[Call to Order]
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ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. WE
[a. Presentation of the Building Together Award to the City of West Jordan by the Economic Development Corp. of Utah]
WILL START OUR MEETING OFF WITH A SPECIAL RECOGNITION. EXCUSE ME. IT IS THE BUILDING TOGETHER AWARD FOR THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF UTAH.WE HAVE MR. RYAN STARKS HERE TO DO THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION. WELL, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH YOU. MY NAME IS RYAN STARKS. THIS IS MY COLLEAGUE GREG BISPING. WE'RE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF UTAH. IT'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE NONPROFIT LOCATED IN SALT LAKE CITY. IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS. THE PURPOSE OF EDC UTAH IS TO HELP DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN A SMART WAY THROUGHOUT UTAH. WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD TEAM WORKING ON PROJECTS, WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS AND SITE SELECTORS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE LOOKING TO BRING COMPANIES TO UTAH. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE JUST OVER 100 PROJECTS IN OUR QUEUE, AND SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITIES THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT FOR INDUSTRY EXPANSIONS. WEST JORDAN HAS BEEN A LONGTIME PARTNER AND FRIEND TO EDC UTAH. WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF OUR YOUR GOOD MAYOR, OUR GOOD FRIEND MAYOR BURTON, AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES, BUT ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AS A COUNCIL, WE RECOGNIZE BUDGETS ARE TIGHT AND THAT EVERY YEAR YOU'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO BE EFFICIENT AS CITY LEADERS. WE THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD INVESTMENT FOR WEST JORDAN CITY. IT ENABLES US TO WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU TO WORK CLOSELY WITH YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM. WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR JIM GROVER AND PAUL COATES. THEY'RE PHENOMENAL PARTNERS AND FRIENDS. IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING HERE IN WEST JORDAN CITY. OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE HAD 49 DIFFERENT COMPANIES LOOK CLOSELY AT WEST JORDAN. WE'VE HOSTED NUMEROUS WHAT WE CALL A FAM TOURS OR A FAMILIARIZATION TOUR TO HELP SHOWCASE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ASSETS OF WEST JORDAN. AND THAT COULD INCLUDE THE AIRPORT. THAT COULD INCLUDE RETAIL. BUT REALLY WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON INDUSTRY AND WHETHER THAT'S AEROSPACE, DEFENSE, AVIATION, LIFE SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGY, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BAT FOR THE CITY TRYING TO GET PROJECTS TO COME HERE. JUST IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO, WE'VE HAD TWO REALLY EXCITING PROJECTS THAT HAVE LANDED IN WEST JORDAN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THE NAMES RIGHT. SO THE FIRST ONE, AND BY THE WAY, WE CALL EVERY PROJECT, WE GIVE IT A SECRET KIND OF NAME OR A CODE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE COMPANY. AND SO THE FIRST ONE WAS PROJECT STRONGHOLD, WHICH ENDED UP CHOOSING WEST JORDAN, KNOWN AS ROUTE 92 MEDICAL. THAT RESULTED IN. $50 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT, 116 NEW JOBS, AND 3 MILLION. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S I THINK THAT'S 3000 OF SQUARE FEET THAT WE'RE ABSORBED HERE IN THE CITY. THE SECOND PROJECT WAS PROJECT JIM CORPS. WELL, IS ACTUALLY PROJECT RUBY, BUT THE COMPANY IS CALLED JIM CORPS THAT JUST THEY ANNOUNCED AN EXPANSION HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO WITH 25 NEW JOBS AND WITH 300 ZERO SQUARE FEET. SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE YOUR PARTNERS. IT'S NICE THAT JIM AND PAUL AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO GO EVERYWHERE TO GO TRY TO DRUM UP BUSINESS, ALTHOUGH YOU DO A REALLY GOOD JOB. WE'RE YOUR PARTNERS. WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. WE WILL PARTNER TOGETHER ON TRADE SHOWS. WE RECENTLY WENT TO THE ICSC SHOW IN LAS VEGAS TRYING TO SUPPORT THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT OF WEST JORDAN CITY,
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AND THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS. AND SO WITH THAT SAID, WE JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT RECENTLY. IN FACT, THIS YEAR WE LAUNCHED A NEW AWARD TO RECOGNIZE OUR PARTNERS.IT'S A TRAVELING TROPHY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE RECIPIENT GETS TO KEEP FOR A MONTH. AND THEN WE COME TAKE IT AND WE THEN DELIVER IT TO THE NEXT PARTNER. SO FOR THE MONTH OF WHAT MONTH ARE WE IN, GREG? I GUESS GOING INTO JULY, WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE WEST JORDAN CITY WITH THE BUILDING TOGETHER AWARD AND GIVE YOU JUST OUR WARMEST THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. AND SO WE ASK THAT YOU PUT IT SOMEWHERE IN A PROMINENT SPOT.
AND WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, WHAT'S THIS? YOU COULD JUST SAY, WELL, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE AWESOME. SO.
ALRIGHT, SO IF WE COULD GET A PICTURE WITH THE COUNCIL, WE'D LOVE TO DO THAT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. TO UTAH STATE FOOTBALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL AND MAYOR REPORTS. MAYOR BURTON, YOUR REPORT. OH EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL REPORTS ARE FIRST. DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM
[a. City Council Reports]
COUNCIL? YEAH, I'M COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. YEAH, I'LL JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND BY VIRTUE OF BEING ON THE JORDAN VALLEY WATER BOARD REPRESENTING WEST JORDAN. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE LAST LAST MONTH.YEAH, LAST MONTH, END OF END OF JUNE, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. AND LEARNED A LOT. IT WAS REALLY A GREAT A GREAT EVENT. WE WERE ABLE TO AS A BOARD WE MET WITH. THIS WAS IN WASHINGTON. WE MET WITH SENATOR EXCUSE ME, SENATOR CURTIS, THIS IS STAFF, SENATOR LEE STAFF, CONGRESSMAN KENNEDY AND CONGRESSWOMAN MALLOY'S STAFF, ALL ON UTAH'S WATER NEEDS AND AND THE COLORADO RIVER PROJECTS AND ALL THESE THINGS. AND WHAT JORDAN VALLEY WATER DOES FOR, YOU KNOW, THIS THE 800,000 RESIDENTS OR SO THAT JORDAN VALLEY WATER SERVES WITH WHOLESALE WATER. AND I LEARNED A LITTLE BIT, TOOK A COUPLE OF THE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS ABOUT BRANDING AND COMMUNICATIONS. ONE THING TO PASS ALONG TO OUR OUR STAFF IS IF THE ONLY TIME THE CITIZENS EVER HEAR FROM YOUR WATER DEPARTMENT IS WHEN SOMETHING BREAKS, YOU'RE DOING THINGS WRONG. SO THERE YOU GO. WE SHOULD BE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR CITIZENS ABOUT HAPPY THINGS, ABOUT WATER, TO NOT JUST FLIP THE STRIP PROGRAMS. AND OH, BY THE WAY, YOUR WATER MAIN BROKE OR WE'RE SHUTTING YOU OFF FOR TO FIX A WATER MAIN BREAK. THAT'S THE ONES I USUALLY GET.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT CONFERENCE. IT WAS NOT PAID FOR BY THE CITY. IT WAS PAID FOR BY THE WATER DISTRICT. SO THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR SHELTON. YES. SO I'D LIKE TO JUST REPORT THAT. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO JUST THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHICH ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION BY NAME, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED WITH THE WEST JORDAN STAMPEDE EVENTS AROUND THE 4TH OF JULY, INCREDIBLE EVENTS. AND I KNOW MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO CAME WITH ME HAD JUST A MARVELOUS TIME. IT WAS ESPECIALLY NICE TO NOT BE PLACED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE FIRE ENGINES. THIS YEAR, AS A
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CITY COUNCIL. THAT WAS VERY NICE, SO I APPRECIATED THAT CONSIDERATION. ON THURSDAY, THE NINTH MAYOR BURTON AND I WERE INVITED TO GO AND TOUR A BUNCH. A COMPANY HERE IN WEST JORDAN CALLED CENTURY EQUIPMENT, AND WE MET THERE WITH CONGRESSMAN OWENS AND GOT TO SEE WHAT THAT COMPANY DOES. I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHY THEY INVITED US OUT THERE, BUT IT WAS A GREAT TOUR.AND THEY THEY REBUILD WASTEWATER EQUIPMENT. AND SO THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. AND THEN THIS LAST WEEK AND. COUNCIL MEMBER OR CHAIR AND MYSELF, WE WERE INVITED TO GO AND VISIT A COMPETITION, SKATEBOARDING COMPETITION IN CANADA TO SEE IF IT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR OUR CITY. WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT IN A FUTURE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. BUT IT WAS A IT WAS A GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR US AND LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. MEMBER. IT'S HARD TO SAY, BUT YEAH, IT'S HARD. I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH IT. I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THOSE WHO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF AND EVENT STAFF. AND JUST ALL THAT WENT ON THE THE PARADE, THE RODEO, THE EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON WAS JUST SO WELL ORGANIZED AND SO WELL PUT TOGETHER. EVEN AT TIMES WHEN I KNEW THEY WERE RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT LITTLE FIRES OUT THAT IT WENT, NO ONE SAW THAT GOING ON. I ALSO WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING SOMETHING NEW, LIKE A LITTLE RODEO FOR KIDS AND NOT SUPER WELL ATTENDED. BUT THOSE KIDS THAT DID FIND US AND COME OVER THERE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH JUST COLORING, DOING SOME LITTLE THINGS AND, AND DOING A LITTLE HORSE RACE, GETTING SOME PRIZES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT AS WE TRY TO REALLY BUILD UP OUR EVENTS AND, AND TO GET A SENSE OF COMMUNITY GOING. I LOVE HOW THIS ONE WENT. AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THE FIREWORKS BAN GOING, THAT'S WHAT REALLY BROUGHT OUT EVEN MORE PEOPLE TO THE PARKS, TO SEE THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY THAT WE PUT ON. I WILL SAY I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF JUST A SEA OF PEOPLE, WAY OUT, AWAY FROM THE THING OVER NEAR THE COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTER, AND JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SO APPRECIATIVE. SOME STARTED TO FIND OUT THAT I WAS ON ON THE COUNCIL AND WANTED TO COME, YOU KNOW, JUST EXPRESS HOW MUCH THEY ENJOYED IT AND HOW GREAT WAS IT TO HAVE THAT SORT OF FAKE FINALE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, WHEREVER YOU THOUGHT IT WAS DONE, AND PEOPLE WERE STARTING TO PACK UP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTED BACK UP AGAIN. JUST WHAT A GREAT TIME THAT WAS PUT ON. I ALSO LOVE SEEING THE DIFFERENT GROWTH THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY ECONOMICALLY.
THE MAYOR WILL TALK ABOUT THIS, I'M SURE, BUT WE SAW A NEW BUSINESS THAT OPENED UP THE PADDLE PARK VERY. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE A PICKLEBALL KIND OF THING, BUT IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SPORT AND IT WAS JUST GREAT TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT'S NOT SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE. AND WE'VE GOT IT HERE IN WEST JORDAN AND A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. IF YOU LIKE RACKET SPORTS AT ALL, I GIVE IT A A BIG THUMBS UP TO TRY THAT. IT'S SORT OF LIKE IF PICKLEBALL AND RACQUETBALL HAD A A SWEAT INDUCING BABY, THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD GET WITH THIS.
SO I, I INVITE YOU TO CHECK THAT OUT. JUST, I, I LOVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE CITY AND JUST LOVE TO SEE THEM KEEP GOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER
[b. Mayor’s Report]
REPORTS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY, MAYOR BURTON, YOU ARE UP. THANK YOU. SO, YES, WESTERN STAMPEDE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. THAT TOP PICTURE UP THERE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING PRETTY COOL THAT WAS SUGGESTED BY SOME PEOPLE. AND THAT'S 250 FLAGS. EACH ONE WAS THE STYLE OF FLAG WAS THAT YEAR THAT WE WERE A COUNTRY. SO THAT WAS IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT, THAT WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. IF YOU DIDN'T, IT WAS STILL QUITE IMPRESSIVE. BUT WESTERN STAMPEDE WAS GREAT. YOU'LL SEE IN THERE THE THE BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DID FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR THAT WE CALLED THAT SLUG FEST. IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SLUGGING THE BALL WITH A BAT. IT WAS A SOFTBALL, AND IT WAS AN OVERNIGHT EVENT THAT STARTED AT 6 P.M. AND WENT TO 8 A.M. THE NEXT MORNING, AND WE HAD LIKE 14 TEAMS SIGN UP FOR IT. SO FOR THE FIRST YEAR, THAT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE PLAN ON TO DOING IT AGAIN.AND THEN YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE, THERE'S A GREAT VIEW OF THE PARK AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES WERE HAPPENING, RECORD BREAKING AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO THAT
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PARK. IT WAS SO GOOD. OUR PARADE HAD, OH, THERE'S MORE. THAT'S OKAY. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE, I THINK. LET'S SEE. OUR PARADE HAD 89 ENTRIES ON THERE AND OUR RODEO SOLD OUT ALL EVERY NIGHT. SO THAT WAS GREAT. THOSE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T THERE, THOSE SEATS ARE GONE GETTING CONCESSIONS, I'M QUITE SURE. AND NOT ONLY DID WE SELL OUT, BUT WE GENERATED THE MOST INCOME FROM WESTERN STAMPEDE THAT WE'VE EVER DONE. THIS YEAR, OUR TOTAL SPONSORSHIPS WAS $136,000 AT THE WESTERN STAMPEDE. SO IT WAS IT WAS SPECTACULAR. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD GREAT FIREWORKS, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S OUR TALK YOU'RE LOOKING AT THERE. BUT THE FIREWORKS, WE MADE A BIGGER AND BETTER BECAUSE IT WAS THE THE 250 YEAR AND WE GOT BIGGER, BETTER COMMENTS BACK ABOUT THE FIREWORKS THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE. AND THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FIREWORKS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE DID THE DRONE SHOW AND GOT LOTS OF COMPLIMENTS ON THE DRONE SHOW AS WELL. SO AS FAR AS I CAN TELL FROM OUR OUR QUICK DEBRIEF ON THERE, THE WESTERN STAMPEDE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND THE BEST WESTERN STAMPEDE WEST JORDAN HAS EVER HAD. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND PULL THAT OFF. THAT WAS GREAT. COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED RECENTLY ARE FIREFIGHTERS HAD A, THEY DO A A TEEN FIRE CADETS, THEY CREATE THEM AND THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR TRAINING AND THEY HAD GRADUATED. AND WE ALSO HAVE WEST JORDAN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CADETS AND THEY ALSO GRADUATED. SO WE HAD A COUPLE GRADUATIONS FROM EACH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. THEY BRING THESE KIDS IN AND TURN THEM INTO ADULTS ALMOST OVERNIGHT. OKAY, MAYBE NOT QUITE, BUT THEY TEACH THEM THE SKILLS AND OF WHAT THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE POLICE ACTUALLY DO. AND OUR GOAL IS TO HELP THEM GET A GOOD TASTE OF IT SO THAT THEY WANT TO DO THAT AS ADULTS. AND WE ACTUALLY GIVE THEM ASSIGNMENTS TO DO. THEY HELP DO THINGS. AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER TALKED ABOUT, TALKED ABOUT THE PADDLE BALL, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF WHO KNOWS HOW MANY DIFFERENT TYPE OF SPORTS AND ALL MOLDED IN THERE IN TOGETHER. AND IT IS A REALLY QUITE A LOT OF FUN. AND SO GO CHECK IT OUT. THAT'S JUST OVER THERE ON 90TH SOUTH AS YOU GO 90TH SOUTH, GOING WEST. AFTER YOU PASS MOUNTAIN VIEW CORRIDOR, YOU TURN LEFT AND IT'S THE THE NORTH, THE SOUTH BUILDING, NOT THE NORTH BUILDING. THE SOUTH BUILDING IN THOSE BUILDINGS OVER THERE. AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN, APPARENTLY. APPARENTLY IT'S EXTREMELY POPULAR IN ENGLAND. IT'S BRINGING IT HERE TO THE UNITED STATES, AND THEY THINK IT'S GOING TO HIT BIG HERE. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE. OKAY. THAT IS THE NEXT ONE. SORRY. SO WE DID GET OUR ZAP APPLICATION PUT IN AND WE MET WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE COUNTY ON OUR RECREATION APPLICATION. AND THOSE THESE TWO SLIDES ARE TWO SLIDES THAT WE'VE PULLED OUT OF OUR SLIDE DECK THAT WE SHOWED TO THEM. THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS SHOWS WHERE ALL THE RECREATION CENTERS ARE IN SALT LAKE COUNTY, AND THAT BLUE ONE IS THE AREA THAT WOULD BE COVERED BY THE REC CENTER IN WEST JORDAN. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT FILLS A VERY DEFINITE VOID. IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THERE'S A SPOT WHERE REC CENTER NEEDS TO BE. YOU LOOK AT THE ONE ON THE RIGHT.THOSE ARE ALL SWIMMING POOLS, INDOOR SWIMMING POOLS UNDER THE SALT LAKE COUNTY'S CONTROL. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IF THERE'S ANOTHER DEFINITE VOID OF INDOOR SWIMMING POOLS IN THIS PART OF THE VALLEY. SO THE WEST PART OF WEST JORDAN IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF RECREATION CENTER.
