEO FROM UP THERE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB SAID SOMETHING. I CAN TELL HE'S NODDING HIS HEAD WHEN WHEN RON WOOD IS DONE WITH THE EXPANSION, LET'S DO IT THERE, BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN HAVE A DRONE, THEN WE CAN DO THE DRONE. YOU'RE TOO CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT ON THE OTHER ONE. THAT THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. WE'LL JUST FLY IN AN AIRPLANE FOR THE DRONE ANYWAY. SO. SO THAT WAS IT. THEN AFTER THAT, I WENT SEVERAL MORE EASTER EGG HUNTS. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT LAST YEAR WE STARTED DOING THE POCKET PARK COMMUNITY ONES. AND THESE ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THOSE, AND THAT'S GROWING QUITE A BIT, NOT GROWING BY THE AMOUNT OF WELL, THAT TOO, BUT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. SO THERE WAS A COUPLE OF DOZEN LOCATIONS THAT DID THAT THIS YEAR. AND THESE DON'T HAPPEN NEAR AS FAST. 
          THEY GO IN THERE THAT PEOPLE STOP AND THE ADULTS TALK WITH EACH OTHER, THE KIDS PLAY AND THEY DO THEIR EASTER EGG HUNT, AND THEY HAVE GREAT EXPERIENCES. AND I THINK THAT IS SO GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE THEM OUT THERE DOING THAT FOR. SO THOSE LIKE THE CROWDS, THEY GOT IT MADE AND THOSE THAT PREFER UN CROWDS, THEY DO THAT. AND BY THE WAY, THAT HAT THAT I'M WEARING WAS GIVEN TO ME BY THE THE STAFF OVER AT THE JUSTICE COURTS AND THE CLERKS THERE, THEY GAVE THAT TO ME THE DAY BEFORE THIS. SO TIMING ON THAT WAS SPECTACULAR. SO I APPRECIATE THEM THINKING OF ME TO TO CELEBRATE APPROPRIATELY. OKAY, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, BUT THEY HAVE A HOMELESS JUSTICE COURT THAT SALT LAKE CITY PUTS ON ONCE A MONTH. AND EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, JUDGE BOLTON GOES OUT THERE AND SERVES AS A JUDGE AT THIS JUSTICE COURT. THAT IS, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE, SINCE THEY HAVE OFTEN CITATIONS OF SOME SORT. THEY CAN GO AND GET THAT RESOLVED AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF THERE. AND SO, AS YOU SEE, THE JUDGE DOESN'T WEAR HIS ROBE DURING THIS EVENT AND WE HAVE STAFF THERE. AND IF YOU LOOK BACK, THE GUY IN THE RED SHIRT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BAILIFF SITTING BACK THERE. BUT 
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THE OTHER COOL THING ON THIS IS QUITE OFTEN WHEN THEY GO THERE, THEY PUT DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS ON THEM TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. AND I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THIS BECAUSE I ALWAYS FORGET TO TAKE PICTURES. BUT THERE WERE LIKE TWO DOZEN BOOTHS WHERE THEY COULD GO AND GET THESE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT THEY NEEDED IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE. 
          SO IT WAS FROM MENTAL HEALTH TO PHYSICAL HEALTH TO FOOD TO COUNSELING TO ALL ACROSS, YOU KNOW, THEIR BEHAVIORAL THINGS. AND SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD GOT CAUGHT IN THIS CIRCLE THAT KEEPS GOING AROUND TO FIND A WAY TO GET OFF THAT MERRY GO ROUND AND MAKE PROGRESS IN THEIR LIVES. SO IT'S REALLY COOL THAT OUR OUR JUDGE GOES OUT THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, THREE, FOUR TIMES A YEAR AND, AND MAKES THIS HAPPEN. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I WENT THERE TO GO SEE IT. SO THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE THERE. THIS IS MY TIRE ON MY BICYCLE AND IT WAS IN WEST JORDAN. AND THE SADDEST PART IS THAT'S A NEW TIRE AND A NEW TUBE. AND THAT GREEN STUFF YOU SEE IS SLIME ALWAYS PUT IN THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE GOAT HEADS GALORE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS GOING DOWN 40TH WEST, AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE GOTTEN A FLAT TIRE IN 40TH WEST. AND WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS SOMEHOW THE STORMWATER DEPARTMENT HEARD ABOUT IT. AND THAT SAME DAY THAT STREET GOT SWEPT. SO IF YOU'RE ON A BICYCLE AND YOU WANT A CLEAN ONE, IF YOU SEE DEBRIS ON THERE, LET US KNOW. 
          OUR OUR STREETS WILL GET SWEPT. THEY GET SWEPT REGULARLY ANYWAY. BUT IF SOME DEBRIS GETS OUT THERE, IN THIS CASE, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF DOZEN OF THESE SCREWS AND I TRIED TO AVOID THEM AND THEY DIDN'T WIN. BUT WE WILL DO THAT. SO IF YOU SEE A PROBLEM OUT THERE WHERE SOME DEBRIS GETS OUT IN OUR ROADS, WE STOP AND WE CLEAN THOSE UP OFTEN, AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A STREET SWEEPER. SOMETIMES IT'S PUBLIC WORKS. THEY GO OUT THERE WITH BIGGER TRUCKS AND PICK THINGS UP. IT'S AMAZING. SOME OF THE THINGS PEOPLE LEAVE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADS. ON SUNDAY I WAS INVITED TO THE SIKH TEMPLE. THEY WERE HAVING A SPECIAL CELEBRATION AND THEY HAVE MOVED INTO A BIGGER LOCATION. THEY STILL HAVE THEIR OLDER BUILDING ON 78TH. THEY HAVE A NEWER ONE ON 2200 WEST AT ABOUT 76 SOMETHING SOUTH, AND IT'S A BIT LARGER. AND THEY CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND. AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THEIR SERVICE ON THIS LAST SUNDAY. AND, AND THEY GAVE ME A RECOGNITION. THAT'S WHAT THAT YELLOW SCARF TYPE THING IS. AND SITTING NEXT TO ME IS A SIM GILL, WHO HAPPENED TO BE THAT MEETING AS WELL. HE AS A MEMBER OF THAT RELIGION AND WAS THERE AS WELL. A GRAND OPENING WAS LAST SATURDAY. SEVERAL OF YOU WERE THERE AND IF YOU LOOK IN THEIR PICTURES. SO WE HAD LET'S SEE WHO WAS THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LAM WAS THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DULL COUNCIL MEMBER BADER AND COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, WERE YOU THERE? COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, YOU WEREN'T. OKAY, SO YEAH, WE THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR COMING OUT AND HELPING THAT. THEY ARE EXPANDING. SO IT'S NOT A NEW STORE, IT'S AN EXISTING STORE. IT'S EXPANDED AND INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF SERVICES THEY CAN PROVIDE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE DOING SOME GREAT THINGS. TODAY I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WITH A