City Council Study Meeting - ARCHIVED
Regular MeetingSouth Jordan, UT · June 4, 2024
Minutes
SOUTH JORDAN CITY
CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING
June 4, 2024
Present: Mayor Dawn R. Ramsey, Council Member Don Shelton, Council Member Jason
McGuire, Council Member Patrick Harris, Council Member Kathie Johnson,
Council Member Tamara Zander, City Manager Dustin Lewis, Assistant City
Manager Jason Rasmussen, City Attorney Ryan Loose, Director of Strategy &
Budget Don Tingey, IT Director Jon Day, Director of Public Works Raymond
Garrison, CFO Sunil Naidu, City Engineer Brad Klavano, Director of
Administrative Services Melinda Seager, Director of Planning Steven
Schaefermeyer, Police Chief Jeff Carr, Fire Chief Chris Dawson,
Communications Manager Rachael Van Cleave, Recreation Director Janell Payne,
IS Systems Administrator Ken Roberts, GIS Coordinator Matt Jarman, City
Recorder Anna Crookston, Meeting Transcriptionist Diana Baun, Associate
Director of Strategy and Budget Katie Olson
Absent:
Others: Nathan Shipp, Tanner Johnson, CB, iPhone2
4:41 P.M.
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, Kathie Johnson
Council Member Johnson offered the invocation.
C. Mayor and Council Coordination
Council discussed the send-off for the Martha Hughes Cannon Statue at the Capitol.
D. Discussion/Review of Regular Council Meeting
Consent Action Items:
- Resolution R2024-20, Authorizing Mayor to sign the Interlocal Cooperation
Agreement between Salt Lake County and South Jordan City for the South
Jordan Recreation Center Pool expansion.
- Resolution R2024-25, Appointing members to the Art’s Council.
- Resolution R2024-33, Designating the Interim Emergency Successors for
2024-25 and identification of alerting authority and individuals authorized to
send alerts.
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- Resolution R2024-36, Appointing members to the Bingham Creek Park
Authority Board.
Public Hearing Items
- Resolution R2024-35, Amending the FY2023-24 Budget for South Jordan
City. The appropriation authority shall apply to the fiscal year ending June 30,
2024.
- Ordinance 2024-12, Amending portions of sections 7.03.060 (Insurance) and
7.05.030 (Charges for Special Community Services) of the South Jordan City
Municipal City Code relating to insurance requirements for commercial
haulers and waste programs offered to residents.
E. Discussion Items
E.1. Altitude Townhomes. (By DAI, Nathan Shipp)
Nathan Shipp (DAI) – reviewed his prepared presentation (Attachment A) and gave a brief
review of the last discussion. He explained that his underwriting is asking for at least 100 units of
for-rent units to make funding possible, and he explained his suggestion of a combined project,
with some for-rent and some for-sale units. Ideally he needs 100 units of for-rent with the rest
for-sale, however he has been trying to get closer to a 50/50 mix. He also discussed a proposal of
deed restricting the owner-occupied units, not allowing the units to be rented out in the future.
He feels this compromise would give the city the for-sale component they are looking for, and
still allow them to work funding out with the rental component as well; all while avoiding the
mess of the owner-occupied units being purchased and rented out individually, allowing them to
control the makeup of the community. He also discussed the HOA’s role in both sides of the
proposed community and how they would use the HOA to inspect and maintain compliance with
garage parking and other requirements for residents.
Council Member Shelton was pleased the developer and HOA would be enforcing the additional
rules being put on these units, rather than the city.
Council Member Harris asked about the possibility in the future of the rental units being offered
for sale.
Mr. Shipp responded that would not be an option, they would need to stay rentals for the long-
term because of it being set up as a co-managed community.
Mayor Ramsey asked if DAI planned to keep ownership of the community, or if they planned to
sell it in the future.
Mr. Shipp responded that their intent is to hold long-term, he is putting personal funds into this
to create a long-term asset.
Council Member Zander asked for the estimated sales price of the owner-occupied units.
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Mr. Shipp responded currently they are planning from $525,000 to $575,000 for three and four
bedroom units.
Council Member Harris is okay with the 50/50 number, especially after the city’s generous
approval to allow them another completely rental community in the nearby area. He is hopeful
that while they are working with staff, they will come up with some remarkable amenities and
other offers to really make the 50/50 compromise worth it for everyone.
