CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, CDRA. BOARD OF CANVASSERS AND BUSINESS MEETING AGENDAS
Notice Type(s)
Notice,
Meeting
Event Start Date & Time
November 18, 2025 04:00 PM
Event End Date & Time
November 18, 2025 08:00 PM
Description/Agenda
NOTICE OF COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL
WORK SESSION AGENDA
Notice is hereby given that the Cottonwood Heights City Council will hold a Work Session at approximately 4:00 p.m., or soon thereafter, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, in the Cottonwood Heights City Council Work Room located at 2277 East Bengal Boulevard, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The public may remotely view the open portions of the meeting through live broadcast by connecting to https://www.youtube.com/@CottonwoodHeights/streams, the city's YouTube channel.
4:00 p.m. 1. WELCOME - Mayor Mike Weichers
2. REVIEW OF BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
Mayor Mike Weichers (10-15 min.)
3. STAFF REPORTS
(Each week the city council and staff provide informational reports as a method of keeping up on the day-to-day activities of the city. This agenda item is set aside to allow council members to ask questions or for staff to bring the council up to date regarding any changes since the report was made).
a. Parks, Trails, and Open Space (PTOS) Committee Report
Committee Chair Chris Owens (20 mins.)
b. WUI and Fireworks Maps Discussion
Community and Economic Development Director Jim Spung and UFA Chief Riley Pilgrim (30 mins.)
c. Chicken Coops Discussion
Community and Economic Development Director Jim Spung (20 mins.)
4. REVIEW OF CALENDARS AND UPCOMING EVENTS*
a. Winter Lobby Arts Display - Monday, November 17th to Monday, January 5th
b. Senior Social (Snowman Craft) - Wednesday, November 19th at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall.
c. Light the Heights - Monday, December 1st from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.
d. Christmas Concert with Eclipse 6 - Friday, December 5th from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Butler Middle School (Tickets Required - Sold Out)
*For more information, please visit CH.UTAH.GOV and click Community Calendar
5. POSSIBLE CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS LITIGATION, PURCHASE OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY, THE CHARACTER AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL, OR ANY OTHER PERMITTED PURPOSE FOR CLOSED MEETINGS UNDER UTAH CODE ANN. 52-4-205 OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW.
6. ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
NOTICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
RENEWAL AGENCY WORK SESSION AGENDA
Notice is hereby given that the Cottonwood Heights Community Development and Renewal Agency will hold a Business Meeting beginning at or about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, in the Cottonwood Heights City Council Work Room located at 2277 East Bengal Boulevard, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The public may remotely view the open portions of the meeting through live broadcast by connecting to the city's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CottonwoodHeights/streams.
1.0 WELCOME - Chair Mike Weichers
2.0 POSSIBLE CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS LITIGATION, PURCHASE OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY, THE CHARACTER AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL, OR ANY OTHER PERMITTED PURPOSE FOR CLOSED MEETINGS UNDER UTAH CODE ANN. 52-4-205 OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW.
3.0 APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
The minutes of this meeting will be approved through the following process: The Agency's secretary promptly will circulate a draft copy of the minutes to the Board members, who then will have three business days to provide any proposed corrections to the secretary. The secretary will then circulate a revised draft of the minutes to the Board members, and the same review process will continue until such time as no corrections to the draft minutes are received within the three business days review period, whereupon that draft of the minutes will be deemed approved and will become the final minutes of the meeting.
4.0 ADJOURN
On Thursday, November 13, 2025, a copy of the foregoing notice was posted in conspicuous view in the front foyer of the Cottonwood Heights City Offices, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. A copy of this notice was sent to the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News, newspapers of general circulation in the city, by the Office of the City Recorder. The agenda was also posted on the City's website at www.ch.utah.gov and the Utah Public Notice website at http://pmn.utah.gov.
DATED this 13th day of November 2025 Tiffany Janzen, Agency Secretary
The city building for this meeting is accessible. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities may make requests for reasonable accommodation or assistance by notifying the City Recorder at 801-944-7021 or recorder@ch.utah.gov, at least two business days before the meeting, or by calling Relay Utah at 711.
