Transmittal - 11/5/2024MEMORANDUM TO SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL
TO: City Council Chair Petro
City Council Vice Chair Wharton
DATE: November 5, 2024
FROM: Salt Lake City Recorder’s Office
Thais Stewart, Deputy City Recorder – Operations
Cindy Lou Trishman, Acting City Recorder/Deputy Director of Operations
and Administration
CC: Lorena Riffo-Jenson, Director, Economic Development
Roberta Reichgelt, Director of Business Development, Economic Development
Andie Feldman, Project Manager, Economic Development
SUBJECT: CBIA-25 – Protest Tally Totals
Background:
The Central Business Improvement Area (CBIA) serves as an essential special assessment area
(Area) in downtown Salt Lake City, aimed at enhancing vibrancy and activity within the City’s
Central Business District. It operates through a special assessment on commercial properties
within the designated Area; funding various initiatives such as marketing, promotion, advocacy,
and more. The creation of the CBIA is a lengthy and complex process that is governed by State
law and has numerous noticing, public hearing, and other requirements. The process involves a
variety of City Council actions necessary for approval in order to meet the deadline to renew the
Area and ensure continuous funding.
The protest period for property owners to contest the renewal of the special assessment area
began on September 3, 2024, and ended on November 4, 2024. Property owners were permitted
to present their protests in person at the public hearing during City Council’s formal meeting on
September 3rd, and they were also able to submit written protests until the conclusion of the
protest period on November 4th.
Protests Filed
Please see the statement below regarding documentation or calculation of any and all Central
Business Improvement Area 2025 protests filed with the Office of the City Recorder of Salt Lake
City either in person during regular business hours or by mail or on or before 5:00 p.m. on
November 4th, 2024.
Three (3) properties filed a protest and of the properties:
Total Estimated Based Assessment: $13,138.96
Total Estimated Holiday Lighting Assessment: None
Total Assessment Protest Percentage: 0.22%
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Notice of the protests received will be published on the Utah Public Meeting Notice site under the
City Recorder, as well as the slc.gov website. Please see the enclosed protest and tracking sheet as
information for the record. Should you have any questions and desire additional information,
please contact the Salt Lake Recorder’s Office at (801) 535-7671, or Salt Lake City Department
of Economic Development at (801) 535-7200.
Exhibits:
A.Copy of property owner protests
B.Protest Tally
C.CBIA-25 Boundary Map
D.Holiday Lighting Map
E.Tentative Timeline for CBIA -25
Date Received Property Owner Parcel Number Description of Protest Estimated Base Assessment Estimated Holiday Lighting Assessment
10/7/2024 West River, LLC 15-01-181-012-0000 Property owner does not want any assessment on the
property.$2,450.21 None
11/1/2024 Larkin Mortuary 16-06-127-014-0000 Minimal benefit from the special assessment area for their
property, the base rate applied in the special assessment is
too high for the services received, and their property is
impacted by the unhoused population in the area. $8,228.60
None
11/1/2024 Larkin Mortuary 16-06-127-007-0000 Minimal benefit from the special assessment area for their
property, the base rate applied in the special assessment is
too high for the services received, and their property is
impacted by the unhoused population in the area.
$2,460.15
None
Total Protest Percentage:0.22%
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CBIA ‐ 25 Tentative Timeline
Step Action Description Group/Lead Deadlines 1 Consultant Contract Contract with a consultant to provide guidance throughout process. DED 2/1/24 - 4/30/2024 2 Technical Description of the CBIA Technical Description of the CBIA provided to Engineering. Engineering prepares tax roll based on this data. Consultant 3/12/2024
3 Develop assessment methodology that conforms to Assessment Area Act. Develop assessment methodology concerning Economic Promotion & Lighting Assessment. DED 3/24/2024 4 Overview Transmittal. (Mayor) High level document explaning the process transmitted to Mayor’s Office. DED 3/12/2024 5 Overview transmittal. (Council Office) High level document explaning the process transmitted to Council Office. Mayor’s Office 3/19/2024 6 City Council Meeting DED will provide a written briefing to the City Council on the upcoming on the CBIA- 25 process. DED 4/2/2024 7 Salt Lake County Property Tax Information. Numbers should be available by May 22, 2024. Consultant 5/31/2024 8 Bond Counsel Description & Improvement Review Bond Counsel reviews the description of Improvements and Areas to be Improved. DED 6/5/2024 9 Resolution of intent to designate. Bond Counsel drafts resolution of Intent to Designate. Bond Counsel 6/11/2024 10 Resolution of Intent to Designate and Justification transmittal. (Mayor) Resolution of Intent to Designate and justification documentation transmitted to Mayor’s Office. DED 6/18/2024
11 Resolution of Intent to Designate and Justification transmittal. (Council Office) Resolution of Intent to Designate and justification documentation transmitted to Council Office. Mayor’s Office 6/21/2024 12 City Council Meeting DED will brief the City Council on CBIA-25 Information. DED 7/2/2024 13 Property Owner Letter Prep Property Owner letter includes verbiage of preliminary estimate, rate, notice of intent to designate, common question and map finalized. DED 7/8/2024 14 Tax roll prepared for DED approval. Assess County Data. Engineering 7/8/2024 15 DED approval of tax roll. DED approves county data. DED 7/8/2024 16 City Council Meeting City Council adopts the resolution of Intent to Designate the assessment area. City Council 7/9/2024 17 Draft/Create Notice of Intent to Designate Letter Engineering 7/11/2024 18 Post Notice of Intent to Designate Post notice of intent to designate in at least three public places within boundaries of jurisdiction DED 8/9/2024 19 Mail out Notice of Intent to Designate Mail out Notice of Intent to Designate to go out within 10 days of notice posting. DED sends via State Mail 8/12/2024 20 Minutes prepared for use at protest hearing Distribute to team SAA. Bond Counsel 8/23/2024 21 City Council Meeting City Council Protest Hearing City Council 9/3/2024
22 Draft Resolution to Designate the Assessment Area and appoint the Board of Equalization (BOE). Bond Counsel 9/10/2024
23 Resolution to Designate the Assessment Area and appoint the Board of Equalization Transmittal (Mayor’s Office) Resolution to Designate the Assessment Area and appoint the Board of Equalization Transmitted to Mayor’s Office. DED 9/17/2024
24 Resolution to Designate the Assessment Area and appoint the Board of Equalization (City Council). Resolution to Designate the Assessment Area and appoint the Board of Equalization Transmitted to the Council Office. Mayor’s Office 9/24/2024
25 Property Owners Written Protests Filing Deadline
Property owners who are protesting the assessment area. Also, the end of 60-day written protest period.
