City Council Agendas & Minutes

FRUIT HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 21, 2023, 2023, Fruit Heights City Council Chambers 910 S Mountain Road Fruit Heights City, UT 84037 Fruit Heights City is now streaming City Council Meetings on its YouTube Channel. Please follow us at https://www.youtube.com/@fruitheightscity9716/streams 7:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL MEETING 1. WELCOME: MAYOR JOHN POHLMAN 1.1. Pledge of Allegiance Eileen and Opening Ceremony Gary 1.2. Roll Call 1.3. City Council Training: City Council Member 2. DECLARATION OF CONFLICT(S) OF INTEREST 3. SPECIAL PRESENTATION(S) 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS – The public may address the mayor regarding issues that are not on the agenda. We ask that you please limit your comments to 3 minutes. No action may be taken on any item not on the agenda. 5. CITY BUSINESS: 5.1. Review and Discuss Final General Plan and Moderate-Income Housing Plan Revisions (Jeff Oyler) 5.2. Review/Discuss/Approve/Deny Request by City Manager for an Appraisal of Real Property located at Approximately 265 S 1800 E (Brandon Green) 5.3. Review/Discuss and Approve 2023 Caucus Meeting Election Date (Brandon Green) 6. REVIEW AND APPROVE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES: 6.1. March 7, 2023 7. CONSENT CALENDAR: 8. Follow-up Items from Previous Meeting 8.1. City Manager application process 8.2. General Plan public hearing next week at Planning Commission 8.3. Farmington Fire presentation 9. CITY COUNCIL & STAFF REPORTS: 10. ELECTRONIC MEETING: By motion of the Fruit Heights City Council, Elected Officials and City Staff can participate in regularly scheduled meetings via electronic media when approved by the mayor. 11. CLOSED MEETING: By motion of the Fruit Heights City Council, pursuant to Title 52, Chapter 4 of the Utah Code, the City Council may vote to hold a closed meeting for any of the purposes identified in that chapter. 12. ADJOURNMENT: CERTIFICATE OF POSTING I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of this agenda was posted on the City’s website, www.fruitheightscity.com, as well as posted on the Utah State public notice website http://www.utah.gov/pmn/index.html, and was emailed to at least one newspaper of general circulation within the jurisdiction of the public body. R. Brandon Green R. Brandon Green - City Recorder In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations during this meeting should contact the City Manager, Brandon Green at (801)546-0861, at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. FRUIT HEIGHTS CITY MODERATE INCOME ELEMENT OF GENERAL PLAN MARCH 2023 LEWIS YOUNG ROBERTSON & BURNINGHAM, INC.  FRUIT HEIGHTS CITY, UTAH MODERATE INCOME HOUSING PLAN MODERATE-INCOME HOUSING ELEMENT OF GENERAL PLAN Utah Code 10-9a-403 requires that municipalities include within their General Plan a Moderate-Income Housing element. The moderate-income housing element should include the following: 1. Provide for a realistic opportunity to meet the need for additional moderate-income housing within the next five years. 2. Three or more moderate-income housing strategies (as defined in Utah Code) for implementation. 3. An implementation plan. When drafting the moderate-income housing element, the planning commission should facilitate a reasonable opportunity for a variety of housing, including moderate income housing to meet the needs of people of various income levels living, working, or desiring to live or work in the community; and to allow people with various incomes to benefit from and fully participate in all aspects of neighborhood and community life. HOUSING STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS To qualify for State transportation funding, the State requires municipalities to select three housing affordability strategies to implement in their community. In addition, the legislature is giving priority funding designation to those communities that adopt two additional strategies. Fruit Heights City has selected the following strategies for implementing moderate-income housing in the community. • Rezone for densities necessary to facilitate the production of moderate income housing (Strategy A). • Create or allow for, and reduce regulations related to, internal or detached accessory dwelling units in residential zones (Strategy E). • Zone or rezone for higher density or moderate income residential development in commercial or mixed-use zones near major transit investment corridors, commercial centers, or employment centers (Strategy F). • Implement zoning incentives for moderate income units in new developments (Strategy J). • Reduce, waive, or eliminate impact fees related to moderate income housing (Strategy L). 