CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, CDRA AND BUSINESS MEETING AGENDAS
Notice Type(s)
Notice,
Meeting
Event Start Date & Time
March 3, 2026 04:00 PM
Event End Date & Time
March 3, 2026 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, March 3, 2026, 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 Gay Lynn Bennion
2. REVIEW OF BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion (10-15 min.)
3. REPORTS
a. Ridgecrest Elementary/Bella Vista Elementary Update
Principal Sarah Allen (30 min.)
b. Prevent Child Abuse Utah
Deondra Brown (10 min.)
c. CHPRD Master Plan Presentation
Lyse Durrant (20 min.)
4. 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. Communications Strategy/Newsletter Discussion
City Manager Jared Gerber (20 min.)
b. America 250 Discussion
Administrative Services Director Barbara Higgins (10 min.)
5. REVIEW OF CALENDARS AND UPCOMING EVENTS*
a. Local Business Smartest Artist Lobby Art Exhibit - Monday, February 20th to Monday, March 18th, 2026
b. The Jazz Ambassadors of The United States Army Field Band - Thursday, March 19th, 2026, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Butler Middle School. (Tickets required, Free Event)
*For more information, please visit CH.UTAH.GOV and click Community Calendar
6. POSSIBLE CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS LITIGATION; REAL PROPERTY PURCHASE OR LEASE; THE CHARACTER AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL; AND/OR ANOTHER PERMITTED PURPOSE UNDER UCA 52-2-205
7. ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
NOTICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
RENEWAL AGENCY BUSINESS MEETING 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, March 3, 2026, 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 - Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion
2.0 DISCUSSION
2.1 Town Center Open Space Discussion - City Manager Jared Gerber / CED Director Jim Spung
3.0 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.
4.0 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.
5.0 ADJOURN
On Thursday, February 26, 2026, 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 26th day of February 2026 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 801-944-7015 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, March 3, 2026, 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 Gay Lynn Bennion
2.0 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - By Invitation
3.0 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.
4.0 ACTION ITEMS
4.1 Consideration of Resolution 2026-16 Approving an Agreement with Perkins Engineering, Inc. for Engineering Services.
(By this resolution the council will approve the city's entry into an independent contractor agreement whereunder Perkins Engineering, Inc. will provide engineering and related services in connection with the city's planned construction or reconstruction of an East/West crossing on the North side of the 3000 East and Cottonwood Parkway signalized intersection, to coincide with the existing Big Cottonwood Canyon Trail under City's project no. 006.26).
4.2 Consideration of Resolution 2026-17 Approving an Agreement with the State of Utah Concerning Use of the America250 Name, Logo and Identity.
(By this resolution the council will recognize the 'Cottonwood Heights Utah 250 Community Committee' and approve an agreement with the Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement to coordinate the city's use of the 'America250' name, logo and brand identity in connection with our nation's upcoming 250th anniversary).
5.0 CONSENT CALENDAR
5.1 Approval of the minutes for the City Council Work Session and Business Meetings of February 17, 2026.
6.0 ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING
On Thursday, February 26, 2026, 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 26th day of February 2026 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 801-944-7015 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 801-944-7015 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).