West Valley City tests housing, small-scale retail and open space for RDA-held site near 1300 W. and 3300 S.

West Valley City officials and consultants on Sept. 16 held a special council workshop to test land-use scenarios for the redevelopment agency–held site near 1300 West and 3300 South, using a color-coded “tile game” to gather council and public input on housing, retail and open-space choices.

Jonathan Springmeier, the city’s economic development director, opened the presentation and described the task as early-stage scenario work to “see what we wanna do with that property,” noting it is city/RDA-held land. Ben Levinger of Downtown Redevelopment Services explained the exercise: “We’re not here to say it’s definitively 2, 3, or 4 stories. We’re more worried about what type of land use it is — single family, multifamily, retail, commercial, whatever that may be.” The consultants asked participants to place quarter-acre tiles to indicate preferred typologies; the team will compile results into preferred scenarios and return with 3-D massings.

Why it matters: The site sits at a gateway corridor and is constrained by a major utility easement and a nearby Veterans Memorial…