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JANUARY 17 - MARCH 3 2023 Utah Legislative Session
JANUARY 19-29 Sundance
JANUARY 20 RPF due for Phase 3 of Salt Lake City Int'l Airport
JANUARY 31 SLARA Networking Meeting at Top Golf
FEBRUARY 10-17 Preparation / Staffing for NBA All-Star Weekend

FEBRUARY 17-19 NBA All-Star Weekend
FALL OF 2023 Salt Lake Food & Wine Fest

SLARA ALL-MEMBER MEETING

Tuesday, January 31

2PM - 4PM

Top Golf, Midvale

Food, libations, golf, legislative information, networking and more!
Members Only

Join us at Top Golf to get an update all you need to know for the NBA All-Star Weekend, legislative action, Salt Lake Food & Wine Fest, important news for all independently-owned restaurants and bars. SLARA has a lot going on in 2023 and we want you to be a part of it all.

RSVP: Michele@SLARA.org
801-558-8977

This meeting has kindly been underwritten by our newest sponsor Gallagher Insurance in partnership with Illinois Casualty Company.

(Far be it for SLARA to use the NBA All-Star logo without express consent)

2023 NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND

February 17 - 19

An estimated 115,000 visitors will be converging on Salt Lake City the week of the NBA All-Star Weekend, some arriving as early as the 10th of February. Be ready!

STAFF UP
Visit Salt Lake has assembled a workforce database to help, even if you are not a member of Visit Salt Lake (you should be, though...they offer a lot to help your business). Here is the link.

EXTEND YOUR HOURS
Consider adding special hours for the weekend. This is a late-night crowd.

BEWARE OF THE COPYRIGHT
Nope...as you can see above, the NBA All-Star Weekend and the NBA protect their collateral closely. Do not use their logos! They are strict!

KEEP THE DOWNTOWN AMBASSADORS DISPATCH NUMBER ON HAND
801-541-6622

SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITS
If you still don't have a special events permit through the DABS for an alcohol license, time is SHORT. Call Michele at SLARA if you need extra help pushing last-minute permit applications through. 801-558-8977.

BE FAMILIAR WITH THE OFFICIAL EVENTS
You don't know? No worries....here is a list.

KNOW THE ROAD CLOSURES
Let your employees how to get to work, know where to park and what the bus/Trax schedules are. Here is a list of road closures.

PARTICIPATE IN THE NBA ALL-STAR 2023 REWARDS PROGRAM
Here are all the details! Sign up now!

*Special thanks to the Downtown Alliance and Visit Salt Lake for their lead in creating an organized game plan!

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Note from Michele / SLARA Executive Director:

We at SLARA have been lobbying full-time throughout these past 10 months to protect and promote our independent restaurant and bar community. Some of the things we have been accomplished as we approach our next legislative session:

ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS: Our full-time lobbying firm, Lincoln-Hill, has procured private meetings for us with:
- Speaker of the House Brad Wilson
- Senator Jerry Stephenson (Senate alcohol liaison)
- Representative Jeff Burton (House alcohol liaison)
LEGISLATIVE POLICY WORKING GROUP: SLARA participated in a small group of stakeholders who met monthly in the Legislative Alcohol Policy Working Group meetings. It enabled us to present pressing issues directly to legislators in charge of formulating the omnibus alcohol bill in the next session
DABS: Meetings throughout the year with the Executive Director of the DABS to keep apprised of issues affecting independent owners
DABS COMMISSION MEETINGS: Monthly representation at the DABS Commission meetings
PARTNERSHIPS: Partnerships and board seats with the SLCo Health Department, Visit Salt Lake, Utah Tourism Industry Association, Utah Association of Local Health Departments, Salt Lake Community College Culinary Institute, Salt Lake City Corp and Salt Lake County as well as the Food Safety Advisory Board with the Utah Department of Health.

THIS SESSION
What we know now is that there will be two major alcohol-related bills. The first will be released in the first couple of days of the session and will address changes to accommodate the NBA All-Star game. We have received word that there might be a few bar licenses released before further addressing the issue in the Omnibus bill later in the session. This bill is slated to go to the governor for signature before the end of January.

The second bill will address issues we have been working on but no word on what exactly will be examined in that bill except we do know there will be an appropriation for a study to see how Utah demographics have changed and the further need for more restaurant and bar licenses to accommodate that.

Naturally, nothing is in writing until it is in writing, so we will keep you, our members, updated as we move toward the session. Stay tuned!

