OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS 2014 GENERAL ELECTION SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH. State Elections November 18, 2014

Salt Lake County Election results November 18, 2014

STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL Total Number of Precincts 783 Precincts Reporting 783 100.0% Times Counted 229379/440524 52.1% Total Votes 224696 SEAN D. REYES REP 115038 51.20% CHARLES A. STORMONT DEM 90181 40.13% W. ANDREW MCCULLOUGH LIB 9263 4.12% GREGORY G. HANSEN CON 5518 2.46% LESLIE D. CURTIS IAP 4696 2.09%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #2 Total Number of Precincts 65 Precincts Reporting 65 100.0% Times Counted 22691/41863 54.2% Total Votes 22170 JIM DABAKIS DEM 16446 74.18% JACQUIE NIELSEN REP 5724 25.82%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #3 Total Number of Precincts 69 Precincts Reporting 69 100.0% Times Counted 17553/34187 51.3% Total Votes 12961 GENE DAVIS DEM 12961 100.00%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #4 Total Number of Precincts 85 Precincts Reporting 85 100.0% Times Counted 33546/54826 61.2% Total Votes 32686 JANI IWAMOTO DEM 19602 59.97% SABRINA R PETERSEN REP 13084 40.03%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #5 Total Number of Precincts 56 Precincts Reporting 56 100.0% Times Counted 15583/31165 50.0% Total Votes 10225 KAREN MAYNE DEM 10225 100.00%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #9 Total Number of Precincts 99 Precincts Reporting 99 100.0% Times Counted 26466/50465 52.4% Total Votes 25765 WAYNE NIEDERHAUSER REP 15822 61.41% KATHRYN C. GUSTAFSON DEM 9943 38.59%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #11 Total Number of Precincts 61 Precincts Reporting 61 100.0% Times Counted 20441/41801 48.9% Total Votes 19962 HOWARD A. STEPHENSON REP 12502 62.63% MICHELE WEEKS DEM 7460 37.37%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #12 Total Number of Precincts 38 Precincts Reporting 38 100.0% Times Counted 8960/20760 43.2% Total Votes 8694 DANIEL W. THATCHER REP 4865 55.96% CLARE COLLARD DEM 3829 44.04%

OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS 2014 GENERAL ELECTION SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH. Congressional Races. November 18, 2014

Registered Voters 440524 - Cards Cast 229379 52.07%

Num. Report Precinct 783 –
Salt Lake County election Results November 18, 2014

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #2
		Total
Number of Precincts		174
Precincts Reporting		174	100.0%
Times Counted		50783/99748	50.9%
Total Votes		49800
LUZ ROBLES	DEM	30263	60.77%
CHRIS STEWART	REP	16737	33.61%
BILL BARRON		959	1.93%
SHAUN MCCAUSLAND	CON	913	1.83%
WAYNE L. HILL	IAP	887	1.78%
WARREN ROGERS		0	0.00%
Write-in Votes

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #3 Total Number of Precincts 172 Precincts Reporting 172 100.0% Times Counted 50285/95492 52.7% Total Votes 49231 JASON CHAFFETZ REP 29137 59.18% BRIAN WONNACOTT DEM 17582 35.71% ZACK STRONG IAP 960 1.95% STEPHEN P. TRYON 951 1.93% BEN J. MATES 493 1.00% DAVID A. ELSE 0 0.00% Write-in Votes 108 0.22%

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #4 Total Number of Precincts 437 Precincts Reporting 437 100.0% Times Counted 128311/245284 52.3% Total Votes 126826 DOUG OWENS DEM 62480 49.26% MIA B. LOVE REP 60364 47.60% TIM AALDERS IAP 1678 1.32% JIM L VEIN LIB 1177 0.93% COLLIN ROBERT SIMONSEN CON 1127 0.89%

STRAIGHT PARTY Total Number of Precincts 783 Precincts Reporting 783 100.0% Times Counted 229379/440524 52.1% Total Votes 84655 DEMOCRATIC PARTY DEM 42801 50.56% REPUBLICAN PARTY REP 38958 46.02% INDEPENDENT AMERICAN PARTY IAP 1791 2.12% LIBERTARIAN PARTY LIB 728 0.86% CONSTITUTION PARTY CON 377 0.45%

Alpine School District Board members to vote Nov. 25 on CDA. Cathy Allred. Herald Extra.com. November 11, 2014.

AMERICAN FORK -- The redevelopment of University Mall has been a hot topic in Orem, but Tuesday night the heat moved to American Fork.

On the agenda for the Alpine School District Board of Education was one discussion item -- the University Place Commercial Development Area project.

Woodbury Corporation and Orem city leaders were in attendance, hoping for a positive outcome for the CDA they say will bring in thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of revenue in property tax.

“We are wholeheartedly for this CDA,” said Rona Rahlf, president and chief operating officer for the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce. “This project could potentially bring 2,500 jobs to our area. That’s a huge economic boom.”

Alpine School District staff and board members have studied the CDA issue for several months and will vote on the issue Nov. 25 as a school board action item.

The CDA is a project that includes 133 acres around the University Mall in Orem, Woodbury Corporation’s flagship mall. The project will soon be renamed University Place.

Woodbury Corporation has partnered with Ivory Homes to help build out University Place, a development some people are calling City Creek South, in reference to the redeveloped mall in downtown Salt Lake City.