WE'VE APPLIED THAT APPLICATION INTO THERE, AND THEY WILL BE REPORTING BACK TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL, WHO WILL MAKE THE DECISION OF WHICH ONES TO PUT IN IT FOR, BECAUSE IT'LL GO TO A BALLOT FOR THE BOND. AND THE BOND IS A BOND THAT WILL GETTING PAID BACK BY THE SALES TAX. THE ZAP IS THAT GOT APPROVED BY THE VOTERS LAST YEAR. SO THIS BOND IS JUST AN APPROVAL BY THE VOTERS. IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHAT THEY PAY FOR TAXES OR FEES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT JUST ALLOCATES WHERE THAT BOND MONEY WILL GO. AND OUR STRONG GOAL, AND HOPEFULLY THE COUNCIL WILL AGREE, WILL BE TO SUPPORT A RECREATION CENTER IN WEST JORDAN. SO CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE COUNCIL MEMBER AND REMIND THEM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.
OKAY, THE NEXT ONE, EVERYBODY HEARD ABOUT THE FIRE THAT HAPPENED OVER CASCADE SPRINGS APARTMENTS. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT. SO THAT FIRE IS
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STARTED. WE GOT THE FIRST CALL AT FIVE. I'M SORRY, AT 852. AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AT 854. AND IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH MATH LIKE I AM, THAT IS TWO MINUTES FROM WHEN THEY GOT THE CALL TO WHEN THEY ARRIVED. HOW CAN WE DO THAT? WELL, JUST RECENTLY, WEST JORDAN HAS EQUIPPED ALL OF OUR FIRE EQUIPMENT WITH SENSORS ON THERE. SO WHEN THEY'RE HEADING WITH THEIR LICENSE SIREN GOING, THE SIGNAL LIGHTS AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE. SO THE FIRE TRUCKS GET A GREEN LIGHT TO KEEP GOING. THAT'S ONE WAY THEY DID IT. ANOTHER ONE WAS, AND I TOLD THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THIS, WHEN THEY GOT IN THERE, ALL THE FIRE LANES WERE OPEN. NO, NO VEHICLES WERE PARKED IN THE FIRE LANES. THEY WERE ALL PARKED IN THE OFFICIAL SPOTS WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SO THE EQUIPMENT COULD GET RIGHT IN, GET AROUND TO THE PARKING LOT AND GET TO THE SPOT WHERE IT HAD TO BE, AND THEN START WORKING ON PUTTING THAT FIRE OUT. AND THEY IMMEDIATELY GOT GOING ON IT. AS YOU CAN SEE, BY THE SIZE OF THAT FIRE, THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ADJOINING PROPERTY. SO THEY STARTED SPRAYING THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES IMMEDIATELY. AS A RESULT OF THAT, THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES. THAT BUILDING ALSO HAS A FIRE BLOCKING IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. SO IT HAD SO THE SIDE WITH 12 UNITS THAT IS BURNING, IT DIDN'T HAVE THE FIRE FLAMES DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE THE 24 UNIT BUILDING DID NOT EVER GET FLAMES ON THAT SIDE. THERE WAS SMOKE DAMAGE AND WATER DAMAGE, BUT NO FIRE DAMAGE BECAUSE WHEN THEY BUILT THOSE BUILDINGS, THEY FOLLOWED THE FIRE CODE. THEY KEPT THAT FROM HAPPENING. SO THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD. BUT THEY WERE THERE FOR MANY HOURS. SO HERE IT WAS, PAST MIDNIGHT. THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE STILL THERE. THEY WERE CHECKING FOR HOT SPOTS, WALKING AROUND AND WATCHING SOME THINGS. THEY KNEW THEY'D BE THERE A COUPLE MORE HOURS. SO THEY, ONE OF THEIR FIREFIGHTERS RECEIVED AN ASSIGNMENT TO GO GET SOME FOOD FOR THEM. SO THEY KNEW THE IN AND OUT BURGER WAS OPEN LATE.SO THEY WENT TO IN-N-OUT BURGER AND THEY PULLED IN THERE. AND IN-N-OUT BURGER CLOSES AT 1:30 A.M. THEY GOT THERE JUST AFTER THEY CLOSED THE IN-N-OUT BURGER, OPEN THEIR DOORS, TURN THEIR GRILLS BACK ON, AND PREPARED MEALS FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AND THEN PROVIDED A GENEROUS DISCOUNT. SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT IN-N-OUT BURGER FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND HELP ON THAT.
FOR THOSE MEN WHO HAD BEEN WORKING SEVERAL HOURS AND WERE HOT AND TIRED AND HUNGRY. SO.
AND THE OTHER GOOD NEWS ON THIS IS NOBODY WAS HURT AND NO PETS WERE WERE FATALLY INJURED. SO A GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS THAT HAPPENED, GOOD NEWS THAT THEY WERE IN WEST JORDAN AND HAD THE WEST JORDAN FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPOND. AND IN COLLABORATION WITH SANDY AND WITH SOUTH JORDAN AND WITH MIDVALE. AND THEY WORK TOGETHER AS A VERY GOOD TEAM BECAUSE THEY KNOW EACH OTHER, THEY WORK TOGETHER OFTEN, AND THEY WORKED VERY WELL AND ACCOMPLISHED AND TOOK CARE OF THIS. SO THAT WAS A GOOD STORY TO A BAD INCIDENT. OKAY. UPCOMING EVENTS, AS YOU KNOW, THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE STILL HAPPENING ONLY TILL TONIGHT. WE HAVE A NEW CHAIR. WE CAN BE DONE BEFORE 8:00 TONIGHT SO WE CAN GO TO FOOD TRUCKS. THE PRESSURE IS ON, AND IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT, THAT'S OKAY. IT'LL BE AGAIN NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS PLANNING COMMISSION. AND GENERALLY THOSE MEETINGS ARE SHORTER. SO FOOD TRUCKS EVERY TUESDAY AT RON WOOD PARK. AND THEN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I GET SOMEONE THAT SAYS, WE NEED FOOD TRUCKS ON THIS SIDE. WELL, CHECK OUT THE NEXT SLIDE. STARTING TOMORROW IS OUR COMMUNITY MARKET, WHICH INCLUDES FOOD TRUCKS, AND THAT'S RIGHT HERE AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK. SO THEIR DEBUT IS TOMORROW. COME CHECK THAT OUT TOMORROW. IT'LL BE EVERY WEDNESDAY THROUGH OCTOBER 7TH.
YOU CAN DO THE COMMUNITY MARKET AND GET YOUR FOOD TRUCKS AND HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO.
SO THAT'S FANTASTIC. LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND REMEMBER ON THE 24TH OF JULY, WHICH IS A STATE HOLIDAY, CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED. THAT IS MY REPORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR BURTON. WE
[c. City Administrator’s Report]
WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. MR. LEE. THANK YOU, CHAIR, JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER COMMENTS. THE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WESTERN STAMPEDE AND THE RODEO, THE FIREWORKS, THE CROWDS. IT WAS AWESOME. IT WAS. WE HAVE BEEN REALLY HARD ON OUR PARK THIS SUMMER. WE HAD THE MONTANA FESTIVAL RIGHT BEFORE THE WESTERN STAMPEDE. FOR BOTH EVENTS, WE HAD TO KIND OF WITHHOLD SOME OF THE IRRIGATION WE WOULD HAVE NORMALLY DONE IN ORDER TO HAVE EQUIPMENT OR TENTS, VENDORS ON THE PARK. AS A RESULT THAT THAT LAWN'S A LITTLE DEAD. YOU MAY SEE US DOING A LOT OF EXTRA WORK TO TRY TO RESURRECT THE LAWN IN THE PARK. YOU MIGHT GET SOME PHONE CALLS OR COMMENTS ABOUT WHY THE WATERING DURING THE DAY. WE'RE TRYING TO BRING VETS BACK BECAUSE WE'VE LOVED THAT PARK TO DEATH. IT'S BEEN IT WAS SO AWESOME TO SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LOVING THAT PARK, BUT NOW WE'RE. WE'RE PLAYING SOME CATCH UP ON THAT[00:25:02]
PARK. SO IF YOU GET COMMENTS. THAT'S WHY. SPEAKING OF 4TH OF JULY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I'VE ASKED THEM TO COME GIVE A REPORT TO YOU AT YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON FIREWORKS, FIREWORK RELATED FIRES, FIREWORK RELATED INCIDENTS. BUT BY AND LARGE, WE HAVE VERY, VERY GOOD COMPLIANCE FROM OUR RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF NOT SETTING OFF PERSONAL FIREWORKS THIS YEAR. NOW WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE PIONEER DAY AND WHETHER THERE WILL BE FIREWORK RESTRICTIONS FOR THAT HOLIDAY. BUT WE'LL HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GIVE YOU A REPORT AFTER PIONEER DAY. IN CITY HALL IN THE PARKING LOT, YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOTICED THESE NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON PUTTING THEM IN FOR QUITE A WHILE. THEY'RE DONE. THEY'RE NOW ACTIVE. THEY'RE FREE OR THEY'RE NOT FREE, BUT THEY'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THEY'RE NOT JUST FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. SOMEONE ASKED ME IF THE PUBLIC CAN USE THEM. YES, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FOR. THEREFORE, THE PUBLIC, THEY'RE NOT FOR THE CITY. YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES MAY USE THEM, BUT WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO USE THEM. THEY'RE IN A PLACE WHERE IT'S KIND OF POSITIONED NEAR THE PLAYGROUND AND A CENTRAL PLACE FOR THE CIVIC CAMPUS, WHERE ANYBODY VISITING THE WHOLE BROADER AREA CAN USE THOSE CHARGING STATIONS.WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM. WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS ALSO STREET MAINTENANCE SEASON. OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREWS ARE WORKING VERY HARD, HE. ONE THING I WAS REALLY PROUD OF, AND YOU SAW IN THE SURVEY RESULTS, OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOTICING THE EXTRA EFFORTS AND THE EXTRA MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON ASPHALT MAINTENANCE. IT'S COMING THROUGH AND IT'S BEING NOTICED. THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING AROUND THE CITY. JASON DUFF AND SENDS OUT THE NOTICES ON WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENING IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF STREET MAINTENANCE RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING 1300 WEST, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE. AND FINALLY, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON RON WOOD PARK. THE PROGRESS CONTINUES OUT THERE. THE PAVILIONS ARE COMING UP, BATHROOMS ARE STARTING TO COME UP. THE WELLHOUSE IS STARTING TO COME. BATHROOM AT THE WHEELS PARK IS IS OPEN NOW. IT'S. IT IS REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL THE PROGRESS BEING MADE AT RON WOOD PARK, AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO GET THINGS DONE SO THAT THE PARKS FULLY READY TO BE USED NEXT YEAR. MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DONE LATER THIS YEAR, BUT WE WANT THE THE SOD TO SETTLE IN AND HAVE A FULL SEASON TO GET ESTABLISHED BEFORE WE START SCHEDULING PLAY ON THOSE FIELDS OUT THERE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY. THANK YOU, MR. LEE. WE
[Public Comment]
WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. EACH SPEAKER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR REGARDING A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, PLEASE HOLD YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL THE HEARING IS OPENED. WHEN YOU APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. THE COUNCIL TYPICALLY DOES NOT ENGAGE BACK AND FORTH DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT MAY ADDRESS YOUR REMARKS AFTER THE FACT. I WE HAVE RECEIVED A FEW COMMENT CARDS TONIGHT, SO I WILL START WITH THOSE FIRST. KRISTIE SPENCER. HI THERE, KRISTIE. GO AHEAD AND COME UP AND GIVE US YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES, PLEASE. OKAY. MY NAME IS KRISTIE SPENCER. I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST JORDAN. WE'RE IN ONE OF THE NICER HOLDOUTS, WHICH IS HOW A MAP WENT THROUGH THE INTERNET ONE TIME, REFERRING TO AREAS OF THE VALLEY A LITTLE BIT LARGER. LOTS WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO BE AN EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY. NOW I'M THREE OF 72 HOMES ACTUALLY MAINTAIN LIVESTOCK. SO INSTEAD WE NOW GET TO SHARE WITH ADUS GOOD AND BAD. BUT THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING, AT LEAST AS A COMMUNITY WITH THE LARGER LOTS, IS A COMBINATION OF PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING BUSINESSES THAT ARE INAPPROPRIATE, SUCH AS DOG BOARDING OR STORAGE, OF THINGS THAT ARE INAPPROPRIATE, SUCH AS LARGE DUMP TRUCKS. I THINK YOU MAY HAVE RING A BELL TO A FEW OF YOU FOLKS, BUT THE MOST RECENT AND FUN, ENJOYABLE THING, SARCASM CASE, THERE'S A QUESTION IS DIRT BIKES AND MINI BIKES SETTING UP RACE TRACKS IN THE BACKYARDS OF THESE RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITH THE LARGER LOTS? IT'S NOT DIRECTLY ADDRESSED IN THE CITY CODE, OTHER THAN TO JUST GENERALLY SAY NUISANCE, BUT WE COULD USE SOME HELP WITH THAT. WE'D LIKE FOR MOST OF US TO CONTINUE TO ENJOY OUR SPACE IN WHATEVER LEVEL IT'S POSSIBLE. AND THE DIRT BIKES, MINI BIKES, DUST, DIRT, YOU GET THE IDEA. NOISE. IF WE COULD POTENTIALLY COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO MITIGATE THAT.[00:30:05]
NOT A PROBLEM ON SMALL LOTS, I GUESS BECAUSE FEWER DO IT, BUT IT IS NOT DIRECTLY OUTLINED IN OUR CODE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I GUESS WE NEED IT. WE'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH ATVS IN THE PAST WHERE THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND THE BACKYARD. NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL. I DON'T THINK I HAVE A TRACTOR, I'M JUST REFERRING TO THE ACTUAL RECREATIONAL, PLAYFUL HOURS AT A TIME SITUATION, NOT THE I FIXED MY DIRT BIKE AND I'M RUNNING MY TRACTOR, SO PLEASE CONSIDER THE NEEDS FOR THAT IN AN ACTUAL ADDRESSED CODE ISSUE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. CHRISTY.OUR NEXT PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM ROBERT WOODRUFF. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS. IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. THE MEETING PRIOR TO THIS, THE WHOLE SORRY, THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, THERE WAS AN AGENDA ITEM OF THE IT WAS CALLED THE WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND ZONING CHANGE. THERE WERE TEN OR SO PEOPLE IN HERE THAT WERE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA, AND THERE WERE MAYBE 35 OR SO IN THIS ROOM, AS SOME OF YOU SAW WHEN YOU CAME IN. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS OUR WILL THAT IT STAY ZONED R-1 TEN AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT WHEN IVORY ACQUIRED THE LAND, IT WAS OUR. ONE. TEN SO IT'S NOT A SURPRISE AND WE'D LOVE IT TO STAY. R-1 TEN I JUST WANT TO ASK ONE OTHER THING, AND THAT IS IN THE. MASTER PLAN. IT SAYS THE GENERAL PLAN IS THE WILL OF THE COMMUNITY AND PRESUMED CURRENT DEVELOPERS HAVE THE BURDEN OF PROOF ON WHY THE GENERAL PLAN SHOULD BE CHANGED. OUR. WE'RE SAYING AS RESIDENTS, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT STAY THE SAME. I JUST APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROBERT. OKAY, THAT IS ALL FOR OUR COMMENT CARDS. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. HELLO, MY NAME IS VICTOR GROVES. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF WEST JORDAN, MY WIFE AND I AND MY FAMILY FOR THE LAST 36 YEARS. I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY OUR HOUSE BACKS UP TO THE TO THE FORMER WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING. I APPRECIATE YOUR VIEWS. MR. WOODRUFF IS A NEIGHBOR AND GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, AND I AGREE WITH HIS VIEWS. THE SECOND THING I WOULD LIKE TO TO BRING UP IS, IS I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE RODEO. IT'S A IT'S A WONDERFUL TRADITION THAT WE HAVE HERE IN WEST JORDAN. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN IT WAS IN QUESTION. THAT WAS DECADES AGO AND AND IT WAS ALMOST MOVED OUT OF WEST JORDAN. BUT IT WASN'T. AND I'M GLAD IT WASN'T. I ALSO INVITE YOU MANY MOST OF YOU KNOW ME AS A GUY WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THEATER EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. AND AND. OUR LAST SHOW, FOOTLOOSE, WAS FANTASTIC. I HOPE SOME SOME OF YOU GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THAT.