COUPLE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS TO GO VISIT POLARIS. THIS IS THE PLACE THAT BUILDS MODULAR HOMES AND THE COUNCIL. YOU GOT TO GO TO IT. WHEN THEY FIRST CAME AND HAD THEIR GRAND OPENING, BUT I WAS OUT OF TOWN AT THE TIME. IT TOOK ME A WHILE, BUT I FINALLY MADE IT OVER THERE. I TOLD THEM I WANTED TO COME VISIT IT AND SEE THAT, AND YOU HAD LOTS OF GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THAT, AND I WAS QUITE IMPRESSED WITH WHAT I SAW WHILE WE WERE THERE. AND WE'RE INSIDE THE MODULAR UNITS RIGHT THERE. IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE MODULAR UNIT. IT LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL TYPE HOUSE, AND IT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THERE. WEATHER DOESN'T AFFECT THEIR WORK UNTIL IT GETS DONE AND DELIVERED TO THE JOB SITE. AND IT'S IT WAS QUITE ASTONISHING. AND THEY ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR THOSE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THEY HAVE BUILT SEVERAL HOMES FOR LIKE THE SOMETHING COMMUNITY, WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE. YEAH. OTHER SIDE ACADEMY. SO THEY'RE BUILT THERE PROVIDING THE HOUSING FOR THE OTHER SIDE ACADEMIES VILLAGE, WHICH IS A SEPARATE PLACE. AND THEY GET SOME OF THE WORKERS FROM THE OTHER SIDE ACADEMY WHO HAVE LEARNED THEIR SKILLS THERE AND THEN HAVE ARE THERE. SO I'VE MET A COUPLE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE GRADUATES FROM THE OTHER SIDE ACADEMY. SO THAT'S THAT WAS ALSO IMPRESSIVE THAT THEY'RE HELPING THEM MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR LIFE. AND THAT IS MY OH, THERE'S ONE OTHER 
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THING. I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE FOR IT, BUT SEVERAL OF YOU ARE THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB WAS THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELDON WAS THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELAW, COUNCIL MEMBER BADOR DO THE. TO THE BASEBALL WEST JORDAN BASEBALL OPENING CEREMONIES. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND HELPING THEM GET THAT. I THINK IT'S GREAT WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING THAT. 
          AND I ALWAYS THINK THEY COULD BE OUT THERE PLAYING BASEBALL. I COULD BE ON A DEVICE SOMEWHERE. PLAYING BASEBALL IS SO MUCH BETTER. SO THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT AS 
          [c.
 City Administrator’s Report]
WELL. NOW THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM CORBIN LEE AND OUR CEO REPORT. THANK YOU. I I'D LIKE COREY TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE THINGS HAPPENED IN THE PARKS AROUND THE CITY. AND AFTER. COREY, I WANT GREG TO GIVE YOU A REPORT ABOUT SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. AND THEN I'VE GOT A FEW OTHER THINGS AS WELL. OKAY. I'M STILL. PERFECT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN STUFF GETTING STARTED. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE BROKE GROUND THIS WEEK ON CONSTRUCTING A NINJA WARRIOR COURSE AT CONSTITUTION PARK. IT'S A BIG, HUGE PLAYGROUND. IT'S NOWADAYS IT'S HARD. IT'S BEEN HARD IN THE PLAYGROUND INDUSTRY TO FIND THINGS GEARED AT TEENS OR TEENS CAN KIND OF HANG OUT. PLAYGROUNDS AREN'T REAL POPULAR WITH TEENS, SO THIS IS A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING INTO THE CITY. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF EVEN NEAR IN THIS VALLEY. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO INSTALL THAT. OUR EASTER EGG HUNT WENT WELL. 
          PARK'S RESTROOMS ARE OPEN FOR THE SEASON ALL THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. WE'RE WORKING. WE'RE REMODELING PHASE ONE AT THE PUBLIC WORKS SOCCER COMPLEX. WE. IT'LL BE OPEN IN A FEW WEEKS, BUT WE'VE ORDERED ADDITIONAL PORTA POTTIES FOR THAT TO BE USED. BUT OUR IN-HOUSE STAFF HAS BEEN REMODELING THAT AND RUN INTO A COUPLE HICCUPS. SO OTHER THAN THAT, THEY'RE OPEN. 
          LIKE WE MENTIONED, WE HAD A VOLUNTEER CLEANUP, ROUNDWOOD PARK AS WE'RE GETTING READY FOR BASEBALL TO OPEN EVERY FEW YEARS, THE BASEBALL LEAGUE COMES HERE ASKING FOR SERVICE IN LIEU OF FEES. AND PART OF THAT IS THEY PERFORM AN ANNUAL CLEANUP DAY, WHERE THIS LAST YEAR WAS A RECORD AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. THEY HAD 592 VOLUNTEERS SHOW UP FOR THREE HOURS PICKING UP ROCKS, PULLING WEEDS, CLEANING. SO IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, LIKE I SAID, RON WOOD, WE'RE WORKING ON A LOT OUT THERE. IT'S GOING VERY FAST. 
          A LOT OF UPDATES. YOU CAN SEE THE DIRT MOVING OUR CONTRACTORS OUT THERE. WE'VE WORKED GOOD WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE HAD VERY POSITIVE INPUT FROM THEM. SO A LOT OF FUN THINGS HAPPENING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE I'M HERE? I'M NOT SEEING ANY. SO THANK YOU. NICE JOB. 
          JUST AS AN UPDATE FOR SOME OF OUR WATER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, THE WATER REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN THE SUNBURST SUBDIVISION IS GOING VERY WELL. THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN ABLE TO INSTALL THE MAIN WATER LINE IN SUNBURST DRIVE, AND THEY ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO PASS WATER QUALITY TESTS. THEY'VE MOVED ON TO RUNDQUIST DRIVE, WHICH WAS THEIR NEXT SITE, AND THE FINAL SITE WILL BE SCHULTZ AND LANE. I THOUGHT THIS WOULD GO A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT IF THE CONTRACTOR CONTINUES AT THIS PACE, I'M PRETTY SURE HE'LL BE DONE BY JUNE, WHICH IS GREAT. THE CONTRACTOR WHO'S BUILDING OUR WELL SITE AT ROCKWOOD PARK THIS WEEK, IF YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU'LL NOTICE THEY HAVE A CRANE ON SITE. THEY'RE DOING THAT SO THAT THEY CAN BRUSH AND BALE THE EXISTING WELL TO MAKE IT AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WHEN WE PUMP WATER OUT, IT WILL BE IT WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE WATER. ONCE THEY PUT A STRUCTURE IN A ROOF ON TOP, IT'LL BE REALLY HARD TO DO THAT. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THAT ALL THAT DONE BEFORE THEY START BUILDING THE WALLS AND THE ROOF. SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S OUT THERE. 
