Transmittal - 3/10/2022
ERIN MENDENHALL
Mayor
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
P.O. BOX 145474
451 SOUTH STATE STREET, ROOM 306
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84114-5474
WWW.SLCMAYOR.COM
TEL 801-535-7704
CITY COUNCIL TRANSMITTAL
______________________________ Date Received:
Lisa Shaffer, Chief Administrative Officer
Date Sent to Council:
TO: Salt Lake City Council DATE: March 8, 2022
Dan Dugan, Chair
FROM: Rachel Otto, Chief of Staff to Mayor Mendenhall
SUBJECT: Community Recovery Grant Committee proposed ordinance
STAFF CONTACTS: Rachel Otto
Katie Lewis
Mary Beth Thompson
DOCUMENT TYPE: Proposed ordinance
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the proposed ordinance
BUDGET IMPACT: None
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:
Mayor Mendenhall’s proposal for the allocation of American Rescue Plan funds has focused on four
elements: (1) Taking care of the City’s financial health; (2) Homelessness and Public Safety; (3) Creating
Community Resilience; and (4) Community Grants. This transmittal addresses the Community Grant
program.
By way of background, the goal of the Community Grant program as proposed is to provide Rescue Plan
funding directly to community members, community organizations, and/or small businesses who have
suffered economic or operational hardship due to COVID-19. The Administration has proposed that this
grant pool include $4 million split into two categories, with half of the allocation going to Economic
Development and half to Community and Neighborhoods to administer. The CAN grants would focus on
support to nonprofits for activities such as: retraining displaced workers, legal services to prevent evictions,
expanded educational opportunities for low-income residents, resources to mitigate the digital divide, and access to
physical and mental healthcare for vulnerable and/or underserved populations. The DED grants would focus on
business assistance, including grants for businesses not included in other government programs during the
pandemic, especially small and local businesses, and support for artist/artisan businesses.
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03/10/2022
ERIN MENDENHALL
Mayor
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
P.O. BOX 145474
451 SOUTH STATE STREET, ROOM 306
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84114-5474
WWW.SLCMAYOR.COM
TEL 801-535-7704
After consultation with City Council staff, the Administration proposes the formation of the Community
Recovery Committee (“CRC”). The CRC will be a new City board, codified in City Code, and will be subject
to the Open and Public Meetings Act and all transparency requirements for City boards and commissions.
However, the Adminisration thinks it is valuable to leverage the existing expertise of City board members for
the CRC. For that reason, the Administration is proposing an exception to the City Code requirement that
individuals may only serve on one City board. The Administration proposes that the CRC would comprise
members from already-existing City boards and commissions including the Human Rights Commission, the
Business Advisory Board, the Commission on Racial Equity in Policing, and the Economic Development
Loan Fund Committee. The members of the CRC would be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the
City Council.
Under the proposed ordinance, the Administration will develop the grant program and solicit applications
pursuant to the goals and objectives identified above. Administrative staff in the Mayor’s Office will staff the
CRC.
The CRC would then evaluate and make recommendations regarding the grant applications to the Mayor,
who would forward recommendations to the City Council to determine grant awardees.
SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. _____ of 2022
(Amending Salt Lake City Code to establish a new community grant program
and to create a new city board to assist with and oversee
the distribution of American Rescue Plan Act funds)
WHEREAS, the global COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world and local economy
at an unprecedented level, and Salt Lake City’s nonprofit organizations, local businesses, and
residents have been negatively impacted by the economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic.
WHEREAS, Salt Lake City Corporation (City) has received approximately _____ in
federal funding under the American Rescue Plan Act (Rescue Plan), which must be committed by
December 31, 2024 and spent by December 31, 2026.
WHEREAS, the City must spend the Rescue Plan funds on certain COVID-related uses,
including to support disproportionately impacted communities and to mitigate negative economic
impacts within the community.
WHEREAS, the City intends to create a community grant program to deploy Rescue Plan
funds to support disproportionately impacted communities in the City and mitigate the negative
economic impacts to the City’s local businesses and nonprofit organizations.
