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    <title>Civic Log</title>
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    <description>Short summaries of Spanish Fork and Utah County public meetings.</description>
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      <title>Attend: SF Council, Council hearings on Ridgeline Townhomes, Nelson Commercial and Shady Oaks rezones</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1116047</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Public hearings on Ridgeline Townhomes, Nelson Commercial and Shady Oaks land use changes. On 20 OCT 2026 the City Council holds four public hearings on land use. Three are map and zone changes (45 townhomes on SR 51, a 3.18-acre commercial rezone on South Main, and a 2.54-acre mixed-use change on River Bottoms Road), and one is a code change on the Planning Commission. Residents can speak at the 6:00 PM meeting or send written comments.</description>
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      <title>Attend: County Commission, Hearing 04 NOV on up to $30M county sales tax bonds for a public works facility</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1114729</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Public hearing on up to $30,000,000 in county sales tax revenue bonds for a new public works facility. On 07 OCT 2026 the Utah County Commission adopted a resolution authorizing up to $30,000,000 in sales tax revenue bonds to build a new public works facility, and called a public hearing for 04 NOV 2026 at 2:00 pm in Room 1400 of the County Administration Building, 100 East Center Street, Provo. The bonds would be repaid from county option sales tax revenue over up to 21 years, with an estimated total principal and interest cost of $37,561,157. Residents can speak at the hearing, examine the resolution at the County Clerk's office, and have 30 days from publication to contest its legality.</description>
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      <title>County Commission, Utah County Commission 07 OCT: $30M sales tax bond, property tax actions</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1113099</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Utah County Commission met 07 OCT 2026 with a long agenda that included a resolution on about $30,000,000 of sales tax revenue bonds, property tax actions, an email retention schedule, a software contract for the Community Development Block Grant system, and IT contracts with IBM, Workday and Accenture. A later county notice says the bond resolution was adopted and sets a public hearing on the bonds for 04 NOV 2026. The county has posted an audio recording of the meeting.</description>
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      <title>SF Planning, Planning Commission backs four rezones and a Title 15 amendment, one no heard on a plat</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1112233</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>On 07 OCT 2026 the Planning Commission held public hearings on a 16.8-acre industrial rezone, a commercial rezone and plat on South Main, a general plan change and rezone on East River Bottoms Road, a 45-unit townhome project on SR-51, and a Title 15 amendment on Planning Commission procedures and training. Per the video, it recommended approval of each to the City Council and approved the Nelson plat itself, with one opposing voice heard on the Ridgeline plat. The City Council decides the rezones and plan changes next.</description>
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      <title>Attend: County Planning, Public hearing 20 OCT on county rules for 345 kV transmission lines</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1114193</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Public hearing on county ordinance rules for 345 kV transmission lines and substations. The Utah County Planning Commission holds a public hearing on 20 OCT 2026 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 1400 of the County Administration Building, Provo. The hearing covers a requested land use ordinance amendment on electric transmission lines of 345 kV and over. Written comments are due by 1:00 p.m. that day to planningcommission@utahcounty.gov, and participation is in person.</description>
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      <title>Attend: County Planning, Planning Commission 20 OCT: county data center ordinance returns, 345 kV line hearing</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1114191</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>County data center ordinance continued from 15 SEP 2026, plus a public hearing on 345 kV transmission line rules. The Utah County Planning Commission meets 20 OCT 2026 at 5:30 p.m. in Provo. It holds a public hearing on a requested ordinance change for electric transmission lines of 345 kV and over, and takes up the County Commission's proposed data center ordinance again, continued from 15 SEP 2026. Written comments are due by 1:00 p.m. that day to planningcommission@utahcounty.gov, and participation in the hearing is in person.</description>
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      <title>County Commission, County Commission 23 SEP: budget hearing held, fee and tax ordinances approved</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1110283</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Utah County Commission held its public hearing on amending the 2026 county budgets on 23 SEP 2026, then approved nearly all agenda items on consent, including the jail fingerprinting fee ordinance and two county code ordinances on property tax processing and financial administration. The email retention schedule, the IBM hypercare contract and the property tax actions letter were continued to 07 OCT 2026. A settlement agreement signature was ratified 2-1.</description>
