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CITY OF SOUTH JORDAN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2021

6:30 PM

Notice is hereby given that the South Jordan City Council will hold a City Council Meeting on

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, in the City Council Chambers, located at 1600 W. Towne Center Drive,

South Jordan, Utah with an electronic option via Zoom phone and video conferencing. Persons

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Regular Meeting Agenda:

6:30 p.m. A. Welcome, Roll Call, and Introduction: By Mayor, Dawn R. Ramsey

B. Invocation: By Chief Financial Officer, Sunil Naidu

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C. Pledge of Allegiance: By City Manager, Gary L. Whatcott

D. Minute Approval

D.1. August 3, 2021 City Council Study Meeting

D.2. August 3, 2021 City Council Meeting

6:35 p.m. E. Mayor and Council Reports

6:50 p.m. F. Public Comment: This is the time and place for any person who wishes to

comment on items not scheduled on the agenda for public hearing. Any person or

group wishing to comment on any item not otherwise scheduled for public

hearing on the agenda may address the City Council at this point by stepping to

the microphone or if joining electronically by raising their hand and giving his or

her name for the record. Note, photos or documents will not be accepted through

Zoom, therefore if you plan to present photos or documents you must attend City

Council in-person. Comments should be limited to not more than three (3)

minutes, unless additional time is authorized by the Chair. Groups wishing to

comment will be asked to appoint a spokesperson. Items brought forward to the

attention of the City Council will be turned over to staff to provide a response

outside of the City Council meeting. Time taken on non-agenda items, interrupts

the process of the noticed agenda. In rare cases where it is determined

appropriate to address items raised from public comments, these items will be

noted and may be brought back at the conclusion of the printed agenda.

7:00 p.m. G. Public Hearing Items:

G.1. Ordinance 2021-15, Amending Section 13.12.145 of the South Jordan Municipal Code regulating Illicit Storm Water Discharges. RCV (By Director of

Public Works, Jason Rasmussen)

G.2. Ordinance 2021-16, Amending Section 17.130.030 of the South Jordan Municipal Code regulating the Accessory Dwelling Unit Floating Zone. RCV (By Long Range Planning Analyst, Meadow Wedekind and Director of Planning,

Steven Schaefermeyer)

8:00 p.m. H. Staff Reports and Calendaring Items

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August 17, 2021 City Council Meeting Agenda Executive Summary Page 1 of 1

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY August 17, 2021

This Executive Summary includes only certain issues on the City Council Meeting Agenda which require a vote, and for which the City Council is not familiar. The City Council Meeting Agenda includes all issues to be addressed by the City Council. Agenda Items: G.1. Ordinance 2021-15, amending Section 13.12.145 of the South Jordan Municipal Code regulating Illicit Storm Water Discharges. (Jason Rasmussen, Director of Public Works, pg. 35). The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State of Utah Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) enacted certain laws pertaining to municipal storm water systems (MS4’s). The DEQ performed an inspection and audit of the City’s MS4, and found certain action items that need attention, including the illicit discharge prohibitions within Title 13 of the City code. The proposed amendments to City Code § 13.12.145 will bring it into conformity with the EPA and DEQ requirements identified in the inspection. Recommendation: Approve Ordinance 2021-15, amending Section 13.12.145 of the South Jordan Municipal Code regulating Illicit Storm Water Discharges. G.2. Ordinance 2021-16, amending Section 17.130.030 of the South Jordan Municipal Code regulating the Accessory Dwelling Unit Floating Zone. (Meadow Wedekind, Long Range Planning Analyst, and Steven Schaefermeyer, Director of Planning, pg. 43). Recently passed House Bill 82 (“Single-family Housing Modifications”), which takes effect on October 1, 2021, prohibits municipalities from establishing restrictions or requirements for certain accessory dwelling units (ADUs) with limited exceptions. The proposed amendments to City Code § 17.130.030 will update certain terms used for internal ADUs, and will also eliminate and add a number of the City’s requirements pertaining to internal ADUs, which will bring City Code into compliance with Utah State Code. Recommendation: Approve Ordinance 2021-16, amending Section 17.130.030 of the South Jordan Municipal Code regulating the Accessory Dwelling Unit Floating Zone.

D.1. CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING MINUTES

SOUTH JORDAN CITY

CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING

August 3, 2021

Present: Mayor Dawn R. Ramsey, Council Member Patrick Harris, Council Member Brad

Marlor, Council Member Don Shelton, Council Member Tamara Zander, Council

Member Jason McGuire, CM Gary Whatcott, ACM Dustin Lewis, Assistant City

Attorney Ed Montgomery, Planning Director Steven Schaefermeyer, CFO Sunil

Naidu, Communications Manager Rachael Van Cleave, Transportation Engineer

Jeremy Nielson, City Engineer Brad Klavano, Police Chief Jeff Carr, Fire Chief Chris

Dawson, Director of Government Affairs Melinda Seager, City Recorder Anna

Crookston, Strategic Services Director Don Tingey, Director of Administrative

Services Spencer Kyle, Director of Public Works Jason Rasmussen, City Commerce

Director Brian Preece, IT Director Jon Day, GIS Coordinator Matt Jarman, Meeting

Transcriptionist Diana Baun

Others: Shelby Richardson, Jake Ackerman, Andrea Moser, Jay, Kristi, Carol Brown,

Grant Farnsworth, Kim Clark, Tyler Allen, Seishi Yamagata

4:51 PM

STUDY MEETING

A. Welcome, Roll Call and Introduction: By Mayor Dawn R. Ramsey

Mayor Ramsey welcomed everyone present and introduced the meeting.

B. Invocation: By Council Member Brad Marlor

Council Member Brad Marlor offered the invocation.

C. Mayor and Council Coordination

Mayor Dawn Ramsey said the city sent a letter to Senator Romney, asking for and encouraging his

support on the Infrastructure Act. It is a bipartisan infrastructure bill that will really deliver for water

in the state of Utah and something we have the opportunity to potentially benefit from, including our

significant water infrastructure projects we’re working on and the re-use project. That was sent last

week to him and his staff, she heard back from his State Director and she is happy to forward that email

to anyone who is interested. The email spells out what is in the bill, part of it authorizes $3 billion for

Utah’s roads and highways and also talks about key legislative priorities that Senator Romney has been

championing. It also explains $219 million to Utah for water revolving funds and other investments

such as broadband opportunities in the airport. We asked for his support on specific things that we are

working on, such as our re-use project. Last week at the Sewer District Board Meeting the board voted

unanimously to allow the partnership of putting the re-use project on the property there.

Council Member Tamara Zander asked if we also sent the letter to Senator Lee’s office.

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Mayor Ramsey said she doesn’t believe so as Senator Romney has been leading the charge on this.

Council Member Don Shelton thought it would be good to send the letter to Senator Lee.

Council Member Zander agreed that it should be sent to Senator Lee as well.

Mayor Ramsey said she read a recent headline that Senator Romney is championing this, but Senator

Lee is trying to poke holes in it and is against it. She said she will have the letter sent to Senator Lee

and select members of his staff. They are picking up the pace with the Economic Opportunity

Commission and the local government role that they have to play in trying to help create and draft

legislation for this next session, along with working to protect the rights of local government in that

legislation. There is a LPC meeting on August 16, and there is a League Board Meeting that day as

well. Having South Jordan have the local government seat there allows us to really weigh in and

represent how we feel, along with local government.

Council Member Brad Marlor asked for feedback from the meeting with Police Chief Jeff Carr.

Mayor Ramsey said she was planning on asking for that feedback in the next meeting.

Mayor Ramsey asked Chief Carr to give some feedback during Staff Reports in the City Council

Meeting. She has been receiving updates from other cities since the meeting and will be sharing that

updated information as well. The Governor had a press conference on the drought and water

conservation at the Water Conservation Gardens. She had the chance to be there and stand up with

him, and Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District Assistant General Manager Bart Forsythe named

South Jordan specifically as one of four cities who have adopted the new Water Wise ordinances. The

governor acknowledged publicly that this is going to save a great deal of water. She also heard from

President of the Board of Education for Jordan School District Tracy Miller letting her know Bingham

High School’s remodel project has been delayed with students having to start the year virtually. They

need a few more weeks to get the building done, they are shooting for an in person date of August 30.

Regarding masks and mandates at school, the governor made clear in his press conference today that

he doesn’t have the authority to make a mask mandate as the legislature took that authority from the

governor. The only people who can mandate masks are the legislature and she doesn’t believe that is

their intention; Principals, school districts, etc. cannot issue mandates for the schools. Local health

departments can issue mandates for their county, but they have to have the approval of the elected body

of that county.

Council Member Zander asked to clarify that the county can’t issue a mandate unless the council

agrees.

