Council adopts budget amendment 7-0 and $250,000 for Downtown Open Streets 5-2; defers Rose Park Lane annexation
September 19, 2023, 7:00 p.m. · City & County Building, Salt Lake City
The council adopted Budget Amendment No. 1 (Ordinance 50 of 2023) 7-0 for most items, then approved $250,000 for fall Downtown Open Streets events 5-2, with Council Members Victoria Petro and Darin Mano opposed. After a hearing in which seven residents opposed the Rose Park Lane annexation and rezone and two supported it, it voted 7-0 to defer action. The Ivory University House fee waiver was removed from the agenda at the applicant's request. The header of the posted minutes still reads pending, though the closing line gives an approval date of November 7, 2023.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item B-1 and B-2 · Public hearing
Grant applications: Byrne Justice Assistance Grant and Jordan River tree and debris removal (public hearing)
Approved · 7-0
Heard as one hearing, with no public comment. The police department's application to the U.S. Justice Department's Byrne JAG program would fund travel and training, pole cameras, license plate recognition technology, climbing equipment, night vision gear, ballistic-rated windshields, surveillance trailer maintenance, K9 supplies, overtime and a subaward to Salt Lake County and the Unified Police Department. The Trails & Natural Lands application to the state forestry division would fund removal of dead trees and debris from the Jordan River Water Trail. Both were referred to a future consent agenda.
- GrantAmount not given to U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
- GrantAmount not given to Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands
Item B-3 · Annexation
Annexation near 2441 North Rose Park Lane and rezone at 2350 North Rose Park Lane (public hearing)
Tabled · 7-0
The proposal would annex about 28 acres and rezone land for a mixed-use, multi-family development of potentially 1,800 units. Seven speakers opposed it, citing freeway pollution and health, too many units for the space, traffic and noise on a dead-end road already busy with soccer fields and trucks, schools, lost views and open space, an existing canal as a safety hazard, and slow emergency access. A representative of the applicant said it was willing to work through concerns. A second speaker supported it as a way to add homes during the housing shortage. The council closed the hearing and deferred action.
- Applicant: J Right Communities
- Acres annexed: about 28
- Potential units: 1,800
- Petition: PLNPCM2021-01124 and PLNPCM2021-01134
Item C-1 · Contract
Ivory University House public benefits analysis
Withdrawn
The resolution that would authorize impact and permit fee waivers and refunds for Ivory University House L3C was removed from the agenda at the applicant's request.
- FeeAmount not given to Ivory University House L3C
Item C-2 · Budget
Budget Amendment No. 1 for fiscal year 2023-24
Approved with conditions · 7-0
The council adopted Ordinance 50 of 2023 for all items except the Open Streets money: a $218,000 donation for Riverside Park ball field lighting; a budget-neutral reallocation of $511,001 for the AFSCME agreement; a budget-neutral fee schedule change; a $1,359,130 re-scope of the Three Creeks West roadway; a $1.5 million bond reallocation from 1700 East to 2100 South reconstruction; $6,348,507 as local match for federal funding to rebuild three Jordan River bridges, relocate utilities and partly fund the 400 South bridge; a $45,000 reallocation for an occupied vehicle mitigation team; and $14,424,993 in fleet vehicle purchase re-appropriation. In a separate vote the council approved $250,000 in one-time funding for fall 2023 Downtown Open Streets events from general fund balance, 5-2; Council Members Petro and Mano voted no.
- Grant$218,000
- Budget$6.35 million
- Budget$1.50 million
- Budget$1.36 million
- Budget$14.4 million
- Budget$250,000
Item C-2b · Budget
Downtown Open Streets funding (separate vote)
Approved · 5-2
The council voted separately on the $250,000 one-time allocation for fall 2023 Downtown Open Streets events from general fund balance. It passed 5-2.
- Budget$250,000
Item G-1 · Zoning
Consent: set October 3 hearing on 1435 South State Street rezone
Approved · 7-0
The council set an October 3 hearing on rezoning 1433 and 1435 South State Street, 1420 South Edison Street and 121 East Cleveland Avenue to FB-UN2 and amending the Central Community land use map and building-height area.
- Applicant: Colmena Group (Matthew Ratelle)
- Petition: PLNPCM2022-01183 and PLNPCM2022-01184
Item G-2 and G-3 · Other
Consent: set October 17 hearings on two alley vacations off Wilmington Avenue
Approved · 7-0
The council set October 17 hearings on vacating two city-owned alley segments next to properties on East Wilmington and Elm Avenues.
Item G-4 · Zoning
Consent: Goltz Avenue and Jefferson Street rezone, set hearing
Continued
This item, which would set an October 3 hearing on rezoning parcels at 135, 159 and 163 West Goltz Avenue and 1036 South Jefferson Street from RMF-35 to R-MU, was pulled from the consent motion and scheduled for a future meeting.
- Petitioner: TAG SLC, LLC
Item G-5 and G-6 · Other
Consent: set October 3 hearings on Thriving in Place and Budget Amendment No. 2
Approved · 7-0
The council set October 3 hearings on adopting the Thriving in Place plan into the general plan and on Budget Amendment No. 2, which includes $24.8 million from the first parks bond issuance.
Item G-7 · Appointment
Consent: Arts Council Board appointment (Caitlin Tursic)
Approved · 7-0
The council approved Caitlin Tursic to the Arts Council Board for a term ending September 19, 2026.
What residents said
Rose Park Lane development: pollution, traffic, emergency accessParking loss on 800 WestRodeo animal safetySanctioned camping
Speakers raised the noise wall and traffic effects of I-15 reconstruction on I-215, loss of street parking from the 800 West pedestrian byway project, safety of animals at rodeos (asking that a veterinarian attend), and a view that the sanctioned campground does too little. Council Member Alejandro Puy said the State Fairpark is a state entity outside council authority. Council Member Victoria Petro thanked the mayor and staff for the sanctioned campground effort.