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WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 15, 2026 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING. OUR MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US IN PERSON OR BY WATCHING THE COUNCIL AGENDA'S PAGE, ZOOM, OR YOUTUBE. WE HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO JOIN US IN WHATEVER MANNER YOU FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE. This is a work session meeting during which there is no public comment. Please join us tonight during our 7 PM formal meeting to share your comments. We, of course, welcome your feedback anytime by mail to PO Box 145476 Salt Lake City, Utah, 84114. by email at council.comments at slc.gov or via our 24-hour phone comment line at 801-535-7654. Comments we receive on agenda topics are shared with council members and posted to our website slc.gov slash council. The first item on our agenda is an informational, which is updates from the administration. At the table, we will be joined by Weston Clark, Director of Community Outreach, and Andrew Johnston, Director of Homeless Policy and Outreach.

Good afternoon. Happy to give some updates on engagement for the city, starting with our first slide that we always love to present, reminding everybody to go to SHAPE.SLC.gov. Should I keep going? I don't know if I should wait for the slides to pop up on the screen.

Let's wait for the slides to pop up.

I don't know. I don't know how this works yet. Well, there we go. Now we go. Okay, great. So the next slide is the SHAPE SLC reminder. And then the next slide we'll get going into the detail. So we'll go a couple more ahead. This is from the planning team. Phase two of the central community plan update, which is focused on Big ideas. Slides. I'm not sure who's advancing the slides. I'm sorry.

Oh, no worries. It looks like we might have a Zoom audio issue happening.

There's no audio in the Zoom, so we're working on it. I think we should probably pause the meeting, since if members of the public are joining online, they'll be able to hear.

Let's go ahead and take a five-minute pause. OK. Five-minute pause. Thank you. with updates from the administration. At the table, we've got Weston Clark, Director of Community Outreach, and Andrew Johnston, Director of Homeless Policy and Outreach, and it looks like the slides are getting queued up. Over to you, Weston.

Awesome, thank you. All right, we'll do our reminder first on our first slide of SHAPE SLC. We'd love for residents to check that out and sign up for any projects that they're interested in, and they will be updated automatically as things change. So go there and check that out. Go to the next slide, and we've got an update from our planning team. This is phase two of the central community plan update, which is focused on big ideas, and that is just starting. The planning team has two upcoming workshops planned, Wednesday, September 30th, from 6 to 7.30. Oh, it doesn't look like the slides have advanced. I don't know, again, if that is how imperative that is to the... But the first one from 6 to 7.30 is at Liberty Elementary, which is at 1085 South Roberta Street. And then the next Monday, October 5th, from 6 to 7.30 at Wasatch Elementary, which is 30 R Street. The planning division recently completed the first phase of community engagement for the central community plan update. Listening to the likes, challenges, ideas and opportunities for the neighborhood and these workshops build on that outreach and dig deeper into big ideas for central community's future. At the workshops, staff will share what they've heard, what they've learned and the actions that they hope to respond.

Let's wait for the slides to return. We're gonna need them at some point, so. Oh, okay. Today's not our day for tech.

That's all right. So you want me to wait? Is that what I'm hearing? No, I think you can proceed without the deck. Oh, proceed without the deck. OK. All right. Great. So then we have an update from transportation. Two components of the 200 South Transit Corridor are in a design phase, which include traffic signal and accessibility improvements, as well as updated bus lane signing and striping. Targeted stakeholder outreach was conducted to help identify concerns to inform the proposed changes. Both projects are at or approaching the 70% design milestone and will support mitigation requirements asked for by the Utah legislature under SB 242. Construction will be administered separately by Salt Lake City Engineering and UTA based on the applicable funding requirements. On 600 and 700 North, which looks really great if you've had a chance to go look at it, the roadway construction is approximately 90% complete, and the corridor is really starting to take shape. Asphalt pavement, curb, gutter, crosswalks, and asphalt bike path are largely complete, and the bridge is open to traffic. Remaining work primarily includes final striping and pavement markings, landscaping, and providing power to the pedestrian crossing signals near Backman Elementary. Next slide. Another free recycling event, this one in D6. This is in partnership with Utah Recycling Alliance. It's a free collection event. It's this Saturday, Bonneville Elementary School from 9 a.m. to noon. This is for hard to recycle materials like electronic waste, mattresses, PVC materials, and more. There is a spot on ShapeSLC where you can get some more information. Next slide. This is from the mayor's office. Nine projects have been awarded from the May 2026 application cycle for Love Your Block. These projects have an implementation window of August of this year through June of next year. These projects will include some like the Beehive Bike Polo Court revamp, a cool collaboration between Spy Hop, Glendale Library, and Glendale Middle School, as well as a new community garden, among some other things. Additionally, we look forward to hosting our fifth annual Love Your Block celebration, where we celebrate our grantees, volunteers, and neighbors who make this program special. This celebration will be held on Tuesday, September 29th from 6 to 8 p.m., and we'd love any of you to attend if you would like. And then finally, the last update for me is something that I think probably everybody already knows about, but one of the city's newest murals, Open Your Eyes, by Zhiyun Li Lodge, will make its first big splash at Whale Fest on Saturday, October 3rd, from 2 to 7 p.m. There will be a costume contest, a whale call challenge, which is particularly exciting i think parade activities food trucks and local vendors this event is hosted by 9th and 9th business district in collaboration with salt lake city arts council and that is it for me counselor petro

Can I ask for some clarification? I'm sure you have no details about this.

I love questions like that. Yes, please.

I've had constituents reach out to me about the 600 North finishings. It does not look comparable to what we're seeing on projects that are comparable, such as maybe 300 West, where you have a bike lane, a walking lane, and other things. And one of the main complaints is loose gravel that we're being told is part of the final plan. I don't remember ever seeing loose gravel, and I can't imagine that's awesome next to bike lanes. So could we just get clarification on what the final landscaping should be there? And maybe if it's gravel, if you could look askance at whoever responds that way so that maybe we get to a better answer before things are finalized, I would love that.

Great questions, yeah. Thank you. We can do it. Thanks.

Next slide, please. HRCs are functionally full, which I say probably most months now. If you saw the numbers, it actually exceed the total capacity because we're using beds that aren't official still, so high utilization. And then again, impact mitigation work continues and they are really caught up, so it's almost day of or second day addressing issues, so as folks have DEBRIS OR OTHER ISSUES THEY'RE SEEING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SEEING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SEEING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED TO CAMPING OR RELATED TO CAMPING OR RELATED TO CAMPING OR HOMELESSNESS, THEY CAN REQUEST HOMELESSNESS, THEY CAN REQUEST HOMELESSNESS, THEY CAN REQUEST SERVICE THROUGH THE MYSLC APP AND SERVICE THROUGH THE MYSLC APP AND SERVICE THROUGH THE MYSLC APP AND WE'LL GET THERE VERY, VERY WE'LL GET THERE VERY, VERY WE'LL GET THERE VERY, VERY QUICKLY NOW. QUICKLY NOW. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE HOMELESS RESOURCE FAIRS. THE LAST ONE WAS LAST FRIDAY HERE AT LIBRARY SQUARE. THEY'RE VERY WELL ATTENDED AND LARGE AND WELL RUN BY HEART HERE IN THE CITY. THE NEXT ONE IS IN OCTOBER AT LIBRARY SQUARE. AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS FOR EVERYONE COMING UP. AND THEN COMMUNITY CORNER CONTINUES TO HAPPEN ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS. PROVIDERS THERE EVERY WEEK. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE PIECE FOR I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE PIECE FOR I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE PIECE FOR THE RESOURCE FAIR RECENTLY. THE RESOURCE FAIR RECENTLY. THE RESOURCE FAIR RECENTLY. AMONG THE PROVIDERS WHO ARE THERE AMONG THE PROVIDERS WHO ARE THERE AMONG THE PROVIDERS WHO ARE THERE IS THE SALT LAKE HOUSING IS THE SALT LAKE HOUSING IS THE SALT LAKE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING AUTHORITY AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING AUTHORITY AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING ON-SITE APPLICATIONS WITH ON-SITE APPLICATIONS WITH ON-SITE APPLICATIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO JUST WALK UP. INDIVIDUALS WHO JUST WALK UP. INDI AND ONE PERSON WAS ACTUALLY PLACED IN HOUSING RECENTLY AND TWO MORE I THINK ARE IN PROCESS. SO REALLY THE MORE AVENUES WE GET TO FOLKS TO TRY AND GET THEM INTO SERVICES, THE BETTER LIKELY MORE PEOPLE IN. SO REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF THE RESOURCE FAIR AND THE FOLKS WHO SHOW UP THERE EVERY MONTH. SO THANK YOU TO HART AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

THANK YOU, ANDREW. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BOTH. We'll now move on to our second item, number two, which is a zoning map and general plan amendment at approximately 140 North B Street and 272 East 3rd Avenue. Kira Luke, a policy analyst, will join us virtually. Is that still true? Great. And then Alicia Ciali, principal planner, will also answer questions about this issue.

We can probably just turn it over to planning if Kira's not popping up. Maybe she's having tech issues too. Can we hear if you can hear me? Yes, we can. Thanks, Kira. Sorry, you just can't see your tiles. Sorry.

Oh, unfortunate. I'll be quick anyway. This briefing is on two related petitions. One is a zoning map amendment to change two adjoining properties in the Avenue's local historic district from RMF 35 to mixed use 2. and an accompanying general plan amendment to the avenues plan future land use map to align it with the proposed reason. And I understand the petitioners are here today and would like to address the but first I'll turn it over to planning staff for the briefing. Thank you.

