Patriot Rail street vacations near 6500 West and I-80
Vacation of platted but never-built street rights-of-way so Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway can buy them for railroad uses, including relocating a rail yard from the Buena Vista neighborhood. The Council adopted Ordinance 64 of 2025 on Oct. 21, 2025.
Approved
- Type
- Site plan
- Applicant
- Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway
- Location
- About 6500 West at the Interstate 80 eastbound freeway
- City Council: Patriot Rail street vacations near 6500 West and I-80
- City Council: Consent agenda
- City Council work session: Patriot Rail street vacations near 6500 West and I-80 (briefing)
In brief
Patriot Rail street vacations near 6500 West and I-80 appears on 3 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of October 7, 2025 to the City Council meeting of October 21, 2025.
On record, it was approved 2 times.
The most recent decision was approved (6-0) at the City Council meeting of October 21, 2025.
Follow the money and project delivery
Patriot Rail street vacations near 6500 West and I-80
- Council action
Approved according to the dated project source. Record → · Oct. 21, 2025
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
Every hearing and vote
October 21, 2025 · City Council
Patriot Rail street vacations near 6500 West and I-80
Approved · 6-0
After a hearing with no public comment, the Council adopted Ordinance 64 of 2025, closing never-built platted street rights-of-way so Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway can buy them for railroad uses. Council Member Puy spoke in support and for moving the current rail yard farther west. Before adjournment, staff said an incorrect version of the ordinance had been provided for adoption; staff approved the most recent hard-copy version, and Chair Dugan stated for the record that the hard-copy version was the one adopted.
- Petitioner: Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway
- Petition: PLNPCM2025-00432
- Council District 2
October 7, 2025 · City Council
Consent agenda
Approved · 6-0
The consent agenda passed 6-0 with item 6 (the Parviz Faiz board appointment) removed. It set Oct. 21 hearings on the annual HUD community development needs, the TEFRA hearing for Pax Station Apartments (203 West Paxton Avenue, 272 units), the Patriot Rail street vacations near 6500 West and I-80 (PLNPCM2025-00432), and Budget Amendment No. 2. It appointed Cooper Fankhauser and Sean Weeks to the Community Development and Capital Improvement Programs Advisory Board and Samantha DeSeelhorst to the Transportation Advisory Board.
October 7, 2025 · City Council work session
Patriot Rail street vacations near 6500 West and I-80 (briefing)
Discussed
Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway, the property owner, asked to buy platted but never-built street rights-of-way to include in its property for future railroad use; there are no structures on the site. The Planning Commission gave a conditional recommendation. A Patriot Rail representative confirmed the intent to relocate a rail yard now in the Buena Vista neighborhood to this site farther west. Members discussed utility poles and easements and support for decommissioning certain rail lines.
- Petitioner: Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway
- Council District 2