WHEREAS, the City desires to establish criteria to quickly, transparently, and fairly deploy
the Rescue Plan funds through the community grant program, and desires to create a new City
board to review applications for the grant funding and make recommendations to the City Council,
for its approval.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that adopting this ordinance to establish the
community grant program and to create the Community Recovery Committee to oversee the grant
applications and recommendations, as set forth herein, is in the City’s best interests.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code Section 2.07.020. That Section
2.07.020 of the Salt Lake City Code is hereby amended to add the name of new city board which
name shall be inserted into the list of city boards in alphabetical order and shall read as follows:
Community recovery committee
SECTION 2. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code Subsection 2.07.040.B. That
Subsection 2.07.040.B of the Salt Lake City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
B. City boards should represent a cross section of the city. To ensure that a cross section
is represented, the city council should apply the following criteria in considering
appointments to city boards:
1. Individuals should serve on only one board at a time, explicitly permitted in this
code or other law.
2. City boards should have representatives from all geographic areas of the city.
3. Individuals who have not been involved in city government should be encouraged
to participate through appointment to city boards.
4. Equal opportunity principles should be recognized in appointments.
5. Appointees should be city residents unless an exception in this code or other law
applicable to a particular city board provides otherwise.
SECTION 3. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code Chapter 2.20. That Chapter 2.20
of the Salt Lake City Code is hereby renamed as the “Community Recovery Committee”, and is
hereby adopted to read as follows:
2.20.010: Purpose
2.20.020: Responsibilities
2.20.030: Membership
2.20.040: Community Grant Program
2.20.050: Minimum Requirements for Community Grant Program Applications
2.20.010: PURPOSE: The Community Recovery Committee will assist with and oversee
the distribution of certain Rescue Plan funds under the City’s community grant program.
Consistent with this Chapter, the Community Recovery Committee will review applications for
community grant program funding and make funding recommendations to the Mayor. The Mayor
shall review the Community Recovery Committee’s recommendations and make a final
recommendation on the use of funds to the City Council.
2.20.020: RESPONSIBILITIES: The Community Recovery Committee will:
A. Advise and make recommendations to City Council on decisions related to the City’s
community grant program, except the Community Recovery Committee has the authority
to authorize community recovery grants to nonprofit organizations or local businesses in
amounts of up to $50,000 without further recommendation or authorization by the Mayor
or the City Council, so long as such grants meet the policy objectives set forth in this
ordinance.
B. Coordinate with relevant City departments on the review and evaluation of current strategic
plans, goals, and policies of the departments’ grant programs.
C. Review all eligible project proposals submitted by various business, and nonprofit
organizations for the community grant program and to make recommendations to the
Mayor on such requests for funds.
D. Monitor the community grant program and ensure that the program is being implemented
as planned and the funds from the program are utilized as recommended and approved by
the Council.
E. Help ensure that the community grant program goals are consistent with the strategic plans
and goals of the City and are consistent with the federal requirements for utilization of
Rescue Plan funds.
F. Evaluate the overall effectiveness of the community grant program.
2.20.030: MEMBERSHIP:
A. The Community Recovery Committee shall be made up of one member of the Human
Rights Commission, one member of the Business Advisory Board, one member of the
Racial Equity in Policing Commission, and one member of the Economic Development
Loan Fund Committee.
B. Members of the Community Recovery Committee will be appointed by the Salt Lake City
Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council. Individuals appointed to the
Community Recovery Committee will be authorized under City Code to serve on two City
boards.
2.20.040: COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM: The Administration will create the
community grant program to efficiently deploy the Rescue Plan community grant program funds
utilizing the following policies and objectives:
A. Any application for a community grant to a nonprofit organization will focus on supporting
communities disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including, but not
limited to, by offering services to retrain displaced workers; providing legal or other
assistance for evictions or rent relief; expanding educational opportunities; deploying
resources to mitigate the digital divide; supporting parents or children affected by COVID-
19 including childcare or after school programs; and providing access to healthcare
services, including mental health support.
B. Any application for a community grant for local business will focus on supporting the
business’s operations or employees who have been economically affected by the COVID-
19 pandemic.
2.20.050: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM
APPLICATIONS: Community grant program applications for either nonprofit organizations or
local businesses will include, at a minimum, the following information to be considered by the
Community Recovery Committee:
A. The amount of community grant funds the organization is seeking and how the nonprofit
organization or local businesses intends to use the proposed funds.
B. Affirmation, after consultation with the City’s Finance Department, that the proposed use
is eligible under the federal Rescue Plan guidelines and that the applicant will be able to
spend the funds by December 31, 2024.
