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SunCrest Items at 4/15/14 Draper City Council Meeting
Important items involving SunCrest at 4/15/14 Draper City City Council meeting.
- Assistant City Manager Russ Fox will present comments gathered regarding the Public Works (salt dome) station in SunCrest.
- Declaring property in SunCrest as surplus. This parcel is roughly 3 acres and per the City Manager: The city will trade property it owns on the east side of Suncrest Drive for some property needed for a new road going down to a new dam that will be built this summer.
- Consideration of Irrigation Service to Michel Land LLC (also known as the 'Shoe Box' property near Tall Woods)
Coming soon to the old SunCrest Market
Today, we received some exciting news from the Wadsworth Restaurant Concepts regarding the old SunCrest Market building:
"After a tremendous survey response from over 600 Suncrest residents we are excited to announce a new concept coming soon to the old Suncrest Market building: A family-friendly grill featuring wood fired, authentic Italian pizza with an emphasis on fresh, local ingredients, and a Market that will provide the convenience and essentials that the residents of Suncrest so desire. We are excited to be a part of the Suncrest community and look forward to opening late summer 2014! Keep an eye out for further announcements in the coming months…"
Proposed Public Works Facility (Salt Dome) in SunCrest
At the February 18 City Council meeting Draper City officials discussed plans for a proposed Public Works Substation (aka Salt Dome) located in SunCrest. Similar plans were presented before Draper City and discussed at a Board of Trustees meeting (aka SunCrest Hoa) in 2013. The talks and plans for the Substation appeared to have halted publicly after concerns of the Substation’s impact in SunCrest from SunCrest residents.
At the present time, two structures are being proposed. The first, would serve as the Substation and storage for salt. The second, a 1,000 gallon fuel station. The proposed Substation would be paid from the Traverse Ridge Special Service District fund. This is a tax that SunCrest homeowners pay for “elevation related issues” based on their homes value.
Draper City Council agreed at the February 18th meeting to move forward with gathering input from SunCrest residents in an open house style forum. No date for the meeting has been set at this time.
Below is a site map, building sketch, interior view, and Draper City's cost breakdown of the proposed facility including Draper City's estimated time to payback the facilty.
Draper City suspends decision to declare 120-acre of SunCrest property as surplus
At the city council meeting on January 7 Draper City made the decision to suspend declaring 120 acres of SunCrest property as surplus. Declaring property as surplus is Draper Citys formal declaration of their intent to sell the property to interested parties. After a property is declared as surplus a request for proposals ‘or RFPs’ are released to begin looking at different uses for the land.
The 100-acre parcel located near the Highland/Alpine drew a large response from Highland city residents. Residents presented a petition of 120+ residents asking Draper City not to declare the property as surplus. Among their concerns were lot premiums paid by residents for ‘open space’, disturbance of wildlife, less accessible access to the trail system, new infrastructure, water concerns, existing power lines in the area, and the overall difficulty of building on the terrain. Draper City explained their intent would be to not add any infrastructure to this particular parcel.
The 20-acre parcel located near the existing Maple Hollow subdivision didn’t receive as much attention from the public. Draper City explained this parcel they believe would be much easier for a developer to submit plans for as most of the infrastructure is already there. Residents from SunCrest asked questions wondering if this is the first of more ‘surplus’ properties yet to be released and when can we expect to have a more permanent plan of what will happen with the 2300+ acres Draper City purchased in 2012. It was also brought before Draper City that both properties lay within SunCrests governing documents and both parcels would be subject to its rules and regulations.
Draper City indicated declaring these parcels as surplus is the first step in helping repay 5.6 million that purchased the 2300+ acres. They reiterated their intent is to keep as much of the SunCrest property as open space but from the beginning these were 2 of the 3 parcels they would try to sell to help recoup costs. The 3 parcel is believed to be in the Deer Ridge community located where the roads ends on the southwest. No information was given to the expected release or size of this potential parcel.
The next public hearing on both the 100-acre and 20-acre parcels will be January 21 at Draper City – 1020 E Pioneer Road.