          IT'LL BE OUT THERE ALL THIS WEEK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY. LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE ANSWERED EVERYTHING WE NEEDED. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS JUST REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP WORKING ON 13TH WEST. WE KEEP DOING ONE PHASE AND THEN THE NEXT WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY NORTH ACROSS THE CITY. WE JUST BID OUT THE NEXT PHASE. WE GOT BIDS IN. BIDS CAME IN GREAT. THIS TIME IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE, BUT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF AWARDING AWARDING BIDS FOR THAT NEXT PHASE. THEY'RE SHORT TERM RENTALS. THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A SHORT TERM RENTAL FEE. THIS IS FOR LANDLORDS THAT HAVE RUN A AIRBNB IN THE PROPERTY IN THE CITY. WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUR SOFTWARE AND OUR PROCESS ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AND CHARGE THIS FEE. IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE JUST STARTED SENDING OUT THE LETTERS AND THOSE FIRST FEES. THOSE FIRST BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING OUT THERE. YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT THAT. WE'VE STARTED GETTING SOME FEEDBACK SO FAR. IT'S GOING 
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WELL, BUT IT IS NEW FOR THOSE THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN OPERATING SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THE CITY. AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GAVE A REPORT, KIND OF A BROAD DEPARTMENTAL REPORT. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY MENTIONED WAS THEIR DESIRE TO GO ONE ON ONE WITH PARAMEDICS, WHERE THEY HAVE INSTEAD OF TWO PARAMEDICS ON AN AMBULANCE, ONE PARAMEDIC ON THE AMBULANCE WITH AN EMT, AND THEN ONE PARAMEDIC ON THE TRUCK WITH AN EMT, SO THAT WHEN THE AMBULANCE TAKES SOMEONE TO THE HOSPITAL, THERE'S STILL A PARAMEDIC IN THE STATION AND WE'RE STILL ABLE TO PROVIDE ADVANCED LIFE SAVING RESPONSES BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE A PARAMEDIC. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAD TO PUT CARDIAC MONITORS ON EVERY RIG, EVERY APPARATUS THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S BEEN A PROCESS. WE JUST ORDERED THE ZOLL OR WE JUST GOT THE RIGHT CARDIAC MONITORS. WE'VE ORDERED THEM. THEY SHOULD BE IN IN A FEW WEEKS. AND THEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AS WE MAKE SHIFT CHANGES, WE WILL CHANGE SO THAT WE START THAT ONE ON ONE SERVICE WITH OUR PARAMEDICS THIS SUMMER. WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THIS DIRECTION. 
          FOR A WHILE, WE HAD A HARD TIME HIRING PARAMEDICS. IT FELT LIKE WE WERE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO WANT TO BECOME PARAMEDICS. BUT WITH THIS CHANGE AND A FEW OTHER SMALL CHANGES THE CHIEF HAS DONE, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PIPELINE OF PARAMEDICS, BOTH NEW AND THOSE WHO ARE IN SCHOOL AND IN PROCESS. RIGHT NOW. JUST TWO OTHER COMMENTS. FIRST, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IN THE WEEKLY REPORTS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT, THERE WAS A NOTE ABOUT UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE GOING IN IN WEST JORDAN. THIS IS A BIG WIN. THIS IS A REALLY GREAT THING BECAUSE IT'S IN A VERY VISIBLE SPOT IN OUR CITY, RIGHT ON 90TH SOUTH NEAR REDWOOD ROAD. THEY ARE RUNNING A SCHOOL TO GIVE CERTIFICATES FOR AUTO MECHANICS AND THE AUTO. WHERE'S JIM? OH, I THINK IT'S AUTO OR MAYBE AUTO AND DIESEL MECHANICS. SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT THING, A GREAT AD IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE A GOOD EDUCATOR FOR SOME OF THESE TRADES, TRADE SKILLS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT. AND THEN FINALLY. WE, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FEDERAL MANDATES THAT WE NEED TO TEST FOR LEAD AND COPPER PIPES ON THE LATERALS IN OUR WATER SYSTEM. THE ORIGINAL REQUIREMENT WAS WE JUST HAD TO TEST AT THE METER OR LOOK AND INSPECT AT THE METER. FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE CHANGED THAT. WE NOW HAVE TO TEST ON BOTH SIDES AT THE METER AND SOMEWHERE ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY SIDE. WE'RE WORKING ON A PLAN ON HOW TO ADDRESS THIS, BUT THIS WILL REQUIRE US TO TEST OR CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT 5000 LATERALS TO HOMES ARE HAVE LEAD OR COPPER IN THEM. SO OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, PAUL AND GREG ARE WORKING ON A PLAN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THERE MAY BE SOME BUDGETARY IMPACTS AS WE WORK ON HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GET OUR RESIDENTS TO HELP US WITH THIS INSPECTION SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND CITY STAFF AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT OUT TO DO THE INSPECTION? IT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS A HOMEOWNER GOING IN AND TAKING A PICTURE OF THE PIPE, WHERE THEIR MAIN LINE COMES INTO THE HOUSE AND THEIR SHUT OFF IS. BUT WE HAVE TO GET HOMEOWNERS TO BE WILLING TO DO THAT AND SUBMIT IT TO A CITY WEBSITE. SO WE'RE WORKING ON SOME PLANS. JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH WITH OUR PLAN ON HOW WE INTEND TO SHOW OUR COMPLIANCE WITH THIS LEAD AND COPPER PIPE TESTING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK. MR. LEE. SO IF WE FIND THAT HOMEOWNERS ON THEIR SIDE HAVE THAT, THEN WHAT LED OR. YEAH, YEAH. THE RIGHT THE CITY'S SYSTEM STOPS AT THE METER. BUT WE HAVE TO ASSURE WE HAVE TO TEST AND INSPECT THAT THE PRIVATE SYSTEM IS WHETHER IT'S HAS ANY LEAD OR NOT. GREG. THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT IS THAT ONCE A LEAD SERVICE LATERAL IS IDENTIFIED, WE NEED TO LET THE PROPERTY OWNER KNOW AND GIVE THEM A TIME FRAME OF HOW TO OF WHEN TO REPLACE IT. SO THERE WILL BE A TIME FRAME FOR THEM TO, TO DO SOMETHING TO REMEDIATE THAT PROBLEM. AND IF THEY DON'T, THERE HASN'T BEEN A FINE LEVY BY THE EPA. I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A. REQUEST THAT WE REQUIRE THIS OF THEM. AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS STILL A NEW PROGRAM. AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE JUST DOING THE IDENTIFICATION PART. AFTER THEY DO ALL THE IDENTIFICATION PART, 