Thank you, Kara. OK, there it is. Good afternoon, council. My name is Alicia Seeley, and I am the planner who has been reviewing these requests before you today. There's a lot to talk about, so let's dive in. Next slide. We will start with an overview of the request. This petition includes two abutting properties, one being 140 B Street, which is the larger property on the corner of 3rd Avenue and B Street, the other being 272 East 3rd Avenue, which is the smaller property just to the east. Both of these properties are currently zoned RMF 35, moderate density multi-family residential. The property owners are requesting to modify the zoning map to MU 2, mixed use 2. For 140 B Street, the intent of this request is to align the zoning designation with the current non-conforming commercial use of the property. And for 272 East 3rd Avenue, the intent is to convert the existing residential use into a commercial use. Next slide. Going into more detail on what is currently on site, on the corner here is the historic Ellerbeck Mansion. This is a landmark site under the local historic district. Although the zoning is residential, it has operated as a legal nonconforming bed and breakfast for over 25 years. Regardless of whether the property is rezoned, the use of this building will be allowed to continue operating as it does today. Next slide. Next to the Ellerbeck Mansion is a parking pad. This pad can accommodate up to six vehicles. Next slide. Still on the same 140B Street parcel is the historic carriage house. This was used in the past as a storage space, but has since been converted by the applicants into Cafe 140B. Similar to the Ellerbeck Mansion, this cafe will be allowed to continue operating as it does today, regardless of whether the petitions are adopted. Next slide. Finally, on the second parcel is a single family home at 272 East 3rd Avenue. It is a one bedroom, one bathroom historic home, and there are no records indicating it has ever been used as anything other than residential. It is a contributing building to the local historic district as well. It has been abandoned in the past, for which previous property owners were under enforcement. It was purchased by a third party in 2023 and remodeled into its current state. It was then purchased by the applicants in 2024 and used as a short-term rental until the property came under enforcement in 2025. There are no long-term tenants currently living in the building as it is still used as a rental. The applicants are seeking a zoning map amendment in order to expand cafe operations and retail use into this building. There is no plan in place currently to replace the housing unit. Finally, this property offers no off-street parking spaces. Next slide. When comparing the standards of the existing and proposed zoning districts, the main thing we are looking at is the permitted uses. There is no proposed demolition, building, or modification to the existing structures. The intent of the rezone is the change of use. The MU2 district allows many commercial uses that are not permitted in RMF 35. The ones that are important to highlight in this context are restaurant and retail use, as the applicants are proposing, and short-term rental use, which is the use for which the property came under enforcement. Next slide. The community benefit the applicants are proposing is to provide commercial space for local businesses or charitable organizations. The applicants themselves would be the local business owners in this case. They have also included in their community benefit proposal annual donations to local nonprofit organizations as are listed here on the slide and in the staff report. Next slide. Staff received a large volume of comments during the public input period. I will do my best to summarize the main points succinctly. Many of the comments were positive. Many of them highlighted that the existing cafe has been a welcome addition to the neighborhood and they have expressed appreciation for the applicants as business owners and what they have done with the Ellerbeck property and Cafe 140B. Comments in support also voiced a desire for more walkable neighborhood retail in the area. And several comments describe the popularity of the cafe as a demonstration of the demand for expansion. On the other hand, staff also received a number of comments opposing the petition. These primarily centered around concerns about the loss of a housing unit, particularly one that is a relatively attainable home in an increasingly expensive neighborhood. These neighbors asserted that the building at 272 East Third Avenue should remain a home. Several of the opposing comments also expressed concerns over potential negative impacts on surrounding neighbors. Parking was the most common concern, but these also mentioned local traffic, trash management, and noise impacts. And finally, staff received comments that the change to retail could negatively impact the feel and the intent of the local historic district. Next slide. Staff determined that considering primarily the change of use from a single-family home to a retail space, this request is not supported by adopted city plans and policies. While there are statements in these documents and plans that support walkable neighborhood retail, providing it at the expense of existing housing stock is in conflict with the goals and visions laid out by these plans. Plan Salt Lake Housing SLC THRIVING IN PLACE AND THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION PLAN ALL HAVE A STRONG FOCUS ON PRESERVING EXISTING HOUSING STOCK TO MEET A VARIETY OF NEEDS AND ESPECIALLY ON PRESERVING HOMES FOR RESIDENTS AT ALL INCOME LEVELS. NEXT SLIDE. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN THE ADOPTED AVENUES COMMUNITY PLAN ALSO DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL. THIS MAP DESIGNATES THE BLOCK AS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. NEXT SLIDE. We do know that the existing avenues plan was adopted in 1987 and is deeply in need of an update. As you're already aware, this plan is currently in the process of being updated. Because this update is a draft and it has not been adopted and it is subject to change, I will not be discussing the draft, nor is it discussed in the staff report. Next slide. As far as addressing the loss of a housing unit that would result from the proposed change, Section 21A50 includes some language that lays out expectations for demolished unit replacement. While the unit would not be demolished, changing the use does effectively remove a unit from the city's housing stock indefinitely, therefore applying this code. As I mentioned, the applicants have not proposed a plan to replace the unit on the property. pointing to a lack of space available on the parcel, as can be seen here. No plan to mitigate the housing loss is proposed. City Council has discretion on how this expectation should be met. Next slide. IN 2022 THE CITY CONSIDERED A SIMILAR PETITION FOR A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT INTENDED TO CONVERT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME INTO A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT. THIS HOUSE IS LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE NINE LINE AT LIBERTY PARK NEXT TO THE OLD TRADITION RESTAURANT AND WAS OWNED BY THE SAME OWNER. the applicant proposed a backyard adu in order to offset the potential housing loss however ultimately city council denied the proposal notably this decision was made prior to the adoption of thriving in place in 2023 which has further solidified citywide goals to mitigate housing loss and unit displacement We recognize that there are differences between this proposal and the one in front of you today. However, this precedent is an example of how the city has avoided a pattern of losing housing stock in established neighborhoods to commercial investment. It also serves as a reminder that these individual petitions set precedents and they have larger impacts than just one unit. Next slide. So this slide up on the screen lays out the recommendations from staff and commission bodies, which have been very mixed. Planning staff has not supported the request for either property for the reasons outlined in this presentation and in the staff report. The Historic Landmark Commission, however, forwarded positive recommendations for both properties. Finally, the Planning Commission chose to split the recommendation and support the request to rezone the property at 140 B Street or the Ellerbeck Mansion, but forwarded a negative recommendation for the request as it pertains to the single family home at 272 East 3rd Avenue. Next slide. Which brings me to the first consideration for this council, which is the option to split this request and consider these properties separately. Planning staff chose to consider these properties together because the application stated the community benefit would only apply if both properties were rezoned. So splitting the recommendation was difficult in terms of applying a community benefit. However, staff asserted from the beginning that a split proposal would be a reasonable path forward, and that is discussed in further detail in the staff report. If the council does want to follow Planning Commission's recommendation to split the decision, aligning the zoning designation with the historic commercial use of the Ellerbeck Mansion could be considered a community benefit. Next slide. the second item for consideration is addressing the potential housing loss as in what approach would be adequate to mitigate or replace the loss of the unit if the amendment is adopted options may include a fee in lieu of replacement to the city's housing fund a unit replacement requirement or another mechanism and while it doesn't reflect directly the request calculation of that potential fee is outlined in 21850 as a reference point next slide One concern from neighbors and staff is that a change to MU2 would allow the house at 272 East 3rd Avenue to be used as a short-term rental again in the future, if not by this property owner, perhaps by the next one. If council wishes to adopt the amendment for both properties, they have the option to include a provision in the development agreement prohibiting short-term rental use for 272 East 3rd Avenue. Such provision would affect the 272 East property only. It would not affect the continued operation of the Ellerbeck Mansion as a bed and breakfast. Next slide. Finally, council should consider the proportionality of the proposed community benefit, namely whether the applicant's proposed donations are proportional to the increase in development potential, or in this case, youth potential, that they would receive as a result of the amendment. Council can require different or additional benefits as you deem appropriate. Next slide. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. I KNOW THE APPLICANTS ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, BUT I WILL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR STAFF.

COUNCIL MEMBER DUGAN.

APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE THE WHOLE CONCEPT HERE. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ON THE FAMILY HOUSING. I understand this is a single family home, but it's one bedroom, one bathroom, very small. So I don't really think of it as a family size house. And it doesn't seem like that lots of very small lot. So it's probably even smaller than any 5,000 lot because there's no parking on off street and there's just a small house. So is it more just an apartment, but it's still considered housing? I THOUGHT THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY SIZE WOULD BE LIKE TWO OR MORE BEDROOMS.

SO I, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S NOWHERE IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT WE SAY THAT THIS IS FAMILY SIZED HOUSING. WE JUST SAY IT IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO IT IS ONE, YOU'RE CORRECT. IT IS ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH, SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT IS FAMILY SIZED.

OKAY. SORRY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION ON THAT PART. And the idea that it would be used for a small business is the parking concerns on the street side of the house. I think that was in the staff report on the number of spaces required for the business.

Yes, normally a change of use would trigger an additional parking requirement. However, there is an exception in our parking chapter in 21A44 that because this home, this property existed before 1944, the applicants are not required to add parking with a change of use. So no additional parking would be required. OK. OK.

Councilmember Wharton.

Can you go over again the reasons for this staff's negative recommendation to the rezone of the inn?

Yes, and Kelsey, feel free to provide more context. As I mentioned, these two properties were put under the same application, and the community benefit was applied only if both properties were rezoned, and so we did consider them TOGETHER TO APPLY THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT. HOWEVER, IN THE STAFF REPORT I DID WRITE A SECTION ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY TO SPLIT THE RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE THESE TWO PROPERTIES ARE QUITE DIFFERENT IN HISTORIC CONTEXT. AND PLANNING COMMISSION AGREED WITH THAT ANALYSIS, AND THAT'S WHY THEY FORWARDED THE SPLIT RECOMMENDATION. AND SO UPON GOING BACK AFTER PLANNING COMMISSION AND REVIEWING THE REQUEST, WE DECIDED THAT IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO, WE CAN APPLY THE ALIGNING OF THE ZONING WITH THE HISTORIC USE AS THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

I'm still not 100%, though, understanding the staff recommendation. So was it just that we felt like, as a whole, for both properties, the community benefits were not adequate? Or is there an actual concern with the use, the potential future use of the land under the zoning change?

FOR THE ELLERBECK MATCH IN ITSELF?

YEAH.

NO. THERE'S NO CONCERN FROM STAFF. THE APPLICATION WHEN IT WAS SUBMITTED WAS FOR BOTH PROPERTIES AND THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT WAS SOLELY PROVIDED ON THE THIRD AVENUE SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO SPLITTING IT WAS CHALLENGING IN THE TERMS OF WHERE DOES THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT APPLY. GIVEN PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, THEY IDENTIFIED ON THE RECORD THAT THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT BEING THE Elimination of a non-conforming use.

Okay, but they opposed the rezone of the house because of a loss to...

Correct.

Okay. But it doesn't, like the change in, the zoning change for the inn, the bed and breakfast, doesn't make it like more susceptible to like demolition or anything like that.

No, no, it's a landmark site. This does not impact the overlay at all.

Okay Do we know the last time and I know this we maybe don't know this but The last time this particular house the one on third Ave was used as housing and It sounds like they're the applicant.

We might have the applicant in the audience if the council's open to it. I think we can invite them up to.

Yeah, I think they may have more information on that.

I used to live on this block. And I don't remember anyone ever living there.

But I believe, yeah, I believe it was boarded from 2008 until the prior property owner from the current property owners purchased it in 2023.

Okay, and we are going to let the applicant speak, and I guess I might have a question after the applicant's spoken, but that's all I have for right now.

Looks like Council Member Petro has a question.

I just want to confirm that I'm hearing this correctly. There is no material change to a contributing structure in the historic district except for its functionality, and the basis for our planning staff saying no is the loss of one bedroom. Correct. Thank you.

I'd like to invite the applicant up to share their presentation for five minutes. And then it sounds like Council Member Wharton might have some questions.

Yeah, sorry, last one. How many square feet is the house?

I believe it's 1,200.

OK, thank you.

1,000 square feet is what the applicant is saying.

Thank you. There is one.

Welcome to the table. If you could state your name, and then you'll have five minutes to make your presentation.

Tyler Alden.

There we go. Hey, good afternoon. My name is Carol Alden. My husband, Tyler, and I own and operate Ellerbeck and the Cafe 140B. We took over in 2019 and have lived in the avenues, and we care a lot about this neighborhood. We wish to see it thrive. Ellerbeck Mansion was built, oh, do we? Should we say slide change? Okay, slide. It was built 130 years ago. It's an iconic property, just blocks up from Temple Square and the Cathedral of the Madeleine. Slide. We celebrate our 30th anniversary as a Bed and Breakfast this year, and since opening in 1996, we're one of the longest-running Bed and Breakfasts. We welcome guests who got married and had their honeymoon here and come back 20 and 25 years later to celebrate their anniversaries. Cafe 140B, slide, opened out of the original carriage house six years ago. It's become a beloved neighborhood third space for neighbors to walk and bike to. And we're very excited, slide, to speak to you guys about these two properties. Sorry. There you go.

Thank you. Planning presented their decision based on the 1987 Avenues Master Plan, as they described, and that plan is being updated as we speak. And I think that it is worthy of us considering what that plan talks about, because it is going to be, it's coming through the agenda right now. Please. Two more slides.