C. Identification of how the proposed grant will meet the City’s objectives of supporting
underserved communities, mitigating economic impacts on local businesses or arts
organizations, or mitigating the effects of COVID-19 on the community.
SECTION 4. Sunset. Upon either full expenditure of the Rescue Plan funds, or expiration
of the deadline to expend such funds, the Community Recovery Committee shall cease to exist
under City Code, unless the City Council expands the scope of the Community Recovery
Committee’s responsibilities, in which case the Community Recovery Committee will remain in
effect.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately after it has
been published in accordance with Utah Code §10-3-711 and recorded in accordance with Utah
Code §10-3-713.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this ______ day of ______________,
2022.
______________________________
Dan Dugan, Council Chair
ATTEST AND COUNTERSIGN:
______________________________
CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to Mayor on _______________________.
Mayor's Action: _______Approved. _______Vetoed.
______________________________
MAYOR
______________________________
CITY RECORDER
(SEAL)
Bill No. ________ of 2022.
Published: ______________.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office
Date: March 9, 2022
Katherine Lewis, City Attorney
LEGISLATIVE DRAFT
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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE 1
No. _____ of 2022 2
3
(Amending Salt Lake City Code to establish a new community grant program 4
and to create a new city board to assist with and oversee 5
the distribution of American Rescue Plan Act funds) 6
7
WHEREAS, the global COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world and local economy 8
at an unprecedented level, and Salt Lake City’s nonprofit organizations, local businesses, and 9
residents have been negatively impacted by the economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic. 10
11
WHEREAS, Salt Lake City Corporation (City) has received approximately _____ in 12
federal funding under the American Rescue Plan Act (Rescue Plan), which must be committed by 13
December 31, 2024 and spent by December 31, 2026. 14
15
WHEREAS, the City must spend the Rescue Plan funds on certain COVID-related uses, 16
including to support disproportionately impacted communities and to mitigate negative economic 17
impacts within the community. 18
19
WHEREAS, the City intends to create a community grant program to deploy Rescue Plan 20
funds to support disproportionately impacted communities in the City and mitigate the negative 21
economic impacts to the City’s local businesses and nonprofit organizations. 22
23
WHEREAS, the City desires to establish criteria to quickly, transparently, and fairly deploy 24
the Rescue Plan funds through the community grant program, and desires to create a new City 25
board to review applications for the grant funding and make recommendations to the City Council, 26
for its approval. 27
28
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that adopting this ordinance to establish the 29
community grant program and to create the Community Recovery Committee to oversee the grant 30
applications and recommendations, as set forth herein, is in the City’s best interests. 31
32
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah: 33
34
SECTION 1. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code Section 2.07.020. That Section 35
2.07.020 of the Salt Lake City Code is hereby amended to add the name of new city board which 36
name shall be inserted into the list of city boards in alphabetical order and shall read as follows: 37
38
Community recovery committee 39
40
SECTION 2. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code Subsection 2.07.040.B. That 41
Subsection 2.07.040.B of the Salt Lake City Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 42
43
B. City boards should represent a cross section of the city. To ensure that a cross section 44
is represented, the city council should apply the following criteria in considering 45
appointments to city boards: 46
LEGISLATIVE DRAFT
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47
1. Individuals should serve on only one board at a time, thus allowing more people to 48
serve on boards unless explicitly permitted in this code or other law. 49
2. City boards should have representatives from all geographic areas of the city. 50
3. Individuals who have not been involved in city government should be encouraged 51
to participate through appointment to city boards. 52
4. Equal opportunity principles should be recognized in appointments. 53
5. Appointees should be city residents unless an exception in this code or other law 54
applicable to a particular city board provides otherwise. 55
56
SECTION 3. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code Chapter 2.20. That Chapter 2.20 57
of the Salt Lake City Code is hereby renamed as the “Community Recovery Committee”, and is 58
hereby adopted to read as follows: 59
60
61
2.20.010: Purpose 62
63
2.20.020: Responsibilities 64
65
2.20.030: Membership 66
67
2.20.040: Community Grant Program 68
69
2.20.050: Minimum Requirements for Community Grant Program Applications 70
71
72
2.20.010: PURPOSE: The Community Recovery Committee will assist with and oversee the 73
distribution of certain Rescue Plan funds under the City’s community grant program. Consistent 74
with this Chapter, the Community Recovery Committee will review applications for community 75
grant program funding and make funding recommendations to the Mayor. The Mayor shall review 76