Mayor Ramsey said the county health department can make a recommendation, but the elected body

has to vote yes; that is different than it was last school year. She wanted to share that information with

the council as they might get some calls. They did say that local businesses have the right to require

masks and employers have the right to require vaccinations or masks.

Council Member Don Shelton said the Western Growth Coalition meeting is on the 16 as well for West

Jordan City, with a presentation on air quality.

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Mayor Ramsey will not be making it to that meeting and thanked Council Member Shelton for

attending.

D. Discussion/Review of Regular Council Meeting

Mayor Ramsey let everyone know the amended agenda is before them currently and was amended

legally and publically when an item was pulled from the agenda yesterday.

Council Member Shelton asked how much we were paying for the rental of space for the water

treatment project.

City Manager Gary Whatcott said we aren’t paying for it, they are letting us use it and we have to

restore it at the end. It was structured under a lease agreement, but there is no cost. We have to make

some modifications to the building to make it work for us, and when we leave in five years we will

have to make it back to where they can utilize it again; there will be some costs on our part, but far

less than the expense of building a building which was the original plan. We are at this point because

we couldn’t get past Riverton City planning and zoning issues that were associated with that

property. To make things easier the city went back and worked with the district staff who were

awesome and found a different solution that in the end saved us millions of dollars. It is not a long-

term solution, but it fits the pilot project need which is about five years and allows the project to

operate in a clean environment. The only modifications really are rerouting some water into the

building from the output of the treatment plant. The water district is still working on some processes

internally, and in the end he believes they are going to permit the project as a sign of their support.

Tasting will be held off for a while until there has been more data collection in a couple of years,

then they will go back and permit for tasting and sampling of the water for those who visit the site. In

the meantime they will work on ramping up the education process and getting people out to the site,

including more scientists and a university that might engage us in the science along with collecting

the data and doing some analytics for us. It has taken a lot longer than anticipated, but with all these

regulatory bodies looking at us it is a little slower. It is important to have the state behind us in this

because it is so new.

Mayor Ramsey said they have full confidence that in the end this is going to benefit the residents of

the city, and over the course of time become the model for the state. Everyone here will have the

chance to come see it, walk through it and learn how it works.

Manager Whatcott believes this will be the influence for the state actually creating a new water re-

use program and regulations supporting it, including drinking water. This is a good foundational

project with a long way to go in catching up to our neighboring states, but at least we are starting

here.

Director of Public Works Jason Rasmussen said they have the terms figured out, and thinks it is great

they are letting us use this facility.

Mayor Ramsey said at the meeting on Tuesday they were able to get unanimous support from the

Consumer District to sign on to this.

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E. Discussion Items:

E.1. Residential Development, approximately located at 1472 West 11400 South,

applicants Jake and Amanda Ackerman. (By Director of Planning, Steven

Schaefermeyer)

Director of Planning Steven Schaefermeyer said Jake Ackerman and his team have been working

with staff to refine their project. This location is just west of Ivory’s Bingham Court project.

Initially they had hoped for these properties to be included with Bingham Court, however that

didn’t happen. Staff has instructed them to look at Bingham Court as a model for what they are

doing. The initial concepts didn’t meet that so they went back and have been working with City

Planner Damir Drozdek and the engineering group. This is a PD Development Floating Zone

project and in order for this to happen we have to change the master plan from commercial to

residential on part of the property. With the Ridgeview Project across the street there is a new

light coming to that intersection and it will be a full turn intersection on 11400 South. Ideally,

they like to utilize those types of intersections for commercial, though like the Bingham Court

property this one has some challenges in terms of depth, size and shape to accommodate a

variety of commercial uses. Staff encouraged them to look into those uses and shared that we

understand some of those challenges, much like what happened with Bingham Court. We also

are well aware of the residential market and how hot it is, how many people want to build this

type of product in our city. We have many things in the pipeline and he continues to stress to

anyone he talks to, including this developer, that the council has set the mark at six to eight units

per acre. Any time they go above that it becomes the new high watermark, the thing that future or

current projects will be evaluated against. He is not saying the design couldn’t accommodate

greater density in a way that is beneficial to the city, but he wants to make the council aware that

density has always been part of the conversation. Any time they make a decision that becomes

the new high watermark and that mark is currently Bingham Court which was up to eight units

per acre; however, they ended up coming in at just under seven units per acre. At the time, the

conversation was that the eight units per acre was warranted because of the special nature of the

affordable housing that was being built. Most other projects have been around seven units per

acre, including Ridgeview across the street.

Council Member Patrick Harris asked to clarify that eight units per acre was discussed because

affordable housing was tied to it, but everything else has been seven units per acre or under.

Director Schaefermeyer said this is challenging as staff because they do want to focus on design,

they want that to be the bulk of the conversation. However, this current presenter has worked

well with staff to redesign their concept based on what has been shown in the past to be more

palatable to this council. He wants the council to understand that whatever direction they give

tonight influences other discussions they are currently having around the city; there are a lot of

groups right now trying to push the boundaries of units per acre in the city and this decision

would impact those discussions if it changes the current watermarks.

Jake Ackerman (Applicant) reviewed his Power Point Presentation (Attachment A) and

introduced himself. He graduated from Bingham High School and has lived here his whole life.

He lives not far from Lifetime Fitness, over in the Parkway Palisades subdivision with his wife

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of 21 years and six children. He loves South Jordan and his full time job is running a roofing

company from Logan to Payson.

Council Member Harris asked if Mr. Ackerman currently owned this land.

Mr. Ackerman said he owns two of the four parcels of land, he is in the process of working on

the other parcels. As background, in 2004 before 11400 South went through he was 23 years old

and the market was hot. He bought these two little houses in South Jordan on 11400 South and

when the street finally went through he thought he’d get rich selling them. It took way longer to

get 11400 South through, the housing market tanked and eventually he got to a place where he

realized, as none of that area was developed, that he needed to wait because his two little houses

were too small to dictate the outcome of what was going to happen. He realized that if the area

around the property went commercial then they would have to go commercial. As the road went

through Ivory came in and developed townhomes and single family homes, an LDS church was

built next to the properties, a gas station and bike shop, as well as a bunch of new residential

projects. The canal also goes through this project, so in the red square on slide two there are

actually four parcels which consist of two houses on either side of the canal. After Ivory came in

and built, he noticed some things; like the fact that the home next to Hawthorn Academy is like

an island. His two properties, together with the adjacent two properties that he is planning on

acquiring, created the proposal to combine all four units and incorporate the canal with a new

four way traffic signal. Right now there are issues with more affordable housing and traffic

congestion on 11400 South. With a residential development you would have people turning right,

crossing two lanes to turn left, people traveling on 11400 South trying to turn into the

subdivision; without this project, there is already a three-way stop going in from the new

development on the south side of 11400 South where they are adding a Starbucks and

townhomes. He wants continuity, this is why they are proposing townhomes that look very

similar to the Ivory development; townhomes that flow and connect with the Bingham Court

subdivision from the end of where the Ivory townhomes are now, all the way to the church. This

would eliminate some of the clutter and give that feeling of continuity. He is also proposing a

small park. Another unique part of the project is that currently there are six entrances, including

the entrance to the canal; the new traffic light will line up with the canal. When they originally

looked at this they were hoping for higher density and originally proposed a plan that would cost

them significantly less, and would have two entrances. From those two entrances they would

have traffic coming in turning right and left, people going out turning right or crossing traffic to

turn left, and then there would be a third entrance for the canal road. This original proposal had

16 units per acre, however they got the message about density and they have been trying to figure

out how to accommodate the city. As a development group they wondered if they could

incorporate one entrance in connection with the canal district that was aligned with the four way

stop UDOT was installing so there is a mid-block traffic signal for all the residents to go in and

out with a single four-way stop. They spoke with the canal district and they were able to see a

scenario and get verbal support from them where they did all this by incorporating part of the

canal into their project. They have been working with the city to try and accommodate both a

good design and a density that makes sense. Something of note in regards to the proposed culvert

covering around 120 feet of canal is that it will be very expensive, but they believe the culvert

has the city and developer’s best interests in mind to eliminate the current six entrances and make

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access at one four way stop on 11400 South. They believe this increases pedestrian safety,

reduces load, and increases traffic safety; however, it does come at a considerable expense for

the developer. As a developer, it would be much more affordable for them to have two entrances

and not have to deal with the canal or the acquisition of land, along with not having to build the

culvert over the canal to incorporate a four way stop. There is nothing worse than trying to move

up and down 11400 South and when Hawthorn Academy first opened it was very difficult with

all the congestion and more residents moving down that road. For the benefit of the community,

he feels like having a four way stop at that spot is an overall benefit. He discussed Concept Plan

