American Fork Station Area Plan
State-required plan for housing and transportation around the FrontRunner station, to be certified by MAG. In 2022 the city used a $75,000 MAG technical-assistance grant with a $10,000 match to hire a consultant.
- Where it stands
- Approved
- Type
- Area or general plan
- Location
- Half mile around the American Fork FrontRunner station
- Applicant
- American Fork City
Every hearing and vote
February 1, 2022 · City Council work session
2022 legislative bills
Discussed
Staff reviewed bills including H.B. 12 (public safety retirement), H.B. 23 (first responder mental health), H.B. 151 (limits on retail incentives), S.B. 34 (moderate-income housing and station area plans), the HTRZ amendments, S.B. 110 (water in general plans), H.B. 242 (secondary water meters required by 2030, with up to 70% grants; the city estimates its metering at about $12 million), H.B. 95 (no sod requirements), H.B. 135 (verbal public comment) and H.B. 232 (Utah Lake Authority). Councilmembers objected that American Fork had no seat on the proposed lake board and asked for a resolution opposing the bill.
November 15, 2022 · City Council work session
Station Area Plan for FrontRunner station
Discussed
City Planner Patrick O'Brien said state law requires a station area plan covering a half mile around the FrontRunner station, certified by MAG, by Dec. 31, 2025, or sooner if a qualifying land use application arrives (one is coming). The city is using a $75,000 MAG technical-assistance grant with a $10,000 city match; the consultant RFP closed Nov. 30. Councilmember Shelton suggested including the flyover as a connectivity strategy.
- MAG technical assistance grant: $75,000
- City match: $10,000
February 14, 2023 · City Council
MAG/PSOMAS technical services agreement, FrontRunner station area plan
Approved · 4-0
Resolution 2023-02-08R authorizing the city to sign Attachment C of the agreement between Mountainland Association of Governments and PSOMAS. Cost not stated.
February 6, 2024 · City Council work session
Restriping 350 South and 900 West in the TOD
Discussed
Ben Hunter proposed adding a foot to each travel lane and cutting the cycle track from 12 to 10 feet between 700 West and 900 West on 350 South, with no street parking and red curbs. Fire Chief Aaron Brems said a November fire showed trucks need 26 feet. Police Chief Cameron Paul said citations don't work because owners can't be tied to the driver and favored towing plus an education campaign. Options for 900 West and 1100 West collectors: no parking with 13-foot lanes, or parking on one side. Bunker opposed removing bike lanes; Eileen Miller of the Utah Valley Home Builders Association said units have more cars than the 1.5-space standard assumes.
February 23, 2024 · City Council work session
FY2025 strategic goals
Discussed
Goals: fiber (finish mid-level design, bond, possible referendum, needs about a 40% take rate), Fire Station 53 design and GO bond strategy, downtown revitalization, general plan update, facilities master plan, fitness center design, public works facility, water reuse. Taylor proposed a customer service initiative. Frost said TOD townhomes rented by the room bring four or five cars each and suggested a parking service district.
April 23, 2024 · City Council work session
TOD road cross-sections code amendment
Discussed
Ben Hunter said the revised sections allow parking on one side, widen turn lanes, narrow the opposite shoulder for fire trucks and alternate shoulder parking; Planning Commission recommended approval. Adopted April 30.
April 30, 2024 · City Council
Code amendment: Section 15.01.1531, detail drawings (TOD road cross-sections)
Approved · 5-0
Ordinance 2024-04-17.
September 3, 2024 · City Council work session
Mountainland Association of Governments services
Discussed
MAG Executive Director Michelle Carroll described technical-assistance planning grants ($50,000-$300,000), Wasatch Choice Vision, CDBG, small business loans, weatherization and housing rehab; MAG aging staff discussed Meals on Wheels and the senior center, which draws seniors from other cities. Development Services Director Patrick O'Brien said MAG gave the city more than $300,000 in 18 months for the station area plan, now in Phase II. MAG said Pioneer Crossing will get a flex-lane project.
