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OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO OUR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY WORK SESSION FOR THIS JUNE 23RD, 2026. TIME TO BEGIN THIS. WE ARE BEGINNING AT 6:06 P.M. WE HAVE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB IS IN REMOTELY, AND WE'RE
[a. Discussions Regarding Proposed Uses for the Fiscal Year 2027 Redevelopment Agency Budget]
GOING TO BE DISCUSSING PROPOSED USES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. AND WITH THAT, WE'VE GOT MR. JIM GROVER TO GIVE US THE RUNDOWN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I'M WEARING A BLUE, WHITE AND RED. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LOVE AS WE'RE SENDING A MISSIONARY OFF TO FRANCE. OH YEAH. SHE'S GOING TO BE SET APART A LITTLE BIT LATER TONIGHT AT 815. SO I'M HOPING TO DO TWO THINGS IN THIS MEETING. I'M HOPING TO TO WALK THROUGH THE BUDGET, KIND OF SOME OF THE THINKING THAT I'VE GOT. I'D LOVE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE RDA BOARD. AND THEN I'D LOVE TO HUM A FEW BARS OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT ON IN THE RDA MEETING IN THE EVENT THAT I CAN'T MAKE IT BACK IN TIME. SO I COULD I COULD SING WITH THE RIGHT MELODY, MIGHT BE ABLE TO. I LOVE IT. SO HERE'S, HERE'S THE FIRST SLIDE. I KNOW THIS WAS WAS IMPACTFUL. SO BACK FOR A SECOND VIEWING. WE'VE GOT OUR, OUR, OUR ROOTED IN COMMUNITY GROWING WITH PURPOSE. MAYOR'S CALENDAR YEAR IDEA HERE.SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO BE THE CHOICE CITY FOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE ADVOCATES AND WE FACILITATE THE LONG TERM GROWTH AND QUALITY OF OUR, OF OUR, OF OUR GREAT CITY. THESE ARE SOME OF THE VALUES VALUES THAT WE HAVE. WE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT LAST TIME WE MET. HERE'S WHAT'S IN THE THE RDA PACKET FOR THIS YEAR. I'D LIKE TO DO A FEW THINGS TONIGHT. I'D LOVE TO LOOK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE DAYS AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A COLOR PAINTING OF WHAT WE SEE. AND ON THE ADMIN SIDE OF WHAT WE THINK IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO. PROPOSED PLANS. AGAIN, LOVE, LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK. I'VE GOT A COUPLE KIND OF HIGH KIND OF LEVEL PICTURES THAT I'D LOVE YOUR INPUT ON. HERE'S HERE'S FOUR BULLET POINTS IN PARTICULAR OF PLANS THAT WE HAVE IN MOTION. I FEEL PRETTY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS.
FIRST ONE. WE'RE LOOKING TO FIND A THIRD PARTY REAL ESTATE BROKER. I'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE KIND OF SAY, WELL, OKAY, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S THAT'S INNOVATIVE. WELL, WHY DON'T WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN REAL ESTATE IN-HOUSE? AND THE ANSWER IS YES. LET ME TAKE A PAGE FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. MY FAMILY OWNS A BUILDING THAT'S THAT'S DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY. IT'S ADJACENT TO A, A STATE ENTITY. AND AT A CERTAIN POINT, THAT STATE ENTITY APPROACHED THE FAMILY AND SAID, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO BUY YOUR BUSINESS. WELL, FROM THE FAMILY'S POINT OF VIEW, THIS BIG DOLLAR SIGNS, RIGHT? WE HAD BIG GOVERNMENT POTENTIALLY COMING IN. THERE WAS A LOT OF NEGOTIATING. THERE WAS A LOT OF SAY BACK AND FORTH, 3 OR 4 APPRAISALS. AND IN THE END, BOTH SIDES DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY WANTED. AND THAT WAS A GOOD DEAL. IT DEPENDS. RIGHT? IT TOTALLY DEPENDS. IT'S MY FEELING THAT YOU'VE GOT IT CAN BE AN EASIER PROCESS, BOTH ON THE CITY AND ALSO THE PROPERTY OWNER. IF THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL