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Counsel to the Spanish Fork Planning Commission, from left, Dave Anderson, community and economic development director; Brandon Snyder, senior planner; Chris Thompson, city engineer and public works director; and Ana Burgi, assistant city attorney listen during a presentation at Library Hall in Spanish Fork on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

Sarah Hunt, Daily Herald

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Jared Morgan of GWC Capital addresses the Spanish Fork Planning Commission on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, while making a request for the city to annex 320 acres of land, on which the company would build an industrial park named Stockman Flats.

Sarah Hunt, Daily Herald

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Spanish Fork Planning Commission members Joseph Earnest and Michael Clayson discuss the specifics of annexing 535 acres of land during a meeting at Library Hall in Spanish Fork on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

Sarah Hunt, Daily Herald

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Spanish Fork Planning Commission members listen to GWC Capital representative Jared Morgan make a presentation at Library Hall in Spanish Fork on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

Sarah Hunt, Daily Herald

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The Spanish Fork Planning Commission held a meeting Wednesday in the new Library Hall city chambers to discuss proposed changes to the transportation master plan and a request to annex 535 acres of land into the city.

Jared Morgan of GWC Capital represented the company in making a request to annex 320 acres of the land, located at approximately 3800 North and 1400 West, into city boundaries. The area was previously in the Springville City annexation policy boundary, but the city gave Spanish Fork the rights to develop it on account of concerns with providing utilities to the area.

Morgan directed the council to a slideshow on the future plans for Stockman Flats, an industrial park that will have about “4 million square feet of industrial warehouse and office space, constructed over the next 10 to 15 years,” as described in the presentation.

One hundred of the 320 acres have been set aside for wetlands as contingency for a recent Supreme Court ruling in Idaho that could affect the plans for the area.

“We’re branding it Stockman Flats. We’re proud of the heritage of the area, and we thought we should pay homage to the agricultural and historical nature of the area,” Morgan said.

A Mr. and Mrs. Hale from Spanish Fork own the remaining 215 acres of the area in question. They and Morgan suggested that the entire 535-acre property be given I-1 zoning, meaning the land would be cleared for industrial use. The motion to annex the property and give it this zoning passed unanimously.

Changes to the future transportation master plan were presented by Chris Thompson, the city’s engineer and public works director. These changes were previously discussed by the Spanish Fork development review committee on May 31, with no action taken.

Major changes to the plan include bringing Canyon Creek Parkway down from a designation for seven lanes to five lanes, removing the Expressway Lane Trail, Black Horse Loop Trail, updating the route of the Willowbrook Trail and updating the plan to incorporate the Utah Transit Authority’s intended route for light rail service. A motion to recommend the changes for approval to the City Council passed unanimously.

“These are all of the changes that we’ve contemplated over the last six months. We bring them to you all at once at this time, and then (it will go to the) City Council, and then get them approved effective July 1. That helps us track what applies to what development and it just gives developers a single point in time to worry about instead of having constant changes,” Thompson said.

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