City Council Meeting - December 9, 2025

Meeting Summary

The Lehi City Council approved two significant development agreements at its December 9, 2025 regular meeting, the last major council session of the year. The most prominent action was approval of the Water's Edge Development Agreement (Resolution #2025-92) for a mixed-use project near 1350 East Interstate Plaza Drive. The agreement authorizes up to 330 equivalent residential units alongside a required hotel, with the hotel remaining a central, revenue-generating component of the project. Council members tightened the standard terms, adding a condition requiring that at least 30 percent of the residential units be for-sale rather than exclusively rental, and tying full residential buildout to specific hotel construction milestones to prevent the commercial commitment from going unbuilt. A related general plan amendment was denied by the council, which determined the development agreement itself made the amendment unnecessary. A second major development approval was also granted at the same meeting, with the council applying additional oversight conditions to ensure that residential phases are balanced against infrastructure capacity and that promised commercial components are delivered. Together, the two approvals reflected the council's stated interest in holding developers accountable to the full project scope — not just the residential elements — and ensuring Lehi captures commercial tax revenue from mixed-use projects. The December 9 meeting was among the final regular council sessions under outgoing Mayor Mark Johnson. A special council meeting was subsequently held December 22 at which the council appointed Emily Lockhart — a former Planning Commission member who finished third in the November council race — to fill the seat vacated by Councilor Paige Albrecht's resignation. Albrecht had lost the mayoral race to Paul Binns. The new council and Mayor Binns were scheduled to be sworn in on January 6, 2026.