THAT COMES FORWARD WITH A A VERY GOOD APPRAISAL, AND I WOULD SAY IN MY PERSONAL CASE, IN THE WAY THAT I LOOKED AT IT, IS WE WISH WE WOULD HAVE SOLD THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, SO. SO YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, THIS RFP PROCESS, WE'D PROBABLY ONLY USE THIS THIS TOOL ONLY IN TIMES WHEN WE WERE APPROACHING OTHERS AND NOT IF A PROPERTY WAS ALREADY ON THE MARKET WITH A DOLLAR VALUE THAT'S OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THOUGHTS, ANY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OR ANYTHING. SEEMS SMART. THANK YOU. I THINK WE COULD ALSO, AS WE THINK ABOUT MOVING QUICKLY, I THINK IT'S ALSO A TOOL THAT MAKES THINGS MOVE BECAUSE THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH WAS PROBABLY ABOUT NINE MONTHS. MY QUESTION IS, WOULD THERE BE ANY COST TO THE
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CITY? I DON'T KNOW, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE WOULD BE. THAT WOULD BE A PER USE. THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY HAD SEVERAL YEARS AGO. IT WAS A JUST LIKE ANY REALTOR, AS YOU DID USE THEM AND THEY, UPON CLOSING, HAD A NEGOTIATED RATE, WHICH WE WOULD GO THROUGH AND FIND A COMPETITIVE RATE. ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO SAY WE'VE GOT A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TOOL.THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STATE CONTRACT IS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR. IT'S A TOOL CALLED SIMPLIFY. IT'S IT'S FANTASTIC. WHAT IT DOES IS IT GOES OUT TO ALL THE COMMERCIAL BROKERS IN THE STATE, AND IT SWOOPS THEM UP INTO ONE BIG DATABASE. WE'VE ALREADY GOT THIS SIMPLIFIED TOOL ON OUR WEBSITE ON, ON WEST JORDAN, AND IT'S FANTASTIC IN THE WAY THAT IT GOES OUT AND UPDATES AND IT GIVES YOU ACTUALLY THE BROKERS PACKET. SO IT'S, IT'S A TOOL THAT WE'RE USING FOR SITE SELECTION. AND ALSO IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT COMES UP, WE'RE USING IT, IT'S ABLE TO GIVE US SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION. SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED. THE FACT THAT WE ARE GETTING REALLY SMART WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'VE GOT ACROSS THE STREET. WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT THE CITY CENTER AND KIND OF YOUR DESIRES FOR THAT. I'D LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON IT. AS WE START LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PROPERTY TAX AND SOME OF THE TOOLS WE'RE USING, THERE'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 MILLION AND $40 MILLION THAT POTENTIALLY WE COULD SEE AS A INCREMENTAL TAX IF THE BOARD SO CHOOSE TO, TO USE IT TO WHERE WE COULD HELP FINANCE AND CREATE SOME EXCITEMENT ACROSS THE STREET. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN IT COMES TO REAL ESTATE, WHEN IT COMES TO ANSWERING RFIS OF INTEREST IN THE CITY, WE ARE WE ARE VERY GLAD, IN FACT, THAT WE'VE GOT ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE LIKE UTAH AND AND ALSO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF EXCITEMENT HERE. WE KNOW IF YOU EVER HAVE ANYONE THAT YOU SEE A PIECE OF PROPERTY. I KNOW THE MAYOR WAS RIDING HIS BIKE AND HE SAID, HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON HERE. LET'S FIGURE THAT OUT. I LOVE TO HEAR THAT FROM YOU. AS YOU'RE RIDING AROUND. YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND GET SMART ON THOSE. SO ALL YOU NEED TO GET BICYCLES. YEP. THAT'S RIGHT. E-BIKES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE DOWNSTAIRS. ANY ANY KIND OF THOUGHTS HERE KIND OF FEEDBACK. WE'LL GO INTO KIND OF SOME SPECIFIC AREAS. WITH THESE DIFFERENT RTA COMMUNITY GROUPS.
