Highlights from the National League of Cities 2015 Summer Leadership Meetings, June 9-12 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

1. 2015 National League of Cities Summer
Leadership Meetings
Salt Lake City, Utah
June 9-12, 2015
All photos by Angelina Panettieri unless otherwise noted

2. Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. (Getty Images)

3. City leaders visited a city-run solar farm, guided by Vicki Bennett, Director of Sustainability for Salt Lake City.

4. The Salt Lake City solar farm generates roughly one megawatt of electricity for city buildings.

5. Meeting participants toured the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building, which is designed to be a net zero energy emissions
building.

6. Rohan Patel, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, spoke to NLC leaders about the new
Startup in a Day program.

7. Robert Bauman, alderman, Milwaukee, Wisc., leads discussion in the Transportation and Infrastructure Services Committee
meeting.

8. Lynn Pace, council member, Holladay, Utah and Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs for Salt Lake City, describes the
negotiation process for a new comprehensive statewide transportation plan.

9. Cindy Lerner, mayor, Pinecrest, Fla. meets with White House staff.

10. NLC Second Vice President Matt Zone, councilmember, Cleveland, Ohio discusses NLC’s new Race, Equity and Leadership (REAL)
initiative.

11. Members of the Public Safety and Crime Prevention Committee debate policy issues.

12. Members of the Public Safety and Crime Prevention Committee discuss potential new resolutions.

13. NLC President Ralph Becker, mayor, Salt Lake City, addresses the Community and Economic Development Committee.

14. Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Services Committee discuss updates to NLC policy.

15. Members of the Community and Economic Development Committee debate NLC policy on current issues.

16. Summer leadership meetings participants visited Hidden Peak in the nearby Wasatch Mountains at the conclusion of the
meetings.