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CAN BEGIN. I WILL NOW CALL THE SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 7:34 P.M. PRESENT OUR BOARD MEMBERS BADOR JACOB, SHELTON, HARRIS AND WIGNALL. BOARD MEMBERS LAMB AND WHITELOCK ARE EXCUSED TONIGHT. OUR FIRST BUSINESS ITEM IS OUR
[a. Presentation and Quarterly Update Regarding Economic Development Projects and Progress]
PRESENTATION AND QUARTERLY UPDATE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND PROGRESS. AND WE HAVE MR. JIM GROVER, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. WHAT'S EXCITING IS IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE I'VE JOINED THIS GROUP AND I AM. I'VE NEVER FELT SO WELCOME. YOU'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE TEAM HERE AND I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF IT. THIS IS MY SECOND. WELL, I GUESS STARTING MY THIRD QUARTERLY UPDATE. AND SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I'D LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, TALK THROUGH. WE LOVE THIS ROUTINE COMMUNITY GROWING WITH PURPOSE. IT'S A THEME THAT OUR MAYOR HAS SELECTED FOR THE YEAR, AND WE CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE ARE GROWING IN PURPOSE HERE IN WEST JORDAN.AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, WE OUR GOAL IS TO BE THE CHOICE CITY FOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. AND WE ARE ADVOCATES FOR RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND REDEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS AN EXCITING PICTURE. THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. THE MAYOR AND I APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AGO. THIS IS UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE JUST DOWN THE ROAD, AND THEY ARE PUTTING $30 MILLION INTO A BUILDING, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. THEY'LL BE SUPPORTING APPROXIMATELY 2000 STUDENTS. AND AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE FREE MARKET. WE'RE GREAT PARTNERS. WE CAN HAVE OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKING ON SPEED AS AN INCENTIVE. THAT'S ONE THING THAT THEY THEY TALKED ABOUT HERE IS THAT WORKING WITH THE CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY THROUGH THEIR THROUGH THEIR PLANS, GETTING THINGS DONE ON TIME IS SOMETHING THE CITY IS DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB ON. SO I JUST WANTED TO REPORT ON THAT. OVER THIS LAST SIX MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SEVERAL THINGS. AND SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE CHECK BOXES HERE THAT I'M GLAD TO REPORT. RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS AN EVENT THAT WE HOSTED, CO-HOSTED WITH A GROUP CALLED HYPER CRAFT.
THEY ARE A MANUFACTURER AND THIS IS THEIR PROTOTYPE OF A VERY ADVANCED MACHINE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT TAKING A DRIVERLESS UTV AND ELECTRIFY IT AND THEN HAVE IT BE AVAILABLE TO THE MILITARY, THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S RATHER UNIQUE, THAT'S BEING BUILT HERE IN UTAH.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THAT HERE IN WEST JORDAN. SO WE'RE WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SOUTH VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT WHERE THAT WAS HELD. WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 90 VISITORS. MAYOR DID A GREAT PITCH ON THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT. IT WAS PICKED UP BY A LOT OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. AND SO IT WAS VERY EXCITING. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO, WE CONCLUDED OUR REAL ESTATE BROKER RFP. SO WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE, BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEIR POSITION IS AND BEING ABLE INTEREST IN SELLING PROPERTY. SO WE'RE WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THAT AS A TOOL IN OUR POCKET. WE CONTINUE TO USE SIMPLIFY. IT'S BASICALLY A REAL ESTATE TOOL. IT'S MY BEST FRIEND. WHENEVER WE'RE MATCHMAKING, WE ARE GOING TO THIS TOOL. WE'RE FINDING THE LOCATIONS IN WEST JORDAN THAT START CONVERSATIONS. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS INCREDIBLE, SOMETHING THAT WE FOUND MONEY WITHIN OUR CURRENT BUDGETS TO BE ABLE TO DO. AND THEN ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A STUDY ON TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FOR THE CITY CENTER COMPLETE. SO THIS WAS AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WAS ON OUR ROADMAP THAT WE CAN THEN TAKE OUT TO AN RFP, AND TO BE ABLE TO SOLICIT, HEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FINANCIALLY DO A CITY CENTER PROJECT ON YOUR OWN DEVELOPER.