2|P a g e  FRUIT HEIGHTS CITY, UTAH MODERATE INCOME HOUSING PLAN STRATEGY 1: REZONE FOR DENSITIES Fruit Heights has rezone for densities necessary to facilitate the production of moderate income housing (Strategy A). Fruit Heights City has created an R-3 zone which allows for Multiple Family Residential Zones. The R-3 zone allows up to 10 units per acre. Medium density residential - single family small lots and attached units or townhomes/condominiums limited to duplexes, tri-plexes, four-plexes, five-plexes, or six-plexes are permitted in the R3 zone subject to certain provisions. Multiple family residential is also allowed in the R3, this zoning designation will provide ample density for affordable housing units to be built. Planned Unit Development (PUD) also allow, if approved, greater densities (or multiple family units) greater than the underlying zone. IMPLEMENTATION:  The City will create and adopt a new high density zoning classification that will create incentives to allow higher density projects to be built in the City. This work will be completed by January 2024. 3|P a g e  FRUIT HEIGHTS CITY, UTAH MODERATE INCOME HOUSING PLAN STRATEGY 2: CREATE OR ALLOW FOR, AND REDUCE REGULATIONS RELATED TO INTERNAL OR DETACHED DWELLING UNITS In 2022, Fruit Heights amended City code to allow for the interior ADUs as permitted use in any zone that is primary for single-family residential users. The City created an “Accessory Dwelling Unit” section in their municipal code (Adopted 8/2/2022) to assist in providing reasonable regulations for supplementary living accommodations in internal ADUs located in residential areas of the city. Fruit Heights City allows internal accessory dwelling units as a permitted use on any lot which exceeds 8,000 square feet. This covers between 80 and 90 percent of all zoning in the City. See Title 10: Accessory Dwelling Units https://www.fruitheightscity.com/201/Municipal-Code IMPLEMENTATION:  Monitor the number of applications received and approved for accessory apartment dwellings biannually (June and December each year) to assess the effectiveness of the City’s new code (Summer 2023). STRATEGY 3: ZONE OR REZONE FOR HIGHER DENSITY OR MODERATE-INCOME RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (STRATEGY F). Fruit Heights City has identified a number of vacant parcels that it will consider as locations to implement a new zoning classification that targets higher density housing. The new zoning district will implement incentives geared to encourage higher density projects. Incentives may include higher density, deed restrictions, and wavier of impact fees. The following properties will be analyzed for future higher density locations: • Christensen property on 650 North, CC approved rezone for 6 units on .85 acres. • Manning property, 10 acres. • Chad Edgington, 7 acres. • Butcher property, 6.5 acres. • Golf course, 150 acres. • Ward property, 1.8 acres. IMPLEMENTATION:  The City will identify areas on the zoning map that can be considered for higher density zoning. They will meet with current land owners to assess interest. They will also consider whether or not to actually rezone some property to a new zoning district. This work will be completed by January 2024. STRATEGY 4: IMPLEMENT ZONING INCENTIVES FOR MODERATE INCOME UNITS IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS Fruit Heights has implemented zoning incentives for moderate income units in new developments (Strategy J). Fruit Heights City has adopted an R-3 zone which will allow for higher density, multi-family units and smaller single family units on reduced lot sizes. The City has committed to creating a new higher density zoning district. The City also will consider an evaluation of other zoning incentives such as density incentives, deed restrictions, and impact fee waviers to facilitate the creation of moderate-income housing. IMPLEMENTATION:  Hold a work-session with Planning Comission and City Council to identify density incentives for new development in the City in October 2023. STRATEGY 5: REDUCE, WAIVE, OR ELIMINATE IMPACT FEES RELATED TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSING Fruit Heights has plans to reduce, waive, or eliminate impact fees related to moderate income housing (Strategy L). 4|P a g e  FRUIT HEIGHTS CITY, UTAH MODERATE INCOME HOUSING PLAN Fruit Heights City charges an impact fee for parks, water, stormwater, and roads. Fruit Heights City will review its impact fees associated with development and identify ways in which these fees can be reduced and/or waived to help encourage more moderate income housing within the city. IMPLEMENTATION:  Review impact fees with City Council to identify criteria in which fees can be reduced/waived to promote more incentives for moderate income housing in October 2023. ADDITIONAL STATE SUPPORT The City could benefit from additional training related to MIHR requirements and data collection. In addition, training related to the 24 identified strategies and how to implement these strategies could be beneficial. ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS Numerous programs are available to encourage the development and preservation of affordable housing at all income levels. Homeownership programs are well established, and support should continue and expand. The Home Program and HOME Investment Partnership Act are important resources for moderate and low-income homeowners, and CDBG funds can also be used to assist homeowners. In addition, the Utah Housing Corporation provides homeownership assistance through below market loans (FirstHome), down payment and closing cost assistance, and lease to-own housing supported by Low Income Housing Tax Credits (CROWN). Further, HUD has special loans for the construction of rental and cooperative housing for the elderly and handicapped. In addition, funds are available under the Olene Walker Loan Fund and the McKinney Fund (with emphasis on transitional housing). FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Potential funding sources for housing include revenue from the general fund, CDBG grants and RDA affordable housing pass through. The general fund is essentially drawing upon the existing resources of the community and reallocating some of these resources to promote affordable housing. This could include earmarked sales tax or other revenue to provide development subsidies for deed-restricted affordable housing. The CDBG funds currently will give up to $50,000 down payment assistance if you meet county LMI criteria which right now is $80,000 for a family of 4. The loan is paid back with no interest accruing at the sell of the home. Other current funding opportunities include the Rocky Mountain Home Fund which gives a 4% interest loan to workers in the service industry (police, fire, school teachers, health care workers), SB 240 just passed this year which gives first time home buyers a $20,000 down payment assistance grant, some restrictions apply. PRESERVATION OF HOUSING STOCK The preservation and rehabilitation of the current housing stock (rental and owner-occupied) will also be an important way to help keep housing affordable. The City should set a goal to rehabilitate a number of housing units before the year 2025. There are 86 house trailers in two mobile home parks in the City. All of those units meet the affordable housing definition. The City does not have any restrictions on replacing or updating those units. There are various programs available to the City to assist with home rehabilitation efforts. The HOME consortium and the Home Programs will be important to help people under 80 percent of HAMFI preserve the quality of their home investments. Additionally, CDBG funds can be obtained to manage and invest into low- and moderate-income areas. While infrastructure is important for community building, some portion of the CDBG budget should be targeted toward housing programs. 5|P a g e  FRUIT HEIGHTS CITY, UTAH MODERATE INCOME HOUSING PLAN Additional information to consider (this is for informational purposes and does not need to be included in the final draft). Utah state definition: "moderate income housing unit" means a housing unit that has an appraised value that would allow, as estimated by the department, a household whose income is no more than 80% of the area median income to occupy the housing unit paying no more than 30% of the household's income for gross housing costs, including utilities. Affordable. Inexpensive, reasonably priced. It’s price is low enough that most people have enough money to buy it. • Fruit Heights median income is $104,593. • 30% for housing is $2,614 per month • $2,600 per month buys a $300,000 home. Principal/interest 6.5%/insurance/taxes • 80% LMI = $83,674. • 30% for housing is $2,092. • That buys a house at $260,000. Principal/interest 6.5%/insurance/taxes • Median home price in Davis County is $510,000 • Median home price in Fruit Heights is $740,000/6.5%/$4,677/$185k income • There are 0 homes in Davis County priced below $350K • There are approximately 100 homes for sale in Davis County between $350k - $450k. • Home ownership is the key. 6|P a g e Memo To: Fruit Heights City Council From: Brandon Green cc: Date: March 21, 2023 Re: Caucus Meeting With the 2023 Elections around the corner, a Caucus Meting needs to be scheduled prior to June 1, 2023. In looking at the calendar it is recommended that the Pinecone and Sagebrush Caucus meetings be scheduled for Thursday, May 18, 2023. The following week is Spring Break for Davis School District. Just a reminder, the candidate filing period begins on June 1st and runs through June 7th. The six candidates nominated must file to be placed on the ballot for the 2023 November General Election as per Utah State Election Laws. If you have any questions regarding the scheduling of the caucus meeting or any other election questions, I am happy to discuss them with you. Respectfully, Brandon Green