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HomeMy WebLinkAboutUpdated Resolution - 6/4/2026 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 Salt Lake City, Utah June 9, 2026 A regular meeting of the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, was held on June 9, 2026, at the hour of 7:00 p.m., at which meeting there were present and answering to roll call the following members who constituted a quorum: Alejandro Puy Chair Erika Carlsen Vice-Chair Chris Wharton Councilmember Victoria Petro Councilmember Dan Dugan Councilmember Sarah Young Councilmember Also present: Erin Mendenhall Mayor Mark Kittrell City Attorney Keith Reynolds City Recorder Absent: Thereupon the following proceedings, among others, were duly had and taken: The following resolution was introduced in writing, was read by title, and Councilmember ____________ moved its adoption: 2 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 RESOLUTION NO. ___ of 2026 A Resolution of intention of the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah (the “City”), to designate an Assessment Area for the purpose of levying assessments against properties within the Assessment Area to promote business activity and economic development in the Sugar House neighborhood of the City by assessing benefited properties within the Assessment Area for the costs of such economic promotion activities for a period of three years (the “Assessments”); and to fix a time and place for protests against the Assessment Area and its assessments, and related matters. BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, as follows: Section 1. The City Council (the “Council”) of Salt Lake City, Utah (the “City”), hereby determines that it will be in the best interest of the City to promote economic growth activities in the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City. The proposed activities are more specifically described hereafter, but generally will include, but will not be limited to, advertising campaigns, newsletters, publications, festivals, special events, banners, branding/marketing, cultural promotion, placemaking initiatives, limited trash pickup, hospitality, wayfinding assistance, holiday lighting/signage, light maintenance, homeless services, including connection to social services through the Ambassadors Program & Public Realm Services, business recruitment, district research/reporting, surveys, government coordination, housing advocacy collaboration, town meetings, strategic planning and special projects (collectively, the “Economic Promotion Activities”) in the Sugar House neighborhood as described hereafter and more specifically identified on maps and plans on file in the Office of the City Recorder of the City. In order to accomplish the Economic Promotion Activities, the City proposes to designate the Salt Lake City, Utah Sugar House Assessment Area No. DA-SHBD-27 (the “Assessment Area”) pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 42, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended (the “Act”), the area of which is more particularly described in the Notice of Intention to Designate Assessment Area set out hereafter. Section 2. A portion of the cost of the Economic Promotion Activities shall be paid by a special assessment to be levied against business and commercial properties situated within the Assessment Area that are specially benefited by the Economic Promotion Activities. The assessment will have two components: (i) an assessment based on the 2025 taxable property values (the “Base Assessment”), plus (ii) an assessment on certain properties by linear feet for special holiday lights and signage (the “Lighting/Signage Assessment” and together with the Base Assessment, the “Assessment”). Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a list of the properties within the Assessment Area and the proposed Assessment related to each property. The Assessment may be paid when assessed or, at the option of the property owner, in three (3) annual installments with interest on any delinquent installment until paid. Section 3. The Council shall hold a public hearing on August 18, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at the Council Chambers at 451 South State Street in Salt Lake City, Utah to hear all objections related to the Assessment Area as set forth in the Act. Thereafter, written protests from property owners against the proposed assessments may be filed in the Office of the City Recorder of the City, whose address is 451 South State Street, Room 415, for a period of 60 days after the date of the public hearing. On October 20, 2026, (such date being within 15 days after the date the protest 3 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 period expires), at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 451 South State Street in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Council shall count the written protests filed and calculate whether adequate protests have been filed and hold a public meeting to announce the protest tally and whether adequate protests have been filed. The Council may thereafter adopt a resolution abandoning or creating the proposed Assessment Area depending on whether adequate protests have been filed. The City Recorder is hereby directed to give notice of intention to designate the Assessment Area (the “Notice of Intention”) to finance and support the Economic Promotion Activities. The Notice of Intention shall specify the date of the public hearing and the time within which protests against the proposed assessments may be filed. The Notice of Intention shall be published as a Class B Notice under Section 63G-30-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, for at