NOTICE OF MEETING
BOARD OF CANVASSERS
Pursuant to UTAH CODE ANN. 20A-4-301(2), notice is hereby given that the Board of Canvassers of Cottonwood Heights will canvass the November election final returns during a public meeting, to be held on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at approximately 6:45 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at 2277 East Bengal Boulevard, Cottonwood Heights, Utah.
1. Call to Order
2. Report Election Results for 2025 Municipal Election.
3. Consideration of Declaration 2025-01 Approving the Canvass of the 2025 Municipal General Election.
(By this resolution the city council sitting as the city's board of canvassers will approve the results of the 2025 municipal general election).
4. Adjourn
On Thursday, November 13th, a copy of the foregoing notice was posted in conspicuous view in the front foyer of the Cottonwood Heights City Offices, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. A copy of this notice was sent to the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News, newspapers of general circulation in the city, by the Office of the City Recorder. The agenda was also posted on the City's website at www.ch.utah.gov and the Utah Public Notice website at http://pmn.utah.gov.
DATED this 13th day of November 2025 Tiffany Janzen, City Recorder
The city building for this meeting is accessible. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities may make requests for reasonable accommodation or assistance by notifying the City Recorder at 801-944-7021 or recorder@ch.utah.gov, at least two business days before the meeting, or by calling Relay Utah at 711.
NOTICE OF COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL
BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
Notice is hereby given that the Cottonwood Heights City Council will hold a Business Meeting beginning at approximately 7:00 p.m., or soon thereafter, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, in the Cottonwood Heights City Council Chambers located at 2277 East Bengal Boulevard, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The public may remotely view the open portions of the meeting through live broadcast by connecting to https://www.youtube.com/@CottonwoodHeights/streams, the city's YouTube channel.
Persons physically attending the meeting in the City Council Chambers may make verbal comments to the City Council when invited to do so, after completing a speaker comment card. Citizen comments may also be submitted in writing to the city recorder at cityrecorder@ch.utah.gov by noon, on the meeting date. In the interest of time and those attending the meeting live, however, submitted written comments will be entered into the record and distributed to the City Council, but will not be read at the public meeting.
Civility and decorum should be applied in all discussions and debates. Difficult questions, tough challenges to a point of view, and criticism of ideas and information are legitimate elements of a free democracy in action. Public officials and the public are encouraged to refrain from making belligerent, personal, impertinent, slanderous, threatening, abusive, or disparaging comments.
7:00 p.m. 1.0 WELCOME - Mayor Mike Weichers
2.0 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3.0 CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
3.1 Committee Reports by Councilmember Matt Holton (3 min.)
3.2 Committee Reports by Councilmember Suzanne Hyland (3 min.)
3.3 Committee Reports by Councilmember Shawn Newell (3 min.)
3.4 Committee Reports by Councilmember Ellen Birrell (3 min.)
3.5 Committee Reports by Mayor Mike Weichers (3 min.)
4.0 REPORTS
4.1 Truth in Taxation Report Concerning the South Salt Lake Valley Mosquito Abatement District-Councilmember Ellen Birrell
(Councilmember Birrell, the city's liaison to the South Salt Lake Valley Mosquito Abatement District board, will present a truth in taxation report concerning the district's proposed property tax increase as required by Utah Code Ann. 17B-1-1003(2)).
5.0 CITIZEN COMMENTS
During each regular city council meeting (specifically excluding work sessions), there will be a period not to exceed sixty minutes for citizen comment.' (Cottonwood Heights Code of Ordinances 2.30.160 (B)) Persons physically attending the meeting in the City Council Chambers may make verbal comments to the City Council when invited to do so by the meeting chair. Persons attending the meeting remotely may not make verbal comments to the City Council during the meeting. Persons attending the meeting remotely, or who do not attend the meeting either physically or remotely, are invited to submit written comments to the City Recorder before Noon. on the meeting date. Written comments that are timely submitted will be admitted into the record of the meeting and distributed to the City Council but will not be read at the public meeting.
6.0 ACTION ITEMS
6.1 Consideration of Ordinance 449 Confirming and Ratifying the 'Creek Road West' Annexation.
(This ordinance will confirm and ratify the 'Creek Road West' annexation effected by Ordinance 440 adopted on 20 May 2025).
