[Call to Order]
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NOW CALL THE CALL. THE SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 7:01 P.M. PRESENT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS JACOB SHELTON HARRIS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS LAMB AND WHITELOCK ARE EXCUSED THIS EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE CHRIS METTER TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU.
[a. Swearing In Ceremony for West Jordan Youth Council]
OKAY. WE WILL BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR WEST JORDAN YOUTH COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO INVITE TANGIE SLOAN, WHO IS OUR CITY RECORDER, TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE YOUTH COUNCIL. CAN I HAVE EVERYBODY COME UP? SEE IF WE CAN GET ONE? OKAY, I'LL HAVE YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME, I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT, OBEY AND DEFEND. THAT WILL SUPPORT. OBEY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH, AND THE LAWS AND ORDINANCES, AND THE LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN, THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN, AND THAT I'LL DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE WITH FIDELITY, MY OFFICE WITH FIDELITY. WELL DONE. CONGRATULATIONS. CHAIR. THEY'VE ALL SIGNED THEIR OATH OF OFFICE, SO I DON'T NEED TO DO THAT TONIGHT. SO THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR PICTURES. GREAT. THANK YOU, CHAIR, IF I MAY, THE FAMILY MEMBERS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP HERE BY THE BY THE LECTERN AND TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL.[00:05:05]
OH, JEEZ. OKAY. WE WILL BEGIN. OUR COUNCIL AND MAYOR REPORTS THE MAYOR IS ACTUALLY[a. City Council Reports]
ABSENT TONIGHT. SO WE WILL START WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL REPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER BADOR.YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT, MAN. JUST HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR THE EFFORTS OF THIS CITY AND FOR THE JUST EVERY EVERYTHING WE DO WITH IT IN THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, A WEEK AGO LAST SATURDAY IN OUR VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK, I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK AT AN EVENT THAT THAT HONORED THE CELEBRATED. ACTUALLY, THE. THE WORD HAS ESCAPED ME. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THE FREEDOM THAT WAS GRANTED INTO MEXICO AND VENEZUELA AND GUATEMALA AND, AND THE, THE OTHER AREAS THERE. AND WHAT A GREAT TURNOUT THAT WAS. BUT AS I'M LOOKING AROUND THE PARK, I'M SEEING SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE CELEBRATING. I'M NOTICING THAT OUR FIELD OF DREAMS PARK, THE LITTLE SORT OF BASEBALL PARK THERE IS, IS IN USE. AND SO MANY FAMILIES USING THAT AS A, AS A PLACE WHERE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN CAN, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, JUST AN ATHLETIC AND A FUN ENVIRONMENT. I'M LOOKING AROUND, I'M SEEING SOME LARPERS GOING ON, WHICH, YOU KNOW, SPOKE TO MY GEEK SOUL THAT THAT WAS GOING ON. I'M SEEING OTHER FAMILIES JUST HAVING AN AMAZING TIME AT THIS WONDERFUL PARK. AND JUST THE DIVERSITY THAT IS WITHIN THE PARK THAT DAY REALLY HIT ME AS, AS THIS IS WEST JORDAN, WE ARE A, A GOOD NEIGHBOR CITY. AND, AND JUST SEEING SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE TOGETHER ENJOYING. AND I WENT OVER TO WHERE WE'VE GOT OUR, OUR NEW MINI SORT OF SOCCER PITCHES. AND THERE WAS PEOPLE JUST WAITING TO KIND OF COME ON AND IT WAS ALMOST, YOU KNOW, JUST GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE JUST WAITING TO COME ON AND PLAY. AND IT WASN'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY, NO, THIS IS OURS.