December 3, 2024 · City Council work session
Discussion with state legislators
Discussed
Topics included the school district split and Senate Bill 221, school fees, the station area plan due by end of 2025 and its 50-units-per-acre minimum near the FrontRunner platform (City Administrator David Bunker said structured parking at $20,000-$30,000 a stall makes projects pencil out poorly), the 200 South corridor and Meadows flyover that UDOT treats as local, east-west traffic from Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain, TSSD's water reuse application (hearing Dec. 12, 2024), proposed Utah Lake phosphorus limits of 0.1 ppm that Bunker said could cost a billion dollars at treatment plants, and governmental immunity for contracted city attorneys.
January 22, 2025 · Planning Commission
General plan and station area plan update
Discussed
O'Brien thanked commissioners who attended the general plan meeting the night before and asked for comments by Feb. 10.
February 20, 2025 · City Council work session
General plan, station area plan and department outlooks
Discussed
Population grew from 33,337 (2020) to about 45,335 with 4,873 new units. Police face wage competition and space; fire apparatus costs up 50-100%, a new station needs 15 employees, and Station 51 needs about 4,000 sq. ft. or Station 53 sooner; public works needs space and has a water rights application facing four protests. GO bond capacity is largest but requires a vote.
March 4, 2025 · City Council work session
Station Area Plan options
Discussed
Plan required within a half mile of the FrontRunner platform by year end. Hupp said buses from Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs don't serve the station due to access problems; 200 South lacks improvements; Pioneer Crossing slated as a flex-lane road; HTRZ cannot overlay the CRA. Option A keeps the station; Option B moves it west near a realigned Pioneer Crossing by Mill Pond Road (60% public preference; major landowners likely opposed). Members asked for a third option near 500 East.
- Consultant: Psomas (Chris Hupp)
August 19, 2025 · City Council work session
Station Area Plan
Discussed
Hupp said there is no bus service to the station; UTA's proposed bus loop depends on an overpass discussed since about 2011 and in the 2014 plan. Councilmember Taylor said the flyover over 700 West and the tracks can't gain traction; City Administrator Bunker said UDOT is concerned about the 1020 West intersection near the interchange. Options I and II for alternative station sites remain in the plan.
- Consultant: Psomas (Chris Hupp)
August 20, 2025 · Planning Commission
American Fork Station Area Plan (general plan amendment)
Recommended for approval · 4-0-1
City-initiated update of the 2014 station area plan, required by the state for cities with a fixed-guideway station, covering the half-mile around the FrontRunner station, with a December 2025 state certification deadline. Development Services Director Patrick O'Brien said the plan was shaped by two years of stakeholder meetings, a Steel Days booth, and talks with UDOT and UTA; it is conceptual and non-binding, keeps the station in place as the preferred option, and floats a possible second station at 500 East. He described planned flyovers over the tracks connecting to 700 West and over I-15, access to the future Pony Express connector, a desired parking structure with UTA, and staff's practice of refusing developer requests to cut commercial space in the TOD. He said costs should fall on developers rather than residents. Commissioner Geoff Dupaix abstained, citing a conflict-of-interest clause with his employer related to transit studies.
- Applicant: American Fork City
- Area: half mile around American Fork FrontRunner station
- State certification deadline: December 2025
- Conditions: label the century farm on maps and legend; rename 'options' to 'conceptual options'; add land availability to flow charts
- Commissioner Dupaix abstained (employer conflict)
September 9, 2025 · City Council
American Fork Station Area Plan (approval as to form)
Approved with conditions · 5-0
Plan by consultant Chris Hupp shows a default station at the current site, Option 1 moving it west and Option 2 at 500 East. Hunter objected that the cover rendering omitted the planned I-15 flyover and said he was 'tired of being a doormat,' wanting a flyover and a signal on Pioneer Crossing; members agreed to drop the image. Approved with notes that it creates no entitlements, is a concept to meet state requirements, and marks the Hunting family centennial farm; sent to MAG's Station Area Plan Policy Committee.
- Consultant: Chris Hupp
December 9, 2025 · City Council
American Fork Station Area Plan (general plan amendment)
Approved · 5-0
Final adoption by Resolution 2025-12-30R after MAG's review; changes were non-substantive.