#2. This area really only has two single family homes neighboring the proposed development,

and if you count the one in the back across the canal it really only has three homes that are

immediately adjacent to the property. They have spoken to all those homes that are immediately

adjacent to the proposed development and they are in support of Concept Plan #3 and later. Their

project would look like it was connected to the Ivory Homes project in terms of continuity and

looks. Newer plans with the culvert include a tot lot and pickle ball court as a buffer between the

existing homes and the new development. To match the Ivory Homes project they revised their

plans and Concept Plan #4 has some single family homes with a buffer between themselves and

the existing residences. The other thing that they have discussed a lot with staff is parking and

the concerns related to multi-family situations. The minimum requirement for this plan is 64

stalls, they are at 78 plus 25 guest stalls; they have exceeded the minimum requirement by quite

a bit. In terms of units per acre, this project is unique in that if you limit the acreage counted to

only the property you get a higher number; they feel that the city should take into account the

fact that they are buying a part of the canal and adding a culvert along with landscaping what is

now a canal road, even though it doesn’t count towards their square footage. Some of the canal

square footage that doesn’t show up on the project is actually square footage that should be

counted towards density calculations. They would like the entire project to be considered,

including the canal space, as this would lower the density and be more reflective of the Ivory

density. It is costing more to incorporate the canal, and they feel that by incorporating the canal

there is a benefit to the community, to traffic and pedestrian safety, and to continuity. If they

develop just his two pieces of property by themselves that means the other property owners don’t

have enough acreage to get a commercial development. By incorporating the entire project it

enables all four of the properties together to be an assemblage and they request that the project be

seen as a whole development. By looking at this big picture they are hoping that the city will see

that the density might just be lower than shown. Per the city’s feedback they have tried to add as

much parking as possible, more than the minimum required, as a benefit to the residents of the

project. The parking, along with the development of the canal, puts considerable financial burden

on the developer for improvements they are planning as part of the subdivision. Their hope is

that with these additional improvements, they can justify this project. Concept Plan #5 is their

current proposal. They have continued to reduce the density and they are not getting credit for

the additional canal acreage. He wonders if there is a mechanism by which they can legally

incorporate that square footage to allow the project to reflect what they feel is the true density.

Currently the density is being reflected as 11.9 units per acre, however if you look at an overlay

of the Ivory subdivision next to this it is very reflective of a similar density; they also feel that

they have more parking and amenities. They have talked with the neighboring properties

throughout the process and they have seen the amount of units come down as well with the

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buffers; there are not a lot of neighbors surrounding this project as it is an in-fill project. He

showed the elevations for the units from the presentation, he said they are similar to the Ivory

Homes development.

Council Member Zander asked about the square footage in the homes.

Mr. Ackerman responded that with the basement he believes the single family homes are around

2,400-2,700 square feet and the townhomes are around 2,000 square feet. All units have 2 car

garages. He believes that as a developer, there will be considerable expense incurred and they are

having to weigh the benefits of developing a 125 foot long culvert over the canal versus just

having two entrances on 11400 South and going back to the drawing board. He feels that after

talking with staff the best project is the one that has a single entrance at the light and has the

culvert over the canal. If they are spending the money to incorporate the canal he feels their

project should get credit for the square footage associated with the canal, which when

incorporated would bring the density of the project down. If they don’t spend the money on the

canal to accommodate less density, less density means less availability. They are open to

feedback and he is passionate about the project either way; he thinks it can be a great project.

Council Member Zander said he is on the right track with covering the canal, she would not be in

favor of having multiple entrances because we don’t want to make 11400 South worse. In her

opinion the density is still too high, but he is making progress in the right direction. She likes the

added green space and she understands his message, that he wants credit for the open space of

the canal. Unfortunately, they do not get that credit but she understands them lobbying for that.

She asked if they believe six single family homes at the back of a townhome project are going to

sell well.

Mr. Ackerman responded that in the Ivory subdivision he believes they have around 50 units and

they have 12 single family homes. He thinks this is what people are seeing everywhere and what

they are expecting.

Council Member Zander asked which way the homes are facing and where the garages are.

Mr. Ackerman responded that the single family homes are “rear load” with three facing the park.

Director Schaefermeyer clarified the Ivory project has 18 single family homes; they have three

streets lined with six homes each.

Mr. Ackerman said he believes his lots are more analogous to the Ivory homes in terms of

placement and lot sizes.

Council Member Zander asked if the culvert covering will line up with the planned street light.

City Engineer Brad Klavano said this was brought up after the first iteration, asking them to line

that up as they are ready to bid the signal but he is waiting to see if this project goes anywhere

before doing so. They have had many discussions with UDOT regarding the current situation

with all the driveways along the main road. From a traffic standpoint, lining this up with the light

and making it a four way signal instead of a “T” intersection makes the most sense.

Mr. Ackerman said things will not line up without the culvert.

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Council Member Zander said they came up with the right solution, it just needs a little tweaking.

Mr. Ackerman said this was not coordinated, they did not know UDOT was talking to the city

about a three way stop.

Council Member Zander said that without the culvert this is a mess, she just thinks he needs to

lower his density and get a few more single family homes; get some more space in there because

it feels congested to her. If she were to move into that community she likes the fact they have the

park, but if she is living on the west side of the canal she has to go all the way down and around

to get to the park. She is not sure how to overcome that as they can’t do a bridge because it’s not

their property.

Mr. Ackerman said walking to the park would be the equivalent of walking from City Hall to

Café Rio, it is only a few hundred feet. However, without the culvert they would have to go all

the way to 11400 South.

Council Member Zander asked if he has secured the land on the west side that isn’t his.

Mr. Ackerman said it is pending an approval of the project but it’s all set up from a legal

perspective.

Director Schaefermeyer added that one of the single family home plans from Ivory Homes shows

square footage of 2,957 square feet, that doesn’t include the garage. There are some two stories

and some ramblers; the council required ramblers along the property line. All the Ivory Homes

had two car garages. The home referenced above was a rambler; if it were a two story it would be

a bit larger.

Council Member McGuire agreed with Council Member Zander, in that the density is a little too

high and feels cluttered. Adding some more single family homes might help reduce that feeling

of clutter, it just seems like they are tucking those homes in the back with all the high density

around it; it just doesn’t feel right to him.

Mr. Ackerman referenced Concept Plan #5 and said the idea is that they have single family

homes in this spot to give a buffer to the existing neighbors. They said a few options are adding a

few single family homes in the northwest position and have them driving through more to get to

their homes, or putting single family homes on the main road; he asked for the council’s input.

Council Member McGuire said it just feels off to him looking at the concept.

Council Member Zander said they have placed the density where it makes sense, it’s just too

dense. They’ve tucked the single family homes near the park and other single family homes, and

it was done to help reduce the density, but she still feels it’s too dense. They need to go back to

the drawing board and open it up a little bit.

Mr. Ackerman asked how they can illustrate that the project incorporates a lot more square

footage. They can certainly look at density across the board, however the expense of the culvert

and a portion of the traffic signal is being born by them.

Council Member Zander asked what the cost is for the culvert over the canal.

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Mr. Ackerman said it’s about half a million dollars as they are essentially building a concrete

bunker over the canal that people have to be able to drive over. Also, the canal company is

insistent they have to buy a portion of their land, but the portion they have to buy and the culvert

isn’t currently included in the density calculations. He believes the density would show much

lower, closer to eight, if they incorporated that portion of the canal.

Director Schaefermeyer said that the plan shows the added amount is 3.17 acres. The total

density of the units without the additional space is 12.3 units per acre; if you include the front

canal area the density is 11.8 units per acre. The total acreage of all the canal space is 3.46,

which when added brings the density down to 11.2 units per acre. He doesn’t know how much of

that stretch of canal the engineer included, but that is the current acreage they have.

Council Member Zander said that it appears even after including all of the canal space the

density is still higher than what they as a city are aiming for.

Council Member Shelton agreed.

Council Member Marlor said the issue is that if they allow one development to go to that density

level, the next city council meeting will have four more of the same thing and they have to allow

them all. Maybe it’s just this council, but his concern is that there is a compounding effect every

time they make the decision to go higher density. He doesn’t mind a few townhomes, from an

affordability standpoint there is a lot of logic there, but South Jordan has a certain standard that is

expected and that’s what is being reflected right now. He thinks Mr. Ackerman is doing a great

job trying to piece this together, and these are really tough places to put commercial

development; he can’t imagine how they would allow something there that would make more

sense. Even if it’s a doctor or dentist’s office people will still be coming in and out of there and

the canal will still need to be covered. From a traffic standpoint this really works very well and

he believes the concept is there, he is just not sure he can be comfortable with that level of

density.

Mr. Ackerman asked to confirm that they like the idea of the project, it’s just too dense.

Council Member Zander said this is her district and when they did the project with Ivory, Ivory

was asking for up to eight units per acre; that was a huge stretch for the council and she

remembers several council members saying she was the one that was going to hear about this

since it’s her district. She was ready to defend it because it made sense to her and the council.

