Before we get started, I think
everybody's in here. Uh, Council Member
Clark's gonna offer a prayer.
Our dear father in heaven, we are so
grateful for this chance to come
together as friends and neighbors and um
to serve one another and to serve our
community. And we're grateful for the
really cool things that are happening in
our sweet town of Giga Mountain. And
we're grateful for the people that make
it amazing. We're grateful for our youth
council and for our royalty. And we are
grateful for our first responders. And
we're grateful for the people who work
hard to provide for their families to
make Eagle Mountain better. And we ask
that thy spirit be with us tonight that
we might be able to make good decisions
together to hear each other's point of
view and to be civil. And we say these
things in the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Okay, we'll go ahead and call this
policy session to order at 7:05.
And uh as we get started, we've asked
our Miss Eagle Mountain 2026 Trius to
lead us in the pledge of allegiance.
Please join me in the pledge of
allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
All right. Um, Mr. Reeves, do we have
any information? for public information
items.
We do. We have four, mayor. Um, our
youth city council is having their
summer splash event tomorrow, Wednesday,
August 5th, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Cory
Ride Memorial Park. If you want a chance
to uh dunk your C favorite council
member, you can come out and do that in
our dunk tank. Um, truth and taxation
public hearing will be Thursday, August
6th at 6 PM here at city hall in the
chambers. Farmers market is every
Saturday from 9 to 1 pm through October
10th at Cory Ride Park. And then there's
another event, Ties and Tiaras, this Sat
Saturday, August 15th at 7 p.m. at the
Overland Farm.
If you guys have never seen Council
Member Wright dress up in a I don't even
know the old rockers, a wig that looks
like
Jimmy.
I look good with hair, let me tell you
that.
Come to the youth council. I was
wondering why they were all here to
support Duncan, council member. Right.
Right. All right. Moving right along. Uh
that we do have our entire youth council
here, most of them, and they will get
sworn in today. So, how this is going to
work, we're going to make a couple
motions, then we have to vote. No
telling where that's going to go, and
then uh we'll call all of you forward.
Do the mayor first, right, Lacy? Or did
you want to do them all together? Mayor
first and then the rest of the council
together. Okay. So, that's the way we'll
do this. And uh with that, I think
Council Member Whiting's got a motion.
It's my honor to move to approve KJ Call
as the youth council mayor until the
with uh for a term until the next youth
council election in 2027.
Second.
Okay, we have a motion by Council Member
Whiting, a second by Council Member
Wood. We'll start the vote with Council
Member Clark.
Yes.
Council member Wright.
Yes.
Council member Whiting.
Yes.
Council member Wood.
Yes.
And Council Member Huish? Yes.
Okay. The youth council.
And it's also my honor to move to
approve the following individuals as
youth council committee members. Sophia
Anderson, Eliza Bird, Elena Call, Kora
Davis, Jordan Dinhardt, Hinckley Franco,
Khali Franco, Raina Howell, Carly
Jackson, Lexi Jackson, Riker Jackson,
Xander Jackson, Lily Messerly, Sarah
Ortega, Abigail Pace, Darcy Washburn and
Lucy Washburn, and for a term until the
next youth council election in 2027.
Second.
Okay, we have a motion again by Council
Member Whiting, a second by Council
Member Wood, Council Member Wright,
yes.
Council member Whiting,
yes.
Council member Wood,
yes.
Council member Huish,
yes.
Council member Clark,
yes.
Perfect. We'll bring the mayor up and uh
Lacy will go over there and we're going
to come down and so we can congratulate
everybody at the end. So when they're
done, all the youth council that was uh
Okay. Oh, yeah. Everybody come up then.
That's that's why I was asking. So
everybody at the same time
Yeah, we're gonna come. No, let's do the
picture from up here.
We'll stay up here and we'll do a
picture
Shake their hands.
All
right, we're get we're going to have you
guys just squeeze in a little bit right
here. Our our photographer for the city
is going to get right there. We're going
to get a nice little picture. So, get
close together.
Lacy, do they need to sign the
They have their oaths of office. They
can sign them and take them home.
Okay. Thanks, guys. appreciate your
willingness to serve.
Okay, we we've got another uh cool
recognition that we'll get another
picture for here in just a second, but
uh it's our honor to introduce our 2026
Miss Eagle Mountain. Uh, we'll have you
guys come up and state your names, tell
us a little something you think we need
to hear, and then do the same thing.
We'll turn around up here and get a
picture.
Go ahead to the microphone up here.
Good evening. My name is Emiline Smith
and I'm honored to serve this year as
Miss Teen Eagle Mountain's first runner
up. Through my community service
initiative, lifesavers and training, I
plan to teach kids, teens, and adults
basic first aid and emergency response
skills so they can feel more prepared
when in an emergency. I'm excited to
represent Eagle Mountain this year
through this community that has already
given me so much. Thank you.
Good evening, city council members. My
name is Brighton Haw and I'm honored to
serve as Eagle Mountains teen. Um, my
CSI is called Generation for Wildlife
and it's about educating the youth on
the importance of preservation and
conservation of wildlife. I'm excited
for this year and I think it's going to
be great. Thank you.
Mine's a little longer so I'm going to
warn you. Good evening, mayor and city
council. For those of you who don't know
me, my name is Tria Smith and I'm so so
honored to be able to be crowned Miss
Eagle Mountain of 20 for 2026. This was
my fifth year competing for the title.
So standing here today truly is such a
dream come true, and I could not be more
grateful for the opportunity that has
fallen into my hands this year. This
year, my community service initiative is
red, white, and your rights, which
focuses on civic engagement among young
voters. As many of you know, the voter
turnout in Eagle Mountain is severely
low. So, my goal this year is to help
young adults register to vote, know how
candidates get on a ballot, and also
know how to pro participate in the
voting process. Local government impacts
our everyday life, and I believe being
informed in voting is one of the most
meaningful ways that we can truly make a
difference. We've already had so much
fun and an incredible start to the year.
Um, we have been going to events,
working alongside Don and Dave, and
getting to meet so many amazing
families, local businesses, and
community members. Every event has
reminded me why I love Eagle Mountain so
much. Thank you guys for allowing me the
opportunity to serve this amazing city,
and I look forward to working alongside
of each of you this year and to
represent Eagle Mountain with pride.
Thank you so, so much.
Thank you. So, I'm gonna have you guys
turn around. We're gonna do a little
more this way because we always get the
the podium right in our way. So, let's
squeeze this way. Turn around. We'll get
a picture and then we'll go on.
All
right. That's kind of the fun part of
the job. We get to do that kind of
stuff. And uh this is another thing that
we actually look forward to. We've got
time set aside for the public to make
general public comment. Um, this time
has been set aside for public for the
public to express their ideas, concerns,
and comments. Uh, please limit your
comments to three minutes each. I will
allow the public uh I will now open the
public comment period at 7:16.
As a reminder, public comment is an
opportunity for community members to
address the city council and each
speaker is allowed three minutes. If you
wish to speak during the public hearing
portion, please complete a comment form
located in the back. They're on the
table back there. Uh, and return it to
our city recorder on this side over
here.
Council members will listen but not
engage in discussion during public
comment. Disruptive behavior, personal
attacks, or comments about individual
city employees are not permitted. If you
have issues or questions regarding staff
or personnel, our administrative staff
will meet you in the foyer to discuss
that. for further discussion. Lastly,
public comment period is for items not
associated with a scheduled public
hearing. If your comments relate to a
public hearing item, please wait until
the item is called. For information,
tonight's public hearing items are uh
the programmed 2026 HUD CDBG annual
action plan. Uh there's an ordinance of
Eagle Mountain City, Utah, reszoning
certain lands known as Scenic Mountain.
And then 15B, an ordinance of Eagle
Mountain City, amending the master plan
known as the master transportation plan,
the TMP, and impact fee facilities plan.
So those are the public hearings. If
there's anything else that you'd like to
talk about, uh, we have three minutes.
Lacy,
Duncan, Cers,
I got to go first. Dang it. I thought
surely somebody else would want to go
first before me. All right. I'm DJ, more
commonly known as Duncan Cersi. I've
missed you guys. It's been a little
while since I've been to one of these,
so I thought I'd come harass you. Now,
I'm going to be pretty nice. I want to
talk a little bit about your proposed uh
property tax increase, the reasons for
doing it, and ask some questions, and
then just inform you guys a little bit
about what's going on in the life of the
regular eagle mountaineer. Okay. Um so,
uh 220% is a lot. we will start there.
Even if it's just a dollar a day, uh for
some of your citizens, that's one to
five% of their annual income. Okay? So,
that's that's not a small chunk of
change to some of us, some of us poor
folk. Okay? Um the other thing I want to
mention is more of your neighbors than
you realize are living paycheck to
paycheck right now. And another good
chunk, less hopefully, are living credit
card payment to credit card payment. So
every time you do anything to raise
taxes, there is going to be effects,
especially on our pensioners, right?
They've earned what they have. And so if
we're raising the property taxes on
them, perhaps they moved here 15 years
ago and that was one of the calls to
move out here to Eagle Mountain is they
saw the low property taxes. Okay. I do
not think it is the job of the citizens
to shoulder the burden of bad decisions
past and present council city planning
has made and and force us to come up
with those funds. We are growing
rapidly. There should be a
commeasurerate amount of tax increase
there as well. Mayor Jared when he was
campaigning on the trail, he talked a
lot about the different things that are
coming and we're going to have so much
money we don't know what to do with. So
maybe let's hold off on the property tax
increase. Wait for some of those
investments to come. Put the city hall
on on the back burner, some of these
other things while your citizens are
really struggling financially. Um the
other thing that I was going to say
about all that is
I think another reason the citizens are
upset is the way it was framed. You guys
are like law enforcement, we love law
enforcement, we need to increase that.
But uh we had to find out in the
comments that it was also for capital
projects and that wasn't defined
anywhere um at least initially. And so
it's kind of a bait and switch when you
say we need to raise taxes so we have
law enforcement because who doesn't want
good amount of law enforcement? We want
to be safe, right? Uh so I felt like
that was a little bit dishonest and it
rubbed rubbed people the wrong way um
there. So I think a little bit more
transparency would do you well.
Um I feel safe here. you know, I know
they want more deputies. I genuinely
don't feel threatened for my life. And
if there's anybody here that has death
threats, you know, that's me. So, I I
think when we see so many patrol cars at
a traffic stop, you know, two, three,
four, from the citizens perspective, it
doesn't look like we really need more
law enforcement. That makes sense.
