Mountain bikers pitch a bike park at Art Dye; council updates transportation master plan
March 12, 2024, 7:00 p.m. · American Fork City Hall, 31 N. Church St.
About a dozen cyclists, including a 15-year-old, a bike shop owner, a Trek store manager and high school team coaches, asked the council for a purpose-built bike park, preferably at Art Dye Park; the mayor said space there is contested by disc golf but other sites could work. With Councilmember Ryan Hunter absent, the council amended the Transportation Master Plan to add road classifications, signals and roundabouts, allowed reception centers in the CC-2 zone, and vacated part of a utility easement for North Pointe Business Park Building F.
From the approved minutes.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item PH · Development
Public hearing: vacation of public utility easement, Lot 1, North Pointe Business Park Plat F, 630 East 1300 South
Discussed
No comments.
Item Consent · Budget
Public utility easement at 77 W. Main St.; ratification of payments Feb. 21 to March 5, 2024, and purchases over $50,000
Approved · 4-0
Only items 3 and 4 were treated as consent.
Item 1 · Development
Vacation of part of a public utility easement for North Pointe Business Park Building F, 1260 South 630 East
Approved · 4-0
Ordinance 2024-03-09.
Item 2 · City code
RBD Investments code text amendment: reception centers as permitted personal service uses in CC-2 (Section 17.4.403)
Approved · 4-0
Ordinance 2024-03-10, removing the phrase "similar establishments" as too vague on advice of legal counsel Melissa Mellor. Applies zone-wide. The motion text names Carroll as mover and Taylor as seconder; the vote table lists Taylor and Holley.
- Applicant: RBD Investments
Item 3 · General plan
Transportation Master Plan amendment: road classifications, new signals and roundabouts
Approved · 4-0
Resolution 2024-03-07R. Public Works Director Sam Kelly said the plan is reviewed every five years. Carroll noted 1500 South roundabouts changing to signals, which Kelly tied to the future Pony Express Parkway alignment, and asked for safe crossings on west 1120 North, where a HAWK signal is planned. Holley noted only two HAWKs in the plan as roads widen, including Alpine Highway to seven lanes.
What residents said
Bike park for youth and ridersSpeeding on 300 North near Forbes Elementary
Kaya Frasier (15), Kenny Frasier (a clinical social worker), Parish Pontious (owner of the Bike Peddler), Adam Cannon, Andrew Stallings (Trek Bicycle store manager), Shelby McEwan (Lehi High bike coach, who partners with builder SNL), trail consultant James Logan and Wes Baker (American Fork High bike team volunteer) urged a bike park with jumps and pump tracks, preferably at Art Dye Park, citing mental health, youth and business benefits. David Bean asked that the 30 mph limit on 300 North near Forbes Elementary be cut to 20 mph. Reed Miller thanked the city.