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Millcreek Community Council Agenda Tue, April 4, 2023 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (MDT) The meeting was conducted on line using GoToMeeting 1. 6:30pm Introductions: ○ Mayor: Jeff Silvestrini ○ City Council members: Did not attend. ○ Community Council members: Jeremiah Clark, ROBERT BROUGH, Kristy Chambers, Eric Allen Sowards, Chip Spencer, Dan Donahoe, Jacob Richardson, Jamie Walker, Emily Wright i. Members excused: Jeremiah Clark, Jamie Walker ii. Moderator: Rob Brough iii. Minutes taken by: Chip Spencer iv. 3 minute timer: Allen Sowards 2. 6:40 Mayor report: Mayor Jeff Silvestrini ● Properties along Big Cottonwood Creek and Millcreek are areas that will be susceptible to flooding. Sandbags are available at 3800 South Wasatch Blvd. People may get 25 bags/person. A volunteer project to fill bags will be held at the location on 04/08/2023 from 8-4pm. There are several LDS mtg houses where one can obtain sand and bags: 4176 South Adonis Drive, 4407 S. Fortuna Way, 3570 South 2000 East, and 2125 E. Evergreen Avenue. ● It’s very important to ensure that creek banks are cleared of any debris to avoid jamming drainage pipes. ● The city is $300,000.00 over budget for snow removal. ● UPD: Salt Lake County has to leave UPD. ● Mayors want to keep UPD areas together. Law doesn’t compel dissolution of UPD. Sheriff will take over law enforcement for the unincorporated areas in the county. Mayor will keep MCC apprised of updates. ● Spencer asked about possible double taxation. The Mayor stated it did not occur. ● Mayor wants to ensure that UPS officers stay on. ● By July 1 the SL County Sheriff must present a plan. 3. 6:45 pm Police Report: Officer Christian Thompson February 2023 stats are close to last year. 180 citations were given and are less than before due to an officer’s transfer. There were 33 arrests and 16 assaults. A number of calls were made to the shelter, but crime hasn’t gone up since 2022. Mayor: Due to the cold weather the shelter will stay open until April 30. 130 is the highest number of guests at the shelter at one time. He also said that it is not necessary for Millcreek to host a shelter next year, and that there may be other plans for the building. 4. 7:00 pm Review and approve March 7, 2023 Minutes. The minutes were approved. 5. 7:05 pm- 7:20 pm Sim Gill introduction with questions/answers: He is in his fourth term as county Attorney General. His visit is part of an effort to reach out to all of the community councils. Two of his staff also attended. Sexual assaults have increased. 88/100 victims don’t report an assault. To help victims and provide conditions for better victim support his office set up the Victim Services division. He works against violent assault, and uses the mental health court to meet some needs. ---PAGE BREAK--- Using that court has reduced recidivism 22 to 19 percent. In order to better support victims his office has stretched out the period of police contact with a victim. Interviews of victims are now open ended to avoid being like interrogations. A veterans court has been set up to try cases related to Post Traumatic Stress caused by multiple deployments, and the U.S. Veteran’s hospital participates directly with the court. Camp Hope has been set up to help children overcome trauma. He will hold a summit at his office to meet with two members of each community council. Questions: Chambers asked about under reporting of sexual assault victims. Part of the process of questioning victims will ensure that they get proper sleep cycles to help them emotionally. 6. 7:20pm Planning Commission Items: ○ ZT-23-005, ZT-23-006, ZT-23-007 Staff Memorandum the staff memorandum summarizing the text changes to the Agriculture, Forestry and Mobile Home zones. Katy Larsen of the city presented the city’s proposed changes to the above zones mentioned in the linked document above. The city said that tiny homes would be placed on a foundation or posts. One of the zones would require lots be 5 acres in size. Daniel Jackson who lives at 4841 Pinnacle Place has several lots he has been waiting to develop. The five acre lot size would not allow him to subdivide the lots he has. Lily stated that a person is only vested when they approach the city with a request for development. He also said the city has been talking with Jackson, and would be willing to continue talking. The city asked for a recommendation regarding each of the three zones from the MCC. A motion was made by Sowards to recommend each of the zones as written by the city with the five acre provision removed. The motion was approved with five in favor and three against. ● ZM-23-009 Community Council Report with attachments.pdf Develop about 2.76 acres in area formerly known as Fat Cats. The city asked in its deliberations about the development of the area what the proper amount of commercial space should be. If commercial space was not part of the development, then what should be in its place. ANeighborhood meeting was held, and a presentation was made to the city council. The council