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CRA board straw‑polls release of 9 Line property funds; vote recorded 6–0 with one member absent
Summary
Board members gave a straw‑poll yes to releasing funds from the 9 Line strategic intervention allocation to purchase two properties; staff described the authorization as allocation of previously budgeted funds rather than a new budget amendment.
The Salt Lake City Community Reinvestment Agency board on Wednesday conducted a straw poll to authorize releasing previously budgeted strategic intervention funds for two property acquisitions within the 9 Line project area.
Danny (staff) told the board that property acquisition is an authorized use of the strategic intervention allocation and that the item is returning to the board to allocate those funds to specific projects. “This is just coming back to you as a board and actually allocating those to a specific project and acquisition,” he said.
A board member moved to straw‑poll releasing funds for the 9 Line strategic innovation intervention fund “in an amount sufficient to effectuate the property purchases and exchange as discussed.” The board recorded six yes votes and one absence. Staff clarified for the public that the request was not a budget amendment because the money had already been budgeted for strategic intervention uses.
Board members did not take a formal appropriations vote at the meeting; staff and the chair described the result as a direction to proceed with internal authorization steps and to return with any formal documents as required.
The straw poll passed 6–0 with Board member Lopez Chavez recorded as absent for the straw poll count.
