Council work session agenda: COVID-19 emergency update, scooter rules and wildfire permits
May 5, 2020, 3:00 p.m.
The Council's May 5 work session, held electronically under the emergency proclamation, was scheduled to cover the COVID-19 and earthquake emergency updates, the Transportation Master Plan, an electric scooter ordinance and a Housing Trust Fund loan change for a 95-unit project. No minutes are posted, so outcomes are not recorded here.
From the agenda; results are added when minutes are posted. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 1 · Presentation
Update on the mayor's COVID-19 and March earthquake emergency declarations
Pending
The Administration was scheduled to update the Council on the mayor's local emergency declarations for COVID-19 and the March 18 earthquake, including public health, public safety and budget issues, the Emergency Operations Center and the status of City buildings.
Item 2 · Other
Resolution extending the local emergency declaration
Pending
The Council was scheduled to be briefed on a resolution that would extend the mayor's March 10 proclamation of a local emergency for COVID-19.
Item 3 · Presentation
County Health Department update on COVID-19
Pending
A Salt Lake County Health Department representative was invited to brief the Council on public health issues tied to the pandemic.
Item 4 · Presentation
Transportation Master Plan goals and priorities
Pending
Transportation Division planners were to describe the goals, priorities and format of an updated citywide Transportation Master Plan to replace the 1996 plan, as part of preparing a request for proposals to write it.
Item 5 · City code
Ordinance on dockless shared mobility devices (electric scooters)
Pending
The Council was to be briefed on a proposed ordinance regulating electric scooters and other dockless shared mobility devices, which now operate under temporary agreements. The update adds safety-feature and insurance requirements and language separating scooters from devices used by people with mobility disabilities.
Item 6 · Development
Housing Trust Fund loan modification for North 4th LLC and Project Open 2 LLC
Pending
The Council was to be briefed on a request to modify a Housing Trust Fund loan so North 4th LLC is removed and Project Open 2 LLC, which now holds the land, is substituted. The mixed-income, mixed-use project would have 95 units, 74 of them affordable at or below 50 percent of area median income. The original City loan was for buying the land.
- Land dealAmount not given to North 4th LLC / Project Open 2 LLC
- Applicant: North 4th LLC / Project Open 2 LLC
- Units: 95 (74 affordable at or below 50% AMI)
- Tentative Council action: May 19, 2020
Item 7 · City code
Vegetation reduction permits for wildfire mitigation
Pending
The Council was to be briefed on a proposed permit program letting qualifying residents reduce vegetation on a strip of City-owned open land next to their property, such as the Foothills Natural Area or Jordan River Parkway, to reduce wildfire fuel. The agenda says it balances the City's limited land-management budget against residents' wildfire concerns. A hearing was planned for June 2.
Item 8-12 · Appointment
Board appointments: Transportation Advisory Board and Arts Council Board
Pending
The Council was to interview Jim Espeland for the Transportation Advisory Board (term ending Sept. 25, 2023) and Erika Hill, Andrea Ashdown, Kathy Davis and Torle Nenbee for the Arts Council Board (terms ending May 5, 2023). Action on all five was tentatively set for the formal meeting that night.
Item 13 · Other
Salt Lake County Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan
Pending
The Council was to be briefed on the county hazard mitigation plan, which covers demographics, hazard profiles and potential mitigation projects. FEMA requires an update every five years for jurisdictions to qualify for pre-disaster mitigation funds and post-disaster assistance. Action was tentatively set for May 19.
Item 14 · Budget
Fiscal Year 2020-21 budget: Metropolitan Water District
Pending
The Council was to be briefed on the proposed Metropolitan Water District budget for fiscal year 2020-21.