[0:06] Oh, let's let's see.

[0:08] >> You have the remote, Gwen? Gwen home?

[0:10] So, we can get rid of that little text.

[0:13] Just go down to no.

[0:15] >> We have the remote. Just put no for now.

[0:18] >> I'll go I'll go get it. You want me?

[0:21] >> We've got We've got

[0:23] the quorum.

[0:25] >> Okay, before you jump.

[0:27] >> There it goes.

[0:28] >> Time. Great.

[0:30] >> Great.

[0:30] >> Okay, in that case we'll get started.

[0:32] Let's turn on my microphone on.

[0:34] All right, we'll get started. Um welcome

[0:36] everyone to Santaquin City Planning

[0:37] Commission meeting. It's Tuesday, May

[0:38] 12th, 2026 and we are getting started at

[0:41] 7:06

[0:43] on the dot.

[0:45] All right, everyone here would anyone

[0:46] like to get us started with an

[0:47] inspirational thought or an invocation?

[0:55] Going once. Going twice.

[0:57] >> I'll offer a prayer.

[0:57] >> Thank you.

[1:01] » My dear Father in heaven, we come before

[1:03] thee this evening

[1:05] uh grateful for the the opportunity that

[1:07] we have to be able to meet as the

[1:09] Planning Commission of Santaquin City to

[1:11] be able to

[1:12] review the applications and to be able

[1:15] to evaluate them on their merits and the material that's been provided.

[1:20] We ask for thy guidance and and to help

[1:24] the this community to grow and develop

[1:26] in in wise and and prudent ways.

[1:29] And Father, we express our gratitude for

[1:31] our responsibilities and ask for thy

[1:33] help in carrying them out. We say these

[1:34] things humbly in the name of thy son,

[1:36] Jesus Christ. Amen.

[1:38] >> Amen.

[1:38] >> Thanks, John.

[1:40] All right, would anyone like to lead us

[1:41] in the Pledge of Allegiance tonight?

[1:44] >> I can do that.

[1:45] >> Thank you.

[1:46] >> Please stand.

[1:50] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[1:53] United States of America and to the

[1:55] republic for which it stands, one nation

[1:58] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[2:01] justice for all.

[2:05] » Thank you, Commissioner Waits.

[2:09] All right.

[2:11] On the screen we have our agenda for

[2:12] tonight. So, uh we really only have one

[2:15] agenda item, so we're just going to

[2:16] proceed in that order. Um

[2:18] and it starts with a public forum. So, I

[2:21] will go ahead and open the public forum

[2:23] now at 7:07 and invite any comments if

[2:25] you all

[2:26] like to make any comments during the

[2:27] public forum.

[2:29] And if not, we will close the public

[2:30] forum at 7:07 and move right into agenda

[2:34] item number one. This is a

[2:37] uh permit renewal of the Grey Cliffs

[2:39] master grading conditional use permit.

[2:42] >> Uh thank you, Chairman and members of

[2:44] the um planning commission. It's my

[2:45] first meeting being able to to kind of

[2:47] sit up here with you. I'm Morgan Brim,

[2:49] so I was uh introduced by Jason in the

[2:51] last meeting. Spent uh a decade in in

[2:54] Vineyard, um up north, and some time in

[2:56] Virginia, and in Idaho. So, been here

[2:58] about 2 months and absolutely love

[3:00] loving Santaquin, so hopefully I can get

[3:02] to to know you all um better and be and

[3:04] be a resource as you make some really

[3:06] important land planning decisions. So,

[3:08] we have the Grey Cliffs master grading

[3:10] conditional use permit renewal um that's

[3:12] on today or um city engineer, John

[3:15] Lundell, will uh present that. Um the

[3:18] you recently reviewed the development

[3:21] agreement um

[3:23] uh request in the last meeting. Um in

[3:26] the agenda packet, that was the memo

[3:28] that you had received. We do have an

[3:30] updated memo that covers specifically

[3:32] the conditional use permit master

[3:34] grading uh renewal, so I'll pull that

[3:35] up.