Council Member McGuire is still struggling with the 50/50 number, but he has the same thoughts
as Council Member Harris.
Council Member Zander appreciated Council Member Harris’s words, noting that the council did
hand over an entire project to DAI, rentals only, and let them run with it. She would of course
love more owner occupied, and would love to see him come back with a few more owner
occupied units, but she agrees with the previous council member comments.
Both parties agreed that adding additional units to get to the desired number of rental units was
not the answer.
Council Member Shelton is okay with the 50/50 number, along with the deed restriction
requirement.
Council Member Johnson was agreeable to the 50/50 number as well, and asked for that to be
noted specifically in the development agreement so it wouldn’t be able to change.
E.2. Residential Chickens Floating Zone. (By Director of Planning, Steven
Schaefermeyer)
Director Schaefermeyer reviewed the current Municipal Code regarding the Residential
Chickens Floating Zone (Attachment B) and noted this is a discussion of potential alterations to
the zone requirement in the current code. There have been some issues with chickens recently
and he wanted to discuss whether the council would like to leave the requirements as is, or
possibly adjust what zones chickens are available in, based on lot size.
Council Member McGuire noted the reason for requesting this discussion was to decide whether
or not it should matter what zone you’re in if your property meets the lot size and setback
requirements.
Council Member Harris is fine with the proposed changes.
Council Member Zander asked about enforcement.
Director Schaefermeyer responded that the city would get a complaint, usually about a rooster,
and Code Enforcement would visit the property to determine their violation if they have no
permit. If their lot meets the requirements, they would instruct the homeowners to apply for a
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permit. If their lot did not meet the requirements, they would issue a violation and go through
that process. There are many people in the city who have chickens without permits, and whose
lots do not qualify for a permit to have chickens.
Council Member Shelton agreed with using the 10,000 square foot lot as the determining factor,
not worrying about the zone.
Council Member Johnson agrees as well.
Council Member Zander is agreeable as well.
E.3. Municipal Justice Court. (By City Attorney, Ryan Loose)
Attorney Loose reviewed Associate Director of Strategy and Budget’s prepared presentation
(Attachment C), which included statistics from the Justice Court over the years for comparison.
They have been looking at how the city is putting its resources together, which is the whole point
of priority based budgeting. In terms of strategic priorities, the court is not mandated and is
optional; it doesn’t really align with any of the strategic priorities of the city. It comes with
decreasing revenues and increasing subsidies at around $500,000 from the General Fund. The
city has done a lot to cut the funds needed including being as efficient as possible with staffing
like the Bailiff, Prosecutor, etc. They have also seen a declining caseload in easy cases, but the
harder cases that take more time are still present and not declining at the same rate. The two
things weighing the most to him were the fact that the city is roughly $500,000 in the red, and
only 3.5 out of every 10 cases are residents. How much are we inconveniencing our residents,
the 3.5 out of 10, having them drive to what would be the County Justice Court or the West
Jordan District Court. It would be a slight inconvenience for our prosecutors to have to make that
drive, as well as our officers, but it’s nothing that shifts the analysis regarding priority based
budgeting and makes a strong case to keep the courts based on the factors presented. He
reviewed the statistics from Attachment C, noting that many of the spikes in caseload shown in
prior years can easily be attributed to things like large growth spikes in the city. Despite the large
addition of road miles in the city over the years, there is still a steady and significant decline in
traffic cases as well. The time spent doing calls other than traffic has been more significant,
noting that a domestic call requires a minimum of two officers and takes at least an hour or two,
and the focus of the police has shifted to the rising amounts of other criminal calls, like domestic
issues so they aren’t doing as much in the traffic area. He reviewed the slide in Attachment C
showing the potential savings over the past few years if these changes had been made previously.
He reviewed the statistics for cases filed on Attachment C, asking who our courts are actually
serving in our justice court; the data shows that roughly two-thirds of cases in the court weren’t
even residents of South Jordan, and that number has stayed steady over time. This shows that the
city’s large subsidizing of the court is actually serving a large majority of non-residents. He
discussed research and options on potentially just keeping a justice court for misdemeanors, but
the only way to pay for that would be to get more money from the traffic cases and that wouldn’t
improve the financial situation. This is a policy decision, and he noted that he would be remiss in
his duties if he didn’t present this decision to the council now, because if the decision isn’t made
by July 1, the current contracts will run for another six years. The court can be closed during that
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time, but the city would still have obligations to pay at least the judge’s costs which would work
out to about $1.2 million. He doesn’t have a big opinion one way or another, but he will say that
it doesn’t meet the city’s regular way of budgeting. That being said, there are a lot of people who
feel this is a good service for our residents. He knows the judge has spoken with several of the
council members, making those arguments, and they are great arguments. However, he would be
upset with a city attorney who let this opportunity pass without at least presenting the
information and options for the council to discuss before they are committed again for another
six years and there is potential for county closures within that time.
