Council approves Williams natural gas power facility for Meta expansion with conditions and QTS technology overlay rezone; tables Eagle's Landing amendment
March 3, 2026, 4:00 p.m. · Eagle Mountain City Council Chambers, 1650 E Stagecoach Run, Eagle Mountain, Utah
After a session that ended at 12:10 a.m., the council approved a development agreement with Williams (Will-Power UT, LLC) for a natural gas power facility on the Stadion parcel supporting Meta's data center expansion, with four conditions including simple-cycle technology only, and rezoned eight parcels to the Regional Technology and Industry overlay for QTS. It tabled a fifth amendment to the Overland agreement for the Eagle's Landing shopping center, and adopted a slope development ordinance. All votes were 5-0 except a 4-1 vote to table a weathering-steel fence request.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 1.A · Other
Mortgage Assistance Program update (work session)
Discussed
Kiara Polee and Jacinda Montano of Ultimate Home Lending requested direction on unassigned funds.
Item 1.B · Development
Setback exception request PLGA-26-8 (work session)
Discussed
Planner Mickie Mills presented a homeowner's setback exception request and the council gave direction.
Item 1.C · Development
Chapel at Meadow Ranch concept plan (work session)
Discussed
Staff discussed converting a private recreational facility into a religious and cultural meeting hall. The Planning Commission is generally supportive and parking is the main concern.
Item 8-10 · Appointment
Awards and appointments
Approved · 5-0
APWA recognized the Eagle Mountain Boulevard and Pony Express Parkway signal project (contractor BHI, designer Horrocks) and City Engineer David Salazar. The council appointed Jay Johnson (1-year), ShaRee Curtis and Charlotte Ducos (2-year) and Steve Conger and Jessie Southworth (3-year) to the Community Services Board, and Debra Kimbrough to the Senior Advisory Board for three years, each unanimously.
Item 12-16 · Contract
Consent agenda: bond releases, waterline and signal change orders, One Call Auto site plan, Well #9 purchase
Approved · 5-0
Items included Hidden Hollow Phase C Plat 3 (into warranty) and Phase B Plat 2 (out of warranty) bond releases; change order #1 for the Pony Express parallel waterline with Rino Construction; change orders #2 and #3 for the 2025 traffic signal at Eagle Mountain Boulevard and Pony Express Parkway with BHI; the One Call Auto site plan; and a resolution approving a real property purchase and sale agreement with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Well #9. No amounts are stated.
- Change orderAmount not given to Rino Construction
- Change orderAmount not given to BHI
- Land dealAmount not given to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Item 17.A · Development
Overland master development agreement, fifth amendment (Eagle's Landing)
Tabled · 5-0
Draper and a representative of Anderson Wahlen and Associates said a 53-acre commercial parcel was sold to a developer working with Kroger on a shopping center. No one spoke at the hearing. The council tabled it to return later.
- Acres: 53 commercial
Item 17.B · Contract
Professional services agreement with Economic and Planning Systems for Eagle's Landing
Approved · 5-0
A consulting market study for tax increment bond financing of off-site infrastructure, selected with LRB Public Finance Advisors and expected to take one to three months. No amount is stated.
- ContractAmount not given to Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
Item 18.A · City code
Fencing ordinance: weathering steel for residential perimeter fencing, EMMC 17.60 and 17.10
Tabled · 4-1
A resident-initiated proposal would allow pre-weathered weathering steel fencing; staff recommended denial. No one spoke. A motion by Council Member Rich Wood to deny died for lack of a second. The council tabled it to return at a future work session, with Wood opposed.
Item 18.B · Zoning
QTS-SCL 2 rezone to the Regional Technology and Industry overlay
Approved · 5-0
Senior Planner David Stroud presented a rezone of eight parcels to the overlay zone, and a QTS Data Centers representative answered questions. At the 9:30 to 9:38 p.m. hearing, speakers opposed the rezone on health risk and proximity to a school and homes, and another discussed nuclear reactors.
- Applicant: QTS Data Centers
Item 18.C · City code
Slope development ordinance, EMMC 15.80, 17.10, 17.25 and 17.100
Approved · 5-0
Senior Planner Robert Hobbs presented the ordinance tabled Jan. 20. No one spoke. The council adopted it with a typo correction.
Item 19.A · Taxes and fees
Fee for minor site plan amendments
Approved · 5-0
Stroud presented a fee to recover processing costs. No one spoke. The amount is not stated.
Item 20.A · City code
Senior Citizens Advisory Board, new Chapter 2.65
Approved · 5-0
Assistant to the City Manager Natalie Winterton presented the ordinance enacting the board.
Item 20.B · Development
Development agreement with Williams (Will-Power UT, LLC) for a natural gas power facility
Approved with conditions · 5-0
City Attorney Marcus Draper presented a co-located natural gas power facility on the Stadion parcel supporting the Meta data center expansion. Requested exceptions included sound up to 75 decibels (the nighttime limit is 65) and above-ground distribution lines. A Williams representative responded. The council approved with conditions: simple-cycle natural gas technology only, additional property limited to the Stadion LLC parcel under the October 2025 agreement, operation within five years with possible extension, and trees along Pony Express Parkway under city code 16.35.080. Public commenters opposed the plant over emissions, noise and its location.
- Applicant: Williams (Will-Power UT, LLC)
- Exceptions: sound up to 75 dB (night limit 65 dB); above-ground distribution lines
Item 21.A · Other
America250 Utah community committee
Approved · 5-0
Deputy City Manager Steve Mumford presented a resolution supporting America250 Utah and approving the Eagle Mountain Utah250 Community Committee.
Item 22.A · Other
Legislative priorities: bitcoin as payment method
Approved · 5-0
After Council Member Zachory Huish asked for research on paying utility bills with cryptocurrency, the council added a study of bitcoin as a payment method.
What residents said
Natural gas plant emissions and noiseData center growth
Public commenters opposed the natural gas plant (emissions, noise, location) and asked that additional data centers be denied or reevaluated.