Proposed Resolution - 10/8/2021RESOLUTION NO. ___OF 2021
Revising the Invitation to the National League of Cities for the 2025 City Summit
WHEREAS the National League of Cities (“NLC”) has long advocated for and
strengthened the 19,000 cities, villages and towns it represents throughout the country; and
WHEREAS, the NLC serves as a forum for leaders from the largest cities to the smallest
towns, and helps build better communities; and
WHEREAS, the NLC mission is to strengthen and promote cities as centers of
opportunity, leadership, and governance; and
WHEREAS, the NLC City Summit is the largest gathering of local elected officials and
staff in the country, providing opportunities to increase the effectiveness of the more than 3,500
local leader attendees; and
WHEREAS, Salt Lake City (“City”) shares the values of the NLC and is nationally
recognized for job creation, inclusion, quality of life and its natural beauty; and
WHEREAS, on _________ the City passed the Resolution Extending Invitation to the
National League of Cities in 2017 for the 2021 City Summit, (the “2017 Resolution”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the 2017 Resolution, the City is currently scheduled to host the
City Summit as an in-person event on November 18-20, 2021; and
WHEREAS, due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, the City is experiencing
high COVID-19 transmission rates, which makes the planned in-person conference imprudent as
a matter of public health and safety; and
WHEREAS, the NLC and the City jointly agreed to postpone the in-person 2021 City
Summit scheduled for November; and
WHEREAS, the City still desires to have the honor of hosting elected officials from
throughout the country for the NLC City Summit in 2025.
NOW THEREFORE; BE IT RESOLVED that the Salt Lake City Council hereby
extends an invitation to the National League of Cities and its members to Salt Lake City for the
City Summit to be hosted in 2025.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this ____________ day of
____________, 2021.
SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL
By: ________________________________
CHAIRPERSON
ATTEST:
By: ________________________
City Recorder
SALT LAKE CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
Approved As To Form
By: ___________________
Sara Montoya
Date: _______________