Council Member Shelton asked about the current caseload in terms of types of cases being seen.
Attorney Loose estimated it is about 50% traffic with the rest being the other types of non-traffic
cases. For comparison, when he started with the city in 2006, that caseload was actually 80%-
90% traffic. He also discussed the recent legislature changes in regards to domestic cases, noting
that they can only be seen at one court so witnesses are only required to testify once. The biggest
non-traffic cases being seen locally at this time are things like retail theft, DUI, assaults, some
code violations, trespassing, and other little items. Regarding traffic cases, besides speeding there
are reckless driving, running stop signs, DUI, etc. The ones that take the most of his prosecutor’s
time are domestics, DUIs, assaults. Code violation cases also take up a surprising amount of time
he noted. If our court was closed, those cases would then go to the Salt Lake County Justice
Court on 2100 South. The county has discussed taking the closure of their courts to the
legislature as well, and if that court is approved by the legislature for closure, the cases then go to
the District Court. The county didn’t end up doing that this year, but there is still talk about it in
the near future, and that’s why he rushed to get this resolution in front of the council to share all
of the information and options before that window closed. Based on the information he has
researched, the county will be going to the legislature in 2025 to ask for closure. His office is
also working on getting the city administrative code program to deal with code violation cases,
which will require some small changes to the code. Most cities are going to the administrative
program and not putting code violations through the criminal court now, since arresting those
with what could be a small violation like a cluttered garage does not work in terms of
enforcement. He also shared that the county shared their decision to request closure of their
courts in their meeting minutes, so it is not just a rumor going around. He added that there are
very few courts that would survive a priority based budgeting analysis or even a close look, with
the exception of a small city with a through road that has constant speeding violations.
Police Chief Jeff Carr added that the statute changes to ticket quotas in the past had a huge effect
on law enforcement throughout the state as well.
Attorney Loose also noted that not all cities in Salt Lake County have a justice court, and
reminded everyone it is not a requirement for cities to maintain. The district court has a small
claims jurisdiction as well for any residents needing those services.
City Manager Dustin Lewis added that in September at a meeting of the Utah League of Cities
and Towns, there was a meeting with all the city managers where they were asked if any of their
cities were considering doing away with their justice court. So many hands were raised that the
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question was altered to ask which cities were not considering closing their courts, and only a few
hands went up; many cities are having this same discussion and analysis based on those
responses.
Council Member Zander asked about possibly overwhelming the district court in West Jordan,
and whether they have the option to not accept our cases if we close.
Attorney Loose responded that because our court was not required, we can just close it without
any approval required from higher courts or the legislature. Whereas, the county has to have
legislature permission to make that closure, so there is a chance to investigate workloads and
decide whether or not their closure would be an undue burden on the system. Once the county
closes their courts, any cities with their own justice court who want to close up would have to go
to the legislature for permission, for the same reason the county court is required to do so.
Council Member Zander asked Chief Carr if he saw any downside to this proposition from his
point of view.
Chief Carr responded that it might include some more travel time, we are losing that bit of
convenience with the court here, but he doesn’t think that makes a strong enough case to reject
the idea of closing. Another issue, the traffic cases are just dropping off with some cities even
getting rid of their traffic units when presented with staffing issues.
Council Member Johnson noted that the convenience was one big reason shared by the judge
while pleading his case to her.
Chief Carr responded saying sometimes the officers are inconvenienced here by sitting for hours
in court when they are not needed, so the schedule hasn’t always been a huge convenience factor
for him.
Council Member Zander asked how many police officers that $500,000 subsidy would fund.
Attorney Loose clarified that he doesn’t know if the city will get the full $500,000 in return, as
there are a number of unfilled positions that are not police officers. There are also some great
employees in the court and they want to make sure they can use them to fill positions if needed,
so their salaries would be taken from that $500,000 and sent to the correct department.