All right. Thank you. Thank you.
That's it. Was there anyone else here
who did not have the opportunity to make
public comments? I would like to see no
one. We will close the public comment
period at 7:19 and bring it back to the
council for uh comments
to the public. And I'm going to switch
sides. We're going to go with Rich
first. Richwood.
Great to see so many people here,
especially those here to support the
youth council.
Uh we appreciate their willingness to
get involved at an early age to
understand how government works. Uh I I
love the way that we changed it to make
it available for so many people to
participate on the council. So
it was great having them all up here.
I'm I'm a little envious, Jesse. I hope
it's awesome this year for for you guys.
Um appreciate the comments, DJ. Always
appreciate you coming and speaking your
mind. That's the point of public
comments. Uh, I I'm going to tell you, I
don't think that you're totally wrong. I
think that we could have done a better
job in some of the ways that it was
presented. I look forward to being able
to talk about that on Thursday and maybe
providing some clarity because I agree.
I think that it's not clear. So, we're
going to try to do a better job of
getting that information so that it's
clear. May not agree, but the reality of
it is is we need to be crystal clear.
Um, Councilman Whiting,
I'm so proud of the youth that are
taking their time to be engaged and make
a difference. And we saw that with our
youth council. We see that with our also
with the with the the pageantss. Um, and
so awesome. Uh, there's a lot of energy
with youth council and it's really I'm
I'm really honored to be the liazison
from the city council to be to be a part
of your group and uh looking forward to
the activity that's going to happen
tomorrow. Even though I'm going to get
wet, it's going to be cold. Uh but
really grateful. I mean it it Eagle
Mountain City has some of the most
amazing youth and I know it's a priority
among the city council to create an
environment here in which they can
engage and learn and there's a lot
that's that we're dealing with uh to
help keep them safe uh help our roads
improve. Um and and so I won't go into
the depth of all we need to continue to
do to help this be the most amazing
place ever for for the youth. Um, also
DJ, thanks for your comments and we we
appreciate you, you know, coming and
sharing. Um, and I and I will say we
could we could say in some ways uh you
know what you mentioned about the money
coming in eventually that that is true
and Mayor Gray did make comments that
you know as data center matures it will
come in. Uh but I was also there many
times when he said the next four years
are probably going to be the most the
toughest years. And he also said I'm
probably going to be a one-term mayor
even if he wants a second term because
of the challenging decisions we're going
to have to make during these these
current four years because the the the
data center money isn't here yet and
it's going to start maturing and it's
going to start coming here. But we, you
know, looking at the different things we
got going on, we're we may have to make
some unpopular decisions. Um, and
hopefully a lot of people show up on
Thursday night. Hopefully we hear a lot
of commentary from a lot of people
because we want to hear what your
thoughts are and what you're
experiencing and what um, yeah, your
various thoughts and feelings. Please
come on Thursday night. We want a big
crowd. We want a lot of comments and
we're we're here to to listen. So, uh,
hopefully people show up and
participate.
Thanks, Mayor. Welcome. Um, KJ, I just
want to congratulate you. Or should I
say mayor call. Let me start there. Um,
that's quite an achievement. I'm really
proud of you and having had the
opportunity to work with the the youth
council last year. Uh, I I'm impressed
with the recruiting that you've been
about. So, um, thank you to you and your
adviserss, your mother, and and those
other young men and young women that
have been participating there. It's fun
to see the youth council grow. And I
will be there tomorrow if I can find my
hair. Okay? I mean, I got I got to find
my wig so that I can come and you guys
can dunk me again. But I don't know if
I'm going to as long as last year. You
guys beat me up bad, but I enjoyed it. I
really did. Um, you really are the
future of Eagle Mountain. I loved
listening to the to the to to to Miss
Eagle Mountain and Miss Teen Eagle
Mountain as they talked about at least
one of the C CSIs, what do they call
them?
Okay.
Um, about the wildlife and and nature.
And for me, that's really cool that our
youth are picking up that torch and and
moving forward with it. So, anything
that I can do or anything that we can as
a council to help uh you all be
successful and prepare you for
adulthood. I'm I'm happy to do that. Um
I just want to express gratitude for our
staff for the work that they do for the
incredible burdens that they carry. If
you joined us in work session, you got
just a small taste of what they deal
with on a daily basis and it's a it's
it's an inexhaustible list of things
that they have to tackle every day. And
I'm really grateful for their for their
energy and for their effort that they
put forth. I'm grateful for the fellow
council members that I sit here with. We
are called upon to make some pretty
pretty nasty decisions. I don't know how
else to say it. They're difficult.
They're heavy. Um and I think it can
best be described as there's a
loneliness to leadership.
When we ask for the opportunity to serve
and to lead, it comes with a duty, a
responsibility, a burden, and and and
and there's some honor and a blessing
associated with it. All of those things
are present in the decisions that we
make. Um, and there's a there's an
accountability that each of us must have
and and uh I I think we can do better,
DJ. Our communication could be better.
Um, I'm probably the worst communicator
of all unless you sit down with me
across the table and then I'll
communicate it to death and you'll think
I need a break. You'll be like, "Shut
up, Brett. I'm ready to move on." Um,
but I just want to express my love and
gratitude to those of you that have
showed up today. Um, I appreciate that
and I look forward to listening to what
the citizens have to say on Thursday.
Thank you.
Um, I too am super excited to see you be
our youth mayor. I've seen you for years
as I've come to Cedar Valley High School
and seen you grow into student council
and all sorts of other things. And I
love that you and your colleagues are
willing to serve our community and the
other kids in our community. Um, it's
about time that Eagle Mountain has a
youth council that's not embarrassingly
small. And I'm super excited for that.
And I'm really grateful for the young
ladies that represent us as our city
royalty. There's some pretty incredible
young ladies and they do really neat
things in our community. So, I'm
grateful for them as well. Um, this last
Friday was our 28th wedding anniversary.
My husband and I have been married for
28 years. And the day after that was my
husband's birthday and we got to go to
see Spider-Man. That was like a big
deal. And um and it's like the 12th
Spider-Man. I don't even know. But um as
I was watching the movie, there's this
line in Spider-Man that is kind of
quintessential Spider-Man. And it says,
"With great power comes great
responsibility." And I think one of the
greatest powers that any human could be
given is to tax another human being. Um
it's your property.
You worked hard to bring it home. You
use it to take care of your family. And
we don't take that responsibility
lightly.
I want you to know that as we prepare to
make this decision as a council that
we're thinking about you. We're thinking
about your individual circumstances and
we're trying to do right by you and all
of the residents of Eagle Mountain
and we take that responsibility
really seriously. So, thank you for
being here today and thank you for
sharing your viewpoints and I look
forward to hearing all the ideas and
insights and concerns on Thursday so
that we can make this decision together.
Thank you.
Thanks everyone for being here today. Um
to the Miss Eagle Mountain, they it
looks like they left. My daughter served
as a as a teen Eagle Mountain. Miss
Eagle Mountain teen
in 2019 and they she served two years
because of the pandemic. They didn't
have another one. So she got to go two
years and it just like was never ending
thing. But it was a real a real blessing
for her and her family. Um, Mayor Mayor
Call, congratulations. That's awesome.
Did you speak at our memorial service?
That was an awesome speech that you
gave. I just wanted to mention that to
you again publicly. That was, really
impressive. Um, and not a surprise that
you're serving as our youth mayor. So,
congratulations. That's awesome. I know
I know our youth council will be led
well. Um, DJ, thank you for being here.
I think the more heads we have, the more
comments, the more ideas, the better
decision that we're going to make. It it
is I'm not having any fun. I spent most
of my weekend going back through every
budget session that we already have sat
through and copied every dollar that was
presented. Um, gave it a name, put it in
a spreadsheet. I've been through it uh
several times and I just want you to
know that I take this decision pretty
seriously and I know that my fellow
council members do. Uh it wasn't long
ago that my wife and I if I had a $10
expense, I would call her and say, "Hey,
do we have that in our bank account? Can
I go to lunch today? Uh or we packing
lunches?" And we have uh two title one
schools in our city that um are paycheck
to paycheck. And for many people, they
won't be asking for assistance. They'll
probably just cut their savings or put
it on the credit card. And so,
we have a serious serious decision to
make on Thursday. And I am confident
that we'll strike the right balance both
for the residents, for the city, and for
the need. We just sat through a
presentation with U. Ben, our city
administrator. We have over a hundred
projects going on the city, and these
aren't just light fixing a curb or or um
you know putting tar in a road. These
are like major infrastructure
uh projects that are going on and
they're not they're not inexpensive.
We're the ninth fastest growing city in
America in the United States. And when
you start to dig down and look at all
the projects that are happening with 23
or a third of the staff of other cities
of our same size, it's pretty
impressive. It's a miracle in my mind
that the city is even like operating. I
just applaud our staff. They do an
amazing job. And prior to January of
this year, I was totally oblivious to
all the things that were happening. And
now that I'm immersed in it, it's um
pretty impressive. So, um I'm confident
we'll we'll find the right balance. Um
and I appreciate the emails. I've had
several that have come through. I'm
reading through them. I'm documenting
them. and and um we're going to make the
right decision, the best decision that
we can. Uh so, thank you.
I'll say that was 100 uh capital or
construction projects or almost 400
total projects with initiatives and
that's that's a lot, right? Heavy lift.
So yeah, it's it's uh I'll just add just
briefly, the youth council came in a
couple weeks ago and I don't know if you
say challenged me to the hot wing
challenge or something like that, right?
Uh it's just fun being in the position
that I get to meet with the youth as
well uh every now and again and some of
the other organizations in the city and
and spend some time and man, we've got
some really fun youth. They ask some
hard questions. Most of them I didn't
know the answers to. I didn't even know
who my superhero was or whatever it's
called because I don't watch Marvel or
something. But anyway, there was some
hard questions. But what I said it wrong
because I don't know. But
probably a cowboy mayor. It's probably a
cowboy of some sort. Bull rider.
Yeah. Breeds of horses or something. I
could have got that right. But uh and
the queens too. I I've been able to take
them on carriage rides throughout the
year and different things. Uh just
working with them is super fun. So, uh,
good times and we appreciate all those
that that come out and express their
opinions and get to, uh, enjoy and
participate in the process. It's an
honor for us. So, thanks for everyone
who's here and and, uh, it's time to get
to work. So, the first item we went
through in our work session is the uh,
consent agenda.