IT WAS A SHARED ENVIRONMENT THERE. WHAT A JUST GREAT, GREAT MOMENT FOR THE CITY AND MADE ME REALLY GLAD TO BE A PART OF A CITY THAT SEEMED TO BE SO WELCOMING TO SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES. WE ALSO SAW JUST SOME GREAT NEW BUSINESSES OPEN UP, AND I WAS GLAD TO BE A PART OF OF THEM AND TO VISIT SOME OF THESE, THESE BUSINESSES AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING AND INCREASING WHAT WE WANT TO BE HERE IN WEST JORDAN, AND HAVING THAT SAME FEELING THAT THEY WANT TO BE HERE BECAUSE OF THE FEELING THEY GET FROM BEING HERE. ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT JUST WHAT A GREAT JOB THAT WAS DONE THIS LAST. YOU KNOW, WITH THE M.TB X YEAH, THE, THE MOTOR, THE, THE MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING THAT WAS DONE AT OUR WHEELS PARK. WHAT A JUST INCREDIBLE EVENT. AND, AND JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE AND LOVED THAT. AND IT'S THOSE KIND OF EVENTS THAT WILL START PUTTING WEST JORDAN REALLY ON THE MAP OF A PLACE THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING TO. WE LOVE BEING HERE, BUT I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE ARE SHARING OUR CITY WITH THE WORLD AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE A PLACE THAT YOU CAN BRING EVENTS TO AND, AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND OUR STAFF WILL BE THERE TO HELP AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AND MAKE THESE GREAT EVENTS HAPPEN. SO JUST OVER THE LIKE I SAID, THE LAST TEN DAYS OR SO, I'VE JUST SEEN SO MANY EXAMPLES OF THE GREATNESS OF WHAT OUR CITY IS CONTINUING TO GROW TO BE AND HOW GREAT IT. A LOT OF THAT IS, IS BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY AND WELCOMING ATTITUDE THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR CITY. SO I THANK TO ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT HELPED MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
ON THE MTB RACE AS WELL. I WENT OUT THERE AND WAS ABLE TO GET SOME REALLY FUN PICTURES OF MOUNTAIN BIKERS FLYING THROUGH THE AIR AND DOING CRAZY THINGS LIKE LETTING GO OF THEIR HANDLEBARS AND, AND STUFF. AND IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. IT WAS OVER WAY TOO QUICKLY. SO I HOPE THEY CAN GROW THAT EVENT BECAUSE MAN, IT SURE WENT BY IN A FLASH. BUT IT WAS, IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THAT KIND OF EVENT. AND I THINK THIS WAS THEIR INAUGURAL EVENT.
RIGHT? SO IT'S, IT'S THE FIRST OF MANY TO COME, HOPEFULLY. AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WEST JORDAN BRANDING ALL OVER IT. SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. AND SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUPPORTED THAT. AND WE GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF. AND HERE'S TO MANY, MANY MORE. I KNOW THERE'S A, WE GOT SOME BIG PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR AT THAT PARK TOO. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN. YEAH. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR SHELTON. JUST YESTERDAY I GOT A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE CDBG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE MEETING. AND
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THAT COMMITTEE OVERSEES A FEDERAL GRANT THAT IS MEANT FOR OUR LOCAL WEST JORDAN COMMUNITY.AND IT'S GIVEN TO. ENTITIES THAT ARE IN NEED OF FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS.
IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO SEE THE WORK AND AND EFFORT OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE AND. ANYWAY, JUST APPRECIATE THEIR WORK. AND I APPRECIATE THE THE WORK OF THE. OF THE LIKE THE SOUTH SOUTH VALLEY WOMEN'S CENTER AND, AND OTHERS THAT ARE APPLYING FOR THOSE GRANTS. IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO EVEN APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE WEST JORDAN YOUTH COUNCIL, AND I'LL TAKE A LITTLE PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. MY DAUGHTER, LYDIA, IS ONE OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE WHAT IS LIES AHEAD FOR THE YOUTH COUNCIL THIS THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. AND I THINK THERE'S SOME WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HERE TODAY. ARE THEY'RE NOT. WOULD YOU GUYS STAND UP, PLEASE? I LOVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM JUST SO EXCITED THAT YOU HAVE A TEACHER AT YOUR SCHOOL WHO CARES ENOUGH ABOUT YOU TO SEND YOU TO SUCH A BORING MEETING. SO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK WOULD NORMALLY CALL YOU GUYS OUT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE DOING IT ALREADY AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. IT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER. I WANTED TO POINT OUT I FORGOT MISS SLOANE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE THE, THE OATH THAT THOSE THOSE YOUNG YOUNGSTERS TOOK, THAT'S THE EXACT SAME OATH THAT WE ALL TOOK. AND I JUST I JUST THINK THAT'S PRETTY COOL. I'M, I'M AN EMOTIONAL PERSON, BUT I THINK IT SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE WE PUT ON OUR YOUTH COUNCIL AND THAT THEY ARE TAKING THE SAME OATH THAT WE ON THIS COUNCIL AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE TOOK, AND THAT IT MEANS SOMETHING.