When they first got on the council six years ago, five to six units per acre was a stretch. They are

moving towards more density, but they need to hold their projects accountable. She thinks he is

headed the right direction, she loves the idea of covering the canal and doing something that

makes sense and blends with the neighboring projects, but it is just too full. They know he has to

make money, but this isn’t something she can vote yes too.

Mr. Ackerman wants this to be a great project and it will be better for everyone if they can get to

a place where everyone feels comfortable.

Shelby Richardson (Applicant) said the square footage for the single family homes in this

development is 3,900 square feet without the garage.

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Council Member Marlor asked if we can work on the applicant’s portion of the traffic light and

mitigate that expense.

Engineer Klavano said they can look at impact fee credits or something similar, he suggested the

applicant speak with City Manager Gary Whatcott about possibilities.

Mayor Ramsey said it sounds like the council wants to have Mr. Ackerman continue working

with staff to find a way to help him meet their requirements. There are a lot of conversations

about the need for housing and we acknowledge that. That being said, there are a lot of areas in

South Jordan that are very dense; they are in Daybreak and they have their own master

development agreement, that is part of the reason why a maximum of eight in the rest of the city

is the threshold that has been determined because there are already areas with much greater

density. That gives us a breadth and a mix in terms of types of housing. She thinks he has done a

good job with this and suggested he continue to work with staff.

Mr. Ackerman said if they are going to spend time and money going back and re-doing this he

thinks, with the expense of the culvert and the additional square footage, consideration for

possibly 8.1 or something near 8 units per acre should be allowed since the acreage calculations

with the culvert aren’t entirely accurate. He has to explain this to the investors and he needs to

explain why this is worth continuing to work on, rather than just developing the area with two

entrances and scrapping the culvert.

Mayor Ramsey said she doesn’t believe they have the authority to make that decision, it will be

the final process that determines the acreage that matters as well as the number on the plat.

Director Schaefermeyer said he could add to the final conversation that if their property had a

higher density the reason is because the canal was considered part of it, but what’s on the plat is

final.

Mayor Ramsey said if they approve the higher than normal density they are then forced to

explain that number to everyone who comes in for the rest of the lifetime of the city.

Director Schaefermeyer said if they are not open to culverting the canal that needs to be clear at

this point as well.

Council Member Zander said she does not want multiple entrances, if there is no culvert she will

not approve. We need to fix traffic problems, not create traffic problems.

Council Member Marlor said he might be willing to budge a little bit on the density if there were

some sort of affordability added to the mix like Ivory Homes had.

Mr. Ackerman said the challenge there is they are spending more and more money, one way or

the other, to put the culvert in, the park, now they want it affordable; that’s where the cost of

delivering the project isn’t worth it. He has met with capital groups who say the culvert makes it

not interesting at a half a million dollars, they consider the culvert route “fancy” and they just

want a square piece of land they can put as many units on as possible. They already have more

parking than Ivory has, but they are being told that it doesn’t matter what Ivory did, they still had

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Council Member Marlor says it will be a struggle to get above eight units per acre approved. For

him, if they added maybe two affordable townhomes, a density of nine might start feeling better.

They like the ability to bring some of the city staff and teachers, that helps the city as a whole

and then they are able to move more developers further in that direction.

Council Member Shelton asked if they have looked at the Redevelopment Agency (RDA) funds

on this at all, as that’s how Ivory put in affordable housing.

Manager Whatcott said Ivory still never went over a density of eight.

Council Member Zander said Ivory also didn’t have the culvert access problem. The key to her is

access, along with keeping it clean.

Council Member Shelton said he was open to looking at the RDA to help with this.

Mr. Ackerman asked what RDA funds were.

Manager Whatcott said it’s a Redevelopment Agency, they have some housing money that can

buy down some of the units for affordability.

Mayor Ramsey said they used RDA funds to help fund affordability with Ivory Homes and that’s

how Ivory didn’t lose any money off the bottom line.

Mr. Ackerman asked who he would get with to discuss this.

City Commerce Director Brian Preece said the council has to approve it, then they buy down

from the market price to where someone who makes 80% of the median area income can afford

based on HUD standards; it costs about $100,000 a unit. For Ivory Homes this was only done for

the townhomes, not the single family homes.

Mr. Ackerman said all he knew about affordability was that they couldn’t sell their units for the

market value.

Director Schaefermeyer said one issue they run into on these types of projects is not getting

initial direction. The developers hadn’t explored the cost of covering the canal or the cost of

maybe buying down some of the units; with this new direction they can look into these things.

The council all agreed that they are in favor of looking into using RDA funds to buy down the

cost of affordable units and keeping it one entrance.

Council Member Zander emphasized that she wants them to be super detailed about the

accessibility and making sure the traffic light would work for both sides.

Mayor Ramsey said she knows this opens up more work, but it also opens up more possibilities

to try to bring this together as well as providing a need that we have in South Jordan that will

benefit everyone involved.

E.2. UDOT 11400 South needs analysis. (By UDOT Region Two Planning Manager,

Grant Farnsworth)

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Council Member Shelton asked them to define multimodal options.

Mr. Farnsworth said that usually refers to walking, bicycling and using transit.

Council Member Zander asked about the current potential light situation on 11400 South with

the development being proposed previously in this meeting. She said he mentioned how 4000

West was a fail, she wants to know if they believe this potential light would be a fail as well.

Mr. Farnsworth said they haven’t really looked at it. He said, based on watching the presentation,

if it hadn’t have been in a corridor agreement it would have made him nervous; however, it

sounds like it was already in a corridor agreement and the right people have already been

involved. For the amount of delay they are trying to solve, that is not a major source of delay,

there are a lot bigger things they are going to have to solve than an additional intersection.

Engineer Klavano said this is a much longer distance, about a quarter of a mile.

Mayor Ramsey said she believes these are the right goals. There is a lot to be done, but they are

working with the Miller Group and they are really talking about existing and planned land use. If

they are able to work out a way to bring more jobs to the west side of the city that is going to

make a difference. That west side in 2050 being a 67 minute drive can be mitigated by creating

spaces where people can live, work and play right on the transit corridors and providing more

jobs where people can work closely. She had lunch with UDOT last week and met with WFRC

yesterday, she is happy we have the opportunities to bring the parties together and talk about

transit and future land use; that is something that everyone here is working on and they are

working to that end for the same reason because those are things we have the opportunity to

shape because they are within our control.

Council Member Marlor said he thinks there was still quite a bit of Covid disruption when they

did the study in January.

Mr. Farnsworth said Transportation Engineer Jeremy Nielson did a traffic count back in January

2020, prior to Covid, so they used those numbers. They knew the numbers were still low and that

was one thing he pushed the analysts to do was make sure they increased the number of vehicles.

They have some counters at signals that are always collecting, so they were able to look back at

those and see what the numbers were pre-Covid.

UDOT Transportation Engineer Seishi Yamagata said in the traffic world the pandemic caused a

lot of disruption and traffic pattern changes. Every traffic count they’ve taken during the

pandemic they’ve been very careful with and they did the same for this project. They used the

city’s pre-pandemic data to compare adjustments, along with UDOT’s counters at the signals;

they were able to look at multiple months pre-pandemic and make some adjustments. They have

some outlines with what specific adjustments they’ve made. Like Mr. Farnsworth mentioned,

they’ve made adjustments of up to 300-400 vehicles on the corridor because of the different data

sources.

Mayor Ramsey said, regarding travel times, she believes north and south are going to be key. She

said as a city they feel strongly about getting Mountain View Corridor extended. She lives near

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on a trip from her house to the Capitol; she can’t believe the difference not having to drive all the

way out to I-15 from the west side of the city, it saves a great deal of time to be able to jump on

Mountain View Corridor and take it over to I-15. The people who live on the west side of the

city are not going to have to travel east and west as much if the north and south parts of

Mountain View are extended. She doesn’t know if there is an opportunity to move it up, but it is

such a priority for the communities that have touch points there on the west.

Mr. Farnsworth said it’s great the first part of phase 2 is funded. The next part, north of Old

Bingham Hwy, is being proposed in the Transit Transportation Investment Fund (TTIF), that

needs to be operational for them to start building phase 2 northbound and that has been applied

for in the RAISE grant by UTA. This would allow them to build phase 2 north of Old Bingham

Highway and convert all those intersections to interchanges. They don’t have the frontage roads

like the city has south of Old Bingham Highway but that will make it more affordable.

Mayor Ramsey said even just doing the extension and continuing it all the way saves a huge

amount of time, making it a reasonable drive.

Mr. Farnsworth said he believes that is scheduled to start construction in 2023.