So one more, two more actually. Sorry, I thought I would have my slide clicker. Okay, in the Avenues proposed plan here, I just want to take one piece out here. I'm just going to read from the plan. Zoning can play a large key role in supporting local economic activities in the avenues. Currently, less than 1% of land allows for commercial uses. This is largely due to past zoning changes that converted many mixed use and commercial areas to residential only. As a result, many areas with existing businesses or properties with a long history of commercial use are now only zoned for residential uses. That's us. This nonconformity limits businesses' ability to expand and create barriers to secure financing. Changing the zoning will help retain these businesses The avenues has been historically mixed-use many historic commercial properties dot the avenues But have been converted to residential so it stands to reason possibly we could have some some residential move to commercial, particularly in the case of this 272 3rd Avenue, which is adjacent to an existing commercial use space. The avenues plan proposal talks about finding creative solutions because the avenues just does not have vacant land, really, and so having these adaptive reuse opportunities I think are truly opportunities for us to achieve multiple goals here. As for this being like a unicorn property of affordability and family housing, it is really not. It is a one bed, one bath, 1,000 square foot house that has not been housing for 15 years. It could serve two people, yes. However, as a commercial space next to an existing commercial space that has truly, you know, the cafe has been voted on by the neighborhood by lines out the door, super, super busy. The neighborhood loves it and wants more. This is in a unique spot to serve thousands of people as opposed to just two. This legal nonconforming gray area that we exist in is really not good for businesses. This gray area zoning means we face civil enforcement and possible shutdown twice in the last year. The past spring, civil enforcement received a complaint from a neighbor, checked the zoning maps, and were like, RMF 35, what are they doing doing commercial stuff? Shut them down. But obviously, that was a mistake because we're in this weird gray area. After going back and forth with it, it was dismissed. But that non-conforming legal zoning, what we're in right now, is confusing for the city, and it's insecure for us as the business owners. So that, to me, is a no-brainer. To us, it's a no-brainer. It needs to be changed. We need zoning that reflects the longstanding commercial use of this corner for us, for future owners, for city departments, for planners, to make clear, longstanding confidence decisions related to this property. Two slides.

TO FURTHER JUST HIGHLIGHT WHERE THE AVENUE IS INTENDED AND HIGHLIGHTED THESE BUSINESSES TO GO. IT SAYS IN THE PLAN WE WANT TO SEE ENHANCED ACTIVE COMMERCIAL USES, NOT JUST SMALL BUSINESSES BUT ACTIVE COMMERCIAL USES ALONG B STREET, C, D, E AND THIRD AVENUES. BUT THIS PLAN THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, AS WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN TURN THE SLIDE, IS AT THE HEART OF B, C AND 3. OH, SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE. AND THERE WE GO. SO WE CAN SEE THAT WE ARE RIGHT THERE. THE GREEN STAR. OUR TIME IS UP. YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE TO US. THANK YOU FOR HEARING US OUT AND CONSIDERING THIS PROPOSAL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. COUNCIL MEMBER WHARTON?

WE SLIDE. WE HAD A COUPLE MORE.

Can you turn on your microphone, Chris, if you're talking?

No, I just had asked if we can get copies of the slides because they weren't able to get through the full presentation. So I would like to review those slides. And then I have more of a thought than a question. So if people have questions, they should go first. WHAT ARE YOU ENVISIONING AS THE USE OF THIS? ARE YOU ENVISIONING IT AS ANOTHER ROOM FOR THE INN OR ARE YOU ENVISIONING IT AS WHAT EXACTLY? FOR THE HOUSE?

Yeah, thank you for asking. As was discussed by planning, initially we used this property as a natural extension of the bed and breakfast. Because from our perspective, that was the most natural fit for this. It's a one bedroom that is sharing a close property line with a 30-year-old bed and breakfast. And we had intended for this to be available to the community as a part of the bed and breakfast. the evolution of that as we have as planning laid out and as we've gone through the rezoning is to be able to open this up like a living room to the avenues to have this door being available for people to come in and sit and read and while that concept is going to mature over time as all businesses do the thing that wouldn't change is that this would become a space for our neighbors for the community to come and gather and meet and hang out and

complementing the cafe, think retail, food type of a space.

We're not trying to make something redundant in the neighborhood. We're trying to bring something that is not currently in the neighborhood.

OK. MY THINKING ABOUT THIS, AND PARTICULARLY AS SOMEBODY WHO USED TO LIVE ON THAT VERY BLOCK, OTHER SIDE, AND ALSO WHO GREW UP ON THAT BLOCK, OTHER OTHER SIDE. REMEMBER THIS BUILDING, THE HOUSE, AS BEING SHUTTERED ALWAYS. SO WHILE I RECOGNIZE AND WOULD NORMALLY BE STRENUOUSLY OPPOSED TO TAKING AWAY SOMETHING THAT WAS BEING CURRENTLY USED AS HOUSING, BECAUSE THIS HASN'T BEEN USED AS HOUSING FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, AND I THINK THE LACK OF A IT CREATES MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT HELPS. IT CREATES MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT HELPS. IT CREATES MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT HELPS. IF IT IS GOING TO BE USED AS A IF IT IS GOING TO BE USED AS A IF IT IS GOING TO BE USED AS A RESIDENT, IT WILL HAVE TO USE RESIDENT, IT WILL HAVE TO USE RESIDENT, IT WILL HAVE TO USE STREET PARKING. STREET PARKING. STREET PARKING. IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM SEVERAL APARTMENTS. SEVERAL APARTMENTS. SEVERAL APARTMENTS. IT IS ACROSS THE STREET TO THE IT IS ACROSS THE STREET TO THE IT IS ACROSS THE STREET TO THE OTHER SIDE FROM SEVER just in that little radius. And then I also worry about the there being a sort of lack of a buffer because of how close the house is to the carriage house. So if it were to be used as housing, I think that we would anticipate that there would be a lot of concerns between that neighbor and your business about that activity interfering. I mean, it's like feet away. YEAH. SO I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRACTICALITY OF THIS RETURNING TO THE HOUSING STOCK. AND SO JUST SPEAKING TO IT, YOU KNOW, AS A FORMER RESIDENT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND KNOWING IT VERY WELL, The loss of the unit is difficult, but I think that this is sort of the kind of circumstances where we would consider the benefit that the business as a whole is offering to the neighborhood that might override the loss of that 1,000-foot unit. AND, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS A VERY, VERY RARE EXCEPTION. I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS PRECEDENT AND PROBABLY MAKE IT WHATEVER THEY WANT IT TO BE IN THE FUTURE. BUT FOR ME THIS IS A PRETTY UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE. SO I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT IT. SO THAT'S MY THINKING RIGHT NOW.

Thank you, Council Member Wharton. Others, questions, comments? Councilmember Pietro.

I would just like to thank you for your deliberative leadership on this because as someone who doesn't live in the avenues I'm struggling with why things like a lack of parking would work against them when like I know if I go to public in the avenues I am prepared to walk a few blocks that is the price you pay for being in one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the city and getting a cup of coffee and so like we can't fault the avenues for having been one of the first to develop and to have developed so eclectically. I do want to make sure that we preserve, as a former historic landmark commissioner, I want to make sure we preserve a contributing structure's historicity. But I do feel like your other work in the community has demonstrated your commitment to that sort of thing. So thank you for deliberating with such a great nuance on this. And for having, I really think if the avenues are going to have any of the things that we want them to have, we have to look creatively. We can't just go based on a strict precedent reading, which is why I'm thankful to our planning staff for always upholding the black and white for us, but allowing us to step into the gray.

And really quickly, council members, Kira on our staff just re-forwarded the presentation from the applicant, so that's in your inboxes now.

And lastly, just want to thank both of you, Aldens, for running such a great business and being such good neighbors. I know that this is, in addition to, you know, formerly living here, you still are Avenues residents and you contributed a lot. You've helped improve this space. You've opened it up continuously already to public uses. And so I appreciate that very much. And thanks for being so thoughtful in your remarks today.

Thank you.

All right. Let's go ahead and move forward. Thank you. To the next item, item number three, which is zoning map amendment at approximately 237 and 239 south, 1,000 east. At the table is Council Policy Analyst Kate Wurrit, Ailyn Leon, Associate Planner, and Daniel Echeverria, Planning Manager. Kate, we'll turn it over to you.

Great, thank you. The parcels largely occupied by the 10th East Senior Center and Victory Park are proposed to be rezoned to public lands. The goal is to remove the split zoning across these parcels. Planning Commission met in May of this year and had a public hearing on this. They received one comment that suggested rezoning the park area to open space rather than public lands. Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend city council approval. Planning staff also recommends approval of this rezone, and the project is in District 4. With that, I'll turn it over to planning.

Thank you and good afternoon. The proposed zoning map amendment, next slide please. The proposed zoning map amendment was initiated by Mayor Mendenhall and is for the properties located at 237 South 1000 East and 239 South 1000 East. These properties are currently occupied by the 10th East Senior Center and Victory Park along with the associated parking. CURRENTLY, THE PROPERTY IS SPLIT INTO THREE DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS, WHICH INCLUDE PUBLIC LANDS, SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN RESIDENTIAL, SR3, AND SINGLE AND TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, R2. THE PROPOSAL IS TO AMEND THE ZONING FOR BOTH PARTIALS TO BE ENTIRELY PUBLIC LANDS, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. NEXT SLIDE. As mentioned, the proposal is to amend the zoning for both parcels to be entirely public lands. And the property is occupied by the Tenthies Senior Center and Victory Park. The senior center has been located at this property since approximately 1962 when it was constructed and is currently closed for renovations and is set to reopen in 2027. This amendment is not tied to any specific development proposal. It is intended to eliminate the regulatory barriers that come with having a split zone property. Next slide. Public land zone is intended for public uses. R2 and SR3 are meant for residential homes and have standards designed for residential homes. When property is split zone like this, barriers present themselves when any changes to the property are proposed, as different zoning districts have different standards or requirements. These changes can include adding signage, making changes to parking, or expanding the building. There are several different considerations for the zoning map amendments. Next slide. General plan policies generally support this reason as it supports the public use of this. And supports the long term sorry the long term use of the site community plan split designate the property as both residential and institutional not reflecting the current use but the general city plan policy support retaining. community serving public uses like the Senior Center and Victory Park. Plan Salt Lake emphasizes the importance of providing a mix of uses such as public facilities and recreational uses within walking distance for residents. Next slide. Compared to the existing residential zoning districts, the proposed public lands designation has a different development standard and permitted uses. Side setback requirements are generally lower in residential district than those required in the public land districts. Larger setbacks are required in the public lands district to reduce the scale and use impacts of development in the zone. Building height limits also differ between the residential districts and public land districts. THE PUBLIC LAND DESIGNATION WOULD SLIGHTLY EXPAND THE RANGE OF ALLOWED AND PERMITTED USES ON THE PROPERTY. IN ADDITION TO EXISTING COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT FACILITIES SUCH AS BOTANICAL GARDENS, RECREATIONAL USES AND LIBRARIES ARE PERMITTED IN THE PUBLIC ZONING DISTRICTS. IN THE PUBLIC LAND ZONING DISTRICTS. NEXT SLIDE. SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED GENERALLY. THEY WERE ALL IN SUPPORT OF THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT. Next slide. Based on the findings in the staff report, the Planning Commission forwarded a positive recommendation to the City Council. And I'm happy to answer any questions.

Council Members? Council Member Napier-Pierce?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Question at the May 13th meeting. One person spoke and proposed rezoning the park area to open space rather than public lands. What is the difference there?

is is open space a different zone designation with okay correct explain so open space is a designation is generally parks and other just open space areas versus anything any public facilities with buildings so the public lands generally is mapped on public properties that have buildings on them sometimes they're park areas but generally the open space zone is purely limited to park and open space properties

Thank you. So presumably that person was concerned that another perhaps institutional structure could be placed on that Victory Park or whatever it is.

I don't want to speak for her, but possibly.

OK. I'm just trying to wrap my hand around the distinction there. Thank you.

Any other questions? All right. Thank you for your presentation. We'll now move on to item number four, which is affordable housing incentives, fines, text amendment. At the table will be Michael Sanders, council policy analyst, and Jason Bernstein, associate planner.

Okay. Good afternoon, council. So this proposal is essentially a code cleanup item regarding the affordable housing incentives program. The proposal will insert fines previously referenced in the consolidated fee schedule and the restrictive covenant of affordable housing incentives directly into the city code. And the planning commission unanimously recommended approval.