Would you entertain a motion, Mayor?
Yes.
Mayor, I move that the city council
approve the consent agenda.
Second.
Okay. Okay, we have a motion by Council
Member Clark and a second by Council
Member Wright. And we'll start the
voting with Council Member Whiting.
Yes.
Council member Wood.
Yes.
Council member Huish.
Yes.
Council member Clark.
Yes.
Council member Wright.
Yes.
Okay.
Now, our scheduled items. Uh the first
one is a public hearing. Uh I will note
that this uh
item does need some action prior to our
next meeting. So, as a council in our
work session, we have decided to call a
special meeting on August uh 10th,
Monday the 10th at 3:30. It'll be a
virtual meeting. It was only this item
uh as of right now. And we'll we'll
address this uh funding. But for
tonight, we will have the public hearing
so that we can uh move forward with some
action items on Monday. Um, with that,
do you have a presentation? No
presentation. Okay. Um, does the council
have any questions specific to this
item?
I think
uh yeah, ju just for the public's sake,
you want to just let us know what it is
that kind of an idea of what's going on
so they uh and then we'll open the
public hearing. This is the CBDG, CDBG
funding that uh is allocated from the
county, from HUD, uh and some of the
ways that we could spend this money that
qualify.
Yep. Um so, good evening. Thank you,
mayor and council, and we really
appreciate you guys putting us on a
special meeting next week. Um, so this
meeting is just a formality to fulfill
this second public hearing and to give
folks a chance to chime in um on any
city projects that they might have
comments on. So
perfect. Thanks. And I'll I'll read
this. Some we say CDBG all the time and
I don't know if everybody knows what
that means. It's community development
block grant program through HUD. It
provides federal funding for eligible
community development activities as a
condition of receiving the CDBG funds.
The city must annually adopt and submit
annual action plan identifying the
proposed use of the allocation to hold
up to two public hearings. So that's
this one, the second public hearing, and
receive public input. Uh the first
public hearing was held on April 7th. Uh
and this one fulfills the second
requirement. Just so that we know what
this is about because I don't know if
anyone's here to speak on that. So, at
this time, uh, 7:36, we'll open the
public hearing. And it sounds like there
is someone.
Charlotte Ducos,
turn the mic on, please.
Oh, yes.
There you go.
Was on. All right. Charlotte Ducos. I'm
just here to talk about the community
development block grant because I was
having a conversation with um principal
over at Cedar Valley High School. We got
some news this week that we are opening
a um I'm gonna give it the name that he
I got permission to talk about it. Um uh
Eagle Mountain Community Center um
focused on families uh at Cedar Valley.
We are uh planning to and wanting to
convert one of the um sections of one of
our portables into a community center.
Um one of the things that we would like
to do as a capital project is to put in
showers. Um the goal over time is to
have this available to the community,
not just to school um patrons, but to
the community at at extended hours um
and to have shower facilities, pantry
items. Um we would love to have adult
ed, things like that in that space. I
know the city has been looking for a
space like that on the community
services board. We've talked about that.
Uh, so I was really excited to hear that
that was something that he was planning
on um and and working on at Cedar
Valley. So as we consider these funds,
would love to have that project
considered um for some of the capital
needs in order to make that happen. Um
and so I just wanted to put that on
public record and um I think it would be
a really great use of those funds. uh it
would um help both our um lowincome um
and you know several other uh groups uh
to help uh provide those services that
they need. So just wanted to make that
um option available as far as the
funding is concerned and um thank you
for your time.
Mayor, would it be okay
public hearing? So is there anyone else?
Lacy, that was it. Okay. All right.
Thank you. Uh seeing No one. Is there
anyone else that came to speak on this
item? Seeing no one at
7:37, we'll close the public hearing and
uh Council Member Wood
was first and I'll come here.
I just wanted to ask the question if
first of all, does that qualify where
it's attached to a school because I
think it's a great idea by the way
and then can we help them
to get an application put together
quickly so that that can be something to
be considered?
it could possibly qualify. We'd want to
get some additional information and, you
know, look at eligible activities, but I
think it is a great opportunity to
really serve a vulnerable portion of the
community in Eagle Mountain City. So, I
think exploring that would be great. and
we can do kind of a simplified
application to just get some um program
information and then really drill down
to see if it could work.
Thanks.
And it would qualify as a public
facility.
Okay. Um one I was wondering if
Charlotte had an idea of what the target
uh ask is dollar-wise. Do you know?
Okay. And then this is more for the of
you. If there are
construction, building trades people
within our community, especially some of
the really big entities that are
benefiting from being able to build
here, and they wanted to donate time or
do an inkind donation of some sort. Is
there anything about that that would
jeopardize being able to use the other
funding?
It's not likely that it would jeopardize
anything as long as their qualified
contractors who would be doing the work.
So that would be a great way to leverage
funding if you had community members who
wanted to support that. And again, we
can have a larger discussion as we drill
down on any discrete activities. So in
the annual action plan, we have the
buckets. We don't have the actual
discrete activities that will be funded,
but this one sounds like just a
fantastic opportunity.
Okay, go ahead.
Just a quick question. And so I think
you kind of answered what my question
was. What I'm seeing is in public
facilities and infrastructure
improvements, there's about $181,000
that it's kind of in that bucket.
200,000 in affordable housing and then
under the public services 369
and is that the way that's broken down
just those three? That's what I see I'm
seeing in there. Does that sound right
to There's administration and planning
that also, but it's it's not an actual
project.
And so, as we consider this on Monday,
as this comes back to us for an
actionable um vote of some sort,
is that really what you're asking is
that we that we kind of put it into
these three buckets and be okay with
that, recognizing that there's still
going to be some tightening up in each
of those buckets.
Exactly.
How does that happen? When when will
that happen? And how will we be
informed? who will be a party to that.
How how does that happen?
As discreet activities come up with the
spending, I think those agreements would
come before council for approval.
Yeah.
Okay, that's all I wanted just to
understand the process of that. So
that's perfect. Thank you.
And if we need just to kind of answer I
think part of that question if there
needs to be some flexibility. There's a
small amount of flexibility to move
things between buckets right now, but if
we need to move larger amounts between
buckets, we can an amendment to the
plan. So, you know, that's a
possibility. Takes a little bit of time,
but it's definitely doable.
Okay, perfect. I was just going to note
for the record when Melissa asked the
question that Charlotte Vo shook her
head no. So, that was
an answer that wasn't audible, but uh
and then as far as the financing and
then the uh also just ask you ladies if
you'd get with Charlotte either after
pulling into the hall and get some
contact information for either the
principal or whoever it is that we need
to get with to uh get further
information or an application. So, if
you guys will handle that. Uh is there
any other comments or questions on this
one?
Okay. Thank you.
Thank you, council. No action tonight on
that one. So, we'll we'll come back and
meet on Monday and we will go to the
next item. It's 16A, an ordinance of
Eagle Mountain City reszoning certain
lands known as Scenic Mountain. Uh there
is
Robert Hobs. Did I lose?
I'm I'm gonna take take this one. So,
we've done this before. Traditionally,
it should be pretty simple, I think.
Yeah, I think so.
Let me drag this over just to kind of
give the public a little Oh, there we
go. I'm looking at the wrong thing. Um,
yeah, this has been through planning
commission and council um a little bit.
So, I think you're you're well aware of
this and and for the public's sake,
we're going the planning is going
through the process of
trying to update the zoning map. There's
a number of areas in our city that have
old zones that don't exist on our books
anymore. So, we're trying to go through
and identify the areas that have those
old zones and then uh and then find
those areas and then update them to a
current zone that matches with our our
current city code. Um
the part of the reason why is if if the
public calls and uh they've got these
old zones, they they want like, hey, how
how far can I build this shed off my
property line? that, you know, it's it's
a little harder for us to give them
information if if they've got an old
zone. They have to go dig back in the in
the old books and old versions of the
code and find out what the setbacks were
and so forth. So, this helps uh this
this proposal helps staff to be able to
um administer land use application, help
the public a little better, um just just
makes things uh land use and zoning flow
a little better in the city. So, Um this
is the the property we're looking at.
200 and change parcels over in the
scenic mountain area. Um
and so aerial photo there and and you
can see the this is our general plan
map. General plan just sets forth our
our land use designations for our cities
whether it's residential
uh commercial so forth. So you can see
that uh you can see the designation for
for that area.
Um, and so I guess I need to be clear.
This is not only a reszone, but it's a a
a not only a a zone map amendment, but
it's also a an amendment of our general
plan because we need to update um update
this map. It looks like we're we're
showing some commercial and and uh that
that isn't accurate. So what uh right
now um current zonings calling out
multifamily
um
calling out some old residential zones
from from an old uh agreement with the
city. Those zones don't exist anymore.
So again bringing this to current
current zones you can see um our
multifamily one and two zones are are
noted there and a kind of faint yellow
and and uh a little bit brighter yellow
green is open space there's a a church
down in the blue that's being addressed.
So, um, planning.
So, this has been to the planning
commission. They've recommended
approval. Uh, staff recommends approval
of this. Again, this is just a cleanup
uh just just uh to make sure that we are
able to utilize the current codes and in
our current uh version of our city code.
Okay. Are there any questions? I'll
start with a question actually because
you mentioned that there was some
commercial but there isn't now. Is that
right?
Yeah. As I'm looking
the the part that wasn't developed this
stuff uh went away.
Is it is it been purchased already?
That part I don't
Isn't that triangle.
It's on the north end the scenic
mountain.
There's a big chunk of it is right
that's north of the town houses.
It should be one more time with your
question. I'm sorry.
The the north end of that triangle if
you go to your back to your proposed
zoning.
Uhhuh.
The
a portion of that that green area isn't
most of that in the U dot right away.
It appears to be
So Jared's question was, is that
commercial area?
It appears to be on the general plan
map. Yep.
So that was commercial and now is UD,
correct?
Yes.
Okay. That's that's what I was trying to
clarify.
Y was that your same question?
No, my my question is I mean recognizing
that you have the zoning designation
spelled out pretty clearly in the
reszone map, the question I have is what
does the general plan amendment need to
say?
What's it being changed from? What's it
being changed to?
The general plan amendment.
Pull this back up.
