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Sandy · City Council

Sandy holds third housing workshop to rank key issues; no votes taken

September 2, 2025, 5:15 p.m. · Council Chambers, Sandy City Hall, 10000 Centennial Parkway, and Zoom

The council spent the evening in the third of four housing workshops, reviewing questionnaire results to identify and prioritize housing issues. Top concerns were housing options and obstacles to middle housing, appearance and integration into neighborhoods, and senior housing. No votes were taken.

From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.

Agenda, item by item

  1. Item 1 · Presentation

    Housing workshop series, Workshop Three: Identifying and prioritizing key issues

    Discussed

    City Attorney Lynn Pace facilitated and Council Director Dustin Fratto reviewed questionnaire results. The mayor's priorities included home ownership, new housing options, smaller lots, higher density, senior housing, redevelopment of older homes and housing near transit. Council members discussed owner-occupancy enforcement, housing variety, rental impacts and private property rights. The council's areas to explore were sustainability and community character, affordability and options, owner-occupied housing and housing variety. The next workshop is planned for October.

What residents said

Housing affordability

Perry Harrison urged the city to explore deed restrictions, subsidies and redevelopment agency funds for housing affordability.