AND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT SHOW, WHICH IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. IT IT OPENS SEPTEMBER 17TH. WE HAVEN'T EVEN CAST IT YET. AND IT IS A, A LITTLE BIT SPOOKY. IT'S A SHERLOCK HOLMES HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. SO WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL THAT YOU'LL ACCEPT OUR INVITATION AND THEN WE THEN WE'LL, WE'LL BE BACK TO INVITE YOU TO MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. MY NAME IS HAL. I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST JORDAN CITY. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AS A AS A CITY COUNCIL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES IT FEELS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY IT'S NOT APPRECIATED, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF YOUR TIME. WE'D LIKE TO JUST. I'M IN THE AREA BY THE WEST WHERE THE WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS, AND WE'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE R1 TEN THAT IS STATED IN THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN. AND WE
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WOULD. WE BOUGHT OUR HOME IN THIS AREA ABOUT 19 YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE LOTS AND BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO HAVE OUR, YOU KNOW, HAVE OUR FAMILY HERE WITH US WHEN, WHEN THEY COME BACK TO, TO VISIT US. BUT I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. AND PLEASE CONSIDER THAT TO MAINTAIN THAT THAT ZONING OF THE R1 TEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT? OKAY.MR. ANDERSON, IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE WHO. OH. I'M SORRY. OH. THANK YOU. PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS LARRY ELKINGTON. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF WEST JORDAN FOR 41 YEARS AND TEN DAYS. MOVED IN ON JULY 4TH OF 84 AT 80. YEAH, 84, 85. SORRY. ANYWAY, I'M. I'M HERE TO PUT MY $0.02 IN ON THE ZONING CHANGE. IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM ME. AND IT'S REALLY SAD DAY WHEN THEY TORE DOWN WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY. MY THREE KIDS ALL WENT THERE AND AS WELL AS A BUNCH OF OTHER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT I'M A LITTLE UPSET THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD DO THAT AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HIDDEN. I CALL IT HIDDEN, BUT MAYBE NOT. AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET IN THERE AND SHOVE AS MANY HOUSES AS POSSIBLE INTO THAT AREA. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALL HAVE NICE HOMES IN THERE ON QUARTER ACRE LOTS OR BIGGER.
I HAPPEN TO BE ON A .31, WHICH IS A GOOD SIZE LOT FOR THE AREA, AND THAT'S WHY I'VE STAYED THERE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE STAYED THERE. WE'VE CONTEMPLATED SEVERAL TIMES OF MOVING, BUT, YOU KNOW, CAN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN WHAT WE GOT. BUT I'D LIKE YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT THIS ZONING CHANGE. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY WORTH CRAMMING IN AN EXTRA 10 OR 15 MORE HOUSES IN THAT AREA. I DON'T THINK IT IS. I THINK I'VE GOT ENOUGH MONEY. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT ON THE OTHER END. BIGGER LOTS, BIGGER LITTLE BIT BIGGER HOMES. ANYWAY, THAT'S MY $0.02. I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST A BAD DEAL. AND I KNOW THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT. WE PACKED THE BUILDING ONCE OR TWICE BEFORE THEM. AND I ALMOST FORGOT I HAD OTHER THINGS GOING ON. ANYWAY, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND EVERYBODY. AND WE ENJOY LIVING IN WEST JORDAN, BUT MAKE A GOOD CHOICE, MAKE A GOOD DECISION ON THIS, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO I CALL HIM COUNCILMEMBER WHITLOCK? AND WE'LL GET TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD HAVE THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY RAISE THEIR HAND SO THAT WE'LL KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. FANTASTIC. GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE, JACKIE ADAMS. I'M IN WEST JORDAN. I MOVED HERE SEVEN YEARS AGO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THAT ZONING IS WHEN I HEARD, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND YOUR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. BUT WHEN I HEARD IVORY HOMES SAY THAT THE HOMES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE NOT BIGGER THAN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET UP AND DOWN, THAT'S A LIE. MY HOME ITSELF IS 30/3000 500FT■!S. SO DON'T BELIEVE THAT EVERY HOME IS ONLY 1000FT■!S UP AND DOWN, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR RECORDS, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE HOMES ARE NOT THAT SMALL. AND THE LAST THING WE NEED IS A BUNCH OF SMALL HOMES BEING BUILT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO PARKING, WHICH THERE WOULDN'T BE. I'VE SEEN IT IN RIVERTON. I'VE SEEN IT IN SOUTH JORDAN. I HAVE A BROTHER IN LAW IN SOUTH JORDAN THAT HAS THEIR STREET JUST FULL UP AND DOWN WITH CARS PARKED THERE FROM THE SMALLER HOMES THAT ARE BUILT BELOW THEM. AND I JUST PRAY THAT YOU GUYS WILL NOT GIVE IN TO IVORY HOME AND THAT YOU WILL LET KEEP OUR ZONING THE R1 TEN, BECAUSE WE DO NOT
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NEED THOSE HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE TO LIVE IN WEST JORDAN FOR THOSE TYPES OF HOMES TO BE BUILT. LET THEM BE BUILT IN THOSE AREAS, BUT DO NOT BUILD THEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE OUR CHILDREN OR OUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE COMING IN.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. VICE CHAIR. SHELTON, IF I COULD JUST ADDRESS THAT LAST COMMENT. IT WAS ACTUALLY NOT IVORY HOMES THAT MADE THAT COMMENT. IT WAS ME, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE SIZE OF THE HOMES, AND I MISSPOKE. I MISSPOKE, SO I MY APOLOGIES ON THAT. AND YOU DO HAVE MY SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD AND COME UP AND PLEASE GIVE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR AREA OR YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. MY NAME IS DEBBIE. I'VE BEEN IN WESTERN SINCE 2007, AND WE DID MOVE FROM AN AREA WITH SMALLER HOMES, SMALLER YARD, AND WE MOVED HERE FOR THAT REASON. IT WAS A BIGGER HOME. IT'S OUR HOMES ABOUT 3500FT■!S. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY AND SAYING THAT WAS YOU AND NOT AND NOT IVORY HOMES. THE PROBLEM I SEE PERSONALLY IS WE KEEP TALKING HERE IN THE COUNTY ABOUT HOW WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WE'VE GOT APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOUSES AND SMALLER HOMES GOING UP ALL OVER THE COUNTY, BUT THEY'RE NOT AFFORDABLE. AND AS MY GRANDKIDS ARE GROWING AND I'VE NOW GOT A BRAND NEW GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, IT'S A CONCERN TO ME. AND YES, THOSE HOMES WILL BE SMALLER IF THEY PUT THEM IN. THEY'RE SMALLER THAN THE R TEN, BUT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE FOR OUR KIDS. AND THAT'S MY CONCERN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I DO APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE AND ARE DOING, AND WE'VE WE'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED THE RODEO. AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO US. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE. OKAY. PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. HELLO, MY NAME IS SCOTT LAIRD. I LIVE IN WEST JORDAN AND YOU CAN'T GUESS WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THE DECISION I THINK YOU MADE IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING TO LEAVE THE ZONING AS IT IS. AND ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT IT'S A CONTRACT, ESSENTIALLY BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS SHORTENED. IT'S R 110. WE ALL MOVED THERE FOR THAT REASON. OUR HOUSES ARE ALL SIMILAR TO THAT ON SIMILAR SIZED LOTS. SO TO EVEN REDUCE IT TO OUR ONE EIGHT OR WHATEVER THAT IS, IS A, IN A SENSE, A BREAKING OF THAT CONTRACT. AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT STAY THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT TRUST IN YOU, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL HELP US TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SO TO SPEAK. THAT WAY. I APPRECIATE YOUR DESIRES TO DO THAT, AND I HOPE THAT WILL CONTINUE AND AND BE NOT BE PERSUADED TO REDUCE IT AT ALL FROM THE WAR. 110 THAT IT IS NOW. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? COUNCIL OR EXCUSE ME, MR. ANDERSON, IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YOU HAVE FIVE INDIVIDUALS ONLINE, NONE OF WHOM HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT IF THAT'S OKAY. I ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL IS BECAUSE I APPRECIATED HOW DIALED IN THIS COMMUNITY WAS. AND TONIGHT IS A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. THIS ROOM WAS FULL OF PEOPLE FROM THIS WEST JORDAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ROOM WHILE THERE WAS STAFF IN THERE, BUT THERE WERE STILL QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS. SO I JUST WANT TO TELL EACH OF YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE HERE AND THAT YOU'RE, AS I, LIKE I SAID, DIALED IN AS YOU ARE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER. IT'S ME STILL. OKAY, I'M GOING TO CLOSE
[a. Ordinance No. 26-34 Adopting the Station Area Plans for Jordan Valley and Sugar Factory Road]
PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. OUR FIRST ONE IS ITEM SIX A, WHICH[00:45:03]
IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 26-34, ADOPTING STATION AREA PLANS FOR JORDAN VALLEY AND SUGAR FACTORY ROAD. WE HAVE TAYLOR JENSEN, WHO IS OUR PRESENTER TONIGHT. FOR STAFF CONTACT. THANK YOU.THANK YOU COUNCIL. WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR CONSULTANTS ONLINE. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT.
I'M GOING TO CHANGE THE SLIDES FOR THE MOST PART. MARIANNE STUCK AND DAN CORLEY. DAN. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I'M MARIANNE, A PRINCIPAL WITH DESIGN WORKSHOP, AND WE WERE THE MAIN CONSULTANTS FOR THE JORDAN VALLEY AND SUGAR FACTORY ROAD STATION AREA PLANS. AND I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH DAN CORLEY, WHO IS A PRINCIPAL WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY CONSULTANTS. AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE FINAL PLANS FOR BOTH OF THESE STATION AREAS.
THESE PLANTS BOTH ESTABLISH WHAT IT IS, A LONG TERM VISION FOR CREATING MORE WALKABLE, CONNECTED AND TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DISTRICTS AROUND BOTH STATIONS WHILE RESPONDING TO THE OBJECTIVES OF HOUSE BILL 462. SO TONIGHT WE WILL GIVE YOU A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT. WE WILL FOCUS ON THE PREFERRED STATION AREA CONCEPTS, SOME KEY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK THAT WILL GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE AREAS. WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT IN 2022 AND STATE LEADERS PASSED HB 462, WHICH IS THE HOUSE BILL THAT REQUIRES CITIES WITH WITH RAIL STATIONS TO CREATE STATION AREA PLANS FOR THE LAND WITHIN A HALF MILE CIRCLE, OR THE STATION, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT A TEN MINUTE WALK. AND THESE PLANS SHOULD FOCUS ON HOW PEOPLE GET TO AND FROM THE STATION, HOW THE AREA AROUND IT COULD GROW IN THE FUTURE. IF WE DEVELOP, IT HAPPENS. AND SO THE MAIN GOAL IS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE STATIONS, WALK, BIKE, USE, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND ON THE LONG TERM, ENCOURAGE MORE TRANSIT USE AND LESS RELYING ON CARS AS THE MAIN MODE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THESE AREAS. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE PROJECT AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES BOTH STATION AREAS THROUGH THE VALLEY AND SUGAR FACTORY ROAD, DEFINED BY THIS HALF MILE RADIUS. BUT THE PLANNING BOUNDARY, SPECIFICALLY ON JORDAN VALLEY, WE EXTENDED IT TO THE SOUTH TO MAKE SURE WE WERE INCORPORATING BOTH THE MEDICAL CENTER AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, RECOGNIZING THEIR IMPORTANCE AS BOTH MAYOR, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND ACTIVITY CENTERS IN THE AREA AND THE NEED THAT WE NEEDED TO CONNECT THEM TO JORDAN VALLEY AND MAKE SURE THERE WAS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP THERE FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE STATION THAT WERE VISITING OR WORKING IN THESE AREAS. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE WHAT ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN THIS SLIDE FOR THE JORDAN VALLEY STATION. THE GOAL HERE IS BASICALLY TO CREATE A WALKABLE, NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUSED TRANSIT HUB. AND THIS STATION REDEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY HAPPENING. SO THE EMPHASIS IS HOW DO WE CONNECT THAT WITH WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE? SUPPORT DAILY LIFE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING RETAIL.
