RESULTS OF CITY COUNCIL SERVICE

Campaign Promises and Results

I think it is important for me to acknowledge here that no mayor or council member can or should think of themselves as separate from the body of the council. I'm always hesitant to take credit individually because ultimately the wins and loses belong to the Eagle Mountain City Council as a body all six of us. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list but rather a sample of what my service has rendered. My hope in putting this content forward is to help you the voter and citizen realize the impact of my advocacy as a council member on the quality of life we enjoy in Eagle Mountain. Whether you decide I have helped or hindered our progress, I will let you be the judge.......

​

Promise #1: Listen and Advocate for Your Voice
Results

• Adjusted process for selecting Mayor Pro Tempore so that the council is deciding who will represent them if the Mayor is absent, unable, or unwilling to perform his/her duties (worked with Council Member Curtis) before the Mayor did this by appointment - It never made sense to me that a Mayor could refuse to do his/her duty as directed by the council only to be allowed to choose the person who would step in to replace them. If felt like the council should have to come to some agreement about who should assume the Mayor duties. 

• Advocated for and secured funding for the Silver Creek Way connection to create safer routes to Silverlake and Brook Haven elementary schools (maintained pressure on staff and the developer with constant progress updates)

• Realigned Old Airport Road to address resident concerns (collaborated with residents, staff and the full council to move the connect west to address concerns

• Created the Director of Legislative Affairs (DOLA) Position - Resulting in council direction being tracked and acted upon, also better engagement on state legislative issues affecting Eagle Mountain (worked with Council Members, Curtis and Love)

• Advocated for and Hired a full-time City Attorney I viewed this as essential to see that the citizens, their representatives and staff were represented, protected, and guided to better decision making 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  (worked with all council members) 

• Met with Spring Run residents to address Walmart traffic flow, lighting and architectural standards (worked with Council Member Love)

• Adjusted nearby trail alignments at Wal-Mart per resident requests (worked with Council Member Clark)

• Advocated for Prioritized funding for the Lone Tree to Old Airport Road connection during the January 17, 2023 meeting, well before the June 2024 fire (encouraged council support)

• Secured a temporary access easement for Lone Tree emergency egress (worked with Council Member Clark)

• Created code to allow for an Alternate Planning Commissioner, ensuring an additional citizen voice in the evaluation process (built support of all council members)

• Ensured Timpanogos Special Service District representation for Eagle Mountain residents (worked with Council Members Love, Gray, Curtis and state representatives)

• Advocated for and was able to secure city ownership of Creed mountain biking trail  (worked with Council Member Curtis)

• Worked to create wildlife corridor connectivity at Unity Pass and Pony Express Parkway (worked with Council Member Curtis)

• Collaborated with engineering staff to address storm water challenges.  Including, planning, evaluating and proposing solutions for identified stormwater challenge areas (worked with engineering and Council Member Gray)

​

Promise #2: Support a Balanced, Rural Approach to Residential Development
Results

• Approved Triumph Master Development Agreement requiring ½-acre average lot sizes (worked with all council members)

• Amended the Oquirrh Mountain Master Development Agreement to increase side yard setbacks from 5 ft on both sides to 5 ft and 10 ft (worked with all council members)

• Approved Browns Meadows Rezone to RD1 with 1-acre minimum lot sizes (worked with all council members)

• Approved Eagle Quest East Rezone and Master Development Agreement, resulting in lots ranging from one acre to an average of 8,500 sq ft and an overall average of 11,185 sq ft per lot (worked with all council members)

• Initiated discussions with Fieldstone’s Jason Harris to revise Eagle Heights Village entitlements, reducing units from 148 duplexes to 98 single-family homes and 40 twin homes, a reduction of 10 in overall unit count.(worked with the developer and all council members)

• Amended the Lower Hidden Canyon Master Development Agreement to ensure wildlife corridor connectivity, preserve Creed Trail and swap land to shift units from multi-family to single-family homes (worked with Council Member Curtis)