Manager Whatcott said out here we don’t have regular bus service, we have micro transit being

tested out here; is this what their modeling is capturing, or do they do all types of service? We

have no regular bus service here in any direction, so he was curious how this was represented in

their modeling.

Mr. Farnsworth said they included all routes that are current and planned in the future, but he

believes that is modeled on another road, possibly 10600 South. There are no routes placed to

test things, it is based on what UTA is already planning on doing. In their travel demand model

they do assume that Mountain View Corridor and Bangerter Highway are converted to freeway

systems, and that 10600 South is seven lanes as all of that is happening by 2050. They want to

find the best ways to reach out to the public, whether through surveys, emails, etc.

Council Member Shelton likes approaching it like the environmental studies for the interchanges

on Bangerter, with open houses allowing people to come and make suggestions and give their

feedback. You won’t get everyone so he feels letter and surveys will also have to be utilized.

Mr. Farnsworth said they have a limited budget so they will work to see what is the most

important. He also asked if there are any timing concerns, like if it’s too soon with the Bangerter

closure.

Mayor Ramsey said we should hold off as people are starting to get used to the traffic, but it

would help to allow some more progress on the interchanges before addressing this.

E.3. Bingham Creek Regional Park Authority member appointment. (By Strategic

Services Director, Don Tingey)

Director Tingey said when the Bingham Creek Park Authority Interlocal Agreement was created,

there was a seven member board that was to be appointed mutually between the county and the

city. For the seven people they currently have two employees, Colby Hill with South Jordan City

Parks and Recreation and Patrick Leary the new Parks Division Manager with Salt Lake County;



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that leaves five spots. Angela McGuire is a resident, himself and Martin Jensen are proposed to

be on the committee to begin with. In talking with Mark Jensen they would like to propose

Wayne Johnson who is the retired Division Manager from Salt Lake County and he is a South

Jordan resident as well; they also want to recommend Wendy Thomas who is a former South

Jordan Recreation Associate Director and a South Jordan Resident. Wendy works for Herriman

City starting as their Parks Director and is now their Assistant City Manager. Those would be the

seven names they would bring back, he is asking for the city’s feedback and/or approval to bring

those names back. They are coordinating this with the county so they are presented really close

to meetings with each other, however Martin broke his foot and has had surgery that has delayed

things a little bit.

Mayor Ramsey said she likes that these are residents of South Jordan City, but they also have

professional experience in this area.

Manager Whatcott said especially for the first few years, until it gets off its feet this is great. This

is a good group to start with.

Council Member Harris asked if Wendy Thomas is acting solely as a South Jordan resident, or is

she going to be consulting with Herriman City Council on the park.

Director Tingey said she does fill both roles. He doesn’t know if she would consult with

Herriman City, but the county looked at her as having a broader than South Jordan view of being

at the park. As they’ve talked, they’ve discussed West Jordan residents as well but they haven’t

put anything into the park.

Council Member Harris said neither West Jordan nor Herriman is contributing money to this

park, so he wants to make sure that Ms. Thomas is not doing any consulting with the city

manager or the city council on her voting.

Director Tingey said that is not the intent because the city and county are the ones putting the

money into the park, not any other city.

Council Member Zander said she will be influenced by her city council though, and that’s their

concern.

Mayor Ramsey asked what the term limit is.

Director Tingey said he believes it is two three year terms.

Mayor Ramsey asked what the process was for if someone steps down, or the city/county wants

someone removed.

Director Tingey said he doesn’t recall other than them saying they are mutually appointed. The

intent was that they mutually appointed the body, the appointees aren’t being identified by who

appointed them.

Mayor Ramsey asked if it would be up to the city and county to make a change, or would that be

up to the Park Authority Board itself. She asked to get that information clarified before they

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Council Member Harris said his issue is that down the road they start having issues with sports

fields and she goes back to her council and says she is on this authority board and can have some

influence when they aren’t spending any money on the project. He has an issue with her being

appointed to this position.

Council Member Zander said Angela McGuire came to them and they were able to speak with

her, she would like the same opportunity with all the appointees.

The Council agreed they want Mr. Johnson and Ms. Thomas in to speak with them before voting.

Mayor Ramsey asked for a motion to amend the agenda and move Item F to the end of the next

meeting, making it Item I and adding an Executive Closed Session for the discussion of the

purchase, exchange or lease of real property.

Council Member Shelton motioned to move Item F from this agenda as stated above to

Item I on the next meeting’s agenda. Council Member McGuire seconded the motion, vote

was unanimous in favor.

RECESS CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING AND MOVE TO EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION

F. Executive Closed Session: Discussion of the purchase, exchange, or lease of real

property.

ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING

Council Member Zander motioned to adjourn the study session meeting. Council Member

Marlor seconded the motion, vote was unanimous in favor.

ADJOURNMENT

The August 3, 2021 City Council electronic study meeting adjourned at 6:41 p.m.

D.2. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES

SOUTH JORDAN CITY

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

August 9, 2021

Present: Mayor Dawn R. Ramsey, Council Member Patrick Harris, Council Member Brad

Marlor, Council Member Don Shelton, Council Member Tamara Zander, Council

Member Jason McGuire, CM Gary Whatcott, ACM Dustin Lewis, Assistant City

Attorney Ed Montgomery, Strategic Services Director Don Tingey, Chief Financial

Officer Sunil Naidu, City Commerce Director Brian Preece, Administrative Services

Director Spencer Kyle, Police Chief Jeff Carr, City Recorder Anna Crookston,

Engineering Director Brad Klavano, Public Works Director Jason Rasmussen,

Planning Director Steven Schaefermeyer, Communications Manager Rachael

VanCleave, Fire Chief Chris Dawson, IT Director Jon Day, GIS Coordinator Matt

Jarman, Meeting Transcriptionist Diana Baun, Interim Mulligans Business Manager

Abagail Patonai, Director of Government Affairs Melinda Seager

Others: Carol Brown, Bob Paxton, Bryan Synan, Cory Brady, Amanda Hill, David Hill

6:53 P.M.

REGULAR MEETING

A. Welcome, Roll Call, and Introduction to Electronic Meeting - By Mayor Dawn R.

Ramsey

Mayor Ramsey welcomed everyone present.

B. Invocation – By Council Member, Jason McGuire

Council Member Jason McGuire offered the invocation.

C. Pledge of Allegiance – By Director of Administrative Services, Spencer Kyle

Director of Administrative Services Spencer Kyle led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Mayor Ramsey asked for a motion to amend the agenda by removing Item H, the public hearing on

Ordinance 2021-17, at the applicant’s request to bring it back at a later date which moves Staff

Reports and Calendaring Items to Item H and adding an Executive Closed Session for discussion of

purchase, exchange or lease of real property as Item I at the end of this meeting.

Council Member Marlor motioned to amend the agenda as described above, removing Public

Hearing Item H at the request of the applicant and adding Item I, an Executive Closed Session

as described above. Council Member McGuire seconded the motion, vote was unanimous in

favor.

D. Minute Approval

D.1. July 20, 2021 City Council Meeting

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Council Member Marlor made a motion to approve the July 20, 2021 City Council meeting

minutes as printed. Council Member Zander seconded the motion, the vote was unanimous in

favor.

E. Mayor and Council Reports

Council Member Jason McGuire had nothing to report.

Council Member Tamara Zander reported a few of them got to attend the police compensation

meeting on Wednesday at the Public Safety Building and it was the first time she had ever been in

the room with practically our entire police force, it was a privilege for her as she also had her 20 year

old daughter sitting next to her; she told her to let this impress and impact her life forever. Her

daughter has had further conversations with other millennials about what she saw and how she felt

about the meeting and she thinks that’s how we change the course of what’s going on in our

communities. We can help people realize the reality of what’s going on with our police force. She

took pictures and had pictures shared with her thanks to Communications Manager Rachael Van

Cleave and Police Administrative Assistant Jeanene Clark. She shared some of those pictures on

social media and all the comments were good except for one, and she engaged with that person and

explained how we can’t judge an entire group of people by the actions of one or two people; we can’t

do that with teachers, lawyers, planning commission members or city council members as it’s not

fair. She has taken it as an opportunity to advocate for the police department and for the good officers

we have. As we finished that meeting which she felt was a great privilege, she asked Deputy Chief

Jason Knight to hear some feedback about how things went and how it was received. She read an

email from Deputy Chief Knight regarding that night, he said “Mrs. Zander, you asked me to share

with you what I hear about the presentation today so I thought I’d share this tidbit. All smiles and

happy people, which you would expect. A few speechless folks that are still wrapping their heads

around it because it is so unprecedented. A very young police officer who came to us from the

department of corrections, a very underpaid agency, called and told his young wife and mother of

their brand new baby. The young lady, the mother, drove down to the police department that day to

see the changes for herself in the police compensation plan and the two of them celebrated in the

parking lot in a jubilant fashion.” She loved that, which just warms her heart. These are good people

and they are doing a critical role in our society and she will always be supportive of public safety.

