SunCrest News September 2, 2015

Draper Open Space Visioning and Snapshot Report

Draper City Open Space Master Plan

Draper City is in the process of making a plan to update the Corner Canyon Regional Park Master Plan to include all City open space along the Traverse Mountains.

The City, along with Logan Simpson Design Inc., aims to establish a vision for City lands on the Traverse Mountain Range and suitable locations for recreation and conservation activities.

A city-organized steering committee will hold a public workshop on September 22nd at Draper City Hall to talk about progress and answer questions. Three 1-hour workshops will be held at 5, 6, and 7 P.M.

The Draper Open Space Visioning Process

The City recently asked Draper residents how they envision the future of their community. During the annual Draper Days celebration, Draper City reported that over 500 people visited an information booth and an additional 130 residents gave input online via an online survey.

View the results of the Draper Visioning Survey here.

Draper City Existing Conditions Snapshot

Draper City has also compiled an existing conditions report that includes topics like Land Use, Economic Development, Housing, Transportation, Parks, Recreation & Open Space, and Public Facilities. This snapshot takes a closer look at current trends and data.

View the Draper City Existing Condition Snapshot here.

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SunCrest News June 11, 2015

Draper City Open Space Master Plan

Draper Open Space

Project Map

Future Development in SunCrest

Future Development

The City is updating the Corner Canyon Regional Park Master Plan to include all City open space along the Traverse Mountains. The “Project Map” above shows land Draper City already owned (light green) and land purchased at ~$2,125 an acre from Zions bank (lime green). The other image is future development.

When the City purchased land from Zions Bank in 2012, then Mayor and City Council reiterated their intent was to preserve as much of the land as open space, but mentioned they would look for ways to recoup the costs of the purchase.

Since the Zions purchase, Draper City has surplussed (surplus is a formality the City follows for land they usually intend to sell) 160 acres of the ~2,400 acres.

Of the current surplussed property, residents have seen some areas progress towards development. [See: Mercer Mountain Estates] This particular parcel, along with 20 acres surplussed in 2014 was included to help facilitate a settlement between David Mast and Draper City.

Regarding the 40 acres of City owned land, City Planner David Dobbins explained  “Draper City purchased nearly 2,400 acres of property from Zions Bank at a cost of $5,100,000, or $2,125 per acre. Therefore, the cost to Draper City to acquire the 40 acres being considered as a settlement with DJI was $85,000. The 40 acres to be developed represents 1.66% of the property purchased by Draper City from Zions Bank.” The Council voted in March 4-1 to move forward with the settlement with SunCrest resident Bill Colbert being the lone vote.

This particular parcel of prime land offers magnificent views of Salt Lake County, Mt. Timpanogos, and Utah County. When asked about what other areas were considered, the City said it considered “many other areas but couldn’t come to an agreement.” Most of the City Council is also quick to point out that the original master plan included more development.

As former City owned land is being developed, many residents are eager to see the City work towards a master open space plan and hopefully “put to bed” the uncertainty of (more) future developments.

Residents are encouraged to get involved by attending planning and council meetings or by following online at planwebsite.com