Council defers Other Side Village and Ballpark plan votes, accepts annexation petition and adopts housing budget items
October 4, 2022, 7:00 p.m. · City & County Building, 451 South State Street, Salt Lake City
The Council closed public hearings on The Other Side Village lease and rezone and on the Ballpark Station Area Plan and deferred both. With Council Member Darin Mano absent, it voted 6-0 to accept an annexation petition near 2200 West, vacate the Green Street alley, defer loan repayments to 2024 and adopt rules for small wireless facilities.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item A.5 · Other
Indigenous Peoples Day resolution (Resolution 29 of 2022)
Approved · 7-0
The Council and Mayor adopted a joint ceremonial resolution declaring the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples Day in Salt Lake City. The director of the University of Utah American Indian Resource Center spoke in support.
Item A.6 · Other
Little Cottonwood Canyon resolution (Resolution 30 of 2022)
Approved · 7-0
The Council and Mayor adopted a joint resolution supporting a phased, lower-impact, adaptive approach to UDOT's Little Cottonwood Canyon environmental impact statement and opposing the gondola alternative.
Item B.1-4 · Budget
Grant applications (public hearing): Justice Assistance Grant, railroad crossing safety, YouthCity snacks, sustainability learning fund
Approved · 7-0
Four grant applications were heard together: a U.S. Department of Justice Byrne JAG application from the Police Department (training, e-bikes, helmets, shields, overtime and a subaward to Salt Lake County and Unified Police), a Utah Railroad Safety grant for the crossing at 4900 West 700 South, a YouthCity snacks reimbursement, and a Urban Sustainability Directors Network grant for a spring 2023 conference. One speaker urged using JAG money for walking patrols in the Ballpark and North Temple areas; another said extra police equipment is unnecessary and mental health programs would improve safety. The Council closed the hearing and sent all four to a future consent agenda.
- GrantAmount not given to U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
- GrantAmount not given to Utah Department of Transportation
Item B.5 · General plan
Ballpark Station Area Plan (public hearing)
Continued · 7-0
Three speakers addressed the plan: one opposed it citing lack of public and pedestrian safety, one suggested revisions on public safety and tree equity, and one supported it as making the area more walkable for a local business. The Council closed the hearing and deferred action.
Item B.6-7 · Development
The Other Side Village: lease and rezone (continued public hearing)
Continued · 6-0
About 28 speakers supported the project, citing help for people experiencing homelessness, access to health and mental health care, the nonprofit's record and community. Others spoke against, citing research questioning tiny-home effectiveness, the location, a call for equitable west-side housing and the view that the land could serve other developers or other west-side needs. The Council closed the hearing and deferred action to a future meeting.
Item C.1 · Development
Green Street alley vacation (Ordinance 62 of 2022)
Approved · 6-0
The Council vacated a paper alley in the Marion Park Subdivision that abutting owners had already built into their properties.
- Petition: PLNPCM2020-00903
Item C.2 · Budget
Budget Amendment No. 3, selected items (Ordinance 63 of 2022)
Approved · 6-0
The Council adopted the amendment only for the items on the motion sheet: $3,055,700 for refuse packers, $500,000 for governmental immunity, $38,000 for Utah League of Cities and Towns dues, a $36.68 million federal BRIC grant to retrofit the City Creek Water Treatment Plant, $2.1 million for 300 West active transportation, $950,000 for Parley's Trail, a $600,000 Dominion Energy reimbursement, a $1.617 million UDOT Class C reimbursement, several grants, a $100,000 Know Your Neighbor grant and $1 million from parks impact fees for Marmalade Plaza cost increases. The $6 million housing item had been adopted Sept. 20.
- Purchase$3.06 million
- Grant$36.7 million to Federal BRIC program
- Budget$1.00 million
Item E.1 · Annexation
Accepting annexation petition at 2200 West, 2800 North to 3300 North (Resolution 31 of 2022)
Approved · 6-0
The Council accepted for future consideration a petition to annex land at about 2200 West between 2800 North and 3300 North and the Jordan River. Acceptance is not approval of the annexation.
Item F.1 · Budget
Emergency Loan Program repayment deferral (Ordinance 64 of 2022)
Approved · 6-0
The Council deferred Emergency Loan Program repayments to Dec. 31, 2024. Attached intents ask that the deferral be opt-in for each borrower, that a discount scaled to interest rates be offered to those who repay early, and that Economic Development propose criteria for loan forgiveness or write-off by March 1, 2023.
Item F.2 · City code
Small wireless facilities in the public way (Ordinance 65 of 2022)
Approved · 6-0
The Council adopted policy guidance for placing small cell wireless facilities in the public way.
Item G · Other
Consent agenda
Approved · 6-0
The Council set an Oct. 18 hearing on an alley vacation near 925 South 1200 West and approved appointments of Jeremy Beckham (Police Civilian Review Board), David Leta (Human Rights Commission), Roger Boyer and J. Steven Price (Airport Board, reappointments) and Susan Rickman (Arts Council, reappointment). Item G1, the 1550 South Main Street rezone hearing date, was removed with the revised agenda.
What residents said
Other Side Village locationRMF-30 changes and parkingWest-side equityPolice funding priorities
Speakers raised a request to discuss an agenda item with the Council, permit activity, the League of Women Voters, equitable distribution of housing and resource centers on the west side, concerns that RMF-30 modifications could be harmful and parking requirements, use of consultants versus projects, and why Pioneer Park was not listed among general obligation bond projects.