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THEY WILL MOST LIKELY MAKE CITIES WHO HAVE LEAD AND COPPER IN THEIR SYSTEM COME UP WITH A PLAN TO REMEDIATE. THAT'LL BE PART OF THE PLAN FOR A TIME FRAME FROM WHEN THEY HAVE TO BE REMOVED, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'LL HAVE TO BE REMOVED. WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANY SO FAR. SO THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS YEAH. CORBIN. I JUST HAVE A I GUESS IT'S NOT A QUESTION, BUT A COMMENT. I'M, I'M SURE THAT THE PROCESS FOR CHOOSING BETWEEN THE BIDS FOR 1300 WEST IS COMPLEX. AND I JUST WANT TO STATE MY HOPE AND MY DESIRE THAT A UNIONIZED WORKFORCE COULD BE USED FOR PROJECTS WHEREVER POSSIBLE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. LEE? MR. LEE, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL CLOSE OUR COUNCIL 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT]
MEMBER REPORTS AND NOW MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. NOW, THIS IS WHERE ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN HERE GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK. YOU CAN SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC, WHETHER IT'S ON OUR AGENDA OR NOT. WITH THAT, WE JUST ASK FOR THE PEOPLE TO COME UP. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. IT'S USUALLY NOT SOMETHING WHERE THERE'LL BE A GIVE AND TAKE, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ON THAT IN YOUR THREE MINUTES. IF YOU ARE HERE WITH A GROUP, WE WILL GIVE IT FIVE MINUTES. SO YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO TALK. WE JUST ASK THAT YOU START BY GIVING US YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE AS WE BEGIN. SO IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME UP. AND THIS IS WHERE I'VE ALREADY OKAYED FIVE MINUTES ON THIS ONE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP. AND MY NAME IS RIGO RAMIREZ. I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST JORDAN AND I'M THE LEAD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CARPENTERS UNION LOCAL 801 THAT ARE BUILDING. IT'S ACTUALLY HERE IN WEST JORDAN. EVERYONE YOU SEE HERE, YOU KNOW, CARPENTERS, THEY LIVE HERE ALSO IN THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN FOR THE MOST PART. AND DURING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE SHOW UP TO DIFFERENT CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. LIKE LAST WEEK, WE WERE IN SALT LAKE CITY. TONIGHT AS I'M HERE STANDING SPEAKING, WE ALSO IN THE WEST VALLEY CITY AND LEHIGH AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IS AWARENESS ABOUT TAX FRAUD, BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING. THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. AND LET ME GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT IS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE CONSTRUCTION TAX FRAUD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHEATING COMMUNITIES OUT OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE. THAT'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOST TAX REVENUE THAT COULD BE USED FOR BUILDING AND RENOVATING SCHOOLS, REPAIRING ROADS, CARING FOR VETERANS, SHELTERING HOMELESS, AND FUNDING OTHER ESSENTIAL PUBLIC PROGRAMS. THE PREVALENCE OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TAX FRAUD HAS REACHED CRISIS LEVELS AND MUST BE STOPPED THIS APRIL, THE 66TH THROUGH THE 18TH LOCAL 801 THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN IN THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS ARE TAKING PART OF THE NATIONAL TAX DAY OF ACTION. 
          IT'S A WEEK AND A HALF LONG SERIES OF EVENTS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, TAX FRAUD, THE TAX FRAUD DAYS OF ACTIONS GREW OUT OF WIDESPREAD OUTRAGE ABOUT CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, TAX FRAUD. A RANGE OF PRACTICES WERE EMPLOYERS EVADE THEIR TAX RESPONSIBILITIES IN SEVERAL WAYS. OFTEN, THEY INTENTIONALLY MISCLASSIFY WORKERS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS OR PAY WORKERS IN CASH ARRANGEMENTS. AS A RESULT, THESE BUSINESSES SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THEIR INCOME TAX AND PAYROLL TAX RESPONSIBILITIES AND DEFRAUD COMMUNITIES ARE MUCH NEEDED TAX REVENUE. AND NOW, AS COMMUNITIES ARE FACING BUDGET SHORTFALLS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO CRACK DOWN ON THESE BAD ACTORS EMPLOYERS WHO ARE STEALING FROM THE RESIDENTS OF WEST JORDAN AND ALL OVER THE STATE OF UTAH. AND LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW THIS WORKS. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE ONGOING, ESPECIALLY ON RESIDENTIAL AND A LOT OF IT IN COMMERCIAL, IT'S SCHOOLS THAT ARE PUBLIC FUNDED THE WAY IT WORKS. SO THEY HIRE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, DEVELOPERS, OWNERS, THE CITY SCHOOLS, THEY HIRE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND THEN FROM THERE, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR HIRES A SUBCONTRACTOR TO DO A SPECIFIC WORK. AND THEN NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT THIS. BUT THEN THE SUBCONTRACTOR HIRES A SECOND TIER SUB. AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE CHEATING HAPPENS. THEY HIRE A SECOND TIER SUB TO SUPPLY THE MANPOWER. THEY DO 
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CARRY A CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE, BUT THEN THEY DON'T HAVE A PAYROLL SYSTEM. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PROVE THAT THEY HIRED THE MANPOWER. AND THAT'S WHERE THE CHEATING HAPPENS OF PAYING THE CASH. NOW, LET ME MAKE CLEAR, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO PAY CASH. YOU CAN PAY IN ROCKS, YOU CAN PAY IN BEER, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE A PAY STUB, BACKING IT UP, SAYING, HEY, YOU WORK THIS MANY HOURS. YOU DID THIS WORK FOR ME. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU PAY THAT PERSON AND IN RETURN, YOU KNOW THERE HAS TO BE THE TAXES TAKEN OUT. SO THERE'S GOT TO BE A PAY STUB. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY. THERE'S NO PAY STUBS BACKING UP. YOU KNOW WHAT THE PERSON IS WORKING FOR. IT IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST HERE IN WEST JORDAN. I MEAN, IT HAPPENS ALL OVER. SO WE TRY TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO DO THIS CAMPAIGN. 