City Manager Lewis added that there are deficits in other areas of the organization where this
money could be used as well, and be a great help to the city.
Attorney Loose responded that saving the $200,000 a year on the judge’s compensation alone
would equal one and a half to two officers with all their equipment.
Council Member Zander loves that they are looking at the numbers and not just making an
emotional decision, but she would want to know that they are being very intentional with that
estimated amount from subsidizing the courts. She asked staff to be very mindful of not just
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shifting employees into another position to keep them here, and using the city’s resources to
stretch those extra dollars.
City Manager Lewis noted the additional positions he could fill with court staff are ones he
would be asking for in the next budget session anyways, so they aren’t just creating positions to
fill.
Attorney Loose discussed some of the positions they would be attempting to create in the next
budget session, one of which would be to assist with GRAMA requests as the paralegal position
in his office started out at about 10 hours a week and has grown to 20-30 hours a week to
accommodate all the GRAMA requests, in addition to her other duties. That doesn’t include the
Deputy City Recorder’s time on GRAMA requests that has grown to about 30 hours a week. In
addition, Police Department uses the Legal Departments Paralegal to help with his GRAMA
requests quite a bit. There is a lot of that type of situation going on that with additional staff
could get rid of some of those inefficiencies. The reality is that good employees stay, and these
are really good employees; if they can find a place to keep those court employees on staff it
would benefit the city greatly.
Council Member McGuire asked about the chances of us closing our court and the higher courts
coming back requiring cities pay additional money for the larger caseload burden.
Attorney Loose responded the chances would be very low since those costs are covered by the
fines and forfeitures, which could be adjusted by the higher courts in the future to meet their
needs.
Council Member Harris noted that he recognizes the savings being shared here, but he has some
trouble with the math on all this due to the fact that they could look at any group of employees
and decide to remove them so the annex team can move in to their space. He understands there is
a benefit potential here, but he has trouble including that in the numbers being shown. He is not
necessarily opposed to this decision, but he wanted to bring a few things up for discussion. He
discussed when the council chambers were upstairs and one of the biggest reasons for moving
those council chambers downstairs was being compliant with the court. After that, it was decided
to move the court to the other building, and he is glad that was done; the public safety building
was definitely needed. However, what originally started that whole process was the court from
what he recalled.
City Manager Lewis added that in addition to the court issue, the city’s police department had
outgrown their space.
Council Member Harris understands that, but he can’t ignore the fact that the court was what
started the whole movement. The city also put a decent amount of money into that new building
for a very nice court facility, which is how it should be. There are a lot of expenses that were
undertaken, along with a large amount of effort, to make those changes with the court. It’s hard
for him to see the court we’ve built just be dismissed after all that work, and he feels that needs
to be factored into the decision as well. He acknowledged that he does believe this was a
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discussion that needed to take place, and he appreciates it being brought to the council at this
time.
Attorney Loose agreed that the court did have a large influence on how things were changed over
the years on the way the Public Safety Building was being built.
Council Member Harris also shared that he remembers proposals to remove the current fountain
installed in front of the Public Safety Building and replace it with something like a splash pad, an
area where residents could gather and spend time together. That ended up being moved across
the street and being installed at City Park in the end. He is glad the Public Safety building was
built when costs were much lower as well.
Attorney Loose noted that the Public Safety Building was on the project list to do, independent
of anything with the court, but the second they started looking at what would have to happen to
keep the court in City Hall it did influence those decisions.
Council Member Harris reiterated that he is not 100% for it, only because of all the things
previously mentioned. However, at the same time he understands that the numbers are real and
he understands the big picture.
Attorney Loose noted the courtroom would still be used for things like code violations cases
through the administrative process, and they’d hold things like variance hearings in the space as
well. It would not be used nearly as much as it is now, but it would still be used.
Council Member Harris was all behind the decisions in the past regarding staff recommendations
for the court changes, and he realizes that in today’s world the court is now costing the city
money. Due to all those things, it just isn’t as easy to make a decision like this.
Attorney Loose noted that is why they analyze these types of things with the priority based
budgeting model, adding that things like Summerfest probably wouldn’t pass that type of
analysis but there are still great reasons to hold the event. Just like there are great reasons to have
a court available in the city.
Council Member Johnson asked if the motivation for this change is higher because of the
potential changes being made by the legislature.