IMPROVED. SAFE. SAFE, ESPECIALLY NORTH SOUTH ACCESS TO THE STATION AND CONNECT THE NORTH WITH THE SOUTH SIDE AND BUILDING ALSO A MORE CONNECTED GREEN AND PUBLIC SPACE NETWORK AND CONNECTING WITH TRAILS AROUND THIS AREA. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO AT SUGAR FACTORY ROAD, THE FOCUS IS REALLY ON UNLOCKING UNDERUTILIZED LAND WITH STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, EXPANDED TRAILS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE BINGHAM CREEK TRAIL TO IMPROVE EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY AND LINKING THE STATION TO THE NORTH AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ALSO THE SCHOOL IN THAT AREA. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE TIMELINE OF THIS PROJECT. SO WE STARTED ABOUT TEN MONTHS AGO IN OCTOBER. THE TEAM HAS COMPLETED DURING THIS TIME EXISTING CONDITION ANALYSIS, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, FOCUS
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GROUP MEETINGS AT THE CENTER, AND ALSO A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE. ALL THIS INPUT WE GATHERED FROM THE COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER HAS DIRECTLY INFORMED THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE STATION AREA VISIONS YOU WILL SEE HERE TONIGHT. AND THESE PLANS WERE PRESENTED ON JUNE 16TH TO PLANNING COMMISSION. IF WE GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE, WE'LL MOVE NOW INTO WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC CONCEPTS FOR EACH ONE OF THE STATIONS. SO STARTING WITH JORDAN VALLEY, THIS AREA IS ENVISIONED AS A HIGHER INTENSITY MIXED USE TRANSIT CENTER DISTRICT AROUND IMPROVED CONNECTIVITY AND ALSO AN ENHANCED PUBLIC REALM. SO THIS CORRESPONDS TO WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STATION. BUT IT INTRODUCES SOME NEW SOME NEW IDEAS TO BETTER CONNECT THE ENTIRE AREA AND ALSO UNLOCK REDEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RAIL. SO ONE OF THOSE KEY IDEAS IS A NEW NORTH SOUTH MULTIMODAL SPINE. THROUGH EXTENDING AND RECOMMENDATION OF REALIGNING 3400 WEST TO MAKE IT A MORE DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE NORTH, AGREED A CORRIDOR THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE ACCESS ACROSS THE RAIL AND CONNECT TO POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE HOSPITAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THERE IS ALSO A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK THAT BECOMES A GATHERING SPACE AND A LEGIBLE PUBLIC SPACE IN THIS AREA, SUPPORTED BY NEW COMMUNITY SERVICES AND POTENTIALLY SOME SERVICES THAT COULD ALSO SUPPORT NEEDS FROM HOSPITAL WORKERS AND NEARBY EMPLOYEES AROUND THE STATION. DEVELOPMENT IS FOCUSED ON A HIGHER DENSITY CORE FOR THIS PLAN THAT SUPPORTS TRANSIT AND LOCAL ACTIVITY. AND AS YOU MOVE OUTWARD AND PARTICULARLY TOWARD THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE NORTH AND THE EAST, THE SCALE WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION DOWN TO SMALLER RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, MAKING SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING HERE FITS WITH THE GRAIN AND THE SCALE OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WILL SEE A 3D RENDERING THAT SHOWS WHAT THE AREA DOES LOOK LIKE. THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE NORTH SIDE TOWARDS THE STATION AREA, AND IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT, INTENSITY AND HEIGHTS AND OVERALL CHARACTER. THAT COULD BE HOW THE STATION WOULD DEVELOP. AGAIN, THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOLLOWING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING IN THE OVERLAY AREA. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE GREEN AND PUBLIC SPACES THAT ARE THOUGHT OF AS A CONNECTED SYSTEM, NOT AS INDIVIDUAL SPACES, BUT REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS CONNECTED THROUGHOUT, ENHANCING MOBILITY THROUGHOUT THE AREA. AND THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE A VIEW THAT SHOWS WHAT THE NEW TRANSIT PLAZA AREA COULD LOOK LIKE, ENHANCING WHAT IS ALREADY THERE, AND AGAIN, SHOWING A LITTLE BIT WHAT REDEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE EXISTING RAIL LINE COULD LOOK LIKE. NOW, IF WE MOVE TO THE PREFERRED CONCEPT FOR SUGAR FACTORY ROAD, YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT FOCUSES ON VERY GENTLE NEIGHBORHOOD INFILL, LOW INTENSITY, CONTEXT SENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS REALLY CONCENTRATED AROUND THE STATION AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE UNDERUTILIZED DUE TO PARK AND RIDE AREA WITH TYPOLOGIES THAT RESPECT EXISTING CHARACTER OF SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. SO POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOWNHOMES, MAYBE DUPLEXES OR COURTYARD HOMES AND BASICALLY SMALL SCALE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT OF THIS CONCEPT IS TO ALSO CREATE A MORE WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE STATION ENVIRONMENT AND IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS TO THE NORTH SIDE, CONNECTING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO CONNECTING WITH THE BINGHAM CREEK TRAIL. IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT. THIS. THIS IS ALSO SHOWING THE THE SAME KIND OF 3D VIEW. LOOKING TOWARDS THE. YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING LOT THERE RIGHT BEHIND THE TRAIN AND WHAT. SOME OF THAT REDEVELOPMENT. IN THIS CASE, WE'RE SHOWING KIND OF A TOWNHOUSE TYPOLOGY COULD LOOK LIKE IN PARTS OF THAT PARKING LOT. AND ALSO MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, SOME POTENTIAL LOTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT WE SHOWED BEFORE IS THE OVERALL VISION FOR EACH[00:55:09]
ONE OF THE STATIONS. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALSO THE TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY THAT THAT IS GOING TO COVER. SO FOR JORDAN VALLEY, THE VISION IS REALLY BUILT AROUND SIX KEY STRATEGIES THAT WILL HELP CREATE THIS VIBRANT, WALKABLE, TRANSIT ORIENTED DISTRICT. SO TO TAKE A MINUTE TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM, WE CAN START WITH 3400 WEST AS A TYPE OF MAIN STREET COMMERCIAL SPINE THAT WERE ESTABLISHED AS MIXED USE WITH SMALL SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING RETAIL, MAYBE SOME DINING AND SOME COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES FOR THAT WILL CONNECT THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE TRAIN STATION. A COMMUNITY SERVICES HUB IS SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT COULD BE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THE VISION. THIS CAME OUT OF MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, NEIGHBORS AND ALSO THE HOSPITAL. AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE MAYBE DAYCARE OR A SIMILAR TYPE OF SERVICE THAT COULD SERVE NOT ONLY RESIDENTS OF THE STATION AREA, BUT ALSO HOSPITAL WORKERS WITH SOMETHING THAT IS CURRENTLY A GAP IN THOSE TYPE OF SERVICES. AND THIS WOULD BE LOCATED NEXT TO THAT NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONTEXTUAL DENSITY TRANSITION. SO BASICALLY, AGAIN, FOCUSING HIGHER DENSITY NEAR THE STATION, BUT THEN STEPPING DOWN TOWARDS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALLOWING A VARIETY OF DENSITIES AND NOT BLANKETING EVERYTHING WITH A HIGHER DENSITY APPROACH. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE CAN SEE THE, OH, SORRY, THERE YOU GO. INTERCONNECTED GREEN NETWORK, WHICH INCLUDES THIS NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, A LINEAR PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RAIL LINE, CONNECTING NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH THE STATION AND TRANSIT PLAZA AND A SERIES OF SMALLER GREEN SPACES AND PUBLIC SPACES THAT WILL CONNECT THE AREA THROUGHOUT. THEN WE HAVE THE HIGH DENSITY CORE NEAR THE STATION ITSELF THAT SUPPORTS RIDERSHIP, HOUSING CHOICE AND A MORE COMPACT, WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT. AND FINALLY, A TRANSIT PLAZA THAT WILL BE LOCATED WHERE THE CURRENT PLATFORM IS BUT THOUGHT OUT MORE AS THE HEART OF THIS DISTRICT, CREATING A WELCOMING ARRIVAL EXPERIENCE. A SMALL GATHERING PLACE THAT COULD HAVE SOME ACTIVATION, YOU KNOW, CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS MORE IDENTIFIABLE AS WHAT JORDAN VALLEY STATION WOULD BE. NOW, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO DAN TO DISCUSS THE TRANSPORTATION AND CONNECTIVITY PIECE. THANKS. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DAN PIERCE, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER AND PROJECT MANAGER. AND PERHAPS UNSURPRISINGLY, THE THE PRIMARY DRIVER HERE IN TERMS OF HOW WE DEVISE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND IMPROVING IT, IS REALLY BASED ON THOSE HIGH LEVEL GOALS OF. THE PLAN WAS BASED ON MARIANI DESCRIBED AS WELL AS PROPOSED LAND USE. SO WE WANTED TO COMPLIMENT HOW THE AREA COULD CHANGE SHOULD THIS VISION BE ACHIEVED, WHILE ALSO REALLY DOING OUR BEST TO STICK WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHTS OF WAY. SO THESE CONCEPTS IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH ARE REALLY JUST HIGH LEVEL SECTION VIEWS OF HOW THAT SPACE COULD BE REALLOCATED, STICK WITHIN THOSE EXISTING RIGHTS OF WAY IN THE STATION AREA. SO ON THE TOP LEFT IS A NOTION OF HOW 3400 WEST, SHOULD IT BE REALIGNED AND REIMAGINED, COULD BE PUT BACK TOGETHER, MAINTAINING ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION WITH WIDE SIDEWALKS OR MULTI-USE PATHS ON BOTH SIDES. THAT WAS A KEY, A KEY POINT OF INTEREST, OR A BIG ONE FROM THE CITY STAFF IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING CONNECTIONS NORTH SOUTH, PARTICULARLY FOR FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE RIDING TRANSIT TO THE STATION AND THEN WORKING AT THE HOSPITAL OR TRYING TO ACCESS ANY NEW COMMERCIAL USE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, NORTH VIEW LANE. SIMILARLY, TRYING TO FACILITATE EAST WEST TRAVEL ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TRACKS ALIGNMENT, WANT TO MAKE THAT A MORE COMFORTABLE SPACE? IDEALLY, ALLOW ME SOME SOME ROOM FOR FOR NEW GREEN ADDITIONS TO THE AREA AS WELL AS. AS I MENTIONED, TRYING TO CONNECT TO AN EMERGING TRAIL NETWORK THAT IS TAKING SHAPE IN THE AREA. AND THEN LASTLY, MOVING TO THE NORTH WHERE WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT ACCESS FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STATION AT 600 SOUTH, AGAIN, ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, MORE OR LESS THE SAME SHAPE, LOOK AND FEEL AS IT IS NOW. BUT A KEY ADDITION, AS MINOR AS IT MIGHT SEEM, IS ADDING A SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TRACKS THAT DOES NOT EXIST TODAY, AND THAT WOULD REALLY PROVIDE THE LANDING SPACE TO MAKE TRAVEL ON FOOT TO AND FROM THE NORTH SIDE MUCH, MUCH SIMPLER. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT[01:00:01]
SLIDE, WE CAN TALK A BIT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CAME UP THE LAST TIME WE BROUGHT THESE IDEAS TO COUNCIL, WHICH WAS REALLY JUST HOW WOULD POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS SCALE IN THIS AREA AFFECT LOCAL TRAFFIC? AND WHILE IT'S NOT NORMALLY A PART OF THESE PLANS, WE DID WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT QUESTION, AND WE DID A BIT OF DIGGING ON THAT FRONT. SO AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, THE WAY WE WE TEND TO GO ABOUT THIS SORT OF WORK IS WE MEASURE EXISTING TRAFFIC. WE TRY TO ESTIMATE HOW TRAFFIC FROM THE PROJECT MIGHT SHOW UP IN TERMS OF DAILY OR PEAK HOUR TRIPS. HERE, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT DAILY BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY LITTLE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL LAND USE MIGHT BE. AND THEN WE COMBINE THOSE TWO AND TRY TO EVALUATE HOW THE SYSTEM MIGHT WORK. WE WORKED WITH CITY STAFF TO GO AND COLLECT SOME TRAFFIC COUNTS ON AREA ROADS. SO OLD BINGHAM HIGHWAY 800 SOUTH OR HAHN DRIVE, AND THEN 3400 WEST AND USE SOME INDUSTRY TOOLS AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF TRAFFIC IN THE AREA TO TRY TO ESTIMATE HOW THAT TRAFFIC WOULD CIRCULATE. AND WE ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ONE OF THE KEY REFERENCES WE USED IN THIS EVALUATION WAS ALSO THE RECENTLY COMPLETED, I THINK, FROM 2024 WESTERN TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS OUT THERE NOW THAT COULD POTENTIALLY REDEVELOP. AND THE TRAFFIC THAT THAT USE LIKELY GENERATES. AGAIN, WE'RE WE HAVE TO ESTIMATE THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MEASURE THAT WITH IN GREAT DETAIL AT THIS POINT, AND ALSO HOW THE PROPOSED LAND USE WOULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE TRAFFIC GOING FORWARD. AND WHILE WE ARE POTENTIALLY REDUCING SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 1350 DAILY TRIPS, WE ARE PROBABLY ADDING SOMETHING LIKE 5600 DAILY VEHICLE TRIPS. NOW, IF WE APPLY THAT TO THE LOCAL ROAD NETWORK, AS SHOWN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT ALL OF THESE ROADS SHOULD STAY WELL BELOW THE THE STATED LEVEL OF SERVICE THRESHOLDS OR BASICALLY HOW ROADS FEEL IF THEY'RE OPERATING, HOW IT FEELS TO BE DRIVING ON THEM. WE SHOULD STAY BELOW THAT TARGET OF OF 9375 DAILY TRIPS FOR, FOR EACH OF THOSE ROADS THAT WERE WERE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT HOLDING THEM.HIGHWAY BOTH NORTH OF 600 SOUTH AND TO THE SOUTH OR WEST, 8600 SOUTH, AND THEN 3400 WEST. IN AN EVENT THAT IT GETS REALIGNED. TO BE QUITE CLEAR, THOUGH, SHOULD ANY OF THIS REDEVELOPMENT OCCUR, DETAILED TRAFFIC STUDIES FOR THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE REQUIRED.
THIS IS BY NO MEANS CLEAR, AS ANY OF THOSE FROM FROM THAT REQUIREMENT, BUT WE DID WANT TO EXPLORE AT LEAST PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON HOW THIS COULD WORK SHOULD IT COME TO PASS.
I'LL HAND IT BACK TO MARIANI. THANKS, TOM. NOW DISCUSSING THE SUGAR FACTORY ROAD CONCEPT. SO THIS ONE IS CENTERED AROUND THREE COMPLEMENTARY STRATEGIES THAT WILL ENHANCE TRANSIT ACCESS, BUT ALSO PRESERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER OF THE AREA. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBLE INFILL. WE MENTIONED THAT WE COULD INTRODUCE SMALL SCALE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IN THE UK PARKING LOT. AND IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT ON SITES IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RAIL. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE TYPOLOGIES THAT ARE PRETTY LOW DENSITY TOWNHOMES, DUPLEXES. THINK ABOUT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES THAT TODAY ARE PART OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING NOT JUST AFFORDABLE, BUT ATTAINABLE HOUSING THAT WOULD FIT THE SCALE OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO ADD SOME UNITS NEAR TRANSIT. THE SECOND STRATEGY IS A CENTRAL TRANSIT PLAZA AND NEW PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS. MAKE SURE WE HAVE SAFER CROSSINGS NORTH SOUTH ■AND CREATE A BIT A BIT MORE WELCOMING STATION GATEWAY AND THEREFORE CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS ON BOTH AREAS. AND FINALLY EXPANDING AND CONNECTING BETTER, CONNECTING WITH EXISTING TRAIL NETWORK. AGAIN, THIS IS BASED A LOT ON THE BINGHAM CREEK TRAIL, CONNECTING TO THAT AMENITY AND ALSO CONNECTING TO THE STATION AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THESE STRATEGIES WILL CREATE A MORE WALKABLE, CONNECTED AREA.
AND AGAIN, ENCOURAGING CONTEXT SENSITIVE INTO AROUND THE STATION. NOW, IF WE MOVE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION, OF DAN, SORRY, I ALMOST SKIPPED YOU. ALL RIGHT, TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION AND CONNECTIVITY FIRST. FOR SURE. AND THESE ARE RELATIVELY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING FOR FOR JORDAN VALLEY. BUT GIVEN THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT LESS IN TERMS OF INTENSITY, WE ARE NOT IMAGINING ANYWHERE NEAR AS SUBSTANTIAL OF POTENTIAL REWORKING OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SO SUGAR FACTORY ROAD IS THE TOP SECTION THERE. THE IDEA HERE WOULD BE TO, ONE, PROVIDE AN EAST WEST PATH ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. THAT WAY, EXISTING RESIDENTIAL OR ANY FUTURE RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY SOMEWHAT
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SEPARATED FROM TRAFFIC ON SUGAR FACTORY ROAD ITSELF AND GET A BIT MORE DISTANCE, A BIT MORE OF A BUFFER, WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING THAT EAST WEST TRAVEL, AND THEN TO THE SOUTH OR THE BOTTOM. EXCUSE ME, HON DRIVE AS IT CONTINUES INTO THIS STATION AREA, THE. THIS. THESE ARE ALSO IN A ENVISIONED TO BE COMPLEMENTARY OF THE PROPOSED BINGHAM CREEK TRAIL, A FINAL ALIGNMENT IN WHICH IS STILL BEING REFINED, BUT CONNECTIONS TO OR PORTIONS OF THAT TRAIL COULD EASILY BE SUPPORTED BY PROPOSED MULTI-USE PATHS ON ON DRIVE OR SUGAR FACTORY ROAD ITSELF. AND THAT'S REALLY TO FURTHER CONNECT RESIDENTS FROM THIS AREA ALSO POINTS WEST, CLOSER TO THE CITY CENTER, AS THAT IDEALLY BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE IN THE COMING YEARS, AND ALSO PROVIDES BETTER CONNECTIONS TO AND FROM THE STATION. SO. OKAY, NOW MOVING INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK AND I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE. I THINK WE MADE YOU MISS THE FOOD TRUCK WINDOW BECAUSE WE'RE PAST 8:00. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO WRAP UP HERE. SO MOVING INTO IMPLEMENTATION AND WHAT APPROACHES WOULD BE STATION AREA PLANS. WE ARE FOCUSING ON EARLY POLICY AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT WILL CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR TOD AND PRIVATE REDEVELOPMENT. SO BASICALLY THINKING ABOUT THREE PHASES HERE. PHASE ONE SHOULD ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK TO ALLOW FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.PHASE TWO SHOULD BUILD THE CORE OF THIS MIXED USE DISTRICT. AND THEN PHASE THREE WILL COMPLETE THE ENTIRE TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTER. SO THIS IS A WHOLE CHAPTER IN THE DOCUMENT. BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE PRIORITY ACTIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON CREATING THE CONDITIONS NEEDED TO CATALYZE REDEVELOPMENT. SOME OF THEM ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, REFINING THE CURRENT SOD OVERLAY IT. RIGHT NOW, IT'S ONE LARGE OVERLAY THAT HAS SOME, FOR EXAMPLE, MINIMUM DENSITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE STATION AREA. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO REFINE IT AND CREATE SUB DISTRICTS THAT CAN RESPOND TO THE DIFFERENT DENSITIES, THE TRANSITIONS, AND THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT INTENSITIES WE JUST PRESENTED AS PART OF THE PLAN.
ANOTHER STRATEGY IS REZONING KEY INDUSTRIAL PARCELS ON THE NORTH SIDE TO ALLOW MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVING THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, THE MULTI-MODAL ACCESS, SOME OF THOSE MULTI USE PATHWAYS THAT DON JUST DESCRIBED, AND BY CONNECTIONS ALONG 3400 WEST, AND BASICALLY ESTABLISHING THE KEY FRAMEWORK SO WE CAN REMOVE ANY BARRIERS FOR REDEVELOPMENT, AND ALSO SET A PRETTY CLEAR MARKET SIGNAL THAT WILL SUPPORT FUTURE INVESTMENT IN THE JORDAN VALLEY STATION AREA. WHEN WE LOOK AT SUGAR FACTORY ROAD, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE PRIORITY ACTIONS ALSO FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING THE POLICY FRAMEWORK AND CONNECTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE STATION AREA PLAN. A FIRST KEY STEP IN THIS CASE IS RECOMMENDING TO INCLUDE THE SUB OVERLAY DISTRICT AROUND THE STATION. BUT AGAIN, THINKING THAT THIS WOULD BE A KEY OVERLAY THAT HAS SUBDISTRICTS AND THE ONES THAT HAVE LESSER DENSITY REQUIREMENTS AND ENCOURAGE SMALLER SCALE REDEVELOPMENT WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE IN THIS STATION. ALSO, UPDATING ZONING REGULATIONS TO ALLOW FOR A SLIGHTLY INCREASED DENSITY ON THE PARCEL, IMPROVING THE STREET DESIGN STANDARDS TO ENHANCE WALKABILITY AND MULTI-MODAL ACCESS, AND EXPANDING THE MULTI-USE TRAIL AND BICYCLE CONNECTIONS. AGAIN, THESE ACTIONS TOGETHER WOULD LAY THAT FOUNDATION THAT WOULD ALLOW FUTURE PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND UNLOCK SOME KEY REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS AREA. SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TONIGHT AND HAND IT BACK TO TAYLOR. FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MARIANNE. AND JUST BEFORE AND I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A COUPLE THINGS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR A WHILE, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING IT WITH DESIGN WORKSHOP AGAIN, EVERY TIME WE'VE GONE OUT FOR ONE OF THE STATIONARY PLANS, WE'VE DONE A COMPETITIVE BID AND THEY'VE JUST COME BACK THROUGH THE THE SCORING AS THE HIGHEST EACH TIME. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A MISTAKE. WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD STATIONARY PLANS AT THIS POINT. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS ONE CONTINUES THAT WITH THIS STATIONARY PLAN IN PARTICULAR, I FEEL LIKE WE HAD MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH STAKEHOLDERS THAN WITH ANY OF THE OTHER ONES, STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE REALLY MOTIVATED AND CAME TO MEETING AFTER MEETING WITH LOTS OF IDEAS AND WERE REALLY ENGAGED. SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT AS WELL. AND SO THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT THEY'VE BOUGHT INTO IT AND THEY'VE COME BACK AGAIN AND
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AGAIN. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE SOD. THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT COVERS ALL OF OUR STATIONARY PLANS AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT REALLY IS TOO CLUNKY IN ONE SIZE FITS ALL. SO WHEN WE COME IN FOR IMPLEMENTATION TO WORK ON THAT, THAT WILL HELP US ACTUALLY WITH CITY CENTER AND 5600 WEST AS WELL, TO REALLY REFINE THAT FOR EACH STATION SO WE CAN GUIDE THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WE WANT AT EACH STATION. AND THEN THE LAST THING I JUST KIND OF WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS IS WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, COMPARED TO OUR OTHER STATIONARY PLANS, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMMEDIATE ONE BECAUSE IT'S THE SMALLEST CHANGES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO FAIRLY EASILY WHEN WE COMPARE IT TO, YOU KNOW, CREATING A NEW DOWNTOWN FOR WEST JORDAN. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING OUT AT THE FUTURE, THESE ARE THINGS WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE HAPPENING IN THE MORE MEDIUM TERM RATHER THAN THE LONG TERM, WHICH IS ALSO EXCITING TO POTENTIALLY SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS COME UP.SO WANT TO THANK YOU AS A COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND DESIGN WORKSHOP FOR ALL THEIR HELP, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK. THANK YOU. I JUST AM CURIOUS ON THE TRAFFIC STUDY FOR JORDAN VALLEY, WE INCREASE THE CIRCLE SIZE TO INCLUDE SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BUT WE DIDN'T DO A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR 9000 SOUTH.
