Members

Samantha Anderson--Excused, Debra Conner, Thomas “TJ” Dubach
Charles Henderson, Kathy Larrabee, Paula Larsen
Kevin Lundy, Chuck McDowell, Al Peterson

6:10 PM Executive Meeting Began

Call To Order---Meeting called to order by Kevin Lundy, Chairman

Roll Call Of Members---Eight council members in attendance, one excused, as listed above.

Minutes---Executive minutes for 3/7/06 and 5/2/06 were reviewed by council members and were approved as corrected.
Public minutes for 5/2/06 stand as read and approved.

Correspondence Folder---None

Change Of Agenda---Kevin stated do to special guest in executive meeting he would be taking some items on the agenda out of order.
Dale Carpenter, special guest, needs to leave the meeting shortly to attend another commitment.

Special Guest---Dale Carpenter, Director of Business & Economic Development for Salt Lake County.
Phone numbers, Office 468-2161, Cell 330-8794, and Fax 468-3224.

Wants to talk about what they have been able to do in other un-incorporated townships of the county.
They have no foredrawn conclusions on what should or will take place, at this time. States that is up to the council and the residents of Kearns.
Wants to help the tax base and create jobs. One of the tools that can be used is “The Re-Development Authority”.
RDA—Different from the past. Now can use as an EDA. Can freeze taxes and pledge them to create a bond then the bond is
issued by the county (???????????? this part of the tape is very fuzzy—need help to clarify)
Urban Renewal—Previously you had to prove an area to blight. Now don’t worry about the term blight anymore,
rather than make a retail district better. Upgrade and area or use for enhanced retail.
Paula asked if that meant that you would have to demolish a structure and Mr. Carpenter replied “not at all”.
Paula asked rather than demolish it could be used to “say give an area just a facelift and help just enhance what is already there”.
Mr. Carpenter said that is correct. It would need to be decided on with the property owners and the council.
If structures are historical and we work through the state to designate them as a historical building they may qualify for historical tax credits
to upgrade the building while keeping the historical factor in place. Debby asked what do you mean by blight.
Mr. Carpenter stated he is not going to get into blight because the legislature defined that as Urban Renewal now.
Community Development Authority---County only one involved in this. This is to upgrade a community like sidewalks, housing, etc…
Mr. Carpenter stated he is not the RDA expert. It comes from one of his sister divisions and those people are Mike Gallegos and Clair Hardman.
They are the specialists on the RDA’s. Used Magna upgrades as examples.
Chuck stated that he, Mr. Carpenter, Pam Todd and other associates drove around the community the other day and
looked at several areas in the community especially the retail area along 5400 South to railroad tracks and
west end at old pipe and tube area along with the warehouse district.
Chuck asked Mr. Carpenter what his opinion we could do with these areas and what our next steps should be.
Mr. Carpenter stated he was impressed with the area the old pipe and tube takes up, but very under used area.
Stated there is a real asset there with possibly a high tech manufacturing. Stated next step is to get with owners to get their input, concerns, and ideas.
He would be happy to bring in their professionals to help with the assessment of what would work.
Mr. Carpenter stated again that they have no foredrawn conclusions on what should be done in Kearns.
This will have to come from the residents of Kearns and the council.
Chuck stated this would warrant further discussion in our next executive meeting on June 6^th. Thanked Mr. Carpenter for his assistance and time.
Paula asked Mr. Carpenter how long does it normally take to acquire these funds.
He stated anywhere from about 6 months to a year or with federal funds perhaps a little longer.
Charles asked (????????????? could not hear). Mr. Carpenter then stated that there was a question from someone in public attendance.
Kevin clarified with him that the public couldn’t have comment in executive, but can in public meeting.
Mr. Carpenter stated they give a first priority to work with the un-incorporated areas over the incorporated cities.
Kevin invited Mr. Carpenter back to address this same issue in a public meeting.
Mr. Carpenter did then answer a question from the public on his opinion of the warehouse area. This question was allowed to stand.
Mr. Carpenter said it would be up to the citizens and the council. They would lend experts to the assessment, if wanted.
He was pleased that Pam was along to point out the historical part of that area and buildings.

ACCT Report---Kevin attended and reported on update of township and sunset law. This is in the information gathering stage.

Unfinished Business---
Financial Oversite Committee---Written guidelines were reviewed. Charles stated he would like the wording Salt Lake County
taken out of the Term and Termination portion of the guidelines. He felt that the council developed this committee and
it should be the sole discretion of the council if the committee goes forward or not at any time.
Chuck stated that it should be left in because this was promised to the county as part of the council re-organization.
Kevin clarified that this was not part of the letter that Mayor Corroon sent out to the council.
Charles stated he does not think the county should be involved in this. This committee is the councils committee.
He is not disputing if it should go forward or not, rather that it should be up to the sole discretion of the council. Kevin agreed.
Chuck continued for discussion. Point of order called by Debby and
***Motion made by Debby to table this to June 6^th executive meeting allowing more time for discussion. 2^nd by Paula.
Kevin called for vote. 6 votes yes, 0 votes no, 2 abstain. Motion passed.

Community Council Capital Improvement---Tabled to be discussed in a special workshop. No council objections.

Wish List Funding---Kevin stated there was nothing further to report at this time.

New Business—
Webmaster Update---This report was moved to the public meeting if time permits. No council objections.

Announcements---As listed on the agenda and notices on back table.

7:05 PM Adjourn