Attorney Loose responded that was not a factor on his side, but it is a part of it, especially when
talking with other city managers. Six years ago, when the judge sat for retention election, the
numbers were different than they are now. Based on the trends they have been able to map and
analyze, he is trying to think ahead and wonder what the council might want to do with those
additional funds in the coming years and whether they would be useful. You have to make the
decision now, because of the election cycle, and once that decision is made it’s hard to change
course.
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Associate Director of Strategy and Budget, Katie Olson shared her prepared presentation
(Attachment C) with all the statistics. Noting that she doesn’t have an answer for the council, she
has just run the numbers and can help explain those in more detail if needed. She noted that the
Summerfest decision was based on the fact that we are the only ones who will get out there and
celebrate South Jordan City. Whereas, with the courts, there are other entities that are obligated
to step in and take care of those cases whether or not the city has had a court in the past or not.
The council and staff discussed the reasons for traffic cases dropping down so low, which
included the need for officers on other calls, the removal of quota expectations for officers, and
just the fact that it’s harder to speed with traffic congestion in the city. In addition Chief Carr
specifically noted that younger officers are less inclined to use their discretion to write a
speeding ticket than older generations.
Mayor Ramsey added that in the past she has not been in favor of closing the court, even small
towns seem to always have a courthouse. It took her about two years, knowing the data, to
change her way of looking at this. She doesn’t love it, but when she looked at the data, the
money, and the numbers of residents being served and not served. Priority Based Budgeting has
been the city’s focus for over 20 years, it’s the same system that convinced the council to do
away with the marathon, as well as other programs that everyone has collectively decided were
either a bad or good investment for the city. In her heart, she doesn’t want to see this go away,
but in a fiduciary obligation to the resident of the city in regards to their tax dollars she has a
hard time defending it now that things have changed so drastically. This is a big decision to
make, and that decision will create changes that we will continue to see over the coming years.
She also noted that we don’t know what will ultimately happen with the county courts, and if
they do end up closing and we decide to close after that time, we are stuck with the additional
step of going to the legislature to ask for permission; and we would have no control over their
decision to allow the closure. Right now it is our decision, and in the future it might not be.
The council decided to think about this and have staff bring it back for a decision at the next
meeting.
Council Member Harris asked about how things will look once the city is built out to capacity.
Attorney Loose noted that they can’t project that, but they can look at how things have changed
with growth in the past and discuss it from that point of view, but there is no way to estimate that
into the future.
ADJOURNMENT
Council Member Johnson motioned to adjourn the June 4, 2024 City Council Study
Meeting. Council Member McGuire seconded the motion; vote was 5-0 unanimous in favor.
The June 4, 2024 City Council Study meeting adjourned at 6:33 p.m.
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This is a true and correct copy of the June 4, 2024 City Council Study Meeting Minutes,
which were approved on June 18, 2024.
South Jordan City Recorder
Attachment A
Site
Details
Located in South Jordan
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PROPERTY LINE
DETENTION BASIN
Jorda
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WETLAND n Gat
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DETENTION BASIN - TO BE RESEEDED WITH NATIVE PLANTS
NATURAL AREA TO BE RESEEDED AND LIGHTLY IRRIGATED
UNDISTURBED AREA
WETLAND
ULTRADENT DRIVE
Ultradent Drive
Harrison Property
23 January 2024
0 50 100 150
South Jordan, Utah
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Proximity to Frontrunner — Half Mile Radius
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PROPERTY LINE
DETENTION BASIN
PRIVATE DRIVE
Jorda
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SITE LEGEND
SYMBOL DESCRIPTION
DETENTION BASIN - TO BE RESEEDED WITH NATIVE PLANTS
NATURAL AREA TO BE RESEEDED AND LIGHTLY IRRIGATED
UNDISTURBED AREA
WETLAND
ULTRADENT DRIVE
Harrison Property
23 January 2024
0 50 100 150
South Jordan, Utah
Frontrunner Station
Proximity to Frontrunner
Half Mile Radius
Altitude Property
Frontrunner Station
10600 South
33.00 RIGHT-OF-WAY
AREA = 18.46 AC
(PUBLIC) 10.00
PUBLIC ACCESS 10.00 P.U.E.
