Improving and expanding our police department. Id like to invest in projects that improve our quality of life today and plan for the future of our city without significant impacts on future budgets. Our families are thriving, but all these changes have growing pains that we need to mitigate. Were in a housing crisis and these structures are not helping the problem theyre a blight upon our neighborhoods. The solution is not to increase density by encouraging developers to replace moderate rented houses with higher-density market-rate apartments. As the only candidate with an A+ rating from both our Salt Lake City police officers (FOP Lodge 29) and Equality Utah, I have the values and skills necessary to repair our citys relationship with its police force., Im DarinManoand its been my honor to represent District 5 over the last 2 years. We should not become Apartmentville USA! Citywide, inclusionary housing also offers everyone access to a neighborhood of choice. Daniel Tuutau did not participate in the debate, citing a prior conflict with the Utah Opera Chorus, and was performing at the Capitol Theatre. . I support rezoning efforts for higher-density units, accelerated building license application reviews and lower impact fees. Our current system puts too much emphasis on pursuing the almighty dollar, at the expense of constituent concerns and priorities, which too often take a back seat to priorities of large developers and monied interests., For truly affordable housing we need to switch to measuring affordability using FPL Federal Poverty Level ($12,880-$26,500), which better represents the reality of those caught in our housing crunch. As the Salt Lake Valley continues its booming growth, what are your solutions for affordable housing, preserving community character and creating a high quality of life for city residents? Showing print-friendly content. I will continue to raise the bar for the safety in our capital city while also ensuring that emergency responders are compensated for the difficult and dangerous work we ask them to do every day. A place to clean their clothes, a place to use the restroom, a place to bathe, a place to sleep, food to eat, and opportunity to find housing and work. The city lacks over 100 officers to answer 911 sometimes resulting in 50 calls on hold and doubled response time., WE WANT TO ALLOW HOUSING IN MORE AREAS OF THE CITY and open up for housing, the tens of thousands of acres/80% of Salt Lake that does not allow housing. Ballotpedia features 393,636 encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. We need to beef up the accessory dwelling unit ordinance and create a fund that helps families access down payment assistance to build them. This will also solve our air pollution problem. She believes government should reflect the needs and desiresof all people andis a strong advocate for governmental transparency and accountability. RCVis is open-source Ranked-Choice Voting Visualization software. The U.S. has only 5% of the worlds population but has 25% of its prison population. These neighborhoods are rooted in ones ability to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and are in close proximity to public green spaces. Leftover federal funds should be used directly to help our community, starting with our most vulnerable residents and those impacted by COVID-19. I would look at the British bed-and-breakfast model, where the queen allows British citizens to rent out up to two rooms and have six guests per night and pocket the money for themselves, paying no taxes on it. Equitable access to resources We are going to continue to see an increase in resources and if we are not creating policies now, we will continue to see inequitable access to those resources. When I lived in Seattle, officials did that very comparison, and they found that the costs to build and house people who need it was far less than the cost of first responders, emergency room care, etc. So we all have to try our best. Only 12% of the City is zoned single family and that neighborhood character should be protected., WE WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO STOPIGNORING DRUGS in parks and near schools, insist that the jail book and keep incarcerated drug dealers and use recommended drug dogs and walking police park patrols., WE WANT SLC TO ANALYZE PROJECTS FOR IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY to not increase pollution and speeding in adjacent streets. . As we look at the negative impacts and the many policies and programs, we must keep our focus on the human side of the issue and the equity of our solutions. Public safety is also critical to every city. If there is no clear majority among the remaining candidates, the process is repeated until there is. Occupation: Attorney, small-business owner. As a city we must commit to moving to complete clean energy, and there is a path to get us there. Aid can come in a variety of ways: educational support for families who had children struggle during online learning, or for small businesses to use for facility updates or marketing. First-preference votes for the eliminated candidate are deemed null, the voters second-choice candidate is then elevated, and a new count is tallied if a candidate receives a majority in the updated total, they are declared the winner. Help expand Ballotpedia's elections coverage - volunteer with us, The city of Salt Lake City, Utah, held general elections for city council on November 2, 2021. The filing deadline for this