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CAPS students present concepts for 10-acre county parcel near Southfield Park
Summary
Two CAPS engineering students showed flexible concepts for roughly 10 acres adjacent to Southfield Park: visitor center/museum, botanical/nature walk, dog park, picnic structures, offices and parking; students stressed designs are conceptual and will be adjusted once county admin building plans and bypass alignment are finalized.
Koranda Reese and Grayson Whitney, students in the CAPS engineering and industrial design program, presented conceptual site ideas for an approximately 10-acre parcel adjacent to Southfield Park that the county is considering as overflow or complementary uses to the Wasatch County Administration Building.
Their concept pack included a small visitor center or museum with large windows oriented to mountain views, botanical gardens or nature-walk elements, connected walking paths, an acre-sized dog park, sheltered picnic structures and building envelopes for possible office or medical uses if overflow space is needed. "On the extra 10 acres, we really envision a place where the community can come together," the students said during the presentation.
Students emphasized the plans are conceptual: parking needs, restrooms and final building footprints will change once the county finalizes site plans for the administration building and as the potential bypass alignment becomes clearer. County staff and councilors asked practical questions about proportions, parking and restroom facilities; the students explained a dog park was sized at roughly one acre and that botanical elements were designed to fit a smaller footprint by incorporating them into nature-walk circulation.
County staff thanked the students and indicated the CAPS project is a useful input as county planners and Heber City continue annexation and site-planning conversations for the administration parcel.
No formal decisions were made; staff said the concepts would be adjusted to fit final campus requirements.