And and you know, if you need to work
through that, Brandon, for a minute,
that's fine. I'm just thinking in terms
of a motion and maybe we could do the
public hearing and then come back to
that.
I'm not certain what it is that that
we're considering changing it from and
what it needs to be changed to in the
general plan. The zone is pretty it's
very clear, but for me it's a little bit
ambiguous about the general plan
amendment that we're considering.
Aren't the two properties like the
single family homes and the and the town
homes two different zones?
Yes, they they are.
They're two different categories and I
agree with you. Um
I don't feel like we really are spelling
that out very
So I think when we do a motion and I'm
just saying what it could be is that the
the MF part or the the town homes would
fall under whatever it is concurrent
with and then the single family would
fall under R1 or R2 whichever one it
falls under. two two uh it could be the
same motion just like that town homes
this single family that
yeah then whatever parks and open space
things
is is that going to Marcus is that okay
if they
you're going to have four categories in
there so basically you've got the civic
parks and open space neighborhood
residential two neighborhood residential
one
and you got the road that are all
As long as it's clear in the motion like
what is what and that's fine. It's a
little bit convoluted but I think we can
work with it.
We can kind of as long Yeah. As long as
we s are clear that the what's public's
public what's multifamily. I think they
can sort it out after that. Is that
Brett? The person who asked the question
has to make the motion.
Well, we got to So public hearing here.
I'm I'm looking right now. I'm trying to
figure it out.
Was there any other questions before I
go to a public hearing?
Let's do that while Brett's studying and
uh see if we can get it right. So,
um it is 7:50
and we will open the public hearing
and no one is here to speak on this
item. Is there anyone here that didn't
get a chance to fill anything out that
would like to speak on this item?
Seeing no one, we'll close the public
hearing at 7:50
and then we'll come back and sing a
lullaby while we wait for
I think Craig.
Brett, I've got one.
Go for it.
So, I move that uh the city council
approve uh agenda item 16A according to
the chart of affected properties. That
Yes, exactly. That's that's second.
because because the because the chart
outlines the current zone, the proposed
zone, the current land use, and the
proposed land use has for for each one
of those.
Okay. So, we have a motion by council
member White and a second by council
member Wood. And we'll have a chance to
talk about this motion. Uh
is that al is that motion also cover the
needed change for the future land use
map?
It does. Yes.
Right. I know that everything's in the
the chart. I'm saying one motion cover
the items suggests everything.
Well, you're saying we need to go
separately
because we got to we got to change the
future land use map and change the zone.
I'm asking if one motion is both that
that chart
saying has to be a separate
a separate one.
Well, I'm going to let
when we did the EMP reszones, we did two
separate actions.
So So Marcus, are you good with one
motion or you want two?
Um, so we noticed it as one agenda item,
right? So
typ
can I make a recommendation?
Typically that would um have one motion
attached to it. Uh,
yeah. I mean the concern I I am having
is that if there's going to be a general
plan amendment that should generally
come as a separate agenda item with a
separate motion. It's in the description
of the item.
The description does say proposed
general plan future land use demand
amendments and resoning.
Yeah.
We do that as separate items. I mean,
given that it's one item, I think it's
probably okay to just move forward with
one motion approving the agenda item. In
the future, it would be better to do two
separate agenda items.
Okay, that's why I was asking the
question. So, is there any
Yeah, I'm I want to make a suggestion
and I know there's a motion on the
table, mayor, but I think that a
substitute I I would like to ask you to
consider a substitute motion and the
motion that I would that I that I would
put forward would be um to approve the
general plan amendment
according to the chart of affected
properties for this item and to approve
the zoning in accordance with the the
proposed reszoning map for each of
properties. That's
so moved. I'm good with that.
I'll in my second
you good,
Stephanie.
It's recorded. You can
Okay.
Oh, boy. All right. Any questions on
where we're at? Motion's good.
Yep.
Okay. Yes. So, for the record, Council
Member Whiting made the the amended
motion and council member Wood continue
the second and we will start the vote
with Council Member Wood.
Yes.
Council member Huish.
Yes.
Council member Clark.
Yes.
Council member, right?
Are you sure you want me to weigh in?
Yes. Council member Whiting?
Yes.
Okay. Thank you.
Second.
Um, next item is a ordinance of Eagle
Mountain City, Utah, amending the master
plan known as the transportation master
plan, the TMP and the impact fee
facilities plan. Uh, I know David
Salazar has done a lot of work on this
and we'll turn it to you.
Thanks, Mayor, council members. We're
glad to be here.
So, the purpose of today's item is that
we are bringing the transportation
master plan back in IFP back for review.
We are going to try and do these on a
year and a half to twoyear basis. Um the
last year was particularly busy. That's
why we're coming back with some pretty
big changes. We didn't want to wait
another year and a half to two years to
capture.
So some of the summary will be updating
some of the current transportation
priorities and plans, updated roadway
names, classifications,
uh revised roadway crosssections. Um, we
did update the modeling as well as well
as the current costs um and
contributions throughout so we can get a
more accurate transportation impact fee.
Excuse me. So, the I sent you guys an
updated uh list, kind of a summary of
the updates we made, the major updates
that's in your packet. We're going to go
through each one of them. Um and then I
did throw in a couple slides throughout
so we can also go through some topics as
well and focus on some key projects. So
the first main update we did was update
the priority project list. Um in the
past project list we had the old mid
valley uh road in there as number one.
We we were very successful and now
that's a UDF facility. So we no longer
need that as our number one priority
because we have succeeded. We are still
pushing that as much as we can as a city
to get that moved up in the RTP as well
as MAG funding. So that's something we
are actively working on. MAG is
currently going through the RTP
prioritization process now. Um and we've
been I I was on the working group. Um
mayor and I both were and so we are
heavily giving input on how they are
prioritizing projects because we are
trying to let them know, hey, growth is
a huge component for us. is huge and has
been overlooked in western Utah County.
And so they I feel like they're finally
hearing us now and they're understanding
the growth that we have and the needs
and and the demands that we have in our
area. So that's a huge one. Um the other
major change to this was we added the
the Silver Lake projects or pulled up
the list. Um and those are the two um
that's line item number four. Those were
connections to uh Saratoga Springs and
those have been on our transportation
master plan since before I was here. Um,
but with the the new high school coming
online in fall 28, um, we are pulling
those up on the priority list. And so I
want to talk a little bit about those
connections before we go on to the next
item.
So we did a study with Hails Engineering
and they came back with the intersection
at Golden Eagle and Silverl Parkwaying a
traffic signal for the movements that
occurred in that intersection. Their
recommendations including removing the
roundabout and adding a traffic signal
there. Uh moving all the crossing to the
controlled intersection. Currently right
now the north crossing is at Golden
Medal further to the north and the
recommendation will be to pull
everything down to the intersection with
cross crossing guards.
And then also they looking at the east
leg of the intersection to realigning it
to a more conventional intersection.
Currently that leg is narrow and skewed
and that can create visibility issues
when aligning with uh intersections as
well as limitations in sight visibility.
So here's two photos I have of that
intersection. This is looking eastward.
The photo on the left is current
conditions and the one on the right is
AI generated what those improvements
would look like. So the the concerns
that were brought up in last week from
council member Wood was we'd be pushing
traffic closer to pedestrians and it's a
very valid concern and that's why I
wanted to bring this up to you guys so
you could have a chance to understand
the intentions of this project. So the
the dimension of the edge of pavement to
trail would be maintained. You would be
realigning that trail in that rideway.
The parking lot would stay as is and we
would take out some of the area in
between the edge of trail and the
parking lot. And also there'd be with a
wider pavement, we'd now go to 36 foot
wide width. So we'd have room for a
shoulder as well, which potential on
street parking, which would actually
push traffic further away from the
trail. Um, this again, this 90 degree
alignment provides better visibility for
turning movements and pedestrians.
So the other intersection was a little
further north at Silver Lake, Campbell,
and Woodhaven.
While this intersection was not a full
warrant based on the turning movements.
Uh staff and the consultant did identify
concerns from pedestrian crossings with
the recommendations to improve this
intersection. This would also have a
traffic signal. Um and then Silverl
Parkway would be realigned to te and
terminate into Woodhaven. Wood Haven
would then continue north and south and
then the southern portion would be Wood
Haven going forward.
Um Campbell Circle as as Brett as well
council member R is well aware of
Campbell Circle would be limited access
with a crash gate for fire requirements
and Campbell Circle would have to access
Silver Lake Parkway from the west a few
hundred feet with their other access
and again this would help with the
pedestrian crossings in the area.
Excuse me.
Um update number two is Lake Mountain
Corridor. So this is a screenshot from
our future classification map. It's nice
seeing the two big blue lines on there.
So, we now have two major UDA facilities
coming to our region. Cedar Valley
Highway, which peels off of SR73 in the
north and south direction. And that east
and west is Lake Mound corridor, which
is currently called Mid Valley Road. Uh,
now this is going to be a UD do
facility. U DOT currently has Mid Valley
Road in Tilla County, and so we needed a
new name. They originally assigned us
the name Crown Ridge Crest, I think it
was, and nobody liked that name. So
council gave us some good direction on
what to name it,
right? They gave us some good direction
and Mag and Utah are both on board. That
name is on the RTP right now and it's
been identified. So that is the new name
of that road. We are working on getting
uh new signage for Mid Valley and
working with uh Frontier Middle School,
the seminary building and then the fire
station. I forget what UA UAF station is
over there. Getting those folks
readressed once we get the new signs
ordered. we will get them readressed
accordingly.
Uh update number three was just catching
typos throughout the project. We found
some inconsistencies, some old
references. Um this was an old uh
document that had been kind of updated
throughout the years. Our next major
update, we're going to start from
scratch. We're going to have all new
document. Um we've seen other cities
TMPS and they're a lot shorter and a lot
cleaner. So we're going to go to
something a little bit different going
forward. Kind of start from scratch. So
don't threaten us with a good time,
David.
you don't want to read 200 pages, you
know, come on. It's a good document, but
I told Vince it reads like a book
report. So, it's it's tough to follow
sometimes. So, we want something that,
you know, our residents can follow.
Well, um development, it's easy to
follow to look for the information that
you need.