[3:39] » Thank you.

[3:39] >> Thanks, yeah. I apologize for including

[3:42] the incorrect memo on this. Uh at this

[3:44] point, I think best we'll proceed with

[3:47] um

[3:48] with the review of it and um kind of

[3:51] step through the uh the application and the items on that. Then

[3:58] we'll we'll proceed with that. So,

[4:01] first this is just a bit of an

[4:03] introduction. This is

[4:05] Masquerading is currently in operation.

[4:08] Morgan, could you bring the maps up,

[4:10] please?

[4:12] Um

[4:13] Up here on the the northeast corner of Santaquin, just off of State Road

[4:19] 198. It's been in operation now. This is

[4:22] the

[4:23] approximately

[4:25] fourth year. Yeah, this will be the

[4:26] fourth year that it's been in their

[4:28] operation. It was

[4:32] in conjunction with this Masquerading

[4:34] permit that was done, a development

[4:35] agreement was uh

[4:38] coordinated and approved by the

[4:41] Santaquin City Council.

[4:43] And this Masquerading is related to that

[4:45] specific development that development

[4:48] agreement.

[4:49] A couple of items that I will point out

[4:52] before I go through each item on the

[4:55] from the code. Um

[5:00] The Masquerading is is proceeding

[5:06] fairly efficiently.

[5:08] They are working through their first the

[5:10] first phase. They are

[5:12] um in talking with Steve Larson, he's

[5:15] indicated they're roughly about to 90 to

[5:17] 95% completed on the first phase.

[5:20] There is some work that they're doing

[5:22] higher up to try to help mitigate any

[5:26] dust fugitive dust that may come off the

[5:28] site. Um as we start working our way

[5:31] into the drier summer months. Once they

[5:34] finish that up, they will pivot down

[5:36] onto the first phase and begin working

[5:39] on that.

[5:41] And so, um

[5:43] so there are including the

[5:46] development agreement that we that was

[5:47] reviewed by the planning commission last

[5:49] week, there was some uh grading

[5:51] adjustments that was anticipated with

[5:54] that development agreement. Um

[5:55] specifically,

[5:57] if you'll go to the next page on that,

[6:00] Morgan.

[6:02] Um if you'll zoom in kind of middle on

[6:04] the pink,

[6:06] that pink area.

[6:08] So, there is some modification that's

[6:11] going to be done to the uh mass grading

[6:14] permit. And this is specifically in

[6:17] relation to

[6:19] um

[6:20] future safety of the uh properties, the

[6:24] homes that will be built up there once

[6:26] they're they're ready to be built. In

[6:28] addition to allow for public safety to

[6:31] be able to access higher up on the

[6:33] mountain, and also to construct a 3.6

[6:37] acre park area that will be located in

[6:40] there. If you can kind of see that area

[6:42] park, I think it's park E,

[6:45] that um

[6:47] will be be completed

[6:49] um as as a part of mass grading.

[6:52] Uh in relationship to that, they will be

[6:54] installing a new access road that comes

[6:56] from the north,

[6:58] and extends

[7:01] um

[7:02] kind of to the south and kind of meet

[7:04] uh works its way up to that park area.

[7:08] This is a wider 20-ft access road

[7:11] um that does have some methods in there

[7:15] to help prevent uh if there's any loose

[7:18] rock that makes its way down off of that

[7:21] hill, it would be able to capture that.

[7:24] Um

[7:25] so, it acts as both an access road as

[7:27] well as a rock catch to prevent any

[7:30] rocks from rolling into the future homes

[7:31] there.

[7:32] And that basically, it's a berm that

[7:35] they'll construct there and put a fence

[7:37] along the top of that to be able to

[7:39] catch any rocks that may come down

[7:41] through there. We kind of mentioned that

[7:43] briefly in the last discussion as well.

