UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES & TOWNS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
LOCATION: PROVO CITY HALL, 445 W CENTER ST, PROVO, UT 84601 & VIA ZOOM
MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2024 @ 9:30 AM
1) Welcome and Introductions - Mayor Michelle Kaufusi, ULCT President
2) Administrative Items - Mayor Michelle Kaufusi, ULCT President
ACTIONS: Review & approval of Minutes, call for conflict-of-interest disclosure
HANDOUTS: DRAFT June 10, 2024 Board Minutes, ULCT Conflict of Interest Form
3) ULCT Board & Commission Reports & Appointments - Liam Thrailkill, Policy Analyst & Program Manager
- 2024 Nominations Committee
- Endorsement of Mayor Mark Shepherd for NLC 2nd VP
- Boards & Commissions Vacancies
- Utah Communications Authority Board
- Indigent Defense Commission
- Land Use and Eminent Domain Board
ACTION: Ratify membership of 2024 Nominations Committee, Endorsement of Mayor Mark Shepherd for NLC 2nd VP, Appointments to Utah Communications Authority Board, Indigent Defense Commission, and Land Use and Eminent Domain Board
HANDOUT: Boards & Commissions Memo
4) FY 2024 Q4 Budget & Procurement Report & Check Register (June 2024) - Nick Jarvis, Chief Operating Officer
ACTION: Review & approval of FY 2024 Q4 Budget & Procurement Report & Check Register, Review and approval of Event Services Contract with In The Event, LLC
HANDOUTS: FY 2024 Q4 Budget & Procurement Report & Check Register, Event Services Contract with In The Event, LLC
5) ULCT Engagement Report - Molly Wheeler, Deputy Director & ULCT Engagement Staff
- ARPA Assistance - Liam Thrailkill
- Your Land, Your Plan - Meg Ryan
- 2024-2025 ULCT Membership Engagement & Connections
- Conflict Competence update
- Taylor Award timing update
ACTION: For information and discussion
HANDOUTS: ARPA Assistance Program Memo, 'Your Land, Your Plan' Public Assets Program Memo, 2023-2024 ULCT Engagement Report
6) Advocacy Update - Justin Lee, Deputy Director and Cameron Diehl, Executive Director
- Priorities from the first and second class city caucus in July
- Housing
1) Storm clouds
- Zoning (legislative): proposed state standards for parking/garages, state mandates to require small lots and/or external ADUs
- Process (administrative): plan review timing, hiring own inspectors
- There is another effort to shorten plan review time frames allow builders to hire their own inspectors, and have more state oversight, in part due to anecdotes and examples of 'bad actors.' Some cities would like to improve the current statutory process and some cities don't want to make any changes.
2) ULCT priorities
- Affordable home ownership in all neighborhoods (new and existing), sustainable infrastructure, quality of life
3) Discussion questions
- Based on what we've heard from the membership on a) parking and garages, b) disincentivizing corporate-owned rental housing in order to incentivize more home ownership, and c) plan review and inspections, what should ULCT's next steps be?
- What specific 'Speak Up' message on housing/infrastructure/growth should we promote at Annual for your colleagues to share with legislators?
- Board principles on housing, template for cities on how to talk about infrastructure costs and planned housing units
- 2034 Winter Olympics
1) Discussion question
- Gov. Cox and the Legislature have asked for municipal priorities. Team ULCT has also discussed Olympic engagement opportunities with Olympic leaders. What do you think about a ULCT effort, that reports to the Board, that a) prioritizes challenges, opportunities, and 'big asks' for 2034 and beyond; and b) identifies community engagement options?
- Utah Supreme Court and redistricting update
- Potential LPC bylaw changes: bill positions, LPC membership
1) Discussion questions
- Should we offer one LPC membership to each affiliate group?
- Should we modify our bill positions beyond support, oppose, neutral, no position, position pending?
ACTION: For information and discussion
HANDOUT: First & Second Class Cities Caucus Recap
7) Executive Director Report - Cameron Diehl, Executive Director
- Tentative 2024-2025 Board Meeting dates
- Report back from NLC
o Staff workshop, Directors workshop, City Summit
ACTION: For information and discussion
HANDOUT: None
8) Executive Director Performance Evaluation - Mayor Michelle Kaufusi, ULCT President
9) Adjourn
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