Council approves resolution authorizing closing on portion of Suntana property to Sunpro Corporation

Springville City Council voted to approve a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign documents to close on about 28 acres of the Suntana property to Sunpro Corporation for just over $10,000,000 and to recognize developer-installed infrastructure payments.

City staff explained the property — historically called the Suntana property because a racetrack once occupied the site — is adjacent to a new interchange off Interstate 15 and that the city became the owner of most of the roughly 55-acre parcel between 2014 and 2020. The Utah Department of Transportation previously acquired about 10 acres as part of interchange work and paid the city for those parcels, staff said.

City staff said Sunpro won an RFP on the southern portion of the site and proposed a development the company expects to generate roughly $50 million in annual sales tax (company estimate). Under the purchase agreement approved by the council last December, Sunpro would buy about 28 acres for just over $10 million and install infrastructure the company will build; the city will reimburse roughly $1 million for that infrastructure once completed, staff said.

“Sunpro is going to put in the infrastructure,” a city staff member identified in the transcript as John (last name not specified) said, adding that soil tests increased stabilization and site-preparation costs. The city’s power department will do some of the work, he said.

A resolution on the table asked the council to authorize the mayor to sign closing documents for the sale. The motion carried on a roll-call vote. The transcript records the council voting yes with several members recorded by first name; one councilmember declared a conflict of interest on the record and is recorded as recused in the vote tally.

The staff presentation included project illustrations and described the planned facility as a lumber/package yard and millwork operation where builders would pick up prepackaged lumber and garage and interior doors. Staff also said the Sunpro site would be screened from I-15 with landscaping and a wall, and that the development would create two additional lots totaling roughly 17 acres for later sale.

No additional conditions or amendments were recorded in the meeting minutes; staff said the city expected to receive more revenue through future lot sales and to capture sales tax from the new tenant.