Council names Petro-Eschler to Inland Port board and sets water service area
January 18, 2022, 7:00 p.m. · Electronic meeting
The council appointed Council Member Victoria Petro-Eschler to the Utah Inland Port Authority Board, established the city's designated water service area and shifted $400,000 in tennis funding from Wasatch Hills to Liberty Park. It also amended a UDOT infrastructure bank loan to be repaid from the innkeepers tax. Council Member Ana Valdemoros was absent.
From the draft minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
| Item | Result |
|---|---|
| Three grant applications (joint hearing) | Continued · 6-0 |
| Budget Amendment No. 5, fiscal 2021-22 (remaining item) | Approved · 6-0 |
| Utah Inland Port Authority Board appointment | Approved · 6-0 |
| State Infrastructure Bank loan resolution amendment | Approved · 6-0 |
| Designated water service area | Approved · 6-0 |
| Consent agenda: CDCIP Advisory Board appointments | Approved · 6-0 |
Agenda, item by item
Item B.1-3 · Public hearing
Three grant applications (joint hearing)
Continued · 6-0
The council held one hearing on three grant applications: a Salt Lake County Corridor Preservation Fund grant to buy 0.174 acres on 400 South between 550 West and 600 West to preserve a transit corridor (an adjacent 0.174-acre RDA parcel would be contributed), a Marathon Petroleum Foundation grant for two 14-passenger vans for YouthCity afterschool transport, and a state mental health first responders grant to add 815 counseling hours in a one-year employee assistance pilot. One speaker opposed the 400 South grant, saying the money had better uses. The hearing was closed and the items sent to a future consent agenda.
- GrantAmount not given
- GrantAmount not given to Marathon Petroleum Foundation
- GrantAmount not given to Utah Department of Human Services
Item B.4 · Budget
Budget Amendment No. 5, fiscal 2021-22 (remaining item)
Approved · 6-0
The council closed the continued hearing and adopted Ordinance 2 of 2022 for a single item, I-3, which moves $400,000 of fiscal 2022 capital improvement funds for tennis improvements from the Wasatch Hills Tennis Center to the Liberty Park Tennis Center. One speaker said the money should go to policing homeless shelters.
- Budget$400,000
- Ordinance 2 of 2022
Item E.1 · Appointment
Utah Inland Port Authority Board appointment
Approved · 6-0
The council adopted Resolution 1 of 2022 appointing Council Member Victoria Petro-Eschler to the Utah Inland Port Authority Board.
- Resolution 1 of 2022
Item F.1 · Budget
State Infrastructure Bank loan resolution amendment
Approved · 6-0
The council adopted Resolution 2 of 2022, amending Resolution 31 of 2021 so the UDOT State Infrastructure Bank loan to the city is payable from the innkeepers tax rather than sales tax revenue.
- BondAmount not given to Utah Department of Transportation (State Infrastructure Bank)
- Resolution 2 of 2022
Item F.2 · City code
Designated water service area
Approved · 6-0
The council adopted Ordinance 3 of 2022 establishing the city's Designated Water Service Area and approving the map, as required after Utah's 2020 Constitutional Amendment D. The area matches existing and historical service commitments.
- Ordinance 3 of 2022
Item G · Appointment
Consent agenda: CDCIP Advisory Board appointments
Approved · 6-0
The council appointed Richard Nazzaro, Jenny Bonk and Jacob Skog to the Community Development and Capital Improvement Programs Advisory Board for terms ending June 2, 2025.
What residents said
Foothills Trails planMiller Bird Refuge in YalecrestPolice funding at shelters
Speakers raised the Foothills Trails plan and trail protection, tree cutting and herbicide use at Miller Bird Refuge in Yalecrest, decriminalizing certain plants and fungi, police rifle policy, and police funding at homeless shelters.