Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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The Lehi City Council held its regular meeting on April 23, 2024, featuring both a pre-council session and a regular evening session. Before the main meeting, the council received a presentation on the ongoing Alpine School District split discussions, a briefing from Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), and a report from Lehi Youth Council members who had recently traveled to Washington, D.C. The council also recognized Lehi's parks program with the Utah Recreation and Parks Association (URPA) Innovation of the Year Award, honoring the city's creative approach to parks programming. Among the substantive actions taken, the council approved co-naming a portion of Center Street between 2600 North and 3200 North to "Falcon Way," a recognition that honors the Lehi High School mascot and reflects the community identity of that corridor. In a more consequential infrastructure decision, the council adopted updated impact fee ordinances for sewer and pressurized irrigation systems. The adopted ordinance updated both the Impact Fee Facilities Plan and the underlying fee analysis, adjusting what new development projects will pay to fund future infrastructure capacity — a change with direct implications for the cost of new construction and development throughout Lehi. The April 23 meeting came just one day before a major civic milestone: on April 24, Mayor Mark Johnson and the full city council broke ground on Lehi's new city hall and library complex, a $31 million project designed to evoke the historic Lehi Tabernacle. Future council meetings will continue the FY2025 budget process and are expected to address ongoing discussions about the Alpine School District split, which the council formally joined just six days later.