AND SO YEAH, I FORGOT. SO COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON, THANKS FOR REMINDING US THAT WE SHOULD THANK THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT AND LET THEM KNOW IF ANY OF THEM HEAR THIS LATER THAT THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT OATH, THE EXACT SAME ONE THAT WE TOOK. AND, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE IN SOME GOOD HANDS. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY,
[c. City Administrator’s Report]
THREE OUT OF FIVE. NOT BAD. OKAY. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.MR. LEE. THANK YOU. CHAIR, I WANT TO TELL A REPORT FIRST, I GUESS, ABOUT THE MTB EVENT.
I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF REPORT HERE IN A MORE THOROUGH REPORT. AND THEN I WANT TO TELL A COUPLE OF STORIES ABOUT THE FANTASTIC EMPLOYEES WE HAVE THE MTB EVENT. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
IT WAS OVER LIKE THAT. I APOLOGIZE. I TOLD A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, OH, IT'S GOING TO GO FROM 530 TO 7. IT STARTED AT FIVE, NOT 530, AND IT WAS DONE BY SIX. IT WAS A QUICK EVENT. OVER THE COURSE. WE HAD TWO HOUR. WE HAD A WE HAD AN EVENT PLANNED FRIDAY NIGHT THAT WAS A CLINIC AND A MEET AND GREET WITH THE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS, COMMUNITY RIDE THAT GOT RAINED OUT. IF YOU REMEMBER, IT RAINED HARD FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND FOR AN OUTDOOR MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE THAT KIND OF WREAKED HAVOC ON THE COURSE, WE KNEW THAT WAS A RISK. THEY DID A LOT OF WORK, CITY STAFF AND THE EVENTS THE FOLKS PUTTING ON THE EVENT DID A LOT OF WORK TO GET THE COURSE READY, GET THE TRAILS READY. SATURDAY NIGHT WAS THE RACE. WE HAD A BAND. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF VENDORS, THERE WERE THE PROFESSIONALS.
THERE WERE OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT TWO HOURS BEFORE THE RACE AND DURING THE RACE, THERE WERE ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THE PARK, WERE ENJOYING THE WHEELS PARK. IT WAS A VERY FUN NIGHT. THE ATTENDANCE WAS NOT WHAT WE WERE HOPING. WE WERE HOPING FOR 2 TO 4 000 PEOPLE TO COME, BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO COMMUNICATE BECAUSE WE WERE DOING AN EVENT AND A FORMAT THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, SO IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT WAS. WE DIDN'T HAVE VIDEO OF WHAT THE EVENT LOOKED LIKE AND THE RAIN OUT THE NIGHT PRIOR, I THINK.