WHY? IF WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THAT CIRCLE TO INCLUDE SOUTH OF 9000. SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED TRAFFIC FOR 90TH, BUT I CAN ALREADY TELL YOU IT'S ALREADY AN F. YEAH. SO DAN CAN ADDRESS THAT. I THINK THE MAIN REASON WE DIDN'T ADDRESS THAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY IS WE'RE NOT SHOWING ANY MAYBE NEW DEVELOPMENT TYPES OR PATTERNS OVER THERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS OVER THERE.
WHEREAS ALL THE CHANGES IN ZONING AND ENTITLEMENTS ARE MORE AROUND THE TRACK STATION ITSELF. BUT DAN CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG OR ADD MORE CONTEXT TO THAT. SURE. THANK YOU. 90 SOUTH, OF COURSE, IS A KEY CONNECTION AND ALSO PROVIDES LOCAL ACCESS TO BANGERTER HIGHWAY. IT'S ALSO A UDOT CORRIDOR, AND WE KNOW THAT UDOT IS WORKING, I BELIEVE, WITH WEST JORDAN CITY STAFF AND DIFFERENT CONSULTANTS ON IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE THERE.
SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE HERE. WE ALSO DO UNDERSTAND THAT AT PEAK HOURS IT IS A REAL CHALLENGE. BUT GIVEN THAT IT'S VERY MUCH SO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S CONTROL, WE ARE DEFERRING TO UDOT ON THAT PIECE AND HOPING THAT NOT HOPING THAT WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT REDEVELOPMENT AREA WOULD BE INCLUDED IN ANY POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT UDOT IS DISCUSSING OR CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW FOR NIAGARA SOUTH ITSELF.
THANK YOU. JUST BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT A STATION AREA PLAN IS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT IT IS NOT BECAUSE I'M FAIRLY SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY DEVELOPERS LINED UP FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, OR THESE AREN'T BINDING CONCEPT PLANS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT. SO IF YOU COULD JUST MAYBE QUICK SUMMARY ON THAT. YES. THANK YOU. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. FOR CONTEXT, COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, STATION PLANS, I LIKE TO THINK OF AS A GENERAL PLAN OR A SMALL AREA PLAN. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY SETTING A VISION THE CITY IS SETTING FOR AN AREA, THE AREA BEING A HALF MILE RADIUS OF THE TRACK STATIONS. THAT VISION WILL THEN BE USED TO GUIDE ZONING DECISIONS THAT WILL COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE, JUST LIKE OUR CURRENT GENERAL PLAN DOES. AND SO THAT WILL GUIDE DEVELOPMENT AS PEOPLE WILL ACQUIRE PROPERTIES OR DEVELOP IT. THEY'LL LOOK AT THE VISION THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SET OUT, BRING A PROPOSAL WHICH THEY HOPEFULLY MEETS, THAT SHOWS THAT TO THE COUNCIL. IF THE COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT MEETS THE VISION, THEN THEY CAN VOTE TO ADOPT THAT AND GO THROUGH A STANDARD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. BUT YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY UNLIKELY THAT WE SEE ANY OF THESE CONCEPTS WE BUILT BE BUILT OUT EXACTLY AS WE'RE SHOWING THEM. THIS IS JUST A SCENARIO IMAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER SCENARIO IMAGES.
I MEAN, IT'S INTERESTING TO ME AS I'VE WATCHED THESE OVER THE COUPLE OF YEARS OF JUST GOING, WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD EVEN REMOTELY LOOKS LIKE. NOW, IS THERE A THING WHERE YOU GUYS LOOK AT THIS AND GO, HOW MANY HOMES WOULD WE HAVE TO DISPLACE TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS INTO EFFECT? DOES THAT GO INTO YOUR PLAN OR IS THIS JUST A WE'RE WITH A BLANK CANVAS AND DOING WHAT WE WANT TO DO? NO, IT ABSOLUTELY DOES FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, FOR THE JORDAN VALLEY STATION, ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT SHOWN THERE IS ACTUALLY ON LAND THAT'S CURRENTLY INDUSTRIAL ZONED AND BEING USED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
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USES. SO IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY SHOW ANY CURRENT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS BEING ALTERED WITH DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. FOR THE SUGAR FACTORY ROAD THERE WILL YOU DO SEE A COUPLE SOME OF THOSE. THE I WALK BY THERE ALL THE TIME. THERE'S LIKE MAYBE LIKE A, JUST A LITTLE PLOT OF LAND THAT'S NOT THAT'S THERE. SO JUST IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. YEAH. BUT THE BULK OF THE NEW UNITS IN THE SUGAR FACTORY WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN THE, THE UTA PARKING LOT, WHICH IS OVERSIZE. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THE BULK OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN IT'S WHAT IT'S SHOWING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD ARE WHERE THOSE EXISTING DUPLEXES ARE. IF IN THE FUTURE, SOMETIME THEY WANTED TO REDEVELOP LIKE 3 OR 4 PLEXES, THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS KIND OF ENVISIONED AS, INCREASED DENSITY IN THE FUTURE, SAME DEVELOPMENT PATTERN TYPES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK TAYLOR. BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU WHERE I'M LOOKING, BUT IT'S IT'S SOUTH OF THE PARKING LOT. UTA PARKING LOT, EAST SIDE. THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE GATED COMMUNITY THERE, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. I THINK FOUR DUPLEXES RIGHT THERE. AND THEN AS THE ROAD CONTINUES, THERE'S PROBABLY 20 OR SO DUPLEX UNITS THAT. BUT ON THAT CORNER, NOT DUPLEXES, THEY'RE FAIRLY BIG HOMES. THAT'S A GATED COMMUNITY. THE GAY COMMUNITY, THOSE ACTUALLY ARE DUPLEXES IN THERE AS WELL, THOUGH. THEY'RE JUST VERY LARGE DUPLEXES. OKAY. BUT STILL WE'RE SHOWING I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE PUTTING THINGS ON TOP OF HOMES.ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. JENSEN? OKAY. I WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ORDINANCE. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? MR. ANDERSON, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE PHONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? THERE'S FOUR INDIVIDUALS ONLINE, NONE OF WHOM HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. SO FORGIVE ME. THIS IS NEW. ARE WE WILL YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? OH, NO. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS RECOMMENDATION. THAT ONE. OH THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'LL GO FIRST. OH WOW. THERE WAS A I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS. I SAID THAT THIS WAS THE VISION OF THE COUNCIL, THE VISION OF THE CITY, AND THE TWO AREAS I SAW HERE AREN'T IN MY VISION.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO WITH THIS TONIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A VISION PUT TOGETHER BY THE GROUP. WHOEVER DESIGNED THIS, WHAT I SAW. I DRIVE DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY EVERY DAY, AND YOU GET OFF SIX SOUTH, AND IT'S JUST APARTMENTS AFTER APARTMENTS AFTER APARTMENTS. AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE HERE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WEST JORDAN. SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT A STATIONARY PLAN AND BE HELD TO IT, I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB HERE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO I SAID, WELL, PREVIOUS COUNCILS DID THIS. WELL, I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT COUNCIL WHERE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW OR TEN YEARS FROM NOW, SOMEONE GOES, OH, THAT COUNCIL, CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY DID THIS? SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS TONIGHT, BUT I MEAN, IF I WERE TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, I, I, I CAN'T APPROVE IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY VISION. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S THE VISION THAT MOST OF US ON THE COUNCIL, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT ALL I SAW WAS A LOT OF APARTMENTS. AND THAT WORRIES ME. SO CAN I.
SO WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GO WITH THIS TONIGHT? WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL ADOPTION TONIGHT TO SAY THIS IS THE VISION OF THE COUNCIL. WE HAD MULTIPLE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSES. WE HAD MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, WHICH WE CAME UP WITH. WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THOSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. WE GOT COMMENTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU REMEMBER, AT THAT MEETING, WE HAD A MUCH LARGER REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL FOR THE SUGAR FACTORY ROAD, WHICH TALKED ABOUT MAYBE PARTNERING WITH SALT LAKE COUNTY TO REDEVELOP PART OF THAT GOLF COURSE. A LOT OF THAT CONVERSATION WAS REGARDING THAT, BUT WE DID GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL THAT THEY LIKED THE THE REALIGNMENT OF 3400 WEST.
THERE WAS TALK THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO DO DENSITY AT A TRAIN STATION IS THE RIGHT SPOT, RELOCATING INDUSTRIAL, WHICH MIGHT NOT BE IN THE RIGHT LOCATION WITH LIKE HOUSING WAS SOMETHING THAT WE GOT BACK FROM THOSE MEETINGS. WE WERE TOLD AT THAT MEETING THAT WE HAD MORE DENSITY AT THE STATION AT PLAN AT THAT TIME. AND THEY SAID, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THESE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, WE WANT TO DO CONTEXTUALIZED DEVELOPMENT. SO WE DID REFINE THE PLAN TO HAVE
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LIKE TO LIKE. SO THOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE EXISTING WOULD BE BORDERED BY, YOU KNOW, DUPLEXES OR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES RATHER THAN APARTMENT BUILDINGS.AND SO WE DID TAKE THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL. I DO APOLOGIZE IF IT FEELS LIKE THIS ISN'T THE COUNCIL'S VISION, BUT WE WE WERE, YOU KNOW, FAITHFUL TO TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE DID GET FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR PREVIOUS MEETING. SO I APOLOGIZE IF THE COMMUNICATION YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SHARE YOUR VISION WITH US AND WE DIDN'T CAPTURE THAT. AND IF I COULD ALSO ADD COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB, WHO ARE YOU? SORRY? SCOTT LANGFORD, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD REMINDER TO THE COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED FROM FROM THE GET GO, THAT THIS IS A CONCEPT. THIS IS A GENERAL GUIDE. YOU TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, THE CONSULTANTS, I BELIEVE, MENTIONED NEXT STEPS, UPDATING OUR TRANSIT STATION OVERLAY ZONE, LIKE THE ACTUAL ZONING ORDINANCE TO POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENT THE. ONE OF THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT, RIGHT? IT'S A IT'S A GUIDELINE THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND, AND IT GIVES THEM SOME, SOME ROUGH GUIDELINES TO, TO JUMP IN AND START DESIGNING THE PROJECT. BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF OTHER FUTURE PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MORE COMMUNICATION WITH THE, WITH THE COUNCIL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS. COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE LOCKED INTO THIS EXACT LAYOUT, IS LOCKED INTO THIS. NO, THIS THIS IS ONE ONE OF A MILLION DIFFERENT OPTIONS. BUT IT IS IT IS A GUIDE. IT IS IT IS IMPORTANT GUIDANCE TO GIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO SHOW THEM, HEY, THIS IS THIS IS GENERALLY THE DIRECTION THAT WE LIKE. FOR EXAMPLE, I, I LOVE THE DIRECTION THE CONSULTANTS PRESENTED OF THIS EAST WEST CONNECTION OR SORRY, THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTION, THE JORDAN VALLEY STATION. THAT IN MY MIND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAJOR HURDLE. AND WHEN THEY PRESENTED THAT THAT WHAT'S IT, 3400, 3100.
THAT TO ME WAS WAS A GAME CHANGING POTENTIAL OPTION THAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COULD, COULD LOOK AT THAT COULD ACTIVATE THE AREA NORTH OF THE TRACKS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S REALLY BIFURCATED, IRONICALLY, BY THE, BY THE TRACKS LINE, RIGHT? SO THIS IS JUST ONE, ONE OF MANY OPTIONS THAT THAT COULD BE BUILT IN THE FUTURE. BUT CERTAINLY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE LOCKED INTO THIS DESIGN. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON TONIGHT. BUT FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU, TAYLOR, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO ALL OF THESE, BECAUSE WE ARE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE AND BECAUSE GOOD NEWS, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRACK STATIONS OR BAD NEWS, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRACK STATIONS. WE ARE MANDATED TO DO THESE STATIONARY PLANS. AND BECAUSE OUR STATE HAS BUILT A TRACK SYSTEM AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIDERSHIP, THAT LIKE, THEY WANT TO PUT MORE PEOPLE NEAR THE TRACK STATIONS TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP. THAT'S JUST THE REALITY. AND BECAUSE WE'RE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, THEY'RE TELLING US WE HAVE TO DO THIS. I WANT TO PUBLICLY STATE, I'M NOT LOVING THIS, AND I HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THESE THESE TWO SOME OF THEM THAT WE'VE DONE, I'VE LOVED. BUT THESE TWO I STILL HAVE CONCERNS WITH. SO TONIGHT I AM VOTING NO ON THESE. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE LOOKING AT DISPLACING. AND WE HEARD TONIGHT FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS. WHY DID THEY MOVE TO WEST JORDAN? THEY DIDN'T MOVE TO WEST JORDAN TO BE IN A BIG CITY. THEY MOVED HERE TO BE IN A PLACE WITH LITTLE BIGGER, LITTLE MORE SPACE, NOT AS MANY PEOPLE. AND WHILE IT DOESN'T LOCK US INTO THAT EXACT PLAN, IT DOES TELL DEVELOPERS, HEY, HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO BUILD THE INCREASED DENSITY THAT YOU WANT. AND YES, LONG TERM, THAT THAT PROBABLY IS WHERE WE'RE HEADED. BUT IT WORRIES ME BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ■THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS. AND I MUST HAVE I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK I WENT TO ANY OF THESE FOR THIS TO FOR THE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHY, BECAUSE I USUALLY GO TO THINGS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY LIFE AT THAT TIME, BUT I DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THESE. I'M JUST WORRIED THAT WE'RE WE'RE MOVING THE CITY IN A DIRECTION
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THAT. ISN'T WHAT WEST JORDAN RESIDENTS HAVE WANTED. AND, AND I HEARD THAT TONIGHT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT PACKED THIS ROOM. DON'T DON'T DO THAT. AND I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE CONTACT ME. AND YES, A A ROUND TRACK STATIONS IS THE PLACE TO HAVE DENSITY. BUT IF WE SAY YES TO THIS, WHILE WE'RE NOT LOCKED INTO THIS CONCEPT, IT DOES LOCK US INTO WHAT IT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE. SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS. SO UNLESS I'M SWAYED BY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'LL PROBABLY BE VOTING NO. BUT NOT BECAUSE OF YOU. TAYLOR, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, THANK YOU. A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID IS WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION AT THE START. RIGHT? IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT A PROPOSAL. THIS DOESN'T DISPLACE ANY EXISTING RESIDENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A AN APPLICATION THAT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO REZONE SOMETHING TO APPROVE A PROPERTY ACQUISITION OR EMINENT DOMAIN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.IT'S BUT BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. IT IS SETTING A VISION OF WHAT WE THINK IS MAYBE NOT THE, THE EXACT THING THAT SHOULD GO THERE, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A BROAD BRUSH PAINTING OF WHAT WE THINK SHOULD GO IN THESE SPOTS. AND YEAH, WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE THE STATE TOLD US TO. AND. AND, AND THERE'S SOME GOOD AND SOME BAD TO IT. I MEAN, I'M ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO WHAT WE APPROVED FOR ACROSS THE STREET HERE. I THINK IT'S THINKING WAY TOO SMALL, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN APPROVED AND IT'S AN IDEA AND WE'LL SEE WHAT ENDS UP GETTING BUILT, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TIED TO EXACTLY WHAT'S ON THAT PLAN. WE'RE NOT EXACTLY TIED TO WHAT'S ON THESE PLANS. THAT SAID, THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE PROCESS THAT I, I DON'T REALLY LIKE. YEAH, THERE ARE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSES, BUT THEY DON'T GET WIDELY ATTENDED. WE DON'T GET A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS. AND, AND THEN BY THE TIME IT COMES TO THE COUNCIL FOR FEEDBACK, IT'S ALREADY VERY WELL DEFINED. AND THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK IS TWEAK THIS, TWEAK THAT. BUT IT'S MOSTLY PRESENTED AS A FINISHED PRODUCT. AND THEN WE GET TO HAVE INPUT ON THIS FINISHED PRODUCT INSTEAD OF HAVING INPUT ON MOLDING THE PROCESS. I, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE IT WELL IN SOME CASES AND NOT WELL IN OTHER CASES ON SOME OF THESE. THAT SAID, WHAT'S COME DOWN ON THE JORDAN VALLEY? ONE I LIKE IT'S GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE STATIONARY OR THE TSOD THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. THAT IS HALF BUILT OUT. RIGHT. AND WE'RE, WE'RE MORE OR LESS FRUSTRATED WITH THE PACE AT WHICH THAT HAS BEEN BUILT OUT. WE'VE HAD THAT DEVELOPER COME BACK AND ASK FOR MORE CONCESSIONS AND MORE THINGS. AND WE'VE TOLD THEM NO, WE'VE TOLD THEM NO, BUILD WHAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD BUILD. AND THAT'S LARGELY WHAT'S ON THIS JORDAN VALLEY OR JORDAN. YEAH. JORDAN VALLEY AREA PLAN. THAT'S LARGELY WHAT'S THERE. IT'S THOSE APARTMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, RIGHT BY THE HOSPITAL THAT ARE, BY AND LARGE, A VERY NICE I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA DRIVE THROUGH AN APARTMENT NEIGHBORHOOD THERE, IT'S VERY NICE AS FAR AS THAT GOES. THE PARKING GARAGE, IT'S GOT STRUCTURED PARKING, WHICH IS PULLING TEETH TO GET A DEVELOPER TO PUT THAT IN. BUT WE'VE GOT STRUCTURED PARKING THERE. THERE'S THERE'S SOME GOOD THINGS. JORDAN. THE JORDAN VALLEY ONE IS PRETTY GOOD. THE SUGAR FACTORY ONE I. I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD BE BETTER ABOUT IT. I JUST, IT'S JUST KIND OF RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY. AND I CAN'T QUITE PUT MY FINGER ON WHY. AND PART OF IT'S BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF BY THE CITY CENTER, BUT IT'S KIND OF NOT.