ABOUT LIKE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES. OH, JUST IN GENERAL, IF YOU SEE ANYTHING HERE THAT KIND OF SPARKED, SPARKED A THOUGHT OR I GUESS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHERE THINGS ARE AT WITH THE BRICK FACTORY. OH, RIGHT THERE ON THERE ON MY SHORT TERM LIST TO GO VISIT. THEY SEEM PRETTY HAPPY THERE, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF ANY MEMBERS OF STAFF HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH THEM IN THE LAST, SAY, SIX MONTHS OR SO. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A DESIRE THERE TO DO MORE WITH THAT LOCATION, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S A STATION AREA PLAN. I DON'T KNOW ANY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL TALK ABOUT DURING THE BREAK. BUT YEAH. NO, WE JUST WE LIKE SEEING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ACROSS THE STREET. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR. THAT STATION AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE OUT THERE WILL RUN AWAY FROM DRAPER. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING BIG TO, TO TIE INTO THAT AND HELP TURN THAT MAYBE INTO A CONNECTED. SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE THE BALLPARK IS BALLPARK. BALLPARK IS, YOU KNOW, I GOT YOU. THAT'S THE NEW ONE WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT. NO, SORRY. I WAS THINKING OF TALKING AT THE SAME TIME. IT NEVER WORKS OUT FOR ME. I LOVE I LOVE THE FACT THOUGH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TRAX LINE THAT'S JUST RIGHT HERE AND WE CAN DROP A COUPLE PEOPLE OFF OR WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ENTICE THEM OVER ONE STOP. YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. AND I'VE GOT ANOTHER IDEA TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TOO. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THIS FIRST AREA IS ALREADY A ONE KIND OF PAINTING A PICTURE. IF YOU GO REDWOOD ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH, THIS IS THAT 6600 SOUTH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 70TH SOUTH REDWOOD ROAD. I DRIVE HERE EVERY MORNING, BASICALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE RIGHT HAND SIDE FOR ABOUT 15 20S I THINK, OKAY, THIS HAS STILL GOT TO BE GOT TO
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BE TAYLORSVILLE. AND THEN I, WE HIT THE, THE GREENER GRASS DOWN THE ROAD WHERE, OKAY, THIS IS THE WEST JORDAN, BUT THIS IS WEST JORDAN. THIS IS THE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT YOU KIND OF COME ACROSS. WE RECOGNIZE HERE THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL RIGHT THERE. AND I KNOW THERE'S HISTORY THERE WITH THAT FIRST LOT. WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THAT LANDOWNER AND FIND THE RIGHT NEED FOR THAT. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20 MORE PROPOSALS TO GO BEFORE WE GET THAT ONE DONE, RIGHT? I BET SO, BUT YOU KNOW, BACK BACK TO OPPORTUNITY. I THINK THERE'S BEEN TIME SINCE WE'VE BEEN ON. HAVEN'T THERE BEEN A LOT? THERE'S BEEN A LOT. OKAY. NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN CONTAINER PARKING. OKAY. WHICH REMINDS ME, BY THE WAY, SALT LAKE CITY HAS SOMETHING GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN. I'LL HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING I KNOW. SO THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL THERE FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION, PERHAPS USING THE TOOL THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE STANDING UP. AND THEN ALSO THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES THERE PRETTY STRONG. CAN I ASK YOU? SO YEAH, THE TWO ON THE EAST SIDE. YES. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ALL DONE. YOU KNOW, THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM IS DISCOUNT TIRES. YES. WHY ARE THOSE STILL CONSIDERED RDA? WELL, IT'S JUST WHEN YOU FORM AN AREA THEY THEY STICK WITH IT UNTIL THE THUMBS DOWN. RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE BASICALLY BUILT OUT. THAT'S THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S CORRECT. THERE'S NOT MUCH INCREMENT THAT'S GOING ON THERE. JUST KIND OF NATURAL, I GUESS, TO SAVE PROPERTY TAX CREDIT. IS THERE ANY TIME YOU TAKE THOSE OUT OF THE RDA JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE. WELL, TYPICALLY I SEE RDA IS BEING DISSOLVED AND STARTED AGAIN. OKAY. SO YEAH, BOUNDARIES CAN BE THEY CAN BE CHANGED, BUT TYPICALLY THEY JUST ARE LEFT FOR THAT PURPOSE.AND THEN KNOWING THAT THIS WHOLE SECTION HERE WITH THE OLD TARGET AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, YEAH. SO OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE ALL DEVELOPED AS WELL. SO DOES THAT SAY AS AN RDA BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DEVELOP IT SOME MORE. WELL, IT'S SAYING AS AN RDA BECAUSE THERE'S STILL FUNDING CURRENTLY IN THOSE ACCOUNTS WHERE IT'S GOT A, I HAVE A SLIDE WITH A TIMELINE ON IT. OKAY. THESE ARE ALL PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING EXPIRED. SO THERE IS A ACTUALLY, THIS ONE SAYS EXPIRATION TAX YEAR WAS 2024. SO WE'RE NO LONGER COLLECTING INCREMENT. AND WE HAVE THE FUNDING OR WE HAVE TO SPEND ALL OF THE FUNDS. SO THOSE ARE THE FUNDS 2.9 MILLION.
