034 of 2020 - Salt Lake City Flag Redesign R 20-14
R 20-1
SALT LAKE CITY RESOLUTION
NO. 34 OF 2020
(A Resolution Adopting the New City Flag)
WHEREAS, the City has had a city flag since at least 1963, when Mayor J. Bracken Lee
was in office.
WHEREAS, the City flag was most recently updated in 2006.
WHEREAS, the Mayor’s Office and City Council worked together to sponsor a flag
design contest for a new city flag in 2020.
WHEREAS, the flag design contest was open to the public, and the City solicited public
rating to identify the finalists.
WHEREAS, public rating narrowed the finalists down to three finalist flag designs.
WHEREAS, a flag design committee reviewed the flag designs and combined two
designs to best reflect the City’s desires for a new flag design.
WHEREAS, the 2020 flag design created by the flag design committee, is referred to as
“the new city flag.”
WHEREAS, the City has determined that it is time to retire the old city flag and adopt the
new city flag.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of Salt Lake
City, Utah that the new city flag is adopted, and the old flag shall be retired.
R 20-14
R 20-1
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 6th day of October 2020.
SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL
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CHAIRPERSON
ATTEST:
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Cindy Lou Trishman, City Recorder
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office
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Megan DePaulis, Senior City Attorney
Megan DePaulis (Oct 29, 2020 17:15 MDT)
Megan DePaulis
Chris Wharton (Nov 9, 2020 18:40 MST)
Chris Wharton
Cindy Trishman (Nov 9, 2020 21:15 MST)
11/09/2020