WE'VE GOT SOME TOOLS FROM THE STATE OF UTAH THAT CAN HELP THROUGH AN HDR. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE TOOLS THAT WE ALSO WILL BRING IN FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT WILL BRING FROM THE CITY. WE CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITIES. I'VE GOT A LIST OF PREVIOUS WINS. JUST KIND OF WANTED TO REMIND THE THE COMMITTEE ABOUT, LET'S SEE IF I CAN GO BACK ONE SLIDE. THIS IS ALL, OF COURSE NOT NEWS TO YOU. ROUTE 92 MEDICAL FANTASTIC LIFE SCIENCE COMPANY THAT JUST TO THE EAST OF US HERE, APPROXIMATELY 2 OR 3 MINUTES AWAY, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE AS THEY EXPAND AND HAVE 116 NEW HIGH PAID JOBS
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THERE, THEY'VE GOT TO PARK THOSE PEOPLE. AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO FIND EITHER ADJACENT LAND OR PLACES IN WHICH WE CAN PARK. SO AS YOU WIN PROJECTS, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT IT'S A FULL LIFE CYCLE TO HELP THEM CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL HERE IN WEST JORDAN. GEMCO MEDICAL. AND OF COURSE, WE WATCH TRADER JOE'S. WE WE TAKE A PEEK IN THERE JUST TO SEE HOW CLOSE THEY'RE GETTING. THEY LET US KNOW THAT THEY'LL GIVE US ABOUT FIVE DAYS UNTIL THEY'LL LET US KNOW WHEN THEY'RE OPENING. SO OF COURSE, WE, WE OPEN OUR EMAIL, WE CHECK OUR PHONES EVERY MORNING TO SEE IF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. SO I WANTED TO ALSO SHARE WITH YOU SIX PROJECTS THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, SHOWS WHAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, YOU KNOW, DOES IS A, IS A SHOWCASE PROJECT. NAMES ARE FUN. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER SOURCED FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF UTAH, WHICH ARE FANTASTIC PARTNERS WITH US. AS YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT BRING INTERESTING PROJECTS TO US. AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALSO NOT ONLY PROJECT NAMES, BUT INDUSTRY, BECAUSE IT MATTERS. EVERY TIME YOU SEE AN AEROSPACE, YOU KNOW THAT SALT SOUTH VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT IS AT PLAY. AND SO THEY'RE AN IMPORTANT AND VERY SPECIFIC LIKE PIECE THERE AS WE START, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT USING THE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE HERE. ALSO, WHAT'S INTERESTING TOO, IS ONE OF THOSE ON THERE IS YOU SEE PROJECT NAME RAM, AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURER. WE THINK THAT MIGHT BE A UTAH COMPANY THAT'S MAKING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. SO WE'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE EXACTLY SOME OF THESE COMPANIES AS WE START WORKING THROUGH. I'M ALSO EXCITED TO SHOW YOU TOO. I FEEL THAT THERE'S FOUR STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT. STAGE ONE IS WHEN WE'VE ENGAGED WITH A COMPANY. SO THAT'S WHEN WE'VE SUBMITTED AN RFP. STAGE TWO WAS WHEN THEY CALL US BACK, WE SUBMIT THESE AND WE ARE KIND OF ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEATS FOR A MATTER OF WEEKS. WELL, WE'VE HAD TWO CALLBACKS, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING. PROJECT AND PROJECT MEADOWLARK. AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK THROUGH AND ENTERTAIN THOSE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET TO STAGE THREE. AND THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE HERE ON SITE AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT PLACES HERE IN WEST JORDAN THAT ARE ABLE TO, TO, TO DO WORK WITH US. AND STAGE FOUR IS WHEN WE'RE IN ADVANCED NEGOTIATIONS, AND THAT'S WHEN WE POTENTIALLY BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU, IF INDEED WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF AN INCENTIVE OR SOMETHING IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DEAL POSSIBLE. SO THAT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. IT'S ABOUT ONCE A MONTH THAT WE SUBMIT FOR ONE OF THESE.I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT IT GOING, BUT JIM, THERE'S NO LIFE SCIENCE. THERE'S 1 OR 2 PROJECTS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT FOR LIFE SCIENCE. AND JUST THE BUILDING SIZE DIDN'T FIT. SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING AFTER LIFE SCIENCE. I THINK THAT'S THE PIECE ON HERE THAT I THINK IS WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO WORK ON MORE. SEE MR. JEROME, IF THAT'S OKAY, MADAM, THE THE BOARD JUST WAS POINTED OUT TO ME THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT CAPEX