Clark Ranch affordable and community housing
Public-private development by Alexander Company on about 10 acres of city-owned Clark Ranch, with roughly 170 rentals and 40 for-sale homes at 30% to 150% of area median income. A rezone and steep-slope handling are required; the city has set aside $8 million.
- Where it stands
- Approved
- Type
- Development agreement
- Location
- Clark Ranch, Highway 40 frontage
- Size
- 12 acres
- Homes
- 210
- Applicant
- Alexander Company
Every hearing and vote
February 16, 2023 · City Council
Stereotomic land surveying and consultant services for Clark Ranch
Approved · 5-0
Survey and analysis for the Clark Ranch housing site, with analysis returning in June.
July 11, 2023 · City Council
Affordable housing project updates
Discussed
Park City projects: Studio Crossing (185 affordable units), the Holiday Village area redevelopment to 317 units, EngineHouse (99 affordable units), Mine Bench (proposed 240 affordable units for resort employees) and a Clark Ranch feasibility study (up to 300 units). Summit County projects include Elk Meadows rehabilitation, Slopesides Apartments (169 units) and Silver Creek Village (330 income-restricted units). The Summit County chair asked staff to study replacing area median income percentages with rent caps. Informational.
November 2, 2023 · City Council
Clark Ranch feasibility study results
Discussed
The study found 10 to 15 acres suitable for affordable housing, currently zoned Recreation and Open Space with the Sensitive Lands Overlay, so a rezone is required. Two access points are estimated at $5 million to $10 million, and 128 acres must be set aside as open space. Slide options: 90 townhomes ($40.3 to $51.7 million), 150 units ($50.3 to $64.6 million) or 230 units ($70.7 to $90.9 million); the text gives an overall range of $55 to $94 million that does not match the slides. Dickey noted a possible public-private partnership; Doilney asked for costs including land value. No vote.
November 14, 2023 · City Council
Continuation of policy discussions on creating a regional housing authority
Discussed
Staff cited current annual city and county housing costs of about $1.2 million and a potential authority budget of about $1.5 million, with each entity contributing $500,000. Toly, as chair of the housing authority committee, described a five-year setup and recommended reconvening in January. Rubell supported an authority only with no net increase in spending and preferred a taskforce first; Dickey felt an authority would be expensive and favored a shared service model; Doilney and Worel favored moving forward; Gerber favored a taskforce then a transition. A county council member summarized that the majority wanted to proceed with a taskforce as an intermediate step. The direction was not a final vote. The next joint meeting is January 12.
December 5, 2023 · City Council
Clark Ranch feasibility study results
Discussed
The 344-acre property has a focus area of about 12 acres, zoned Recreation Open Space with the Sensitive Lands Overlay and needing a rezone. Phase one infrastructure and land cost $5,308,523 and phases one and two $10,158,241; the land was bought in 2014 for $216,000. Staff recommended phase one, primarily rental townhomes and multi-family at or below 60 percent of area median income, 150 to 230 units, and did not recommend a second phase. Consensus on the phase one layout and on submitting a land use application for rezoning. No vote.
January 12, 2024 · City Council
Potential regional housing authority discussion
Discussed
Core services would be marketing, a one-stop application process, compliance and education, costing $1.5 million; enhanced services such as development would need more staff. Parigian was not supportive at that time and did not want to be half in and half out; Ciraco suggested the county lead formation and the group pick a project and sign a letter of intent; Dickey said an authority was not an accelerator; Toly supported it; Rubell suggested starting with a collaborative committee-model project. A county council member said the $1.5 million would not build units and proposed a $2 million per-entity business plan with a five-year housing goal. The mayor asked the city council to hold its own discussion and return with a united position. No vote.
January 9, 2025 · City Council
Clark Ranch affordable and community housing (work session)
Discussed
Staff, Alexander Company and Stereotomic described a public-private partnership on about 10 of the 344 acres the city bought in 2014, with roughly 170 rentals and 40 for-sale units at 30% to 150% of area median income on about 12 acres, parking at 1.6 stalls per unit, and a rezone and steep-slope work required. Infrastructure is estimated at $4 million; the developer expects a city contribution of $7 million to $13 million and the city has set aside $8 million. Council Member Parigian raised traffic, parking and wildlife lighting concerns and wanted infrastructure priced without frontage road work; Council Member Rubell asked whether $8 million is realistic and for funding options; Council Member Ciraco asked about contaminated soils; Council Members Toly and Dickey liked the design. The council supported the direction; no vote.
June 12, 2025 · City Council
Revised FY25 budget, final FY26 budget and property tax rate (Ordinance 2025-12)
Approved · 5-0
The council adopted the budgets at a no-tax-increase property tax rate, including $150,000 for a Clark Ranch road study from the Affordable Housing Fund; the road is estimated at $4 million to $5 million. No one spoke at the hearing.