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      <title>County Commission, Utah County Commission held a 2027 budget work session on 15 SEP 2026</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1108467</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Utah County Commission held a work session on the 2027 county budget for the General Fund and other funds on 15 SEP 2026 at the Ruth Theater in Pleasant Grove. The agenda lists one item and gives no figures. The county budget affects property tax and county services countywide. Approved minutes and an audio recording of the session are attached to the notice.</description>
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      <title>SF Council, Council approved Oak Village and Leland Meadows rezones, plus the FY 2027 budget revision</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1112227</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>On 06 OCT 2026 the City Council approved the Oak Village (110 lots) and Leland Meadows (206 lots) zone changes and preliminary plats after public hearings, and passed FY 2027 Budget Revision 1, a Cold Springs pipeline change order, the Storm Drain Master Plan update, new voter participation areas and a Zayo Group telecom franchise. Residents spoke against the data center during public comment, referendum sponsors said a referendum on the Title 15 amendment had been filed, and staff said the overlay zone and noise study will wait for that process. Staff also previewed a Transportation Utility Fee, with a public hearing proposed for 08 DEC 2026.</description>
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      <title>SF Council, Council passes data center rules 3-2 with seven conditions; storm drain plan continued</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1109425</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>On 21 SEP 2026 the Spanish Fork City Council approved the Volition-driven Title 15 amendment for data centers with onsite power 3-2 (Cardon and Tooke opposed), with seven conditions including starting work on an overlay zone and a review of the noise ordinance. It approved the Volunteer Drive vacation and, on the consent agenda, the $1,450,000 airport land purchase, and it continued the storm drain master plan and the transportation utility fee. Results come from the meeting video and are unofficial until minutes are adopted. A site plan and a development agreement must still come back before any data center can be approved.</description>
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      <title>Attend: SF Council, Spanish Fork hearings 07 and 20 OCT: four zone changes, two Title 15 items, plan changes</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1111313</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Public hearings on four zone changes, two Title 15 amendments and General Plan map changes. Spanish Fork's Planning Commission and City Council hold public hearings on 07 OCT and 20 OCT 2026 on zone changes for Shady Oaks Event Center, Builders FirstSource, Nelson Commercial and Ridgeline Townhomes, General Plan changes for Shady Oaks and Ridgeline, and two Title 15 amendments. Hearings are in the Council Chambers, 80 South Main Street. Written questions and comments go to the Community Development office and are forwarded to the City Council.</description>
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      <title>Attend: SF Planning, Hearings 07 and 20 OCT: four rezones, a 45-townhome plan, two Title 15 amendments</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1111311</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Public hearings on two Title 15 amendments, four zone changes and a General Plan map change. The Planning Commission and City Council hold public hearings at 6:00 p.m. on 07 OCT 2026 and 20 OCT 2026 on four zone changes, a General Plan map change with a 45-unit townhome plan, and two Title 15 land use code amendments. Residents can speak at the hearings in the Council Chambers at 80 South Main Street, or send written questions and comments, which are forwarded to the City Council.</description>
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      <title>Attend: SF Council, Public hearing 06 OCT 2026 on FY2027 pay increases for elected officials and executives</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1110859</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Public hearing on pay increases for elected officials and executive officers in the FY2027 budget revision. The Spanish Fork City Council holds a public hearing on 06 OCT 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 80 S Main Street, on proposed compensation increases for elected officials and municipal employees, including executive municipal officers. The increases are set out in the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Revision 1. Residents can attend and comment.</description>
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      <title>Attend: SF Council, Spanish Fork public hearing tonight on FY2027 Budget Revision 1, fees and utility rates</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1110857</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Public hearing on FY2027 Budget Revision 1, including all fees and utility rates. The Spanish Fork City Council holds a public hearing at 6:00 pm on 06 OCT 2026 in the Council Chambers, 80 South Main Street, on Budget Revision 1 for Fiscal Year 2027. It covers revenues, expenditures and transfers for all funds and the schedule of all fees and utility rates. Residents can comment at the hearing.</description>
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      <title>Attend: SF Council, Spanish Fork Council hearings tonight: Leland Meadows (206 lots), Oak Village (110 lots)</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1110855</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Public hearings on the Leland Meadows and Oak Village zone changes and preliminary plats. The Spanish Fork City Council holds public hearings on 06 OCT 2026 at 6:00 pm on two rezonings with preliminary plats: Leland Meadows, 206 lots and garden homes near 1200 West 1400 South, and Oak Village, 110 lots near 100 South Spanish Fork Parkway. Both use the Master Planned Development Overlay. Residents can speak at the hearings in the Council Chambers or send written comments to the Community Development contact named in the notice.</description>
