Midvale council tables POD I right-of-way ordinance again

The Midvale City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 20 to table, for the second time, an ordinance that would eliminate rights-of-way next to the POD I development area, pushing it to a meeting no later than the end of January 2027. Earlier in the meeting, several speakers, many of them young softball players, asked the council to protect the fields at Union Park, which sit on the county-owned site proposed for a new Midvale recreation center. ^[1][2]

**Union Park fields.** Madeline Corey, who identified herself as a board member of the Mount Olympus Fast Pitch Softball League, told the council the league has played at Union Park for three years. She said it has grown from just over 100 players to close to 300 girls. She said the three fields are the only county fields dedicated to girls' fastpitch east of I-15 and north of Draper. She said the league supports the recreation center and the bond but asked that the design save the fields. Other girls and parents spoke about the league. ^[2]

Mayor Dustin Gettel said the city had received 18 emails from parents and coaches about keeping the league at Union Park. He said Union Park is county-owned, so the city does not control access to it, and that a condition of the bond is that a recreation center be placed on property in which the county has an ownership stake. He said the proposal does not call for eliminating softball fields, but that a new center on the site would probably reduce their footprint. ^[2]

Gettel said the recreation center is a five-year plan, so he did not expect the league to be affected next season, and that the bond would first have to pass before design begins. He said he could not advocate a yes or no vote on the bond from the dais. He and council members said they want the league to stay in Midvale. Council Member Heidi Robinson said the city is trying to meet everyone's recreation needs and that the league "will be represented as well." Council Member Bryant Brown said he had not realized how heavily the fields are used. He said he would work to raise the issue with the county. ^[2]

The council took no vote on Union Park.

**POD I rights-of-way.** Ordinance 2026-O-30 would amend figures in Chapter 17-7-10.12 of the Midvale Municipal Code to eliminate rights-of-way adjacent to POD I. The council had tabled the item earlier, and placing it back on the agenda made it live again. Mayor Gettel said the applicant, Gardner Company, had asked that the item be tabled after receiving a staff email that day, and noted the council was not obligated to agree. Council Member Denece Mikolash said the applicant had only received new information that day and should have time to review it. The council voted 5-0 to table the ordinance to a meeting no later than the end of January 2027. ^[1][2]

**Other action.** The council also adopted Resolution 2026-R-57, authorizing the mayor to enter into a waterline agreement with Remington Midvale LLC and AUA Midvale Townhomes LLC for Salt Lake County Parcel No. 21252760270000, and approved Resolution 2026-R-54, the second amendment to the city's interlocal agreement with the Salt Lake County Health Department. The agenda lists both. The 5-0 tallies are the roll-call votes on the meeting video; the minutes had not been posted when this report was written. ^[1][2]