DAMPENED SOME OF THE ENTHUSIASM AS WELL. WE DID HAVE A GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND
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RESPONSE WE'VE HAD ABOUT, I WOULD GUESS, ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF. WE HAVE 1.2 MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS JUST ON THE MTB OFFICIAL INSTAGRAM. THAT'S NOT COUNTING ALL THE RIDERS, INSTAGRAMS AND THE CITY IT WAS. MARIE LOVED IT BECAUSE IT JUST BUILT A LOT OF CONTENT FOR HER TO SHARE. THE WINNER OF THE EVENT WAS MITCH PARLATO. HE WAS ONE OF THE GUYS WHO CREATED AND THOUGHT OF THE EVENT, BUT THERE WERE WRITERS, A LOT OF WRITERS FROM CALIFORNIA, IDAHO, UTAH, COLORADO THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT. IT WAS A FUN EVENING. NOW I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT OUR GREAT PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES. THERE'S A MONUMENT NEAR GARDNER VILLAGE. YOU PROBABLY SEEN IT. IT'S OUT ON 78 SOUTH. IT'S LIKE THE BUILDERS OF THE WEST MEMORIALIZES ARCHIBALD GARDNER AND THE GARDNER FAMILY. IT'S KIND OF OLD. IT GOT HIT BY GRAFFITI STAFF, WENT REALLY QUICK TO CLEAN IT UP. AND THE THINGS THEY USED TO REMOVE THE GRAFFITI ALSO REMOVED THE PAINT FROM THE MONUMENT ITSELF. WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING, WITHOUT ANY SUGGESTION FROM ANYONE. THEY TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO FIND MATCHING PAINT COLORS. AND NOT ONLY DID THEY FIX THE GRAFFITI, THEY WENT AND CLEANED UP THE WHOLE MONUMENT MADE IT LOOK BETTER. FANTASTIC EMPLOYEES. VERY. JUST SEE A NEED. GO TAKE CARE OF IT.LIKEWISE, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO TELL A STORY ABOUT THEM. WE HAVE THIS SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF TRACK WHEN WE DO BUSINESS INSPECTIONS AND FIRE MARSHAL INSPECTIONS.
IS THIS VERY SPECIFIC SOFTWARE? WELL, JASON MOEN AND DEPUTY CHIEF, ONE OF OUR FIRE ENGINEERS, AND DEPUTY CHIEF CLINT PAXTON. FIGURED OUT A WAY TO MANIPULATE THIS SOFTWARE BEYOND FAR BEYOND ITS ORIGINAL INTENT TO USE IT SO THAT NOW WE CAN UPLOAD DATA INTO THIS SOFTWARE ABOUT THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO. SO IF THERE'S A FIRE, IT CONNECTS WITH DISPATCH AND IT SAYS, HERE'S WHERE THE LOCKBOX IS, HERE'S WHERE, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, HERE'S HOW TO APPROACH THE FIRE. AND THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A DIAGRAM OF THE FIRE BUILDING AND THE FIRE SYSTEMS IN THIS SOFTWARE THAT WASN'T MEANT TO DO THAT. AND SO WHEN THERE'S A FIRE AT A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, IT IMMEDIATELY SHOWS THE RESPONDING FIREFIGHTERS ALL THIS INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE TO GO TO ACCESS THE FIRE CONTROLS, THE LOCK BOX, ALL THESE KINDS OF THINGS. AND IT MAKES THE RESPONSE MUCH BETTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SOME TURNOVER. WE HAVE YOUNG FIREFIGHTERS THAT DON'T KNOW ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS. THEY ROLL UP ON A FIRE AND THAT COMES UP AND IT TELLS THEM IMMEDIATELY WHERE TO GO TO GET THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. I WAS JUST THE CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION OF OUR EMPLOYEES FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO THAT. NOW THAT SOFTWARE COMPANY MARKETS THAT AS ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THEIR SOFTWARE AND HOW YOU SHOULD, HOW FIRE DEPARTMENTS SHOULD USE THEIR SOFTWARE BECAUSE OF THE GENIUS OF OUR EMPLOYEES, CHIEF PAXTON AND ENGINEER MOEN. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT. MAYOR'S OUT OF TOWN, AND WE'LL BE BACK THIS TIME NEXT WEEK.