Update number four, um we updated the
freeway and expressway criteria in the
functional classification before. So
that first column um we had the spacing
of the traffic movement at four miles
and it was high speed only. With the
addition of Lake Mountain Corridor, we
needed to lower that in the development
regions because we know Lake Mountain
corridor is going to go through city
center and then some residential up in
the mountains as well. But the majority
of that is going to be, you know, we're
prioritizing as a high-speed connector,
but we still have to cover the areas
that are not. And again, our our goal
for this is going to be a limited
access, you know, high functioning road,
but still within some development, we
will have some connections.
Update number five is the roadway
crosssections. Um, our old crosssections
had, you know, those beautiful raised
landscape medians throughout on the
major uh collector, minor arterial, and
the major arterial.
The new sections have removed those uh
landscaped medians to improve um U-turn
flexibility.
remove the hazards we've we've seen from
accidents from maintenance vehicles um
working in the travel lanes. It also
reduces blind spots at intersections and
provides additional capacity for turning
lanes. Um and I spoke with our arborist.
Even though we're going to be removing
some of these landscapes, we are going
to be working on kind of beautifying our
park strips and adding more greenage
because we want to maintain that Eagle
Mountain feel and not turn this into a
concrete jungle.
So that's that's a key priority we're
working on especially along Express and
ranches. Those are two areas we don't
want to lose that green. I'm from the
Midwest, so we I like green. So, the
sage is okay, but I like the green
personally. So, so here's a here's a
here's an image of those those three
sections. The top one didn't change. We
just redid it with great help from our
communications department.
So we have added a turning uh center
turning lane in the major collector, the
minor arterial and the major arterial.
We've also added a new roadway
classification, the principal arterial.
And this is to help with some of the
confusion because before we had two
major arterials. One was a five lane,
one was a seven lane. And looking at the
map, it could be confusing to understand
which is what right of way, what's the
lane configuration. So, we took away the
old park strip, a parkway crosssection,
which was a fourlane road with large
landscape medians and no shoulders. This
will be a seven lane um arterial and it
has two rightways.
176 for new developments and then the
206 is for the existing preserved
rideway along Pony Express and Ranch's
Parkway.
And it makes it again just easier when
we go to the overall map, you'll see the
the line work is just easier to follow,
you know. works a little better for
planning and and development.
So, now we're going to talk a little bit
about Ranch's Parkway as this was a a
very important project. It's one of our
it's one of our busiest corridors in the
whole city. Um, as we know, so Ranch's
Parkway is four lanes with a very large
37 foot median in the middle. We've had
major traffic congestion along the way.
Speeding is an issue. Enforcement is
limited because of the limited turn
U-turn movements throughout the
corridor. There's no protected um
pedestrian crossings from Pony Express
to SR73, well, excuse me, until you hit
Stone Bridge just before the Maverick.
And we've also had multiple crashes in
this corridor.
And so with this project, we're looking
to improve in two phases. So phase one,
we're looking to remove the landscape
medians and add one additional travel
lane in each direction and a center turn
lane. With this project, we're also
looking to add uh two traffic signals
kind of about third points throughout
the corridor. One at half mile and the
other at Braxton and then limit the
other axis on the parkway. And those
axises will either be right and right
outs or three quarter. For for our
residents, a threequarter is a right in
right out or left in because left outs
are your your longest turning movements
and often are the most hazardous and
time consuming. where a left in you face
traffic and you often have momentum to
make your turn in. The other axises can
reach those traffic signals and still
make their protected left outs.
Um
again, we're going to beautify the park
strips and add more trees and shrubs
throughout. And with this, um we're
going to improve the intersection at
Pony Express and uh ranches. As you
know, that intersection is probably one
of our worst intersections in the city.
We're looking to add uh dual left turn
lanes uh heading east to north and then
we're going to add dual right lanes
south to west and then every leg will
have a dedicated right turn lane as we
overall widen the intersection. So the
other challenge of Pony Express and
ranches is that when you need to slow
down to make a turn there's no turn
lane. So you now are impeding all your
your traffic was already congested
anyway. So we'll be having you know
dedicated turn pockets for all those
movements. And this summer we are doing
construction on the north end of that
project at 73 in Ranches. Um we're
widening that to six lanes. So we'll
have two left turn lanes, two throughs,
and two rights. And then we're adding a
signal at Campus Drive, a high T so
vehicles can exit that safely.
That's phase one.
Phase two is going to come five to 15
years later. We're not quite sure on the
timing yet, but that will come when the
new sewer trunk line is needed. From
this graphic here, you can see it's
under the shoulder. I don't have a laser
pointer, but it's under the uh the far
right shoulder. And so for that phase
two, we'll kick out the curb about 10 ft
to provide a shoulder for emergency
vehicles being pulled over, maintenance,
or other emergencies. And then we'll
install that new uh sewer trunk line out
there. And then there's parts of the
trail that run up against the curb. So
we'll adjust those back so the curb is
the trail is not right up on the curb
and there's still park in between. So
the pedestrians have a buffer there. And
this also improves safety because adding
a shoulder is critical for vehicles who
are who are not paying attention to the
road and this way they don't get ejected
off the road and driving into the park
strip. So that's another safety feature
we're adding.
So phase one, I took to MAG earlier this
year for the 2016 tip selection and we
uh we competed with other cities for
funding and we made it through the the
concept and the pro and the idea cycle
and we were shortlisted fourth out of
the cities for funding. Um this funding
selection is scheduled to be awarded
next Thursday at the MO board meeting.
It's already gone through TAC and been
recommended and so that's the case this
project will be a funded project through
MAG uh 2930 funds will be available and
so the current funds are 11.8 million
with future funds inflated is at 13.8
and that is the largest project that
that city will be awarded by MAD to
date.
So some of the concerns we had from the
residents uh who live in the ranches was
hey can we you know not create the
meetings you know can we maybe put our
efforts and look at um working on
airport road is that an option will that
be able to kind of save the ranches as
it is or prolong it as as long as we can
and so we looked at that as we're
updating our modeling this is the latest
model of the existing level of service
and we have the airport road in there
with two lanes uh currently Ranch's
Parkway is at 29 29,100
which is just shy of failing at 31,400
before it was failing at 333. Um so
airport did save us a little bit but it
if we look at the future um it it does
fail pretty quickly actually and we do
know at the intersections it's already
failing. So this is a no build
situation. We leave airport road at two
lanes ranches of four just to show how
bad it could be. uh the worst along
ranches is at 39,900
again severely failing at that point.
And then the ask from the residents was
if we widen airport road first to five
lanes, what does that do for for the
ranches and we just do the intersection
improvements?
Well, if you look at the uh the image
here, it actually makes it fail more
because we've now essentially relieved
that bottleneck that is the southern
connection and allowed more traffic to
flow onto ranches.
So if you look at what we're projecting
for a buildout in 2035,
uh Ranchers Parkway at a seven lane
would have additional capacity from the
induced demand which you get which is
normal. That puts us at about 45,900
and that still leaves us with about um
with some capacity left over. Seven lane
maxes out at 50,500.
So, still having capacity until we start
seeing the Cedar Valley Airport come on,
which will help divert some of this
traffic as we approach the 2040ish 2045
timeline.
So, Spring Run, as we've been seeing
development kind of getting interest in
this area, we spent a lot of time with
the folks out there and and working back
and forth. their engineers sent through
a few different transportation impact uh
studies and we have come up with the the
best layout that we could for the region
to service as a third connection kind of
from the city in case there's ever
issues on 73. And so this would
hopefully get us additional connections
to the wildflower development there.
It's something we're actively working
with Saratoga Springs as this area
develops. It's it's going to go from
west to east as we know just as the
development is occurring and as they're
mining out there. But that's something
we're actively looking at and we want to
stay ahead of it so we can kind of not
design things after the fact. We're
trying to get ahead of things in the
city and build for the future.
So with these maps and new layouts, we
went random modeling just so we could
understand the better the traffic flow.
This helps us understand the
prioritization of projects at the staff
level and what's needed in the future at
2035 in the near future or or a buildout
or at 2050.
And then from that that helps us update
the project list as well.
Then we updated the future functional
sorry the functional classification map.
This is that line work I was talking
about that helps us kind of easier to
determine which roadway is what. And
there is an addendum I do need to add
into the motion if we can if it gets to
that point. There was a line that was
dropped off at East 1000 North. I've got
a better image of that I will show
later. We can include that. There was a
line index all the way. So I will show
that in a little bit.
We then went up and updated the uh the
project cost. As we went through the
project, we found that our consultant
had a lot of money kind of delineated to
MAG and and some developers. And while
that's great and while we love to have
more money from them, like we can't
always count on these things because we
know mag cycling is every two years and
there's no guarantee of funds. And so,
as a city, we have to plan for these
things and kind of a worst case scenario
and see how can we fund these roads
effectively. And we we're always trying
to look for ways to partner and work
with MAG and other entities, but at the
end of the day, we have to make sure
we're capturing accurately so we can
have an an accurate um transportation
impact fee.
So that's kind of the overall effects of
the update what we were going through
trying to be consistent to get things up
to date as best as we could as a
snapshot. You know this is like trying
to hit a moving target. It's always
updating every day. There's always
something new going on but at one point
we have to just say this is it. We have
to present to you our plan in its
current form to hopefully get it
approved and then you know keep working
on things in the future.
David, just for clarification for me,
you said that we needed to add East 1000
North.
Yeah. So,
it's in the recommendation. Okay. That's
what I want
on the recommendation here. So, staff
recommends city council, you know, adopt
this with this caveat adding this line.
There's some major development going
down south kind of next to the meta and
this road right here. It's it's not
really a prescriptive road. is used as a
utility access road kind of under the
power corridor, but we would love to see
that as the collector kind of connecting
Yeah. Pony Express and our East
Expressway.
Agreed. And then and then I I have a two
more questions, mayor, if I may. Um, as
far as the road sections that are
contained in the TMP, um,
what I'm really wondering is do we need
to update those if we should we choose
to to adopt this, should do we need to
update those in our other section of
code? I believe we probably will want to
so that they're so they match.
We have road classifications as part of
I don't know if it's 16 or 17. It's in
one of those code sections. I just I'll
speak into the mic. I know nobody can
hear me. I'm getting some shakes from
the back. I I'm just wondering if we
need to bring back a different section
of code that identifies the road
sections. We're going to need to update
that if we go with this. Right.
Well, so we're not changing any widths.
We're just we're just removing the
medians. I don't know. going to the code
because we're not changing the describe.
Yeah, but don't but they're contained in
the code section that talks about
classification. So, I just think we're
going to want them to match.
