Orem council rezones 1.96 acres on Carterville Road to R12 and approves new COVID-19 grant awards
January 12, 2021, 3:00 p.m. · Orem City Center, 56 North State Street (held electronically)
The council approved a rezone from R20 to R12 so a Carterville Road property can be split into three lots, and approved CDBG-CV grants for the Boys and Girls Club, Centro Hispano and others. A work session backed a 10-million-gallon water tank at Community Park and a utility revenue bond.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Roads and utilities
Ten-million-gallon water storage tank and utility bond (work session)
No action
Public Works Manager Chris Tschirki said Vineyard decided to build its own tank, so Orem will build one at the Community Park property, which has a conservation easement requiring the area be restored; the Public Works Advisory Commission approved the location. The cost, with a well and replacing a park pavilion, is targeted for bonding. Financial advisor Laura Lewis said the city would use about $17 million of cash to lower bond rates. The council generally favored the location and the bond process.
Public safety
Public Safety Advisory Commission (work session)
Discussed
City Attorney Heather Schriever proposed creating a commission to advise the police and fire departments and give residents input on public safety. She said it would not act as a civilian use-of-force review or disciplinary board. The proposal would come to the council at its next meeting.
Roads and utilities
Road funding requests to state Senator Michael Kennedy (work session)
Discussed
Mayor Brunst asked the new state senator to support funding to widen Geneva Road alongside temple construction, a project City Manager Jamie Davidson said MAG estimates at about $25 million, and to speed up the 1600 North widening from I-15 to State Street, estimated at about $40 million, for which the city has bought eight homes.
Presentation
Hale Center Theater Orem fundraising and other updates (work session)
Discussed
Theater representatives said they raised $2.5 million with a possible $1.5 million more from two donors and need another $6 million. Staff also reviewed about $7.5 million of 2020 capital projects and 2021 plans, and a state counseling program funded by FEMA.
Item 9.1 · Budget
CDBG-CV COVID-19 awards for public service projects
Approved · 6-0
Under the first round ($411,983) the council allocated $60,000 to the Boys and Girls Club for after-school PPE and technology, $5,000 to Project Read, $7,776 to House of Hope, $6,000 to the Senior Friendship Center for holiday meals and $29,556.66 to Centro Hispano for a digital inclusion program. From a second round of $287,940, $258,049.16 goes to public service projects and $29,890.84 to Centro Hispano. Council members stressed audits and eligible spending. House of Hope and Project Read representatives thanked the council.
- Grant$60,000 to Boys and Girls Club
- Grant$5,000 to Project Read
- Grant$7,776 to House of Hope
- Grant$6,000 to Orem Senior Friendship Center
- Grant$59,448 to Centro Hispano
Item 9.2 · Zoning
Rezone 1.96 acres on Carterville Road from R20 to R12
Approved · 6-0
A homeowner asked to split two lots into three, keeping the existing house on a 1.26-acre lot and creating two new lots of about 18,177 and 16,853 square feet along Carterville Road. The R20 zone requires 20,000 square feet; R12 requires 12,000, and the General Plan's Low Density Residential designation supports it. Several neighbors attended a neighborhood meeting with no objections. A neighbor wrote that they would prefer one home but did not object and asked that the new houses be sited with care.
- Acres: 1.96
- Current zone → proposed: R20 → R12
What residents said
Space between new homes and existing homes on Carterville Road
No public comments were received in the personal appearances period.