Council adopts FY2024 capital improvement allocations, sight distance rules and a $100,000 bakery loan
August 15, 2023, 6:00 p.m. · City & County Building, Salt Lake City
The council voted 7-0 to adopt the project-specific allocations for the FY2024 Capital Improvement Program, the sight distance triangle ordinance and a $100,000 Economic Development Loan Fund loan to Leavity LLC. It also set September 5 hearings on the first budget amendment and a fee schedule correction, and approved a Police Civilian Review Board appointment on consent.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
| Item | Result |
|---|---|
| Grant application: Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (public hearing) | Approved · 7-0 |
| Sight distance triangle text amendment | Approved · 7-0 |
| FY2024 Capital Improvement Program project allocations | Approved · 7-0 |
| Economic Development Loan Fund loan to Leavity LLC | Approved · 7-0 |
| Consent: hearing dates for Budget Amendment No. 1 and fee schedule correction | Approved · 7-0 |
| Consent: Police Civilian Review Board appointment | Approved · 7-0 |
Agenda, item by item
Item B-1 · Public hearing
Grant application: Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (public hearing)
Approved · 7-0
The council held a hearing on a police department application to the state's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. If awarded, the 12-month grant starting July 1, 2024 would pay for police overtime, training and computers. No one commented at the hearing; the council closed it and referred the item to a future consent agenda.
- GrantAmount not given to State of Utah ICAC Task Force
Item C-1 · City code
Sight distance triangle text amendment
Approved · 7-0
The council adopted Ordinance 46 of 2023, adding alley-street and alley-sidewalk intersections to the sight distance triangle rules and applying the standards to buildings and other structures not covered by fence regulations. Council Member Darin Mano clarified that the version adopted included changes discussed in the last work session.
- Petitioner: Mayor Erin Mendenhall
- Petition: PLNPCM2023-00054
Item C-2 · Roads and utilities
FY2024 Capital Improvement Program project allocations
Approved · 7-0
The council adopted Resolution 23 of 2023, approving the project-specific capital improvement allocations for fiscal year 2024 as listed in Exhibit A of the funding log in the meeting materials.
Item F-1 · Contract
Economic Development Loan Fund loan to Leavity LLC
Approved · 7-0
The council adopted Ordinance 47 of 2023 approving a $100,000 loan to Leavity LLC, a wholesale sourdough bakery at 47 South Orange Street, to create one new job and retain one in the next year.
- Payment$100,000 to Leavity LLC
Item G-1 and G-2 · Budget
Consent: hearing dates for Budget Amendment No. 1 and fee schedule correction
Approved · 7-0
The council set September 5 hearings on the first amendment to the FY2023-24 budget (open streets events, local match for Jordan River bridge grants, expanded 2100 South reconstruction elements) and on a consolidated fee schedule change that separates lane closure and sidewalk closure fees.
Item G-3 · Appointment
Consent: Police Civilian Review Board appointment
Approved · 7-0
The council approved Elizabeth Hanna to the Police Civilian Review Board for a term ending September 7, 2026.
What residents said
Inland Port and warehouse development impactsVacant and boarded buildingsGreen space in RMF-30 zoning
Speakers raised the impact of warehouse development and the Inland Port in the Northwest Quadrant, RMF-30 zoning and green space, vacant and boarded buildings, and asked that the police department's Internet Crimes Against Children grant be used effectively.