In September, the Orem City Council approved the CDA. The city is one of five taxing entities that need to approve the project. The others are the Alpine School District, Utah County, Utah Water Conservancy District and the Orem Metropolitan Water District.

Proponents for the project said it is fail safe -- that if the project would fail, it wouldn’t impact local communities at all.

“This is no freebie; they have got to step up and do what they say they are going to do,” said Rahlf to the board.

While the numbers made sense and the project appeared to have no risk to the district, board members still cited issues.  “It’s unethical; it’s unfair,” said board member Brian Halladay.

“The problem that I see here is ... economically the investment makes sense,” said board member Wendy Hart. “[But] what is the role of the district and what is the role of government?

"At the end of the day I have to agree with what Brian said. If we start favoring one community over another, I just think that is wrong. I don’t think that is our role.”

Board member John Burton requested to put the issue on the Nov. 25 district board meeting agenda as an action item, and Superintendent Vern Henshaw concurred with that recommendation.

“Because I think that we have vetted it and vetted it and vetted it,” Burton said.

Utah Valley University President Matthew Holland, Orem Mayor Richard Brunst and Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development Executive Director Val Hale also stood before the board in favor of the CDA.

“I think this absolutely is a vital project for the community and for education,” Holland said. “If you think you have problems maintaining buses, you wait until Orem loses its economic vitality.”  The argument that the project has no upfront risk was reiterated repeatedly by CDA supporters.

“In other words, we are saying we will take all of the risk in this operation,” said Randy Woodbury of Woodbury Corporation. “The school district will receive more than two times the amount of property tax revenue over a 40-year period with the CDA than without it.”   Cathy Allred. Herald Extra.com November 11, 2014.

                                                       Alpine School Board 

Two more taxing agencies on board with Orem CDA. November 11, 2014.

OREM -- The Orem City Council accepted by resolution Tuesday the percentage of participation the Orem Metropolitan Water District and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District will have in the Commercial Development Area at University Place.

The council, acting as the redevelopment agency, voted on two individual resolutions and entered into interlocal cooperation agreements with the districts. The Metropolitan Water District has agreed to pay $200,000 over 20 years at 75 percent, and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District will pay $2.29 million over 20 years at 75 percent. 

The RDA vote was 6-1, with Councilman Hans Andersen casting the only nay vote.

Andersen and his TransparencyOrem group had sought by petition to get a referendum on the CDA for residents to vote on the matter in the next election. The petitions were not turned in by Friday's deadline.

According to Ryan Clark, Orem's economic development director, both agencies voted on the CDA post-performance subsidy in October with the Metropolitan Water District voting 5-0 in favor, and the CUWCD voting 15-0 in favor.

Clark was asked about the percentages, because there have been some negotiations.

"They agreed to the 75 percent and would not go back," he said.

The 75 percent tax increments may be used to pay for public infrastructure improvements, agency-requested improvements and upgrades, both off-site and on-site improvements, land incentives, desirable project area improvements and other items as approved by either agency.

Clark told the redevelopment agency the CUWCD documents had already been executed on the project.

As soon as the redevelopment agency portion of the meeting was done, Mayor Richard Brunst, City Manager Jamie Davidson and Councilman Mark Seastrand were excused to attend the Alpine School District Board of Education meeting in American Fork, where the district was scheduled to discuss its involvement in the CDA. Recent negotiations between the district and the Woodbury Corporation, owners of University Mall and the University Place redevelopment, have lowered the number to 65 percent from the school district.

Alpine School District is expected to vote on the CDA at its next meeting. The Utah County Commission is the final taxing entity to vote and is expected to do so before the end of the year.

 Genelle Pugmire. Heraldextra.com

Orem CDA petition not turned in. Genelle Pugmire. November 7, 2014. Heraldextra.com

OREM -- The Utah County Clerk/Auditor's Office did not receive a controversial petition seeking a referendum on the Commercial Development Area project at the University Mall before the Friday deadline.

TransparencyOrem had until 5 p.m. Friday to turn in a referendum petition that would potentially give Orem voters the opportunity to vote on whether the Woodbury Corporation would be able to receive a post-performance subsidy rebate on its redevelopment of University Mall, soon to be University Place.

It is not known why the petition was not turned in -- whether it was the lack of signatures or if TransparencyOrem decided not to proceed.

As of Friday, approximately 69 residents had officially removed their names from the petition.

"I think the people have spoken," said Mayor Richard Brunst. "I'm excited. This will bring economic vitality to the community."

While Brunst said he has no idea what happened with the petition, he said there is now nothing in the form of a referendum that could stop the project.

"I'm happy to be reassured that the citizens of Orem are for progress and a future that's good for them, their children and grandchildren," said Tom Macdonald, city councilman.

All other taxing agencies including the Alpine School District Board of Education will vote in December as to the percentage they will give to the project.

If ASD chooses the anticipated 65 percent subsidy, Woodbury Corp. would invest $500 million and be able to build out the entire project that includes office towers, mixed-used housing and retail, a large city park and hotel. Ivory Homes is currently building the first 200 of 500 high-end apartments on the mall campus. 

"Woodbury is committed to being supportive partners in the growth and development of Orem and the Utah Valley community," Woodbury said. "The Woodbury Corporation would like to thank Orem residents, Mayor Brunst, members of the City Council, and the public for their support of University Mall and the proposed project."

 Genelle Pugmire. Heraldextra.com