Council directs staff to draft changes to COVID-19 ordinance after several amendment motions fail
September 1, 2020, 1:30 p.m. · Electronic meeting (youtube.com/provocitycouncil)
The work meeting centered on possible amendments to Provo's COVID-19 response ordinance (Chapter 9.25). Several motions on specific amendments failed. The Council then voted 7-0 to have staff prepare amendments and to continue the item on the evening agenda. The remaining items were presentations.
From the agenda and city or news reports of the results; minutes not yet posted. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 1 · City code
Possible amendments to Chapter 9.25, COVID-19 Response
Approved · 7-0
Several motions on specific amendments to the chapter failed, according to the Summary of Action. A motion directing staff to prepare amendments for Council review at its next meeting, and to continue the item on the evening meeting agenda, was approved 7-0.
Item 2 · Presentation
Fiscal 2020 third-quarter financial report
Discussed
Presentation only.
Item 3 · Presentation
Update on the Provo City Center Project and redevelopment
Discussed
Presentation only.
Item 4 · Presentation
Municipal Wastewater Planning Program Report for 2019
Discussed
Resolution approving the report under the Utah Pollutant Discharge Elimination System was presented only; it was already scheduled for a Council meeting on September 1, 2020.
Item 5 · Presentation
Utah Transit Authority on COVID-19 impacts to its services
Discussed
Presentation only.
Item 6 · Contract
Surplus listing and sale of 0.207-acre vacant parcel near 1320 South and 1080 East
Discussed
Resolution to place the 0.207-acre vacant parcel on the surplus property list and approve a real estate purchase contract for sale to a residential development. Presentation only; already scheduled for the September 1 Council meeting.
- Land dealAmount not given
Item 7 · Zoning
Zone change for about 3.75 acres at 1487 W 990 S, A1 to R1.10 (Sunset Neighborhood)
Discussed
Planning Commission referral to rezone about 3.75 acres from Agricultural (A1) to One-Family (R1.10). Presentation only; already scheduled for the September 1 Council meeting.
- Current zone to proposed: Agricultural (A1) to One-Family (R1.10)
- Acres: about 3.75
- Case: PLRZ20200209
Item 8 · General plan
General Plan map change from commercial to residential at 1555 N Canyon Road (Carterville Neighborhood)
Continued
Continued.
- Case: PLGPA20200062
Item 9 · Zoning
Zone change for about 1.91 acres at 1555 N Canyon Road, General Commercial to Campus Mixed Use
Continued
Continued.
- Current zone to proposed: General Commercial (CG) to Campus Mixed Use (CMU)
- Acres: about 1.91
- Case: PLRZ20200085