[7:46] Um

[7:47] there are just some other minor changes

[7:49] in some of the grading um within the

[7:52] first phase, which is kind of that

[7:53] little pink area down on the bottom of

[7:55] the screen. And then the related change

[7:59] because of the road alignment as it

[8:00] comes off of Cherry Lane.

[8:03] So, those are kind of the major

[8:05] grading changes that are associated with

[8:07] this one.

[8:08] Um

[8:10] and

[8:11] uh in the the maps that were shown,

[8:14] they're they are showing their their

[8:16] phasing related to that. There's not a

[8:19] any real

[8:20] too big a change on the phasing that was

[8:22] done previously.

[8:24] Only really kind of a projected dates on

[8:27] there. Again, what's shown on there

[8:29] really are projected dates. If you go to

[8:32] the second sheet there, Morgan.

[8:35] And in the top left corner,

[8:38] they say they they do uh

[8:41] show projected dates for that. As I

[8:43] mentioned before, the first phase is is

[8:45] getting pretty close to finishing up on

[8:48] there.

[8:49] And there is speaking with with Mr.

[8:52] Larson, they don't intend to begin

[8:56] really working

[8:57] fully in phase two until they finish up

[9:00] the rest of They are They are again do

[9:01] some work in phase two, but they'll

[9:04] finish up all phase one before they

[9:06] really get going in the second phase.

[9:09] So, any other any questions on that so

[9:13] far?

[9:14] Mhm.

[9:17] All right. Well,

[9:18] yep. Um

[9:20] I guess we'll just kind of step through.

[9:21] If you'll pull my memo up, Morgan.

[9:24] And again, I apologize I didn't have

[9:25] this to you before, but if you scroll

[9:27] down to the second page,

[9:32] basically each one of these items

[9:35] what is part of the review

[9:38] um for these this conditional use. Um

[9:41] you say this

[9:42] uh conditional use basically it's a

[9:46] permitted use that allow that also

[9:48] allows us to add some of that extra

[9:49] conditions due to the impact that it

[9:51] will have.

[9:52] So, the first one to mitigate dust,

[9:55] noise, and and odors, um

[9:58] they are

[9:59] uh actively working on

[10:02] trying to take care of their dust. As

[10:03] you said, with the um they do perform

[10:08] uh seeding hydroseeding on the areas

[10:11] that they've cut, especially up higher

[10:12] on the hill. You can actually see it's

[10:14] kind of a tannish color. There's some

[10:16] green starting to kind of peek out a

[10:17] little bit, but that's to help mitigate

[10:20] any fugitive dust or anything dust that

[10:21] may go off.

[10:23] Um

[10:24] again, their

[10:26] you know, noise, the applicant um

[10:29] does operate during required city hours

[10:31] that are associated with the mass

[10:32] grading. Um

[10:35] and as far as we know, there's been no

[10:38] indication of any

[10:41] strange odors that have been coming off

[10:42] the site.

[10:44] Um bonding, they are currently they

[10:48] currently have a bond with the city.

[10:50] Um they also have bonding related to

[10:52] requirements from

[10:54] the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining or DOGM.

[10:57] Um they have all their current bonding

[10:59] on there and are in the process of

[11:01] renewing that bonding as well.

[11:03] Um uh they do have to renew that on a

[11:06] fairly regular basis.

[11:09] Um

[11:10] they currently have a business license

[11:13] within Santaquin City and Santaquin

[11:15] City, as was reported last Planning

[11:17] Commission, uh is receiving the sales

[11:19] tax off of that point of sales.

[11:23] Um

[11:24] lot size, setbacks, parking are all in

[11:28] line. Um I'm happy to go through

[11:31] anything if if you need on there. Um

[11:34] fencing and screening, there is

[11:37] um fencing along the the property lines.

