On Jan 2nd, 2018 the Eagle Mountain City Council approved the Sunset Flats subdivision. Shortly after Mayor Tom Westmoreland, council member Donna Burnham and council member Melissa Clark were sworn in, they voted on the proposed Sunset Flats Master Development Plan (MDP) and Master Development Agreement (MDA). The Ordinance and Resolution passed with a 5-0 vote. The plan was originally brought before the City Council on September 5, 2017. At that point the City Council voted against the plan. The developer then made modifications and resubmitted the modified plan on October 17, 2017. The new plan was brought back before the City Council. The City Staff reports states, “The applicant has responded to concerns by City Council and redesigned the project. The applicant removed the multi-family units, substantially reducing the overall number of units, removed the commercial storage component, included a connection to the road serving the high school, reduced and combined the amount of improved open space.”
The lots sizes range from 1/4 acre to 2 acres in size. 310 of the 384 home sites are in the 1/4 to 1/3 acre size range.
The plan also includes two improved parks. The largest of the two parks is located in the South-West corner of the development. It is a seven acre park and includes several different amenities.
The second park is a 2.8 acre trial head park that is designed to give residents access to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Land that is located East of the Sunset Flats Development. The Trial head park is located close to the 2 acre and 1/2 acre lots on the East boarder of the development.
Development also protects open space by including 25.47 acres of unimproved open space, along Lake Mountain Road and along the power line corridor.
The Eagle Mountain Kestrel Project on their Instagram account had this to say about the open space, “A nice piece of habitat will remain wild as of tonight. This powerline corridor has a few man-made nest sites that have been successful over the past few years. The result of the council meeting is that it will remain unimproved space which is great news for these falcons.” @eagle_mountain_kestrel_project
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I haven’t seen anything more on this development. My home butts up right against the development on the south side. However, today I noticed a silt fence installed along Bobby Wren Blvd. I wonder if they are starting construction. Thank you for the info.