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Lehi City Council Meeting - October 21, 2026

Meeting Portal — Wednesday, October 21, 2026

BodyLehi, Utah

SessionMeeting Portal

DateWednesday, October 21, 2026

StatusFILED

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Unassigned speaker

4:57

Okay, well to our city council meeting today.

Unassigned speaker

5:00

Okay, welcome to our city council meeting today on October 21st, 2026 here in the City Council chambers.

Speaker 1

5:05

We have a full council, Councilmember Newell, Councilmember Harrison, Councilmember Stallings, Councilmember Freeman, Councilmember Lockhart.

5:11

We welcome you who have joined us.

5:14

Welcome to our meeting today at four o'clock.

5:16

We will start with uh an invocation offered by Councilmember Stallings.

Speaker 2

5:23

Our Father in Heaven, we are grateful to gather this afternoon to do the business of the city, and we're grateful for the opportunity to serve the resident residents of this great community.

5:34

We ask the bless us with thy spirit with guidance and discernment to make wise choices that will benefit the city and the residents who live here.

5:57

And these blessings we pray for in the name of Jesus Christ.

5:59

Amen.

Speaker 1

6:03

Okay, with that.

Unassigned speaker

6:13

I don't have people.

Unassigned speaker

6:14

In

Speaker 1

6:14

fact, let me give you a I would uh take consideration of holding a closed meeting to discuss pending or reasonable intimate litigation.

Speaker 3

6:22

Can I say so moved?

6:24

I would I mayor I move to move to a closed session to discuss pending or yeah um to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation.

Unassigned speaker

6:37

So

Speaker 3

6:37

I have a first from council member freeman.

Speaker 1

6:41

Second from council member stallings.

6:43

We'll start with you, Councilmember Newell.

Speaker 4

6:44

Yes.

Speaker 1

6:45

Councilmember Harrison.

6:46

Yes.

6:46

Councilmember Stallings?

6:48

Yes.

6:48

Councilmember Freeman?

Speaker 4

6:49

Yes.

Speaker 1

6:49

Councilmember Lockhart.

Speaker 3

6:50

Yes.

Speaker 1

6:51

Okay, we will go into closed session.

Speaker 3

6:54

Do we have a time frame for those who are here?

Speaker 1

6:56

I do not.

6:58

However, we're gonna make it worth your while.

7:01

You guys need a picture, right?

7:03

Come on up, let's take a picture and then you're good.

7:08

But I need you to brag about how great city council meetings are.

7:12

Okay.

Speaker 3

7:13

We probably won't be back for at least an hour, I'm guessing.

7:16

Just saying that I don't know.

Speaker 1

8:34

Um we do have Marlin here if if any questions need to be answered, but we'll take that on the dias if there's any comments that would like to be made.

8:44

Actually, before we get to that, uh it is 553, and I'm happy to open this for public comment.

Unassigned speaker

8:57

Okay,

Speaker 1

8:58

it's 553.

8:59

We'll close the public comment and bring it back to the dias.

9:01

Any comments, questions?

9:03

Council has.

Speaker 3

9:08

Sorry, I'm still getting that range.

Unassigned speaker

9:13

Um

Speaker 3

9:13

so this is interlocal.

9:14

We didn't, we haven't set it on on any local yet with this in regards to this.

9:20

Um I remember we back in July, we did a participant participation agreement.

9:30

The RDA did a simple participation agreements, and but we as a city council decided to not um do interlocal that time because we wanted to make sure that both parties were agreeing.

9:41

Right.

9:42

I'm just recapping that for anyone.

9:44

Okay.

9:46

Um

Speaker 1

9:50

any other comments or questions.

Speaker 3

10:02

So it looks like there have been some changes from what I can see.

10:08

I think

Unassigned speaker

10:10

I

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting

Affordable Housing█████████████████████████████████████37%

Procedural█████████████████████████████29%

Transportation Safety██████████████14%

Pending Litigation█████████████13%

Public Engagement███████7%

Summary of Proceedings

Lehi City Council Meeting - October 21, 2026

The Lehi City Council met on October 21, 2026, at 4:00 PM in the City Council Chambers. All five council members were present: Councilmembers Newell, Harrison, Stallings, Freeman, and Lockhart. The meeting opened with an invocation by Councilmember Stallings, followed by a unanimous vote to enter a closed session to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation. The council reconvened at approximately 5:53 PM to address the sole regular agenda item.

Public Comments & Testimony

No public comments were offered during the meeting.

Discussion Items

Consideration of Resolution #2026-63 – Interlocal Agreement for the Thanksgiving Point Housing Transit Reinvestment Zone (HTRZ): The council discussed the proposed interlocal agreement between Lehi City and the Lehi City Redevelopment Agency (RDA). Councilmember Lockhart noted that the agreement had undergone revisions and appeared to be a mutually agreeable version. Councilmember Newell requested a clarification to explicitly limit the number of residential units: no more than 1,600 units within the combined Cornbelle's and soccer field locations (Parcels A and B) and no more than 200 units within the UTA location (Parcel C), as defined in the Thanksgiving Point Area Plan adopted August 8, 2023. The council agreed to add this language on page three under authorized uses of tax increment. Councilmembers expressed support, noting the agreement complies with the HTRZ Act and protects the city's general fund.

Key Outcomes

Resolution #2026-63 was approved unanimously (5-0) with the amendment to include the residential unit caps. The motion, offered by Councilmember Lockhart and seconded by Councilmember Newell, included extensive legislative findings: the agreement satisfies Utah Code requirements, is a legislative act, specifies a 30-day effective date after public notice, caps tax increment at 80% of collections for no more than 25 years per parcel within a 45-year outside period, and limits total tax increment to no more than $122,144,769. The council determined the agreement is consistent with the HTRZ approval and the area plan. The resolution and agreement will take effect 30 days after the required notice is published.

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