OK, so this is this proposed text amendment is a city initiated text amendment that will mentioned adopt the fines for violating our affordable housing incentive program standards into the zoning code. Next slide, please. So the Affordable Housing Incentives, or AHI, program is a planning process that was implemented in 2023 as a way to allow for increased density in exchange for affordable housing. The AHI code establishes a set of certain affordability benchmarks that applicants must meet. This is enforced through a restrictive covenant, a legally binding agreement that is recorded against the property and through fines. The applicant agrees to the terms at the time of signing. Next slide. So the purpose of this text amendment is primarily a clarification and cleanup text amendment and does not change or implement any new policies. Currently, the code refers to the enforcement mechanism of the fines for violating these requirements as being listed in the city's consolidated fee schedule. However, the consolidated fee schedule cannot list fines as fines are not considered fees. Therefore, this text amendment is proposing to place the specific fines for violating the AHI requirements directly into the code. Next slide. So the proposed amendment includes three specific fines to add to the zoning code for violation of the AHI regulations. The first is a $100 per day fine for any unit designated as affordable through AHI that is renting in excess of the agreed rental rate, plus the difference between the market rate of the unit and the approved rental rate agreed upon by the applicant. This fine was existing and was implemented when the AHI went into effect. There is also a fine of $500 for any affordable unit being utilized as a short-term rental. And finally, there is a $100 fine for violating any other requirements within the restrictive covenant that is not otherwise addressed. Both of those fines are new but have been included in the AHI restrictive covenants over the past two years to help ensure compliance. This is intended for the city to provide transparency and clarification to staff, residents, applicants, and landowners on the penalties for violation of the restrictive covenant and reinforce the protections for affordable housing provided through AHI. Next slide. And so this item was heard by the planning commission on June 24th, and they forwarded a positive recommendation to city council. And I'll open it up to questions.

Council members? ALL RIGHT.

MADAM CHAIR?

COUNCILMEMBER PUGHI? I HEARD MIC CHECK, NOT MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER PUGHI.

MIC CHECK AS WELL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. JUST CHECKING, THIS MONEY COLLECTED ON FINES WILL GO TO THE GENERAL FUND, IS THAT CORRECT?

Yes, typically all of the money that's charged via the consolidated fee schedule, unless it's governed by public utilities or the airport, would go into the general fund.

Yeah, so, and I think that's the issue I have with, no, I don't have issues with the finance by themselves. I feel like that's correct. I would like to be able to, for us as policy makers, know how much money is created from this, even if it's just a yearly report or it's segregated in the budget discussions or whatnot. Because to me, these are fines that potentially should go to housing. While it might not be a lot of money, and it might be more than just symbolic, I feel like it's still important to keep these funds where they need to go, where their original intent was. So I wonder what the right mechanism to do that without putting them in a different account.

We could work with finance to have a report at the end of the year, maybe in context with the budget to report on how much has been collected in that area. It would not be best practice to like earmark those funds for a specific use, but I think it helps the council when you guys are deliberating, you know, which programs to expand or which programs to pull back on, evaluate kind of what revenues are coming in.

Yeah, perfect. Thank you.

Any other questions? All right. Thank you so much. Thank you. Going to move forward to our next item, which is community item number five, community correctional facilities and jails text amendment. Austin Kimmel, council policy analyst, will join us at the table. Kelsey Lindquist, planning manager, and Cassie Younger, senior planner. Austin, I'll turn it over to you.

Great. Thanks, council members. Just a short introduction to let you know this is a briefing for a proposal to remove community correctional facilities and jails as allowed uses in the land use tables in Title 21A of the Salt Lake City Code. The Planning Commission initiated this text amendment, and planning staff also included jails for removal from the public lands district as part of the amendment. The proposed tax amendment would not apply to state and federally owned land because they are not subject to local zoning laws. However, the amendment would apply to privately owned properties. With that, I will turn it over to Cassie and Kelsey. Thank you.

Thank you Austin. You can go to the next slide. This is a proposed text amendment that aims to remove community correctional facilities and jails as permitted uses within our land use tables. This request was initiated by the Planning Commission on April 8th and on July 8th the Planning Commission forwarded a positive recommendation to the City Council. Just a note on where this amendment would apply. The proposed changes would not apply to property owned by the state of Utah or the federal government. These entities are not subject to local zoning. The following amendment would apply to the private properties, including private companies who may enter into contracts with state or federal governments. and those individuals or organizations that are entering into ground leases with state or federal government property. It would also apply to county owned property that lies within city limits. Next slide. The petition proposes to remove the uses community correctional facility and jail as conditional uses from the land use tables. These uses both include types of detention facilities with varying degrees of security and confinement. Jails are typically run by county sheriffs and correctional facilities are run by the Department of Corrections. Next slide. Small community correctional facilities with 30 beds or less are currently allowed in the mixed use 11 and M1 zones. And large facilities with over 30 beds are allowed in the M1. Jails are currently allowed in the public lands district. Next slide. Additionally, community correctional facilities are further restricted by location and not allowed within a half mile of residential districts. This map shows where small community correctional facilities are allowed with this additional limitation. You can see that there is only a small portion of MU 11 that is not located within a residential zone. And large community correctional facilities are only allowed in the M1 zone west of I-215, which is shown in the red box. Next slide. Jails are a conditional use in the public lands district, which is distributed throughout the city, shown here. Next slide. And the amendment proposes to remove the C in the land use tables for these uses so that the definition and use are still listed in the land use tables, but they are no longer allowed anywhere in the city. Next slide. The amendment also recommends to delete section 21-836-110, which outlines specific regulations regarding community correctional facilities that further restrict site location, site design, and operational limits. This whole section is proposed to be removed since uses would no longer be permitted anywhere in the city. Next slide. State code allows the Department of Corrections to enter into private contracts for correctional facilities. Before entering into a contract, the department is required to host a public hearing in the city where the facility is proposed and receive input on the contract. Then the city council would have to give written permission that states the council has agreed to the establishment of the facility within its boundaries. if these uses are listed as conditional uses in our land use tables which they currently are it could be interpreted that the council has already agreed to the establishment of a facility in the city since they are listed as a conditional use but by keeping the uses listed in the table along with their definition but removing the conditional use allowance it is more clear that these uses specifically have been vetted by the city and are not permitted within city limits Next slide please Staff has found that these amendments align with many of the policies outlined in plan Salt Lake and on July 8th The Planning Commission forwarded a positive recommendation to the City Council All right Council members any questions

Councilmember Napier-Pierce.

Again, I don't know much. There aren't any of these facilities in the city right now.

There are no private ones, no.

Okay, so this is prevention. Yes. Thank you.

All right, we're a quiet bunch today. Thank you so much. We'll go ahead and move on to our next item, item number six, which is a waiver of proximity for Taste of Thai at 2130 South Highland Drive. Council Policy Analyst Austin Kimmel will remain at the table. And I'm looking for Arturo Garcia, but.

Yeah, he is joining us online.

Fantastic. Is he online?

I am. There he is. I'll just give a quick intro before turning it over. This is a proposal to consider a request for an alcohol proximity waiver for Taste of Thai, which is a restaurant on 2130 South Highland Drive in District 7. AS OF MAY 2026, STATE CODE REQUIRES CITIES TO APPROVE AN ALCOHOL WAIVER OF PROXIMITY BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SERVICES OR DABS CAN ISSUE A RETAIL LICENSE TO A BUSINESS THAT IS NEAR A COMMUNITY LOCATION SUCH AS A PUBLIC PARK, PLAYGROUND OR LIBRARY. THIS BUSINESS IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM SPRAGUE LIBRARY BRANCH IN DISTRICT 7. JUST AS OF THIS MORNING, I SHARED THIS PROPOSAL WITH THE LIBRARY WHO SHARED THAT THEY HAVE NO CONCERNS WITH THE WAIVER. A public hearing is scheduled for October 6th. State code also requires that the council may take action on this item 30 days after the public hearing. And a vote is tentatively scheduled for September 22nd. And with that, I will turn it over to Arturo.

Thank you, council members. I appreciate your time this afternoon. I hope everyone can hear me. This is an MU 11 mix use zone that permits restaurants. The current zoning does not require land use approval to serve alcohol. The library that's across from the restaurant has an outdoor reading area in the rear, which is not visible from the restaurant. There is a children's area in the basement of the library. And in the same building where Taste of Thai restaurant is currently located, there are other restaurants licensed to serve alcohol that were approved before the current proximity rules. The restaurant is approximately 114 feet in a straight line from the community location to its entrance, which is short of the requirement by 86 feet. Lastly, south of the library is Sugar House Station located, and they are classified as a bar and restaurant establishment. So that's looking at the picture on the building with the red roof on the bottom. If we can go to the next slide, please. So the most direct pedestrian path from the library location to the entrance of the proposed restaurant is approximately 228 feet, which is, it doesn't meet the requirement of Utah State Code. That requirement is 300 feet measured for pedestrian travel. Lastly, to conclude, the planning finds that there is no impact as well on the library if the straight line waiver is approved. Any questions for me?

Council members? Looking at you, Council Member Young.

Yeah, I'll just say we love our library. We love our business district, including Taste of Thai. And we love that they are in the core of Sugar House. And so being able to create this type of waiver opportunity makes a lot of sense related to the mixed use that's already down there. And excited to make sure one of our local businesses has another revenue source.

and to be able to support them in times that can sometimes be a little challenging so sounds great thank you councilmember young any other questions comments all right thank you austin um we are now uh thank you arturo um we are now uh at a break um let's go ahead and take a break until 4 30 when we'll reconvene thank you Welcome back, everyone. Oh, we've got some interesting screen situations happening now. Are we good with Zoom audio? All right. Yeah, it is a little psychedelic. Maybe we have to wear our 3D glasses. Well, we'll wait for this to get resolved. WE ARE ACTUALLY MOVING THE AGENDA ITEMS AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND WE WILL INSTEAD GO TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT, NUMBER ONE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, 2027. FOLLOWING THAT, THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT LEGISLATIVE INTENTS. BUT LET'S FIRST TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL POLICY ANALYST ALLISON ROLAND TO PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION TO THIS ITEM.

Thank you, Madam Chair. This is a briefing about budget amendment number one, as you mentioned. The budget amendments happen several times each year to reflect adjustments to city budgets, including proposed project additions and modifications. Mary Beth from finance will provide an overview of the overall state of the proposals from the administration, and then the analysts will do our musical chairs about each item. Stay tuned, Council Member Napier-Pierce. It's exciting.

