Council briefed on Fleet Block zoning, library property purchase and temporary youth shelter beds
November 22, 2022, 2:03 p.m. · Salt Lake City and County Building, 451 South State Street, Room 326
The work session covered the Fleet Block zone and disposition plan, the budget amendment, a $1.3 million library property purchase, an Economic Development Loan Fund loan and temporary capacity for a youth homeless center. The minutes are marked pending and not yet approved. Council Member Alejandro Puy was absent.
From the draft minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 1 · Presentation
Updates from the Administration
Discussed
Staff reported COVID-19 cases up 4 percent nationally and 16 percent in Utah over two weeks, RSV and flu strain on ICUs, engagement on Virginia Street reconstruction (comment event Dec. 7), ACE Fund applications through Dec. 13, shelter occupancy and the Rapid Intervention Team's eight engagement locations.
Item 2 · Zoning
Fleet Block zoning and disposition strategy update
Discussed
Staff updated the Council on the 8.75-acre City-owned Fleet Block between 300 and 400 West and 800 and 900 South, valued at $37.5 million before environmental remediation. The proposal creates a new Form-Based Urban Neighborhood 3 (FB-UN3) zone and would rezone the roughly 10-acre block from Public Lands and General Commercial. Staff reported 12 responses to a request for information, outreach from June 2021 to April 2022, and work with families of those memorialized by the murals on the block that led to a letter of recommendation. Plans include a phased RFP, a park of at least three acres at the corner, mid-block walkways, and a community benefit agreement. Zone standards allow up to 125 feet, require active ground-floor uses on 900 South, and the Planning Commission recommended limits on lot and parking lot sizes, frontage on public streets and flexible mid-block walkways. Council Members had asked for public open space, more open space, rooftop open space and active uses on 300 West.
- Acres: 8.75 (about 10 for rezone block)
- Current zone → proposed: PL and CG → FB-UN3
- Value: $37.5 million, excluding remediation
Item 3 · Budget
Budget Amendment No. 4, fiscal year 2022-23 follow-up
Discussed
Staff walked through remaining items. Straw polls showed unanimous support among members present for accepting the $38,000 Rocky Mountain Power EV charging grant, re-scoping $1.42 million for the Reconnecting Communities Pilot grant application, and the $5 million Emergency Rental Assistance funding (Council Members Valdemoros and Puy were absent for the first two votes, Puy for the third). Other items discussed included $500,000 for Dee Glen tennis court reconstruction, $4.35 million in parks impact fees for Glendale Regional Park phase one (to be withdrawn if the parks bond passed), $678,462 for two police substations, $750,000 for fire station renovations, a $430,000 real property purchase, $2,539,019 in police patrol overtime, a $694,122 state homeless shelter cities mitigation grant increase, a $260,687 dam rehabilitation planning grant and $1.664 million in ARPA funds for Clean Neighborhoods Team overtime.
- Grant$38,000 to Rocky Mountain Power
- Grant$5.00 million to U.S. Treasury
- Budget$4.35 million
- Budget$2.54 million
Item 5 · Budget
Library Fund budget amendment No. 1, fiscal year 2022-23
Discussed
The amendment has one item: $1.3 million from Library Fund balance to buy property. Staff said the purchase contract was signed before the Library Board or Council authorized it and the library's budget could not cover it, so a Council appropriation is required. The Library Board voted 6-2 (one absent) at an Oct. 26 special meeting to recommend the amendment. Library officials said the fund balance was about $2 million over due to unexpected property tax revenue and lower staffing costs, that Main Library roof renovation is funded for spring 2023 and may need more money, and that Foothill branch repairs would come in another amendment.
- Land deal$1.30 million
Item 6 · Contract
Amended interlocal agreement with Sandy for dispatch and records services
Discussed
Staff presented an amended agreement under which Sandy City pays Salt Lake City for computer-aided dispatch and records management services from SLC911. The new rate starts at $636,000 a year with a built-in 7.12 percent annual increase, replacing percentage-based billing, and cost increases are shared proportionally.
- Payment$636,000 to Sandy City
Item 7 · Contract
Economic Development Loan Fund: $250,000 loan for Club Verse, 609 South State Street
Discussed
Staff briefed the Council on a $250,000 Economic Development Loan Fund loan to Core Image Investments, LLC (Club Verse) to create 45 jobs and retain three. Council Member Fowler requested a future briefing on loan criteria and how equity is considered.
- Contract$250,000 to Core Image Investments, LLC (Club Verse)
Item 8 · Zoning
Temporary zoning for Volunteers of America Youth Resource Center, 888 South 400 West
Discussed
Staff and the Volunteers of America CEO described a request to temporarily raise capacity at the youth center from 30 beds by up to 10 more because of high demand, through April 15, 2023. A straw poll showed unanimous support (Puy absent) for 20 additional beds, for a total of 50.
Item 9 · Appointment
Disciplinary Appeals Hearing Officer appointments
Discussed
The Council interviewed four attorneys, Kirsten R. Allen, Brandon T. Crowther, Clinton Drake and Bryan M. Scott; their appointments were slated for the consent agenda.
Item 10 · Presentation
Funding Our Future quarter three and four update
No action
Written briefing only; no discussion.
Other
Closed session
Approved · 6-0
The Council voted 6-0 to enter closed session for discussion of security personnel, devices or systems and attorney-client matters, then voted 6-0 to exit.
What residents said
Fleet Block redevelopmentLibrary property purchase processYouth shelter capacity