10.00 P.U.E. EASEMENT 169 REAR LOAD TOWNHOME
28.00 ASPHALT
(TRAIL) 18 FRONT LOAD TOWNHOME
30" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER 30" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER 187 UNITS
Site Plan | Unit Mix
DENSITY = 10.13 UNITS / ACRE
33.00 RIGHT-OF-WAY 87 STRIPED PARKING
(PUBLIC) 5.00 344 DRIVEWAY PARKING
10.00 P.U.E.
PUBLIC ACCESS
10.00 P.U.E.
374 GARAGE PARKING
EASEMENT
28.00 ASPHALT
(SIDEWALK)
CUT: 34,267 CY
30" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER 30" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER
FILL: 139,539 CY
NET (FILL): 105,272 CY
26.00 SHARED DRIVE SCALE: 1"=5
(PRIVATE)
22.00 ASPHALT
50 25 0
24" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER 24" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER
DEDICATED FOR FUTURE ROADWAY EXTENSION (PRIVATE ROAD)
SEWER LIFT STATION
DETENTION
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(PR
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PRIVATE DRIVE
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Townhome Unit Type Key
WETLANDS
Front-Load 6
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3-Story Rear-Load 102 (PU
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3-Story Tuck Under Rear-Load 67
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Total Units 187
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6' WALL
(1444 LF) 10' TRAIL
ULTRADENT DRIVE (10200 S)
EXPAND EX 4' SIDEWALK TO 10' TRAIL
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Open Space Exhibit
PROPERTY LINE
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PRIVATE DRIVE
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Conceptual Bridge Design
TRA
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SITE LEGEND
SYMBOL DESCRIPTION
DETENTION BASIN - TO BE RESEEDED WITH NATIVE PLANTS
POTENTIAL
NATURAL AREA TO BE RESEEDED AND LIGHTLY IRRIGATED AMENITY
AREA
UNDISTURBED AREA
WETLAND
ULTRADENT DRIVE
POTENTIAL AMENITY AREA
AMENITY AREA
Harrison Property
10’ TRAIL
6
30" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER 30" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER 186 UNITS
DENSITY = 10.08 UNITS / ACRE
87 STRIPED PARKING
33.00 RIGHT-OF-WAY
342 DRIVEWAY PARKING
Community Pedestrian Paths
5.00
10.00 P.U.E.
PUBLIC ACCESS
10.00 P.U.E.
372 GARAGE PARKING
EASEMENT
28.00 ASPHALT
(SIDEWALK)
CUT: 34,195 CY
30" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER 30" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER
FILL: 146,891 CY
NET (FILL): 112,695 CY
SCALE: 1"=50'
26.00 SHARED DRIVE
22.00 ASPHALT
50 25 0 50
24" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER 24" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER
Pedestrian Paths
JOR
5’ Sidewalk
DAN
10’ Trail
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DETENTION
COMMUNITY
PEDESTRIAN
PATHS
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87 STRIPED PARKING
33.00 RIGHT-OF-WAY
5.00 342 DRIVEWAY PARKING
10.00 P.U.E.
PUBLIC ACCESS
10.00 P.U.E.
372 GARAGE PARKING
EASEMENT
28.00 ASPHALT
(SIDEWALK)
Parking Spaces
CUT: 34,195 CY
30" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER 30" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER
FILL: 146,891 CY
NET (FILL): 112,695 CY
26.00 SHARED DRIVE
22.00 ASPHALT
50
24" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER 24" MODIFIED CURB & GUTTER
DETENTION
Parking Spaces
Surface Spaces 87
Driveway Spaces 342
Garage Spaces 372
Total Spaces 801
Average Spaces Per Unit 4.3
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Fencing Plan
Fencing Key
Precast Privacy Fence
Post and Rail Fence
9
Townhome
Design
Rear-Load Townhome Conceptual Rendering
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Rear-Load Townhome Conceptual Rendering
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Rear-Load Townhome Conceptual Rendering
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Front-Load Townhome Conceptual Rendering
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Site Plan
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Attachment B
ATTACHMENT C
South Jordan Justice
Court
Strategic Priorities
• Priority Based Budgeting: Court Analysis
• Low Alignment with City Strategic Priorities
• Courts houses four PBB programs: Judicial Actions, Managing Court Funds,
Prisoner Management, Records Management. Judicial Actions is scored as “Less
Aligned” with City priorities. The other three are “Least Aligned.” This means that
compared to all City programs these programs have some, minor, or no impact on
achieving our strategic priorities. They also score low on the basic program
attributes of population served, demand, mandate, and reliance.