AND IT'S KIND OF IN A MOSTLY BUILT OUT AREA. THERE'S NOT REALLY A WHOLE LOT TO PLAN THERE. THERE'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT REALLY, THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING THERE. SO THAT ONE'S A LITTLE LESS PALATABLE FOR ME, BUT I'M, I'M, I WOULD APPROVE THE JORDAN VALLEY ONE, BUT NOT THE SUGAR FACTORY ONE. PROBABLY THE WAY IT SITS RIGHT NOW. BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT THAT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A DEVELOPER'S APPLICATION THAT'S BEFORE US. IT'S NOT A REZONE REQUEST. IT'S NOT EVEN A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT. IT'S A SPECIFIC LITTLE STATIONARY PLAN.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE STATE TOLD US TO, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE VOTING ON. SO IF IT'S IF IT'S NOT ALL
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THOSE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB MENTIONED, THEN LIKE WHAT? AS I'M LOOKING AT THE REPORT AND LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION, WHAT IS IT THAT I SHOULD BE PULLING OUT AS, AS THE GUIDANCE THAT I'M APPROVING WITH, WITH MY VOTE? YEAH. SO THE STATIONARY PLANS, WHICH WE ADOPT, IT'S A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT. THESE NEED TO BE ADOPTED BY DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS CERTIFIED BY UTA AND WASATCH FRONT REGIONAL COUNCIL, AS WHAT THEY ARE IS THEY ARE SETTING A VISION. AND SO THE MAIN VISION WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS IS WE LOOK AT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND THEN WE TRY TO SET THE VISION. THE STATE HAS A MANDATE THAT WE HAVE TO INCREASE HOUSING AROUND THESE AS WELL AS BE MULTIMODAL. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THESE, I THINK THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE IS, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE INDUSTRIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S NORTH OF JORDAN VALLEY REDEVELOP AS A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, SIMILAR SIZE AND INTENSITY AS JORDAN VALLEY? TOD, DO WE AGREE WITH THE CONCEPT OF REALIGNING 3400 WEST INSTEAD OF HAVING IT TURN AND ZIGZAGGED ACROSS THE TRACKS LINE TO BE STRAIGHTENED OUT AND CROSSED AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE THAT HAS A DIRECT ACCESS TO 90 SOUTH. AND THOSE LAND USES WHICH ARE SHOWN IN THAT MAP, NOT NECESSARILY THAT LAYOUT, BUT THOSE LAND USES AND THE UNIT COUNTS, WHICH ARE IN THERE FOR JORDAN VALLEY OR FOR SUGAR FACTORY ROAD IS, YOU KNOW, THE BULK OF THAT. THAT PLAN REALLY WAS LET'S REDEVELOP THE THE PARKING LOT AT. APOLOGIZE, REDEVELOP THE UTA PARKING LOT, WHICH IS TOO LARGE. AND THEN WHEN WE'RE AT IT, WE SAID, WELL, THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME OLD HOUSES ALONG SUGAR FACTORY ROAD.IF THIS IS SUCCESSFUL, COULD THOSE POTENTIALLY REDEVELOP IN THE FUTURE? YES. IF WE PULL BACK THAT RETAINING WALL TO THE EDGE OF THE PLATFORM TO ALLOW NORTH SOUTH CONNECTION, IS THAT APPROPRIATE? BUT THE LAND USES THAT. WE'RE SHOWING THERE IS ESSENTIALLY SOME TOWNHOUSES AT THE AT THE STATION PLATFORM, AND THEN SIMILAR TWO AND THREE UNIT BUILDINGS ALONG SUGAR FACTORY ROAD WHERE THOSE ARE EXISTING. ARE THEY GOING TO BE THOSE CONCEPTS? NO. ARE WE TELLING PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, TEAR OUT THEIR HOUSES AND REDEVELOP THEM? NO. I ALSO THINK SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN MAYBE UNDER TALKED ABOUT IN THIS, AND THAT'S MY FAULT, IS ALL OF THE RIGHT OF WAYS. ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE WITHIN EXISTING RIGHT OF WAYS. AND I COMMUTE TO THE CITY BY BIKE AND ACTUALLY COME THROUGH BOTH OF THESE STATIONS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THEY'RE REALLY UGLY. THERE'S NOT SIDEWALKS, THERE'S NOT GRASS, THERE'S WEEDS AND DIRT. AND THIS IS ALL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY WITHIN EXISTING RIGHT OF WAYS. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY PROPOSALS THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, REQUIRE INCREASING RIGHT OF WAYS, ANY LAND ACQUISITION. THIS IS ALL STUFF THAT COULD BE DONE WITHIN CURRENT CITY RIGHT OF WAYS FOR A LOT OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN'T FOCUSED ON AS WELL EITHER. SO THIS IS A REQUIREMENT. WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF PLAN BY THE END OF THE YEAR. IF I REMEMBERED AND AND IS THE PLAN AS IT IS JUST PRESENTED TO US, HELPFUL TO YOU AS CITY STAFF FOR WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WITH THIS UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS GUIDANCE AND WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOCKED IN. YEAH.
SO SO THE DOCUMENT, WE GOT ABOUT $175,000 FROM THE WASATCH FRONT REGIONAL COUNCIL TO CREATE THE DOCUMENT. IT'S MORE THAN JUST THOSE PLANS. THERE'S I THINK THE WHOLE THING'S LIKE 145 PAGES OR SOMETHING. 206 IT'S ROBUST. YES. SO THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY ACT AS THE DOCUMENT WHICH WE WILL TAKE TO IF THIS GETS APPROVED BY YOU, WHICH WILL TAKE YOU TO WASATCH FRONT REGIONAL COUNCIL AND UTA FOR THEIR CERTIFICATION TO BE ADOPTED. WHEN SOMEBODY IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPER COMES IN, THEY WANT TO DEVELOP, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT YOUR STATIONARY PLAN DOES. HERE'S HOW OUR PLAN MEETS THAT. NOW. REZONES ARE LEGISLATIVE REQUEST, MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLANS OR LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS THAT'S GOING TO COME TO YOU. BUT ALSO WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREA, ESPECIALLY IN JORDAN VALLEY STATION, IS WITHIN AN EXISTING SOD, WHICH HAS A MINIMUM DENSITY REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LARGER THAN WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IN OUR CURRENT STATIONARY PLAN, WHICH WE PRESENTED TONIGHT. SO WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION PLANS REFINING THAT, I THINK WHAT IT CURRENTLY SAYS IS A MINIMUM OF 30 UNITS PER ACRE. WE'RE SHOWING LESS THAN THAT OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE STATION. SO A LOT OF THIS COULD ALREADY HAPPEN WITHOUT US CERTIFYING THE PLAN. THIS IS JUST TRYING TO SHOW A VISION OF HOW WE CAN DEVELOP THE STATION IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY. OKAY, OKAY. I THINK THAT HELPS ME. WHAT'S A TSOD TRANSIT
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STATION OVERLAY DISTRICT. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER BADOR. YOU KNOW, I GET EVERYTHING AND WHY WE DO IT. AND I VOTED ON A FEW OF THESE ALREADY AND AND WENT THERE. BUT WHAT GOT ME ON THIS ONE, TAYLOR A LITTLE BIT IS JUST LITERALLY I WALK BY THE SUGAR FACTORY QUITE OFTEN AND YEAH, IT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FULLY DEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL PLACE. AND I GET THAT WE'RE SIGNING ON THESE THINGS AND SAYING, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE. MY WORRY WHEN I LOOK AT THESE IS THAT THIS GOES OUT WITH OUR APPROVAL. AND ANY RESIDENT WHO HAPPENED TO JUST GO AND SEE THIS AND LIVES RIGHT AROUND THERE IS NOT GOING TO GO, OH, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO DO AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE DONE. THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED THAT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO START TAKING OUT HOMES. THAT'S MY CONCERN. WE'RE APPROVING SOMETHING IN A WEIRD WAY. AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB KIND OF SAID, IT'S LIKE WE'RE PLAYING SIM CITY, AND THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE, THAT WE'RE JUST THROWING UP SOME STUFF BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO DO THIS. I, I CAN AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, I THINK JORDAN VALLEY IS FINE. AND I CAN ALSO AGREE THAT I DON'T THINK WE WENT ENOUGH WHEN IT CAME TO CITIZEN CITY CENTER, BUT WE OKAYED THEM. BUT THIS ONE KIND OF GOT ME BECAUSE WE'VE JUST HAD THIS BIG MEETING FROM RESIDENTS WHO WERE UPSET THAT INSTEAD OF AN R TEN ZONE, THEY MIGHT GET R EIGHT, WHICH VISUALLY TO MOST PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS WON'T EVEN KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. BUT ANYONE WHO LOOKED AT THESE PICTURES WOULD INSTANTLY SEE THAT THIS IS CHANGING. AND YEAH, WHEN YOU SAID WE'VE EVEN TALKED ABOUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAKE MAKING THE GOLF COURSE SMALLER, I WAS LIKE, WHAT WOULD THIS WEIRD GOD WE PLAY SOMETIMES WITH JUST WHEN WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THESE PLANS? THIS IS WHAT WORRIES ME THAT IT COMES ACROSS A LITTLE TOO MUCH LIKE WE'RE OKAYING SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY NOT OKAY WITH. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE TOLD IT'S OKAY BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS WAY. THAT'S WHAT KIND OF COMES. SO AND THEN YOU KEEP THROWING THAT JUST ONE SECOND. YOU KEEP SAYING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE VISION. THIS ONE FOR SUGAR FACTORY PLAYHOUSE IS NOT EVEN SUGAR FACTORY ROAD IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO MY VISION OF THIS CITY, NOT EVEN REMOTELY. SO I, I'M OKAY WITH JORDAN VALLEY BECAUSE YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL SAY IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WAY. AND IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. HERE'S A LITTLE VISION AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PLACE. WE HAVE PLACES THAT SHOULD BE DEVELOPED OUT AND SHOULD BE DEVELOPED OUT WELL, BUT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ALREADY DONE LITTLE COMMUNITY, I DON'T SEE THAT AS THE WAY. AND THAT'S WHAT HAS STRUCK ME SO MUCH ABOUT THIS ONE. GO AHEAD. AND CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? SURE. ON SUGAR FACTORY ROAD, SPECIFICALLY, IF IT WAS CONTAINED ENTIRELY TO THE EXISTING UTA PARKING LOT, DOES THAT RECTIFY YOUR CONCERNS? POSSIBLY. I'D HAVE TO SEE. BUT IF YOU'RE PUTTING A BIG APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE, WE'RE SHOWING TOWNHOMES THERE. I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THESE PLANS ARE HERE'S AN OVERLAY, HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. NOW HERE'S AN OVERLAY OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THINGS FIT IN. I LOOK AT THE 3D RENDERINGS YOU DID AND THEY LOOKED AT ME. I'M LOOKING AT THAT GOING. I WALKED BY THAT NONE OF THAT LOOKS LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD I WALK BY EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. ALL I NEED IS ONE RESIDENT TO SEE THAT AND GO, OH, SO FOR THIS ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR CONTEXT, IF IT WAS JUST WE SEE WHAT THE CHAIN IS AND THERE'S THOSE WHITE TOWNHOMES TO THE NORTH OF IT. IF IT WAS JUST THOSE WHITE TOWNHOMES, NONE OF THE OTHER CHANGES WERE INCLUDED BECAUSE THAT IS THE BULK OF THE STATION. AND THERE WERE SOME OLD HOUSES WHICH WE THOUGHT, IF THIS IS SUCCESSFUL, THEY MIGHT REDEVELOP. BUT THE BULK OF THE PLAN HERE WAS UTA HAS A PARKING LOT, WHICH IS 2 TO 3 TIMES LARGER THAN THEY NEED TO REDEVELOP THAT. AND THE REASON THAT IS, IS BECAUSE YOU PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. SO RESIDENTS JUST WALK RIGHT THERE.THEY DON'T NEED TO GET IN THEIR CAR AND DRIVE THERE. THAT WAS A UT A MISTAKE. AND YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT DEVELOPED OUT SOMETHING A LITTLE BETTER. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU FOLKS, AND THIS IS FOR THE DESIGN FOLKS ARE STILL ONLINE. IF YOU DO THIS, DON'T GIVE ME SOME AI 3D RENDERING OF SOME FICTIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD, OVERLAY IT OVER OUR ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD SO WE CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING YOU TO VOTE TONIGHT. AND, AND THAT IS A CHANGE THAT WE COULD MAKE.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS TO STOP GIVING US STUFF THAT WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO VOTE YES
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ON, BUT WE HAVE TO VOTE YES ON. THAT'S AT LEAST FROM MY POINT OF VIEW. YES, SIR, I APOLOGIZE.WE WE REALLY, HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE HAD RECEIVED FROM THE COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, I DO GOTTA SAY, THOUGH, LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE. AND THEN I'VE GOT GOOGLE MAPS PULLED UP RIGHT HERE AND THEN LOOKING AT THE LITTLE MAP IN THE CORNER HERE, AS FAR AS WHAT'S NEW AND WHAT'S EXISTING, WHAT'S EXISTING ON THE LITTLE MAP IN THE CORNER IS NOT WHAT'S IN THE PICTURE, THE PARTS THAT YOU'RE NOT PROPOSING CHANGING. AND BOB'S GOT A GREAT POINT. COUNCIL MEMBER BADER HAS A GREAT POINT. SORRY. I DO LIKE DECORUM IN THIS MEETING. I PROMISE HE'S GOT A GREAT POINT.
THIS THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WHAT IS ALREADY THERE. IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE WHAT'S IN THE PICTURE HERE. I MEAN, THE GOLF COURSE LOOKS LIKE A GOLF COURSE, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS GOLF COURSE. AND THESE OTHER LIKE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER HERE. DOESN'T MATCH UP.