NO THERE'S MORE. OKAY. IF WE NEEDED TO AND HAD A OPPORTUNITY, WE COULD ALWAYS INCREASE THE VALUES TO SOME OF THESE. OKAY. I MEAN, THAT SHOPPING CENTER HAS GOT PROBLEMS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING FULL ALL THE TIME. BUT YEAH, AT LEAST YOU KNOW, THE TARGET AND THE OLD ALBERTSONS ARE FULL NOW. IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. I WAS LOOKING ON THE SIMPLIFY TOOL THE OTHER DAY, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE TWO SPOTS OUT FRONT ON RIVER ROAD MARKETED FOR, FOR FOOD, FAST FOOD SERVICE. SO IN FRONT OF THE IN FRONT OF GRACE. SO YEAH, GRACE OWNS THAT PARKING LOT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. SO THEY DO WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
AND IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE. SO. COSTCO, COSTCO, A LITTLE STEAKHOUSE EXPRESS. I LIKE THAT THERE IS A COSTCO BUSINESS CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT A MORE TARGETED USE OF COSTCO. WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW EVERY EVERY LEAD THAT INCLUDES COSTCO. WHAT'S THAT? IS THAT WHERE THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN BUY THE FULL PIG AND EVEN BIGGER SIZE TOILET PAPER. SO. TURDUCKEN, THE TURDUCKEN THAT'S.
SO HERE'S OUR DAY NUMBER TWO, WE'VE GOT PROPERTY ACQUISITION. WE'VE GOT A REALLY GREAT SIGN THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 7800 SOUTH. THERE'S KIND OF SOME CONVERSATIONS TO LIKE, COULD THERE BE MORE LIKE, AS YOU DRIVE OUT? AND IF YOU WERE TO DRIVE IN TO WEST JORDAN FROM THE WEST AND YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET, THERE'S A FANTASTIC SIGNAGE THERE. IF WE COULD PERHAPS DO SOMETHING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING MORE. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF MEMBERS OF THE ADMIN TEAM HAVE ANY MORE TO ADD TO IT.
THOSE ARE SOME SOME IDEAS THERE, JIM, IS THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION MISSING AS IT IS MISSING A ZERO? I YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S 10 MILLION WITH A 75000. SO YEAH, YOU GOT TO ADD WHERE THOSE COMMAS. YEAH. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN EXTRA OR MISSING. YOU'RE GOOD.
IT'S MISSING. SO YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. WE'RE ROUNDING THINGS. ARE YOU MISSING TWO ZEROS. ONE OFF A PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND ONE OFF THE TOTAL. SO NO, THE THE ENTRY WAY
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SIGNAGE I THINK IS THERE. OH YEAH. I AM PROPERTY. I AM I HAVE DONE TWO THINGS HERE THAT I. 1007 FIVE THE COMMA NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO THE LEFT. 1,075,000 SO WE'RE NOT MISSING ANY ZEROS.WE'RE NOT MISSING ANY ZEROS. OKAY. SORRY. YES. YEAH, I WAS GONNA I WAS JUST ABOUT TO ASK, WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE WE DOING? YEAH. FOR $10 MILLION. RIGHT. OKAY. THEN IS THERE AND IS THERE 10 MILLION IN THE ACCOUNT? YEAH, YEAH. RIGHT. THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING AREA. THIS IS OUR OUR HEART AND OUR HOME DEPOT 90TH SOUTH. I HAVE A PICTURE THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WHICH REPRESENTS THIS LOCATION RIGHT HERE. I WAS TALKING WITH PAUL COATES. WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ACTUALLY ENGAGED THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS. SO IF YOU THINK OF LIKE A SMALL AMOUNT OF SQUARE FEET FOR EITHER RETAIL SALES OR FOR SERVICES, THIS IS LIKE POTENTIAL STARTUP BUSINESS. LIKE IF YOU THINK OF LIKE ONE YEAR LEASES WHERE PEOPLE COULD MOVE OUT OF THEIR COTTAGE INDUSTRIES, OUT OF THEIR HOME TO GIVE IT A START. INCUBATOR, INCUBATOR, YEAH, AN INCUBATOR. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S COMPLETE. AND WE ALSO HAVE PROPERTY ACQUISITION. A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE ADMIN TEAM ABOUT. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S PROPERTY UP HERE IN THIS AREA. I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TYPE OPPORTUNITY. IF NOT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, SOMETHING COMMERCIAL.
