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Photo by Mike Kieffer via Discussion of EM General Plan Eagle Mountain City Council and Planning Commission work on new General Plan January 17, 2018, 7:10 amThe meeting was to discuss the new General Plan that the city staff and consultants have been working on for the last couple of years. The plan is currently in Phase 6 of 8. According to the consultants' website (http://www.planeaglemountain.com/project-schedule.html) Phase 6, the Formulate Draft Plan will continue into February of 2018. Then it will move to Phase 7, the Approval Process, which will finish in May 2018. Phase 8, the Publish Final Plan, is also scheduled for May 2018. Earlier in the year, the city arranged an open house to show three concept maps. This Draft includes details from all three of those maps, including changes based on City Staff and Resident input. The draft also has been reviewed by a Steering Committee as well as a focus group. The last open house for public input was held at Nolan Park during Pony Express days on June 30, 2017. The 114 page plan that was presented to the City Council and Planning Commission was created by CRSA, Zions Public Finance, Inc, and Alta Planning and Design. CRSA's website states this about the general plan, "What is a General Plan? Simply put, a City's General Plan is its constitution for development. It is comprised of elements that provide a comprehensive slate of citywide policies and strategies for growth and development." It continues, "The purpose of the General Plan update is to analyze the changes that have occurred in the community and to formulate goals, policies, and implementation measures to guide future development of the City." A representative from CRSA did a presentation explaining the process used to create the Draft plan, as well as some general information on the layout of the plan. The Council and Commission were broken up into two groups and given large copies of the map. They were asked to write suggestions and comments on the map. The map divides the city into different types of zoning and neighborhood areas. The residential categories included: Agricultural Conservation; Conservation Neighborhood One and Two; Rural Density One and Two; Neighborhood Residential One, Two and Three. The Mixed Use/Commercial Categories included: Community Commercial; Town Center Mixed Use; Regional Commercial; Employment Center/Campus; Business Park/Light Industrial. There were also areas for Public/Civic that included: Civic Use/Schools; Parks and Open Space. It was noted by City Staff that code changes will need to also be made in the future to allow areas to be zoned with the new general plan guidelines. After the city council and commission discussed the maps, each group selected a spokesperson to share what they had discussed as CRSA consolidated the maps. Tom Westmoreland, current city Council Member and Mayor-Elect, talked for one of the groups and Muriel Xochimitl, a former Planning Commission member that was recently replaced by Brett Wright or DeLin Anderson, talked for the second group. The City Council and Planning Commission discussed their concerns about transportation, open space, and other city growth topics. Their input was recorded by CRSA and will be used in finalizing the document. I felt the public should have a copy of the draft that was discussed, so I did a GRAMA request with the city for the 114-page draft document. The GRAMA request was denied based on the fact that no City Council action was taken, and the document has not been finalized. The document will be available to the public after receiving more public feedback in the future. Until then the document will be considered protected. The CRSA website states this about the draft document, "As we work on the General Plan update we will post a draft document for you to comment on and give us feedback. Please check back periodically for these updates." The full draft document has never been posted for review by the public, but they have posted several scenario maps for public input. People in Attendance City Council: Ben Reeves, Colby Curtis, and Tom Westmoreland (Mayor-Elect) Council Elect: Melissa Clark, and Donna Burnham Planning Commission: John Linton, Matt Everett, Rich Wood, Brett Wright, and DeLin Anderson. City Staff: Steve Mumford (Development Director), Michael Hadley (Planning Manager), Tayler Jensen (Planner), and Fionnula Kofoed (City Recorder) Residents: Tyler Shimakonis, Mike Kieffer, and Muriel Xochimitl (former Planning Commission member) The community news source for Eagle Mountain Utah, Saratoga Springs Utah, Lehi Utah, American Fork Utah, Highland Utah, Alpine Utah, and The Cedar Valley, including Cedar Fort Utah and Fairfield Utah. Copyright 2024 The Crossroads Journal LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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