AND YOU'RE NOT AND WE'RE NOT PROPOSING CHANGING ANYTHING THERE. THAT'S THE SAME. THAT SHOULD BE THE SAME. THAT DOESN'T MATCH UP. SO I, I TOTALLY SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS FAR AS AS FAR AS WHY IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT. MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT'S RUBBING THE WRONG WAY, I THINK YOU CAN GO HOLY. CAN YOU HIT YOUR MIC, PLEASE? NO. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. ALL I NEED IS ONE RESIDENT TO LOOK AT THIS PICTURE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO THINK WE ARE TEARING OUT EVERY HOUSE IN A HALF MILE RADIUS. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. I THINK YEAH, I THINK THE IMAGES ARE STRESSING US OUT. BUT BUT WHAT THE REPORT IS SAYING, LIKE WHAT YOU WALKED ME THROUGH WITH MY QUESTION IS NOT IS MORE LIMITED THAN THAN WHAT THESE IMAGES SHOW. SO THE GUIDELINES OF THE REPORT I COULD SEE STILL. YEAH, YEAH. JUST I'M SAYING YEAH TO WHAT'S BEING SHOWN THAT THIS IS MUCH LESS STRESSFUL AND DOESN'T SEEM AS INTENSE. LIKE THIS FEELS LIKE A GUIDELINE. YES. OKAY. BOB STILL STRESSED ACTUALLY. SO THAT WAS THE QUESTION I WAS HOPING BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THIS IS A CHANGE THAT WE COULD MAKE IF IF EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT TRANSIT PLAZA AND THE PARKING LOT GOES AWAY AND IT'S ONLY SHOWING NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THE PARKING LOT, DOES THAT REDUCE YOUR STRESS? BECAUSE IF IT DOES, THAT'S A CHANGE THAT WE CAN EASILY MAKE, SHOWING NO CHANGES OUTSIDE OF THE UTA PROPERTY. MY FEEDBACK ON THAT IS, IF IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT WE ARE DISPLACING RESIDENTS, THEN I FEEL OKAY WITH THAT. I'M NOT STRESSED ABOUT THAT. IT'S YOU KNOW, I'LL REITERATE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BADER SAID ABOUT RESIDENTS LOOKING AT THIS AND GOING, WAIT, AM I LOSING MY HOME? THAT'S. I THINK THAT'S A CONCERN FOR. IT SOUNDS LIKE MOST OF COUNCIL. HONESTLY, IT LOOKS LIKE JUST THE WHOLE SOUTHERN PORTION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TRACKS IS ALL WRONG.
WHEN I LOOK AT IT, RIGHT? SO IF WE TAKE EVERYTHING SOUTH OF THE TRACKS OUT AND JUST FOCUS ON THAT PORTION THAT'S ON THE UTA PROPERTY, IS THE COUNCIL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT, AGAIN, JUST OVERLAY WHAT SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW IT FITS INTO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD. DON'T RECREATE THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD TO SHOW US HOW IT COULD LOOK.
THAT'S THE MAIN THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO APPROVE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND DOING SOMETHING WITH THE WITH THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE YES, IT IS TOO BIG AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DRIVE TO. IF YOU'RE GETTING IN YOUR CAR AND YOU'RE GOING TO DRIVE THERE, IF IT'S FAR ENOUGH TO DRIVE FROM YOUR HOUSE THERE, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP DRIVING TO WORK. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STOP. SO IT'S, IT'S A WEIRD LITTLE STATION. AND IN MY MIND, IF NOTHING CHANGED WITH THAT, IT'S JUST GOING TO GO ON AND WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY WITH A HUGE PARKING LOT. BUT LIKE I SAID, I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT RESIDENTS SEEING THAT WE SAW HOW UPSET RESIDENTS WERE OVER SOMETHING. IF THE RESIDENTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SAW THAT, THEY WOULD BE EVEN MORE ENRAGED. THAT'S THAT'S JUST MY POINT. SO I'M DONE. VICE CHAIR SHELTON.
I'M GOING TO THROW YOU A CURVEBALL. THIS THIS STATION SHOULDN'T EVEN EXIST. IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO 22ND WEST. SO THERE'S OUR THERE'S MY LIKE, WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE TALKING ABOUT THIS STATION. SO YEAH, WE NEED TO CLOSE THIS STATION, MOVE IT TO 22ND WEST WHERE IT CAN
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ACTUALLY SERVE OUR PARK AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD MORE FULLY. SO THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. OKAY. WOULD YOU GET UTI ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW AND WE CAN TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT.COUNCIL? THIS IS ALL GREAT FEEDBACK. I WISH WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS DISCUSSION IN THE MARCH COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING. WHAT I'M SENSING IS, GENERAL, PROBABLY A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IN FAVOR OF THE JORDAN VALLEY STATIONARY PLAN, BUT A NEED TO COME BACK TO A COMMITTEE. THE WHOLE MEETING WITH THIS STATIONARY PLAN, BASED ON THIS FEEDBACK TONIGHT, IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. BECAUSE WHAT I'M SEEING UP THERE WAS NOT PRESENTED TO ME THAT I KNOW OF. I MEAN, I THINK WE, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT WE THAT WASN'T EVER PRESENTED. NOW THE JORDAN VALLEY ONE, A LOT OF THOSE CONCEPTS WERE. SO THE REASON THIS WASN'T PRESENTED IS BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS VERSION WAS TONS OF HOUSING ALONG THE, THE GOLF COURSE, AND IT SHOWED THE TRANSIT PLAZA PARKING LOT, BUT IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THIS. AND SO THIS REPRESENTS US TAKING OUT MOST OF WHAT WAS SHOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE. AND I THINK I'M HEARING WE NEED TO FURTHER REFINE THIS. WE CAN'T BECAUSE OF THE WAY THIS DOCUMENT IS STRUCTURED. WE CAN'T APPROVE HALF OF IT. AND NOT SO IF WE'RE NOT READY TONIGHT, CAN WE GET SOME FEEDBACK AND COME BACK AND REPRESENT IT? BUT THEY ARE PACKAGED TOGETHER AS ONE STATIONARY PLAN FOR TWO STATIONS. SO IF WE CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK OF WE'RE OKAY JUST WITH THE THE PARKING LOT, AND THAT'S GOOD TO GO, THEN WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT COME BACK. WE'RE WILLING TO BRING THIS BACK, BUT JUST WANTED TO FOR, FOR PROCEDURES, LET'S NOT BIFURCATE THE STATIONARY PLAN. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. YEAH, THAT WAS GIVING ME MY QUESTION. WITH THAT IN MIND, I WILL MOVE TO POSTPONE THIS ACTION ON THIS ITEM TO A FUTURE MEETING NOT LATER THAN THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT I'LL LET LEADERSHIP DECIDE WHEN TO BRING THAT BACK. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. WELL, SORRY, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT OR DO WE HAVE TO DO THE. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MOTION. YEAH. SINCE THERE IS A MOTION, WE DO HAVE TO. AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE A COMMENT. YEAH. I WILL SECOND YOUR MOTION TO. YES. OH, COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCIL. WELL. EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK. OH DEAR. THANK YOU. I'VE FORGOTTEN MY QUESTION NOW. NO, IT'S GOING TO COME BACK ANY ANY SECOND NOW.
I THINK I WAS JUST. OH YEAH. OKAY. I REMEMBER I'M, I'M WONDERING WHAT IS IS THIS GOING TO BE A WHOLE THING? LIKE IS THIS GOING TO BE LIKE MORE MONEY TO UPDATE THE REPORT AND, AND MAKE THESE SMALL CHANGES? LIKE, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS IS A GUIDELINE DOCUMENT ANYWAY, IS IT WORTH IT TO ASK FOR THESE UPDATES? OR WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF ASKING FOR THESE UPDATES TO THE CITY STAFF? SO I THINK FIRST OFF, WE WANT TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE COUNCIL CAN SUPPORT. IF IT'S CHANGES OUR. WE DON'T LIKE EVERYTHING SOUTH OF THE TRACKS AND SUGAR FACTORY. THAT'S. THAT'S AN EASY CHANGE TO MAKE. IT'S UPDATING MAYBE TWO GRAPHICS. IF THE CHANGES ARE MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN THAT, THEN I THINK THAT BECOMES A DIFFERENT QUESTION. BUT OUR JOB AS STAFF IS TO BRING YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF AND BE OKAY WITH AND DIVISION. SO IF THIS ISN'T THAT, LET US KNOW WHAT CHANGES TO MAKE AND WE'LL DO THAT. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MY QUESTION WAS JUST THE MOTION DOESN'T INCLUDE WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND I THINK WE SHOULD WE MAY HAVE TO GET MR. CHANDLER'S INPUT ON THIS ONE, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD DETERMINE IF WE WANT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING OR NOT. AND THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE JORDAN VALLEY MAP REAL QUICK? THIS ONE. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS BACK, SAME THING. I MEAN, THIS ONE SEEMS LIKE IT WAS CLOSER TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE IN THERE, I JUST WOULD RECOMMEND ANY COUNCIL MEMBER TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOUR INPUT ON THAT AS WELL. SO WHEN IT GOES BACK FOR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THAT THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING WITH THAT. VICE CHAIR. SHELTON. JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF FEEDBACK. I STARTED SEEING IT PROBABLY AFTER OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT THE, THE IMAGES
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THAT WERE SHARED, THE AI GENERATED IMAGES WHERE A COUNCIL MEMBER WAS LIKE, LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE REPLACING EVERYTHING WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS. I IT'S BECAUSE OF THOSE AI GENERATED IMAGES. IF IF I COULD JUST REQUEST, LET'S GET SOME ACTUAL AERIAL IMAGES AND THEN OVERLAY WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED ON ACTUAL IMAGES OF THE AREA SO THAT WE CAN REALLY SEE. YEAH, THAT'S HELPFUL. JUST A LITTLE POINT OF CONTEXT. THOSE ARE NOT AI GENERATED.THOSE ARE CREATED USING SOFTWARE BY THE CONSULTANT. SO THEY WERE NOT AI GENERATED. AND THE IDEA WAS HERE YOU CAN SEE THE BOXES. THOSE BOXES DO REPRESENT THE EXISTING HOUSES.
THIS IS TAKEN FROM PARCEL MAPS. AND THOSE ARE SHOWING SHOWING THE ACTUAL STRUCTURES AND JORDAN VALLEY DEVELOPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE WHITE ONES, THOSE ARE THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, THE GRAY ONES. THOSE ARE THE PROPOSED ONES WE HAVE FOR. WE HAVE TWO ACTIVE APPLICATIONS WITH THAT PROJECT. AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING PROPOSED. THE COLORS ARE WHAT'S NEW. BUT IN THIS ONE, ALL THE WHITE AND GRAY, THAT'S EITHER SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN APPROVED AND IS ALREADY EXISTING, OR IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS ON THESE THEY ATTEMPT WAS TO TAKE THIS MAP AND SHOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN AN ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT SETTING, LIKE THE COLORS, THE STYLES OF THE BUILDINGS. I THINK THIS ACTUALLY CAME FROM A REQUEST FROM THE COUNCIL AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO HAVE MORE CONTEXT OF WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THESE ARE DOING A LOT OF A DISSERVICE TO US IF IT'S WE'RE GETTING CAUGHT UP ON THIS IS WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND WE SHOULD PULL IT OUT. BUT THESE WERE TRYING TO ENVISION AT FULL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COLOR PLAN. THIS IS WHAT COULD BE THERE. AND THEN FOR THE GOLF COURSE, I KNOW ONE THING I MENTIONED WHEN I SAW THAT IS THAT CANAL OR WASH NEVER HAS WATER IN IT. IT LOOKS LIKE A RAGING RIVER. THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF ART AND SOFTWARE SOMETIMES IS HAS A WATERWAY AND ALWAYS HAS WATER IN IT. IT HAS GRASS, IT'S GREEN. THIS AREA IS VERY BROWN RIGHT NOW. SO BUT DEFINITELY POINT TAKEN. WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO POINT OF ORDER BECAUSE THIS DISCUSSION SHOULD BE REGARDING THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE, WHICH I WANT TO SPEAK TO BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITLOCK'S COMMENTS. MY MOTION SPECIFICALLY WAS TO POSTPONE ACTION UNTIL WE HAVE THIS BROUGHT BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, WHICH MEANS THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN OPEN AND CLOSED AND IS OVER. NOW, IF WE WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, THAT'S A DIFFERENT MOTION. BUT MY MOTION DOES CONTEMPLATE THAT POSSIBILITY AND SAYS, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT OPENED AND IT CLOSED, AND WE'RE JUST POSTPONING THE COUNCIL PART OF THAT UNTIL THE FUTURE MEETING.
THANK YOU. AND THAT'S ON ME. I'M CHAIR, AND I'M NOT 100% FAMILIAR WITH THE RULES YET, SO THANK YOU. IT IS, IT IS. WE'RE LEARNING. OKAY. AND I, I DID SECOND THAT MOTION AND TO WHAT WAS THE WORD THEY USED TO POSTPONE, POSTPONE ACTION. AND SO NOW DO WE MOVE TO A VOTE, MR. ANDERSON? OKAY. MISS. QUICK, IF YOU WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. BADER. YES. CHAIR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITELOCK. SURE. COUNCIL MEMBER.
HARRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. VICE CHAIR. SHELTON. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THE MOTION TO POSTPONE IS 7 TO 0. OKAY. AND NOW DO WE HAVE TO DO A MOTION FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH. OKAY. HOW HOW WE ARE GOING. WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD FROM THIS IS THAT YOU'VE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S BEEN OPEN AND CLOSED. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK, WORK WITH LEADERSHIP TO BRING IT BACK TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, AND THEN IT WILL APPEAR AS A BUSINESS ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31ST, WHICH IS THE LEGAL DEADLINE TO HAVE A STATIONARY PLAN ADOPTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND TAYLOR, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX B, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2635, A PETITION TO REZONE 2.28
[b. Ordinance No. 26-35 a Petition to Rezone 2.28 Acres at 1390 West 9000 South to Community Shopping Center Zone (SC-2) for Immaculate]
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ACRES AT 1390 WEST 90TH SOUTH TO COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER, ZONED FOR IMMACULATE AUTO. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE. OH, I'M SORRY, WE HAVE MIKE CLARK WITH IMMACULATE AUTO TO SPEAK ON THIS. OR WE MAY NOT HAVE MR. CLARK IN ATTENDANCE TO SPEAK ON THIS. I CAN SPEAK ON IT. OKAY, GREAT. SO THIS IS A REZONE AT 1390 WEST 90TH SOUTH. IT'S REZONING IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 2.2 ACRES FROM SC ONE TO SC TWO. THIS PARTICULAR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEY RECOMMEND APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 0 WITH ONE COMMISSIONER ABSENT. SO HERE'S THE LOCATION WE'RE LOOKING AT. IT'S THE CURRENT BIG FIVE. SO IT'S JUST KITTY CORNER FROM H MART AND THE NEW VICTORY BUILDERS PROJECT WHICH IS GOING IN BEHIND IT. IT'S ALSO NEXT TO DUNKIN DONUTS AND THE CAR WASH. SO HERE WE CAN SEE THE CURRENT ZONING. TO THE NORTH OF IT IS C G. TO THE WEST IS SC TWO AND TO THE EAST IS SC ONE. THE PROPOSAL WOULD JUST TURN THIS PARCEL INTO AN SC TWO AS WELL. THE REASON FOR THAT IS THEY WANT TO DO A CAR DEALERSHIP. IMMACULATE CURRENTLY OPERATES ON 90TH AND REDWOOD ROAD. THEY WANT TO EXPAND TO THE BIG FIVE LOCATION.AND SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE REZONE BECAUSE THAT IS NOT ALLOWED USE IN THE CURRENT ZONING. SC ONE ZONE. WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THERE ARE PLANS TO UPDATE THAT BUILDING. SO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, YOU'RE SEEING WHAT IMMACULATE IS PROPOSING WITH THAT EXISTING BUILDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT EXISTING BUILDING CURRENTLY LOOKS. SO FRESHENING UP A LITTLE BIT, PUTTING IN SOME BAY DOORS ON THE ONE SIDE TO HAVE SOME SERVICE AREAS AS WELL. JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT THIS WOULD BE A CONDITIONAL USE OF THE REZONE IS APPROVED. SO THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PENDING APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THIS USE. THAT'S SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS REZONE TONIGHT. STAFF ANALYSIS IS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION, THE GENERAL PLAN, PARTICULARLY THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DIVERSIFY AND STRENGTHEN THE EMPLOYMENT AND TAX BASE OF WEST JORDAN AS WELL AS PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. PROVIDE WELL DESIGN, ATTRACTIVE AND ESTHETICALLY PLEASING PROFESSIONAL OFFICES AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. THE SITE WOULD MEET ALL LOT AND BULK STANDARDS, AND IT WOULD ALSO COMPLY WITH PARKING STANDARDS IN THE SC TWO ZONE FOR THIS USE. IF IT WAS APPROVED. IF IT IS APPROVED TONIGHT, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH WE'VE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THE 21ST OF THIS MONTH. BUILDING PERMIT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE STAFF LEVEL APPROVAL FOR THOSE TENANT IMPROVEMENTS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHICH YOU MAY HAVE, COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS TWO PART ONE. BIG FIVE IS MOVING OR CLOSING OR WHAT IT IS, AND I'VE GOT THE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS BANNERS IN THEIR STORE RIGHT NOW. WOW. AND MY, MY, MY SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION IS BIG FIVE IS STILL IN BUSINESS. SORRY. I JUST EVERY TIME I GO THERE, THERE'S NOBODY THERE. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT PARKING LOT FULL OF CARTS. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, YOU SAID THEY'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING ON 90TH AND REDWOOD. IT'S A LITTLE OFF IN 90TH. IT'S WHERE THE OLD VILLAGE INN USED TO BE. YEAH. SOUTH OF 90TH OR TO THE NORTH NORTH. SO THERE'S THE WENDY'S AND THE OLD VILLAGE INN. THERE'S THE IMMACULATE. THEY WALKED AWAY. THEY BOUGHT THE VILLAGE INN. OH, OKAY. ARE THEY? AND THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FROM THAT LOCATION TO THIS LOCATION.