the Community Recovery Committee’s recommendations and make a final recommendation on 77
the use of funds to the City Council. 78
79
2.20.020: RESPONSIBILITIES: The Community Recovery Committee will: 80
81
A. Advise and make recommendations to City Council on decisions related to the City’s 82
community grant program, except the Community Recovery Committee has the authority 83
to authorize community recovery grants to nonprofit organizations or local businesses in 84
amounts of up to $50,000 without further recommendation or authorization by the Mayor 85
or the City Council, so long as such grants meet the policy objectives set forth in this 86
ordinance. 87
88
B. Coordinate with relevant City departments on the review and evaluation of current strategic 89
plans, goals, and policies of the departments’ grant programs. 90
91
LEGISLATIVE DRAFT
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C. Review all eligible project proposals submitted by various business, and nonprofit 92
organizations for the community grant program and to make recommendations to the 93
Mayor on such requests for funds. 94
95
D. Monitor the community grant program and ensure that the program is being implemented 96
as planned and the funds from the program are utilized as recommended and approved by 97
the Council. 98
99
E. Help ensure that the community grant program goals are consistent with the strategic plans 100
and goals of the City and are consistent with the federal requirements for utilization of 101
Rescue Plan funds. 102
103
F. Evaluate the overall effectiveness of the community grant program. 104
105
2.20.030: MEMBERSHIP: 106
107
A. The Community Recovery Committee shall be made up of one member of the Human 108
Rights Commission, one member of the Business Advisory Board, one member of the 109
Racial Equity in Policing Commission, and one member of the Economic Development 110
Loan Fund Committee. 111
112
B. Members of the Community Recovery Committee will be appointed by the Salt Lake City 113
Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council. Individuals appointed to the 114
Community Recovery Committee will be authorized under City Code to serve on two City 115
boards. 116
117
2.20.040: COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM: The Administration will create the community 118
grant program to efficiently deploy the Rescue Plan community grant program funds utilizing the 119
following policies and objectives: 120
121
A. Any application for a community grant to a nonprofit organization will focus on supporting 122
communities disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including, but not 123
limited to, by offering services to retrain displaced workers; providing legal or other 124
assistance for evictions or rent relief; expanding educational opportunities; deploying 125
resources to mitigate the digital divide; supporting parents or children affected by COVID-126
19 including childcare or after school programs; and providing access to healthcare 127
services, including mental health support. 128
129
B. Any application for a community grant for local business will focus on supporting the 130
business’s operations or employees who have been economically affected by the COVID-131
19 pandemic. 132
133
2.20.050: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM 134
APPLICATIONS: Community grant program applications for either nonprofit organizations or 135
local businesses will include, at a minimum, the following information to be considered by the 136
Community Recovery Committee: 137
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A. The amount of community grant funds the organization is seeking and how the nonprofit 139
organization or local businesses intends to use the proposed funds. 140
141
B. Affirmation, after consultation with the City’s Finance Department, that the proposed use 142
is eligible under the federal Rescue Plan guidelines and that the applicant will be able to 143
spend the funds by December 31, 2024. 144
145
C. Identification of how the proposed grant will meet the City’s objectives of supporting 146
underserved communities, mitigating economic impacts on local businesses or arts 147
organizations, or mitigating the effects of COVID-19 on the community. 148
149
150
SECTION 4. Sunset. Upon either full expenditure of the Rescue Plan funds, or expiration 151
of the deadline to expend such funds, the Community Recovery Committee shall cease to exist 152
under City Code, unless the City Council expands the scope of the Community Recovery 153
Committee’s responsibilities, in which case the Community Recovery Committee will remain in 154
effect. 155
156
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately after it has 157
been published in accordance with Utah Code §10-3-711 and recorded in accordance with Utah 158
Code §10-3-713. 159
160
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this ______ day of ______________, 2022. 161
162
______________________________ 163
Dan Dugan, Council Chair 164
ATTEST AND COUNTERSIGN: 165
166
______________________________ 167
CITY RECORDER 168
169
Transmitted to Mayor on _______________________. 170
171
172
Mayor's Action: _______Approved. _______Vetoed. 173
174
______________________________ 175
MAYOR 176
______________________________ 177
CITY RECORDER 178
(SEAL) 179
180
Bill No. ________ of 2022. 181
Published: ______________. 182
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office
Date:______________________________
___________________________________
Katherine Lewis, City Attorney