Good afternoon, Council. I think I have a slide presentation. Thank you. I'm going to go through this fairly quickly because you'll get the details from the policy analysts from the Council. So next slide, please. There is no revenue forecast at this time, just because we are still completing fiscal year 2026. We won't receive our first sales tax numbers until the end of this month for fiscal year 2027. So starting October, we will start doing projections in October for September revenues. Any questions on that? Okay. Next slide, please. This budget amendment contains only $84,000 in the general fund for expenditure. The other changes in the funds are $26 million in revenue and $39.3 million in expenditures. The majority of these are housekeeping items for encumbrance carry-forwards from fiscal year 26 to fiscal year 27. We'll get into that at a later date. There are no FTEs in this budget amendment. Next slide, please. BECAUSE IT'S ONLY $84,000, THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE IS 12.17. THIS COMES FROM THE PROJECTED FUND BALANCE FROM FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGETS. AND SO ONCE WE GET COMPLETED WITH OUR AUDIT THEN THESE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE IN DECEMBER AND WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK TO YOU FIRST PART OF JANUARY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. So in this budget amendment, we have four new items, 11 housekeeping items, and 11 grants. Next slide, please. OF THE NEW ITEMS, WE HAVE A ONE-TIME FUNDING TRANSFER FOR FLEET VEHICLE REPLACEMENT OF 30,000, SO IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM PUBLIC LANDS TO FLEET VEHICLE REPLACEMENT. WE HAVE CIP OF 700K, THAT'S ACTUALLY BOND FUNDING FROM THE SALES TAX BOND FROM 2022 THAT WE DIDN'T NEED TO USE ANY LONGER, SO WE'RE DOING A RESCOPE ON THAT. And then we inadvertently omitted part-time positions in CAN and reductions of 84,000 in the general fund. And then airport badging expenses in the CFS, a change of 36K for the airport. Next slide, please. THESE ARE ALL THE HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE. I WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM. THE MAJORITY OF THEM, LIKE I SAID, AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE FLEET FUND AS A CARRY FORWARD FROM FISCAL YEAR 26 TO FISCAL YEAR 27. THAT IS THEIR CONTRACTS FOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS THAT THEY DIDN'T GET PURCHASES COMPLETED IN 26. WE HAVE TO CARRY FORWARD THE BUDGET TO 27 SO THAT THEY HAVE A BUDGET TO OFFSET THE EXPENDITURES FOR THOSE CONTRACTS. So anywhere you see carry forward budget, that's what the carry forward budget means is that it is contracts that we had outstanding in 26 and we need to carry that forward, the budget carry forward so that they can pay for their expenditures. The two others that I'm gonna highlight are the two parks bonds. So we had an interest allocation that we came to you with and we had a contingency fund that we also had in our first tranche of parks bonds. This is allocating those to projects so that you can see exactly which projects we are going to allocate both the interest and the contingency fund for the parks bond, the first tranche. Any questions? So next slide, please. And then go to the next slide, please. So we have a lot of grants, which is also very exciting. We have the first top three are two from the Bezos Foundation and the third one, which is Larry H. Gail Miller Foundation. These grants came from the Salt Lake City Foundation and we transferred those into THE CITY FINANCIAL GRANTS AREA. YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE BEZOS AND THEN THE 5 MILLION FROM LHM OR LARRY H AND GAIL MILLER FAMILY FOUNDATION FOR BALLPARK NEXT. THE OTHERS ARE SMALLER GRANTS THAT YOUR POLICY ANALYSTS WILL WALK THROUGH. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS?

I think we can do our standard going through the items with the analysts, if that's okay?

Yeah.

Let's move to that.

Oh, and I should just mention, just for awareness, there are several departments in the audience that can answer questions as we go through the items that relate to various departments.

Thanks, Mary Beth. I have item A1, which is public lands one-time transfer to fleet fund for vehicle replacement. This would be $30,000 from the general fund transferred to the fleet fund to compensate for a vehicle that was totaled in an at-fault accident. The funds would be taken from attrition and vacancy savings accumulated to date from the department's FY27 budget. Oh, there she is.

Perfect.

item eighty-two involves transferring funds to the cip to cover additional expenses associated with building out the old library building also known as the leonardo you may remember in our last BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, YOU DID A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR THIS. AFTER THAT WAS APPROVED, THEY WENT OUT AND DID A CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE WHICH BROUGHT THE COSTS INTO ACTUALITY AND THAT INCREASED THE COST BY $700,000. Of note, there will be some outstanding items that this doesn't cover. However, including the escalator, some artwork removal, broken window panes, some restroom updates, but the second and third floors will be usable as office space with the $700,000.00.

Questions? All right. On item A3, this is an inadvertently admitted part-time position budgets and reductions. It concerns $84,266 ongoing in the general fund. The item would correct two errors in the mayor's FY27 recommended budget for the Community and Neighborhoods Department, or CAN. First, it would incorporate $98,266, which was previously allocated for two part-time employees. These amounts were approved by the council for an Arts Council part-time employee at $48,266 in FY24, and for a part-time employee as a Transportation Dockless Mobility Program part-time employee for $50,000. So the total for the two positions, aside from many base funding increases, would be the full $98,266. The second thing this would do is reduce that $998,266 by $14,000 to $84,266 to account for a one-time FY26 Arts Council project that was accidentally carried forward into the mayor's recommended budget for FY27. This City Council Public Arts Projects item actually was intended as one-time funding. So it's adding two items that weren't in it and taking away one that was in it but shouldn't have been.

Item A4 is a airport item. The airport is requesting $36,000 in ongoing funding from the airport fund to implement a required TSA badging fee. This relates to commercial drivers at the Salt Lake City Airport, such as taxi or hotel shuttle drivers. TSA requires each driver to complete a security threat assessment to access the commercial vehicle at the airport. The airport will process fingerprint-based criminal history checks for drivers through the Utah Bureau of Criminal Investigation. And this change requires an update to the ground transportation fees and the consolidated fee schedule. Those fees are found in the administrative transmittal. It's included in attachment one and also listed at the top of page four of the council staff report.

OK, moving on to D1. This is the fleet fund carry forward. Annually, we have been running into this, where you have previous encumbrances. This one was from budget amendment five of fiscal year 26, where You were authorized them to replace multiple fleet vehicles. The vehicles have not been received or put into service yet. That accounts for approximately $10.1 million of this. The others are to get those items up to working order with the specialty upgrades that they need. $3.6 million of this is for apparatuses for the fire department as well.

Item D2, and sorry for the cough, but now I have a cough drop, so I don't know if that's better or worse. D2 is allocation of housing funds, a general fund item, one time for $6.9 million. This item also consists of two parts. The first part would correct an error in the FY27 MRB and formally appropriate funding to three existing programs from a lump sum that was approved by the council in the budget. These programs were originally funded in the FY26 budget and began to operate in the fall of 2025. The three programs are Excuse me. The tenant and homeowner loan fund for repairs, and that's $500,000. The tenant and homeowner loan fund, the community land trust section of that, which is $2,710,000, and the deeply affordable housing program at $2,500,000. The second part OF THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO THE NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR NOAH PROGRAM WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY FUNDED WITH $1.2 MILLION IN FY24. THOSE FUNDS WERE CARRIED OVER TO FY25 BUT INADVERTENTLY NOT CARRIED FORWARD INTO FY26. THE COUNCIL ADOPTED THE CORRESPONDING HOUSING PROGRAM FUNDS POLICIES MENTIONED ABOVE WHICH INCLUDED THE NOAH POLICIES. The 1.2 million remains available, but also must be formally allocated by the council for FY27 before it can be used for the NOAA program. Until then, the NOAA program is unable to begin operations. Is that clear?

Questions? All right, we're quiet today. All right, let's keep moving.

All right, it's me again, unfortunately. D3 is the school bus pass contract increase. This is funding our future money ongoing for $20,000. The Division of Transportation proposes to use the $20,000 of available funds in its transit plan service for key to cover part of the increased cost of UTA bus passes for FY27. IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE SLC SCHOOL DISTRICT ABSORBED THE FULL COST OF UTA CONTRACT INCREASES, BUT THIS YEAR IT REQUESTED THAT THE CITY CONTRIBUTE $20,000 OF THE $34,555 COST INCREASE. THIS WOULD BRING THE CITY'S TOTAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM TO $234,648 ONGOING. The change was not included in the FY27 mayor's recommended budget because of an oversight during the transition from the previous transportation director to the current director. So number D4 is Rescope of Railroad Crossing Removal Funding. This is CIP funds one time for $45,662. CAM proposes to use this amount that's remaining from the removal of a rail spur at 530 South between 500 and 600 West to broaden the scope of this project and include removal of the roadway crossing of the same rail spur on 500 West itself. ANY FUNDS REMAINING AFTER REMOVING THAT SECTION OF SPUR WOULD BE USED TOWARD REMOVAL OF OTHER DECOMMISSIONED RAIL LINES. THERE'S A POLICY QUESTION THERE FOR THE COUNCIL, JUST ASKING WHETHER YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WHETHER THIS KIND OF PROPOSED REASSIGNMENT OF CIP FUNDS IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR GENERAL PREFERENCES FOR BUDGET OVERSIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE TO HAVE THAT MONEY RETURNED TO THE GENERAL FUND.

COUNCIL MEMBERS?

No on this item.

Okay.

Item D5 is the golf fund fiscal year 26 carry forward. So it's golf fund money, one time $1.104 million. Typically, golf season span two fiscal years since the season opens in the spring and the fiscal year ends on June 30th. This means that each year, some of the golf division financial obligations that were incurred before July 1st must be paid the following fiscal year. In other words, carrying forward those funds that have been encumbered. For fiscal year 27, that amount is $1,104,934. Number D6, you guys aren't giving me a chance to cough.

You can cough freely.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I may. D6 is the Parks Geo Bon Tranche 1 contingency funding project allocation, which Mary Beth discussed in her presentation. It would be one time for a total of $3,832,000. The Department of Public Lands is proposing to allocate that money in contingency funds, sorry, that amount of contingency funds IN FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT. ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES HAVE RECEIVED GEO BOND FUNDING PREVIOUSLY SO THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS WOULD BE USED TO COMPLETE OR SUPPLEMENT EXISTING PROJECTS AND TO ADVANCE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR CRITICAL PROJECTS. I COULD GO THROUGH THAT LIST I ASSUME UNLESS YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU IN WHICH CASE I'LL MOVE ON. D7 is similar to D6, only this is the Department of Public Lands proposing to allocate interest funding from the GO bond. It would be $2,444,853 in interest allocations from the first tranche of the 2022 general bond, GO bond, to the following properties in the amounts indicated. The chart, similarly, these amounts would be used to complete or supplement existing projects and to advance design and construction for critical projects. And now, even though this D8 is something that Kira did covered for as part of her work on the budget amendment. I will read that one too. So it's item DH, IMS fund FY 26 carry forward. It's $1,335,257 in one-time funds. which the department has requested to cover expenses and contracts incurred in FY26, but not fully paid in that year. These include planned projects and equipment expenses where the transaction timing did not align with the city's fiscal year. IMS also reports that the supply chain for hardware has been disrupted by contacts beyond the city's control, including tariffs and demand for data center construction. Now I will turn it over to Kate.

Great. Thank you. For D9, we're looking at the refuse fund fiscal year 26 carry forward. The sustainability department is requesting approximately $4.7 million for its annual encumbrance balance to be carried forward. The majority of this is for their fleet vehicles for the waste and recycling division. Additionally, just over $900,000 of this is going towards the Rocky Mountain Power Community Clean Energy Program, which allocation was approved as part of the fiscal year 26 budget amendment number five.

And finally, item D10 is a Glendale Park pump track, adaptive pump track and skate park, which is A GRANT, WHICH IS THE FUNDS FOR A GRANT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LANDS RECEIVED. IT WOULD BE $1 MILLION TO THE CIP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL WHEEL SPORTS CENTER IN GLENDALE PARK. DETAILS ON THIS FUNDING ARE CONTAINED IN THE GRANT SECTION WHICH SYLVIA WILL GO OVER LATER. AND I'M SORRY, THERE ARE ACTUALLY A COUPLE MORE D ITEMS. NEXT ONE IS AUSTIN'S.

Thanks. The 11 is a delayed receipt of water fund revenue. This is a housekeeping item, of course, which in 2024, the Drinking Water Board of the State Division of Drinking Water authorized a $800,000 loan with 100% principal forgiveness to Salt Lake City for the planning and design to address PFAS contamination at the 4th Avenue well. The funding was originally budgeted in FY26. However, due to delays in the state's disbursement, the city did not receive the first reimbursement check until September of this year. This requires the item to be carried over from FY26 to FY27.