Strategic Priorities Cont….
• Declining Caseload
• Cases in the court have declined significantly. AOC recommends having at
least 6,000 cases a year to justify having a court. We haven’t had 6,000 a year
since FY2016. This is primarily due to a decline in traffic cases, which is a
trend across the County.
Strategic Priorities Cont….
• Decreasing Revenues, Increasing Subsidy
• The City’s subsidy of the Justice Court costs grows each year. Even when
revenues were higher, we subsidized the Court.
• The City has already made significant cost-saving efforts in the Courts,
including outsourcing bailiff services and changes to prosecutor duties.
Strategic Priorities Cont….
• Minimal Service to Residents
• On average 36% of the defendants in the Court are South Jordan residents.
Declining Caseload
Increasing Subsidy
Potential Savings
Minimal Service to Residents
Attachment C
Agenda
CITY OF SOUTH JORDAN
CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL WORK ROOM
TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.
Notice is hereby given that the South Jordan City Council will hold a City Council Study Meeting at 4:30
p.m. on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in person in the City Council Work Room, located at 1600 W. Towne
Center Drive, South Jordan, Utah and virtually via Zoom phone and video conferencing. Persons with
disabilities requesting assistance should contact the City Recorder at least 24 hours prior to the Meeting.
The Agenda may be amended, and an Executive Session may be held at the end of the Meeting. Times
listed are approximate and may be accelerated or delayed.
In addition to in-person attendance, individuals may join via phone or video, using Zoom. In the event the
Meeting is disrupted in any way that the City in its sole discretion deems inappropriate, the City reserves
the right to immediately remove the individual(s) from the Meeting and, if needed, end virtual access to
the Meeting. Reasons for removing an individual or ending virtual access to the Meeting include but are
not limited to the posting of offensive pictures, remarks, or making offensive statements, disrespectful
statements or actions, and other any action deemed inappropriate.
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join virtually are below.
Join South Jordan City Council Study Meeting Virtually:
• Join on any device that has internet capability.
• Zoom link, Meeting ID and Password will be provided 24 hours prior to meeting start time.
• Zoom instructions are posted https://ut-southjordan.civicplus.com/241/City-Council.
Study Meeting Agenda: 4:30 p.m.
A. Welcome, Roll Call, and Introduction: By Mayor, Dawn R. Ramsey
B Invocation: By Council Member, Kathie Johnson
C. Mayor and Council Coordination
D. Discussion/Review of Regular Council Meeting
Consent Action Items:
- Resolution R2024-20, Authorizing Mayor to sign Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between
Salt Lake County and South Jordan City for the South Jordan Recreation Center Pool expansion.
- Resolution R2024-25, Appointing members to the Art’s Council.
- Resolution R2024-33, Designating the Interim Emergency Successors for 2024-25 and
identification of alerting authority and individuals authorized to send alerts.
- Resolution R2024-36, Appointing members to the Bingham Creek Park Authority Board.
Public Hearing Items:
- Resolution R2024-35, Amending the FY2023-24 Budget for South Jordan City. The
appropriation authority shall apply to the fiscal year ending June 30, 204.
- Ordinance 2024-12, A mending portions of sections 7.03.060 (Insurance) and 7.05.030
(Charges for Special Community Services) of the South Jordan City Municipal City Code
relating to insurance requirements for commercial haulers and waste programs offered to
residents.
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E. Discussion Items: 4:45 p.m.
E.1. Altitude Townhomes. (By DAI, Chase Andrizzi)
E.2. Residential Chickens Floating Zone. (By Director of Planning, Steven Schaefermeyer)
E.3. Municipal Justice Court. (By City Attorney, Ryan Loose)
ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
STATE OF UTAH )
COUNTY OF SALT LAKE )
I, Anna Crookston, the duly appointed City Recorder of South Jordan City, Utah, certify that the foregoing
City Council Agenda was emailed to at least one newspaper of general circulation within the geographic
jurisdiction of the public body. The agenda was also posted at the principal office of the public body and
also posted on the Utah State Public Notice Website http://www.utah.gov/pmn/index.html and on South
Jordan City’s website at www.sjc.utah.gov. Published and posted May 31, 2024.
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