          IT'S ONLY ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF LONG DURING TAX SEASON, RIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME. AND TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF PEOPLE THAT WHEN THEY HIRE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHO THEY HIRE AS A SUBCONTRACTOR AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A PAYROLL SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HIRE A RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR, AS WE ALL TAKE THE TRAINING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE CARPENTERS, YOU WE GO THROUGH A REALLY RIGOROUS TRAINING PROCESS AND WE DON'T EVEN GET A CHANCE TO WORK ON SCHOOLS OR PUBLIC PROJECTS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE THERE'S A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TOP DOLLAR THAT IS PAID. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UNIONIZE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE I HEARD, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN SAY, MAKE SURE YOU USE UNIONIZED CARPENTERS OR, YOU KNOW, WORK, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR THE TIME YOU'VE GIVEN US TONIGHT. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN THE ROOM TONIGHT? YEAH. COME ON UP. JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. I WAS HERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO REGARDING RED LIGHTS, PEOPLE GOING THROUGH RED LIGHTS, AND COUNCILMAN SHELTON, THANK YOU FOR EMAILING ME BACK TODAY. MY NAME IS LYNN WHEELER. I LIVE IN WEST JORDAN. MONDAY I WAS ON 2200 WEST, GOING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN ON 7800 SOUTH. THE LIGHT WAS FULLY GREEN. I WAS WAITING TO MAKE SURE NOBODY WAS COMING IN MY DIRECTION. SOMEBODY HAD ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE GREEN LIGHT AND I SAW A CAR ON MY RIGHT, AND I PAID A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION TO IT, WHICH MADE ME STOP FOR A SECOND. IF I DIDN'T, I WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE HERE TODAY. HE WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE FULL RED LIGHT AND THIS IS HAPPENING SO OFTEN. 7000 807,800 SOUTH, 6100 SOUTH. IT NEEDS TO STOP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT. I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW IF I A SECOND I MISSED IT BY A SECOND. SO I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. YOU KNOW, THIS SITUATION IS KILLING PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE VERY GLAD YOU'RE HERE TO TALK TONIGHT. ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN THE ROOM TONIGHT, PLEASE COME ON UP. HELLO. I'M ANNE MARIE BARRETT, AND I'M THE MANAGER OF THE BINGHAM CREEK LIBRARY, A RESIDENT OF DRAPER. AND I'M JUST HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE AWESOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OR HAVE HAPPENED AT THE BINGHAM CREEK LIBRARY LATELY. WE ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY AWESOME WORKSHOP JUST THIS LAST SATURDAY. IT WAS REALLY FUN. EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDED REALLY ENJOYED IT, AND IT'S AN IMPROV WORKSHOP ACTUALLY THAT. CHAIR BADER ACTUALLY LED AND IT WAS SO FUN. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP ON THE 25TH AND IT'S AT 11 AND IT GOES TILL ONE. SO IT'S A NICE, GOOD STRETCH. YOU REALLY CAN HAVE A GREAT TIME. SO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME JOIN US PLEASE DO. IT'S AT THE LIBRARY. SO IT'S FREE WHICH IS AWESOME. WE ALSO ARE IN THE MIDST OF OUR BUILD A BOT CONTEST. ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE CAN COME PICK UP THE INSTRUCTIONS AND A SMALL ALUMINUM CUP THAT THEY CAN THEN DECORATE AND BUILD ON TO, TO MAKE A BOT AND DROP OFF BACK AT THE LIBRARY BY APRIL 25TH. IT 
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WILL THEN BE JUDGED BY THE PUBLIC. SO IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING LIKE BUILDING A BOT, PLEASE SWING BY THAT THAT AFTER THE 25TH AND VOTE BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY WANT YOU GUYS AS INPUT ON THAT. AND FINALLY, I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS THINKING ABOUT THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR COUNTRY AND ALL THE AWESOME THINGS THAT MEANS FOR US. THE LIBRARY HAS ALREADY STARTED DOING PROGRAMING AROUND THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT JULY YET. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE HAVE SOME VERY FUN ACTIVITIES. YOU CAN COME IN AT ANY TIME AND CONTRIBUTE A PIECE TO OUR BANNER THAT WE'RE BUILDING FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT DOESN'T TAKE VERY LONG. IT'S JUST A SMALL LITTLE FLAG THAT YOU CAN DECORATE ANY WAY YOU WANT, TURN IT INTO US, AND THEN WE COMBINE IT WITH EVERYBODY ELSE'S. WE ALSO, TOMORROW NIGHT FROM 7 TO 8, ARE GOING TO HAVE A CRAFT INSTANT SIP PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AMERICANA CROSS STITCH, WHICH SHOULD BE REALLY FUN. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE ACTIVITIES GOING INTO MAY AND LATER. SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE LIBRARY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WE'RE SO LUCKY TO BE PART OF THE WESTERN COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT THE AT THE LIBRARY AND IT'S FREE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY LIBRARIES AREN'T FULL ALL THE TIME. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. COME ON UP. JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. THERE'S NO HURRY. THIS DOESN'T COUNT AS PART OF MY THREE MINUTES. OKAY, I'M GWENDOLYN LARSON, AND I'VE BEEN IN WEST JORDAN FOR 48 YEARS, AND I AM THINKING ABOUT GETTING BURIED HERE. AND I WENT TO THE WESTERN CEMETERY BECAUSE IT IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE. AND IT WAS FABULOUSLY HANDLED. I LOVE ZACH AND HE IS JUST THE MOST POLITE. AND MARK WAS VERY KIND TO I MEAN, EVERYBODY WAS. AND THE THE GROUNDS ARE JUST AS GOOD AS REDWOOD MEMORIAL ESTATES. WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ANYWAY, BUT I REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THE THINGS. 
          DID YOU SEE THE PICTURES I SENT? OKAY, GOOD. THOSE PICTURES SHOW WHAT A GOOD JOB THEY'RE DOING ON THE GROUNDS. AND BUT THERE'S ONE PICTURE THAT SHOWS THAT I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A MEXICAN RESTAURANT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, RED AND YELLOW. BIG SIGN RIGHT THERE. AND IT DOESN'T SHOW UP AS AS BRIGHTLY NOW AS IT DOES WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO HAVE A VERY PEACEFUL ATMOSPHERE. BUT I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED AT HOW, EVEN THOUGH, OF COURSE, WE HAVE BUILT. I'VE SEEN THE GROWTH. 