election was August 17, 2021. District 2 From I-15 to 7455 West and from I-80 to 2100 South. Salt Lake City must incentivize developers to take on the additional financial risk of developing affordable housing. Five Salt Lake City Council districts are up for election this year. We need to pass new zoning ordinances which will allow the missing-middle housing (town houses and small apartment buildings) to be built in more places throughout the city. And, I continue to work for the safety in our communities. Talent lies in many places and one way to bring it out would be to use the most unlikely assets.. Salt Lake City is one of several Utah municipalities turning to ranked choice voting for the upcoming election. Now is the time to focus on improving/expanding our police department, reduce the number of unhoused in the city, fight to protect/preserve our open spaces, streamline business licensing for local entrepreneurs, and work to expand community events throughout the district. Amy was elected to her first term by District Seven residents in November 2017 and took her oath of office in January 2018. For those who are going to get mad at me for suggesting this, I remind you that those experiencing homelessness are already living in your park, trails, rivers, bridges, alleys and sidewalks. Also, encourage places such as the New Zealand-style backpacker hotels or the youth hostels of Europe, where you have a common kitchen area and bathroom facilities and small bed spaces available at minimal cost, that could help reduce the housing shortage somewhat. We need to protect places we cannot afford to lose like the theater, the Fisher Mansion, Warm Springs and others. Gray them out Funding programs to decrease the digital divide, working with the Utah Transit Authority to increase public transportation throughout the city, supporting small businesses in all areas of our city. My second would be the environment. Money continues to influence politics and steers elected officials away from constituents they were elected to represent. Now that ranked-choice voting has come to town, we need publicly funded campaigns, to reinstate the gift ban, and bring transparency and accountability to elected officials who often go unchecked. I fought hard to elevate the parks division to become a Cabinet-level department to enable it to improve green spaces, contributing to a higher quality of life and economic development for our community and its residents. We need a case management first model to provide the skills needed to become and remain independent. I have strongrelationships with my colleagues in the council and mayors offices who already see me as an urban design expert. This would offer hope to the unsheltered and security to residents. Affordable housing is a top priority of mine. 3,798 (65.2%) 1,666 (28.6%) 365 (6.3%) 18 with no choices left AMY FOWLER BEN RASKIN RAINER HUCK Inactive Ballots. There isnt a single answer to fix this problem, but I will work with law enforcement and other support programs to help make Salt Lake City a safer place for everyone. Ballots need to be postmarked by Nov. 1 or dropped off in a ballot box by Nov. 2. The discussion then moved to homelessness, acknowledging that the district doesnt have a homeless shelter but still grapples with homelessness. Public safety: Homelessness and public services. All of Equality Utah's endorsed candidates are champions for equality. The current median price in Salt Lake County for all housing types is $455,000. Occupation: Nonprofit resource liaison for local businesses. What are your ideas for investing federal pandemic aid in the city, including funds left over from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act as well as funds from the American Rescue Plan Act? Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR). We should support and expand the Ambassador program to get more uniforms on the streets where we need them the most. For my community, I advocate for a strong mixed-income/mixed-use housing development strategy that allows for housing options at a variety of price points with predictable commerce infrastructure. Remember, your interest and input will help shape our future. Please select me as your number one, or at least number two choice on your ballot., I am from New York, but grew up as an Army brat in Europe. Check out our slate of 2021 endorsed candidates, running in municipal races across Utah. And honestly, everyone living west of I-15 has been marginalized in one way or the other. Tuesday, November 2, 2021. As the Salt Lake Valley continues its booming growth, what are your solutions for affordable housing, preserving community character, and creating a high quality of life for city residents? Ill work to increase the number of uniformed officers, triple the number of social workers, and increase foot and bike patrol. [1] [2] Im a former bartender who once made Robin Williams smile. In addition, Ill hold police leadership to the highest standards. Increasing public safety in our neighborhoods and repairing our citys relationship with its police force. Desaturated purple to orange spectrum | Salt Lake City has used CARES money to backfill public safety resources, provide economic relief for small businesses, maintain housing for vulnerable individuals, and keep public spaces open. Will horrific drought make lawns in the West a memory? To listen, to advocate and to take their voice to the city. Whats happened to date clearly is not working. Salt Lake City Council candidates