Orem council tables FrontRunner station area plan, appoints new city engineer
August 13, 2024, 4:00 p.m. · Orem City Center, 56 North State Street
The council held a work session, then a regular session. It tabled the resolution approving the FrontRunner station area plan as to form, appointed Taggart Bowen city engineer and designated the first week of May as Kindness Week. Residents asked for a pump track and a crosswalk study.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
| Item | Result |
|---|---|
| Alpine Aqueduct reroute update | Discussed |
| Orem FrontRunner Station Area Plan presentation | Discussed |
| Canyon Park Tech Center tour | No action |
| Citizen's budget presentation | Discussed |
| Metropolitan Water District of Orem appointment | Approved · 6-0 |
| Appointment of Taggart Bowen as City Engineer | Approved · 6-0 |
| Resolution designating the first week of May as Kindness Week | Approved · 6-0 |
| Resolution authorizing temporary judges for the Orem Justice Court | Approved · 6-0 |
| Resolution approving the Orem FrontRunner Station Area Plan as to form | Tabled · 6-0 |
Agenda, item by item
Item Work session · Roads and utilities
Alpine Aqueduct reroute update
Discussed
A project manager for the Central Utah Water Conservancy District said the aqueduct, which supplies about 60% of Orem's drinking water, crosses an ancient landslide and several fault lines. The district plans to reroute it with a tunnel and vertical shaft and seismic-resistant pipe made in Japan, over two construction seasons starting in the fall. Residential streets used as haul routes will be milled and overlaid afterward, the district will request a non-exclusive easement on 1060 North and 1360 East, and it will run a hotline and notify the council of neighborhood meetings. Design was 90% complete.
Item Work session · General plan
Orem FrontRunner Station Area Plan presentation
Discussed
Senior Planner Grant Allen presented the chosen scenario for the Orem FrontRunner station area plan, which goes to the Mountainland Association of Governments (MAG) for certification, with a policy committee meeting on Sept. 18 and a state deadline of Dec. 31, 2025. Council Member LaNae Millett said she wanted the plan more targeted and less general and asked to postpone the resolution; the council planned to table it.
Item Work session · Other
Canyon Park Tech Center tour
No action
The mayor, council and executive staff toured the Canyon Park Tech Center, which has 12 buildings.
Presentation
myHometown program update
Discussed
Volunteer leaders described the myHometown program for the Geneva Heights area: a community resource center with classes, neighborhood service days (six per year) and community parties. More than 40 service volunteers were in place and a grand opening was set for Aug. 24.
Budget
Citizen's budget presentation
Discussed
Budget Division Manager Trevor Bell presented a simplified citizen's budget meant to make the 297-page city budget easier to understand. It will go online and be available at the 311 help center and library, and will be presented alongside the full budget in future years.
Item Consent · Appointment
Metropolitan Water District of Orem appointment
Approved · 6-0
The council approved the appointment of Dave Faux to the Metropolitan Water District of Orem.
Appointment
Appointment of Taggart Bowen as City Engineer
Approved · 6-0
The council approved Taggart Bowen as city engineer; he was sworn in.
Other
Resolution designating the first week of May as Kindness Week
Approved · 6-0
The resolution sets the first week of May as Kindness Week, part of a process to become a 'City of Kindness', and lets the city appropriate funds for related efforts.
Appointment
Resolution authorizing temporary judges for the Orem Justice Court
Approved · 6-0
Allows judges appointed to justice courts in the 4th District or adjacent counties, and senior judges, to fill in temporarily for the city's full-time justice court judge.
General plan
Resolution approving the Orem FrontRunner Station Area Plan as to form
Tabled · 6-0
The council tabled the resolution, as signaled in the work session.
What residents said
Pump track requestCrosswalk at 600 North and 800 EastAqueduct construction impactsStation area plan scope
Caleb and Peter Duncan asked the city to build a pump track. Kevin Elmer asked for a feasibility study of a crosswalk near 600 North and 800 East, where the speed limit is 35 mph.