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Eagle Mountain · City Council

Council tables facilities master plan, adopts public art plan and easement standards, and appoints a city manager on consent

November 6, 2024, 4:00 p.m. · Eagle Mountain City Council Chambers, 1650 E Stagecoach Run, Eagle Mountain, Utah

The council approved a consent agenda that appointed a city manager effective Dec. 30, 2024 and approved the Towns at Brylee Farms development agreement. It adopted a new easements chapter and the public art plan, and tabled the Facilities Master Plan until after the Strategic Planning Conference. All votes were 5-0.

From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.

Decisions at a glance

Agenda, item by item

  1. Item 1.A · Development

    Eagle Mountain East retail concept plan (work session)

    Discussed · Northeast corner of SR-73 and Spring Run Parkway (parcel 58:033:0628)

    Planner Steven Lehmitz presented a concept for 7.59 acres of a 27.35-acre parcel at the northeast corner of SR-73 and Spring Run Parkway. Applicants Lewis Swain and Cortni Chandler addressed the council. Code requires a master site plan for parcels over 5 acres, which the applicant will submit later.

    • Acres: 7.59 of 27.35
  2. Item 1.B · Presentation

    Utah Inland Port Authority presentation (work session)

    Discussed

    Scott Wolford and Jenna Draper explained how inland ports and the authority operate.

  3. Item 1.C · City code

    Moderate Income Housing Strategy 5 (work session)

    Discussed

    Planner Elizabeth Fewkes said Strategy 5 calls for an ordinance requiring at least 10% of new residential development in certain residential zones to be moderate-income housing, with a council adoption deadline of Dec. 31, 2024. Staff incorporated feedback from the council (Sept. 17) and Planning Commission (Sept. 24).

  4. Item 9-12 · Other

    Consent agenda: bond releases, site plan, city manager appointment, wayfinding signs and Brylee Farms agreement

    Approved · 5-0

    Items were bond releases for Overland Village 2 Phase A Plat 2 (into warranty) and Deer Haven, Overland Phase D Plat 1 and Simpson Hollow Plat 5 (out of warranty); the Strides Pediatric Therapy site plan; a resolution appointing the city manager effective Dec. 30, 2024 with an agreement for city manager services; an agreement with Impact Signs for six wayfinding signs; and the Towns at Brylee Farms development agreement. Amounts are not stated in the minutes.

    • ContractAmount not given to Impact Signs Six wayfinding signs

    Moved by Council Member Melissa Clark, seconded by Council Member Jared Gray. Vote: 5-0

    Follow Overland Phase D in the development tracker →

    Follow Deer Haven in the development tracker →

    Follow Brylee Farms in the development tracker →

  5. Item 13.A · City code

    Easements: definitions and new Chapter 17.59

    Approved · 5-0

    Lehmitz presented an amendment adding an easement definition to EMMC 17.10.030 and a new chapter setting easement standards. The item was tabled Oct. 15 when the hearing was continued. No one spoke at the hearing, which closed at 7:24 p.m.

    Moved by Council Member Brett Wright, seconded by Council Member Donna Burnham. Vote: 5-0

  6. Item 14.A · Roads and utilities

    Eagle Mountain City Facilities Master Plan

    Tabled · 5-0

    Scott Holmes and Matt Green of Galloway presented the plan as a long-range guide for facility development and upgrades. Council Member Donna Burnham's motion to accept the Galloway report as a guideline for future adoption died for lack of a second. The council then voted to table the resolution until after the Strategic Planning Conference.

    Moved by Council Member Brett Wright, seconded by Council Member Rich Wood. Vote: 5-0

  7. Item 14.B · Parks

    Public Art Plan

    Approved · 5-0

    Grants Coordinator Natalie Winterton presented the plan, which sets the city's goals and vision for public art and will guide future investments.

    Moved by Council Member Brett Wright, seconded by Council Member Donna Burnham. Vote: 5-0

  8. Item 15.A · City code

    Legislative priorities list: review of residential zones chapter

    Approved · 5-0

    Director of Legislative Affairs Clifford Strachan presented updates. The council added a review of EMMC Chapter 17.25 (Residential Zones) to the list.

    Moved by Council Member Jared Gray, seconded by Council Member Brett Wright. Vote: 5-0

What residents said

Two written comments were submitted; the minutes do not summarize them.