[11:39] They've also constructed berms at at

[11:42] locations to help mitigate any storm

[11:44] water, as mentioned a little bit further

[11:46] down, to capture anything there and also

[11:48] to help with any noise control.

[11:51] Um

[11:54] currently their road access is off of

[11:56] State Road 198.

[11:58] Um historically, we have had some

[12:01] uh

[12:04] comments and and concerns expressed

[12:06] about the track out that it has happened

[12:09] as they are going out on State Road 198.

[12:12] Um and to help alleviate that, they have

[12:16] gone and and paved the entire stretch

[12:19] from the scales down to 198, which has

[12:23] helped significantly. There still is a

[12:26] little bit of track out that occurs,

[12:28] um but they do actively sweep that and

[12:31] try to clean it up. Um they've made

[12:34] efforts to try to water it down, which

[12:37] has caused a little bit more problem

[12:39] because ends up a little bit of mud

[12:41] sticks to cars and and goes that way.

[12:43] So, they are working their best to do

[12:45] that. Um

[12:47] UDOT does talk with them as well as

[12:49] needed to help with that because that is

[12:52] a UDOT road.

[12:54] Um again, as mentioned before, they've

[12:57] got a pros.

[12:59] They are

[13:01] uh currently meeting the noise

[13:02] ordinance. There have been no complaints

[13:04] out there. They are not blasting and

[13:07] they will they do not have permission to

[13:09] blast.

[13:11] Um

[13:13] then I'll mention a little bit before on

[13:16] drainage. Again, there was

[13:19] at one point there was some storm water

[13:20] that did make it out onto State Road

[13:22] 198. Uh since that occurred, again,

[13:25] after coordinating with UDOT and

[13:28] Also with Mr. Larson, we have that has

[13:31] been corrected. And we to my knowledge,

[13:34] there hasn't been any other complaints

[13:35] for storm water rolling off. So

[13:38] Um

[13:40] So I kind of roll through those pretty

[13:41] quick. Any thoughts?

[13:44] Questions or

[13:45] concerns that you'd have?

[13:49] Okay. Um

[13:52] Then I did mention

[13:55] possible action items.

[13:57] Provide a recommend So there three

[13:59] possible action items.

[14:01] Um

[14:02] Could provide a recommendation to city

[14:04] council without any additional

[14:06] conditions.

[14:08] Provide a recommendation to the city

[14:09] council for conditions and findings or

[14:12] table the proposal's conditional use to

[14:14] requests with findings. Basically, why

[14:18] would we why would we doing that?

[14:20] And and my recommendation would be that

[14:23] you forward this to

[14:25] the city council for their

[14:26] consideration. And the conditions would

[14:28] be that they continue to meet Santaquin

[14:31] City regulations as well as

[14:33] the state uh

[14:36] divisions on there.

[14:39] So, any questions, I'd happy to answer.

[14:41] >> Thanks, John.

[14:43] Commissioners, any questions?

[14:45] At this point?

[14:46] >> Lots. Please.

[14:49] Can you zoom in on lot 322, please?

[14:55] It's in the middle pink area.

[14:59] ish

[15:09] See those?

[15:12] >> 322?

[15:13] >> Yeah.

[15:15] I think it was 320. Yeah.

[15:18] Okay, on lot 322, we see those lines

[15:20] there. Are those lines topographic

[15:22] lines?

[15:23] Is that the slope that it's going to be

[15:26] put to?

[15:27] >> Yes, the final So, the dark lines

[15:29] >> is the final

[15:30] >> The dark lines are the final grading.

[15:32] >> And the others are the current.

[15:33] >> That's correct.

[15:34] >> Okay. Distance Distance and height from

[15:36] one line to the next line is how much?

[15:39] >> They are

[15:40] >> Is it 5 ft? Am I interpreting that

[15:42] correctly?

[15:43] >> No, they are not five They are Let me

[15:45] pull it up and I'll

[15:47] scroll in on that real quick.

