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Commission approves annual lease payments from tourism fund for Western Sports Park
Summary
Davis County adopted a resolution directing the tourism fund to make annual lease payments to the general fund for 55.06 acres used exclusively by the Western Sports Park; payments begin Jan. 1, 2025 and will be calculated using the 2024 assessed land value with an 8% rate and 2% annual escalator.
The Davis County Commission on May 27 adopted Resolution 2025-11 directing annual lease payments from the county’s tourism fund to the general fund for land used exclusively by the Western Sports Park.
Controller Curtis Koch read the resolution on the record, citing the property’s history and statutory authority. The resolution says lease payments shall begin Jan. 1, 2025 and continue annually for a minimum of 30 years or until the land is no longer used by the tourism fund. The lease payments will be calculated using the 2024 estimated raw land value per acre from the Davis County Assessor, multiplied by 8% of fair market value, with an annual 2% escalator.
Koch read the resolution’s findings at length, referencing county actions dating to a 1968 special election, transfers authorized in 1988, and sales-tax revenue bond commitments in 2022 to develop a youth-sports destination on the site. The resolution explicitly cites Utah State Code section 17-31-2 and Utah State Code section 59-12-603 and Davis County Code section 3.04.015 as statutory authorities for tourism- and sales-tax-funded recreational facilities.
The resolution notes the portion of land used exclusively by the tourism fund contains approximately 55.06 acres; the county assessor’s 2024 estimated value for the Western Sports Park property used by the tourism fund was listed as $22,450,241.48 in the meeting materials. Controller Koch supplied a year-one payment figure on the record: “So for the year 2025, it will be $1,796,019.32,” and the resolution states total estimated raw value used in the calculation (exhibit 2).
Commissioner Bob Stevenson moved to approve Resolution 2025-11; Commissioner Lorraine Kamalu seconded. The commission approved the resolution by voice vote.
The resolution becomes effective immediately upon adoption and directs that lease receipts be deposited to the general fund capital account (fund 45, per the text).