MEANS. SO FOR SOME OF THE YOUTH THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE. SO CAPITAL CAPEX STANDS FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. BASICALLY THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT THAT THE FACILITY AND BASICALLY ALL THE TAXABLE EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD GO INTO THAT FACILITY WOULD BE WORTH. SO THE MORE THE MORE TAXES THE CITY GETS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAVING A WELL ROUNDED TAX BASE TO TRY TO KEEP THE TAXES LOW FOR RESIDENTS, THAT'S PART OF THAT BECAUSE THAT IF WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE PAYING TAXES, THEN THAT'S TAXES THAT RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE TO PAY AS MUCH OF, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. IT'S KIND OF A VERY HIGH LEVEL EXPLANATION. SO. THANK YOU, MR. JEROME. THE EXCITING THING TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO POINT OUT TO THE AUDIENCE IS THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT CAREERS. THESE ARE EXCELLENT JOBS, ESPECIALLY AS I LOOKED AT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ROUTE 92, MEDICAL LIFE SCIENCE COMPANY MANUFACTURING CATHETERS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGH PAYING JOBS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JOBS THAT ARE MAKING AT LEAST 110% OF THE COUNTY AVERAGE WAGE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $90,000 PLUS. AND SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF JOBS THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE OF, RIGHT? THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF JOBS THAT BASICALLY HELP US CONTINUE TO HAVE A TRAJECTORY TO MOVE UP IN OUR
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CAREERS. I'VE GOT FOUR THINGS HERE THAT I'D LOVE TO JUST KIND OF ASK A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR FEEDBACK ON. I FEEL THAT THE NEXT PLANS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE KNOW THAT FRONT AND CENTER IS AN RFP FOR CITY CENTER. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, CITY CENTER FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE IS JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. WE RECOGNIZE THAT ANY TIME THAT WE HAVE A FRONTRUNNER AMTRAK STATION, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR GROWTH WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. SO YOU THINK OF APARTMENTS, YOU THINK OF, YOU KNOW, IMAGINE CITY CREEK, THE GATEWAY, ANY OF THOSE PLACES THAT YOU WOULD THINK, OH, THIS IS A FANTASTIC PLACE, AN ATTRACTION IN WHICH THAT PLACE THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES AND THE WAY THAT THEY'VE APPROACHED TRS, AND IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE TO CHERRY PICK AND SELECT THE 20 OR 30 DEVELOPERS OUT THERE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL TO GO OUT AND SOLICIT SPECIFIC IDEAS FROM. THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE. AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING UPSTAIRS ON THE THIRD FLOOR, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO ON REDWOOD ROAD. AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A IS A HUGE DEAL FOR US. NOW. WHAT'S FUN IS A DISCUSSION DEFINING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, RIGHT? WE'RE OPEN TO THAT. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A POLICY OUT THERE, BUT I'D LOVE TO KNOW YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND AS WE WE START SEEING SOME OF THE HOMES HERE ON REDWOOD ROAD POTENTIALLY COME UP FOR SALE. IF WE HAVE 2 OR 3 OF THESE IN A ROW, ESPECIALLY WITH, AS WE KNOW, HOMES THAT HAVE HAD REDWOOD ROAD ENCROACH ON THEM ON THE FRONT OF THEIR OF THEIR THEIR HOME WITH, YOU KNOW, A AN ACRE PLUS BEHIND THEM COULD BE VERY USEFUL FOR A CITY TO, TO REDEVELOP. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF THESE UNITS COME UP AND THEN TRY TO SET THEM AT A PRICE THAT WOULD QUALIFY THEM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SORRY, JIM, BEFORE YOU GO TOO FAR, IT'S ME. I THAT'S FINE. YEAH. WHAT DOES RFI STAND FOR? REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. OKAY. THANKS. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ASKING FOR A BID ON SOMETHING, BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT, HEY, LET'S, LET'S START OUR FIRST DISCUSSION ABOUT SOLICITING AND HOW WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY PROCEED. SO YEAH, SO AS WE'VE HAD TWO NOW, THREE DISCUSSIONS WITH AEROSPACE COMPANIES AT THE SOUTH VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT, SOMETIMES THEY GET A LITTLE BIT GUN SHY. SO ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS THAT WE WORKED WITH WAS PROJECT ELLIE. THEY SAID, WELL, IT'S A BUSY AIRPORT. WE'RE A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FLY AWAY AND OR TEST. AND SO WE PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AND ON THE BACK BURNER AS DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND DE-RISK THE AIRPORT AND BE ABLE TO PUT UP A PLAN, A FLIGHT PLAN, AND HELP COMPANIES RECOGNIZE THE VALUE THAT WE HAVE HERE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY JUST KIND OF LOOK AT THE THE NUMBER OF, SAY, LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS, AND THEY GET A LITTLE BIT SQUEAMISH BECAUSE IT IS A BUSY AIRPORT. AND THEN FINALLY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT HERE IN WEST JORDAN, WE HAVE CAPITAL, YOU KNOW, THE CAPEX NUMBER, WHICH IS TYPICALLY EQUIPMENT, SOMETIMES IT'S ROBOTICS, IT'S HEAVY USERS. EITHER PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS OR HAVING THINGS MADE, OR SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW, THINK OF COMPUTATION. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A LIMITATION ON THE POWER THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET IN THE NEXT 4 OR 5 YEARS, EITHER THROUGH ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER OR GENERATE THROUGH, SAY, NATURAL GAS TURBINES. SO UNDERSTANDING OUR LIMITATIONS AND THEN ALSO EXPLORING WHAT OTHER OPTIONS MIGHT BE OUT THERE, EVEN IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE FUTURE, FIVE, TEN YEARS AWAY, JUST SO WE HAVE A PLAN TO HELP COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING IN THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY, HERE'S A PATHWAY TO YES. SO KIND OF SOME OF THOSE IDEAS OUT THERE UP TO THE COUNCIL. IF ANY OF THESE THINGS SEEM INTERESTING AND FOR DISCUSSION. VICE CHAIR SHELTON, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN COMPANIES WHEN YOU'RE SENDING OUT THESE RFIS FOR THE CITY CENTER? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO AS I THINK ABOUT THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WE'RE[00:15:01]
LOOKING FOR, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT HAS A GOOD FIT, WHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO APARTMENTS AND HAS ALSO BEEN ABLE TO HAVE AN ATTRACTION AND ALSO TO DO COMMERCIAL. SO AS I THINK OF THE THE NEED TO HAVE WEST JORDAN BE ON THE MAP, SOMETIMES I RECOGNIZE THE THE CONSTRAINT REALLY IS, WELL, OKAY, WHAT IS THE MARKETPLACE APPETITE FOR? A MORE RETAIL OR RESTAURANTS OR THAT TYPE OF THING? THEY'LL HAVE TO BE MORE ON THE UNIQUE SIDE BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO ATTRACT NOT JUST INTERESTED WEST JORDAN'S, BUT ACROSS THE VALLEY. AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE A DESTINATION. AND SO SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE LOOK AND THE FEEL AND THE, AND THE DESIGN IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR WEST JORDAN. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. SORRY, VICE CHAIR SHELTON, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT. MAKING THE SOUTH VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO COMPANIES.THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE THE AMOUNT OF AIR TRAFFIC THERE IS. CORRECT. YEAH. WHAT KIND OF EFFORTS ARE YOU MAKING TO TO MAKE THAT LOOK MORE ATTRACTIVE TO COMPANIES? YES. WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS ARE YOU DOING IN THAT WAY? YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELDON, WE RECOGNIZED ON THE EAST SIDE THERE IS A MASTER PLAN FOR SOUTH VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT TO HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE WHERE THERE CAN BE THREE, FOUR HANGARS IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS 120,000FT■!S. AND THEN MANUFACTURING ON THE SOUTH.