HE'S A SEVERAL TIME ZONES AWAY, HELPING HIS SON MOVE. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME IN HIS ABSENCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AT
[Public Comment]
THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN PERSON. ATTENDEES WILL BE BE FIRST AND FOLLOWED BY REMOTE ATTENDEES. COMMENTS RELATED TO A SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD BE HELD UNTIL THAT HEARING IS OPENED. PUBLIC COMMENT IS A TIME FOR COUNCIL TO LISTEN. COUNCIL MEMBERS GENERALLY DON'T ENGAGE IN BACK AND FORTH DIALOG DURING THIS TIME. WE DO HAVE COMMENT PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. THOSE DO TAKE PRIORITY. I. WE DO HAVE WE HAVE ONE TONIGHT. JANET IS ULLMAN BLECKNER. OKAY. JANET ULLMAN BLECKNER YOUR FIRST STEP. YES. EXCUSE ME, I NEED TO GET MY GLASSES ON. OH, THERE WE GO.GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JANET BLACKMER. I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY EAST OF COPPER HILLS HIGH. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST A TARGETED AMENDMENT TO OUR CITY ORDINANCE GOVERNING THE FIRE MARSHAL'S PERMIT APPROVAL PROCESS FOR PROFESSIONAL FIREWORKS DISPLAYS.
TO BE CLEAR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TRADITIONALLY SUPPORTED THE HIGH SCHOOL'S HOMECOMING TRADITIONS. HOWEVER, OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE FIREWORKS DISPLAYS HAVE DRASTICALLY CHANGED, FROM REGULAR AERIAL FIREWORKS TO WHAT APPEAR TO BE TITANIUM MAROONS. THESE
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SPECIFIC FIREWORKS ARE HIGHLY CONCUSSIVE AND ARE TECHNICALLY ILLEGAL. THEY SIMULATE SALUTES, WHICH ARE DEFINITELY ILLEGAL. ALTHOUGH THESE FIREWORKS AFFECT ALL THE HOMES AROUND COPPER HILLS, BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SITS AT A LOWER ELEVATION THAN THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD 20FT, A NATURAL ACOUSTIC AMPHITHEATER EFFECT IS CREATED. THIS UNIQUE GEOGRAPHY SIGNIFICANTLY AMPLIFIES THE CONCUSSIVE SHOCKWAVES, MAKING THEM FAR LOUDER AND MORE INTENSE THAN THEY WOULD NORMALLY BE. BUT THEY ARE EVEN LOUD AT FIELD LEVEL. THE REAL WORLD IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN SEVERE. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED CRACKED WINDOWS. YOU'LL SEE MY PICTURE, THE RATTLING OF ITEMS IN CUPBOARDS AND ON WALLS PROFOUNDLY UPSET INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS THOSE WITH PTSD, SENSORY SENSITIVITIES, THE ELDERLY AND SMALL CHILDREN, AND TERRIFIED PETS. COUNCILMAN SHELTON MEASURED DECIBEL LEVELS ON MY DECK, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE STADIUM. DURING THE FIREWORKS LAST WEEK, THE LEVEL ON THE DECK WAS 100DB. THE LEVEL INSIDE MY CLOSED UP HOUSE WAS 70DB. THE EPA LISTS A 24 HOUR AVERAGE EXPOSURE LEVEL OF 70DB AS THE THRESHOLD TO PREVENT MEASURABLE HEARING LOSS OVER A LIFETIME. NOW, I REALIZE IT WAS ONLY A FIVE MINUTES, BUT IT'S STILL LOUD, THOUGH IT RECOMMENDS A LOWER INDOOR LEVEL OF 45DB FOR COMFORT AND REST. SINCE SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE SENSITIVE TO NOISE. INCREASED NOISE NEAR THIS LEVEL CAN CAUSE ANNOYANCE OR STRESS. THE CURRENT ORDINANCE GIVES THE FIRE MARSHAL THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THESE PERMITS, BUT IT LACKS THE NECESSARY BOUNDARIES TO PROTECT ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL ZONES AND THEIR OCCUPANTS FROM THESE INDUSTRIAL GRADE CONCUSSIVE BLASTS. WHEN I SPOKE WITH HIM, HE SAID THAT THE WORDING OF THE PERMIT WOULD NEED TO BE MODIFIED TO TIGHTEN THE RESTRICTIONS ON THESE LOUD, CONCUSSIVE FIREWORKS, IF ONLY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL DISPLAYS. THEREFORE, I ASK THAT THE ORDINANCE BE AMENDED TO EXPLICITLY EXCLUDE HIGHLY CONCUSSIVE FIREWORKS, SPECIFICALLY TITANIUM MAROONS OR SIMILARLY DISRUPTIVE COMMERCIAL GRADE SALUTES FROM BEING PERMITTED WITHIN SPECIFIED PROXIMITIES OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.PLEASE DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND. WE DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH THE EXPERIENCE OF COPPER HILL STUDENTS, NOR DO WE WANT TO STOP THE FIREWORKS DISPLAYS OF HOMECOMING GAMES. WE FULLY SUPPORT THE HIGH SCHOOL'S HOMECOMING EVENTS AND WANT STUDENTS TO HAVE FOOTBALL GAMES, CELEBRATIONS, MUSIC, SCHOOL SPIRIT AND MEMORIES. HOWEVER, WE WISH TO HAVE THEM USE STANDARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YES, THERE WAS A. THAT'S OKAY. I ONLY GOT TWO.