July 10, 2025 · City Council
WSP agreement for Clark Ranch access road design
Approved · 3-2
The council approved design of a roundabout-based frontage road separated from Park City Heights, not to exceed $725,000, up from an early estimate of $150,000 because of UDOT coordination and environmental work. An alternative connection east of US-40 would cost $30 million to $45 million. Council Members Ciraco and Rubell voted no, citing roughly $100,000 per unit in subsidy and a wish to study alternatives; Council Members Toly, Dickey and Parigian supported moving forward. Residents asked for delay or a benefits analysis of the east side.
July 10, 2025 · City Council
Clark Ranch application to the Planning Commission
Discussed
Staff proposed a concurrent Planning Commission and council process to rezone 10 acres, amend the subdivision and start the master planned development process. Council Members Rubell and Ciraco opposed; Council Member Parigian did not want to stop the project. The mayor summarized majority support. No formal vote.
September 4, 2025 · City Council
Clark Ranch affordable housing: design, mix and city contributions
Discussed
The Alexander Company presented four financing scenarios; recommended Scenario 3 has a $13.7 million gap and 34 market-rate owner townhomes, 57 workforce rentals at 71% to 120% area median income and 110 affordable rentals at 50% to 70%. Clark Ranch was bought for $6.7 million. Timeline: entitlements and private activity bond application in November 2025, tax credit application April 2026, construction start September 2026, completion September 2028. Council Members Parigian, Toly and Dickey supported Scenario 3; Council Member Ciraco raised location and cost concerns and projected a subsidy above $100,000 a unit; Council Member Rubell opposed the site and any subsidy. The mayor summarized that two members opposed and three were interested in advancing. About 20 speakers and written commenters, mostly nearby residents, opposed the site citing road cost, traffic, steep grades and debris-flow risk, and urged a conservation easement or other sites. No vote.
- Units: 167 rental, 34 ownership
- Developer: Alexander Company
November 6, 2025 · City Council
Clark Ranch conservation easement
Continued · 5-0
Utah Open Lands and city staff presented the easement; discussion centered on a 15-acre versus 10-acre carve-out for housing, a 10.9-acre legal description and aerial transit language. About 20 speakers mostly opposed housing or any carve-out above 10 acres. The mayor said a majority favored a 10-acre carve-out. After a closed session for advice of counsel on the Alexander Company negotiation agreement, the council continued the item to a date uncertain before year-end.
December 18, 2025 · City Council
Clark Ranch conservation easement
Approved with conditions · 5-0
Staff proposed adopting the easement now with a 15-acre carve-out, then holding a joint meeting with the Planning Commission to select the 10 acres for development, with the remaining five acres returned to the easement. Council Member Rubell proposed giving the extra five acres the same open-space protection, which Council Member Toly added be done in 2026. Council Member Ciraco questioned who had directed a return to 15 acres and asked staff to explore moving the site south for a buffer from Park City Heights. The city attorney said the vote did not approve development. The council adopted the easement as updated November 6, with added protections for the extra five acres in 2026. No votes against are recorded.
February 3, 2026 · City Council
Clark Ranch discussion with the Planning Commission
Discussed
The Alexander Company presented two 10-acre site options, "Triangle" and "Buffer," and building heights of 28 and 35 feet. Buffer offered lower unit cost, more efficient roads and less disturbance; Triangle kept open space contiguous but cost more and had higher flood risk. A smaller Buffer layout drew the most support. No vote.
April 30, 2026 · City Council
Capital budget preview (work session)
Discussed
Requests included a $35 million sales tax revenue bond for the Bonanza 5-acre site (106 units), $6,959,000 for golf course improvements, a $1,550,000 ice arena hillside study, $18,623,616 in ARCST funds for Clark Ranch plus $6.3 million for the frontage road, $5.5 million for Munchkin and Woodbine reconstruction, $1.15 million for Payday traffic calming, $5.3 million for 83 bus stops and $160,000 to stabilize Spriggs Barn. No vote.
June 25, 2026 · City Council
Revised FY2026 and final FY2027 budget, no-tax-increase rate (Ordinance 2026-15)
Approved · 5-0
Adjustments include a $2,161 Sundance contract adjustment tied to May CPI and emerging community funding applied to the Clark Ranch capital project. A senior board member thanked the council for senior center funding.
September 17, 2026 · City Council
Housing study session
Discussed
The 2016 goal is 15% of the workforce living in the city; by the end of 2025, 731 units were in operation, and the council later raised the 2032 target to 1,864 units, leaving 863 affordable units to build. Council reviewed six city-owned parcels and projects including Clark Ranch, EngineHouse, Woodside Phase II and Bonanza 5-acre. Woodside Phase II will wait on Planning Commission action on the senior center. Staff will return with expanded numbers and a scope for a housing needs assessment. No vote.