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10/13/2021 - Meeting Materials REGULAR MEETING OF THE BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD Wednesday, Oct 13th, 2021 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. To access and participate in the meeting please visit https://saltlakecity.webex.com/saltlakecity/j.php?MTID=me3e863d1 bfb7cb01fc6a90d141 ea9a23 Meeting Password: uhTcxy3CV66 I, Darin Piccoli, 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. Agenda 1. Roll Call 2. Briefings by the Staff No briefings 3. Approval of the minutes A. Review and Approval of September 8th, 2021 BAB Minutes BAB members will review the September 8th, 2021 meeting minutes and consider for approval. 4. Business A. Open Meetings Act Training Sara Montoya from the Salt Lake City Attorney's Office will be present to provide an overview of the Open Meetings Act. B. Off-Street Parking Update The Planning Division will present off-street parking ordinance changes and request input from the Business Advisory Board C. Construction Mitigation Grant Cathie Rigby will have a presentation introducing the Construction Mitigation Grant D. BAB Meetings Quorum Lorena Riffo Jenson will review BAB members voting and non-voting members and how it relates to a quorum. BAB members will take action on their understanding of the quorum rules. 5. City Council Announcements A. Council Member Resignation and the Replacement Process (detailed info on the latter is available here: https://councilvacancy-slcgov.hub.arcgis.com/) 6. BAB Member Announcements A. Subcommittees Chairperson Piccoli to discuss subcommittees 7. Adjournment People with disabilities may make requests for reasonable accommodation no later than 48 hours in advance in order to attend this Redevelopment Advisory Committee. Accommodations may include alternate formats, interpreters, and other auxiliary aids. This is an accessible facility. For questions, requests, or additional information,please contact the Department of Economic Development at 801-535-7200. MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD Wednesday, September 8th, 2021 8:30 a.m. -10:00 a.m. To access and participate in the meeting please visit https://saltlakecity.webex.com/saltlakecity/j.php?MTID=me4fa17661 c526a403eb241373 37c8688 Meeting Password: GbBySeKi235 I, Darin Piccoli, 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 Alfonso Brito JD Smith Angela Brown Scott Lyttle Sue Rice Karen Gunn The following members of the Business Advisory Board were absent: Abudujannah Soud Also Present: Veronica Cavanagh, Department of Economic Development; Lorena Riffo Jenson, Department of Economic Development; Ben Kolendar, 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; Andrew Wittenberg, Department of Economic Development; Felicia Baca, Arts Council; Daniel Echeverria, Planning Department; Laura Briefer, Department of Public Utilities; Allison Rowland, Salt Lake City Council Office; Kristen Lavelett, Local First Utah; Mayara Lima, Building Services; Weston Clark, Director of Community Outreach; Kristina Olivas. 2. Briefings by the Staff A. Introduction of new Department staff and BAB member Deputy Director Riffo-Jenson introduced Scott Lyttle, as the newest BAB member. Mr. Lyttle is the owner of Tea Zaanti in Sugarhouse. Mr. Lyttle said that his store has been in Sugarhouse for about two years and is excited to be a part of the BAB. Deputy Director Riffo-Jenson introduced Cathie Rigby who recently joined the Business Development Team. Ms. Rigby said she worked in the Housing and Development Division for four years before joining the Department of Economic Development. She also stated that she is a former small business owner and is excited to join the team. B. Arts Council Board Recruitment Director Baca, the Executive Director of the Arts Council, provided an overview of the programs and projects the Arts Council are involved in. Ms. Baca stated that her department is recruiting for two of the boards that the Arts Council oversees, the Arts Council Board and the Salt Lake Design Board. She explained that for the Arts Council Board they are looking for someone with business, finance, and accounting skills. The group currently has two vacancies and meet on every third Wednesday of the month. The Salt Lake Art Design Board is looking for an architect from District 4 or 6 and the group meets on the first Thursday of every month. She asked BAB members if they know of anyone who may be interested to please reach out to her. Ms. Baca posted the following in the chat: "The Arts Council Board advises the Office of the Mayor and The Salt Lake Arts Council—an allied but independent non-profit organization—on the arts and arts-related activities throughout the City. We welcome applications from arts-focused candidates and the public. Candidates from City Council Districts 1 (The Westside—Fairpark, Jordan Meadows, Rose Park, and Westpointe) & 7 (Sugar House) are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants with experience in budgeting, finance, & accounting would help round out our areas of expertise. All backgrounds, skill sets, and geographic areas will be considered. Third Wednesday of the month, beginning at 5:30 