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The City Council of Eagle Mountain made a number of changes to code, approved building designs, and other legislative actions. Below is a list of the actions the City Council voted on. I am excluding the consent agenda, board appointments, and other inconsequential legislative actions.
Legislative Actions for 2020
January 21, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Overland Phase D – Preliminary Plat (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Approving the Third Amendment to the Fiscal year 2019-2020 Budget (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending the Eagle Mountain Municipal Code Chapter 17.80 Sign Regulations and Sign Permits. (PASSED – Nay Jared Gray)
- Disposal of Significant Real Property – Identified as a Portion of Utah County Parcel Number 58:040:0191 (PASSED)
- Site Plan – Parkway Crossroads (PASSED)
- Resolution – Approving a Sole Source Procurement of a Sensus by Zylem Advance Metering Infrastructure Network through Mountainland Supply Company. (PASSED)
February 4, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Rocky Mountain Power Franchise Agreement (PASSED)
- Holiday Oil – Sunset Drive Preliminary Plat & Site Plan (PASSED)
- JJ Ranches – Preliminary Plat (TABLED)
- Resolution – Amending the Policies and Procedures Manual, to Adopt the Fleet Policies and Procedures Manual as an Appendix to the Policies and Procedures Manual. (PASSED)
February 18, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Site Plan – SilverLake South 21 & 24 (TABLED)
- Ordinance – Amending Eagle Mountain Municipal Code Chapter 15.50 Storm Drains (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending the Eagle Mountain Municipal Code Chapter 17.80 Sign Regulations and Sign Permits (PASSED)
- Resolution – Approving the Fourth Amendment to the Pole Canyon Annexation and Master Development Agreement (PASSED)
March 17, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Hidden Hollow Phase B – Amended Site Plan (PASSED)
- Agreement – Transportation Reimbursement Agreement Between Eagle Mountain City, Utah and Flagship Homes (PASSED)
- Site Plan – SilverLake South 21 & 24 (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Transient Room Tax (PASSED)
April 7, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Site Plan – Ranches Golf Course Event Barn (PASSED – Nay Colby Curtis)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Chapter 17.35 Commercial Zone (PASSED)
April 21, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Site Plan – McDonald’s (PASSED – Part of consent agenda)
- Site Plan Amendment – Available Storage (FAILED – NAY Colby Curtis, Melissa Clark, and Jared Gray)
- Resolution – Extension of Mayor’s March 16, 2020 Proclamation Declaring a Local State of Emergency for Eagle Mountain City (PASSED – NAY Colby Curtis)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Section 15.80.050 Retaining Walls in PUEs (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Rezone Carson Crossing West/LCS from Town Core Residential to Community Commercial (PASSED)
May 5, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Plat Amendment – Parkway Crossroads (PASSED – Part of consent agenda)
- Ordinance – Updated Impact Fee Enactment for a Parks and Recreation Impact Fee (TABLED)
- Ordinance – Updated Impact Fee Enactment for a Storm Water Impact Fee (TABLED)
- Ordinance – Updated Impact Fee Enactment for a Culinary Water Impact Fee (TABLED)
- Ordinance – Updated Impact Fee Enactment for a Transportation Impact Fee (TABLED)
- Resolution – Revised Sage Park Business Center Development Agreement (TABLED)
- Resolution – Adopting Eagle Mountain City Tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 (PASSED)
May 19, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Resolution – Adopting the Municipal Wastewater Planning Program, 2019 Annual Survey (PASSED – Part of the Consent Agenda)
- Ordinance – Adopting the Eagle Mountain City Fiscal year 2020-2021 Budget (PASSED)
- Resolution – Revised Sage Park Business Center Development Agreement (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Updated Impact Fee Enactment for Storm Water Impact Fees (PASSED
- Ordinance – Updated Impact Fee Enactment for a Culinary Water Impact Fee (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Updated Impact Fee Enactment for Transportation Impact Fee (TABLED second time)
June 2, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.-
Ordinance – Arrival (PASSED)
- Arrival Phase B Preliminary Plat Amendment (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Chapter 17.35 Commercial Zones (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Chapter 17.80 Sign Regulations and Sign Permits (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Repealing the Regulations in Chapter 17.45 Airpark Zone (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Updated Impact Fee Enactment for a Parks and Recreation Impact Fee (PASSED) Note: See my editorial on the Public Comment section of this item.