Recorder's Office 11/3/2024
26 Compile Written Protests. Recorder's Office 11/4/2024 27 Delivery of Compilation of Protests Compilation of protests sent to City Council. Recorder's Office 11/5/2024 28 Publishing of Written Protests Publishing of Written Protests on City & State public notice website. Recorder's Office 11/5/2024 29 City Council Meeting City Council announces the protest tally and if it exceeds 40% threshold. City Council 11/12/2024 30 City Council Meeting City Council adopts the Resolution to Designate the Assessment Area and appoints the Board of Equalization. City Council 11/12/2024
31 Recording of the Resolution to Designate the Assessment Area & Notice of Proposed Assessment Record Resolution to Designate the Assessment Area and Notice of Proposed Assessment with Salt Lake County Recorder, within 15 days of adoption. Salt Lake City Recorders 11/12/2024 - 11/27/2024 32 BOE Notice and Dates of BOE Meetings. Finalize Verbiage for BOE notice and dates of BOE meetings. Bond Counsel 11/22/2024
33 Mailing process for the BOE notice. Begins 2 weeks before mailing date. Engineering 12/6/2024
34 Publication of the BOE hearings. Publication and posting of time and location of the 3 consecutive meetings. Posted as a Class B notice at least 20 days, but not more than 35 days from the first BOE hearings dates. Published on the Utah Public Notice Website. Recorder's & DED 12/10/2024
35 Mailing due to Recorder’s Office for review. Due 1 week before mailing date. Engineering 12/13/2024
36 Mailing of preliminary assessment & notice of BOE hearings Class B notice mailing sent to each property owner and each street addres s. DED 12/20/2024
37 BOE hearings 9:00 am to 10:00 am (public meeting). Held on consecutive days by statute. Salt Lake City Recorders 1/7/2025 38 BOE hearings 10:00 am to 11:00 am (public meeting). Held on consecutive days by statute. Salt Lake City Recorders 1/8/2025 39 BOE hearings 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (public meeting). Held on consecutive days by statute. Salt Lake City Recorders 1/9/2025 40 Finalization of BOE Hearings Finalize the report DED 1/14/2025 41 BOE Report Completion BOE report completed, signed, and forwarded to City Council and Bond Counsel. DED 1/17/2025 42 Mailing of BOE Final Report BOE report mailed to objecting property owners. Begins 15 day appeal period. Engineering 1/23/2025 43 Assessment Ordinance Bond Counsel Draft Assessment Ordinance Bond Counsel 1/28/2025 44 Assessment Ordinance Transmittal (Mayor’s Office). Assessment Ordinance transmitted to the Mayor's Office. DED 2/4/2025 45 Assessment Ordinance Transmittal (Council Office). Assessment Ordinance transmitted to the Council Office. Mayor’s Office 2/7/2025 46 Budget submission for CBIA Submit budget to SLC Finance Department in anticipation of approval. DED 2/7/2025 47 City Council Meeting City Council accepts or modifies BOE recommendations and adopts or rejects Assessment Ordinance. City Council 3/4/2025
48 Center Business Improvement Assessment Area Management Contract drafting and Execution Execute Agreement between Salt Lake City and the vendor to manage the assessment area. DED
49 Transfer properties into billing status. Engineering 3/20/2025 50 Assessment Invoices and Billing Mail assessment notices and invoices to Property Owners by April 5, 2022 the latest. Treasurer 3/21/2025
51 Publication & Posting of the Assessment Ordinance 1. Publication of the Assessment Ordinance on the Utah Public Notice Website. 2. Post a copy of the Assessment Ordinance as a Class A notice. For at least 21 days DED/Recorder's 3/24/2025
52 Record Notice of Assessment Interest with Salt Lake County Recorder.
I note that Utah Code 11-42-404(4)(b)(iii) requires the notice of assessment interest to “describe the property assessed by legal description and tax identification number.” Metes and Bounds legal description provided by Recorder’s Office. Salt Lake City Recorders 4/21/2025
53 Effective start date of the Assessment Ordinance Must be specified in the Assessment Ordinance DED 4/21/2025 54 Assessment Payments Due Invoice Payments due from property owners [15 days after effective date of Assessment Ordinance] Treasurer 5/6/2025