12/08/2021 - Minutes MINUTES
OF THE SALT LAKE CITY
BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD
Wednesday,December 8th,2021
8:30 a.m. -10:00 a.m.
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I,Kestrel Liedtke,Vice-Chair of the Business Advisory Board(BAB),hereby determine that conducting
the Business Advisory Board meeting at an anchor location presents a substantial risk to the health and
safety of those who may be present, and that the City and County building has been ordered closed to the
public for health and safety reasons.
1. Roll Call
The following members of the Business Advisory Board were present:
Darin Piccoli, Chair Kestrel Liedtke,Vice-Chair
Jeff Carleton Alberto Brito
Angela Brown Karen Gunn
Scott Lyttle
The following members of the Business Advisory Board were absent:
Sue Rice
Abudujannah Soud
Also Present:
Veronica Cavanagh, Department of Economic Development; Lorena Riffo Jenson,Department of
Economic Development; Will Wright, Department of Economic Development; Cathie Rigby,
Department of Economic Development; Peter Makowski,Department of Economic Development;
Clark Cahoon,Department of Economic Development;Lindsey Day,Department of Economic
Development; Roberta Reichgelt, Department of Economic Development; Allison Rowland, Salt
Lake City Council Office; Kristen Lavelett,Local First Utah; Kristina Olivas, The Downtown
Alliance.
2. Briefings by the Staff
Ms. Reichgelt stated that the revisions to the EDLF program will be presented to the City Council in
January 2022.
Ms. Reichgelt updated the BAB members on the Department's Construction Mitigation Program. She
explained that of the $100,000 allocation, $40,000 has been issued to small businesses.
Ms. Reichgelt thanked Ms. Brown for her years of serving on the BAB and that unfortunately this will be
her last meeting. Ms. Brown thanked the board and said she loved being a part of it for the past 8 years.
Ms. Reichgelt informed the BAB that Mr.Wittenberg,Marketing Manager for the Dept of Economic
Development,will be the Deputy Director of Marketing and Communications for the Mayor's Office. The
Department of Economic Development will have a vacancy and if any BAB members know of someone
that would be interested in the Marketing Manager position to please reach out to the Economic
Development team.
3. Approval of the minutes
A. Review and Approval of November 10th,2021 BAB Minutes
Mr. Carlton made a motion to approve the minutes from November 10,2021 meeting.Ms. Gunn
seconded the motion. Upon roll call,the motion passed unanimously.
1. Business
A. Healthcare Innovation Blueprint and Innovation District
Mr. Cahoon provided a presentation of"A Blueprint for Growing Salt Lake City's Health Care
Innovation Economy"and asked if there were any questions or additional considerations.
Mr. Carleton asked about the unemployment rate and if Mr. Cahoon as received any feedback on the
challenging environment to locate a business here and not having enough workforce. Mr. Cahoon
responded that the unemployment rate is unprecedented and lowest it's ever been,and it does have
challenges. The Economic Development team, Kem C Gardner and the Blueprint Advisory Board have
been fine tuning and choosing one industry that has the education partners already in the area who are
anxious to find talent and to bring people in and are willing to train them.
Deputy Director Riffo Jenson added that with underserved communities there is an under employment
and not always an opportunity to train for jobs that are in demand. Mr. Cahoon has been working with the
Salt Lake City School District foundation in developing the students who may not have an opportunity to
attend a 2-year or 4-year college.
Ms. Gunn asked Mr. Cahoon if they were going to set space such as lab, education and bench for Salt
Lake City and does the district have lab and bench space in any of their schools or CTE center Mr.
Cahoon answered that companies do need lab and bench space to bring in students. The Salt Lake City
School District has been reimagining what their STEM program looks like and said they want to get the
industry involved and have them give resources and have apprenticeship and internship which the
industry has already been talking about.
Mr. Cahoon provided BAB members with the email address, clark.cahoon@slcgov.com,if they had any
additional comments or thoughts.
B. TLUR Memo
Mr. Makowski provided an overview of the expired TLUR(Temporary Land Use Regulation),. He
explained that the TLUR waived certain regulations from May 2021 to November 2021 and the Business
Development team wanted to do an analysis for restaurants to show the impact. The ordinances that have
expired are below:
1. Conduct Temporary Outdoor Restaurant Dining and Retail Activities on private property,
including in existing parking lots, yard areas, or any other outdoor area located on the private
property of the primary restaurant or retail use.
2. Utilize temporary freestanding canopies,patio coverings, and other similar structures
intended to be temporary in nature to help facilitate the Temporary Responsible Outdoor
Restaurant Dining and Retail Activities, and any permit fees associated with installing such
temporary freestanding canopies,patio coverings, and other similar structures shall be
waived.
The Business Development team have investigated solutions and presented the two options below to
the BAB members:
1. They can recommend making permanent changes to the Outdoor Dining ordinance to
allow for structures up to 200 sq. ft. to extend over the 45-day maximum and allowing the
use of more parking stalls. This process requires City Council approval and can take 6-12
months to approve. Mr. Makowski does not recommend this solution.
2.New TLUR: the administration can recommend a new TLUR. This requires a compelling
community interest and must address issues not addressed in the previous TLUR. Doing
another TLUR comes with its own challenges.
Mr. Makowski stated that staff are waiting for a budget amendment to be approved by the City Council in
order to proceed.
Mr. Carleton asked if the Business Development team has a sense on who took advantage of the TLUR.
Mr. Makowski said no. Mr. Carleton asked if Salt Lake Area Restaurant Association(SLARA)has been
notified about this. Mr. Makowski said they have not but the Business Development team would reach
out to them.
Vice Chairperson Liedtke recommended creating an emergency playbook which would have guidelines
on what to do if we ever have another pandemic. Ms.Reichgelt agreed.
2. City Council Announcements
None.
3. BAB Member Announcements
A. Subcommittees
Chairperson Piccoli discussed the work group that is involved in changing the BAB ordinances.
Chairperson Piccoli has been working with the Economic Development team to go through the right
channels and to make sure the new BAB goals line up with the Mayor's Office and City. Ms.
Reichgelt informed the BAB that updating an ordinance is a whole policy process and has to go to
City Council for approval.Economic Development and the BAB need work together to get this push
forward. Chairperson Piccoli has submitted suggestion on changes which the Economic Development
team will review.
4. Adjournment
There being no further business,the meeting was adjourned.
ankrndi
darin picco (Feb 3,202216:03 MST)
Darin Piccoli, Chairperson
This document and the recording constitute the official minutes of the Economic Development Business
Advisory Board meeting held December 8th,2021.
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