[15:57] If I remember right, they are 1 and 10.

[16:01] Uh

[16:02] grading lines.

[16:03] >> 1 ft in 10.

[16:04] >> So, basically,

[16:06] um

[16:07] >> Each line is 10 ft apart.

[16:09] >> Correct.

[16:10] >> And then there's 1 ft rise in that 10

[16:12] ft.

[16:13] >> Okay.

[16:14] And then, um the lines that are behind

[16:17] lot like

[16:21] 404 and

[16:23] where it starts getting pretty steep.

[16:27] » Okay.

[16:29] >> Um

[16:31] what's the slope there?

[16:38] » Uh which lot? Sorry. Which lot?

[16:41] >> So, see lot 403.

[16:43] And then just below it Yeah, that area

[16:45] right there where it starts getting

[16:46] steep. What's that slope? Are those 1 in 10 also?

[16:50] >> Yes, all the grading All the the topo

[16:53] lines are are the same.

[16:56] >> Okay.

[16:56] >> John, can I answer that?

[16:58] >> Yes, please.

[16:59] >> So, as you look in

[17:00] >> You can answer that.

[17:02] >> Yeah, come to the mic.

[17:05] » If you look at 403, you're going to see

[17:09] um starting at the heaviest darkest line

[17:11] up at the top right there. Yeah.

[17:13] >> Yeah.

[17:13] >> There's like four lines and then it

[17:16] turns into a wider spot.

[17:17] >> Yeah.

[17:18] >> What you're looking at there are our

[17:19] steps that come down. So, it drops about

[17:21] 18 ft in uh

[17:24] 24 ft or something like that. And then

[17:26] there's the flat for about 8 ft, then

[17:28] 18, and then flat flat like that. So,

[17:32] when you see that combination of those, were our step tiers. With each of

[17:35] those representing a spot for uh water

[17:38] to capture on each of the shelves and

[17:40] drain

[17:41] >> Okay.

[17:41] >> and to absorb.

[17:45] » All right. So,

[17:46] now that I understand how steep it is, there anything in here

[17:55] So, under

[17:57] 10.08.020

[17:59] terms define land use and development

[18:01] management code,

[18:03] we specifically call out undevelopable

[18:06] area

[18:08] uh land such as slopes over 30%.

[18:14] » Yeah.

[18:15] >> So, that is actually

[18:16] >> are we as a city liable or open to

[18:19] liability because we're having

[18:21] developers do something on land that's

[18:23] over 30%?

[18:24] >> So, the 30% applies to the natural grade

[18:28] prior to mass grading.

[18:30] Is where that comes into into play.

[18:34] >> Right. So, the whole hill and this is

[18:36] why I'm asking this cuz we had some

[18:37] people that were really upset that the

[18:39] hill was gray now.

[18:40] >> Mhm.

[18:41] >> Because it's been dug all up. That whole

[18:43] hillside that's above 30%, are we liable

[18:46] or exposed to some liability if some of

[18:49] our residents or someone else says,

[18:51] "Hey, you're digging where you're not

[18:52] supposed to be digging."

[18:54] >> So, they

[18:55] >> Because in our code, it says

[18:57] specifically above 30% is a no-no.

[19:00] >> Correct. And the areas where they are

[19:03] um

[19:04] currently

[19:06] where they're currently not So, the

[19:08] areas that are not developable per the

[19:10] code, that basically those are over 30%.

[19:12] >> Yeah.

[19:12] >> They are um they're still not

[19:15] developable properties.

[19:17] Uh with the mass grading what they're

[19:18] doing is they're the areas that are

[19:21] lower where the homes and stuff would be

[19:24] actually is on a developable area

[19:27] related to to that whole thing. So, they

[19:30] may their final grading is going to end

[19:33] up being steeper than 30.

[19:35] However,

[19:36] that area originally before they started

[19:40] any mass grading before development was

[19:42] already

[19:43] past that slope.