All right. Moving on to grants. Moving on to the grants. Mary Beth already talked about the first three, E1, E2, and E3. The first two were the Bezo Earth Fleet Fund block donation and the greening of the nine line donation. And then E3 was the Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation Ballpark Next Donation. E4 is the Intermountain Health Ballpark Neighborhood Investment Program Miscellaneous Grant. OF 150,000. THESE FUNDS WILL SUPPORT THE BALLPARK NEXT TO DEVELOPMENT BY FUNDING PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE AND SUPPORT SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT SITE OR ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES. PROJECTS MAY INCLUDE A PILOT VERTICAL COMMUNITY GARDEN FUNDING TOWARD THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF MATURE TREES, ENHANCED PUBLIC GATHERING AND RECREATIONAL SPACES, SHADE AND COOLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. E5 is the Glendale Park pump and skate park grant of a one-time one million and public lands will be developing a regional wheel sports hub in Glendale Park that includes a an asphalt pump track, a dedicated adaptive pump track, a modern concrete skate park. These will provide equitable access to high quality, close to home, low or no cost outdoor recreation, and a public hearing for that grant was held May 5th. E6 is the TRCC City's one time $1 million. This grant was previously approved in budget amendment number five. This item will move the funding to the CIP fund. Grant monies will be used to develop construction documents. RELATING TO THE GREEN LOOP FOR THE CIVIC CENTER DISTRICT AS WELL AS LIBRARY SQUARE VISION STUDY AND STRUCTURAL EVALUATION AND PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 2ND OF 2025. E7 IS THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES RED PINE DAM REHAB. IT WAS A GRANT OF $150,000 AND E7 AND E8 ARE RELATED TO THE RED PINE DAM. E7 COVERS THE MATCH REQUIREMENT AND E8 IS THE ORIGINAL GRANT THAT FUNDS THE ENGINEERING, THE PLANNING AND DESIGN WORK FOR THE REHAB OF THE RED PINE DAM TO MEET MINIMUM STATE STANDARDS. E9 IS THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ONE TIME GRANT OF 700,000 WHICH WILL ASSIST IN ENHANCING THE RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, DATING VIOLENCE AND STALKING AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITATED ABUSE CYBERCRIMES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS BY PROVIDING TRAINING FOR THE POLICE AND THE DISPATCHERS. INCREASED TECHNOLOGY OVERTIME FOR INVESTIGATORS AND COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE WORK TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE RESPONSES TO CYBERCRIMES. A SUB AWARD OF 50,000 WAS GIVEN TO THE YWCA UTAH TO PROVIDE VICTIM SERVICES. AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD OCTOBER 21, 2025. TWO MORE TO GO. E10 IS THE HIGH HAZARD DAM REHAB GRANT EXTENSION. ONE TIME, 357,142. AND THIS ITEM EXTENDS, INCREASES OUR PREVIOUS GRANT, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY AWARDED IN 2022, WHICH funds the planning and design work to rehabilitate Lake Mary Dam using high-hazard potential dam grant money from FEMA. Public hearing wasn't necessary because it was a donation. The last grant is the Office of National Drug Control Policy, RMHIDTA, a one-time grant of $545,146. THE SALT LAKE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT OVERSEES RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE SALT LAKE METRO NARCOTICS TASK FORCE AND HAS BEEN AWARDED UNDER THE ROCKINGTON HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS THAT WILL BE USED FOR SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR EXISTING SALT LAKE CITY PD K-9 OFFICER and a financial manager assigned to the task force. Funding will also support overtime for outside agencies which participate in the task force. And that public hearing was held February 17th of 2026. Thank you.

Any questions on the grants?

No, I think we're going to be chattier with the council-added items.

Great. All right. Well, that's what we are on, Section I, council-added items. So the one that I was assigned to was an addition of two FTEs to the fire department for the community health access team, the chat team. This proposal would include for this budget amendment would be $288,728. $287,728 of that would be ongoing costs and $1,000 would be one time. The ongoing costs would include two social workers to be added to the chat squads and it would also account for $25,000 of

um costs for additional supervision oversight associated with those two social workers council members council member young yeah so i appreciate this being added for consideration um this follows up on a conversation i know i've had with my fellow council members um as well as on the public record as part of our considerations of the budget that was approved For me, one of the things that I think is important just to emphasize is where this chat team would be located. And I'm wondering if Chief Lieb, who is here, might be able to speak to where we would place this expanded chat team.

Good afternoon, Council. Thank you, Council Member Young. Yes, so these additional two social workers would comprise an additional chat team at station. It would be by West High, so station two would be in district three. And since we already have a squad operating out of station three, I mean station two at West High, we would just include that with the squad. And that would enable us to have three chat teams throughout the day.

Great. And just to be clear, so you already have the existing medical personnel. We're just looking at the expansion for the social worker positions to be able to offer those services.

That's correct. We have the medical team in place for traumatic events and we have the vehicle and they're already operating out of that station.

Thank you. So I'm sure a lot of folks question. It's like, why is District 7 bringing this up? And I just have to say that a lot of it is really reflective of the schools that are in that neighborhood that have a lot of experiences with whether it's individuals who are experiencing homelessness or other challenges that an urban environment has. And when I think about the type of response that I would hope is going out to those types of calls, especially the calls that involve our kiddos from West High School and others in, you know, Rise Up Dance that is in that area and others, you know, having that social worker component related to being able to address some of those social emotional issues, that we're tackling from every which way we can as a society, to me just seems like a natural fit. So I appreciate that we are very thoughtful about when to bring forward these types of requests. THE BUDGET AND BEING FISCALLY, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBLE IN THAT SPACE. TO ME, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE NEED AND AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK WITH A SERVICE THAT WE'RE ALREADY POPULATING BY PROVIDING THOSE ADDITIONAL SOCIAL WORKER SERVICES. AND JUST APPRECIATE MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS AND THEIR CONSIDERATION.

Thank you, Council Member Young for bringing this up and for promoting this and Chief for the team and all the services the fire department brings. I've been on the council now for a few years and we brought on a chat team and it is every year perform great services and every year we look at it and say we probably need to bring on more services because it is so desperately needed across our city and by bringing these onto the station and filling those gaps there really fits a needed service, sadly needed service across the city. And I think we're setting the bench for other cities to do something similar that way because it provides services on the ground which then reduces the stress on police officers and other fire department members and our emergency rooms because we're handling stuff at the point at this where the service is needed and not at the future point where it's much more expensive so i think this is uh pays huge dividends not only just for the for the emergency world but also for the community as a whole because they can see that happening on the city and they were taking care of their people in the city and i think that i really appreciate the idea about the high school THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS ALSO CLEARLY NEEDS THIS TYPE OF FOCUS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER YOUNG.

I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO OPPOSE ANYTHING LIKE THIS, ADDING THIS TO MY DISTRICT AND I THINK THE PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN IS ALSO REALLY HELPFUL AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST BARELY ON THE EAST SIDE BY MAYBE ONE OR TWO BLOCKS. SO I THINK BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR NORTH TEMPLE, EUCLID AREA, I THINK THIS CHECKS A LOT OF IMPORTANT BOXES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

I'LL JUST SHARE. I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE I'LL JUST SHARE. I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE I'LL JUST SHARE. I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE CHAT TEAM. CHAT TEAM. CHAT TEAM. HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS IT. IT.

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MY COMMENTS AREN'T SPECIFIC TO MY COMMENTS AREN'T SPECIFIC TO MY COMMENTS AREN'T SPECIFIC TO THE CHAT TEAM. THE CHAT TEAM. THE CHAT TEAM. I THINK THEY'RE JUST SPECIFIC TO I THINK THEY'RE JUST SPECIFIC TO I THINK THEY'RE JUST SPECIFIC TO OUR OVERALL BUDGET. You'll hear me say this refrain again and again, which is that I'm really concerned about our fund balance and I'm concerned looking forward as to What our fund balance will be in future sources of revenue and so I'm taking that into consideration Along with the reality that we've held many positions vacant throughout the city many needed and necessary positions and so I appreciate this opportunity to fund a team that is sorely needed. And I'm holding that appreciation at the same time while we recognize our fiscal constraints and the reality that those constraints will only get more difficult as the year moves forward. Thank you. Council Member Pui.

Thank you. I'm not at the moment, but thank you for the opportunity to comment. The concerns of the financial stability of the city are very noted from me and I'm sure from everyone, but the work that the CHAT team does every day in the streets of Salt Lake is so important. And connecting with mental health specialists and substance abuse treatment services and the team has been successful in expanding it across the city is just so needed. This is one of the places that we cannot compromise. And I am very appreciative of Council Member Young for talking about this for a while now, about how impressive the work is and how needed it is. So I'm excited to support this. BECAUSE IT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED AND I KNOW THAT MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE AND HOUSE IN MY DISTRICT WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHERS? I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME MORE COUNCIL ADDED ITEMS. YES.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE FIRST ITEM WE'LL TALK ABOUT, AND COUNCILMEMBER PUGH, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN, I KNOW YOU KNOW MORE DETAILS, INVOLVES A CROSSWALK IN THE D2 AREA THAT IS CRITICAL FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. SO COUNCILMEMBER, AND WE WILL HAVE A MORE COMPLETE WRITE-UP IN THE NEXT VERSION OF THIS STAFF REPORT SO IT WILL BE IN THE PUBLIC BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER PUGH IF YOU HAVE COUNCILMEMBER PUGH IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CONTEXT OR ANY ADDITIONAL CONTEXT OR INFORMATION TO SHARE.

INFORMATION TO SHARE. I BROUGHT UP THIS ISSUE I BROUGHT UP THIS ISSUE DURING THE BUDGET SESSION. DURING THE BUDGET SESSION. THIS IS A CROSSING ON CALIFORNIA you know by the schools right there in california avenue and i do the city paid through cip for a study that the glendale community council submitted the study came up with very strong recommendations to make that crossing that serves two schools those two schools are next to each other and THIS IS VERY MUCH NEEDED. ON THE NEXT BUDGET, AFTER THE STUDY CAME UP, THE FUNDING WASN'T RECOMMENDED. SO MANY OF YOU SUPPORTED A PARTIAL IMPROVEMENT, MOVING THE NEED A LITTLE CLOSER TO WHAT WAS NEEDED. WE MOVED, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE $70,000 OR $75,000 TO GET CLOSER TO THE $400,000 THAT THE RECOMMENDATION ASKED FOR. I'M ASKING THAT WE MAKE ANOTHER EFFORT TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THAT SO WE CAN MAKE ANOTHER CROSSING SAFER IN THAT AREA. THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT THOSE TWO SCHOOLS SERVE. And I would love to support their support for your support for making a little more improvements on that area. So yeah, so that's the one. And I was asking for another to match what we allocated the first time. So I think it was $70,000 or $75,000.

I think Council Member Young might have a question.

Yeah, I just also want to speak in support of this. As the school year has started, I will say that I have a lot of appreciation for the approach of the administration as well as CIP in looking at safe routes to schools. and prioritizing that when looking at where we can spend our limited funds for CIP. Even with those investments and the great things that are coming, I'm always just, you know, so alarmed by the amount of parents who reach out to me the first couple weeks of school who are reflecting, like, there's not a safe way for my kid to get to school. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, HIGH-SPEED TRAFFIC AND OTHER CONCERNS. OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GREAT PARTNERS IN WORKING WITH THE CITY ON SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE CAN PLACE AS MANY OF OUR CROSSWALK STAFF AS POSSIBLE. BUT I THINK THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS EQUALLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A PERSON, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FLAGGING THE FACT THAT THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE KIDS WALKING. AND THEY MAY BE WALKING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SCHOOL HOURS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY PARTICIPATE IN AN AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER POE'S ASK TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PARTICULAR NEED THAT SERVES TWO SCHOOLS. I think it's a good place for us to continue to use as a lens for prioritization for the limited resources we have.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YOUNG. COUNCILMEMBER DUGAN.