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      <title>County Commission, Utah County seeks applicants for a North Utah County Water Conservancy trustee seat</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1110891</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Utah County Commission posted a notice dated 23 SEP 2026 of one vacancy on the North Utah County Water Conservancy District Board of Trustees, to fill an expired term. The seat is for a representative of the Utah County Commission. Letters of interest with qualifications are due by 5:00 pm on 30 OCT 2026 at boards@utahcounty.gov, and the County Commission will appoint by resolution.</description>
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      <title>SF DRC, Spanish Fork DRC 23 SEP: two General Plan map changes, plat, auto dealer site plan</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1110389</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Spanish Fork Development Review Committee met on 23 SEP 2026 to review a six-lot final plat, an auto dealership site plan, two General Plan map amendments (Ridgeline Townhomes and Hidden Groves) and a Title 15 update about the Planning Commission. The meeting has passed, and the notice lists no results or public hearing. Items that need further approval would come to the Planning Commission or City Council.</description>
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      <title>County Commission, Utah County public hearing on amending the 2026 county budget</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1106435</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Utah County Commission set a public hearing for 23 SEP 2026 at 2:00 pm on amending the 2026 general fund and other fund budgets, revising revenue estimates and department appropriations, and moving unspent balances between departments in the same fund. The notice gives no dollar figures. The notice title says 26 SEP, but the text and attached notice both say 23 SEP, and that date has passed.</description>
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      <title>County Commission, Three seats open on the Springville Drainage District board; letters due 30 OCT 2026</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1109817</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Utah County gave notice that three trustee seats are vacant on the Springville Drainage District Board. Residents of the district who are registered voters, or Utah County officers or employees, can send a letter of interest to boards@utahcounty.gov by 5:00 p.m. on 30 OCT 2026. The County Commission will appoint the trustees by resolution.</description>
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      <title>SF DRC, Spanish Fork review committee: three zone changes, 45 townhomes and a Title 15 change</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1108825</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Spanish Fork Development Review Committee met 16 SEP 2026 at 10 am to review two zone changes, a five-lot commercial plat, a 45-unit townhome plat with a zone change, an 11-lot plat re-approval and a Title 15 amendment for indoor volleyball facilities. The agenda lists proposals only and records no votes. Several of these items appear in the 20 OCT 2026 City Council hearing notice.</description>
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      <title>County Commission, Utah County Commission 16 SEP: county fiber standards, MAG road projects, jail fee</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1108687</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Utah County Commission's 16 SEP 2026 agenda included an engineering agreement for standard specifications for county fiber installation, the list of 2026 MAG-approved road projects funded with county sales tax, and a change to the jail fingerprinting fee. It also covered tax roll and tax adjustment items, a trail feasibility study with Elk Ridge, and UDOT agreements. The meeting has passed and no results are recorded in the notice.</description>
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      <title>County Planning, Utah County hearing on adding data centers to two zones and a new overlay zone</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1106627</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Utah County Planning Commission set a public hearing for 15 SEP 2026 at 5:30 pm on a request from the County Commission to allow data centers as a permitted use in the Mining and Grazing (M&amp;G-1) and Industrial (I-1) zones and to create a Data Center Overlay zone. Written comments were due by 1:00 pm that day, and speaking at the hearing required attending in person. The meeting date has passed and the notice records no outcome.</description>
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      <title>County Planning, Utah County Planning Commission heard the county data center ordinance, 15 SEP</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1106625</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Utah County Planning Commission held a public hearing on 15 SEP 2026 on a proposed county Land Use Ordinance amendment that would allow data centers in the Mining and Grazing (M&amp;G-1) and Industrial (I-1) zones and add a Data Center Overlay zone. This is the county-wide ordinance the County Commission asked for, so it would apply across unincorporated Utah County. The meeting has passed and the notice has no minutes, so the outcome is not recorded here.</description>
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      <title>SF DRC, DRC agenda: 16.8-acre rezone to light industrial, a substation plat, a 2-lot split</title>
      <link>https://redfearn.group/civic-log/notice/1106923</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Development Review Committee agenda for 09 SEP 2026 listed a request to rezone 16.8 acres at 1617 North 300 West from Rural Residential to Light Industrial, a final plat for the Verk 1 Substation, and a 2-lot residential subdivision. The meeting date has passed and no minutes are posted. The same Builders FirstSource rezone is on later public hearing notices.</description>
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