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CONSTRAINTS, IT IS HOW THE SOUTH VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT AND THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BASICALLY ARE IN THE SAME TRAFFIC PATTERN AND HOW THEY NEED TO EGRESS OR INGRESS INTO THAT AIRPORT. NOW, THINGS BECOME A LITTLE BIT EASIER. AS WE'VE TALKED WITH THOSE THAT ARE IN THE AEROSPACE COMMUNITY, VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING THAT EVERYBODY GETS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ATTRACT. ANYTHING THAT VERTICALLY TAKES OFF IN THAT AREA SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT LESS OF A CONCERN. AND SO UNDERSTANDING, FIRST OF ALL, THE MODE OF HOW YOU WOULD TAKE OFF OR LAND FROM THE AIRPORT, NUMBER ONE. AND THEN ALSO, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE ASSEMBLING AND FLYING AWAY, WHERE DO YOU TEST? AND SO PROCEEDING TO THE WEST, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, TEST PILOTS THAT HAVE SAID, LOOK, WE WE PROCEED TO THE WEST. WE WE START FLYING OVER THE OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS. IF WE NEED TO GO FURTHER, WE CAN START MOVING INTO WILLA AND INTO OTHER TEST AREAS. AND SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE, THE DE-RISKING, YOU KNOW, OF, OF THE, THE AIRPORT THAT THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US IS TO, TO FIND OUT THIS INFORMATION AND BE ABLE TO HAND IT OVER AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS FEASIBLE. WE'VE DONE THE WORK. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? I'D LOVE TO SEE NEXT PLANS FOR LIFE SCIENCE. YES. WHICH I KNEW THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT ME. YOU KNEW I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT. BUT YEAH, I WISH THERE WAS A BULLET POINT FOR THAT. THANK YOU. AS I THINK OF LIFE SCIENCE, THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE INDUSTRY PARTNER THAT WE HAVE AS WE THINK OF EDC UTAH AS BEING KIND OF THE OVERALL UMBRELLA OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN THE STATE, ALONG WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S A GROUP THAT DOES AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE, 47 G. WE LIKE TO PARTNER WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A GROUP CALLED BIO UTAH AND BIO HIVE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HAVE AN EXCELLENT PRESENCE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY GO TOO FAR SOUTH OR NORTH ON REDWOOD ROAD TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE IN THIS INCREDIBLE CORRIDOR. ALSO, WEST JORDAN HAS A HISTORY OF HAVING LIFE. SCIENCE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT ROUTES THAT ROUTE 92, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL MERIT MEDICAL BUILDING AND WHERE THEY'VE STARTED. AND SO WE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THAT AND TO BE A PART OF THIS REDWOOD ROAD LIFE CYCLE CORRIDOR. COUNCIL MEMBER I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS THOUGHT WHEN SHE SAW ADVANCED MAN ON THE THING THAT THAT WAS LIFE SCIENCE. BUT YEAH. OH, THAT COULD BE. YES, I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE TURNED OUT TO BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
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AND THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. GROVER. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO[Consent Items]
OUR CONSENT ITEMS. WE. EXCUSE ME. WE'LL BE APPROVING MEETING MINUTES FROM JUNE 23RD, 2026 FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY WORK SESSION MEETING AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING.I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE VICE CHAIR SHELTON. I MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED. OKAY. WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO INTO A
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CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD HAS A REQUEST TO TEMPORARILY RECESS THIS MEETING AND CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS PENDING OR REASONABLY IMMINENT LITIGATION, AS PROVIDED BY UTAH CODE, SECTION 52-4-2051. SEE. MOTION IS IN ORDER. FOLLOWED BY A SECOND. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE TO CLOSE MEETING? COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. I'LL MOVE TO CLOSE THE MEETING. I'LL SECOND.OH, I NEED TO ROLL CALL VOTE, AND THERE WILL NEED TO BE FOUR OF YOU SINCE THERE'S FIVE OF YOU. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE. I'M GOING TO BE AN EXPERT AT THIS, AND THEN I'M NOT GOING TO BE CHAIR ANYMORE. CHAIR? YES. VICE CHAIR. SHELTON. YES. BOARD MEMBER. BADER. YES. BOARD MEMBER. JACOB. YES. BOARD MEMBER. HARRIS. YES. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. I'LL CALL THE CLOSED SESSION TO ORDER. NO, WE'RE GOING TO VACATE TO THE I WASN'T SPEAKING LOUD ENOUGH, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE WILL NOW RECONVENE THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING IN OPEN SESSION. THE TIME IS 8:09 P.M. SEEING THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING. THE TIME IS
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