YES, I APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE FOR PUTTING THIS UP AND THE WORD FROM COUNCILMEMBER YOUNG BECAUSE I THINK ALL THE DISTRICTS HAVE PROBABLY A SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL OR STREET CROSSING CIP REQUEST IN THEIR AREA AND WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDINGS FOR IT ACROSS THE BOARD. BUT THIS, IF WE WANT TO HAVE OUR STREETS SAFE, THIS IS ONE AREA THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON IS THE AREAS AROUND SCHOOLS. AND I HAVE PROBABLY EVERY SCHOOL IN MY DISTRICT WANTS SAFER ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND WANTS TO EITHER ACROSS THE BOARD AND WE NEED TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE CIP'S WE CHIP AWAY AND ACTUALLY FOCUS IN ON DOING THIS BECAUSE THAT WILL MAKE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT MUCH SAFER. FOR EVERYONE IN CONCERN AND MAKE THAT BACK TO OUR WHOLE IDEA OF HAVING A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CITY. FAMILY-FRIENDLY CITIES HAVE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS AND HAVE A SAFE WAY FOR LITTLE KIDS TO GET BACK AND FORTH. SO WE REALLY DO NEED TO FOCUS ON THIS AND I'M GLAD COUNCILMEMBER PUGH BROUGHT THIS UP AND COUNCILMEMBER YOUNG'S POINTS. SO THANK YOU.

Can you talk a little bit about, since we've had to do this project in pieces, is this, this doesn't get us to the end, right? Isn't there one more piece left or does this get us to the end?

Yeah, I think that there is several pieces out. As you know, we're talking about Glendale Middle School, Mountain View Elementary, and then Glendale Branch of the Salt Lake City Library System. So, you know, those are all the crossings that we've been trying to to make safe, and California is a quite dangerous street. And so with the 75, with the 70 something thousand dollars that we allocated last time, I noticed that we were able to make one of those crossings protected. And I think the study recommended several other ones. So this probably will potentially, Give us another 1 out of 3 or 4 additional ones needed.

So, I guess, like, how close does this get us to the goal? Or can you speak kind of to that? Or is it because it's an ongoing goal? We're just.

I mean, the original request was $400,000, if that gives you context.

OK. Thank you. That helps. So this would get us $250,000. Between the previous allocation and this one, we'd be about $250,000 in.

Chair Pui, your audio has cut out for us. Oh. Maybe we can send him a message. I'm seeing his face is registering.

You're unmuted, but we can't hear you. If you're talking, we still can't hear you. Let's see. Let me check with our meeting tech gurus who've had to deal with every kind of gremlin today because apparently they can't.

I'm like, is it me, you guys? I don't know, man. Am I the bad tech luck?

It's pretty weird, but apparently they can hear him in the Zoom, but we just can't hear him in the room.

And then I think that he had an additional council-added item.

Yes. Yeah, and he'll want to speak to that. but I want you guys to be able to hear him speak to that. Let's see.

Oh, please.

Madam Chair, would it make sense to ask your colleagues whether they have any other Council-added items to discuss?

Yes. I wasn't aware of any, but any others that folks would like to discuss?

We had straw polled adding funds for a mailer.

Yeah, we can discuss that. Yeah.

So, and I think staff was gonna check on what that number was.

Final cost. Let's put 50,000 as a placeholder and then I'll confirm with planning to make sure that that, excuse me, that that number is correct before our public hearing.

Okay, thank you. And then just wanted to make sure that Yeah, $50,000 is fine. I do want to make sure that we include all of the language from the straw poll that this would be for. Every address in any of the zones that would be impacted and some TBD amount for digital online advertising.

All right, are you proposing the straw poll?

Yep.

Okay. Do you want to just recap it?

Straw poll closed and suggestion made to, or motion made to add it to as a council added item.

$50,000. $50,000. All right.

Show your feelings.

Awesome. We'll get that added to the staff report for the next time so that we make sure. Can we pause the meeting so that our tech gurus can deal with yet another gremlin? Sorry. Yes. Five minutes. Five minutes. All right. That's okay.

Take a five minute break.

I AM ON. EXCELLENT.

ARE YOU ON? THE LAST COUNCIL ADDED ITEM AND CHAIR PUGHY COULD SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL IS FUNDING AND THERE ARE STILL SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ABOUT EXISTING FUNDING THAT COULD BE IDENTIFIED FOR THIS PURPOSE JUST WITH AN EXPANDED SCOPE SO I'LL LET THE ADMINISTRATION SPEAK MORE TO THAT. FUNDING FOR A GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP BRIDGE THE TIME FOR RESIDENTS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE FLOOD THAT OCCURRED IN DISTRICT TWO, WHAT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. IT TAKES SOME TIME OBVIOUSLY FOR INSURANCE TO WORK THROUGH AND IT TAKES SOME TIME FOR THE INVESTIGATION TO WORK THROUGH TO EVEN FIGURE OUT WHOSE INSURANCE IS RESPONSIBLE. And there are several folks who are in need of assistance immediately. And because it doesn't qualify for a natural disaster, the American Red Cross was not able to provide that like typical kind of bridge service. So I will let Council Member Pui speak more to it. And then if the administration wants to come and provide information, I think that would be great.

yes so this is basically we creating an emergency household stabilization fund if you want to call it that that basically is for essential short-term needs you know and this is just one of the things i want to highlight on this fund that it doesn't it doesn't determine that we are responsible taking liability admission or fault for anything like that. But there's so many neighbors that are in need, and I wanted to highlight that. And the mayor had more information since we were talking a few minutes ago. I really appreciate the administration's support on this.

Yeah, thank you for helping bring it to all of our attention. I think the status, as you probably know, is that the repair that was happening on the bridge, which was funded with federal dollars via UDOT, is a bridge that we had an external water line attached to, which isn't ideal. We paid the differential cost for the contractor that Utah had to bury that line, which was all done, I think, according to specs and plan. But our lines are not brand new in much of Salt Lake City. And kind of like when you get your radiator flushed on an older vehicle, you run the risk when you repressurize of breaking a line. And my understanding is that when that system was recharged with the new line section repaired, about 50 feet down, there was a breakage that's affected these homes. And so... My understanding, again, I'm looking at our attorneys to make sure that I'm doing okay here, is that UDOT and Salt Lake City through public utilities have a third party evaluating what has happened to determine who the ultimate responsible party is since the contractor did what they were supposed to do. And that in the meantime, I spoke with Carlos Braceras today. He absolutely wants these residents to be taken care of and housed stably while these repairs are determined and while the funding sources are determined. which we are also participating in the discovery of. And he offered to have UDOT help match any funding that Salt Lake City could bring for the temporary housing of any people who are displaced by this damage that's been done. So I know that Council Member Pui and Tammy can talk to you about what we happen to have in this budget amendment opening that may be applicable to the repairs themselves. But in the meantime, we also want to make sure that there's funding available for people to be housed appropriately.

AS THE ADMINISTRATION HUDDLED AS THE ADMINISTRATION HUDDLED AS THE ADMINISTRATION HUDDLED LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS FOR LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS FOR LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS FOR FUNDING SOURCES, OUR BEST FUNDING SOURCES, OUR BEST FUNDING SOURCES, OUR BEST RECOMMENDATION IS ACTUALLY RECOMMENDATION IS ACTUALLY RECOMMENDATION IS ACTUALLY WITHIN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WITHIN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WITHIN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TRANSMITTAL. TRANSMITTAL. TRANSMITTAL. IT'S ITEM D2, ALLOCATION OF IT'S ITEM D2, ALLOCATION OF IT'S ITEM D2, ALLOCATION OF HOUSING FUNDS. HOUSING FUNDS. HOUSING FUNDS and it's my understanding that that money was in the budget but it wasn't allocated to the specific housing programs these are the housing programs that are related to the hud funding that the city receives every year but this portion of funding subsidizes those programs and it's actually not tied to any hud regulations it's revolving funds though within the city that we use for these programs So we would recommend taking the allocation from the tenant and homeowner loan fund for the home repair program We've proposed allocating five hundred thousand to that program the council adopted policies for that program about a year ago, so we have a process we have policies in place that the council adopted there's a loan committee that approves the specific loans and and we have boilerplate loan documents so we could mobilize and get those loans approved administratively if the council allocated that money to that program. What the council would need to do from my perspective is broaden the scope of that funding, not just for home repairs, but for housing assistance for the displaced residents. And we could actually look at revising that program to include emergency assistance such as this for future events that may happen, hopefully not, but may happen. So we could have a temporary patch with the council broadening the scope for this situation and then we could come back with some proposed policy revisions at a later date. I will also note, according to the policies that the council adopted, if you're 30% AMI, the household's 30% AMI and below, it's a forgivable loan over five years. Between 30 and 50, it's a deferred loan, so the loan wouldn't need to be repaid until the house is sold, I believe. And then between 50 and 80%, it's an amortizing loan. So that's how it's currently structured.

Councilmember, thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Director. Councilmember Young.

Yeah, just not an immediate question, but for follow-up, I would just be curious, like, how many of our residents kind of fall within those spaces, just to make sure we know, like, that we're helping. And if there's individuals who need additional consideration, that they have the mechanisms to do that.

Other questions, comments?

Madam Chair.

Oh, Council Member Napier-Pierce and then Chair Pui. Thank you.

Do we know how much it's going to take to make these people whole? We don't know. Not even a ballpark.

No, but we understand there's three households affected currently that are displaced.

OK. Is there precedent for the city to do this kind of emergency assistance?

The commercial residential. Yeah, what we what the Council enabled with the Main Street fire last year, right? Kind of the most current, but that's commercial tenants.

This is an infrastructure failure. I worry about your words director. This could happen again, and so I just don't know if there's policy in place or if we've dealt with this before.

Well the fact that the council approved a process for this a year ago says two things to me. One it's kind of a miracle that you have this on a budget amendment today that this has come up in the media and come I think to all the parties attention at this level this week and that we actually have a process sort of pretty close where we didn't with the commercial loan program and the second thing is because this is a brand new program or a brand new policy approach as of last year that there isn't a large precedence of the city doing this in the past or we would have had a program and a policy in place gotcha Jill do you want to add

When the Mill Creek fires happened, we did offer a certain amount to the residents without having to file a claim. Mark, you might remember more detail about how we approached that. And both with Mill Creek and Main Street, the council asked questions like this, like what kind of precedents are we setting and What have we done in the past? And our response then was each of these instances are unique, and we're going to have to approach them with unique circumstances. I mean, these are city residents, and we're still in process of investigating how this was caused, but we know that families have an immediate need, so...

Well, I am heartened that the state is also willing to pitch in and fill gaps. So thank you for your leadership and guiding that process.

Well, I'm thankful to Carlos Braceras and UDOT. There was no question when I spoke to Carlos that they wanted to make sure these families are taken care of immediately. And I know that we feel that way in the city, too. We have great partners there.

And I'll just add, if you decide that you want to go in this direction, a straw poll would help us, according to Mary Beth, get this money activated sooner.

Madam Chair.

Yes, Mr. Chair.

So the floods affected 15 or so houses. Some of those are multi-generational households. As far as we understand, several families, three or so families that are displaced, some of them are sleeping in tents near their houses. It's very terrible. I will say that this is one of those places where we're not necessarily trying to replace insurance claims or take ownership or fault, but it is a place to support the immediate stabilization of households while that process goes through. And this is why, you know, how I envision this in the meantime. And I would like us to allocate, you know, from our side at least $50,000 to that purpose. And then hopefully with the match, we make that fund to be $100,000 in the meantime.

And to that point, I think, Mr. Chair, if you would like to propose a straw poll, that would probably be helpful for the administration.

Yeah. I would like to propose that from the item A2, I believe it was. Is that correct? A2. D2.

Could I interject, Mr. Chair? I think it would be helpful if you include the words up to 50,000, and that way we can work with the actual needs, and we'll report back, of course, what we end up expending, but up to would be good.

Okay. I would like to propose the reallocation of up to $50,000 from item B2 to an emergency household stabilization fund. I would also like to uh request more information um to ensure that ami thresholds don't impede uh you know the fuel full utilization and impact positive impact of these funds to those families i think that's it thank you chair show your feelings all in favor great

All right. Thank you. I think that concludes this item. We're running a little behind time, but we'll catch up. Next is we're going to go to item 8, which is an initial discussion of legislative intents for fiscal year 2026-2027. Council Policy Analyst Alison Rowland, you're back up.

