West Valley City Council approves budget tweaks, housing plan, rezoning and $20,000 overdose-mitigation grant

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — The West Valley City Council on June 10 approved a set of routine and land-use actions that included a fourth-quarter budget opening, adoption of a revised moderate-income housing plan, a multi-part approval for a residential rezone and development agreement on 5990 West 3500 South, and an interlocal overdose-mitigation grant with Salt Lake County.

Council members opened the meeting’s public-comment period before taking formal votes. Longtime resident Randy Lucero told the council the city should address persistent noise from the Western Gardens strip-mall area that, he said, “vibrates the windows” and asked the city to “turn the music down.”

Staff described the budget-opening ordinance (Ordinance 25-11) as a state-law-required adjustment to appropriate new grant receipts and move existing appropriations so the city can spend incoming funds. Jim (city staff) told the council these adjustments are routine and allow the city to accept and allocate grant money and address emergent expenditures. After brief public comment from resident Jim Visock praising the city’s budget reporting (“I carry budgets in my car”), the council approved Ordinance 25-11 by unanimous vote.

The council then adopted the 2025 moderate-income housing plan (Ordinance 25-12), an update that will incorporate 2023 census data and reflect recent rises in home values, rents and mortgage rates. The public hearing on that item closed with no speakers and the ordinance passed unanimously.

On a multi-part land-use application (GPZ 3 20 25), the council approved amendments to the general plan (Ordinance 25-13) and the zoning map (Ordinance 25-14) to allow low-density R-18 residential development at 5990 West 3500 South. Developer representative Dave Tallman, speaking for Clark Construction and Service LLC, described the infill property as “only 4.06 acres” with average lot sizes just under about 10,000 square feet and said staff had been helpful in shaping the plan.

During consideration of the related development agreement (Resolution 25-78), a council member proposed adding a restriction that would prevent builders from installing basement entrances at the time of construction — a measure intended to reduce the risk of basement apartments and parking pressure in the tight site. Council members clarified that a future homeowner could add an entrance after occupancy but builders would be prohibited at construction; the amended development agreement passed by a 6–1 vote (Council Member Hune voted no).

The council approved a six-item consent agenda that included purchase and installation contracts for fitness equipment (DLS Consulting; Pacific Fitness Products LLC; MagnaWater) and a contract award to Hansen Construction for a sidewalk project on 3500 South and 5400 West. All consent items passed unanimously.

In new business, the council approved Resolution 25-85, an interlocal cooperation agreement with Salt Lake County that will deliver $20,000 to the Healthy West Valley Committee to fund community education and resources addressing opioid overdoses. One council member asked why only three ZIP codes were listed in the contract; staff member Alex said the ZIP codes reflected the area sampled in a prior study but that the resources provided through the grant would be available citywide. The resolution passed unanimously.

The council adjourned and the meeting proceeded to related agency sessions (Redevelopment Agency, Housing Authority, Building Authority) later in the evening.

Votes at a glance: Ordinance 25-11 (budget amendment) — approved unanimously; Ordinance 25-12 (moderate-income housing plan) — approved unanimously; Ordinance 25-13 (general plan amendment) — approved unanimously; Ordinance 25-14 (zoning map amendment) — approved unanimously; Resolution 25-78 (development agreement with builder restriction on basement entrances) — approved 6–1; Resolution 25-85 (overdose-mitigation interlocal, $20,000) — approved unanimously.

What happens next: The development agreement and rezoning are now approved for the 5990 West 3500 South site with the added construction restriction on basement entrances; the city’s finance staff will implement the adopted budget adjustments and the Healthy West Valley Committee will begin work on outreach funded by the $20,000 grant.