She is thankful for the opportunity to be there because it changed her, and she will continue to be a

strong advocate for good officers in our city and elsewhere. She added that this coming Friday and

Saturday there is an activity going on in Daybreak called the FizzFest, in SoDa Row. It is an art

related event and they just opened their new office in that area with about 6,000 square feet. The Live

Daybreak Group came to her, the Zander Real Estate Team, and asked if they would host the art

exhibit. This Friday and Saturday from 6:00-10:00 pm they will have about 43 different local artists

displayed in their office in SoDa Row. She is excited to be in her new space and they just moved to

double the office space for the Zander Real Estate Brokerage, they are having their Grand Opening

August 28, everyone is invited for a ribbon cutting by the Chamber of Commerce. She is grateful to

be a business owner in the city.

Council Member Brad Marlor also attended the public safety compensation meeting and was

impressed with the great bunch of men and women that were there. It was a great day for South

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Jordan, not just for the police and public safety employees. These employees will be continuing to

serve here in the city, rather than going somewhere else to get better pay and he is very grateful for

that. He has still not had an Architectural Review Committee Meeting, it has been almost a year.

Council Member Patrick Harris also attended the police compensation meeting and it was a pleasure

to be in a room with all the officers of our city, they do a fantastic job. It was a privilege to make sure

we are paying a fair wage compared to what other cities are paying and making sure our officers that

serve us so well are being treated properly. He did not mention in the last meeting that his kids

participated in the SoJo Glow Race Series and he thought the city staff and volunteers did a fantastic

job. When all the kids lined up there they did a great job getting it all organized and speaking at their

level, making it a fun activity afterwards as well. In his opinion, if his kids leave with a smile on their

faces and they are talking about it, it was a success.

Council Member Don Shelton had the opportunity to attend the July 24 celebration at Glenmoor Golf

course where it was a lot of fun. The mayor came and kicked off the fireworks and he thought it was

really nice. He appreciated the firemen that were out there to make sure that it was all safe and

appropriately done. He was out of town all last week and missed the police compensation meeting,

but he is very supportive of what is being done there.

Mayor Dawn Ramsey said the Pioneer Day Event was a highlight for her, it was great to be there and

there were a lot of people there to celebrate our beautiful state. She had lunch with the Chairman of

the Board with UTA and he wanted to know what concerns South Jordan has, what they can address,

and shared with her some very good news. He said they are going to continue with the micro transit

project that has been a very successful pilot project; people are using it and it has been a good

method for providing transit in our city that is different. It is on demand transit and instead of calling

it VIA, which is still the company that is going to be providing the service, they are going to call it

UTA On Demand Service. They are also going to be extending their hours and they are mindful of

our needs as we grow. She stood with the governor and lieutenant governor at the press conference

about the drought last week at the Jordan Valley Water Conservation District. She was invited to

attend because she is a trustee of the water district and she wasn’t scheduled to speak but the

lieutenant governor asked her to come up and stand with her. They had the chance to stand with the

governor and she was very proud to represent not just the water district, but our city specifically who

was named in the press conference as one of the four cities who have adopted new water wise and

water conservation ordinances for new development going forward. She wants to acknowledge our

council and staff who have worked very hard to make that happen and again give a shout out to the

great work taking place here. The mayor of St. George traveled up to speak, she represented Southern

Utah, and as they talked she was aware that our water conservation program is comparable to St.

George and theirs is the most robust really in the state. She hopes this is something other

communities will follow. The mayor of St. George was leaving to have a meeting with their council

of government down in Southern Utah and Washington County and they were getting together to

have this discussion because St. George alone can’t do it. After hearing that, Mayor Ramsey has

decided this is something she is going to put on some agendas with the other cities and have

continued conversations about what they can all do together. She recorded a podcast with a brilliant

young man who is from South Jordan. All of his family lives here and his grandfather has the longest

running continuous business license in the city. He has a podcast called Millenial in the Middle and

he does a great job, they were able to talk about the city and some of the great work taking place

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here. She met with the League of Cities and Towns, they are working really hard and have put

together a group called Officers Plus to work on some of the things that they know they will be

discussing during the legislative session and some of the things they will be working on. They have a

really strong presence at the Legislative Priority Committee of the League of Cities and Towns from

South Jordan and there is going to be a lot of time expended in that area; there will probably be a lot

of updates about that. It is a great opportunity to work with our legislators and make sure that they

are aware of the needs and responsibilities in local government as sometimes it’s easy for those who

don’t serve in this arena to forget that local government exists for public safety and zoning, to be able

to develop and plan our communities the way we as residents of this community want. The Economic

Opportunities Commission is really under way with the state; they have been meeting and they will

have lots of meetings about that and she will be bringing back updates. She had the chance to visit

with Wasatch Front Regional Council and to talk about some of the transportation needs as our city

continues to grow in regards to the big picture transportation plan for the region. People are aware,

those who make decisions and help fund know we are growing.

F. Public Comment:

Cory Brady (Resident) has lived in South Jordan for about 30 years. He thanked the council for the

work they’ve done, as well as our public safety officers. The second stop sign headed east from 1300

West is right in front of his house, as well as a sidewalk which effectively took all parking from his

frontage and he is happy to deal with that. He wants to say nothing but the very best for our officers

here in South Jordan. Over the last 30 years he has had different opportunities for them both to

provide security at his home and his neighbors’ and they have always had a quick response, he wants

to thank them for that. He is here because of a public hearing notice that he is concerned about, it has

been impossible for him to find any information on it. This is regarding the public utilities easement

vacation that has been requested by applicant Josh Guerra. There is a sewer easement that runs right

next to his property, he has easements on three sides of his property and he knows the property in

question has had five lots proposed on it. He understands the new owner not wanting to have that cut

up so they can build how they want. He asked the council if they could get a little more information;

a sign was posted on the sidewalk, blew over promptly and he hasn’t been able to navigate the site

very well to get specific information on the item. His concerns are in vacating anything on a pre-

planned situation, this individual purchased the property knowing the easements were there. He is

representing two other neighbors who are out of town and have adjacent properties. Where there are

already existing easements for those who have been there a really long time, being asked to vacate an

additional easement puts additional burden on those around them. He asks that the council take a

look as first in time and first in line on water rights as it is something that makes long term residents

feel pushed aside for new development. He wants to be considerate of the person whose property this

is, they are planning for it to be one estate and that’s great, but he is very concerned about how in the

future that overburdens other existing right of ways.

Bob Paxton (Resident) wanted to thank everyone for the work they have been doing, he really

appreciated the mayor’s comments about water concerns as that is a big thing right now. For 2020

and 2021 we have experienced years of heat and water shortages. Many of the residents of South

Jordan have large lots filled with trees, shrubs, grasses, etc. The green in our yards provides cooler

temperatures, his backyard has yet to reach 100 degrees, even though we have had nearly 20 days of

100 degree heat this year; the highest they have seen in his yard is 98.6 and that’s because of trees,

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shrubs, hedges and grass. It also provides air purification, oxygen, beauty and quality of life. One of

his questions is whether the residents will be asked to let these investments die. Over the past 30+

years just his water bill to keep things going has been $30,000, let alone the expense of putting

everything in. He believes we have far exceeded in our county the depth of the natural resources

around, which would be especially water and air quality problems. Plans and past zoning he believes

addressed the limited supply of water, but in the county these plans have been altered and changed so

that we no longer represent the true plans for the true amount of water which we have had. He

follows Alta Ski Area as he has skied there for 50 years and they in fact had 87% of the 40 year

average this year, and that 40 year average has dropped for the last 10 years by 90 inches; Alta

exceeded our 10 year average, but when you look at the statistics the water is diminishing with the

population skyrocketing. He asked what our city, county and state are doing and planning to deal

with this huge population surge that we are experiencing; will there be any moratoriums, will we

work with surrounding states to try to come up with water from the Columbia River or some other

place. Will we work with California, Nevada and Arizona as we have a definite problem with growth

in the west. We the public don’t know what the plans really are. When he moved into his subdivision

30 years ago they had irrigation rights and the city did not connect them, they refused to do that;

probably because there wasn’t enough money back in those days. Are there any plans in the future to

connect some of these older subdivisions with irrigation water so they might lower their bill and

enjoy their yards and water.

Mayor Ramsey closed the public comment part of the meeting. She mentioned that the governor

asked cities to install secondary water meters and this is something South Jordan has been doing, the

state is appropriating a lot of money to do this as there is data that proves simply installing secondary

meters lowers the usage and saves a lot of water. Similar to our “Flip the Strip” program we have

here that we administer ourselves, the governor would like to find a mechanism for the state to be

able to do similar things like buying people’s sod and helping put in more water wise plants.

