Council extends shelter bed-cap emergency, approves $100,000 bakery loan and sets February hearings on rezones and ADU rules
January 17, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
The Salt Lake City Council unanimously extended the local emergency declaration on winter overflow shelter bed caps and approved a $100,000 economic development loan to Forty Three Bakery. A consent agenda approved five board appointments and set public hearings on the 704 East 900 South rezone, the Rocky Mountain Power rezone, ADU rules, the Urban Forest Action Plan, a land exchange and turf limits. Council Member Ana Valdemoros was absent.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
| Item | Result |
|---|---|
| Extension of local emergency declaration: winter overflow shelter bed caps | Approved · 6-0 |
| Economic Development Loan Fund: Forty Three Bakery/Streusel LLC | Approved · 6-0 |
| Consent: public hearing dates set | Approved · 6-0 |
| Consent: board appointments | Approved · 6-0 |
Agenda, item by item
Item E1 · Public safety
Extension of local emergency declaration: winter overflow shelter bed caps
Approved · 6-0
The Council adopted Resolution 01 of 2023 extending the Mayor's December 20, 2022 proclamation declaring a local emergency on winter overflow shelter overnight occupancy caps.
Item F1 · Contract
Economic Development Loan Fund: Forty Three Bakery/Streusel LLC
Approved · 6-0
The Council adopted Ordinance 02 of 2023 approving a $100,000 loan from the Economic Development Loan Fund to Forty Three Bakery/Streusel LLC, a retail and wholesale bakery and café at 713 Genesee Avenue. The loan is meant to help create 20 new jobs in the next year and retain 7.
- Grant$100,000 to Forty Three Bakery/Streusel LLC
Item G1-G6 · Other
Consent: public hearing dates set
Approved · 6-0
The Council set February 7, 2023 hearings on the rezone at about 704 East 900 South, the Rocky Mountain Power rezone at 1223 West North Temple, the ADU text amendment and a land exchange at 592 N. Riverside Drive for the Bridge to Backman project; set a February 21 hearing on the Urban Forest Action Plan; and set a March 7 hearing on landscape material (turf) limits. The Planning Commission forwarded a negative recommendation on the 704 East 900 South rezone, so no ordinance had been drafted. The Riverside Drive exchange would transfer open space for $0 to Riverwood Cove, LLC for another open space parcel of equal size, to enable a public park, outdoor classroom and a walking and biking connection to Backman Elementary and to resolve an encroachment.
- Land deal$0 to Riverwood Cove, LLC
Item G7-G11 · Appointment
Consent: board appointments
Approved · 6-0
The Council approved Kristy Chambers, Ivana Powell and Damon Talbot to the Accessibility and Disability Commission (terms ending December 28, 2026) and Uliva Guadarrama and Olivia Joylani Kavapalu to the Racial Equity in Policing Commission (terms ending December 30, 2024).
What residents said
ADU review pacePesticides in Northwest QuadrantNorthpointe planHistoric church preservationHousing loss mitigation
Speakers raised concern about how fast the ADU proposal was moving and asked for more review; pesticide use in the Northwest Quadrant; enforcement of illegal ADUs; the Thriving in Place housing report; warehouse development in Northpointe and the Northpointe Small Area Master Plan process; preservation of the Judge Memorial church building; the Bees baseball team's move to Daybreak; and protecting natural lands around the Great Salt Lake.