          WEST JORDAN WAS JUST A SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN IN 78. HAD A FEW CARS ONCE IN A WHILE ON IT. YOU KNOW IT JUST WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, BUT NOW IT IS A VERY BUSY STREET AND VERY NOISY. AND TO BORROW THE WORDS OF LINCOLN, I BELIEVE WE NEED A DEDICATED, CONSECRATED, HALLOWED PLACE FOR THE BRAVE WEST JORDAN CITIZENS AND. IT NEEDS TO BE A PEACEFUL PLACE WHERE, WHEN OUR HEARTS ARE TENDER BECAUSE WE'RE GRIEVING, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AND QUIET PLACE. AND BECAUSE THAT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR HEALING WHEN YOU'RE GRIEVING. AND I JUST HOPING THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF, OF QUIETING THAT PLACE. I KNOW THERE AREN'T VERY MANY GRAVE SITES LEFT. SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU WON'T BE MAKING BACK THE MONEY THAT YOU PUT IN. IT WILL JUST BE A. A KINDNESS TO THOSE OF US WHO WANT TO HAVE A QUIET, PEACEFUL PLACE AND SOME KIND OF A SOUND WALL, SOME KIND OF A HEDGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE. I HAVEN'T DONE THE RESEARCH ON THAT. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE POSITIVE FEEL OF THIS WHOLE THING. AND I COULD TALK FOR MUCH MORE THAN EIGHT MORE SECONDS ON ALL THE GOOD STUFF. I REASON WHY I'VE STAYED HERE FOR 48 YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GWENDOLYN. WE'LL HOPE FOR ANOTHER 48. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE, I'LL GO TO. OH, NO, WE DO HAVE. YOU KNOW, I WILL ALLOW YOU TO 30S GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
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GABRIEL RAMIREZ, RESIDENT OF. YOU KNOW, WE'RE READY TO TAKE ACTION. YOU KNOW, THE CLEANUP. 
          SO JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, WE'RE HERE TO HELP OUT THE COMMUNITIES AND BUILD UP A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR. ANDERSON, IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR HAS RISEN THEIR HAND? THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE. THANK YOU. TAKE THAT PERSONALLY. ALL RIGHT, THEN, ONE MORE. I'LL JUST ASK ANYONE IN THE ROOM. THEN WE WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. WE THANK ALL OF YOU WHO MADE YOUR, YOU KNOW, MADE YOUR THOUGHTS KNOWN TO US. WE DO APPRECIATE THAT HERE IN THE COUNCIL. AND WE DO LISTEN. AND OFTENTIMES YOU'VE SEEN MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF HAVE GONE AND TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME UP AND AND SPOKE WITH US. SO WE ENJOY THAT. WE'LL NOW 
          [a.
 Ordinance No. 26-21 Amendments to West Jordan City Code Title 4, Chapter 2, Article K – Public Dances and Dance Studios]
MOVE ON TO OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH BUSINESS ITEM SIX A. WE'RE CALLING THIS THE FOOTLOOSE ORDINANCE. AND THIS IS AMENDMENTS TO THE WEST JORDAN CITY CODE, TITLE FOUR, CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE K PUBLIC DANCES AND DANCE STUDIOS. WE HAVE OUR MR. PATRICK BOYCE HERE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. TONIGHT WE HAVE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR ELIMINATING THE SPECIAL LICENSING REQUIREMENT IN OUR BUSINESS LICENSING CODE FOR PUBLIC DANCES AND DANCE STUDIOS. THIS IS A PROVISION OF OUR CODE THAT HAS GONE UNUSED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. NOBODY AT THE CITY REMEMBERS THIS EVER HAVING BEEN APPLIED FOR OR GRANTED. IT'S SOMETHING FROM A BYGONE ERA, MUCH LIKE THE FARMS AND DANCES THAT USED TO OCCUR FROM PEOPLE MOVING INTO OUR CITY, FROM NEW YORK AND LA AND OTHER SPOTS BRINGING THEIR SPONTANEOUS DANCE MOVES IN FREE WHEELING SPIRIT. BUT WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDED STATUTE THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. IT'S JUST A COMPLETE DELETION. WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY REQUIREMENT THAT SOMEBODY SEEK A SPECIAL BUSINESS LICENSE TO HOLD A PUBLIC DANCE. SO THANK YOU, MR. BOYCE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL ON THIS? I DIDN'T THINK SO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEN I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MOTION FOR THIS COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 DASH 21, AMENDMENTS TO WEST JORDAN CITY CODE TITLE FOUR, CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE K COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON, I SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THEN WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK TO APPROVE AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. MISS SLOANE, WE WILL GO TO YOU FOR A VOTE. THANK YOU. CHAIR. 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. I SHOW THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. GREAT. WE CAN NOW GO TO 
          [b.
 Ordinance No. 26-22 Amendments to West Jordan City Code Title 7, Chapters 1 & 2 – Traffic and Parking]
THE LEHIGH ROLLER MILLS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX B, THIS IS ORDINANCE 26 DASH 22 AMENDING THE WEST JORDAN CITY CODE, TITLE SEVEN, CHAPTER ONE, CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING. LOOKS LIKE MR. BOYCE IS READY TO CONTINUE ON. I'M GOING TO STAY CAMPED OUT. YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. SO THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS AMENDING OUR TRAFFIC CODE AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME REVISIONS ON OTHER CHAPTERS IN TITLE SEVEN, WE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE WAY THAT WE REFERENCED STATE CODE. THERE WERE DUPLICATIVE PROVISIONS, THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY IN STATE CODE THAT WERE CAUSING SOME CONFLICT WITH WITH OUR LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS. THERE WAS WORDING AND OTHER ISSUES THAT WE NEEDED TO CLEAN UP. AND THEN THERE WERE PROVISIONS THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, WERE JUST ANTIQUATED IN, IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO THE PUBLIC DANCES. NO ONE ARM DRIVING, ETC. LIKE IT'S JUST THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T NEED THAT WEREN'T BEING ENFORCED. WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR WEST JORDAN PD AND SERGEANT HUTCHINS TO KIND OF CLEAN UP SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, AND SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE USEFUL, REMOVE SOME OF THE PROVISIONS THAT ARE NOT. WE ALSO INCLUDED IN HERE JUST A BRIEF LITTLE MENTION, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH SAYING THAT 713 WE MADE SURE THAT WE NOTED THAT IT INCLUDES ELECTRIC BICYCLES, WHICH ELECTRIC BIKES ARE ALSO COVERED UNDER THE STATE TRAFFIC CODE, WHICH WE'RE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE IN, IN THIS CODE SPECIFICALLY, I THINK IN A MUCH CLEANER AND MORE UNDERSTANDABLE WAY. SO ALL IN 
