Council work session agenda covers Avenues rezone, jails ban, housing fines and a budget amendment with $11.5 million in grants
September 15, 2026, 2:30 p.m. · Council Work Room, 451 South State Street, Room 326
The work session agenda listed briefings on the rezone of the Ellerbeck Mansion and an adjacent house in the Avenues, a rezone of the 10th East Senior Center and Victory Park to Public Lands, a ban on community correctional facilities and jails in the zoning code, affordable housing incentive fines, a Taste of Thai liquor proximity waiver, legislative intents, and Budget Amendment No. 1 for fiscal 2026-27. No minutes are posted, so outcomes are pending.
From the agenda; results are added when minutes are posted. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 2 · Zoning
Briefing: Ellerbeck Mansion and house rezone, 140 North B Street and 272 East 3rd Avenue
Pending
Staff were to brief the Council on rezoning the Ellerbeck Mansion (140 North B Street) and a single-family home (272 East 3rd Avenue) from RMF-35 to MU-2 and amending the Avenues Plan future land use map so the owners can expand cafe and retail offerings 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 and effects on neighbors. Hearing was proposed for October 6.
- Petitions: PLNPCM2026-00008 and PLNPCM2026-00034
- Current zone to proposed: RMF-35 to MU-2
- Council District 3
Item 3 · Zoning
Briefing: 10th East Senior Center and Victory Park rezone to Public Lands
Pending
Staff were to brief the Council on rezoning city-owned property at 237 and 239 South 1000 East from SR-3 and R-2 to Public Lands to match the existing senior center and park use. Part of the site is already Public Lands.
- Petition: PLNPCM2026-00091
- Council District 4
Item 4 · City code
Briefing: Affordable Housing Incentives fines text amendment
Pending
Staff were to brief the Council on moving fines for the Affordable Housing Incentives program from a Consolidated Fee Schedule that does not list them into zoning code Chapter 21A.20.
Item 5 · City code
Briefing: community correctional facilities and jails text amendment
Pending
Staff were to brief the Council on an ordinance removing community correctional facilities and jails as a conditional use, making them prohibited. State and federal properties are exempt from local zoning.
Item 6 · Other
Briefing: liquor proximity waiver for Taste of Thai, 2130 South Highland Drive
Pending
Staff were to brief the Council on a waiver for Taste of Thai Restaurant, LLC, across the street from the Sprague Library. Hearing was proposed for October 6 and tentative action November 10.
Item 8 · Budget
Initial discussion of legislative intents for fiscal 2026-27
Pending
The Council was to hold its first briefing on Legislative Intent statements, formal requests to the Administration adopted with the budget, and consider closing some earlier intents.
Item 9 · Budget
Briefing: Budget Amendment No. 1 for fiscal 2026-27
Pending
Staff were to brief the Council on a budget amendment including $11.5 million in grant funding for Fleet Block and 9 Line improvements, $1 million in grant funds for a pump track, adaptive pump track and skate park at Glendale Park, and a $700,000 fund transfer for the Old Library Building Project.
- Grant$11.5 million
- Grant$1.00 million
- Budget$700,000
Item 10-13 · Appointment
Interviews for board appointments
Pending
The agenda listed interviews of Katherine Johnson (Library Board), Conrad Duerr (City and County Building Conservancy and Use Committee), and Todd Newman and Ryan Richards (Administrative Appeals Officers), with Council action tentatively set for the formal meeting that evening.