p.m. https://www.slc.gov/boards/boards-commissions/arts-council-board/ The Salt Lake Art Design Board works with the Salt Lake City Public Art Program and recommends artists to the Mayor for commissions. Specifically, we are seeking a professional architect role and/or general community members. Residents in Districts 4 (Central City, Downtown, and East Central) and 6 (Bonneville Hills, East Bench, Sunnyside East, Wasatch Hollow, and Yalecrest) are strongly encouraged to apply. All interested City residents will be considered. First Thursday of the month, beginning at 4:00 p.m. https://www.slc.gov/boards/boards-commissions/art-design-board/" 3. Approval of the minutes of September 811, 2021 meeting Ms. Brown made the motion to approve the June 9th, July 14th, and July 21st, 2021 with the correction of Ms. Rice not in attendance for the July 21 st meeting. Mr. Carlton seconded the motion. Upon roll call, the motion was unanimously passed. 1. Business Item A. Economic Development Liaison Update Ms. Lima, the liaison for Building Services & Economic Development,provided an overview and presentation of how her position supports local/small businesses such as going through the permit process and other development processes. She also discussed issues that were commonly found with existing businesses and new businesses. Ms. Lima asked the BAB if they had any questions. Ms. Rice asked with all the information that Ms. Lima has gathered, what does she hope to gain? Ms. Lima answered she has tried to look at the data month by month to see if there is a pattern and if there is one, they try to solve it right away. Ms. Rice asked when an issue is identified what has the department been doing to correct the issue. Ms. Lima responded that with the other departments it can be difficult as she is in a different department and she has to go through the proper channels to communicate with them. It takes a little more liaison work with other departments. Mr. Brito asked how business owners learn about opportunities, such as retail space, in the city. Ms. Lima stated she wasn't sure if the Economic Development Department had this information but confirmed that Community and Neighborhoods did not have anything that provided this information. Director Kolendar asked Mr. Brito if he follows Economic Development on social media and said the Economic Development department promotes any opportunity they find as much as possible through social media and ABC4. He said they are always open for feedback or suggestions. Mr. Smith asked if the Planning Division has any information regarding if buildings are being developed with retail spaces and if the retail spaces are being reserved for local businesses. He also asked if there is an ordinance that might protect these retail spaces to keep the flavor of local small businesses in Salt Lake City. Director Kolendar responded that when the Department sees any opportunities through the RDA the Economic Development department tries to promote those but in terms of private commercial spaces the commercial developers have the say in choosing who can have those spaces. Mr. Carleton said that Building Salt Lake has a website that has all the new projects coming on board. Director Kolendar asked BAB members if they do see any opportunities to please forward them to Economic Development so they can put them out on their feeds as well. Mr. Wittenberg said that this is one the biggest challenges in the private development community. Large corporate expansions often times don't need to go through the City, and he doesn't know about them until it is too late. B. Significant Water Consumption Zoning Amendment Mr. Makowski said there are new water regulations that are being proposed by the City in the form of a zoning change. Considering the current water situation and an influx in projects which will have high water use, the Administration is looking at making changes in zoning that would restrict the amount of water that could be used by new tenants. Mr. Makowski introduced Daniel Echeverria from Planning, and Laura Briefer from Public Utilities. Mr. Echeverria shared a presentation called"Significant Water Consuming Land Uses" and gave a brief overview of a zoning regulation change (presentation attached). The zoning proposal that would limit new, very large water users such as soda bottling, canning, plastic bottling,but exempts alcohol distilleries and breweries as they are smaller, do not use a lot of water and are distributed more locally than regionally. Mr. Echeverria stated that the zoning amendment will go to the Planning Commission and then to City Council for another public hearing and decision. Mr. Echeverria said BAB members can go to Planning's website slcgov.com/planning for the Planning Commission agenda and also reach out to him if they would like more information. 