answered key questions . The more voices that are represented, the better the outcomes in our citys developments. Born on the west side, I grew up in our neighborhoods and was shaped by our community. State executives | My first would be homelessness. Please visit billypalmerSLC.com and rank Billy Palmer #1 on your ballot. Requiring slower speeds can also result in more emissions, according to vehicle manufacturers. And we should hire private security to protect public property like parks and other real estate assets. I believe communities and their members are the best developers of their neighborhoods. Air quality I have three main strategies to improve our air quality. Finding long-term solutions and support for our unsheltered population. First, we need to stop the disaster that is the proposed polluting port, that will devastate our wetlands and endanger the health of west side and all city residents. The governments job is to help provide resources to the people and prevent outside sources from interfering. I'm glad you're here and hope you find helpful links, contact information and resources. For community policing to work, we must work to build trust between the police and the community and thats a two-way street. Some of the issues I am focused on are homelessness, crime, affordable housing, gentrification and displacement, safety, community policing, roads, potholes, speeding, lights and parks.. On the issue of drought, Huck and Fowler clashed on ways to conserve water, while Raskin said developers need to prioritize water conservation when building. Hannah completed five undergraduate degrees at WSU, including graduating with . Amy lives in Sugar House with her dog and cat. U.S. municipal elections, 2021 The city of Salt Lake City, Utah, held general elections for city council on November 2, 2021. I also believe that improving public safety in all communities including those that have been traditionally marginalized or underserved requires trust. Mailing Address:PO Box 145476Salt Lake City, UT84114-5476. Large, uniformly deeply affordable housing projects may seem like the fastest way to solve our affordable housing shortage, but if these are concentrated in certain areas of the city, this will create further problems for neighborhoods. Public resources must be used to better the public and our city, not pad the profits of developers looking to cash in. In return, developers need to maintain a lower rent for a larger portion of their properties. SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) - All week long from Oct. 11 to Oct. 15, ABC4 will host a series of debates for the Salt Lake City Council District Elections. The recent 500 East project removed bus stops to increase bus speeds but forces buses to stay behind bicyclists which have lane priority. There are obvious service gaps that will only get wider without support from the city. I want to continue to build upon that momentum. For the last four years I have advocated and worked for District 7 and all residents of Salt Lake City. We need to act now. However, these measures have not been enough to retain a sufficient police force: as of August 2021, average 911 response times for Priority 1 callslife-threatening emergencieswas 17 minutes and 35 seconds. These topics can intertwine and benefit from public-private partnerships in cases like a program I am creating with SLC Parks, Advantage Services, and the VOA Homeless Outreach Program to use carts from the Glendale and Rose Park golf courses to travel the Jordan River Parkway Trail. How Orrin Hatch protected people of faith. We must continue to make our resource centers more robust, increase the number of beds available, improve coordination among service providers, and develop further outreach and wraparound services to assist those individuals who refuse to enter shelters due to trauma. We only have so much and it wont last forever, so I think we need to create funding sources that can capitalize on each other and then be a source for continued funding for residents and small business owners. Ill make sure District 7s Police Civilian Review Board seats are filled and mandate implicit-bias training. Fowler said green building standards and encouraging walkability and bikeability so people get out of their cars and stop driving are key to reducing air pollution, while Raskin hopes to see more electric vehicles, more trees and more efficient buildings. The addition of accessory dwelling units to neighborhoods has shown that added density does not destroy neighborhood character. I wasnt canvassing, but walking, to see and learn about the district. Salt Lake City needs a legal camping area(s). Adding grants or tax breaks for current property owners to update their older homes helps with preservation of the city. Neighborhood development and transportation. Rescue plan funding should be prioritized for rental assistance for renters and homeless along with social workers. Chris has also supported unprecedented investments in affordable housing and inother equity initiatives throughout the city. Heres what to expect. Whether you live in Rose Park or Westpointe or Jordan Meadows, you deserve to breathe clean air, your children deserve to have safe, green spaces to play in, and affordability should not be an obstacle to putting down roots here in our community. Generally, candidates agreed that the proposal lacked transparency and that the city should not build an additional shelter in the area. I know this area, and have also