Proposed Ordinance - 3/10/2022SALT 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