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UTILITY BOX
Weather
🌞 Thu, Oct 1: 79°/52°
🌤️ Fri, Oct 2: 83°/57°
⛅ Sat, Oct 3: 83°/58°
🌞 Sun, Oct 4: 86°/59°
⛅ Mon, Oct 5: 84°/57°
🌞 Tue, Oct 6: 80°/54°
Active Construction Projects:
🚧 Seal coat — Thursday, October 1. See if your street is on the list
🚧 🆕 Golden Eagle Rd. sidewalk — Widening across from Brookhaven Elementary, school hours only, about four to six weeks.
🚧 Trail Head Rd. and Pony Express Pkwy. — Lane closures for a new traffic signal. Roundabout lane restrictions expected mid to late October.
🚧 Red River Dr. at Woodhaven Blvd. — Closed for new turn lanes through October. Use High Noon or Moon River.
🚧 Cory B. Wride Memorial Park — Parking lot construction through November. Events go on as planned.
Resources:
📚 Eagle Mountain Library — Closed Monday, October 5, for inventory and maintenance.
🚐 UTA On Demand — On-demand rides in parts of Eagle Mountain. $2.50, or $1 reduced fare.
💧 The state's lawn watering guide.
🔗 Eagle Mountain City's Linktree.
📱 The Eagle Mountain City App: App Store or Google Play.
💊 The medication disposal kiosk inside City Hall.
🏛️ Civic Roll Call — Tool for tracking what's happening at City Hall.
❓ Rumor Stop — The city's answers to questions residents are asking.
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AT CITY HALL
A discussion about a future City Hall and other long-term projects
On Tuesday, September 29, the City Council met with architects and city staff to talk about future projects and what the city's priorities should be.
One of those projects is a possible new City Hall. The architects the city met with are from MHTN Architects, a Salt Lake City firm doing a feasibility study for a future City Hall and library. The meeting was a chance for MHTN to gather ideas and direction from the Council before the study goes further.
To help the architects learn more, MHTN gave the Council and city staff 15 questions to answer through a live online poll. Each set of questions asked them to picture a visit to City Hall as a different person: a young family, a city employee and an elected official. Here are some of the questions, and the answers that stood out:
As a young family:
Q - You're arriving at City Hall with two kids, a stroller and hands full. What would make getting from your car into the building simple and stress free?
A - People asked for parking close to the door, ramps and paths wide enough for a stroller, automatic doors and clear signs.As a young family:
Q - What else can the building offer to make you say, 'Our family would visit even if we weren't using the library or taking care of government business'?
A - Answers included food like a café or ice cream, a main floor set up like a small Main Street, gathering space with plenty of seating, and entertainment.As an elected official:
Q - Imagine an important issue brings a much larger-than-normal crowd to City Hall. How should the building accommodate increased attendance?
A - Answers pointed to overflow rooms with the meeting's audio and video piped in, more seating and security. One person said the chambers should not be huge, and another said no one should feel excluded for lack of space.As an elected official:
Q - If this building could speak for Eagle Mountain, what would you want it to say?
A - Answers included "Welcome Home," "You belong here," "rustic and modern," and a community space rather than a government building.
I could not help but wonder how in line the Council's views are with Eagle Mountain residents' views. Would you like to help me figure that out?
I picked 8 of the questions and put together a survey that I’d like for you to fill out. Answer the questions however you want. You can answer a question directly, or tell me what you think matters more. Every question is optional.
After the City Hall discussion ended, city staff led an exercise on long-term projects, other than roads, that are not on the city's project list yet. The Council and staff wrote the projects they think matter most on sticky notes and talked through when each might make sense. Ideas included:
Rebuilding Nolen Park
Expanding Cory B. Wride Memorial Park
More baseball diamonds and recreation fields
Improving the mountain bike park
A library and community center
A recreation center and pool
A paved trail loop around the city
New rodeo grounds
None of these were approved. The Council and staff sorted them into time frames, from the next 1 to 3 years to 10 or more years out, and city staff will use the discussion to update the city's long-range project list.