least 20 days but not more than 35 days before the date of the public hearing. As a Class B Notice, the City Recorder shall mail a copy of the Notice of Intention by United States Mail, postage prepaid, to each owner of property to be assessed within the Assessment Area at the last known mailing address of such owner, using for such purpose the names and addresses of said owners appearing on the last completed real property assessment rolls of Salt Lake County, Utah, and, in addition, a copy of the Notice of Intention shall be mailed, postage prepaid, addressed to “Owner” at the street number of each piece of improved property to be affected by the Assessment. If a street number has not been so assigned, then the post office box, rural route number, or any other mailing address of the improved property shall be used for the mailing of the Notice of Intention. Said Notice of Intention shall be in substantially the following form: 4 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE ASSESSMENT AREA PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 9, 2026, the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah adopted a resolution (the “Resolution”) declaring its intention to designate the Salt Lake City, Utah Sugar House Assessment Area No. DA-SHBD-27 (the “Assessment Area”) to finance a portion of the cost of economic promotion activities, which are more specifically described hereafter (the “Economic Promotion Activities”) in the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City within the Assessment Area and to levy a special assessment (the “Assessment” or “Assessments”) for a period of three years as provided in Title 11, Chapter 42, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended (the “Act”), on real property situated within the Assessment Area for the benefit of which such assessments are to be expended in the management and costs of the Economic Promotion Activities. DESCRIPTION OF ASSESSMENT AREA The Assessment Area is described by reference to the following streets (the “Reference Streets”): A – Ramona Avenue from 700 East to 1200 East B – 1200 East from Ramona Avenue to Property Line between 1963 South 1200 East and 1979 S 1200 East C – Property Line between 1963 South 1200 East and 1979 South 1200 East from 1200 East to Alley 12884 D – Alley 12884 from Property Line between 1963 South 1200 East and 1979 South 1200 East to Douglas Street E – Alley 12109 from Douglas Street to Alley 13236 F -- Alley 13236 from Alley 12109 to 1300 East G – 1300 East from Alley 13236 to North right-of-way line of I-80 H – North right-of-way line of I-80 from 1300 East to 1100 East I – 1100 East from North right-of-way line of I-80 to Sugarmont Drive J – Sugarmont Drive from S McClelland Street to 900 East K – 900 East from Sugarmont Drive to Simpson Avenue L – Simpson Avenue from 900 East to 700 East M – 700 East from Simpson Avenue to Ramona Avenue The area of the Assessment Area shall include all property bounded by Reference Streets A through M described above. The Lighting/Signage Assessment (as described herein) shall apply to the following streets (collectively, the “Lighting/Signage Streets”): A – On 2100 South from 900 East to 1300 East B – On 1100 East from Ramona Avenue to 2100 South C – On Highland Drive from 2100 South to Stringham Avenue 5 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 The Resolution, maps, and other information about the Assessment Area are available for examination during business hours in the offices of the Salt Lake City Recorder, 451 South State Street, Room 415, Salt Lake City, Utah. ACTIVITIES AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ASSESSMENT AREA The “Economic Promotion Activities” shall include, but not be limited to, advertising campaigns, newsletters, publications, festivals, special events, banners, branding/marketing, cultural promotion, placemaking initiatives, limited trash pickup, hospitality, wayfinding assistance, holiday lighting/signage, light maintenance, homeless services including connection to social services through the Ambassadors Program & Public Realm Services, business recruitment, district research/reporting, surveys, government coordination, housing advocacy collaboration, town meetings, strategic planning and special projects. The Economic Promotion activities will take place within the boundaries of the Assessment Area for the benefit of business and commercial property owners within the Assessment Area. The City will establish a management contract through March 2030 for purposes of promotional activities for the Assessment Area, subject to the creation of the Assessment Area. ASSESSMENT RATE, FINANCIAL PLAN, AND SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS Funds received from the Assessments and the estimated cost of the Economic Promotion Activities are as follows: Sources of Funds* Uses of Funds* __________________ * Figures have been rounded and may not sum due to rounding. The Assessment is proposed to be levied on benefited property within the Assessment Area to pay for a portion of the Economic Promotion Activities according to the estimated benefits to 6 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 the property from such activities. The Economic Promotion Activities will not be financed with bonds. PROPERTIES EXCLUDED FROM ASSESSMENT AREA ASSESSMENTS Residential, ecclesiastical, and government-owned properties shall be excluded from Assessments unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the City and the owners of such properties. Subject to the foregoing sentence, only business and commercial properties shall be assessed. In addition, any properties having a taxable value of less than $20,000 based upon the