THAT'S FINE. GO AHEAD. OH GO AHEAD. OKAY, OKAY. WE SIMPLY DO NOT BELIEVE THEIR ENJOYMENT REQUIRES ANOTHER PERSON'S HOME TO BECOME UNLIVABLE. THERE'S ROOM FOR BOTH. THERE'S ROOM FOR ENTHUSIASTIC STUDENTS AND PEACEFUL HOMES. THERE'S ROOM FOR SCHOOL TRADITIONS AND DISABILITY INCLUSION. THERE'S ROOM FOR FRIDAY NIGHT EXCITEMENT AND CONSIDERATION FOR THE FAMILIES LIVING IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE STADIUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY, MISS. MR. ANDERSON, IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. SEEING AS THERE IS NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. IT IS
[a. Ordinance No. 26-34 Adopting the Station Area Plans for Jordan Valley Station and Sugar Factory Road Station]
FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2634. ADOPTING THE STATION AREA PLANS FOR JORDAN VALLEY STATION AND SUGAR FACTORY ROAD STATION. TAYLOR JENSEN IS OUR PRESENTER TONIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL. I AM PRESENTING ON A STATIONARY PLAN TONIGHT. IT'LL BE A FAIRLY SHORT PRESENTATION SINCE WE WENT OVER THE FULL SHEBANG ON THE 14TH. WE JUST MADE A FEW SMALL AMENDMENTS FROM THAT TIME. AND SO THOSE CHANGES ARE. THERE'S FOUR REALLY. THE FIRST ARE THERE WERE A COUPLE 3D RENDERINGS WHICH HAD A FUTURE VISIONING OF THE STATIONS. WE REMOVED THOSE. WE REPLACED THOSE INSTEAD WITH A TOP DOWN 2D MAPS OF THE CURRENT BUILT ENVIRONMENT, WITH THE RENDERINGS OF HOW THE PROPOSED STATIONARY PLAN CHANGES WOULD FIT WITH THE CURRENT BUILT ENVIRONMENT. NEXT THING WE DID WAS WE REMOVED ALL NEW HOUSING SHOWN SOUTH OF THE TRACKS LINE AT THE SUGAR FACTORY ROAD TRACK STATION AND AT THAT SAME STATION. THE ONLY NEW HOUSING WE ARE PROPOSING IS ON THE OVERSIZE UTA PARKING LOT. SO HERE ON THIS MAP YOU CAN SEE THAT IS THAT EXHIBIT WHICH REPLACED THE OLD ONE. WE'RE JUST SHOWING A LITTLE BIT OF TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PARKING LOT. THERE'LL STILL BE ENOUGH PARKING THERE IN THE UTA LOT TO ACCOMMODATE THE CURRENT RIDERSHIP. AND I HAVE SOME EXCESS STALLS. AND THEN THIS IS THE CONCEPT FOR THE JORDAN VALLEY STATION PLAN. IT HASN'T[00:25:07]
CHANGED AT ALL SINCE THE LAST TIME WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU, WHICH WAS BACK IN JULY, WHEN THIS DID GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY VOTED BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 0 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. ONE COMMISSIONER WAS ABSENT AT THAT MEETING AND. EXCUSE ME, ASSUMING APPROVAL TONIGHT. THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE TO PRESENT THIS TO THE WASATCH FRONT REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR CERTIFICATION. THE DEADLINE TO GET ON THEIR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR IS ACTUALLY THURSDAY.SO WE'RE WE'RE CUTTING IT CLOSE. AFTER THEY ADOPT IT, WE WILL PRESENT THIS TO UTA, WHO WILL ALSO NEED TO CERTIFY IT. ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE WILL PUBLISH THOSE CERTIFIED PLANS ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LEGISLATION MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE ONE FINAL STATION AREA PLAN THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE DONE. THAT'S BY DECEMBER 31ST OF NEXT YEAR. THAT'S FOR 4800 SOUTH NEW BINGHAM HIGHWAY. THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF PLANNING THAT CAN HAPPEN HERE. AND SOUTH JORDAN, WHICH SHARES HALF OF THE STATION AREA, THEY WERE GRANTED AN EXCEPTION FOR DOING A STATIONARY PLAN AT THIS LOCATION, SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ONE. NOW IT IS OUR PLAN TO DO THE SAME THING AND TO SEEK AN EXCEPTION FOR THAT STATIONARY PLAN. SO ASSUMING THAT GETS ADOPTED, WHICH I SEE NO REASON WHY IT WON'T, WE WILL HAVE OUR STATIONARY PLANS ADOPTED AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO START WORKING TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION AND BRINGING THOSE STATIONARY PLANS, WHICH WE'VE WORKED ON THE LAST FIVE YEARS, TO START COMING TOWARDS FULFILLMENT. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL NOW OPEN THIS TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ORDINANCE 2634. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE. OH. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. KNOW YOU'RE OKAY. OKAY. I WILL NOW LOOK FOR A MOTION ON ON ORDINANCE 26-34. VICE CHAIR SHELTON, I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2634. ADOPTING THE STATIONARY PLANS FOR JORDAN VALLEY STATION AND SUGAR FACTORY ROAD STATION. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, I SECOND OKAY. COUNCIL OR EXCUSE ME, VICE CHAIR SHELTON. MOTION TO APPROVE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. SECOND. MISS QUICK. WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. HARRIS. YES. VICE CHAIR.
SHELTON. YES. AND CHAIR WIGNALL. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THAT MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU.
[Council Office Report]
THAT IS OUR ONLY PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR COUNCIL OFFICE REPORT, MR. ANDERSON. THANK YOU. CHAIR. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL. THIS IS WE JUST BEGAN OUR THIRD YEAR. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE WEST JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. AND WE'RE GLAD THAT THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE'VE UPDATED A FEW PAGES ON THE COUNCIL WEBSITE, CITY, THE CITY WEBSITE PERTAINING TO THE COUNCIL. WE'VE ADDED A LINK WHICH THE COMMUNICATION STAFF HAS SHARED ON THE CITY HALL PAGE, RELATED TO HOW TO ACCESS AGENDAS AND HOW TO SEARCH THE ARCHIVES OF COUNCIL MEETINGS. WE'VE ALSO UPDATED THE THE MEETING RULES SO THAT WE MAINTAIN THE DECORUM IN OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO JUST LITTLE TWEAKS AND MOVING ALONG FORWARD. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL[Consent Items]
NOW MOVE TO CONSENT ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTING TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION? OKAY. NO. OKAY. THEN WE WILL. EXCUSE ME. WE'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 8TH TO 2026. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING. DO I NEED TO LIST OUT THE RESOLUTIONS AND WHATNOT? NO, THEY'RE THEY'RE ON THE SCREEN. YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION. SINCE NO ONE WANTED TO PULL ANYTHING, YOU CAN HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND A SECOND, AND THEN YOU JUST NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE. OKAY, FANTASTIC. I DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE. OKAY. OKAY. I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. SECOND. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER OR MISS QUICK. WE'LL MOVE THIS TO A VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BADOR. YES.[00:30:08]
VICE CHAIR. SHELTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. HARRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES.CHAIR. WEIGL. YES. THANK YOU. I SHOW THAT MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A SHORT MEETING. SEEING THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING. THE TIME IS 7:31 P.M. A
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