I'll work with David to bring back.
We'll do that then.
And then uh let's see. And did we
contact or have any interaction with the
wildlife alliance? Did they get a chance
to review the conflict map? That's the
last page in this TMP.
We we didn't update that at all from
this latest go round. So
So it didn't change at all. That's what
I wanted to know. Thank you.
One question for me with the Lake
Mountain Corridor in our combined
meeting that we had. They mentioned that
uh UD do would not be building the road.
Do you want to just talk to that uh
point made it feel like that they're
going to take it over after we build it
kind of a scenario.
So I don't have a great answer for that.
I mean because I I've heard conflicting
information on that to be perfectly
honest. I've heard they are and I've
read the code myself and that is exactly
how it's written, but I think there's
other things at play on how that's going
to go. I think this is this kind of road
adoption is is unique. I don't think
it's ever been written this way before.
So, I I suspect this is kind of the
first step to them fully taking it over,
but again, I don't have specifics on
that. I know that's something we're
working with our lobbyist as well and
Stephanie and some of the other folks
to get some clarification so that that
language is clear.
So, Okay.
Just a little insight. That was one of
the things that I did in Salt Lake
couple weeks ago is talk with Mike
Schultz and I think the key and I was
working with Stephanie on this as well.
Uh it's more about getting it on the
funding which is a long ways away and
once it's funded even if we build it
than they pay for it. It's I think it's
more whether or not it's an internal
project for them to build themselves or
subcontract it. And I think if we
pre-build it, if they fund it to a 2032
2033 type programming, then we'd likely
move that forward by funding it or
building it with subcontractor and then
getting reimbured just like we have MAG.
So something of that nature is what
we're working on or at least proposing.
So
I think it's a combination of both,
right?
Yeah.
So any other questions?
Go ahead.
Yeah, thank thank you David. That's
thank you. Really helpful. It's a long
document, 222 pages. So, if you could
shorten that up
a few, that would be help.
Gladly.
So, this is just more of a question on
the the flexibility as we kind of move
forward and really Branches Parkway
sticks out in my mind because I was at
that that same meeting and I agree it
probably needs to be widened out three
lanes on both sides. Is there any
flexibility in design where you have the
ability to U-turns, you can narrow the
median. I think the medians right now
are they're they're built up way too
high. They're way too wide. They don't
get water. They look terrible. I don't
know how many trees we have in there. We
could probably relocate or rehome a
bunch of those trees. But I'm curious if
there's any flexibility in design with
what we're voting on tonight to retain
some median to retain the character when
you enter our city versus turning into
the city past the Maverick and just
seeing, you know, a big open asphalt
field because it's a pretty straight
shot. So my question to you is, is there
flexibility in the design? Are we
adopting this kind of as is?
So I think I mean we could look at that.
staff is recommending to get away with
the medians from a few reasons.
You know, we talked about the U-turns
and things like that, but there's also
other questions, concerns I didn't bring
up like water intrusion. When you have
these medians, you know, you're watering
that area, the subgrade becomes soft,
branches and pony have had more
maintenance than a typical road section
because that water percolates through
and it affects the subgrade to the
adjacent roadway and so it eventually it
affects the crown of your road. there's
other factors as well versus kind of
capping off and having a proper um crown
profile of the road if you will. And so
I think the consensus has been just to
get away from that. Um the maintenance
has been a huge issue. There have been
accidents of workers being hit um
residents being hit as well from this.
And so I I feel like we've outgrown that
as a city. I know I haven't been here.
My tenure hasn't been that long, but
with the volume of traffic we have, I
just think it's I wish we could keep
them. I don't think it services the
city. And that's where we're trying to
look to beautify the landscapes and do
other things. We have 40 to 60 feet of
landscape in Ranches Parkway. And so
there's a lot of things to work with.
And I'm working with arborists to see
how we can really spruce that kind of
bang that entrance up really well as you
come down.
Yeah. I mean I I when you turn into UVU,
I'll use that as an example coming off
the freeway. I mean there's a nice
median. It just makes I think medians
make it interesting if you know what I
mean. when you're driving down a road,
it breaks up just the monotony of just a
flat asphalt surface. So, that that
that's just one one thing to consider.
And I'm not saying that we need to have
brass. That's probably terrible to have
out there. The way that we're watering
the asphalt doesn't make any sense. But
some basic drip lines for trees.
I think
for me as a resident, I it it there's
character in that part of our city and I
just it like makes me kind of sad just
to see that completely go away.
Isn't the You're talking about just a
barrier at all.
High T I'm good. I'm I'm like 80% of the
way there on that specific road. High
T's I'm good. Intersections, all of that
probably needs to happen. Even the
widening of the lanes.
Well, I'm saying the high T is the
there's a median like you wouldn't be
able to go across campus in the
Maverick. There is a a barrier. It's not
a land,
right? But but this right the high te
that it's got to go on on both ends to
completely. I'm talking about where
there's stretches of long of road. Just
having something where you're not
turning, it's just a span of road.
Keeping something in there to keep the
road kind of interesting
in terms, in other words, because
there's those some longer stretches
where someone might not need the middle
lane to do something. Can you keep some
kind of decorative feature?
Some trees, shrubs with some rocks in
there, some desert. I don't know.
Just it it's a question if we could
retool that or redesign that a little
bit.
Turn turn your mic on. Thanks, guys.
Even if we're not watering it, like
someone still has to go in and maintain
that and clean that. I mean, so there
there is a safety component of that,
especially if we're adding more lanes
and and and more traffic. So, I know if
Zach were here, I know he'd be pulling
on his beard right now as well.
I get it. I I totally get it.
I'm here to represent the residents that
live in that area
and
I think it's worth it's worth at least
considering the design and uh retaining
some features in in the middle there.
So, I'm going to throw out a quick
question just to be sure before we spend
time maybe doing that. Does the council
agree with that? I'm not sure that there
I'll probably tell you mayor that I'm
I'm not favorable to that. I mean, look,
I I understand the sentiment. Um,
Council Member Huish, for you, it's
about the aesthetics and the way it
feels. I know Council Member Wood has
spoken about how that felt to him when
he first came into the city. I think
that there's there's a real impact
there. But as as as I look at that and
try to balance the maintenance aspect of
it, the safety aspect of of it for our
employees who have to take care of it,
the water in there, and the additional
road damage, I think that the
suggestion, and this is at least what I
think David was alluding to, is
improving those sidecapes is what I'm
going to call them. So, the edges of the
road so that they take on that that type
of character. I think that's a good
compromise.
Um, but I if we're going to remove the
medians, we're going to remove the
medians. And every place that they've
come out, they they've come out and
we've while I've been here, we've made
some improvements. And it is, for me,
it's too little too late. It's like when
we did the left turn pocket on
Pony Express Parkway where you turn left
onto ranches. We extended that 100 ft
and it was worthless because by the time
that it was done, it was still backing
up into the travel lane. I just think
that we have a volume of traffic that we
have to get in and out of the city.
That's a major thoroughare for our city.
And I know some of the residents there
said, "Well, tell everybody in city
center to take airport road. We don't
want them coming down ranches." Well, I
don't I don't adopt that philosophy. I
think citizens in the city center ought
to have the choice of where they want to
exit the city, including Lake Mountain
Corridor. So, uh, for for me, I just I I
think that I think we're holding on to
something that belongs in a smaller in a
smaller road network.
So, I'll I'm going to hit somewhere in
the middle on this one. I agree with
what you're saying, Brett. I think that
it that road needs to be without any
barriers in the middle of it. I think
we've seen enough accidents. Uh, it is a
absolute blind spot coming out of any of
those roads.
However,
I don't think we should go small when we
do the landscaping on the side. It we're
well known for that entrance into the
city and it should still present itself
the same way when we do the sidescapes
on the side. It should be incredibly
beautiful the way that it is right now
in a way that can be presented on the
side. So, when we're looking at that,
let's let's put our best foot forward uh
and make that area just as striking as
it has always been uh for our city.
It ought to look like a golf course,
Council Member Wood, and and sincerely,
and it ought to have the impact of
protecting those residents from that
major roadway, from some of the noise,
the lights, and some of those other
impacts. I I think that's where we can
make a difference for the residents.
And can I show a quick example? So, this
is Stonebridge. And so this is one great
example because we have these great, you
know, trees here in the middle. Then we
have this bareman patch over here. And
so we're looking at bringing in trees,
you know, landscaping this up, making it
look really good. So we're kind of
moving the green over. And any trees we
can't relocate, we're going to reuse as
mulch so nothing's getting thrown away.
Everything's going to be repurposed
throughout the city. We're going to try
and relocate things, but it doesn't
always work. So
I I think I I I get the vision.
Our track record when I drive through
City Center and I look at our sidescapes
or even on Ranches Parkway now, it just
just doesn't look good. And I think if
we're going to pull that median out,
it's got to look awesome. And I'm just
going to give you that commission
um to really impress to blow us away
with the landscaping. I don't know whose
job that is, but our track record
throughout the city has not been great.
As we mentioned previously, I mean, the
ranches and the pony corridor, it's it's
been an interesting one because a lot of
the side streets, just like we've talked
about in the city center, we've had a
lot of fiber companies come through and
they wreck irrigation systems. And I
think our park staff has made a
significant push in trying to get those
irrigation systems operating again. And
I feel like there's a little bit of an
improvement. Um I think where when we
take these medians out, we just need to
plant some more trees and shrubberies on
the side of the road where it's feasible
because there's still going to be some
narrow pockets that won't fit trees
either. So we just need to lay it out in
a way. But we're hoping that we're
getting towards the end of these fiber
companies destroying stuff when they
come through multiple times every year.
and it makes it hard to maintain. And uh
I I couldn't agree more with the
medians. They they need to come out. I I
think about
um Pioneer Crossing and they put the
medians in there and how long did that
last and I just feel like if we just do
a scale back, we're not going to meet
the mark. I think we need to like meet
the mark with it and let's attempt to do
the sides and and get it up to par so
that it has that look and that feel that
you're requesting.
So, I I think I just want to maybe stamp
this one. Let's design it. Let's not dig
holes and put trees in. Like, this needs
to have an actual design, a landscaping
design to be brought to us to to match
what citizens have become to expect in
that area. And then let's set that as
the standard of how we're going to go
down our corridors so that it's not one
area that's getting this. This is
something we're working for over the
next five and 10 years. So, that our
corridors are is reflective of how we
feel about our city.