RTA NUMBER FIVE, THIS IS JUST JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM US PROPERTY ACQUISITION. AND HERE WE SEE THIS BIG LONG LOT JUST RIGHT HERE OFF OF REDWOOD ROAD. THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME IDEAS HERE THAT WE WE COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THAT. WE, WE, WE KEEP, YOU KNOW, OUR EYES OPEN TO SEE WHAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES GOT ALL CLEARED OUT. BUT NO ONE'S DOING ANYTHING WITH IT. NOT THAT WE CAN SEE. DO WE KNOW WHY THEY CLEARED IT OUT? WE DON'T KNOW.
I THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING IN. YEAH, BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO HOUSES THERE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WERE GONE AND THE WHOLE PLACE WAS CLEARED OUT. SO IT IS A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION. DO THEY OWN FROM REDWOOD TO THE END? I BELIEVE THEY DO. BUT I'D LOVE TO LOVE TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. TO THAT ONE. YEAH. SO. APARTMENT COMPLEX OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT IS BETWEEN THE UTAH AND THE PARK ROAD. THAT IS A. SO. WHICH OH, TO INCLUDE THIS BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. YEAH. YEAH. YOU CAN'T SEE THAT. YEAH. BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. RIGHT BY RIGHT BY THE PARK. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. SO INTERESTING. KIND OF LIKE. YEAH, THAT ONE JUST KIND OF. OH THERE WE GO. YEAH. WHERE THE CURSOR JUST WAS. YEAH. THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO. THIS IS ALSO A FAIRLY OLD AREA THAT I THINK EXPIRES THIS IN 2026, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. WHICH IS NEXT YEAR. YEP. OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY WE'VE GOT THIS BASICALLY MONEY SET ASIDE FOR AN INCENTIVE PAYMENT. I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO REACHING TIME. I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT ALREADY MEETING WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT CENTER STATION. THIS IS JUST A SLIDE THAT I SHARED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO IN COUNCIL MEETING. ANY, ANY KIND OF THOUGHTS? ANY SURPRISES BY THE HOSPITAL? THIS IS ACTUALLY THIS IS JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. YES. YEAH. SO THIS WOULD BE THIS WOULD BE CITY HALL. OKAY. THIS WOULD BE CITY HALL WITH OUR TRACK STATION. WE'VE GOT A EVENT CENTER POTENTIALLY RIGHT HERE. AND THEN EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE THAT'S KIND OF THIS BUFF COLOR THAT SURROUNDS THIS AREA WOULD BE RESIDENTIAL WITH THERE'S A HOTEL SLATED TO BE ACROSS THE STREET. WE'VE GOT PARKING AS WELL AS. A MARKET IN AN INCUBATOR. AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE, WE'RE GATHERING, WE'RE PARKING PEOPLE IN THIS AREA. WE'VE GOT EVENT SPACE. AND THEN WE'RE SUPPORTED BY, BY HOUSING. IT'S A BIG GREEN AREA, THOUGH. IT LOOKS LIKE 1A1A SAYS FESTIVAL PARK. YEAH. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE THAT WE LOOK AT THAT, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE
