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CED presents airport, building-services and neighborhood-development updates; North Jackson slated for private development
Summary
Community & Economic Development staff briefed council on airport operations and FAA funding buckets, online permitting and a fee study, a name change to Neighborhood Development and limits on city-led infill as rising acquisition and construction costs reduce scale; North Jackson infill will be sold to a private developer who will build infrastructure and homes.
Jared Johnson, director of Community & Economic Development, told the council May 26 that CED is reorganizing its airport CIP categories, continuing recruitment conversations with carriers and refining airport policy and rates. He said the airport’s terminal improvements improved customer experience but national airline trends and jet-fuel costs are constraining immediate route expansion.
Johnson described building services’ work to expand online permitting, maintain state timelines for inspection responses, and a pending fee study for building permits and business licenses (building permit fees last changed in 2014; business license fees in 2004). He said a vacant inspector position was proposed for removal after workload review and that building services retains a restricted fund to temporarily contract inspection support if needed.
On neighborhood development, Johnson explained a planned name change from Community Development to Neighborhood Development to emphasize neighborhood-scale interventions (sidewalks, public infrastructure, housing stabilization). He cited a recent accomplishment of 15,000 linear feet of new sidewalk and noted federal funding volatility and rising construction costs that are constraining the city’s ability to buy and rehab multiple homes as it had in prior years.
Johnson updated the council that the North Jackson infill site was RFP’d and will be sold to a private developer who will install infrastructure and may deliver more units than the city could internally. He said the RFP included design and quality criteria to maintain expected housing standards.
Councilmembers asked about joint projects (e.g., Linquist Stadium maintenance, use agreements), the airport advisory board’s composition and conflicts-of-interest concerns, and timing for Plan Ogden/Zone Ogden deliverables. Johnson said staff will return with fee-study results, RDA policy updates and CIPs for further council consideration.