Yeah, I was I was actually exactly
recommend that thing. Get a get a
landscape architect and let's do it
right and and design that and then we
can see what Pony could look like as
well. And we got to put the funds into
these areas. We just have to and I think
if we can show the residents that live
in that area, hey, this is what it will
become. They may say, we we love this.
It's going to be safer. It's going to be
better, but it's also going to look more
beautiful for them because that foilage
is going to go up right along where
their homes are.
I I love that idea, but I think we got
to put the money into it and actually
make it real. It's the entrance, one of
the entrances of the city, and it's the
first impression. So, we got to make it
great. 100%. We absolutely plan on doing
that. And on Pony Express, what we're
looking to do is later this year or even
next fiscal year, we're looking to do a
study on Pony Express to see what that
looks like. What it looks like removing
the medians, um the landscape component,
and something that was brought up in the
last council or two councils ago was the
monuments. um ranches and Pony Express
have a lot of monuments and that's been
a big character of our city and we don't
want to get rid of that and when we
widen they're going to have to go where
they are for the turn movements and the
width and so part of this project and
the study on Pun Express is to look at
where's the best place we can put these
new monuments in so we can maintain that
feel for the city but still have our
turning movements and our travel links
is is the design what what we're talking
about built into that 11.4 Four million.
Yes.
With mag.
Yep. So that it's 11 course level
design.
Yep.
Okay, David.
It's a full design. It's lot of
contingency because we know MAG loves
contingency. It's also money for um
constru construction and um management.
We usually we handle management
ourselves throughout construction. This
is a big enough project. We're going to
hire out someone to help us with
construction inspection management
because it's a big project and you know
we'll have other things going on as
well. So, all those have been budgeted.
I think it's important to mention, I
know there's a lot of attention on the
city council right now because we're
looking at different funding options for
us as a city. And I think if somebody
were to tune in, they'd be like, they
want to spend their money on a golf
course, landscaping, and all of those
things. And I think it's important to
help people understand that one, this
will be money that we get from the state
through MAG. So, it's not like we're
wasting taxpayer dollars by doing
something. And two, this has a big
impact on property values and different
things like that. And ultimately, we
won't do it if we don't have the funds
to back it up. And I think normally we
wouldn't have to stop and say that, but
I want residents to understand that
we're not just like on a spending spree.
That this is a part of a long process of
finding the funding to go toward it. So,
that's it.
So just ask clarif clarifying questions
again. So phase one of Ranch's Parkway
would begin when approximately and then
and then and phase one does not include
widening, right? So so there's nothing
happening on the widening just yet on
phase one. Correct. So for phase one,
the project everything goes smoothly
next week, next Thursday, we we'll be
awarded this project. Funding will be
secured with the MO meeting. Then we
would then work with um we have budgeted
for fiscal year 27 to kind of cash flow
this project because we know the roads
already going to fail. The intersections
already failing down at the south ends.
And what we've done with a lot of MAG
projects is the city has cash funded
parts of it and then entered into
interlocal for reimbursement so we can
get these projects done sooner than
later than waiting until 2030. And so
this is something once next week it gets
approved. I'm going to be then drafting
inter local with Utah County and uh UD
do get this funding in place so we can
begin design hopefully in the next month
or two. So
David and just to clarify this when we
typically like airport road for instance
uh MAG funded that we built it and we
still waiting on some reimbursement this
phase one uh we do these improvements
right away even though the funding is it
it's is it's 29 through 30 yes
30 so Yeah, we'd start this project.
Yep. Right away. And and the great thing
is because the city uses this approach,
we actually saved money on this. We did
Airport Road. I forget the dollar
Airport Road, but when we did the
roundabout removal at Eagle Mountain
Boulevard and Pony Express, that was a
$3.6 million project with uh it was
magunded and we saved I think it was
800,000 we left over and they're
allowing us to use that to continue some
of the widening further south because we
cash funded that because from this
diagram here. You know, the project was
estimated 11.8 current dollars and they
budget for 2030 funds, which is, you
know, 13.8 million. So, if we can do it
early, it's kudos to us. Like us,
Saratoga and Lehi are some of the few
cities that cash flow and do these
early. Most other cities, they're late.
They come back asking for extra money.
So, like we're ahead of the game and
we're going to that's the way we can
save our residents money and use those
funds to better purpose.
So, we've spent a lot of time on
specifically ranches, but it's the
entire TMP that we're looking at here. I
just wanted to make sure that especially
council member Huish is comfortable with
at least I heard two opinions on that
removal of the roundabout or uh medians.
Is are you comfortable if we move on
with without
Yeah, we can move forward.
Okay. I know you wanted to go with some
design elements and I didn't want to
direct staff to do that if there wasn't
an appetite. So,
So, I'm talking about the median
specifically.
Isn't that part of the
No. So, council member Huish was saying
he wanted to leave some of the median
and council member else said he wanted
to take him out. So, I'm saying it's one
one right now. I don't know.
I think we're going to take him out, but
then we're going to then we're going to
make a motion at some point like later
in the meeting that we'll hire a
landscape architect. We'll do a corridor
landscape plan.
That's already in that letter.
That's already in the funding.
Yeah. So I I don't need to make a motion
because that's in the budget. We put
together that proposal for MAG. We have
all that in the estimate.
We're going to want to review that plan,
too. You can say, "Hey, look, here's
what the landscaping is going to look
like." I think we'd want to see that
before you move forward.
We'll absolutely bring that to you guys.
Absolutely. I mean, that that design
will take months. It's not a quick
process.
And if there's opportunity to relocate
those trees, I don't I'm not a tree
hugger, but there's a lot of trees in
there. So, we got to relocate them
somewhere. if if if that's possible.
Yep. And and we we always try to it's
not always feasible when they come out.
If not, we reuse all the trees. We mulch
it and we use it throughout the city so
nothing gets wasted or thrown away.
Okay. So, was there any other questions
on the TMP as a whole aside from
ranches? Go ahead.
Yeah, I had a question. So, the last
page as well, page 222.
So, you said that that one was not
updated. There are some roads in there
that are not reflected in some of the
other pages. So, do we need to make do
we need to worry about that? For for
instance, I'm looking at one in specific
and that is it's showing a road
connecting to Canyon Wash, which we had
turned to the west to connect airport
road. So, page 222, the last page.
So, that's using a map that has so
Canyon Wash showing connect to it.
That that was just an old background
that I guess got turned on. So, if you
want to make your motion, we can make
sure to delete that connection. Thank
you for catching that. Yeah, there's no
plans to make that connection. That was
deleted off a year ago.
Yeah, because we we caught on all the
other maps, but on the wildlife one, I
guess it's still showing. So, thank you
for pointing that out.
Okay, if there's no other question right
now, but this is a public hearing. Good
to move forward. Yeah. All right. We'll
go ahead and open the public hearing at
8:35.
And I think there's people speak on this
one. They listened to a lot of
discussion there. So go ahead,
Quinn. Lindy,
we're glad your school is still
standing, not burned down.
Thank you. I appreciate that.
Um, mayor and council, my name is Quinn
Lindy. I am the new principal of the new
high school that was opening in Saratoga
Springs. Um, first and foremost, what
you should know, Mayor, is um, you know,
I've done my fair share of, um, Big Mac
challenges, uh, hot wing challenges,
Chick-fil-A. Uh, I I had 40 chicken
nuggets in three minutes. Um, you always
say no when the students asked you to do
stupid things like that. So, just on the
record, say no next time. You'll you'll
be better off for it. Um uh I I prepared
something more formal and I don't know
if three minutes is going to be enough
time and so I'm going to keep my comment
short. Um most importantly um this road
that we talked about in our TMP plan to
connect uh Golden Eagle um down through
the new high school into Saratoga
Springs. Uh this road will provide
important traffic support and additional
access for high school students. As
enrollment continues to increase, having
multiple routes into and out of our new
high school in our community will become
increasingly important. A direct
connection here will provide our
families and students with more options
for reaching school and other community
destinations. It will help distribute
traffic rather than concentrating on a
limited number of existing roads. Why I
say this is I have opened a new school.
I have rebuilt a school of 20 for 2,800
students at Hillrest High School and
I've currently when I left my last job
building a $65 million extension onto
Murray High School. Um I have been in my
fair share of high schools. I will
submit to the record a data analysis
that I put together of the last 20 high
schools that were built in the state of
Utah. Westlake and Cedar Valley are also
on that list. Um, I won't go through
that entire thing here, but I I will
refer you to that record. Um, and where
we currently fall in Alpine School
District with the number of access
points into high school quite frankly
not not very good. Um, in fact, we are
in the just above average. Um, schools
down in St. George, schools in Nebo
School District are much much better.
Meaning on average, we are we are
sending about 900 students per access
point um, compared to our counterparts
across the state. If you don't believe
me on this, go read the recent news
articles about the $225 million building
they built at Cypress High School. And
the first issue and the first news
article that came out was parents
waiting an hour to drop their kids off
at school due to the lack of access
points into the community. Um, when
communities are physically connected, it
becomes easier for people to interact,
participate, and build relationships. I
want to be very clear.
30 seconds remaining.
I want to be very clear. This is not an
Eagle Mountain High School. It will not
be a Saratoga Springs High School. I
live in Eagle Mountain and I have since
2013. I am an Eagle Mountainer. This
school will represent both of our
communities and I want you to know that
I put my full support behind our TMP
plan to build and connect our roads
because at one day our marching band and
our and our programs will march through
Silver Lake and they'll march through
Evans Ranch and any other area our
district sees fit uh in that boundary
study. I also want you to know that I
will advocate with the new school
district to include those parts of Eagle
Mountain in our new boundary study that
will begin in September.
Thank you. So any of those other
documents, if you want to send your full
comment, just email it to uh lacy to
recorder eaglemount.gov and we can
attach them to the record and and the
council can give them there.
Next comment,
Melissa Powers.