6.2 Consideration of Ordinance 450 Amending Chapters 9.65 and 15.08 of the Cottonwood Heights Code of Ordinances and Adopting a Wildland Urban Interface Map.
(In compliance with House Bill 48 enacted by the Utah Legislature, the ordinance will amend the city's code of ordinances to adopt the Utah Wildland Urban Interface Code and adopt a wildland urban interface map for the city).
6.3 Consideration of Ordinance 451 Approving a Second Driveway Exception at 3396 East Antler Way.
(Pursuant to Cottonwood Heights Code 14.12.150 this ordinance will grant an exception to Cottonwood Heights Code 14.12.110(B)(1) by approving a second driveway access to Antler Way).
6.4 Consideration of Ordinance 452 Approving a General Plan Amendment for .48 Acre of Realty at 3425 East Bengal Blvd. from Neighborhood Commercial to Residential Medium Density.
(This ordinance will approve amending the city's general plan to change the land use map designation of the referenced parcel of realty from Neighborhood Commercial to Residential Medium Density as recommended by the Planning Commission).
6.5 Consideration of Ordinance 453 Approving the Re-zone of .48 Acre of Real Property Located at 3425 East Bengal Blvd. from NC (Neighborhood Commercial) to RM (Residential Multi-Family) and Amending the Zoning Map.
(This ordinance will approve rezoning the referenced parcel of realty from NC [Neighborhood Commercial] to RM [Residential Multi-Family] and will amend the zoning map accordingly. Approval of this ordinance will only be appropriate if Ordinance 452 approving a general plan amendment for the subject realty is approved.
6.6 Consideration of Resolution 2025-70 Approving Amendment No. 2 to an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Salt Lake County for the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Alignment.
(By this resolution the council will approve the city's entry into the second amendment to a 2019 interlocal agreement with Salt Lake County whereunder the city will be reimbursed up to $1.5 Million in transportation funds for expenditures incurred in finalizing the Bonneville Shoreline Trail's location and alignment, determining public access points and connectivity to other regional amenities, and certain related construction activities. The amendment extends the time for the city to complete such work until 31 December 2026).
6.7 Consideration of Resolution 2025-71 Approving a Cooperative Agreement with UDOT for Law Enforcement Resources in Connection with the Cottonwood Canyons.
(By this resolution the council will approve the city's entry into an agreement with Utah Department of Transportation whereunder, in return for a payment of $180,000, the city will provide law enforcement resources to assist with parking enforcement, traction rule enforcement, and other duties in connection with the Cottonwood Canyons through 31 October 2026).
7.0 CONSENT CALENDAR
7.1 Approval of the minutes for the City Council/Planning Commission Joint Work Session of October 21, 2025.
8.0 ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING
On Thursday, November 13, 2025, a copy of the foregoing notices was posted in conspicuous view in the front foyer of the Cottonwood Heights City Offices, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. A copy of this notice was sent to the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News, newspapers of general circulation in the city, by the Office of the City Recorder. The agendas were also posted on the City's website at www.ch.utah.gov and the Utah Public Notice website at http://pmn.utah.gov.
DATED this 13th day of November 2025 Tiffany Janzen, City Recorder
The city building for this meeting is accessible. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities may make requests for reasonable accommodation or assistance by notifying the City Recorder at 801-944-7021 or recorder@ch.utah.gov, at least two business days before the meeting, or by calling Relay Utah at 711.
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations or assistance during this meeting shall notify the Recorder's office, at 801-944-7021 or cityrecorder@ch.utah.gov at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. If you would like to submit written comments on any agenda item they should be received no later than Tuesday at noon. Comments can be emailed to cityrecorder@ch.utah.gov.
Notice of Electronic or Telephone Participation
Council Members may participate in the meeting via telephonic communication. If a Council Member does participate via telephonic communication, the Councilmember will be on speakerphone. The speakerphone will be amplified so that the other Council Members can hear.
Other Information
Determination of the Mayor, as Chair of the Cottonwood Heights City Council, Concerning Electronic Meeting Anchor Location PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANN. 52-4-207(4).