2. City Council Announcements None. 3. BAB Member Announcements Ms. Rice congratulated Mr. Carleton and Mountain West Ciders for the honors they won at the Great American International Cider Competition. Mr. Smith mentioned that his second term with the BAB is ending at the end of September. He thanked the BAB and wished everyone the best. Director Kolendar thanked Mr. Smith with his insight and comments that have been so helpful in guiding some of what Economic Development has been doing and the wider initiatives the City has been working on. A. Grand America/Downtown Safety Meeting Chairperson Piccoli provided a briefing concerning the Grand America/Downtown Safety Meeting. He explained that the group is going after a homeless mitigation fund which is approximately $5 million, 60% is allocated to other cities and 40% for the cities who request funds to help with homeless and encampments. The initial ask is for the Salt Lake City Police Department to bring on more officers and continue their program that they have been doing for the last 6 months in reacting to business owners, identifying encampments, and getting people into resource centers. The second action item will be getting additional funding for the Downtown Alliance Ambassador Program. The third action item is related to Salt Lake County in which to expand the funding of the receiving center that they are building and to make it larger. The long-term action item is permanent affordable housing which$100 million is needed. It is anticipated that these discussions will take place during the January legislation. 4. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Darin Piccoli, Chairperson This document and the recording constitute the official minutes of the Economic Development Business Advisory Board meeting held September 8th, 2021. y�� fL „ry /ii tne= Cl/in SIGNIFICANT WATER CONSUMING LAND USES BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD // SEPTEMER 8 2021 _. t CITY PROPOSAL ,,,. _ ...ill III • • Drought conditions } • City evaluating regulations, including Zoning - �` • • Types of uses allowed by Zoning and their water use -+ a. , S • Focused on uses that use significant amounts of '. water • - .z_.Z..;'- . t lin ,�}_ �•. .i - P. ,ems: ei p � }• - �+t_ s ; rY K/."Y -.-•,,_ ti :5'4V, lw 44y � ti . r-Ar 7-ate J% . '..• Salt Lake City // Planning Division -- DRAFT ZONING CODE / WHAT DOES IT DO ? _ . Prohibit Bottling Plants Citywide - Mal I...II— 1 - • Examples: water bottling plants, soda bottling �~ _) ' ',1 '" r ® 1.. 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I i._ • t r v •-••-k T, C_ 1 . . 40C)S.5 r2 T ,. p:—.14.'1._i .3.i •••••• -i kr' i, kiiigill , r •*--s - i . .i z...i 0 0. 5).5 '1 1.5 "2 A i 'Miles 1...a auft iir *Includes State Prison and SITLA properties PROCESS „24....._,-, 4 1 7t -k lir , Beginning of Public Process - - . • Draft code posted on City website • Looking for feedback on proposal �� r r _ i • CityStaff doingadditional research ,. F I C' • Proposal may change through this process : (---- _ _\ - \ -... ,--- --t, \ .. _J =,� :-_ _. based on input and research may. . 1= _,7 I- .z -- -' _ - ) WI JJ,Jadddldd ••1 1 - - -wrirr I , 1 , 1,...,,m,7-,..., ,. .4.,,.,....--...-.4..,.;,)- Next Steps f` z`: a '`.� - `., -� _ ` - �°; 5i-- Y ? x � J _t. --� '_' a . Yw• +� �^'�- !, • Planning Commission 1 . 1L - _ -..' E�IIIRE L 3 �( S+T` ` ,,►, :t' . L� � fir J„g " t'41r • City Council : , �; :. ! ' _ I P . w y 'r• ..� tt�.•,- rar, t h�,_ a v,,�H1�1 - � 1 L AB I- — ems' .� .. s,; a � scot �i . k^ ' j ��''' � F ���- � .1-,1 " � i 1 • Ski{.IJI ,1,:..-...., ^ •4.' . Y �/ • •, 1. 11. -. - ,. .L I1 III III 1 ( 7 Salt Lake City // Planning Division s�llm"°R s , '= .. -" 2 sue;, - ; rr _i� 1 -'' F ice` -' - QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS Daniel Echeverria // Senior Planner uaniei.ecneverria( sicgov.com See Proposal Website http://bit.ly/slc-waterla nd uses gs. I � ERIN MENDENHALL :n ^� , i,�` BEN KOLENDAR MAYOR DIRECTOR 1 DEPARTMENT of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD (BAB) MEMO DATE: Oct 7th, 2021 PREPARED BY: Lorena Riffo Jenson RE: Open Meetings Training REQUESTED ACTION: Required Open Meetings Training for BAB members POLICY ITEM: None BUDGET IMPACTS: None EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: State law requires annual training on the requirements of the Open and Public Meetings Act. Sara Montoya from the Salt Lake City Attorney's Office will be present to provide an overview of the Open Meetings Act. Board members should be prepared to discuss and ask any questions they may have concerning the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act. BAB members will also need to complete the online training by November 10, 2021 to stay compliant and remain a member of BAB. ANALYSIS & ISSUES: None PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL ACTION: NA ATTACHMENTS: None. ERIN MENDENHALL : ,�` BEN KOLENDAR MAYOR DIRECTOR 1 DEPARTMENT of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD (BAB) MEMO DATE: 10/7/2021 PREPARED BY: Peter Makowski, Project Manager, Business Development RE: Off-Street Parking Update REQUESTED ACTION: The Planning Division will present off-street parking ordinance changes and request input from the Business Advisory Board POLICY ITEM: NA BUDGET IMPACTS: NA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Salt Lake City's Planning Division is proposing changes to the City's Off-Street Parking Ordinance (Chapter 21A.44)to modernize the current ordinance, meet the goals of Citywide Plans, and establish the city as a place for people, not cars. The updates include adjusting