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ALL, I THINK IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS ASKED FOR IN THE PAST, WHICH IS CLEANER LANGUAGE, MORE CONCISE, MORE UNDERSTANDABLE, AND ABSOLUTELY UPDATING IT WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED DUE TO STATE CHANGES. SO, OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER WHITELOCK, THANK YOU, MR. BOYCE. ON THE RCA UNDER EIGHT. IT TALKS ABOUT ADDING THE. THE PART ABOUT ADDING. THAT IT'S A PROBLEM IF YOU'RE PARKING WITH EXPIRED TAGS ON PUBLIC STREETS, BUT THIS INDICATES THAT IT'LL BE IN THE CODE, BUT I DON'T FIND IT. AM I MISSING IT SOMEWHERE? WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE LAST COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THAT I BROUGHT UP JUST TO GAUGE THE TEMPERATURE OF, OF THE COUNCIL IN YOUR INTEREST, BECAUSE IT'S A REQUEST FROM THE PD. I DIDN'T WANT TO INCLUDE IT IN THIS ITERATION BECAUSE IT HADN'T BEEN DRAFTED. THERE HADN'T BEEN ANYTHING PRESENTED OR PREPARED FOR THE COUNCIL. IT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE LAST COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ON MARCH 10TH. BUT I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD THAT IN THE RIGHT SPOT AND NOT JUST KIND OF DROP IT ON YOU WITHOUT YOU HAVING A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT FIRST AT A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY, OKAY, JUST THE WAY I READ THE RCA, I WAS LIKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S IN HERE, BUT I DON'T SEE IT. NO, I, I, I DIDN'T ADD IT. YOU'LL BE BRINGING THAT. I'LL BE BRINGING IT BACK BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. YOU, YOU'D MISS US OTHERWISE. AND I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT YOU HAVE REALLY RAN WITH THAT DELETE BUTTON. YOU ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, MY FRIEND. I LIKE. I LIKE TO FEEL LIKE IT'S A SCALPEL MORE THAN A SLEDGEHAMMER AT TIMES. SO YEAH, IT AT TIMES IT DEFINITELY HAS BEEN. I THINK MR. BOYCE DIDN'T PUT IT IN YET BECAUSE THIS IS JOB SECURITY. IF HE JUST KEEPS NOT DOING IT FOR A WHILE, IT'S TRUE. I WANT TO SHOW UP TOMORROW. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOYCE ON THIS? I'D SEEN THAT. 
          WE HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS. WE WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON ORDINANCE 26 DASH 22. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER DULL. I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 DASH 22 AMENDING WEST JORDAN CITY CODE TITLE SEVEN, CHAPTER ONE AND TWO. TRAFFIC AND PARKING. I WILL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT MOTION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE CHAIR WIGNALL. AND I MYSELF HAVE GIVEN A SECOND TO THAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AT ALL? DIDN'T THINK SO. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO MISS SLOAN FOR A VOTE. THANK YOU. CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER LAM YES. CHAIR BADOR. YES. VICE CHAIR WAGNER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK. YES. I SHOW THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. WELL, MR. BOYCE IS HERE, SO LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER ORDINANCE TO GO THROUGH. 
          [c.
 Ordinance No. 26-23 Amendments to West Jordan City Code Title 4, Chapter 2, Article T – Retail Tobacco Shops]
THIS WILL BE ITEM SIX C ON OUR AGENDA. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 DASH 23 AMENDING THE WEST JORDAN CITY CODE. TITLE FOUR, CHAPTER TWO TITLE T INVOLVING RETAIL TOBACCO SHOPS. 
          MR. BOYCE, WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR US? THANK YOU. CHAIR COUNCIL. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF SOME OF OUR WORK THAT WE'VE DONE REVIEWING THE BUSINESS LICENSING PROVISIONS AND IN PARTICULAR, OUR SPECIAL BUSINESS LICENSING PROVISIONS. WE'VE BROUGHT A LOT. SOME HAVE BEEN REVISED, SOME HAVE BEEN DELETED. MR. HUDSON IS HERE TODAY FROM BUSINESS LICENSING OFFICE. IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS. BUT THESE THESE DELETIONS AND CHANGES I KNOW SEEM FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT THEY REALLY DO SIMPLIFY AND STREAMLINE OUR PROCESS THAT WE HAVE. WHEN BUSINESSES COME IN. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF BUSINESS LICENSES IN THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MORE EASILY ABLE TO COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS AND CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS IN LAWFUL SAFE MANNER, IS, I THINK, A GOOD THING. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT. THIS IS KIND OF A A HIGHLY REGULATED INDUSTRY, TOBACCO SHOPS. THE STATE HAS MADE SOME CHANGES. WE HAVE NOT MADE CHANGES FOR A FEW YEARS, AND OUR CODE JUST WASN'T QUITE REFLECTING SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AND DEFINITIONS THAT THE STATE WAS USING. WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, SINCE WE WERE ALREADY GOING THROUGH THESE SPECIAL LICENSING SECTIONS TO BRING THIS TO THE COUNCIL FOR SOME CHANGES. AGAIN, A LOT OF 
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IT IS JUST SIMPLIFYING OUR LANGUAGE AND STANDARDIZING THINGS FOR IN A MANNER THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ASKED, THAT WE MAKE CHANGES STYLISTICALLY ON, WE'RE UPDATING OUR DEFINITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THESE BUSINESSES COME IN THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MIRROR WHAT THEY'RE SEEING FROM THE STATE AND ALSO COMPLY WITH WITH OUR REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. SO NOTHING SUPER EXCITING OTHER THAN THIS IS A BUSINESS THAT THAT I THINK DOES HAVE OBVIOUSLY THAT SAFETY AND WELFARE COMPONENT TO IT AND IS, LIKE I SAY, HIGHLY REGULATED BY THE STATE. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR, OUR JOB AS WELL ON, ON OUR SIDE TO ENSURE THAT PROXIMITY AND OTHER REGULATIONS ARE SATISFIED. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS OPENED UP TO THE COUNCIL. IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOYCE ON THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR YOU, SO WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN GET A MOTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 DASH 23. COUNCILMEMBER WIGNALL, I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 DASH 23 AMENDMENTS TO WEST JORDAN CITY CODE TITLE FOUR, CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE T RETAIL TOBACCO SHOPS. COUNCIL MEMBER LAM SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM VICE CHAIR WEIGL FOR ALWAYS FORGET TO DO THAT THE FIRST TIME. AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LAM. I'M ASSUMING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL. SO WE'LL JUST MOVE ON TO VOTE WITH MISS SLOANE. THANK YOU. CHAIR. VICE CHAIR WEIGL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITLOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER LAM. YES. CHAIR. YES. 