NO, THEY'RE GOING TO EXPAND. AND I LIKE EXPANSION. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK. THANK YOU. YOU ANSWERED ONE OF MY. THANK YOU. I, I KNOW YOU ANSWERED MY FIRST QUESTION SO THANK YOU. IT WAS ARE THEY MOVING? BUT THEY'RE NOT MOVING. THEY'RE EXPANDING.
THAT'S GREAT. MY OTHER QUESTION IS, I KNOW WHEN I GO TO BIG FIVE, THERE WERE TREES ON THE PARKING STRIP BASICALLY THAT I WOULD PARK BY. BUT IF I'M GOING TO PUT A CAR LOT THERE, ARE THOSE TREES GOING TO DISAPPEAR? THEY'RE NOT SHOWING ANY CHANGES OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. OKAY.
AND I GUESS I GUESS THE REAL QUESTION IS, WILL THEY BE ALLOWED TO REMOVE THOSE TREES? SO WE HAVE TREE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH ALONG THE ROADS AND WITHIN THE PARKING LANE OR IN THE PARKING LOTS. SO THEY'D STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT. SO IF THEY REMOVE TREES, THEY'D
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HAVE TO ADD NEW TREES SOMEWHERE. SO MY GUESS IS THEY'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP THEM IN THE EXISTING ISLANDS WHERE THEY ALREADY ARE. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB. SO JUST TO CONFIRM, THEY'RE KEEPING BOTH LOCATIONS. YES. SO IT'S LIKE THE WEST JORDAN AUTO MALL. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN AND THEN CAN YOU TELL ME, DO THEY OWN THE VILLAGE INN BUILDING OR. MY UNDERSTANDING IS YES, THEY DO OWN IT. AND ARE THEY PURCHASING THE BIG FIVE BUILDING? I DO NOT KNOW. YOU KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY. THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS. OH, JIM. OH, YES. IN RESPONSE TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH MIKE LAST WEEK. YES, THEY OWNED THE PROPERTY. YES, THEY'RE EXPANDING. AND YES, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SELLING A LOT OF CARS OUT OF THERE. SO YEAH, GOOD GOOD EXPANSION. TWO LOCATIONS. YEP. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY. IF NOT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN ATTENDANCE WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. DON'T SEE ANYBODY. MR. ANDERSON, IS THERE ANYONE ON THE LINE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION? THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE. GREAT. THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND LET'S SEE. AND DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER OH WE DO. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB. I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 26-35 REZONING 2.28 ACRES AT 1390 WEST 90 SOUTH TO COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER ZONE C TWO FOR IMMACULATE USE CARS. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK. I WILL SECOND AND THEN GIVE A COMMENT. I LOVE THAT IN THIS AGREEMENT IT HAS A THREE YEAR CLAUSE THAT IF. IF THEY DON'T UTILIZE THIS ZONE WITHIN THREE YEARS, IT GOES BACK TO THE EXISTING ZONE. I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT IN ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL MOVE TO A VOTE. MISS QUICK. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. HARRIS. YES. VICE CHAIR. SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BADOR. YES. CHAIR. WIGNALL. YES.COUNCIL MEMBER. LAMB. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. I WAS JUST HOPING VILLAGE GYM WAS COMING BACK, BUT YOU KNOW. I THINK THERE'S ONE DOWNTOWN. YEAH.
[c. Ordinance No. 26-36 a Petition to Rezone 1.74 Acres from an RR-1C Zone to an R-1-12 Zone for the Susan Way Subdivision Located at 8415 South Susan Way]
OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. C, ORDINANCE NUMBER 26-36. PETITION TO REZONE 1.74 ACRES FROM RR1C TO R 112 FOR THE SUSAN WAY SUBDIVISION AT 8415 SOUTH SUSAN WAY. WE HAVE ANGELA ROBERTS WITH MC INC AS OUR PRESENTER TONIGHT. YES. THANK YOU. THANK. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE TO GO OVER THIS. IF WE COULD. THANK YOU. SO THIS THIS IS A REZONE. OKAY. THIS THIS IS A REZONE PROPOSAL FOR A PARCEL THAT HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF CHALLENGES. AND WE'RE WE WENT ABOUT THIS IN A WAY TO TRY AND MITIGATE THOSE CHALLENGES. IN A WAY THAT'S A WIN WIN SCENARIO FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. IT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM AN RR1C TO A R 112 IN A 1.74 ACRE PARCEL, WHICH IS GOING TO BE CONSISTENT OF THREE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND ONE HOA. NOW, CURRENTLY, THERE'S THE MANY SITE CHALLENGES THAT'S GOING ON THAT IT AGAIN, IT'S A 1.4 ACRE REMNANT, SORRY, PARCEL. THAT'S AN INFILL INFO PARCEL THAT WAS LEFT OVER DURING THE HUNTINGTON ESTATES SUBDIVISION. THIS PARCEL WAS NOT GIVEN TO THE HUNTINGTON ESTATES DIRECTLY.HOWEVER, IT WAS SEPARATED OUT. THAT WAS BACK IN THE LATE 1960S. SINCE THEN, THIS PARCEL HAS BEEN PASSED AROUND FROM OWNER, FROM OWNER TO OWNER AND JUST LEFT UNDEVELOPED. AND JUST OVER TIME, THE DEVELOPMENT HAS LEFT MANY, MANY ISSUES. AGAIN, IT IS AN IRREGULAR TRIANGULAR SHAPED PARCEL, SO DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN HARD TO TO DO FOR MANY PAST OWNERS. IT IS AT THE DEAD END OF SUSAN WAY. THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY A TURNAROUND. IT IS. IT IS DANGEROUS. IT DOESN'T
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HAVE THAT COMMUNITY FLOW. THERE'S NOT A SAFE WAY FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO GO AROUND THERE. AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO COLLAPSED OVERFLOW DRAINAGE CANALS ON BOTH THE NORTHEAST AND THE SOUTHEAST SIDE. SO THAT IS CAUSING A LOT OF VEGETATION GROWING THROUGH THERE. THIS VEGETATION IS ALSO CAUSING DIFFICULTY FOR WASTEWATER TO ACCESS EASEMENT THERE. IT'S THERE'S A LONG HISTORY WITH THOSE GUYS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, TRYING TO HELP THEM OUT, AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US. THERE'S LOCAL LAND DISTURBANCES, THERE'S DUMPING GOING ON THERE. THERE'S INFORMAL STORAGE EQUIPMENT GOING ON. SOME OF THE LOCALS WILL GO OUT WITH THEIR DIRT BIKES AND JUST GO HAVE SOME FUN THERE. AND OCCASIONALLY WASTEWATER WILL TELL US, HEY, THERE'S A THERE'S A LITTLE THERE'S A SIX FOOT HOLE THERE AND WE MIGHT WANT TO FILL THAT IN. THAT WAS DUG OUT OVER THE WEEKEND WITH, WITH SOME OF THE LOCALS. SO AGAIN, THERE'S BEEN A FEW THERE ARE SOME LONG TERM CHALLENGES THAT THIS SITE HAS HAD AND. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO. AS FAR AS HOW TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES, SO THIS COMMUNITY BENEFIT, THERE'S THREE WE ARE PROPOSING THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ONE HOA OPEN SPACE LOT. AND ONE THING I DO WANT TO ADD, PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO DEVELOP THIS LOT IN THE PAST. IT WAS THE PREVIOUS OWNER OR THE OWNER BEFORE US. THEY DID PROPOSE TO HAVE A THROUGH ROAD WITH A BRIDGE OVER THE UTAH DISTRIBUTION CANAL THAT CONNECTED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW I DID HERE. I'VE GONE THROUGH SOME HISTORY HERE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE COMMUNITY CAME UP IN A IN A UPROAR WITH THAT ONE. AND SO WE DECIDED TO GO TO THOSE NEIGHBORS AND WE ASKED THEM WHAT, WHAT WAS IT THAT DID NOT COME TO YOUR LIKING? AND THE MAIN BIGGEST REASON THEY GAVE US WAS THEY DID NOT WANT TO LOSE THEIR DEAD END STATUS, AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO INCREASE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FLOW. THEY WANTED THEY WANTED TO MAINTAIN THAT. SO AS WE AS WE CAME UP WITH THIS, WE INTENTIONALLY CAME UP WITH THE, AGAIN, THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WE AREN'T WE ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP IT. WE AREN'T TRYING TO MAXIMIZE ON THE DEVELOPMENT. SO THIS LOT FARTHEST TO THE TO THE WEST, THAT'S ACTUALLY LEFT AS AN OPEN SPACE LOT AS THE COMMUNITY HAS ALSO EXPRESSED THAT THEY ENJOY THE LAND BEING THERE, AVAILABLE TO USE TOGETHER, RECREATIONALLY, JUST AS A PLACE TO GO. IT'S IN THEIR HISTORY AND THEY'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THERE. SO WE DID PROPOSE THAT. AND THEN INSTEAD OF DOING FOUR HOMES, THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE TO DO THREE. AND THEN IT WILL BE DEVELOPING. THIS LAND WILL ALSO CREATE AND IMPROVE, IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE.SO IT'LL FIX THOSE DRAINAGE CANALS. IT'LL THEY'RE CURRENTLY THERE IS NOT A STORMWATER.
THERE'S NO SET OF STORMWATER DRAINAGE THERE. SO THAT WILL HELP DEVELOP THAT. THERE IS ALSO GOING TO BE REQUIRE WATER LINE UPGRADE. AS FAR AS IMPROVED PUBLIC SAFETY. AGAIN IT PUTS IN A CUL DE SAC WHERE ONE DOES NOT CURRENTLY EXIST. AND THERE'S IT WILL ALSO ADD ON ON THE FAR EAST SIDE DOWN THE PRIVATE LANE THAT. SO THAT PRIVATE LANE WILL BE MANAGED BY THE SAME HOA AS THE PAVILION LAW. BUT WE WILL ALSO LIKELY PUT A FIRE HYDRANT AT THAT END OF THAT LOT TO HELP WITH THAT SAFETY AS WELL. WITH THAT FIRE TURNAROUND THERE. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS MOSTLY AS FAR AS HOW DEVELOPMENT GOES. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE GENERAL, THE GENERAL PLAN, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S WITH IT IS WITHIN A COMMUNITY OF THE R ONE, C AS OF R1C LOTS TO THE SOUTH. THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER LOTS AS A TRAILER PARK THAT HAS SEVEN UNITS PER ACRE VERSUS ONE UNIT PER ACRE. TO THE EAST THERE ARE ONE TENS. AND SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPOSAL WILL SERVE AS A A GOOD TRANSITIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS LOT. AND AND IT DOES STILL MAINTAIN THE THE VERY LOW DENSITY REQUIREMENTS, AS CURRENTLY IT REQUIRES TO HAVE THREE UNITS PER OR LESS PER ACRE. AND WE ARE MAINTAINING A. 2.3. SO I WE DO BELIEVE IT FOLLOWS THE GENERAL PLAN AS WELL AS WELL AS MANY OTHER BENEFITS. IT ADDS TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE CITY. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE WENT WITH THIS. AND THAT WAS OUR MAIN GOAL. AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM OPEN TO OPEN TO ANSWERING ANY. LET ME THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I WILL I WILL NOW OPEN THIS TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? MR. ANDERSON, DO WE
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HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE? OH. I'M SORRY. HELLO. MY NAME IS HOLLY KINGSTON. I AM A MEMBER OR A NEIGHBORHOOD MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY. MY HOUSE IS THE ONE THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAPS WITH THE BASKETBALL COURT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMEND MSK COMPANY FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TO TRY TO HELP MITIGATE THIS FIELD AND LET YOU KNOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO MANY OF MY OTHER NEIGHBORS, AND WE ARE ALL IN APPROVAL OF THE PLAN THAT THEY HAVE HERE, AND WE HOPE THAT THIS CAN GET APPROVED SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF PUT A DAMPER ON SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS FIELD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS A COMMENT? MR. FORSYTH, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. NOW, MR. ANDERSON, IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE. OKAY. OKAY. I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT. AND ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB? JUST A FEW COMMENTS. MY QUESTION WAS HOW DID THE NEIGHBORS FEEL? SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. I'M LOOKING AT THIS LAND HERE.AND YOU KNOW, EARLIER TONIGHT WE HAD A RESIDENT THAT COMPLAINED ABOUT DIRT BIKE TRACKS IN THE BACKYARD. AND I COULD SEE THAT THAT'S YOUR DIRT BIKE TRACK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT IT TO BE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS. SO ALL THE KIDS JUST GO AND DRIVE THERE. SO I'M GUESSING THAT HOMES WILL BE A LOT NICER THAN THE DIRT BIKE TRACK. ALSO, I THINK I WAS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT GOING THROUGH WITH THE BRIDGE OVER AND AND I VOTED NO ON THAT. SO NO BRIDGE THERE. SO I'M GLAD I DID. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY. THERE ARE NO NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. I AM LOOKING FOR A MOTION. VICE CHAIR SHELTON. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 26-36. A PETITION TO REZONE 1.74 ACRES AT 8415 SOUTH SUSAN WAY TO R 112 ZONE FOR THE SUSAN WAY SUBDIVISION. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE CHAIR SHELTON AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. MISS QUICK WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE.
CHAIR. WAGNER. YES. VICE CHAIR. SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BADOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
LAMB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. HARRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
JACOB. AS SOMEONE WHO SPENT A LOT OF TIME RIDING BMX BIKES AROUND DIRT CIRCLES ON EMPTY LOTS, I WILL REGRETTABLY SAY YES. OKAY, I SHOW THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT SO LATE TONIGHT. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR COUNCIL OFFICE
[Council Office Report]
REPORT. MR. ANDERSON, THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO REPORT IS WE HAVE 16 NEW REGISTRANTS FOR THE YOUTH COUNCIL. ALL OF THEM ARE BRAND NEW THAT HAVE NEVER PARTICIPATED. WE'VE ALSO MET AS A WHAT DO WE CALL US LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THE YOUTH COUNCIL. AND WE'VE SCHEDULED THE FIRST DATE FOR THE FIRST MEETING FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH, AND WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THE 16 APPLICANTS. WE'RE STILL CHECKING ON THE PARTICIPANTS WHO WANT TO CONTINUE ANOTHER YEAR, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE LIST. BUT 16 BRAND NEW, NEVER BEEN IN THE WEST JORDAN YOUTH COUNCIL PROGRAM BEFORE. THERE'S THREE OF YOU THAT ARE ON THE YOUTH COUNCIL COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE, AND WE WILL INVITE YOU TO THAT MEETING ON AUGUST 27TH, WHICH IS A THURSDAY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR OUR REPORT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT. JESSICA, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ALAN. SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. IT'S HARD TO GET IN THE HABIT OF LOOKING. ALAN. AM I ONE OF THOSE THREE? I DON'T HAVE MY SHEET UP, BUT PROBABLY I'M SEEING VIGOROUS NODS FROM WALTER. WALTER IS SAYING YES.OKAY, GREAT. WITH THAT. GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT ITEMS. OUR FIRST
[Consent Items]
IS JUNE 2ND, 2026. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING. AND THIS IS AN AN IBO, CORRECT? OKAY. YEAH.THIS THIS WOULD BE A MOTION A SECOND AND THEN ALL IN FAVOR. THERE'S NO RESOLUTION. SO IT
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DOES NOT NEED A ROLL CALL. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK MOVE TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR.SECOND, THAT IS CINDY. I'M SO SORRY. OKAY. WE HAVE A WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. YEAH.
OKAY. VICE. OH, ALL IN FAVOR. OKAY, SO I DID DO IT, RIGHT? ALL. THANK YOU. SO YOU BETTER SAY ANY OPPOSED? I WILL NOT. ALRIGHT. MOVING ON TO MEETING MINUTES FOR JUNE 23RD, 2026.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING. OH, IT'S ALL ONE. OH, FANTASTIC. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GREAT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS. CHAIR. OH, WOULD YOU JUST SAY THEY WERE ALL APPROVED? THANK YOU. THEY WERE ALL APPROVED. ALL MINUTES WERE APPROVED. THANK YOU. OKAY, I'LL GET THERE. OKAY. THERE ARE NO FURTHER BUSINESS. I DECLARE THE CITY COUNCIL
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.