City Council Announcements
August 23, 2011
B. Information Needed by Council Staff
1. Council Retreat
Would the Council prefer to start at Noon and invite their families to dinner following the retreat, or start at 9:00A.M. or 10:00A.M. and be done at 3:00P.M. or 4:00P.M.?Council Members did not want to plan dinner for the families and wanted to start at 10:00 am with lunch served.
2. D4 Parade Route Rules (Attachment 1)
Council Member Luke Garrott would like to suggest adjusting Chapter 3.50.240, Salt Lake City Code, relating to regulations for public property adjacent to event routes to allow for person to reserve public space from 4:00P.M., the day before an event, rather than 8:00P.M.
Would other Council Members consider supporting Council Member Garrott in amending the Ordinance to allow camping at an earlier time, 4:00P.M., for events adjacent to public property? Council Members were in support of reexamining the ordinance but wanted feedback from the businesses along the parade route and from the police department. They also wanted to discuss throwing candy.
3. Move an October Council Meeting
Due to conflicting events, UEA Break and the Rail~Volution Conference, would the Council like to move the scheduled Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Council Meeting to the following Tuesday, October 25, 2011? Ms. Gust-Jenson said maybe the RDA could do their retreat and their meeting on October 25th and the Council could use the extra time on October 11th for Council and just have two Council meetings that month and one RDA meeting but on separate nights. Council Members wanted staff to work with DJ Baxter.
4. Rules of Procedure, Simplified (Attachment 2)
Staff has prepared a one-page handout to comply with H.B. 267, adopted in the last Legislative session. It requires certain public bodies, including the City Council, to adopt rules governing parliamentary order and procedure; ethical behavior; and civil discourse in a public meeting.
H.B. 267 requires that these rules be posted on the Council website and made available to the public at each Council meeting. We plan on creating website hyperlinks to the ethical rules and will also make them available in a binder for public review at Council meetings.
Does the Council have any concerns with the handout? Council Members wanted this to be added one more time to the September 6, 2011 agenda for feedback.
C. Grants for Council’s Review - The Administration has forwarded information about the following grant opportunities that they are pursuing. Following is a quick list of the items. A memo with more information is attached. If the Council does not have any objections, and the City is awarded the grant, these will come back through the Consent and Budget Amendment process.
1. Emergency Management Credentialing Employees (EMPG) – program funding for issuing employee credentials. Grant amount: $25,943 through the State Office of Emergency Services (Dept. of Homeland Security). Match Requirement: 100% met through volunteer hours and staff salaries.
2. CERT Training – funding to support CERT training and materials for signage. Grant amount: $12,140 through State Farm “Safe Neighborhoods”. Match requirement: none.
3. Celebrate the City support – application for grant funds toward the 2012 Celebrate the City event. Grant amount: $7,500 from the Union Pacific Foundation. Match requirement: none.
4. Soccer for Success YouthCity - application toward equipment, training and salaries for new soccer program to be offered through YouthCity. Would include potential hiring of a seasonal part-time employee as a program coordinator. Grant amount: $55,000 cash (toward coaches, staffing, marketing, awards, etc.), plus $70,000 in-kind award (for equipment, training, uniforms, background checks, etc.). Match requirement: none. The Council may wish to note the staffing component to this item.