• Approved the third amendment to Porters Crossing Master Development Agreement, reducing residential units from 363 to 250, a reduction of 113 residential units, adding 11 acres of commercial zoning, removing RV storage entitlement and dedicating 5 acres of public open space (worked with Council Members Gray and Burnham)

• Led Negotiations to the Fire Fly / Pole Canyon Master Development Agreement Amendment, reducing units by 869, expanding open space from 178 to approximately 356 acres, and diversifying housing types (worked with Council Member Love)

Promise #3: Increase Road Standards, Reduce Travel Times, Create Safer Ingress, Egress and Parking
Results

• Approved a Transportation Bond to build Old Airport Road, extend Mid-Valley Road and expand Eagle Mountain Boulevard (worked with all council members)

• Created new right-of-way standards for local roads, increasing dedication from 53 ft to 59 ft, widening asphalt from 28 ft to 32 ft, adding parking lanes on both sides, widening park strips from 5 ft to 6 ft and improving pedestrian safety (worked with Council Member Gray)

• Hired a Lobbyist whose efforts have secured $36 million for city infrastructure, $30 million for Cedar Valley Freeway right-of-way preservation, $1 million for water infrastructure and $5 million for Old Airport Road extension (worked with all council members)

• Advocated for the Mid-Valley Expressway from Cory B. Wride Park West to Cedar Fort and east to Saratoga Springs, changing the road type designation and collaborating with MAG on feasibility and lining up funding opportunities (worked with Council Members, Wood and Gray and staff) I have personally taken council members, staff, engineers, and planers to the top on the hill to help them see the vision. I have advocated with state and federal leaders to be aware of this needed connection.

• Initiated and Advanced Plans for Ranches Parkway connection to Wild Blossom Boulevard in Saratoga Springs by opening dialogue and working with land owners and engineers on a collaborative path forward to locate, plan and design this important road connection (worked with Council Member Wood)

Promise #4: Promote Strategic Economic Development
Results

• Reviewed and adjusted RTI overlay zoning entitlements for key industrial areas with the goal of continuing to find willing industrial economic partners  (worked with Council Member Burnham)

• Negotiated Tax Incentives for large scale industrial partners, including ENYO, TRACT, and  QTS (worked with all council members)

• Rezoned nearly 2000 acres of additional Region Technology and Industry Overlay Zone, effectively limiting these acres from becoming housing and encouraging the development of accelerated tax generation by our industrial partners (worked with all council members)  

• Approved multiple commercial site plans at Market Place at Eagle Mountain (worked with all council members) 

• Approved rezone and site plan allowing Walmart in the Ranches to be built (worked with all council members)

• Negotiated the third amendment to the Porters Crossing Master Development Agreement, removing 180 residential units from 11 acres in proximity to Pony Express Parkway and converting these acres to commercial only development. (worked with Council Member Gray to negotiate the agreement, adopted by Council Members, Wright, Gray and Burnham)

• Initiated and Built support among other council members to preserve remaining CUWCD (Central Utah Water Conservancy District) water shares for commercial, industrial and retail use only. (My initiative, all council members adopted)

• Initiated  and Advocated to budget and build a 4 million gallon water tank in place of a 2 million gallon tank. Saving the tax payers approximately 2 million dollars per tank over the existing practice of building 2 million gallon water tanks.  We are now working on the second 4 million gallon tank in the city (My Initiative, all council members adopted)

• Negotiated all future lands incorporated into the Firefly Master Development Agreement may only be annexed into the city as commercial zoning (worked with Council Member Love to negotiate agreement)

​

Summary

I am a problem solver and consensus builder. I enjoy studying, dissecting and creatively looking for solutions to complex issues and problems, then going to work to build the team that will create the best outcomes. I have encouraged the implementation of these policies, as a citizen, and as a planning commissioner and recently, as a member of the city council. It has been a true honor to hear your concerns, to work to better understand them, and then to go to work to advocate on your behalf.  

We need leaders that listen. We need leaders who stand up for the vision and community ideals that brought each of us to this high mountain desert valley.  If this is the type of leader you are looking for, I respectfully ask for your continued voice, your vote and your ongoing support.

Thank you,

Brett Wright

​

​