minimum and maximum parking requirements,permitted alternatives, parking contexts, increased bike parking, and parking lot design and dimensional standards. Below are the proposed changes that will impact SLC businesses: - Ballpark Area o Current"General Context"does not align with community goals o Proposal: Include the South State Street Corridor Overlay in the "Neighborhood Center Context"to allow for less parking in some areas - Parking maximums for Restaurant Parking o Current parking requirements (7 stalls per 1000 SF)to high o Proposal: Reduce to 5 stalls per 1000 SF maximum - Parking maximums for lots under 10,000 SF o Concern: Small lots (5000-10,000 SF)may have a difficult time providing parking if redeveloped o Proposal: Allow for 50% of required parking, base on building size instead of lot size - Effective Date o Concern: Changes could impact substantially designed projects when adopted o Proposal: Allow applicants to follow new or old ordinance for 4-month period The additional minor changes are also being proposed: - Increased bicycle parking requirement sin industrial zones - No longer using "Social Clubs" definition in zoning code ANALYSIS & ISSUES: Potential Issues: 1. Are 5 stalls per 1000 SF enough parking for restaurants? 2. Will reducing parking maximums in industrial zones lead to parking limitations in the future? PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL ACTION: NA ATTACHMENTS: Off-Street Parking Presentation— SLC Planning Division ERIN MENDENHALL `_r. „ ; :: BEN KOLENDAR MAYOR a-a-2 DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD (BAB) MEMO DATE: 10/13/21 PREPARED BY: Cathie Rigby, Project Coordinator, Department of Economic Development RE: Construction Mitigation Grant REQUESTED ACTION: Presentation to introduce the Construction Mitigation Program POLICY ITEM: N/A BUDGET IMPACTS: N/A EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Salt Lake City("City") is undertaking major infrastructure projects that contribute to the City's overall economic development goals with long-term benefits. However, these major projects have the potential to impact nearby businesses. For example, it is well known that changes in traffic patterns or parking availability can affect a small business. Therefore, mitigation activities are needed to assist and maintain a healthy business community. A City-funded program that provides financial assistance to businesses impacted by construction allows the businesses to stay afloat during the construction period and for some time after until they can get operations and revenues back to pre-construction project levels. Consequently,the Construction Mitigation Grant(CMG)is Salt Lake City's way to support existing businesses as upgrades to the aging infrastructure take place. ANALYSIS & ISSUES: The City has received feedback from a previous construction mitigation loan program that while a loan program was appreciated, many applicants were disappointed by the terms of the program because the construction loan put undue hardship on the businesses. After receiving this feedback, a grants program was created that was deployed quickly and requires no repayments. With limited funding, the Construction Mitigation Grant program was established to support businesses and/or community organizations represented in the neighborhoods where the construction work is taking place. This new program provides a tool used to mitigate the burden of major construction projects and supports the small business community. PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL ACTION: ATTACHMENTS: Construction Mitigation Grant Flyer. ERIN MENDENHALL : ,�` BEN KOLENDAR MAYOR DIRECTOR 1 DEPARTMENT of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD (BAB) MEMO DATE: 10/4/2021 PREPARED BY: Lorena Riffo Jenson RE: BAB Meetings Quorum REQUESTED ACTION: Motion clarifying the role of BAB ex-officio members and its meeting quorum. POLICY ITEM: NA BUDGET IMPACTS: NA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: As the Department of Economic Development continues to work through department and operational review& changes there has been some confusion as to what constitutes a quorum for BAB meetings. In order make it clear to BAB members and the general public, BAB will make a motion to clarify what constitutes a quorum during the BAB meetings. ANALYSIS & ISSUES: The Ordinance for BAB allows for eleven voting members and up to five ex-officio members who are non-voting. Also, ex-officio members are not selected by district, but by expertise needed by the Department. Ex-officio members participate in BAB meetings and discussions but are not allowed to vote on any action items presented to the Business Advisory Board. In addition, ex-officio members do not count towards the quorum for the meeting and there needs to be a simple majority of voting members need be present to hold the scheduled meeting. BAB Member Roster Voting Members District Na 1 Alfonso Brito 2 Vacant 3 Jeff Carlton 4 Angela Brown 4 Darin Piccoli 4 Kestrel Liedtke 5 Abudujannah Soud 5 Vacant 6 Sue Rice 6 Karen Gunn 7 Scott Lyttle Ex-officio Members Name 1 Edward Bennett 2 3 4 PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL ACTION: NA ATTACHMENTS: None.