Council annexes E-Commerce Park and Auto Mall Drive extension land, honors David Bell
November 12, 2024, 7:00 p.m. · American Fork City Hall, 31 N. Church St.
The council annexed 6.26 acres at about 1250 South 500 East into the PI-1 industrial zone and about 11.75 acres for the Auto Mall Drive extension near 620 South 100 East, approved two 620 South pioneering agreements for White Horse Developers and a five-year Axon in-car camera contract for police. It reversed an earlier refusal and gave Alpine Community Theater $8,886 in PARC tax money, and posthumously honored David Bell with the city's HERO award.
From the approved minutes.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item PH · Annexation
Public hearings on E-Commerce Park and Auto Mall Drive Extension annexations
Discussed
No public comments on either annexation.
Item 2 · Presentation
HERO award to David Bell
No action
Mayor Bradley Frost posthumously presented the HERO award to David Christian Bell, who died Aug. 24, 2024 rescuing two friends, and declared Nov. 12, 2024 David C. Bell Day.
Item Consent 2 · Development
Release of construction guarantee, Edgewater North roadway, 300 South 1100 West
Approved · 4-0
Released a $65,797.44 improvements construction guarantee and accepted the improvements.
- Payment$65,797
Item Consent 3 · Development
Release of construction guarantee, Edgewater Townhomes Phase 1, 1130 W. 330 South
Approved · 4-0
Released an $85,784.60 construction guarantee.
- Payment$85,785
Item Consent 4 · Development
Release of durability retainer, Rockwell Ranch Block 8, about 950 W. 350 South
Approved · 4-0
Released a $330,264.90 durability retainer.
- Payment$330,265
Item Consent 5 · Budget
Ratification of payments Oct. 16-Nov. 5, 2024, and purchases over $50,000
Approved · 4-0
Routine consent ratification.
Item 1 · Appointment
Historic Preservation Commission appointments: Justin Russell, Brittany Snow, Bill Spence
Approved · 4-0
Three appointments.
Item 2 · Annexation
E-Commerce Park Annexation, 6.26 acres at about 1250 South 500 East
Approved · 4-0
Ordinance No. 2024-11-49 annexing 6.26 acres with an annexation agreement and PI-1 Planned Industrial zoning.
- Acres: 6.26
- Zone: PI-1
- Ordinance 2024-11-49
Item 3 · Annexation
Auto Mall Drive Extension Annexation, about 620 South 100 East
Approved · 4-0
Ordinance No. 2024-11-50 annexing land for the Auto Mall Drive extension, zoned GC-2 and PI-1. The agenda listed 23.92 acres; the motion said 11.75 acres. The railroad property was not included. Owner Nathan Simpson joined on condition his parcel be an island of GC-2 zoning and that the city start a land use and zone change to Planned Industrial within a reasonable time.
- Acres: 11.75 per motion (23.92 per agenda)
- Zones: GC-2 and PI-1
- Condition from owner Nathan Simpson: GC-2 island, later city-initiated rezone to PI
- Ordinance 2024-11-50
Item 4 · Development
Pioneering agreement with White Horse Developers, AF Crossings Plat A, 620 South
Approved · 4-0
Lets White Horse Developers recover the cost of system improvements along 620 South from benefiting owners. Per the packet, the improvements total $37,345.95, allocated to Woodside Homes of Utah LLC (parcel 13:043:0245, 278 feet of frontage); no city budget impact.
- Payment$37,346 to White Horse Developers
- Repeat recipient: White Horse Developers got another pioneering agreement the same night and a third on Dec. 10, 2024
Item 5 · Development
Pioneering agreement with White Horse Developers, AF 10 Subdivision, 620 South
Approved · 4-0
Second 620 South pioneering agreement, for the AF 10 subdivision. Per the packet, the system improvements total $58,547.50, allocated to benefiting owners by frontage; no city budget impact.
- Payment$58,548 to White Horse Developers
Item 6 · Subdivision
Setback variance, Bridges at Fox Hollow conservation subdivision, about 1080 N. 350 East
Approved · 4-0
Side setback reductions for the conservation subdivision in the PR-3.0 zone; Development Services Director Patrick O'Brien said the plan was essentially unchanged from a year earlier.
- Zone: PR-3.0
Item 7 · Contract
Five-year contract with Axon Enterprise for 32 police in-car cameras
Approved · 4-0
Contract for 32 Axon Fleet 3 in-car cameras with cloud storage, replacing dashcams whose vendor ended support; they interface with the department's Axon body cameras. Per the packet quote, the five-year total is $247,315.20 (list price $309,907.20), with $24,731.52 in year 1 and $55,645.92 a year after. No competitive bids are described; Axon is the incumbent body-camera vendor and also supplied six grant-funded dashcams in February 2024.
- Contract$247,315 to Axon Enterprise Inc.
Item 8 · Parks
PARC tax disbursement of $8,886 to Alpine Community Theater
Approved · 4-0
The council had earlier declined this FY2023-24 disbursement because the theater performs outside city limits. Councilmember Tim Holley researched it and said it meets the program's intent given limited venues and the number of residents involved; the reduced amount is for operations based in American Fork.
- Grant$8,886 to Alpine Community Theater
What residents said
Condition of 100 West south of the railroad tracks
Kelly Dyer of the Stonecreek subdivision asked about road plans, saying 100 West south of the railroad tracks is in terrible condition; the mayor said the public works director would contact him. Carol Bell accepted the HERO award for her son David.