Council approves Firefly townhome site plan and reallocates utility sale proceeds; schedules public comment on new school district
May 21, 2024, 4:00 p.m. · Eagle Mountain City Council Chambers, 1650 E Stagecoach Run, Eagle Mountain, Utah
The council unanimously approved the Firefly NPA 1A Plats 4 and 5 site plan, a resolution recognizing the school district feasibility study and scheduling public comment, and a reallocation of utility sale proceeds that folds several projects into an unallocated fund and moves $2.6 million from a recreation center. A fiscal 2025 tentative budget hearing was held with no formal motion. The work session covered a UTA park and ride, a master facilities plan for a combined city hall and library, a Granite Credit Union concept and sewer rate options.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 12.A · Development
Firefly NPA 1A Plats 4 and 5 site plan
Approved · 5-0
Applicant David Vitek presented the plan in the southwest part of the city near SR-73 and Pole Canyon Boulevard (parcel 59:052:0021), with Firefly Boulevard, a community park, a pump track, a skate park and pickleball courts. Council Member Jared Gray praised the pump track and skate park for their potential to draw events, Council Member Donna Burnham noted the build matches the concept images, Council Member Brett Wright praised the homes and Council Member Rich Wood praised the townhome design. Duplicate road names are to be resolved during approval.
Item 15.A · Budget
Reallocation of utility sale proceeds
Approved · 5-0
Finance Director Kimberly Ruesch summarized the original allocations. Council Member Melissa Clark proposed an Ascend Together Fund for neighborhood improvements in areas without homeowner associations and moved to merge the City Center streetscape and median lines, combine the Silver Lake Amphitheater, bike park and Nolen Park improvements into a single $1 million park fund, remove the monument sign and public art projects, rename the match program line Unallocated Funds and move $2.6 million of recreation center funding into it. Wright favored redirecting recreation center money toward land for future city facilities; Gray opposed changing Nolen Park solely for baseball.
- Budget$1.00 million
- Budget$2.60 million
- BudgetAmount not given
Item 16.A · Other
Resolution on school district feasibility study and public comment schedule
Approved · 5-0
Gray said the district would not begin before 2027 and the financial figures were worst-case estimates; Alpine School District board members discussed fiscal and technology details. The council directed staff to schedule public hearings June 13 and June 18, a 45-day comment period and final action July 16. The resolution was restated with a revised code citation and passed both times.
Item 14.B · Budget
Fiscal 2025 tentative budget hearing
Discussed
Ruesch presented changes including converting a part-time long-range planner to full-time, adjusting Independence Day fireworks, a $38,500 net General Fund increase, and removing monument signs and a community art piece to cut the capital projects fund by $220,000. A $15,000 mini loader lease was discussed. One resident asked whether the city could use an existing tractor for rodeo grounds maintenance. No formal motion was recorded.
- Budget$38,500
- Budget$220,000
- Contract$15,000
Item 14.A · City code
Definitions: City Manager title, EMMC 17.10.030
Approved · 5-0
City Attorney Marcus Draper explained the change replaces City Administrator with City Manager. No one spoke at the hearing.
Item 13.A-13.D, 10-11 · Contract
Consent: wastewater report, surplus property, Old Airport Road right-of-way purchases
Approved · 5-0
The consent agenda approved the 2023 municipal wastewater planning report, a surplus property resolution, an Old Airport Road right-of-way purchase from Holbrook HGS LC and one from Holbrook Long Ridge LC, and an out-of-warranty bond release for Sweetwater Industrial Phase A, Plat 2. The minutes give no purchase prices.
- Land dealAmount not given to Holbrook HGS LC
- Land dealAmount not given to Holbrook Long Ridge LC
Item 1.B · Presentation
Master facilities plan, combined city hall and library (work session)
Discussed
Architects from Gallaway recommended combining city hall and the library in a three-story building with a target budget of about $30 million on at least 10 acres, built in four phases. A general obligation bond is preferred, with revenue bonds, impact fees or property tax as alternatives. The library director said demand for physical media remains high.
- Budget$30.0 million
Item 1.A · Roads and utilities
UTA park and ride, Pony Express Parkway (work session)
Discussed
UTA proposed a weekday bus every 30 minutes to the American Fork FrontRunner station, with two site options of about 60 or 70 stalls. Council members raised the choice of FrontRunner station, parking demand and the need for a signalized crossing. Final design is planned by the end of 2024 with service by September 2026.
Item 1.C · Development
Granite Credit Union concept plan, Allgood Subdivision Lot 1 (work session)
Discussed
Planner Caden Lyon presented a concept for Lot 1 of the Allgood Subdivision, west of the Maverik at Cory B. Wride Memorial Highway and Ranches Parkway, in a Commercial Community zone. Gray asked for a buffer in case freeway and frontage road changes affect visibility; Wright asked how the lot would connect to adjacent property.
Item 1.D · Taxes and fees
Sewer rate study (work session)
Discussed
A finance analyst said the sewer fund projects a negative balance by fiscal 2027 even with 2.5 percent annual increases and that Timpanogos Special Service District rate changes add $67,114.53 a month. Three options were presented: keep the uniform rate with 2.5 percent increases, a base-rate-only change of 18, 15 and 4 percent, or a base rate by meter size plus a volume rate. Members preferred the base-plus-volume model, and staff will return June 4; Wright said he would choose Option 3.
- Fee$67,115 to Timpanogos Special Service District
What residents said
Park improvements for baseballRodeo grounds maintenance
A rodeo organizer thanked staff for grounds maintenance, and a baseball coach asked for batting cages and warm-up areas at two parks.