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Council approves memorandum of understanding with Nebo School District on new high school and park property exchanges
Summary
Springville City Council voted to authorize the city administrator to sign a memorandum of understanding with Nebo School District outlining property exchanges, facility improvements and reimbursements tied to the new Springville High School. The MOU records a total payment obligation to the district of about $4,072,000, payable in July 2026.
Springville City Council approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nebo School District that finalizes property exchanges, facilities improvements, and a city payment to the district tied to the new Springville High School project.
City staff summarized the MOU as implementing a joint resolution adopted earlier in the project planning. City staff member John (last name not specified in the transcript) explained the MOU documents three principal elements: a share of cost for Red Devil Drive (a road serving the new high school), property exchanges that moved several park parcels between the city and the district, and city-funded improvements the district agreed to construct as part of the school project.
Staff said the city will provide roughly $4,072,000 under the MOU, but payment is not due until July 2026 and will fall into the fiscal-year 2027 budget. The staff breakdown presented in the meeting showed about $3.6 million for road and utility improvements (including power, sewer, water and storm drain work and a storm drain line feeding Hobble Creek) and approximately $430,000 in park improvements after credits for property the city did not receive.
The district deeded or has already deeded several properties to the city, including Memorial Park (where the wiffle ball fields are located) and other parcels. The city noted it did not receive roughly 2.19 acres from the original 17.3-acre property expectation; the MOU provides credits to account for that difference. City staff showed project photos and maps of new facilities, including six pickleball courts (with six more to be poured), new baseball diamonds with upgraded lighting, an Arts Park plaza and an approximately 2,500-foot lit trail.
John told council the district had generally exceeded obligations for replacement improvements, including new lights and fully redone softball and pony fields. He also noted that two tennis courts originally planned were replaced by a private entity’s funded courts and that the city received credit for that work and applied it toward pickleball court construction.
A council member moved to approve the MOU and authorize the city administrator to sign. The motion passed on a roll-call vote recorded in the transcript as a majority yes. Staff noted the MOU requires signatures from district representatives (the transcript records Troy and Rick signing for the district) and that the city has budget time to prepare for the payment in FY2027.