I'm afraid so. I never left. This is the first of three planned work session briefings for legislative intents that are held each fiscal year. Today's briefing is envisioned as an informal post-budget conversation between you, the mayor's office, and department directors. It's an opportunity for the administration to provide preliminary information and feedback on the intents, including how any intent might be refined according to a department's expertise and previous experience. For this reason, we suggest you focus on the FY27 intents first, but existing intents from previous years may also be discussed. The Council can also make any desired editing changes today as well to clarify expectations for each legislative intent. As a reminder, this is not a time to resolve an issue or to engage in an in-depth discussion of the issue. The idea is to provide feedback to the administration as needed and to clarify any questions that staff may have. If a specific item has been addressed since the budget was adopted, the council could indicate the intent has been completed and no further administrative action is needed. Council staff comments and questions are included in attachment C2 of the staff report, which is the current legislative intent. And it should be up on the screen shortly as well. And then the next briefing, just so you know, the next briefing on legislative intents is scheduled for February or March. So I realize this is all new for Councilmember Napier-Peirce and a little bit new for Councilmember Carlson as well. Welcome to legislative intents.

So do we want to go through each item?

You know, it's up to you, Madam Chair. That would be one possibility. The other might be to just open the question to department directors and the administration in general to see if they have any questions on specific intents.

Let's go that direction. Any questions from department directors or administration?

We must have done them really well this year. All right.

Any questions on this side? Council members?

Looking. We must have made up all our time.

I guess so. We may have one.

Yes, come on up.

We're looking for people, Director. All right.

Just a good afternoon, everyone. Jorge Chamorro from Public Services. Just a question. We recently sent information about the plan to address local historic district signage, and we were wondering if that satisfies the intent, or is there further information or plans that you would like to see? Would you send the response today, actually? Yeah, perfect.

I MEAN, I'LL SAY THAT TO ME, LIKE, BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY ACROSS, LIKE, MET MY NEEDS RELATED TO IT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD, LIKE, ADDITIONAL PIECES, BUT I HONESTLY THOUGHT YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

ANY OTHERS? COUNCIL MEMBER DUGAN?

I THINK THE NEEDS ARE THERE. AS WE'VE TALKED BEFORE, THE TIMELINE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO TRANSPIRE ACROSS THE CITY AND WHEN WE DO EACH PROJECT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THE INTENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE DONE IS KIND OF SPOT ON BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A CONSISTENT PROCESS. SO, YEAH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBERS ON LEGISLATIVE INTENTS, QUESTIONS, FOLLOW-UPS? ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WANT TO SHARE ANY THOUGHTS, FEEDBACK FEELINGS?

Councilmember Young. So maybe, as opposed to putting people on the spot to run on up to the table, I wonder if there would be an opportunity if there are others of these that similarly you're like, I think we're done. Check that box. If you could share that with our council staff just to be able to help us in the closure process so that you don't have intents that are still hanging where we feel like we might be all set. And that could be like a not right now request, but maybe before our next meeting or whatever is reasonable.

Thank you for that proposal, Council Member Young.

Tammy. I will chime in quickly. The legislative intent regarding block the box, there's some information in there about PD and enforcement. And so I just wanted to note, CAN can coordinate with the other departments, but we don't have that information directly within CAN. So that's kind of a multi-departmental overlap with that one. Thank you for that clarification.

Any questions regarding that legislative intent? No? Thank you for that update and that interdepartmental coordination. OK. Any others? Once, twice, all right. Allison, I think you're off the hook. Thank you so much. We are now miraculously back on schedule to item number 10, which is a board appointment, library board, Katherine Johnson, who will join us in person. So come on up. Tell us a little bit about who you are and why you want to serve on the library board.

Sure. Thank you so much for having me here tonight. My name is Katherine Johnson. I go by Kat. And I am a longtime user of the library. I am really proud of this library system. I shared in my application to the folks at the library that my first job in high school in the 90s was .

Could you please unmute? Could you? Oh, can you not hear me? Oh, make sure the green light is on on your microphone. Sorry, I should have given that instruction. Is that better? Yes. Thank you.

Okay. Should I repeat any of that or just move forward?

Feel free to repeat just a high level of it. Keep sharing a little bit about yourself.

My name is Kat Johnson, longtime fan of the library, former employee in high school. And I... I'm interested in board service both because of my long time love of the library. It's a system that I use personally. My family is often across the street in the children's library. And I've met with NOAA and feel really excited about the new strategic plan, which also aligns with my professional life. I work at Utah's Promise and United Way of Salt Lake. Our mission is 100% of Utah kids and families thriving. This seems like a really incredible moment for the library to be contributing to that goal and for our organizations to be aligned. So being involved in this way with the library is very exciting for me personally and professionally. Some of the skills I think I bring are I've been in nonprofit leadership for about 12 years. I've been in a chief of staff role for eight, which involves working with boards, working on strategic planning and reading financials and other high level

organizing documents so that's a set of skills i think i could bring to the library um that's all i really have prepared to say but i'm very happy to answer questions thank you so much for being here uh councilmember young i just wanted to share that i'm excited to have your expertise um i think there's a lot of synergy obviously between the work that's happening um at united way related to literacy and the opportunities at the library and how we start you know, bring those pieces together. I think as well, your background and expertise in the nonprofit space. I know that we've heard from the library leadership multiple times that they're interested in being able to explore more about what type of resources might be available to be able to provide ENHANCED PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UNIQUE ASPECTS AND SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT EXPERTISE AVAILABLE TO THEM THROUGH THIS BOARD POSITION IS JUST A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO JOIN AND SERVE HERE IN SALT LAKE CITY AND EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.

Thank you. Very well said, Councilmember Young. You will be placed on our consent agenda this evening. As Councilmember Wharton likes to say, you need not be present to win, but will be approved via that consent agenda process. And thank you so much for volunteering your time, skills, and expertise to our city and the library in this way. Thank you very much. All right, we're gonna move on to our next board appointment for the City and County Building Conservancy and Use Committee. We have Conrad Dewar. I hope that I pronounced your last name correctly. I think you might be online. Please go ahead and take a couple minutes. Tell us a little bit about who you are and why you would like to serve on this committee.

Yes, can you hear me all right?

Maybe speak a little louder for us.

Is this loud enough?

Yes.

OK. And thank you. You did pronounce my last name correctly. I appreciate that. So as an engineer, I did prepare a written speech that I'll go ahead and give you guys. So I'd like to first extend my appreciation to the council for considering me for the licensed engineer role on the city and county building conservancy and use committee. I am a licensed professional engineer currently employed at Pacific Corps and my professional experience has focused heavily on complex engineering and construction projects. I've worked with major equipment, utilities, contractors, procurement, commissioning, and project management all the way from technical requirements through installation and operation. What attracted me to this committee is the combination of engineering, public service, and historic preservation. The city and county building is an important civic asset and I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to its long-term stewardship. I believe my experience translates particularly well to this committee's responsibilities. Alteration or improvements to historic buildings should be considered holistically, consider impacts on existing systems, whether solutions are constructable and maintainable, as well as long-term costs and risks. I also recognize that engineering is only one part of the equation. I want to learn from the architects, historians, and other members of the committee while contributing my own perspective. I seek to offer the committee my professional engineering judgment practical experience, and a genuine interest in public service and preserving an important part of Salt Lake City's history. Thank you again for this opportunity.

Thank you, Conrad. I'm back. Thank you for your willingness to serve in this capacity. I have to say, engineers hold a near and dear place in my heart. My father is one. And I do appreciate that you look at things both in terms of problems to be solved and the systems that exist to be able to leverage towards that solution. and i think that it's one of the things that is part of the dialogue here you know in the city and trying to figure out what is the problem to be solved and then how do we use our city systems to be able to achieve that outcome so you will be amongst friends they are some of the most amazing people in the city who are looking to do that work with you and i'm just excited to have your perspective join that board of expertise

Thank you.

And you may have heard my spiel earlier that you'll be added to the consent agenda at this formal meeting this evening. And we're so grateful for your willingness to serve in this way.

Thank you again for this opportunity. I'm very excited to contribute what I can.

Thank you. Next up is another board appointment. This is an administrative appeals officer, Todd Newman. Looks like Todd is in the audience. Come on down. When you get to the mic, make sure you press the push button, speak into the mic, and share a little bit about yourself and why you want to serve as an administrative appeals officer.

Thank you.

Can you hear me? Not yet.

Good evening. My name is Todd Newman, and I have over 10 years of experience in administrative law. I currently work as an administrative law judge adjudicating workers' compensation and employment and labor law cases. I also have several years of experience working as a hearing officer and land use appeal authority for the city of West Jordan. And so this position greatly interests me not just because I have relevant experience but because I also want to have the opportunity to help make Salt Lake City a great place. It's a great community. I believe through my actions I can help make it better through enforcing the law. And so in this position I see myself not just as an adjudicator and as a fact finder who's neutral. BUT ALSO SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP EDUCATE AND ENFORCE LAW AND REALLY JUST GET TO KNOW OUR COMMUNITY BETTER WITH THE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS AND SO FORTH. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT. LOOKING AT YOU, COUNCILMEMBER YOUNG. Any words of wisdom?

Any words of wisdom or gratitude to express? Sure. Always have it. So I would just say I do appreciate that you are willing to give of your time in a similar fashion and expertise to the job that you hold. You know, so there's a lot of value there in terms of being able to have an expert who's willing to come and share that with us as a city in a way that you serve West Jordan and to be able to have that level of expertise helping to inform us here in the capital city. So you're not just a public servant, but you're now also a public servant volunteer. And I'm just, again, always in gratitude for individuals who are willing to go above and beyond to provide that service. So thank you. Salt Lake City appreciates it.

Thank you, Council Member Young. Thank you, Mr. Newman. So you'll be placed on the consent agenda this evening and will be confirmed at our formal meeting. You're welcome to stick around or watch it online or tune in another time. But thank you so much for your service. We're going to move on to number 13, another board appointment, Administrative Appeals Officer Ryan Richards. Come on down.

and a reminder to push the button so the green light is on and speak into the mic and tell us a little bit about yourself and why you want to serve as an administrative appeals officer yeah thank you for having me i'm ryan richards and i was born and grew up not very far from here in salt lake attended the university of utah and in fact my first legal job i ever had was working for the city of south salt lake and so when i drove out down here today and was kind of coming on my old route here on Second East and pulling up towards Washington Square. It kind of brought back a flood of memories of the work I've done here in the city. And I'm very grateful for the opportunity to potentially serve as an ALJ for Salt Lake City that I currently work for a law firm that we sort of specialize in providing legal services to municipalities and other local government entities. We often say, and we mean it very sincerely, that We enjoy practicing law at that level because we believe that level of government really is the level of government that touches people's lives the most and the most directly and has the most direct impact in their day-to-day kind of life and well-being. And so that's a big part of why I and my partner have dedicated our careers to largely work for municipalities and at that level.

All right, thank you, Council Member Young. And any others?

I feel like you need t-shirts that say lovable government. Because it's true. It's one of those things where you want the services around you to be supportive. And that I think a lot of times, sometimes in municipality versus an individual resident, it can be painted as like we're somehow on opposite sides of the fence. And that's certainly not the approach of Salt Lake City in terms of how we're seeking to really provide that comprehensive set of services. and being able to address individuals where they are with what those needs are. So I love that phrase. I'm going to carry it with me. You've inspired me. And again, just appreciative that you're willing to bring that to the service at Salt Lake City.

Thank you, Council Member Young. Mr. Richards, you'll be placed on the consent agenda this evening where you will be confirmed. You're welcome to stick around for our formal meeting at 7 o'clock or join online. But thank you so much for your service.

Thank you.

All right. And thank you, Councilmember Young, for just offering words of gratitude to these wonderful folks who have stepped forward to serve Salt Lake City in this way. Report of the chair, vice chair. I don't believe there is a report. Any report and announcements from the executive director? Seeing none, the council work session is now adjourned. Thank you.