[19:45] And so, with the work that they're doing

[19:47] and with this mass grading the intention

[19:49] is is to go and make that more of a

[19:52] uh

[19:53] for lack of a better term uh

[19:56] a slope that they can catch

[19:58] um with with tiers as as they've done.

[20:01] There's some slope and then they put a a

[20:04] flat area on there. I believe it's 10 ft

[20:06] wide um to catch that.

[20:08] >> the drawings. They've got some really

[20:09] good I saw the engineering's great. I've

[20:12] got a friend that's an engineer and

[20:14] it looks all good. I'm just concerned

[20:16] about

[20:17] >> Uh we're we're not

[20:19] >> gets hysterical

[20:20] >> No.

[20:21] >> you know, we've got a new data center

[20:22] coming in. We've got things going on. If

[20:24] people get really upset, can they point

[20:26] to our code and say

[20:28] nuh-uh you're you're liable and cause a

[20:29] big legal stink that's going to cause

[20:31] problems?

[20:32] >> No, at this point no, just because the

[20:34] previous development the previous before

[20:37] development started up there the slopes

[20:40] that they are working on were already

[20:42] um

[20:43] past that that we're too steep. We're

[20:46] past that 30%. But where they're

[20:49] proposing develop in these where these

[20:51] home lots are, that was still in the

[20:53] area that was developable. So, we should

[20:55] be safe from any

[20:58] >> Right, but by our own code

[21:01] the piece that's not developable

[21:03] is being developed.

[21:06] Because because it's we're having dirt

[21:08] moved and we're having mass grading up

[21:09] in places that are not going to be

[21:11] developed. So, is it going to be opening

[21:14] us up to liability or problems because

[21:16] of that?

[21:17] >> So, previous councils have have

[21:19] determined that the fact that everything

[21:21] that's steeper than what's allowed is

[21:23] conservationism that's not really

[21:25] developed. It's really just being

[21:26] secured.

[21:28] So, you'll notice that anything that

[21:29] we've secured the slope with to deal

[21:31] with drainage and

[21:33] uh you know, all the safety issues.

[21:35] Um it's actually undevelopable. It's not

[21:38] included as anything that's usable for

[21:40] anything other than just open space. In

[21:42] fact, if there's a conservationism, it

[21:44] says we really can't do anything with

[21:45] it. So, that's the view that the

[21:47] previous council had with it and uh was

[21:50] we were approved under. And the lines

[21:52] are are specifically defined of where we

[21:55] can and where we can't. And the other

[21:57] thing that uh I would make mention of

[21:59] for using lot 403, you'll see a heavy

[22:02] line where there's a um where you can

[22:05] see where it it it is usable, it is

[22:07] developable, it can have a house on it.

[22:09] And then behind that is where the

[22:11] steeper grades are that are designed to

[22:13] protect anything below it. Um in

[22:15] addition,

[22:17] um

[22:18] it's dictated that we can't use

[22:20] irrigation water up there, either. So,

[22:21] there's there's a lot of uh of

[22:24] uh restrictions of what we can and can't

[22:26] do. But mainly with the slopes that you

[22:28] see and the work that we're doing is

[22:30] just to secure the safety of all the

[22:32] lower stuff and make it so that mountain

[22:34] can can be dealt with the proper way.

[22:37] >> Yeah. And I don't believe those are

[22:38] going to be defined lots, by the way.

[22:40] The kids are going to love climbing

[22:41] those terraces.

[22:42] >> Yeah.

[22:43] >> So, I I don't believe there's any legal

[22:45] exposure um for that.

[22:48] >> That's all I have.

[22:48] >> Yep.

[22:51] Yeah, good question. Thanks.

[22:55] Any other questions while we're at it?

[22:58] Or concerns?

[23:02] Mr. Larson, is there anything else you

[23:03] wanted to add to the presentation?

[23:05] Otherwise?

