Nephi approves buying two lots for pump track park. The minutes give no price.
The council unanimously authorized the mayor on Sept. 15 to sign a contract for two Jamestowne subdivision lots next to the planned pump track park. The minutes say five residential impact fees were waived to bring the price down, but they list neither the price nor the value of the waivers.
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The Nephi City Council voted unanimously on Sept. 15, 2026 to authorize the mayor to sign a real estate purchase contract for two lots in the Jamestowne subdivision. Councilor Tate Douglas made the motion and Councilor Travis Worwood seconded it. [2]
According to the minutes, the lots on the west side of the park would provide off-street parking, utility access, restrooms and amenities such as a pavilion for the pump track park. [1]
Price and fee waivers
The minutes say terms had been verbally agreed upon and that the deal involved the waiver of five residential impact fees to bring down the prices. [1]
The minutes do not state the purchase price, the lots' size or the dollar value of the waived fees. [1]
The land is to be paid for from the Parks, Arts and Recreation tax fund, the minutes say. A Utah Outdoor Recreation Grant is being used to build the pump track park. [1][2]
The PAR tax fund
The city's fiscal 2027 final budget lists the PAR tax fund at $212,746, including $163,000 in tax revenue. The capital projects fund budgets $73,000 in parks and recreation impact fees for fiscal 2027. [3][4]
Waived impact fees are forgone fee revenue, not a cash payment.
Sources
- Nephi City Council · Sept. 15, 2026 minutes (approved Oct. 6, 2026)
- Nephi City Council · Sept. 15, 2026 minutes, motion
- Nephi City · Fiscal 2025–2027 biennial budget, state-filed copy (Aug. 21, 2026), PAR tax fund
- Nephi City · Fiscal 2025–2027 biennial budget, state-filed copy (Aug. 21, 2026), capital projects fund revenue
Reporting by The Utah Ledger from the public records above. AI-assisted, checked against those records.