Commission Meeting Update
December 2022

NOTES:

In November, there were 112 SBI CUB stings. Out of those, 93 passed and 19 failed.
Congratulations to our SLARA members who passed: Club 90, Bout Time Pub & Grub (Sandy), Bout Time Pub & Grub (Lehi) and Legends Pub None of our members failed!
Violations on December Calendar:
- 20 sale to minor
- 12 untrained server
- 7 no ID badge

NEW LICENSEES

BAR LICENSES (0 left, 1 bar will become available in Feburary due to population adjustment, not including any that have to do with a change in legislation.)
Proper Brewing, Moab

FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT (21 still available)
Xetava Gardens, Ivins
Blue Bird Apres Cafe, Park City
La Gringa Restaurant, Richfield
Scrambled and Fried, Salt Lake City

LIMITED SERVICE RESTAURANT (71 still available)
Pork Belly's Eatery & Catering Co, Cedar City
Thai Palm Kitchen, Ogden
Tina's Bakery, Park City
Toro Ramen & Sushi, Riverton
Umi Japanese Shabu Shabu, Salt Lake City
Over the Coles BBQ, Salt Lake City
Cafe El Barril, Sandy
Gold Fish Asian Bistro, South Jordan
Broken Spur Inn & Steakhouse, Torrey

RESTAURANT "BEER ONLY" (No limit)
La Frontera Restaurant, Midvale

OFF PREMISE BEER RECREATIONAL (No limit)
Electric Gamebox, Salt Lake City

HOTEL (45 still available)
BANQUET CATERING (29 still available)
TAVERN (30 still available)
RECEPTION CENTER (0 still available)
ARENA (10 still available)

VISIT SALT LAKE PARTNERSHIP

SLARA is grateful for all the assistance and support we have gotten from Visit Salt Lake in the past couple of years. They value the independent restaurant and bar community and appreciate all our industry has done to help promote tourism.

They have graciously offered a $100 discount to any SLARA members that are not currently a member of Visit Salt Lake if they join prior to the January or within 30 days of joining SLARA. We hope you will support their mission to promote tourism to Salt Lake County and know you will find value in all they do to help our industry thrive.

To take advantage of a Visit Salt Lake membership, email Judy Cullen.

SALES TAX FAQ

Just a reminder:

You must remit sales tax on gratutities that are automatically added to bills. For example, if you charge 20% for parties over 6, that 20% gratituty is subject to sales tax
You must remit sales tax on employee meals for your staff, whether you charge your employee for the food or not

These are items that came up in recent member audits. Now you know!

LINKS & DOWNLOADS

for all things ID Related...

Printable Reference for Acceptable/Non-Acceptable Forms of ID for alcohol purchasing

Poster on New Utah Driver's License and ID Cards

Information on Utah's New Digital Driver's Licenses

FAQs for Utah's New Digital Driver's Licenses

Video on How the GET Mobile Verify App and How to Use System

And while we are at it...
Sign up for your auto registration renewal reminder emails here
(The DMV doesn't mail reminders any longer but they will email you!)

SALT LAKE COUNTY CONVENTIONS

Tourism suffered throughout the United States during and after COVID. However, Utah didn't suffer as other states across the nation did. Why? We have Visit Salt Lake working on our behalf.

Attached is a list of conventions in Salt Lake County for January and February. As you can see, we have almost 300,000 people coming in from out of state, ready to support our local independently-owned restaurants and bars.

To see how you can connect with our visitors directly, contact Visit Salt Lake's membership team at 801.534.4900 or email Judy Cullen at jcullen@visitsaltlake.com.

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

How to Lay Someone Off, CEO.com, 12/8/22

OPINION: Food for Thought for Those Mourning NOMA, CNN, 1/14/23

Four Ways to Build Effective Restaurant Leadership, Modern Restaurant Management, 10/28/22

How to Create an Allergen-Friendly Environment in Your Restaurant, Modern Restaurant Management,

Don't Call Us, We'll Call You, (When Restaurants Abandon Their Phone Lines), NYTimes, 2022

Thanks to our Sponsor Respro for providing a portion of these links.

UPCOMING IN-PERSON CLASSES
For Manager Food Safety Certification

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH

Location: Salt City Spaces (Impact Hub), 150 S State Street, SLC
English (9:00am) and Spanish (9:30am)

Click here to register or email Michele@slara .org for more information.

**NOTE: The new FDA Food Code, just released, requires at least one person on food services premises at all time who holds a manager certification. While not adopted by Utah yet, it is imminent this year. Pre-plan and get your people trained.