Council adopts Budget Amendment No. 4, including a $3.99 million lead hazard grant
March 25, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
The Council voted 7-0 to adopt Budget Amendment No. 4 for fiscal year 2024-25, which accepts a one-time $3,998,800.21 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant, and referred a clean-energy financing grant application to a future consent agenda. On consent it set April 15 hearings on the Yalecrest historic district, outdoor theaters, the First Step House rezone and an Edison Street alley vacation, and appointed three Arts Council members. These minutes are marked pending and not yet approved.
From the draft minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item B1 · Budget
Budget Amendment No. 4 for fiscal year 2024-25
Approved · 7-0
After a public hearing, the Council adopted Ordinance 15 of 2025 amending the FY2025 budget and employment staffing document for the items on the motion sheet, including item E-1, a one-time $3,998,800.21 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant to mitigate lead paint hazards. One speaker asked that police funding be redirected to community groups; another person called to speak had no comment.
- Grant$4.00 million
Item B2 · Other
Grant application: Coalition for Green Capital, Municipal Investment Fund
No action · 7-0
The Sustainability Department applied to ICLEI for a grant that would fund technical assistance to develop a funding and financing strategy, raise capital and deploy financing for Utah Renewable Communities projects, supporting the City's goal of 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030. One speaker raised concerns about oversight of funding and meeting program goals. The hearing was closed and the item referred to a future consent agenda.
Item G1 · Zoning
Yalecrest-Upper Yale Local Historic District: set hearing (Petition PLNHLC2023-00571)
Approved · 7-0
On consent, the Council set an April 15, 2025 hearing on applying the H-Historic Overlay to 24 homes along Yale Avenue.
Item G2 · City code
Outdoor theaters in commercial districts: set hearing (Petition PLNPCM2024-00595)
Approved · 7-0
On consent, the Council set an April 15, 2025 hearing on an amendment to permit live performance theaters, indoor or outdoor, in the CG district and other appropriate districts.
Item G3 · Zoning
Zoning map amendment at approximately 273 East 800 South: set hearing (Petition PLNPCM2024-01153)
Approved · 7-0
On consent, the Council set an April 15, 2025 hearing on rezoning the property from I to RMF-45 for 34 one-bedroom apartments at 30 percent of area median income or lower. Petitioner: the applicant, for First Step House.
Item G4 · Other
Alley vacation near 1409 South Edison Street: set hearing (Petition PLNPCM2024-00439)
Approved · 7-0
On consent, the Council set an April 15, 2025 hearing on vacating part of a City-owned alley. The Planning Commission forwarded a negative recommendation.
Item G5-G7 · Appointment
Arts Council appointments: Ignacio Rosenberg, Eugenie Jaffe, Ryan Canter
Approved · 7-0
On consent, the Council appointed the three to the Arts Council Board for terms ending March 25, 2028.
What residents said
Jordan River Trail conditionsSB 158 oversightPolice practices
Speakers raised trash, camping and safety on the Jordan River Trail and Westside priorities, SB 158 on youth services organizations and oversight, a police shooting of a dog, the lack of Police Commission meetings, and the transgender visibility resolution. The Mayor described the new Crisis Care Center (ribbon cutting March 28, 2025). Council Member Alejandro Puy arrived during the ceremonial resolution and was absent for the votes on the retreat minutes and that resolution.