was asked if they would consider non-commercial space. A decision was made to recommend a hybrid development including 3000 sq. ft of commercial. A dine-in restaurant will be required. There will also be “pocket area” for the public. There will be a UTA bus stop. The plan also calls for 59 residential units some of which will be live-work units The plan to include park with amenities. Some will be for sale, the others will be rented. Some units may be affordable housing. Spencer asked if affordable housing would affect the value of the for-sale units. Wells said he did not think so and he feels the development would be a good addition to the neighborhood. Sowards stated that there are already 1,000 housing units nearby, and that it would be better for the city to bring in more commercial space. Sowards also thinks the development needs infrastructure to include a grocery store to support a walkable neighborhood concept. He said that once the current commercial zoning is gone, it will be almost impossible to restore it. Francis Lily of the city said that nothing has moved commercially to fill the Fat Cats area. Richardson is in favor of rezoning to multi-family housing. He wants to increase the number of housing units and shared parking spaces in the plan. Chambers said that more housing is needed. A motion was made by Wells to approve the rezone of the north two-thirds of the property with the city’s recommended development agreement. Chambers seconded. A vote of the MCC was taken with six in favor and two opposed. 7. 8:05 pm Capital Improvement suggestions: The final prioritized list needs to be sent to Rita Lund. The $300,000.00 of additional spending for snow removal may affect how much can be approved. ---PAGE BREAK--- ○ Crosswalk at 4620 south Highland Drive ○ Flashing light stop traffic capability) at 3487 S. 1300 E. ○ Recreate a cross walk that formerly existed at 4420 S. 1100 East. ○ Finish sidewalk on East of 700 E. between 3300 and 3900 S. ○ Performing arts center (Millcreek). Suggested using Millcreek elementary. ○ Bike lane on 300 East. Reevaluate 500 East pedestrian crossing at State And Gordon. ○ 4325 S. 1300 E. Put in a crosswalk to the park. ○ Put in a cleanout box on the open ditch on the east side of Richmond St. to protect the new $85,000.00 pipe running across 1300 east in order to keep the property along Richmond and Elgin from flooding. (Lynda Bagley citizen) ○ Flashing light (stop traffic capability) at E 4125 S & S 900 E. 8. 8:15pm Subcommittee reports: ○ Leadership: (past chair, current chair, 1st v.c., 2nd v.c., secretary, treasurer meet the week before MCC to review agenda and get reports from subcommittee chairs) ○ Emergency Preparedness: (organize and stock cache locations, attend city emergency meetings, other) ○ Communications and Social Media: (field community concerns on social media, share photos of community events and council meetings, general networking and marketing) ○ Community Service: (create, participate in and bring awareness to service opportunities in our community, weekly mobile food pantry, other) ○ Events: (work with Venture out on events, create new events, etc.) ○ ACCT: meetings, etc.) ○ Traffic committee/Streets and Roads: i. No meetings of subcommittee in March. ii. Jacob Richardson provided a detailed email on 3/9 in response to Spencer’s comments on EVs and power distribution although topic is not directly pertinent to the traffic committee’s scope. iii. Dan is on the Program Committee for a related technical conference and will provide a keynote address: iv. Open items: v. From 2/9/23 meeting with Francis L. and Chief Engineer – waiting on Chief Engineer or Josse’s response to funding proposal on Vision Zero. Go or no-go? vi. From meeting on 3/11/23 – waiting on UDOT data transmission of volume & speed data collect last year to City Chief Engineer. ○ Affordable Housing: (search out ways to place tiny homes, homeless villages, etc., work on rezoning or piggyback zoning with manufacturing areas, other) ○ Policing subcommittee: stated that the meeting went well. Additional work has been laid out for committee members. (Eric, please make sure this says what you stated in the meeting. 9. 8:20pm Discuss budget items - in progress. ○ Allen and Wayne to coordinate transfer of accounts ○ Emergency Preparedness: $3,500 per container to fill with emergency items: (Proposing 4 total containers)= $14,000.00 i. shovels, garbage bags, goggles, gloves, sheers, facemasks, bandages, see list from Millcreek city emergency specialist. ○ Two additional shipping containers : $5,250.00 each, $200 delivery, plus tax ($5,856.00) x 2= $11,712.00 ○ Other items/suggestions: 10. 8:30 pm dismiss ---PAGE BREAK--- Reminder: Review of 3 minute timer and meeting process: ○ application presented by staff (5-10 min.) ○ clarification by applicant (3 min.) ○ questions/comments by city members (3 min. timer) ○ close citizen comments ○ open comments by mcc members (we will go in an orderly fashion once you have been called on) (3 min. timer) ○ motion made and seconded by ○ further discussion/comments on motion ○ vote taken