[23:07] >> Maybe just an apology for being a little

[23:09] bit more emotional than the last time I

[23:10] was here than I really normally would

[23:12] like to be.

[23:13] So, I apologize for that. That's all.

[23:15] >> No worries.

[23:17] >> You look like you're walking better

[23:18] today.

[23:19] >> I'm doing a lot better.

[23:19] >> Yeah.

[23:20] >> I just stood a little too long at the

[23:22] last meeting.

[23:24] >> Um, I do have some photos of of the site

[23:27] that um

[23:28] that I went up and

[23:30] uh that I've taken so that um you can

[23:33] kind of see just kind of how things are rolling through there. Again, that's

[23:37] the entry off of uh 198. Um you see

[23:40] there's still some dust there, but um

[23:43] while I was there they were actually

[23:44] running their sweeper to try to get that off.

[23:47] Um

[23:48] this is just to show their

[23:52] they're doing their best to maintain a

[23:54] clean and an orderly site. Um that's

[23:57] their their scales. Um that's an image

[23:59] of their water truck in operation

[24:02] going through and and uh cleaning and

[24:05] making sure they're doing their best to

[24:06] keep the dust down.

[24:08] Again, a little bit higher up. Um this

[24:11] is a image that flat So, you got the

[24:13] darker soil. That's the top soil they're

[24:15] using to reseed the the slope. And then

[24:18] the flat area just at the left is

[24:20] actually the area where that 3 and 1/2

[24:22] acre uh park's going to be.

[24:26] Again, a image of their slope

[24:28] stabilization efforts on there and

[24:30] they're hydroseeding to help keep that

[24:32] there. And that's just a view um looking

[24:35] down on the 3 and 1/2 acre park through

[24:37] there. So,

[24:39] it's

[24:41] say that it'll be a a great facility for

[24:44] the city once it's completed.

[24:48] » John, maybe one more thing just to

[24:49] manage expectations. Um

[24:53] our main goal is to get that higher

[24:55] stuff done to the point where we can

[24:57] water it and control the dust keep our

[24:59] neighbors all happy.

[25:00] So if you look at that previous picture

[25:02] we see the water truck. It kind of shows

[25:04] you how high we can get with the truck.

[25:06] Um

[25:07] but we can't go higher than that.

[25:09] So we're putting all of our efforts into

[25:11] getting that down and our goal is

[25:13] probably get that down as to that park

[25:15] area.

[25:16] Um

[25:17] there is a significant bulge in phase one that we

[25:20] call the South Mountain. But once we get

[25:23] this down to that level we'll shift

[25:25] over. Um but between now and then it's

[25:28] all about I don't want Chris Wall mad at

[25:30] me. And we just want to get it done and

[25:32] get mulch on it and get seed down and

[25:34] get it so that we can

[25:36] access it better with a with a water. So

[25:38] it may not be I don't know when that's

[25:40] going to happen. We've probably got

[25:42] seven more steps to go and the amount of

[25:44] time it takes in those steps is based on

[25:46] how much rock we encounter.

[25:49] So without blasting it's all about

[25:50] picking around what presents itself and

[25:52] it comes and goes it's different. So

[25:55] um

[25:56] I don't know if John clarified the exact

[25:57] timeline of that but we'll get back on

[25:59] phase one

[26:01] as soon as we get basically down to the

[26:03] park.

[26:04] >> Great. Thanks. It's interesting to see

[26:06] that picture of the receded area. It

[26:08] looks great. Right to see you can't see

[26:10] it from down below but to see it from up

[26:11] above yeah up close there to see that

[26:13] that's actually filling back in. That's

[26:14] fantastic.

[26:15] >> Thank you.

[26:18] » Okay. So commissioners our job is to

[26:21] forward a recommendation to the city

[26:23] council on the renewal of the

[26:24] conditional use permit.

[26:25] >> You see anything different here?

[26:26] >> Any other discussion before we proceed?