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USE THE MOUNTAINS. THAT'LL BE THE THE BIG THING THERE. NOT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT THE EVENTS WOULD BE LOOKING UP INTO. WE CAN FIGURE OUT SOMETHING WITH THE DESIGN OF THAT. EVEN ALMOST IF YOU FLIP THE YOU THAT YOU'VE GOT THERE IN THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX MIGHT HELP A LITTLE BIT. BUT I WOULD LOVE OUR EVENTS THING TO SET UP TO WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE TO SEE AN EVENT. THE BACKDROP OF THAT EVENT IS THE MOUNTAINS. OH, YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THAT'S THE BIG THING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS WE'RE PUTTING THIS MAP TOGETHER, LET'S USE THE BEAUTY OF WHAT WE HAVE TO THE BEST OF ITS ADVANTAGE. THAT'S THAT'S GREAT.AND THAT'S HELPFUL. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF ADVANTAGE THE FURTHER WEST YOU GO. THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT SKYLINE WILL LOOK LIKE IF WE I WOULD THINK THE STAGE WOULD BE THERE, YOU KNOW, TOWARD THAT THE THE EAST SIDE, SO THAT PEOPLE SITTING THERE WATCHING, SAY A BAND OR SOMETHING. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE MOUNTAINS BEHIND THEM. IN ONE MEETING, IT WAS FELT TO BE AN ACTUAL THEATER. SO YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M THINKING. ANYWAY. IT'S GOING TO BE TEN MORE CONCEPTS OF THIS TOO. YEAH. NO, I KNOW, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO START SEEING THAT. AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ALSO BE SOMEWHERE FOR FOOD TRUCKS. OH, INTERESTING. RIGHT. AND I WONDER IF THAT'S WHAT THIS, THIS MAIN LOCATION RIGHT HERE WOULD BE IF PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL IN HERE SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA, SUPPOSED TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THIS SPACE RIGHT HERE, UNDERGROUND PARKING. YEAH, I LIKE THAT. THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN ROUNDABOUTS, ONE D YES, ONE ONE D RESTAURANT ROW IS WHAT THAT'S CALLED. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE ONE D AND THEN ALSO THIS THE ORANGE ROW. DO YOU SEE GOING THROUGH THERE. YEAH IT GOES AND IT'S ONE D IS RIGHT ON TOP OF IT. THAT ORANGE ROAD.
I'M ASSUMING THAT'S MEANT TO BE A PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN WALKABLE AREA BASICALLY ALL THE WAY FROM THE EVENT CENTER UP NORTH AND THEN MOVE EAST. DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO FIND TWO MORE PHARMACIES TO PUT ON THE OTHER CORNERS? YES. I MEAN, 711 IN THERE. YEAH, THAT'LL SAVE THE LONGER RECEIPTS. OH, YOU DRUG THAT ONE OUT. I THE HOPE WAS ALSO TO HAVE A GROCERY STORE. OH RIGHT. I THINK I'VE HEARD OF THIS WOULD BE THE IDEAL PLACE FOR APARTMENTS.
YEAH, YEAH. WALKABLE. THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT DAYBREAK. IS THAT ENTICING? YOU WOULD BUILD THERE KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE A STORAGE DOWN THE STREET? THAT'S THE HARD PART. YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. SO WOULD IT HAVE. IT DID PLEASE. YEAH. THERE'S A THERE'S A HARMONS AND TAYLORSVILLE AND HARMONS IN SOUTH JORDAN WITH HARMONS. PUT ANOTHER ONE IN THE MIDDLE, I DON'T KNOW. AND I'M SAYING TARGET HARMONS MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT'S BEING BUILT AROUND THERE. ARE YOU SAYING TAYLORSVILLE? TAYLORSVILLE, YEAH. WHICHEVER GROCERY STORE IS IN THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO OWN A HUGE, YOU KNOW, LION'S SHARE OF ALL THAT, THOSE PEOPLE COMING THERE.
SO WE USED TO HAVE TWO GROCERY STORES IN THAT AREA WITH ALPHA. BETA AND ALBERTSONS WERE AT ONE TIME. THAT'S A THAT'S A DEEP DIG. ALPHA BETA. YEP. IT WASN'T SKAGGS ALPHA BETA HARBOR, RIGHT.
