Council approves Big Eagle 7 rezone and Title 17 special-use rewrite, adopts membrane sewer plant design and rejects inland port resolution 2-3
April 1, 2025, 4:00 p.m. · Eagle Mountain City Council Chambers, 1650 E Stagecoach Run, Eagle Mountain, Utah
The council approved the Big Eagle 7 general plan change and rezone to Industrial with the RTI overlay, a Title 17 rewrite replacing conditional uses with special uses, a UTA park-and-ride site plan and a membrane bioreactor design with construction-manager/general-contractor delivery for the wastewater plant, all 5-0. A resolution supporting a Utah Inland Port Authority project area failed 2-3. Mayor Tom Westmoreland is not listed in any roll call.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 1.A · Other
Utah Inland Port Authority discussion (work session)
Discussed
Economic Development Director Evan Berrett and authority representatives answered council questions.
Item 1.B · Development
Trails at Hidden Valley concept plan (work session)
Discussed
Senior Planner Robert Hobbs and applicant Perry Homes discussed development issues and possible minor changes to the master development plan and agreement. The project was formerly called Lower Hidden Valley.
- Applicant: Perry Homes
Item 9-10 · Appointment
Proclamations and Cemetery Advisory Board appointment
Approved · 5-0
The council approved proclamations for Arbor Day (April 25) and Financial Literacy Month, and appointed Marian Burningham to the Cemetery Advisory Board for a term through Dec. 31, 2027.
Item 11-15 · Contract
Consent agenda: bond releases, Well #8 design amendment, Horrocks change order, municipal election agreement
Approved · 5-0
Items were bond releases (Silverlake Plats 33 and 34 and Majors Subdivision Plat 1, out of warranty), a first amendment to the Well #8 design contract with Jones and DeMille Engineering, Horrocks Engineers change order #2 for traffic signal design at Pony Express Parkway and Eagle Mountain Boulevard, an interlocal agreement with Utah County for the joint 2025 municipal election by countywide vote-by-mail, and March 18 minutes with corrections. No amounts are stated.
- ContractAmount not given to Jones & DeMille Engineering
- Change orderAmount not given to Horrocks Engineers
Item 14.A · Development
UTA park-and-ride site plan
Approved · 5-0
Planner Steven Lehmitz, a UTA representative and a UTA trustee presented a site along Pony Express Parkway under the power corridor, accessed from Rock Creek Road, with 56 stalls and a signalized HAWK crosswalk.
- Stalls: 56
- Applicant: Utah Transit Authority
Item 16.A · Budget
Fiscal 2026 CDBG projects public hearing
Discussed
Grants Coordinator Natalie Winterton reported about $200,000 in expected funding after administrative costs, or about $241,445 with reserved prior-year funds. Representatives of Family Haven, Friends of the Utah County Justice Center and Tabitha's Way presented. No one spoke at the hearing, which opened at 8:39 p.m.; written comment stayed open until April 10 and no decision was made.
Item 17.A · Roads and utilities
Release of a permanent sanitary sewer easement, retention of temporary easement
Approved · 5-0
City Attorney Marcus Draper said the easement runs from the Tyson plant to a lift station on land Oquirrh Wood Ranch plans to sell to Tract. Oquirrh Wood Ranch plans a gravity sewer line in the Pole Canyon Boulevard right-of-way to the treatment plant, eliminating the lift station, and Public Works supports it. Council Member Jared Gray disclosed unrelated business dealings with the owners outside Utah County; Draper reviewed city code and said recusal was not required. No one spoke.
Item 18.A · General plan
Big Eagle 7: general plan future land use map amendment
Approved · 5-0
Lehmitz and applicant Mitch Nelson presented a change from Regional Commercial to Business Park/Light Industry for parcel 59:047:0003. No one spoke.
Item 18.B · Zoning
Big Eagle 7: rezone from Agriculture to Industrial with RTI overlay
Approved · 5-0
The rezone applies to parcel 59:047:0003. No one spoke.
Item 18.C · City code
Title 17 zoning code amendment: special uses and land use tables
Approved · 5-0
Senior Planner Robert Hobbs presented changes replacing conditional uses with special uses, adding land use tables and relabeling sections across several chapters, as presented in the updated packet. No one spoke.
Item 19.A · Other
Resolution supporting a Utah Inland Port Authority project area in Eagle Mountain
Denied · 2-3
Berrett presented and authority representatives answered questions. The resolution failed 2-3 with Council Members Jared Gray, Rich Wood and Brett Wright opposed. The minutes do not record their reasons.
Item 20.A · Roads and utilities
Wastewater treatment technology and construction method
Approved · 5-0
City Manager Benjamin Reeves presented work by consultants AE2S and JWO evaluating oxidation ditch with disc filters, aerobic granular sludge with disc filters, and membrane bioreactor. Staff recommended the membrane bioreactor for scalability, compact footprint and high-quality reuse water despite higher energy costs, and construction-manager/general-contractor delivery over design-bid-build. No amounts or bids are listed.
Item 20.B · Taxes and fees
RAP sales tax on the 2025 ballot
Approved · 5-0
Reeves presented the option of the 0.1% Recreation, Arts and Parks tax, estimated at $593,755 on 2024 sales. Eagle Mountain's sales tax rate is 7.35%, versus 7.45% in Saratoga Springs, and voters must re-approve the tax every ten years. The council directed staff to begin analysis and preparation for a possible future ballot question.
Item 21.A · Other
Legislative priorities list
Approved · 5-0
The council moved City Hall land acquisition and the Mortgage Assistance Program to completed and added City Hall design and other Phase 1 downtown plan uses as high priority.
What residents said
One speaker in general public comment; no one spoke at the hearings.