visited a lot of airports, hotels, restaurants, theme parks, and natural areas, and am continually studying geology and other forms of earth science and history. Dennis also served as a board member of the River District Business Alliance, and helped provide leadership to reorganize the Salt Lake Community Network., Dennis has lived in the Poplar Grove neighborhood for 18 years with his wife, Katherine, his son, Myles, and their sweet pup, Sophie., Residents tell me public safety and homelessness top the list of challenges to the city. The candidates also touched on public safety, drought and air quality, and consensus remained elusive. The debate then shifted to public safety, with Mano pushing back on what he called a narrative that he doesnt care about crime, and that he supports further funding for the department. Click on the tabs below to show more information about those topics. Of course, public safety is the other big challenge facing our city today, and recent events show that crime is not limited to just the west side. We need a housing strategy that takes a comprehensive view of both our current and projected housing needs. We need to work on reducing systemic barriers to the homeless like identification requirements and requiring shelter stays to access other types of housing aid. All rights reserved. The city should commit to this goal and be the leader in changing the way we create and use energy. Preserving our open spaces is crucial for future generations. We need to ensure that those suffering from homelessness have every opportunity for the basics of living. This changes the longform description FAQs to describe Preferential Block Voting, Rotate the names of candidates on the top bar, Only show winners, hiding eliminated candidates. With unprecedented growth, there is a feeling of putting developers first and neighborhoods second. I consider public safety to include crime, fires and auto/pedestrian safety. November 2, 2021 Contact Campaign website Ben Raskin ran for election to the Salt Lake City Council to represent District 7 in Utah. Both will require that we invest in a community policing model that allows us to: Recruit and retain quality officers, provide them with improved training, and ensure equitable service across the city. City Council Welcome Amy Fowler District 7 amy.fowler@slcgov.com 801-535-7715 Welcome District 7 residents! I passed an increase in compensation for all of our first responders and succeeded in securing funds for a new alternative response model pilot program. Not to force into compliance or make everybody the same. The Salt Lake City Council is badly lacking in diversity of thought and thus does not represent the interests of many constituents. The tiny-home plan currently under consideration will be a failure, as have been the current shelters. I also teach/have taught heraldry, flag design, Viking Runes, and other topics, and enjoy creating my own art as well. I must ensure that you are as well informed as possible, that you have as much opportunity to make comments and have your voice heard at every level of our city government. Do we need to modify plans to accommodate traffic calming in residential areas? Summary table; Tables by round; Tables by candidate; Settings; Share; SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 7. Working to make unsheltered homelessness brief and rare by creating opportunities for affordable housing and supporting our homeless resource centers. This is coming at a time when baby boomers are downsizing and millenials are reaching the home buying stage. Click here to fill out the survey. People and communities should benefit from growth, not developers and large corporations. We must continue the work our Racial Equity in Policing Commission has been doing and move forward with a similar deep dive into other departments. Electoral reform to get corrupting money out of politics. I have also fought to create additional resources, in the form of an alternate response model that will soon be developed. More cops does not mean less oversight. A lot of the customs and/or laws from the past need to be brought back, implemented and followed. Except for a few town home projects here and there, that type of product is scarce. Preserving and protecting our open spaces, parks and trails. We need to be cognizant of how new developments will impact neighborhoods and property owners. We should focus on incentive-based zoning, where developers are asked to support the neighborhood in which they build so we can preserve these communities. Occupation: Retired engineer, former naval officer, friendly local neighborhood activist. Includes the Rose Park and Jordan Meadows neighborhoods, the Salt Lake International Airport and Utah State Fairgrounds. The District 1, 3, 5, and 7 seats were up for regular election to four-year terms, and the District 2 seat was up for special election to a two-year term. Occupation: Executive director at Salty Cricket; owner and consultant at bold IDEAs. While a bit outdated, a 2015 Gallup poll found Salt Lake City to be 4.7% LGBTQ, the seventh highest for a U.S. metro area. More specifically, I hope to reach the citys Climate Positive 2040 goals ahead of schedule, invest more in renewable energy sources with our public utility providers, and support businesses that share Salt Lake Citys values and best practices. Third, we must continue to invest in reliable particulate data as air quality dynamics change. 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