[26:30] >> What do you see?

[26:33] » Nothing. This is all changed from the

[26:34] last one. So

[26:36] this is a lot different than the last

[26:37] one we approved.

[26:38] >> Yeah.

[26:40] >> From what I can remember I don't have

[26:41] the last one.

[26:43] >> It's it is changed.

[26:44] >> Yeah it's changed. Yeah.

[26:50] » Appreciate the report John. I'm happy to

[26:51] see um the layout of that table and all

[26:53] the conditions that and requirements and

[26:55] the status on

[26:57] you know, how they're meeting those.

[26:58] That's really helpful.

[27:00] Um

[27:03] If there are no concerns and given the

[27:05] report that shows that they are meeting

[27:06] those conditions to the best of their

[27:08] ability, I don't see a reason why we

[27:10] wouldn't forward a positive

[27:11] recommendation, but that's my opinion.

[27:16] » I agree.

[27:28] » Would anyone like to make a motion?

[27:42] » There's me.

[27:44] No motion would be more but a table.

[27:47] >> You're getting an odd.

[27:48] >> Oh.

[27:49] I'm looking at

[27:49] >> Are you interested in making a motion?

[27:51] >> Sure.

[27:51] >> Any comments?

[27:52] >> Okay.

[27:53] I will make a motion to recommend the

[27:56] renewal of the conditional use permit

[27:58] for a Great Cliffs mass grading

[28:00] with the condition that all activities

[28:02] comply with Santaquin City regulations.

[28:05] >> Very good. We have a motion to forward a

[28:07] positive recommendation by Commissioner

[28:08] Johnson.

[28:09] Um

[28:11] do we have a second?

[28:15] » I'll second.

[28:16] >> Second by Commissioner Hoffman. Any

[28:18] further discussion before we vote?

[28:21] All right. Let's vote. Commissioner

[28:22] Wait.

[28:24] >> Yes.

[28:24] >> Commissioner Hoffman.

[28:25] >> Yes.

[28:25] >> Commissioner Wood. Yes. Commissioner

[28:27] Johnson.

[28:27] >> Yes.

[28:28] >> All right. Very good. That's

[28:30] forwarded with a positive recommendation

[28:32] to the City Council and it is unanimous.

[28:36] Okay. Thank you, Mr. Larson.

[28:38] >> Thank you.

[28:40] >> That brings us to agenda item number

[28:41] two.

[28:44] This is the approval of the minutes from

[28:46] our last meeting on April 14th, 2026.

[28:49] Any discussion on those minutes

[28:52] before we proceed? Okay. If not, would

[28:55] anyone like

[28:56] to make a motion to approve?

[28:59] >> I make a motion that we approve the

[29:01] minutes for our last meeting.

[29:03] >> Okay, I have a motion to approve by

[29:05] Commissioner Wait. Do we have a second?

[29:07] >> I'll second that.

[29:08] >> Seconded by Commissioner Johnson.

[29:10] All in favor?

[29:11] >> Yes.

[29:12] Anyone opposed? That was all of us,

[29:14] I think. So, those are approved

[29:15] unanimously.

[29:16] Um all right, very good. That brings us

[29:18] staff reports. Gentlemen, anything we

[29:20] need to talk about?

[29:22] >> Um I don't have anything to necessarily

[29:26] report um

[29:28] unless you've got any questions for me

[29:30] of anything you've seen going around

[29:31] town. I'd be happy to answer any of your

[29:33] questions.

[29:36] Not okay.

[29:37] >> Nope.

[29:37] I don't have anything.

[29:38] >> Thank you.

[29:39] >> Uh nothing at this time, Chairman. Thank

[29:41] you.

[29:41] >> All right, thank you.

[29:43] Okay, well, that brings us to the end.

[29:46] Motion to adjourn?

[29:47] >> I move that we adjourn at 7:35.

[29:49] >> We are adjourned at 7:35. Thank

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