Road projects will get their own meeting, because they deserve their own discussion. I do not know when that meeting will be. The Council approved the latest update to the city's Transportation Master Plan on August 4, 2026.
If you want to listen to the meeting or look through MHTN's presentation, they will be on the city's page for the meeting. As of Wednesday, September 30, neither had been posted, and the city expects to have them up by Friday, October 2.
The City Council meets next on Tuesday, October 6 at 4:00 p.m. at City Hall. No agenda had been posted as of Wednesday, September 30, and when it is, it will be on the city's meeting page. MHTN's next workshop with the Council is set for the Tuesday, October 20 meeting.
I got the referendum pamphlet in the mail
The city's information pamphlet on the property tax referendum petition came in my mail on Wednesday, September 30. The petition asks voters to decide in a special election whether to keep the property tax increase the City Council passed August 18, 2026. That election only happens if enough signatures are verified, and as of September 30, the city has not said whether there are enough. The city estimates the increase adds $8.28 a month, or about $99 a year, on an average home. I covered the pamphlet and the petition in more detail in my last issue. The Referendum Information section of the city's homepage has the pamphlet, the petition and the resolution.
LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: Digital Piggy Bank
Digital Piggy Bank is an app for keeping track of your kids' money, designed by Kyle Ashby, a product designer and dad of three.
For a few years, Kyle's family used an app that split their kids' allowance into spend, save and give. Then a UK bank bought it and shut it down in the US. Every replacement he tried was built around a debit card his family didn't want, or treated a kid's money as one pile, so he designed his own.
Kids start with a Spend balance, and you can add Save and Give as they get older. When you add money, the app splits it across those piles for you, which makes it easy to start a conversation about how much to save.
It helps at the store, too. When one of Kyle's kids asks whether they can afford something, they pull up the app and check. He'll often let them pay with his credit card and then show them the app, because, as he put it, "money feels so intangible without cash."
"The best part has been what it did to the conversations at my house," Kyle told me. "When my kids ask for something, we pull up the app and look at real numbers instead of guessing."
The app doesn't hold money or come with a card. You keep your kids' money, and Digital Piggy Bank keeps track of it. It's built for kids about 4 to 12, one subscription covers every kid in your family, and it's $0.99 a month or $7.99 a year after a 14-day free trial. You can get it on the App Store or Google Play, or see how it works at digitalpiggybank.com.
Kyle Ashby. Founder and Designer of Digital Piggy Bank.
COMMUNITY NOTES
If you have been looking for a way to volunteer, here are a few places in Eagle Mountain asking for volunteers.
Haven Ranch Animal Sanctuary needs volunteers for GOAT-chela, its fundraiser on Saturday, October 3. Beyond that, its Get Involved page asks for helping hands and supplies like towels, blankets, feeders, water bowls, garden seeds and lumber. It’s at 5194 N. Lake Mountain Rd., open Monday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and you can call (801) 823-7223.
The city's volunteer page lists service projects around town, from seasonal cleanups to mentorship programs. The EM Serves Facebook group is where residents and organizers connect around them.
The Eagle Mountain Library takes volunteers. You can fill out its volunteer application.
If you would rather serve on a city board, the Senior Citizens board is on the city's Boards & Commissions application. Pick "Senior Citizens" from the list.
The library's Community Food Pantry runs on donations. Bring them to the library.
THIS WEEK'S EVENTS
Thursday, October 1
Storytime, 10:15 and 11:00 a.m., Eagle Mountain Public Library
Cedar Valley home varsity girls soccer vs. Mountain Ridge, 3:30 p.m., Cedar Valley High School
Thread & Yarn Club, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., library. Ages 12 and up.
Friday, October 2
Laptime, starting 10:15 a.m., library. Ages 0–24 months.