THAT'S WHATEVER THE GYM IS. THAT WAS IT WAS ALPHA BETA. THAT'S RIGHT. IT WAS A SKAGGS, BUT THEY CALL IT ALPHA BETA GROCERY STORE. WE WERE THE SECOND MOST SECOND TRADER JOE'S LIST. OH, YES. THERE'S ENOUGH, RIGHT? SECOND TRADER JOE'S. WHY NOT COAST TO COAST? YEAH, WELL, THAT WAS DONE WELL. THANK YOU. THIS IS THIS IS A MAJORITY OF THIS PRESENTATION. IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN I GIVE A MOMENT OR TWO OF WHAT THE RDA MEETING? YES. YEP. OR WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO BOTH. PLEASE. I'LL I'LL SAY WHAT I SAID BEFORE JUST BECAUSE. THIS PLAN NEEDS TO GO ALL THE WAY PAST 1300 WEST. YEAH. ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER. AND IT SHOULD BE ABOUT TEN TIMES GRANDER THAN WHAT YOU SEE HERE. I'M NOT EXCITED ABOUT THE RESTAURANT ROW AND A FESTIVAL PARK AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF FIVE STORY, FOUR STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS. I'D BE EXCITED ABOUT, LIKE A TALL RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. THAT'S ONE OF THEM. THAT'S COMPLEMENTED BY A LOT OF UNIQUE AND FUN KIND OF DRAWS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THIS AREA BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING IN. WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS AREA AND GET
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PEOPLE TO COME HERE FROM FAR AWAY. YEP. THERE'S NOTHING THERE'S NOTHING HERE ON THIS PLAN. AND I SAID, THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS PLAN THAT GIVES. US ANYTHING NEW AND EXCITING AND ADDING TO IT, I JUST WANT TO GROAN. I JUST WANT TO. DO IT KIND OF HURTS A LITTLE BIT THAT WE THINK HAVING A HARBINGER, THIS IS GOING TO BE WHAT? WHAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CHERRY ON TOP OF THE CAKE HERE. AND THIS IS JUST SUCH A MODEST PLAN FOR WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO.YEAH. WE NEED IT TO BE A DESTINATION, NOT A THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING HERE. SO THERE'S THINGS FOR THEM TO DO. YEAH. AND RESTAURANTS WILL BRING PEOPLE IN. YEAH. SOME RESTAURANTS WILL BRING SOME PEOPLE. BUT COME ON, LET'S THINK ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES LARGER THAN. AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S IT'S INTERESTING TOO, AS THE TOPIC OF WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS, WHAT IS THE APPETITE FOR TAKING IN GROWTH? RIGHT? LIKE THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PLANS THAT ARE OCCURRING AROUND THE VALLEY, THE APPETITE OF THE DEVELOPER TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, WE CAN HANDLE THAT TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL DENSITY. IF WE CAN HANDLE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LARGER. AS YOU MAYBE LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS MAYBE EIGHT STORIES OR TEN STORIES TALL. SOME OF THESE SOME OF THESE TALLER BUILDINGS COMPARED TO THE CITY HALL BUILDING. OKAY. IT'S IN THE SAME LAYOUT. YEAH. DEFINITELY MADE US LOOK WEAK. I'M CURIOUS TO SEE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S, I THINK THE NEXT ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS IS GOING OUT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT THE SATURATION, LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE APPETITE FOR DEVELOPERS TO DO THIS? SO FAR, IT'S NOT BEEN VERY HIGH. I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
YEAH, TIME WILL COME WHEN WE SET THE TABLE. RIGHT. SURE. WHAT IS WHAT IS THE APPETITE TO BUILD WHAT YOU'VE GOT PICTURED HERE? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I MEAN, IF WE OPENED UP THE KIMONO ON THIS AND JUST SAID, HEY, COME, DON'T DON'T DO AN RFP, DO AN RFP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
