When I was doing some research, specifically looking into a Park in a Patterson Subdivision, I found something I thought was interesting. The name Craig C Mortensen keeps coming up in most of my searches. Craig is the Registered Agent for over 125 different Utah Business Entities including Patterson Homes, LLC, Patterson Faimly Enterprises, LLC,…
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Interview With Eagle Mountain Assistant City Administrator – Steve Mumford
Can you give some background about your experience and what your current responsibilities are? I began working at Eagle Mountain City in 2007 as a senior planner. After about a year I was hired as the interim planning director and became the planning director soon thereafter. In early 2016, I was asked to take over…
Read moreEagle Mountain Housing Prices
Buying a home can at times be like playing Roullet in a Las Vegas casino. Do I sell, do I buy, and what price do I do it at. These are questions that a lot of residents of Eagle Mountain and the surrounding area are asking themselves. What things influence the price you can expect…
Read moreOfficials Take Tour Of Eagle Mountain To Discuss Possible Wildlife Corridor
On August 31st, the Eagle Mountain Nature and Wildlife Alliance invited officials to tour Eagle Mountain and get a look at the open space it has to offer. The tour included a trip to the top of Turtle Hill where they could view Hidden and Cedar Valleys. Representative Ben McAdams discussed the visit on his…
Read moreHow Can We Change City Code?
I get asked a lot of questions about Eagle Mountain. A couple of the questions that I hear most often are: “What does City Code say about this…” as well as “How can I change City Code?”. This article hopefully will give you enough information that you will be able to answer both of those…
Read moreFivemile Pass May Become Fee-Based, Daily-Use Permit BLM Area
The US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is looking at making an area located along Highway 73 in Tooele County and the Cedar Valley near Eagle Mountain a special use area. They are currently doing an Environmental Assessment with a project name of Fivemile Pass Special Area Designation. “The Bureau of…
Read moreHoofbeats to Healing – Moving to Eagle Mountain
“Hoofbeats to Healing is dedicated to providing therapeutic horse back riding in Saratoga Springs, Utah. We use an effective natural approach to therapeutic horse back riding via Missouri Fox Trotter and Andalusian horses. Based on the theory of Cross hemispheric integration, which is if a child didn’t crawl correctly their brain may not be mapped…
Read more7-11 Proposal Passes Planning Commission With 5-0 Vote, Now on to City Council
On June 23rd, 2020 the Planning Commission held a public hearing for a conditional use permit for a 7-11 in the Porter’s Crossing area. The Planning Commission approved the proposal with a 5-0 vote. There has been some heated discussion on the topic and several resident groups submitted papers and research either opposed to or…
Read moreEagle Mountain to Discuss Annexation of 200+ Acres in Cedar Valley
The Eagle Mountain City Council on June 16th, 2020 will be discussing the possibility of the annexation of approximately 204.69 acres. The process of annexation will incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city. In this case, the acreage will be moved from the jurisdiction of Utah County…
Read moreMcDonald’s Coming To Eagle Mountain
During the April 22nd City Council meeting, the City Council unanimously approved a proposal for a McDonalds’s to be built in the Ranches area of Eagle Mountain. The proposal was the following, “This application is for a site plan for a McDonald’s restaurant located on Porter’s Crossing Town Center Lot 3, which is approximately 0.974…
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