Monday, April 13, 2026
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The Lehi City Council held a Work Session on April 13, 2026 to preview and discuss several items ahead of future regular council meetings. Work sessions are informal review gatherings where council members receive staff briefings and ask questions; formal votes are not taken. The session covered two major topic areas: the annual PARC tax cultural organization grant cycle and proposed changes to the city's development code governing auto sales. The bulk of the session focused on the 2026 Parks, Arts, Recreation, and Culture (PARC) tax grant program. The PARC tax, approved by Lehi voters in November 2021, dedicates a portion of its annual revenue — roughly $400,000 each year — to cultural organization grants for nonprofits and arts groups operating in the community. The council reviewed a summary of the grant applications submitted during the 2026 cycle, whose deadline was January 21, 2026, and heard the formal recommendations of the PARC Advisory Committee, a volunteer citizen panel that evaluates applications and forwards ranked recommendations to the council. The council also reviewed minutes from the PARC Advisory Committee's March 3, 2026 meeting. Specific dollar amounts allocated to individual organizations and the names of applicants will be acted on at a subsequent regular council meeting. The second topic was a proposed amendment to Lehi City's development code addressing automobile sales in commercial and nonresidential zones. Staff presented proposed changes to Chapter 12 (Development Standards) and the corresponding table of uses (Section TBL05.030-B) that would clarify or adjust how and where auto sales operations are permitted across the city's commercial zone types. The details of the proposed language changes were previewed for council feedback before the item advances through the formal public hearing and adoption process. Next steps include a regular council session at which the PARC grant allocations are expected to be voted on and the auto sales code amendment will likely be referred to the Planning Commission for a public hearing prior to any final council action.