Lehi council work session reviews draft parks master plan and noise ordinance changes
August 5, 2025, 3:50 p.m. · Lehi City Hall, 153 N. 100 East
In a work session the Lehi City Council reviewed a preliminary Parks and Recreation Master Plan with 24 goals and 82 action items, and proposed changes to the noise ordinance including monitoring devices costing about $20,700 to buy. The city learned $2.5 million of a requested $4 million had been granted for a lakeshore transportation study. The only votes were on the consent agenda and adjournment.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 3.1 · Parks
Parks and Recreation Master Plan preliminary draft
Discussed
Consultants from Design Workshop presented a plan after 18 months of public input. Park acreage meets national standards, but the plan recommends another indoor recreation facility, Legacy Center renovations, more baseball fields and more programming for teens and adults; classes have waitlists. It sets five themes, 24 goals and 82 action items over 10 to 20 years, with near-term priorities including Family Park phase two, Willow Park, Jordan Willows, indoor recreation and aquatics studies and ball netting at the Sports Park. A survey found 79% willing to fund new parks investments. Council members discussed funding sources, school joint use, staffing, the PARC tax split between parks and arts, and priorities between Dry Creek and Mellor-Rhoads Park.
Item 3.2 · City code
Proposed amendments to the noise ordinance (Chapter 3)
Discussed
Kim Struthers presented changes: 'industrial zone' becomes 'light industrial', 'microphone' becomes 'sound level meter', limits follow the most restrictive zoning at the affected property line, measurements are taken at the affected property, and exemptions are expanded to athletic events and normal road traffic noise. Measurement devices would be at the property line, three feet above ground and five feet from walls. Craig Chambers said only two noise cases reached him in nine years and more than 130 complaints have been resolved. Staff estimated renting a monitoring device at about $2,000 a month or buying one at about $20,700 plus subscriptions. Council Member Condie and Council Member Hancock favored lower-end devices to start; Hancock asked for a list of approved devices residents could use; the mayor raised tampering, and the administrator suggested a trail camera.
- Purchase$20,700
- Purchase$2,000
Item 2.1 · Other
Consent: pressurized irrigation metering purchase order and Utah Valley HOME Consortium renewal (Resolution 2025-56)
Approved · 5-0
The council approved a purchase order for the pressurized irrigation metering project and the automatic renewal of the Utah Valley HOME Consortium agreement.
Roads and utilities
Lake crossing environmental study funding (administrative report)
Discussed
City Administrator Jason Walker said $2.5 million of a requested $4 million has been granted for an environmental study along the lakeshore, a step toward a possible lake crossing to ease east-west traffic. Mayor Johnson said the study will be scoped to the budget.
- Grant$2.50 million
What residents said
Indoor recreation capacityPark staffingNoise enforcement