          MICHAUD. THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. ALL RIGHT, MR. BOYCE, YOU ARE THREE. AND OH, TONIGHT. SO NICELY DONE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE RED LINES LATER? ALL RIGHT. THAT ENDS OUR BUSINESS REPORT SECTION. SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON 
          [COUNCIL OFFICE REPORT]
TO ONE FINAL REPORT TO COUNCIL. THIS IS FROM OUR COUNCIL OFFICE REPORT. AND MR. ANDERSON. THANK YOU. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL JUST. I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS. I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON SOME CHANGES THAT ARE COMING TO THE WAY WE OPERATE WITH OUR PRIME GOV. ONE MEETING, I GUESS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE CALLED. BUT WE ARE, WITH THE MAYOR'S SUPPORT, GOING TO BE MOVING EVERYTHING THAT FALLS UNDER OATH TO PUBLIC MEETING TO PRIME GOV WITH THE RECORDING AND THE SWAG VIDEO STREAMING. THIS IS THE PUBLIC SEARCH PAGE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR 2026. OVER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE ARE ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL, THE FAIRWAY ESTATES. YOU GO DOWN TO PLANNING COMMISSION, THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS, WHICH SHOULD BE A A MEETING THAT WILL BE IN PRIME GOV. THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, WHICH ARE LAND USE DECISIONS. THOSE ARE ALSO PUBLIC AND WILL BE MOVING TO THIS SETUP AND DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE ALJ. SO ALL OF THOSE WILL BE MOVING TO THE PRIME GOV SYSTEM AT FITS WITH THE NEW REQUIREMENTS WITH ADA. AND I WANT TO THANK MISS SLOANE, WHO IS HERE TONIGHT TO HELP SPEARHEAD THESE CHANGES THROUGH WITH THE MAYOR'S SUPPORT. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT 30 TO 45 DAYS. 
          FOLLOW OUR FORMAT, THE COUNCIL FORMAT, SO THEY WILL HAVE THEIR WORK SESSION IN THE WORKROOM NEXT DOOR, AND THEN COME IN HERE FOR THEIR REGULAR MEETING, AND THEN THE OTHERS WILL MEET IN THE WORKROOM, AND THEY WILL BE STREAMED WITH THE AI TRANSCRIPT GENERATION, JUST LIKE JUST LIKE YOU HAVE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ONE OF THE NICE THINGS IS IF YOU WERE TO SELECT THE PLANNING COMMISSION COMMITTEE ON THE LEFT SIDE, IT ONLY BRINGS UP IN THE MAIN BOX, THEY'RE ON THE THE RIGHT HALF OF THE SCREEN. ONLY THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE PLANNING COMMISSION RELATED. AND YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE PLAY BUTTON UNDERNEATH THE VIDEO COLUMN ON THE FAR RIGHT. AND THAT WILL BRING UP THE VIDEO, THE TIMESTAMPED AGENDA. SO YOU CAN JUST ADVANCE TO THE TOPIC. YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE TRANSCRIPT. YOU CAN SHARE THE VIDEO. THIS WILL BE A GREAT THING FOR ALL OF OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THE CITY OF WEST 
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JORDAN, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AS WE'VE UPGRADED INTO PRIME GOV AND THE VIDEO STREAMING SERVICE SWAGAT AND BEEN ABLE TO BRING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. IT ALSO TIES IN, IF YOU'LL NOTICE UP IN THAT GRAY BOX, UP AT THE VERY TOP OF THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE WEBSITE HAS CHANGED FOR THE ARCHIVE AGENDA IN MINUTES. SO WE'RE NO LONGER ON THE OLD WEBSITE. THIS NOW IS THE NEW EFFORT BY THE RECORDER'S OFFICE TO BRING LASERFICHE ONLINE FOR PUBLIC RECORDS, WHICH SHOULD HELP ALSO WITH GRAMMAR REQUESTS. THE SIMPLE GRAMMAR REQUEST. SO THIS IS REALLY A GREAT WIN FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST JORDAN AS WE PROVIDE SERVICES AND TRANSPARENCY. AND I WISH WISH TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. ANDERSON. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL END OUR REPORTS. WE'LL NOW 
          [CONSENT ITEMS]
MOVE ON TO CONSENT. LOOKING TO APPROVE MEETINGS AND MINUTES AND RESOLUTIONS. 20 6-013 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A PARCEL USE AGREEMENT WITH UDOT. DO WE NEED TO SAY ANYTHING WITH THIS, MR. LEE? WELL, THIS IS JUST AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND UDOT TO BE ABLE TO USE PART OF THE UDOT LAND TO CONNECT THE BIKE PARK AND THE ROUNDWOOD PARK AREA BY TRAIL TO THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CORRIDOR TRAIL AND TO EXPAND BIKE TRAILS INTO THAT GREATER AREA. THE MAYOR WILL ALWAYS MAKE SURE WE GET BIKE TRAILS. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY ON THIS? AND WITH NONE, I'LL SEE IF WE HAVE A MOTION READY ON THIS COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. 
          I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS, INCLUDING THE MINUTES AND RESOLUTION. 20 6-0 13. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. GET A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON. I WILL JUST ASSUME NO ONE NEEDS TO SPEAK ON THIS ANYMORE. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO A VOTE WITH MISS SLOANE. THANK YOU. CHAIR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK. YES. VICE CHAIR WEINER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER LAM YES. CHAIR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, I SHOW THAT THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. NEXT ORDINANCE, FROM TIME TO TIME, 
          [CLOSED MEETING]
WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE TO GO INTO WHAT WE CALL A CLOSED MEETING. WE'LL DO THIS FOR PERSONNEL REASONS AT TIMES. SO WITH THAT, I WILL NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS MEETING SO THAT WE CAN CLOSE THIS MEETING FOR A MOMENT, SO THAT WE CAN GO TO A CLOSED SESSION. TOO MANY CLOSED FOR ME. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, I MOVE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE CHARACTER, PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL. I WILL. SECOND, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB AND A SECOND FROM MYSELF. SO A ROLL CALL VOTE. SO, MISS SLOANE, THANK YOU. CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER LAM YES. CHAIR. BADOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. HARRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WHITLOCK. YES. VICE CHAIR WEINER. YES. SHOW THAT THAT THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. 
          THANK YOU, MISS SLOANE. WE WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL COME BACK IN HERE AFTERWARDS TO ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT EVERYONE IS BACK IN FROM OUR CLOSED SESSION, WE WILL LOOK TO ADJOURN THIS TO ADJOURN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.