Wasatch County Council gives preliminary OK to Heritage Hills subdivision, 7-0
The 23-lot conservation subdivision, with two additional lots of record, sits at about 6380 East Lake Creek Road, according to draft minutes of the Sept. 16 meeting.
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The Wasatch County Council voted 7-0 on Sept. 16 to give preliminary approval to Heritage Hills, a 23-lot conservation subdivision with two additional lots of record, according to the council's draft minutes. Voting aye were Colleen Bonner, Erik Rowland, Kendall Crittenden, Luke Searle, Mark Nelson, Spencer Park and Michael Murphy. [1]
The minutes describe the proposal by Paul Berg of KEW Consulting LLC as located at about 6380 East Lake Creek Road, east of the red sandstone rock quarry on the way to Timber Lakes. It sits on land on both sides of the road in the Residential Agriculture 1 (RA-1) and Mountain zones. The RA-1 portion lies west of 6400 East, adjacent to and east of Lake Creek Estates. The hearing also covered a county-initiated request to change the master trail plan so the planned trail on Lake Creek Road east of 6400 East runs on the south side of the road instead of the north. Park moved approval with the findings and conditions presented and asked that the trail plan amendment come back to the council in November. Doug Smith presented the item. [1]
The minutes record other business from the meeting. The council held the first reading of Ordinance 26-14, seasonal parking restrictions presented by Terry Ekker, which would make it unlawful from Nov. 1 through April 1 to park on a paved county road or within 5 feet of one, in order to speed snow removal. Crittenden moved to set the second reading for Oct. 7, and the motion passed 7-0. [1]
The council also received a briefing on the county's 2026 second-quarter financial report from Finance Director Randy Bates, which compares six months of actual revenue and expenses with estimates for the rest of the year. Assistant County Manager Heber Lefgren presented the 2027 base budget, which shows what next year's budget would look like if service levels stay the same, along with a five-year General Fund forecast and a list of department budget improvement requests. No motions were required on either briefing. [1]
In the manager's report, the county said voters authorized an open space bond in 2018, that the first $5 million was issued in 2020 and spent, and that another $5 million is authorized and allocated. The manager laid out options, issuing it now, waiting about 90 days for a general obligation issue, or waiting until there is a funding request, noting that some easements the county has authorized lack cash in the bank. The manager asked if the council wanted to schedule the item. In the call for agenda items, Dustin Grabau said the Treasurer's Office is asking to meet short-term staffing needs by reprogramming existing funds, not a net budget increase, and Bonner said it would be good to go on record. [1]
Council members reported on the Library Board, an affordable housing meeting and a quarterly UDOT meeting. At the UDOT meeting, Nelson said, two of three sections of a trail along the right-of-way from Soldier Hollow to the Depot and Veterans Park would go out to bid soon and could be built next year. The council also voted 7-0 to approve the Aug. 5 and Aug. 12 minutes and to go into and out of a closed session on property matters. The minutes are marked draft. [1]
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