Work session agenda: briefings on emergency declarations, homelessness, RMF-30 zoning changes, transportation sales tax projects and the cemetery plan
September 1, 2020, 2:00 p.m. · Electronic meeting (no physical anchor location)
The Council's September 1, 2020 work session was scheduled as a run of briefings: emergency declarations, racial equity and policing, homelessness, Budget Amendment No. 2, RMF-30 text changes, the Southeast Market rezone, county transportation sales tax projects, the draft cemetery master plan and municipal renewable energy. No minutes were available, so no outcomes are recorded.
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
Updates on the Mayor's emergency proclamations (COVID-19, March earthquake, recent protests)
Discussed
Administration update on the three local emergency declarations, including public health and safety, budget issues, the Emergency Operations Center, city response and aid, and the status of city buildings after the March 18 earthquake.
Item 2 · Presentation
Updates on racial equity and policing
Discussed
Discussion of staff work on racial equity and policing, including an update on the newly created Commission on Racial Equity in Policing.
Item 3 · Presentation
Updates on relieving the condition of people experiencing homelessness
Discussed
Updates and discussion on homelessness in neighborhoods across the city.
Item 4 · Budget
Budget Amendment No. 2 for Fiscal Year 2020-21, follow-up
Discussed
Follow-up briefing on an amendment including public internet access infrastructure, CARES Act funding for pandemic-response personnel, expansion of the Youth and Family program for childcare and education, and housing assistance. A hearing was set for the evening's formal meeting.
Item 5 · City code
Text amendments to the RMF-30 Low Density Multi-Family zone
Discussed
Briefing on proposals to ease multi-family housing in RMF-30 areas: design standards for new development, new building types such as sideways row houses, cottage developments and tiny houses, smaller lot-area minimums, no minimum lot width, more than one primary structure per lot, a density bonus for keeping an existing structure and a lot-width maximum to discourage land banking.
- Hearings tentatively October 6 and 20
Item 7 · Zoning
Zoning map amendment for 402 and 416 East 900 South (Southeast Market), follow-up
Discussed
Follow-up briefing on rezoning two parcels from RB and CN to CB so each is in one district; one parcel is split between RB and CN. The applicants have submitted no development plans.
- Current zone → proposed: RB and CN → CB
Item 8 · Roads and utilities
County sales tax for transportation projects
Discussed
Briefing on the Administration's proposed Fiscal Year 2021 uses of the new Salt Lake County fourth quarter-cent sales tax for transportation: $1.5 million to prepare 600 North and 1000 North for frequent transit bus service, $800,000 for the 9-Line Trail and Folsom Trail and $200,000 for alleyway maintenance, among other items.
- Budget$1.50 million
- Budget$800,000
- Budget$200,000
Item 9 · Parks
Draft Cemetery Master Plan update
Discussed
Briefing on the updated draft master plan for the 120-acre City Cemetery in the Avenues, which faces limited capacity, little room to expand and funding challenges. The plan suggests using it as community open space and funding deferred maintenance and perpetual care.
Item 10 · Presentation
Municipal renewable energy project update
Discussed
Briefing on Administration efforts to power city operations with renewable energy, mainly a solar project opportunity and the financial effects of repowering municipal electricity use.
What residents said
Housing zoning rulesHomelessness