Good evening, Mayor Gray and members of
the city council. My name is Melissa
Powers. I live in Evans Ranch
neighborhood, which butts up right
against Silver Lake, so we're all just
kind of one big area. Um, first, I
wanted to thank you guys um for your
time tonight and for all the work you
put into this process. I know it's been
a long road for all of you and I
appreciate the time and thought that's
gone into it. Um, many of you have seen
me up here already, so um, I wanted to
talk about the Silver Lake Parkway
connection. Um, I wanted to come one
last time before tonight's vote because
I wanted to make sure you heard from
those of us who support the
transportation master plan and
especially the Silver Lake Parkway
connection. The plan before the council
is about preparing Eagle Mountains
transportation network for future
growth. I've had count countless
conversations with the residents through
Evans Ranch and Silver Lake and and the
surrounding communities since all of
this started and I can confidently tell
you um there's tremendous amount of
support for this plan. Um to me it's
become so much more than just the Silver
Lake Parkway connection. Um it's about
improving Wood Haven. It's about
improving Golden Eagle. And uh most
importantly, it's about connecting our
neighborhoods to the new high school,
which is really important to us
residents right there in that area. Um I
truly believe that these improvements
will help connect our community
um and give better opportunities to the
students and families that are living
there. Um and I just wanted to know that
we are behind that plan. Thank you for
your time,
Ben Perez.
Good evening, mayor and council. Just
wanted to keep my comments brief about
the same support um for this master plan
change. Um I wanted to just share really
briefly. My son attended the alll
program at Silverlake Elementary last
year. And one thing that he was adamant
about was that he did not want us to
pick him up in front of the school.
He wanted us to park right down the
street and he wanted to cross on his own
and get in the car. He didn't want to
cross with all the other kids crossing
across Silver Lake Parkway. He wanted to
come down around the roundabout and get
in the car, get we had to park on that
side. Um and we we trusted him at first.
We were like, "Let's try this." And and
we we stayed there for the duration, but
I watched countless kids go through that
roundabout and nearly get hit. Um
because it's a roundabout, right?
there's no there's nothing stopping
unless you're on the south side of that
roundabout to let kids cross. So seeing
that there's a possibility of that
traffic light getting put in there um
really makes me happy just because kids
safety is is massive. Sure, it will
connect to the high school and it will
open up the opportunity there for our
neighborhood. But for kids to have
another possibility because I can't tell
you how many of those kids after school
are walking by themselves home, they
need some kind of traffic control to
stop those cars and let them cross. So,
I'm already excited about what's been
happening on Golden Eagle Road um with
some of the lines that have been
painted. I spoke to David earlier
tonight, so I see some posit positive
changes, but I just want to call it out
that um at the end of the day, while we
all want more connections and it feels
like we're all a day late and a dollar
short trying to get more ways to get
through the city, um this really matters
most because of the kids. The kids that
their their parents aren't home yet and
they got to walk home alone. Um we got
to make sure they get home safely and
this just feels like a really positive
direction. So, thank you.
Okay, that's all that we have turned in.
Is there anyone else here that came to
speak on this item?
Seeing no one, it is 8:43 and we'll
close the public hearing. Bring back
council for any further discussion or a
motion.
Ask one more question on David. Sorry, I
was going to ask you this earlier and I
got sidetracked. On Airport Road, it
will that be a principal arterial
street? Is that the plan?
I think my understanding was that would
always be
That's correct. That'll be a principal
arterial 176.
And is that a change from the prior
plan?
Nope.
Nope. The naming has changed. It was
always a 176. It was just confusing on
what the name was and so we just wanted
to rename it so it was clear what it
was.
Mayor, uh, I just I I would just want to
ask the the the principal of the new
high school just to do me a favor and
just share that data with and share it
with our I mean our Lake Mountain School
District representative is here. I think
it's really important because we press
from this side of the of the dis against
with the school district, but the
reality of it is is we have little
ability to impact how many connections
they make into their school sites. Um
the state law doesn't allow us to do
that. So the fact that we're deficient
really rests with our school districts
and with the state legislature and we
have we've counseledled with our state
counterparts and encourage them to to
bring forward some code changes that
would allow cities to help regulate
that. So anything you can do to help us
there, you be we'll be fighting on the
same team. Um so that that that's a plea
that I'm going to make with you. Um,
that's that's an interesting statistic
and I look forward to seeing a 900 cars
per connection and perhaps we can
challenge our Lake Mountain School
District representative to take that
back and in and council together with
with her counterparts and see if we
can't set a standard that's better than
that. Um, that that's the first thing
and uh beyond that I I'm I'm good to go
when the council and if the council's
ready to go.
I want to add on to that.
Melissa is not going to hear anything
different than what she heard me say
before, but I'm going to remind all of
the Lake Mountain board members, one of
the things that you all promised is
better collaboration with the city
councils
before you buy the land. And I think
that I want to rehighlight that because
it is so important to sit down and work
out these details before you spend the
money. We had no say whatsoever in that
purchase of that high school. It was in
the wrong place for every reason. And
now all of us are scrambling trying to
create safe routes for walking, safe
routes for driving. That that's not the
way to do things. And we've made that
mistake over and over and over in this
area. We need your support from a staff
member. We need Melissa if you want.
Excuse me. Mrs. Powers, what was your
first name? Is Melissa? Melissa Powers.
We need our our residents to put that
kind of pressure back on the school
district to remind them the importance
of that collaboration so we're not
putting schools in places that it's
impossible to create safe routes. It's
very difficult after the fact to try to
come and mitigate things, especially
when we have uh David in here showing us
that we're going to do these large
corridors to be able to move traffic
through and then the school district
comes and puts the school there. And now
we have to make a decision which one's
more important safe routes or traffic.
Uh and I would just encourage that to to
be at the very forefront of those
decisions as you guys are making those.
Uh to remember we need to sit and talk
before we spend money. Thanks.
No other comment. I think uh council
member writes ready to make a motion.
Okay.
So quick comment to council member
Wood's comment. I spoke with Julie Keane
last Thursday and we're actually in the
process of getting a meeting a regular
recurring meeting schedule so I can kind
of get ahead of these things understand
where are these schools coming what can
we do as we're working with the planning
as well let's get ahead of this so we're
100% on board with that
all right mayor um if you'll entertain a
motion
let me get now now I'm stuck in the
wrong spot let me go back
page
that and also just to remember
just remember page 222 the yeah
yeah I've got that so
so my motion is this
okay well then this is easy then I I
move the Eagle Mountain City Council
Excuse me I'm still lost
I'll do it
no I want to do it
Here
we go. I'm I'm there. Took me a minute,
but I'm old and I'm slow, but I'll get
there. Uh, I I move that the Eagle
Mountain City Council adopt an ordinance
amending the master transportation
plan known as the transportation master
plan TMP and impact fees facility plan
uh with staff recommendations that are
on the screen currently.
Second.
Okay, we have a motion by council member
right and a second by council member
Wood. Is there any questions on the
motion? Clear.
And we'll start a vote with council
member Hush.
Yes.
Council member Clark.
Yes.
Council member Wright.
Yes.
Council member Whiting.
Yes.
Council member Wood.
Yes.
Okay. That motion carries.
All right. Um we went through the
legislative priority list earlier. Uh I
think John went home. So is there other
things that you guys need to bring up on
that.
So, you're suggesting we do not need to
make a specific motion regarding the
design of the landscape architect
uh corridor landscape plan require them
to bring it back to us.
Okay. Should we make a should we make a
motion to require them to bring that
back?
I think the direction's clear that
they'll bring it back. So,
okay. If they don't, Jared makes it very
great. We got this recorded.
Yeah, that's right. If they don't, they
did it without telling me, but it'll
come back.
So, we'll dang sure have that back uh as
we design that. And that's probably at
least a couple years out, right? Because
we're talking about phase
that's phase not phase one, that's at
least phase two.
So
then, uh if there's no other priorities
on that, we can uh move to item 18 as
far as uh liaison and council member
reports.
I just want to remind everyone that UTA
um even though they're not giving us our
bus route is going to be doing on demand
for our community and they're having an
open house tomorrow night at 3688 campus
drive and UTA representatives uh Utah
County Commissioner Skyler Beltran will
be there. And what's cool about it is
you can order uh basically like an Uber
or a Lyft, but it's through UTA and the
price for it is $2.50. And I can imagine
a lot of kids who have to get to MTech
or from one high school to the next
using this. So um please encourage
people in your life that could benefit
from this to come or just come so that
you can share information with other
people because we want this to be wildly
successful so I can say to UTA I told
you so and then get us more routes. So
thank you.
Okay. I know there's no reports from
Council Wright. Did you have the youth
council? We saw them all tonight. Is
there anything else?
Party parties tomorrow.
All right. 2 o'clock tomorrow at the Cy
ride, right?
And anything there
on leazison reports?
Oh, just the community services board.
Any of them? Yes.
We met a great meeting. We're working on
becoming a was it healthy healthy city
in Utah. So, we're excited to kind of
push that across across the goal line
and prioritizing some wrap tax projects.
Perfect.
And we heard a lot about MAG tonight.
Any reports that I'd have, I think you
guys have heard. Uh, also I went to the
UFA board meeting last week. Um,
everything's moving forward there just
like we've talked. So, I don't I don't
have any updates as well.
Mayor, can I just ask that when you go
and the vote is taken on Thursday at at
MAG, would you just let us know when
that's I'm sure you will, but if you
just send us a text or something, it'd
be nice to know that that passed and now
that funding will become available for
us.
My hopes is, as you know, you've
advocated for us to move some of the
other projects up, but so far it's my my
I wish you well.
Yeah, I thought I was going to get it
done and I'm less optimistic as I used
to be. I'll say that. But we're still
pushing, man. We're leaning on them to
get that northern connection as well.
So, I don't know David has too. And part
of that was what you mentioned earlier,
the um rep prioritizing some of that
funding and the contingencies. So, I'll
let you know the update. You'll be the
first to know. Um, with that, I know we
do have a few things to go back into
close session. In the meantime, we have
to come back out here to adjourn later,
right? So, we'll we'll uh entertain a
motion.
Mayor, I move that the Eagle Mountain
City Council move into a closed session
pursuant to section 52-4-2051
of the Utah code annotated.
Second. Okay, we have a motion by
Council Member Wood and a second by
Council Member Whiting. Council member
Clark,
yes.
Council member Wright,
yes.
Council member Whiting,
yes.
Council member Wood,
yes.
Council member,
yes.
Thank you.
It is 9:41 p.m. We're back into our
regular session and there's a few more
things that I'm sure everybody wants to
go over. And the first one is
motion to adjurnn.
Second.
Motion to adjurnn by council member
Wood, a second by council member Wright.
All in favor?
I.
Unanimous. We are adjourned at 9:41.