G. Action Item: Resolution R2021-27, Authorizing the Mayor to sign Interlocal Agreement

with South Valley Sewer District to lease a building for the City’s Water Reuse Pilot

Project. (By Director of Public Works, Jason Rasmussen)

Director of Public Works Jason Rasmussen said this agreement allows the South Valley

Sewer District to let us use space inside their building to install water purification

equipment as our pilot test project. This agreement sets terms and conditions that the sewer

district is comfortable with, that we are comfortable with, and will allow us to access the

site when we need to which may be during regular or “off” hours. There will be some work

required, as discussed during the study session; when we are done there in about five years

we will remove some things and restore the room to where it was and there will be a small

cost to do that.

Mayor Ramsey asked him to speak to how long he thinks it will be before we can really get

up and going with this now that we have the space, this has gone on for so long with so

much regulation and we are almost there.

Director Rasmussen said they have ordered all of the equipment, five different pieces of

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treatment equipment that the water will go through to become purified and to drinking

water standards; the last piece should be arriving the end of October or the first part of

November. In the meantime, we will have this agreement in place (if approved) that will

have the sewer district allow us to get in there and start doing all the prep work to put in

these treatment skids and start purifying water. He is hoping by the end of this year it will

be up and going, processing and purifying water. They would love to have everyone down

there to see it in action before the end of the year.

Mayor Ramsey said maybe when it’s ready they could do their own ribbon cutting. This is

a big deal and something we are going to be very proud of. This is revolutionary for water

reuse in the state of Utah. The intention was to try drinking it soon, but to progress the

regulatory process we have agreed not to do drinking samples and reapply in a couple of

years to address that again.

Director Rasmussen said they are going to treat it, test the water quality and provide that to

the state. He believes after a year they will be in a place to start allowing samples.

Mayor Ramsey said the Director of Water Quality for the State of Utah said he’ll be here

with us, the first time we do samples and tasting he’ll come and stand there with us and

drink it.

Director Rasmussen said the technology is there, it’s just the regulatory side of getting

them comfortable.

Council Member Zander Motioned to approve Resolution R2021-27, Authorizing the

Mayor to sign an Interlocal Agreement with South Valley Sewer District. Council

Member Shelton seconded the motion, vote was unanimous in favor.

Council Member Shelton said this has been going on for 15 or more years and City

Manager Gary Whatcott has been leading that charge all along. He is grateful to him for his

efforts on that.

Council Member Marlor said he remembers back in early 2000, Manager Whatcott talking

about “re-using” and wondering what he was talking about. It has been a long time and it

has finally come to fruition.

H. Staff Reports and Calendaring Items

Manager Whatcott said Doug Brown, our Manager at Mulligan’s, has left us moving on to other

things. He wanted to introduce Interim Mulligan’s Business Manager Abby Patonai, who was

joining via Zoom. Ms. Patonai is filling in as interim while they are looking for a new manager.

She has worked for the city for a number of years in Finance but she is very capable and she is

doing a really good job. He is happy she was willing to step into the role for a little bit. There was

a major pump failure down at Mulligan’s and it caused the grass to really brown, this was not on

purpose. Director Rasmussen’s team stepped up to help and they got the pump rebuilt and it is

now operational again. Some of the team went down and watered by hand with pumps and helped

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restore some of the dormancy of the grass. He asked the mayor to go over the unique set up for the

next City Council Meeting.

Mayor Ramsey said she confirmed that we will be starting our August 17 council meeting at 7:30

p.m. We will have our regular work meeting at 4:30 p.m., and when that concludes we will go

over to the Public Safety Building to welcome Congressman Owens who is coming here to do his

Town Hall. The council will have the chance to greet him and say hello to any residents who

come. The mayor will then, at his request, introduce the congressman and afterwards we will come

back here for our council meeting. The meeting with Congressman Owens will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Manager Whatcott said this will be announced next week on all the regular outlets that our council

meeting will be at 7:30 p.m.

Mayor Ramsey reiterated that we are doing this at Congressman Owens’ request.

Police Chief Jeff Carr thanked the council and mayor for being at the meeting last week, it had a

huge impact on his employees to see all of them there. They communicated to them that they had

the support of the entire council. He wanted to thank Herriman and Riverton for covering our

calls, they were in our city covering our calls so every officer that was available could be there. As

soon as the meeting started there was an armed theft in the District area with two suspects running

away with knives and Riverton handled that for us. They have a great partnership with both

Riverton and Herriman; Herriman covered the west side of the city, Riverton covered the east side

of the city. We also do tactical operations with those two cities, we have a joint SWAT Team as

well as a car team to investigate major collisions that occur in the three cities so they have some

regional partnerships that they value. He wants to publicly thank both cities for their help that day.

Obviously his employees are very appreciative of what happened, but since last week he is aware

of two cities who have formally done similar things, West Jordan and South Salt Lake, and they

have comparable plans to ours now. There are also several other cities that are in the process of

talking, he got a call today from the Riverton Chief asking for more information about that. He

was at a meeting yesterday with about 40 police chiefs and sheriffs who met with the governor to

have a forum. The Beaver County Sheriff brought up what was happening in Salt Lake County

and he had at least half a dozen chiefs come up to him after wanting information on the pay plan

and things like that, which he relayed to them. He thinks it is fair to say that there seems to be a

rebalancing of public safety and the pay compensation on the police side. He doesn’t know exactly

what to expect going forward, but he would expect in Salt Lake County everyone is going to be in

that neighborhood. Everyone feels a high degree of pride in the city for what was done and how

quickly we reacted to it.

Mayor Ramsey said that while they were there with all the officers, a representative of Murray

called and asked about the new plan they were unveiling. As soon as she left, the mayor of

Riverton called and had heard the same thing.

Chief Carr said he received several texts while the meeting was going on from chiefs who had

received pictures from our officers to their officers, it didn’t take long for word to spread.

Engineering Director Brad Klavano said regarding 2200 West, their storm drain master plan was

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updated and it was determined that we needed to run a new line in 2200 West from 9800 South

down to the canal. They want to get that done prior to overlaying the road, so they are going to

wrap that up the weekend of August 14 and the 15, but to do that they will have to close the

intersection at 9800 South and 2200 West for Saturday and Sunday. They are hoping it won’t take

the full two days, but he will get the Variable Message Signs (VMS) out and will have the detour

signs up. It will affect traffic mostly on Saturday, but Sunday traffic is usually fairly light. The

plan is to overlay the road completely around the first of September and should be done with the

overlay prior to SummerFest and the parade.

Mayor Ramsey asked how far South down 2200 West this goes.

Director Klavano said it goes all the way from 11400 South to West Jordan, it is just finishing all

the pieces of curb, gutter and sidewalk that we are missing. The overlay will go from 11400 South

to 10400 South. We did the section from 10400 South to 9800 South last year, and then it will go

from 9800 South up to West Jordan. It will be a basically brand new street with curb, gutter and

sidewalk. They couldn’t get the park strip in the federal aid bid, however we have money and they

are working on that separately to bid out this winter and install the park strip in the spring and it

will be done with the water wise rules per our code. Street light bases were part of the project and

the conduits, but the lights themselves were not; he is working with Director Rasmussen and his

crew with some funding there and those street lights should be up and running by November.

Mayor Ramsey said she asked because of all the high school students who park along 2200 West.

Jordan District also just announced that Bingham will be starting virtually the first two weeks

because they are still under construction; this gives us two more weeks before students are parking

along there.

Director Klavano said the students don’t really start parking near this area until the school year

goes on and the sophomores get their licenses and they can’t get permits in the parking lot. The

other issue he wanted to discuss was that UDOT held some meetings for the environmental on

9800 South and Bangerter last week on Zoom and in person at Elk Ridge Elementary. He was able

to attend the meeting at Elk Ridge and tried to stay anonymous as a city employee but it didn’t last

long. He expects the mayor and Council Member Marlor will start getting calls soon. Most of the

people who live along or back up to 9800 South are against an actual interchange or connection

there; they would like to see it go like 11800 South. City staff, himself and Manager Whatcott

have talked and done a traffic analysis before UDOT even got involved and now UDOT is doing

the same thing. It really creates a lot of traffic issues to other streets when they don’t have that as

an interchange. He feels strongly that it needs to be an interchange for traffic circulation,

connectivity, and even if it’s taken away their modeling only shows it drops the traffic 10%. If you

leave it as an interchange, by 2050 it increases 10%; it doesn’t really change a lot either way as far

as 9800 South goes. It does however put additional traffic on 3200 West and 4000 West because

they have to get off on 10400 South or 9000 South and then come back and get on 9800 South.