June 16, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Resolution – Amending the City Policies and Procedures Manual and Adopting a Fraud Prevention Policy (PASSED – Part of the Consent Agenda)
- Resolution – Amending the Consolidated Fee Schedule for Central Water Project Water Use Rates (PASSED – Part of the Consent Agenda)
- Ordinance – Adopting Final Budget Amendments for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Adopting the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget and Certified Tax Rate (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Chapter 17.37 Business Park Zone (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Chapter 17.51 Warehouse Farming Overlay Zone (TABLED)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code for Flood Damage Prevention (PASSED)
- Annexation – Battlefield Annexation Petition for Further Review (PASSED)
July 7, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Resolution – Development Agreement Between Eagle Mountain City, Utah and Stadion, LLC (PASSED – Part of Consent Agenda)
- Resolution – Approving the First Amendment to the Stadion Water and Sewer Agreement (PASSED – Part of Consent Agenda)
- Resolution – Amending the City Policies and Procedures Manual (PASSED – Part of Consent Agenda)
- Resolution – Approving an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between Utah County and Eagle Mountain City for Disbursement of the Coronavirus Relief Fund. (PASSED – Part of Consent Agenda)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code, Adopting Chapter 17.51 Warehouse Farming Overlay Zone (PASSED)
- Sunset Flats – Alternative Fencing Request (PASSED)
- Site Plan – Dollar Tree (PASSED)
- Site Plan – 7-Eleven (PASSED)
July 21, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Ordinance – Approving the First Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Rezoning the Marketplace at Eagle Mountain Town Center Property to a Mix of Commercial Community, MF1, and MF2 (TABLED)
- Ordinance – Designating Certain Areas of the Sweetwater Industrial park Under the Sweetwater Industrial Overlay Zone (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Chapter 16.50 Lot Line Adjustments and Chapter 16.55 Plat Amendments (PASSED)
- Site Plan – Sweetwater Industrial park (PASSED)
- Site Plan – LBISat (PASSED)
August 4, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Resolution – Approving an Agreement between Mountainland Association of Governments and Eagle Mountain to Provide Meal Services for the senior Center (PASSED – Part of Consent Agenda)
- Resolution – Approving an interlocal Agreement between Eagle Mountain City, the City of Saratoga Springs, and Utah County for Substance Misuse Prevention Services and Communities That Care Prevention Model (PASSED – Part of Consent Agenda)
- Resolution – Approving a Cooperative Agreement Between the Utah Department of Transportation and Eagle Mountain City for the Placement of Two Engine Brakes Restricted Signs on Wride Memorial Highway. (PASSED – NAY Jared Gray)
- Ordinance – Rezone Marketplace at Eagle Mountain Town Center Property to a Mix of Commercial Community, FM1 and MF2 (PASSED)
- Agreement – Employement Contract for Position of City Administrator (PASSED- NAY Donna Burnham, and Jared Gray)
August 18, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, Jared Gray and Carolyn Love.- Agreement – Reimbursement Agreement between Eagle Mountain City, Utah and Central Utah Water Conservancy District (PASSED – Part of Consent Agenda)
- Resolution – Amending the Policies and Procedures Manual to Adopt A Remote Work Program (PASSED – Part of Consent Agenda)
- Ordinance – Rezone portion of Land on North Lake Mountain Road from Residential to Agriculture (PASSED)
- Site Plan – Master Site Plan and Preliminary Plat – Marketplace at Eagle Mountain Town Center (PASSED)
September 1, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, and Carolyn Love. Jared Gray was excused.- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Chapter 17.10 Definitions and Chapter 17.75 Standards for Special Uses (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Chapter 17.25.030 Residential Land Use Table (FAILED – Nay Colby Curtis)
- Ordinance – Annexing Butterfield Annexation (PASSED – Nay Colby Curtis)
- Resolution – Amending and Adopting the 2020 Eagle Mountain Parks, Trails, and Open Space Master Plan (TABLED)
September 15, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, and Carolyn Love. Jared Gray was excused.- Agreement – Cooperation Agreement for Visual and Performing Arts – Eagle Mountain Arts Alliance (PASSED – Part of the Consent Agenda)
- Resolution – Amending and Adopting the 2020 Eagle Mountain City Parks, Trails and Open Space Master Plan (TABLED)
October 6, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, and Carolyn Love. Jared Gray was excused.- Plat – SilverLake Plat 28 Site Plan (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Chapter 17.60 Landscaping, Buffering, Fencing and Transitioning (PASSED)
- Resolution – Amending and Adopting the 2020 Eagle Mountain City Parks, Trails and Open Space Master Plan (PASSED)
October 20, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, and Jared Gray. Carolyn Love was excused.- Ordinance – Approving the Second Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending the Municipal Code Adding Chapter 17.23 Open Space Zones (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending the Municipal Code adding Chapter 17.31 Public Facilities Zone (PASSED)
- Motion – Brylee Farms Alternate Fencing Request (PASSED – Nay Jared Gray)
November 17, 2020
Elected Officials Present Mayor Tom Westmoreland, Councilmembers Donna Burnham, Melissa Clark, Colby Curtis, and Carolyn Love. Jared Gray was excused.- Appeal – La Petite Grooming Salon Business License Appeal (APPROVED)
- Ordinance – Rezoning a Portion of land on Campus Drive to Commercial Community (PASSED)
- Motion – CJ Properties Building Site Plan (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Chapters 16.35 Development Standards for Required Public Facilities and 17.60 Landscaping, Buffering, Fencing and Transitioning (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Chapter 16.10 Master Development Plans (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Approving the Butterfield Annexation Petition and Establishing Zoning Regulations for the Lands in the Butterfield Annexation Area (PASSED)
- Resolution – Approving the Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Master Development Agreement for the Overland Development and Pony Express Parcel (PASSED)
- Concept Plan – Overland Village Two (PASSED)
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Chapters 2.05 Employees and Personnel and 2.10 Mayor, and Enacting Chapters 2.16 City Administrator and 2.27 Board Appointment Process (TABLED)
December 1, 2020
- Ordinance – Amending Municipal Code Titles 7, 16 and 17 (PASSED)
- Resolution – Approving a Development Agreement for the Marketplace at Eagle Mountain Town Center (PASSED)
- Motion – Silver Fox Cascade Master Site Plan (PASSED)
- Motion – Brylee Farms Open Space & Amenitites (Preliminary Plat Amendment) (TABLED)
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