most recent real property assessment roll of Salt Lake County shall be excluded from Assessments. The determination of qualification for exclusion for ecclesiastical and government-owned property shall be based upon exemptions from ad valorem real property taxes for properties used by churches for non-commercial purposes and for properties owned and operated by governmental agencies. Inasmuch as the Assessment is intended to fund economic promotion activities, the City does not find any benefits for residential, ecclesiastical and/or governmental property excluded from the Assessment. BASIS FOR ASSESSMENT It is proposed to levy a one-time Assessment for a three-year period on property in the Assessment Area to pay all or a portion of the estimated costs of the Economic Promotion Activities within the Assessment Area. The Assessment shall not exceed the benefits derived by the properties within the Assessment Area. There shall be two assessment components: (i) an assessment based on the 2025 taxable property values (the “Base Assessment”), plus (ii) an assessment based on linear feet (except that corner lots will not be assessed for both frontages as applicable, only one) on certain properties with frontage on the Lighting/Signage Streets for special holiday lights and signage (the “Lighting/Signage Assessment” and together with the Base Assessment, the “Assessment”). PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS Assessments shall be payable in full or in three (3) annual installments (the “Assessment Installment” or “Installments”). If payable in three (3) Installments, the first Installment will fall due fifteen (15) days after the effective date of the ordinance levying the Assessment (the “Assessment Ordinance”). The total Assessment for the benefited property related to this notice is detailed in the cover letter accompanying this notice. The first Installment is currently estimated to be due on approximately April 5, 2027. The second and third Installments will fall due on the first and second anniversary dates of the first Installment. If any Installment is not paid by the due date, the unpaid Installment(s) will accumulate delinquent interest and/or charges in accordance with the Assessment Ordinance and State law. The Assessments will be collected by directly billing property owners. The City doesn’t currently expect any adjustments to the Assessments for changes in costs associated with Economic Promotion Activities. The City will ensure that no Assessments will be collected and used for purposes other than those described in this Notice. PUBLIC HEARING 7 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 The City Council shall hold a public hearing on August 18, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. at the Council Chambers at 451 South State Street in Salt Lake City, Utah to hear all objections related to the Assessment Area and all persons desiring to be heard, as set forth in the Act. TIME FOR FILING PROTESTS PROTESTS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS OBJECTING TO THE ASSESSMENT AREA DESIGNATION OR OBJECTING TO BEING ASSESSED FOR THE PROPOSED ECONOMIC PROMOTION ACTIVITIES MUST BE FILED IN WRITING WITH THE CITY RECORDER OF SALT LAKE CITY EITHER IN PERSON DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OR BY MAIL (PO BOX 145515) ON OR BEFORE 5:00 P.M. ON OCTOBER 19, 2026. To be counted against the creation of the Assessment Area, protests or objections MUST BE IN WRITING, signed by the owners of the property proposed to be assessed. The written protest must describe or otherwise identify said property. If the aggregate taxable value of property that is the subject of timely filed written protests represents at least 40% of the aggregate taxable value of all property within the Assessment Area, the City Council will not impose the Base Assessment, and if the linear feet frontage of the Lighting/Signage Streets (except that corner lots will not apply for both frontages as applicable, only one) that is the subject of timely filed written protests represents at least 40% of the aggregate linear feet frontage of Lighting/Signage Streets assessed within the Assessment Area, the City Council will not impose the Lighting/Signage Assessment. Protests withdrawn prior to the expiration of the protest period and protests from areas deleted from the Assessment Area will not be counted against the creation of the Assessment Area. On Tuesday, October 20, 2026 (such date being within 15 days after the date the protest period expires), at 7:00 p.m. at the Council Chambers at 451 South State Street in Salt Lake City, Utah, the City Council shall count the written protests filed and calculate whether adequate protests have been filed and hold a public meeting to announce the protest tally and whether adequate protests have been filed. To stay informed on the electronic means or physical location of the City Council’s hearings and meetings, please visit www.slc.gov/council/agendas. The City shall post the total and percentage of the written protests it has received on its website at least five days before such meeting. 