We are a long, linear city and to only have two connections to Bangerter Highway would, in his

opinion, be a huge mistake. We already only have two to I-15 which is a problem. UDOT has told

him they will hold to the interchange even though all the negative stuff has come up, but it is

going to be a lot of ugly press. They just want to make sure that the city and city council are really

behind that and they will go forward. If anyone has other input or ideas he would like to know

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now before he keeps relaying that information to UDOT that they are really behind an interchange

here.

Council Member Shelton said he has already had a phone call.

Director Klavano said it is amazing how many people drop and pick up kids out of Elk Ridge and

jump on Bangerter, which would be a huge deal taking that away.

Council Member Marlor is already getting phone calls but he expected them.

Director Klavano said they are meeting with the school district quite often on the pedestrian bridge

because if they re-do the pedestrian bridge and take Bangerter over, they will have to move that

bridge really far north or south to get the road back down. The elementary school boundaries on

the west side of Bangerter are north of 9800 South, so really the only option would be to move it

north; however, they move it that far north and no kids are really going to use it and we are going

to spend $5 million dollars for a structure that really won’t be used. They are looking at an option

called a “tight diamond” which brings them in and stops them at a signal, to him it would be really

easy to cross them there with crossing guards and the state would fund them forever. He knows a

lot of the parents are saying there is a bridge now so they want one back, but the problem is they

can’t put the bridge right back where it was.

Mayor Ramsey asked for him to address again for those listening why 9800 South can’t go under.

Director Klavano said the problem is that the Jordan Aqueduct hugs Bangerter there. To the south

it diverges just past 10200 South and goes through the Walmart and Costco parking lots, this is

why at 11400 South and 10400 South we could go under because the aqueduct isn’t there. When

they build the retaining walls down they do walls that go back about 80 feet and puncturing that

nail through the pipe is a problem. They would either have to shift Bangerter really far west and

take out part of the school, which people have said would be better to do, or they have to move the

aqueduct which means they have to buy a lot of homes to move it further to the east. They are

looking at the option and will come up with some rough costs, but despite people saying money

shouldn’t be an option, the reality is that it is in everything that we do. We also have our own

waterlines and sewer lines that he doesn’t know where they would be relocated. With 10400 South

they found a way to do it next to Walmart and on 11400 South there weren’t any lines going

through there.

Council Member Zander said Director Klavano mentioned it will have to go over, however at

12600 South they did a modified half over and under and she was wondering if we could do

something like that.

Director Klavano said the costs of that are higher, Riverton did have to pay some of the cost for

that because they are lowering utilities and other things, and his opinion is they gained nothing out

of it. They still have the bridge and it’s really complicated to construct that way.

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Director Klavano said approximately, yes. The span is not as big as 9000 South and 7800 South so

it won’t be quite as massive as a structure. He has discussed with UDOT that even if they didn’t

have an interchange, in order to build the flyover they have to build the ramps to take the traffic

around while they’re building the flyover; when you build the ramps it would be silly not to leave

the ramps.

Council Member McGuire motioned to recess the City Council Meeting and move to an

Executive Closed Session to discuss the purchase, exchange or lease of real property. Council

Member Zander seconded the motion, vote was unanimous in favor.

RECESS CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING AND MOVE TO EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION

I. Executive Closed Session: Discussion of the purchase, exchange, or lease of real

property.

ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING

Council Member Zander made a motion to adjourn the executive closed session meeting and

return to the City Council Meeting. Council Member McGuire seconded the motion, the vote

was unanimous in favor.

ADJOURNMENT

Council Member Shelton made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Council Member Marlor

seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous in favor.

The August 3, 2021 City Council meeting adjourned at 8:47 p.m.

G.1. PUBLIC HEARING ITEM:ORDINANCE 2021-15, AMENDING SECTION 13.12.145 OF THE SOUTH JORDAN MUNICIPAL CODE

REGULATING ILLICIT STORM WATER DISCHARGES.

SOUTH JORDAN CITY CITY COUNCIL REPORT Council Meeting Date: August 17, 2021

Issue: Updates to Title 13 of the South Jordan Municipal Code Storm Water Illicit Discharges Submitted By: Jason Rasmussen Department: Public Works Staff Recommendation (Motion Ready): Approve Ordinance 2021-15 BACKGROUND: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State of Utah Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) have enacted certain laws pertaining to municipal storm water systems (Mto adhere to all storm water system laws, rules and practices. The DEQ has been performing

th storm water

being delayed due to Covid. Recently the City received the inspection findings from the DEQ that included certain actions items that need attention. TEAM FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS: FINDINGS: One of the action items identified in the DEQ findings relates to the illicit discharge prohibitions within Title 13 of the City Municipal code. The DEQ is requiring an update of this section of code for the City to comply with its current MS4 permit. The update specifically identifies emergency firefighting activities as being exempt from prohibited storm system discharges.

CONCLUSIONS: By updating Title 13 of the City Municipal code related to illicit

ment identified in the inspection. RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve Ordinance 2021-15. FISCAL IMPACT: N/A ALTERNATIVES: Not approve Ordinance 2021-15

SUPPORT MATERIALS: N/A City Council Action Requested: Department Head Date

Ordinance 2021 - 15 Page 1 of 2

ORDINANCE NO. 2021 - 15

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH, AMENDING SECTION 13.12.145 OF THE SOUTH JORDAN MUNICIPAL CODE REGULATING ILLICIT STORM WATER DISCHARGES.

WHEREAS, Utah Code § 10-9a-102 grants the City Council of the City of South Jordan essary or appropriate for

the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City of ; and

WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State of Utah Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) enacted certain laws pertaining to municipal storm

and

WHEREAS, the DEQ performed certain action items that need attention, including the illicit discharge prohibitions within Title 13 of the City Code; and

WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend City Code § 13.12.145 to update the Code and bring it into conformity with EPA and DEQ regulations on illicit storm water discharges; and

WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing and reviewed the subject text amendment; and

WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the subject text amendment will enhance the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of South Jordan City.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH:

SECTION 1. Amendment. City Code § 13.12.145 is amended as shown in Exhibit A to this Ordinance.

SECTION 2. Severability. If any section, part or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other portion of this Ordinance and all sections, parts, provisions and words of this Ordinance shall be severable.

SECTION 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon publication or posting as required by law.

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Ordinance 2021 - 15 Page 2 of 2

PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH, ON THIS ______ DAY OF ______________, 2021 BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT Patrick Harris Bradley Marlor Donald Shelton Tamara Zander Jason McGuire Mayor: Attest: Dawn R. Ramsey City Recorder Approved as to form: Office of the City Attorney

EXHIBIT A to Ordinance 2021 - 15 Page 1 of 2

EXHIBIT A

13.12.145: ILLICIT DISCHARGES:

A. Scope: This section shall apply to all water generated on developed or undeveloped land entering the city's separate stormwater system.

B. Prohibition Of Illicit Discharges: No person shall introduce or cause to be introduced into the municipal separate storm sewer system any discharge that is not composed entirely of stormwater. The commencement, conduct or continuance of any nonstormwater discharge to the municipal separate storm sewer system is prohibited except as described as follows:

1. Uncontaminated discharges from the following sources:

a. Water line flushing or other potable water sources (if dechlorinated, typically less than 1 ppm chlorine),

b. Landscape irrigation or lawn watering with potable water,

c. Diverted stream flows,

d. Rising groundwater,

e. Groundwater infiltration to storm drains,

f. Uncontaminated pumped groundwater,

g. Discharges from potable water sources,

h. Foundation or footing drains, crawl space pumps,

i. Lawn watering runoff,

j. Individual residential car washing,

k. Air conditioning condensation,

l. Irrigation water,

m. Springs,

n. Natural riparian habitat or wetland flows,

o. Swimming pools (if dechlorinated, typically less than 1 ppm chlorine),

p. Water reservoir discharges (if dechlorinated, typically less than 1 ppm chlorine),

q. Residual street wash water,

EXHIBIT A to Ordinance 2021 - 15 Page 2 of 2

r. Discharges or flows from emergency firefighting activities, and

s. Any other uncontaminated water source.

t. Discharges specified in writing by the city engineer as being necessary to protect public health and safety.

u. Dye testing is an allowable discharge if the city engineer has so specified in writing.

v. The prohibition shall not apply to any nonstormwater discharge permitted under a UPDES permit, waiver, or waste discharge order issued to the discharger and administered under the authority of the state of Utah division of water quality, provided that the discharger is in full compliance with all requirements of the permit, waiver, or order and other applicable laws and regulations, and provided that written approval has been granted for any discharge to the storm drain system.

G.2. PUBLIC HEARING ITEM:ORDINANCE 2021-16, AMENDING SECTION 17.130.030 OF THE SOUTH JORDAN MUNICIPAL CODE

REGULATING THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT FLOATING ZONE.

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