Council agenda: hearings on jails ban, Avenues rezone, utility impact fees and airport wetland sale; vote on budget amendment
October 6, 2026, 7:00 p.m. · Council Chambers, 451 South State Street, Room 315
The October 6 formal meeting agenda listed eight public hearings, including the Taste of Thai liquor waiver, a zoning ban on community correctional facilities and jails, rezones at 237 and 239 South 1000 East and the Ellerbeck Mansion property, affordable housing incentive fines, utility impact fees, the sale of surplus airport wetland to the state and the price waiver for a conservation easement. It also listed a vote on Budget Amendment No. 1 and a snow water forecasting grant resolution. No minutes are posted, so every outcome is pending. The Council's own recap (not formal minutes; it does not give vote counts) says the council approved Budget Amendment No. 1, including $50,000 in emergency help for Poplar Grove households affected by flooding after a water main break, crosswalks, a Glendale Park pump track and skate park, and social-worker support, and approved updated water, sewer and stormwater impact fees that had not changed since 1999. It took public comment on eight proposals, including the proposed sale of about 900 acres of surplus wetland to the Utah Department of Natural Resources, which only the mayor can approve.
From the agenda and city or news reports of the results; minutes not yet posted. Updated October 30, 2026.
In brief
11 items came up for a decision or discussion: 9 pending and 2 approved.
The agenda records 3 dollar amounts, the largest $11.5 million.
6 items here are tracked in the city's development tracker.
This write-up links 4 source documents and the meeting video.
The previous City Council meeting was on September 22, 2026: Council work session agenda covers budget amendment, Liberty Park vision plan, parks bond and 600 and 700 North project
The next one was on October 6, 2026: Council interviews three board nominees, then meets in closed session on real property and attorney-client matters
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item B.1 · Other
Hearing: liquor proximity waiver for Taste of Thai, 2130 South Highland Drive
Pending
The agenda listed a hearing on a waiver for Taste of Thai Restaurant, LLC, across from the Sprague Library in District 7. Tentative Council action was November 10.
Item B.2 · City code
Hearing: community correctional facilities and jails text amendment
Pending
The agenda listed a hearing on an ordinance removing community correctional facilities and jails from the land use tables as a conditional use, making them prohibited. State and federal properties are exempt from local zoning. Tentative action was October 20.
Item B.3 · Zoning
Hearing: rezone of city-owned property at 237 and 239 South 1000 East
Pending
The agenda listed a hearing on rezoning the 10th East Senior Center and Victory Park site from SR-3 and R-2 to Public Lands to match its use.
- Petition: PLNPCM2026-00091
- Council District 4
Item B.4 · City code
Hearing: Affordable Housing Incentives fines text amendment
Pending
The agenda listed a hearing on moving program fines into zoning code Chapter 21A.20 because the Consolidated Fee Schedule does not list them.
Item B.5 · Zoning
Hearing: Ellerbeck Mansion and house rezone, 140 North B Street and 272 East 3rd Avenue
Pending
The agenda listed a hearing on rezoning the Ellerbeck Mansion and a single-family home from RMF-35 to MU-2 with an Avenues Plan map change so the owners can expand cafe and retail uses into the house. The Planning Commission forwarded a positive recommendation for the mansion and a negative one for the house, citing loss of a housing unit.
- Petitions: PLNPCM2026-00008 and PLNPCM2026-00034
- Council District 3
Item B.6 · Taxes and fees
Hearing: Public Utilities impact fee plan and fee schedule
Approved
The agenda listed the second hearing on adopting the impact fee plan and analysis and raising water, sewer and stormwater impact fees for the first time since 1999, with tentative action the same night. The council's meeting recap says the council approved the updated fees, last changed in 1999; it gives no vote count.
- FeeAmount not given
Item B.7 · Parks
Hearing: sale of surplus airport wetland to the Utah Department of Natural Resources
Pending
The agenda listed the required hearing under city code 2.58.040 on selling a significant parcel of surplus Department of Airports property to the Utah Department of Natural Resources for a waterfowl management area, to be managed under the conservation easement held by Utah Open Lands. No further Council action is required.
- Land dealAmount not given to Utah Department of Natural Resources
Item B.8 · Parks
Hearing: waiver of conservation easement price for Utah Open Lands
Pending
The agenda listed a hearing and possible action on a resolution waiving amounts due for a conservation easement over city-owned parcels adjacent to the Great Salt Lake granted to Utah Open Lands. Tentative action was October 20.
Item C.1 · Budget
Budget Amendment No. 1 for fiscal 2026-27
Approved
The agenda listed possible adoption of the amendment, which includes $11.5 million in grant funding for Fleet Block and 9 Line improvements, $1 million for a Glendale Park pump track, adaptive pump track and skate park, and a $700,000 transfer for the Old Library Building Project. The council's meeting recap says the council approved the amendment, including $50,000 for Poplar Grove flood relief; it gives no vote count.
- Grant$11.5 million
- Grant$1.00 million
- Budget$700,000
Item E.1 · Roads and utilities
Snow water supply forecasting grant application confirmation
Pending
The agenda listed a resolution confirming support for a Department of Public Utilities grant application to fund LiDAR flight technology and aerial LiDAR snowpack surveys of City Creek, Emigration, Millcreek, Parleys, Red Butte, Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood canyons for the snow seasons from January 2027 to March 2029, to improve water supply forecasting for the Six Creeks Watershed.
- GrantAmount not given
Item F.1-F.5 · Appointment
Consent: HUD needs hearing date and board appointments
Pending
The consent agenda listed setting October 20 at 7 p.m. for the annual HUD community development needs hearing (CDBG, ESG, HOME and HOPWA programs), and appointments of Clarence Verhoef and John Milliken to the Public Utilities Advisory Board, Landon Kraczek to the Planning Commission, and the reappointment of Brandon Dew to the Citizens' Compensation Advisory Committee.