8 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 BY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH /s/ Keith Reynolds City Recorder 9 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 Councilmember __________ seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution. The motion and resolution were unanimously adopted on the following recorded vote: AYE: NAY: 10 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 After the conduct of other business not pertinent to the above, the meeting was, on motion duly made and seconded, adjourned. (SEAL) By:_________________________________ Chair ATTEST: By: City Recorder APPROVED AS TO FORM: ___/s/ Sara Montoya____________________ Sara Montoya Senior City Attorney 11 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 PRESENTATION TO THE MAYOR The foregoing resolution was presented to the Mayor for her approval or disapproval on __________, 2026. By: Chair MAYOR’S APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL The foregoing resolution is hereby approved on this __________, 2026. By: Mayor 12 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 STATE OF UTAH ) : ss. COUNTY OF SALT LAKE ) I, Keith Reynolds, the duly chosen, qualified, and acting City Recorder of Salt Lake City, Utah, do hereby certify as follows: (a) That the foregoing typewritten pages constitute a full, true, and correct copy of the record of proceedings of the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held in Salt Lake City on June 9, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., insofar as said proceedings relate to the consideration and adoption of a resolution declaring the intention of the City Council to designate the Salt Lake City, Sugar House Assessment Area No. DA-SHBD-27 to provide economic promotion activities therein described as the same appears of record in my office; that I personally attended said meeting, and that the proceedings were in fact held as in said minutes specified. (b) That due, legal, and timely notice of said meeting was served upon all members as required by law and the rules and ordinances of Salt Lake City. (c) That the above resolution was provided to my office on __________, 2026, has been recorded by me, and is a part of the permanent records of Salt Lake City, Utah. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my official signature and affixed the seal of Salt Lake City, Utah, this ___________, 2026. (SEAL) By: City Recorder 13 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 STATE OF UTAH ) AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING : ss. NOTICE OF INTENTION COUNTY OF SALT LAKE ) I, Keith Reynolds, the duly chosen, qualified, and acting City Recorder of Salt Lake City, Utah (the “City”), do hereby certify that a Notice of Intention to Designate Assessment Area (the “Notice of Intention”) was approved and adopted in the proceedings of the City Council held on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. I further certify that the Notice of Intention was published as a Class B Notice under Section 63G-30-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, for at least 20 days but not more than 35 days before the date of the public hearing (August 18, 2026). I further certify that on ___________, 2026, I mailed a true copy of the Notice of Intention by United States Mail, postage prepaid to each owner of land to be assessed within the proposed Assessment Area at the last known address of such owner, using for such purpose the names and addresses appearing on the last completed real property assessment rolls of Salt Lake County, and in addition I mailed on the same date a copy of said Notice of Intention addressed to “Owner” addressed to the street number, post office box, rural route number, or other mailing address of each piece of improved property to be affected by the assessment. I further certify that a certified copy of said Notice of Intention, together with profiles of the improvements or economic promotion activities and a map of the proposed Assessment Area, was on file in my office for inspection by any interested parties. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the corporate seal of Salt Lake City, Utah, this ___________, 2026. (SEAL) By: City Recorder 14 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETING LAW I, Keith Reynolds, the undersigned City Recorder of Salt Lake City, Utah (the “City”), do hereby certify, according to the records of the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah (the “City Council”) in my official possession, and upon my own knowledge and belief, that in accordance with the requirements of Section 52-4-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended (“Utah Code”), I gave not less than twenty-four (24) hours public notice of the agenda, date, time, and place of the June 9, 2026, public meeting held by the City Council (“Notice”), by causing the Notice, in the form attached hereto as Schedule 1: (i) to be posted at the anchor location for the meeting at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the convening of the meeting, said Notice having continuously remained so posted and available for public inspection until the completion of the meeting; (ii) to be posted to the Utah Public Notice Website (http://pmn.utah.gov) at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the convening of the meeting; and (iii) to be posted on the City’s official website at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the convening of the meeting. In addition, the Notice of 2026 Annual Meeting Schedule for the City Council (attached hereto as Schedule 2) was given specifying the date, time, and place of the regular meetings of the City Council to be held during the year, by causing said Notice to be posted at least annually (a) on the Utah Public Notice Website, (b) on the City’s official website, and (c) at the anchor location for the meeting. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my official signature this __________, 2026. (SEAL) By: City Recorder 15 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 SCHEDULE 1 MEETING NOTICE 16 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 SCHEDULE 2 ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE A-1 Notice of Intent Resolution 4919-0691-1907, v. 2 EXHIBIT A