Saturday, October 3
Eagle Mountain Farmers Market, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Cory B. Wride Memorial Park
Adaptive trick-or-treat, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., City Hall. Register on the event page.
GOAT-chela, Haven Ranch Sanctuary's fall fundraiser, 2:00 to 7:00 p.m., Gotta Dance, 4038 N. Ira Hodges Scenic Pkwy. Free. Live music, vendors, food trucks, animals, free kids' activities, a silent auction; raffle winners announced at 7:00 p.m. Proceeds go to animal care.
Movie in the Park, Hocus Pocus, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Cory B. Wride Memorial Park
Tuesday, October 6
Storytime, 10:15 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., library
City Council, 4:00 p.m.
All month: Haven Ranch Animal Sanctuary pumpkin patch, farm-grown pumpkins, through October.
At the Senior Center, October 1 and 6, 1632 E. Heritage Dr. — Arts & Crafts (Oct 1 and 6, from 10:00 a.m.) · Senior Exercise Class (Oct 1 and 6, 11:00 a.m.) · Lunch Bunch (Oct 1, 11:30 a.m., at Jim's Family Restaurant in American Fork; register at 801-789-6660) · Senior Spanish Class (Oct 6, 10:00 a.m.) · More
WORTH THE DRIVE
Friday, October 2 — Saratoga Springs Fall Festival, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., Shay Park. Trick-or-treating, train rides, petting zoo, inflatables and food trucks. Wristbands for the inflatables and petting zoo are $8 online through October 2, or $5 cash at Saratoga Springs City Hall through October 1; no money is taken at the park. Train rides $2. · Lindon Spooky Movie in the Park, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, dusk (about 7:45 p.m.), City Center Park. Free pumpkin, treats and hot chocolate.
Saturday, October 3 — Ghosts of Camp Floyd, Camp Floyd State Park, Fairfield. Museum opens 6:00 p.m., investigation 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. $10, 40 people, reservations required. Also October 10, 17 and 24.
Monday, October 5 — Draper Fire Prevention Safety Fair, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Draper Park. Free · Herriman Howl, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., J. Lynn Crane Park · Spooktober at Thanksgiving Point starts, with themed events through October, included with admission
Still running: Noises Off · Hee Haw Farms · Cornbelly's · Thomas & Friends, included with museum admission
NEXT WEEK
Wednesday, October 7 — Senior Crocheting Class, 10:00 a.m., Senior Center · Book Bedazzling, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., City Hall Council Chambers. Ages 16+, supplies provided, first come first served
Thursday, October 8 — Touch-a-Truck, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m., Public Works Building parking lot, 2545 Pony Express Pkwy. All ages · City Council budget work session, 6:00 p.m. Not live streamed · Adult Book Club, 6:45 p.m., library. The Night Circus; ages 18+
Friday, October 9 — Cedar Valley home varsity football vs. Westlake, Senior Night, 7:00 p.m. Ticketed.
Saturday, October 10 — Farmers Market season ends · Family Puzzle Day, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., library · Viking Day Festival, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 200 S. Main St., Pleasant Grove. Free · Noises Off closes
Tuesday, October 13 — Senior Computer Class, 11:00 a.m., library · Lego Club, 4:00 p.m., library. Ages 5–12 · Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m.
LOOK AHEAD
Wednesday, October 14 — Shocktoberfest CPR/AED class, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., City Hall Council Chambers. Free, or $20 for a certification card. 25 seats; register on the class page.
Tuesday, October 20 — City Council, 4:00 p.m.
Monday, October 26 — senior chili cook-off at the Senior Center
Tuesday, October 27 — mobile mammography at the Senior Center. Appointments required.
Saturday, October 31 — Cornbelly's ends
Saturday, November 7 — Hee Haw Farms ends
Wishing you all a lovely weekend!
See you around,
— Colten
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