DON'T DO A THING SAYING, WE WANT YOUR QUOTES. SAY WE WANT YOUR PROPOSALS. WHAT? RFI YES, YEAH, YEAH. WHAT IF THIS WAS A BLANK SLATE? WHAT IF THIS WAS FROM REDWOOD ROAD TO JORDAN RIVER WAS A BLANK SLATE. FIND A DEVELOPER THAT INTERESTED IN THAT. YEAH. AND THEN LET'S NOT SAY, OH WELL I DON'T KNOW IF WE MADE THAT HAPPEN. WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. WHEN PEOPLE COME IN WITH THE RIGHT PROPOSALS. BUT YEAH, ANYWAY, SO FAR THIS IS AGAIN, THIS IS THINKING THEME PARK. THIS IS THINKING OLD WEST JORDAN MENTALITY, NOT WHAT WE WANT WEST JORDAN TO BECOME. YEAH. WE WANT TO BE A DESTINATION CITY, NOT A. SOME THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. OKAY. OTHER END OF THE. HISTORY OF THE CEMETERY. YOU CAN'T MOVE THAT RIGHT. WE'RE NOT MOVING CEMETERY, BUT YOU CAN WORK AROUND. THAT NEVER WORKS OUT. WELL. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF MOVIES. RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING FOR MR. BREWER? WE HAVE BELOW GROUND PARKING FOR THE CEMETERY. YES WE DO. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN GIVE A QUICK 30S OF WHAT QUARTERLY UPDATE WOULD LOOK LIKE, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO, TO SHOW PROJECT WINS FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
AS WE KNOW, ROUTE 92 MEDICAL, WE'VE GOT GEMCO MEDICAL. AND THEN YOU GOT TO PUT TRADER JOE'S ON THERE. I REALLY TRIED HARD TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF SALES TAX THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM THERE. I'M SURE THERE'S AN ESTIMATOR OUT THERE SOMEWHERE. BUT BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S NOT UNFORTUNATELY. SO THAT'S THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE HIGH PAYING JOBS FOR ROUTE 92.
THERE'S MORE JOBS THAN THAT. GEMCO JUST GAVE US THE NUMBER OF JOBS AS AN ESTIMATE. AND THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THESE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT, BUT I'M ENTHUSIASTIC. BUT I WANT TO ALSO SET FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE RTA KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF I DON'T WANT TO CURB ANYBODY'S ENTHUSIASM, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS WORK. WE RECEIVED A REQUEST BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AIRPORT, BECAUSE WE ALSO ARE A MANUFACTURING HUB TO DO SOMETHING REALLY EXCITING. WE RESPONDED TO THIS. THIS IS CALLED PROJECT ELLIE. IT IS AN AEROSPACE MANUFACTURER. NOW, WE
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RECOGNIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WATER. SO WE SAID, YOU KNOW, NO TO A FEW OTHER TYPES OF RFI PROJECTS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A A VERY EXCITING PROJECT FOR OUR CITY.BUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS A FAIRLY MODEST AMOUNT OF SPACE AT THE HANGAR. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FBO, AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED AT LEAST THREE SPOTS THAT CAN BE BASICALLY STOOD UP WITHIN 12 MONTHS. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE, TOO, THAT THERE'S A MODEST AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOT TO START TO START, AND THERE'S AT LEAST FOUR SITES THAT CAN THAT CAN HOST THIS, THIS SITE THAT'S ANYWHERE BETWEEN A HALF A MILE AND SIX MILES AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT. AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT THERE'S HIGH PAYING JOBS AND A MAJOR JOB CENTER. SO MOST OF THESE JOBS WOULD BE AT THE MANUFACTURING SITE WHERE THEY MANUFACTURE THESE, THESE, THESE AEROSPACE ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
AND THEN THEY, THEY WOULD START THEIR, THEIR HIRING AND BUILD IN 2027. NOW THE, THE EXCITEMENT AROUND THIS IS THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR TWO DAYS ON THE 29TH AND 30TH.
BUT WE KNOW THAT MEANS THEY'RE AT LEAST VISITING TWO, IF NOT THREE OTHER SITES. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR. WE DON'T HAVE THE SCHEDULE YET. WE'RE PUTTING OUR BEST FACE FORWARD. WE'VE GOT THE FBO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE IN PERSON TO TALK THROUGH IT. WE'VE GOT A COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE THAT SAID SHE WOULD BE INTERESTED. AND OF COURSE, AS THEY GET MORE REFINED, WE KNOW ABOUT GAS. WE KNOW ABOUT WATER. WE ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THESE. AND WE HAVE TO TRUST THAT THEY SEE US. AND THEY SAID, WE HAVE SOME INTEREST IN YOU. SO THAT'S THAT'S OUR PROCESS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER REPORT IN THE FUTURE. CAN YOU SHARE THE COUNTY PERSON. YES, IT'S. WE WE GO BACK QUITE A WAYS, SO GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS WITH OUR RDA BOARD, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING. OUR NEXT ONE WIL
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.