The Summit County Council on Wednesday approved an amended development agreement, paving the way for Dakota Pacific Real Estate to build 725 units as part of a mixed-use project in Kimball Junction.
Members voted 4 to 1 in favor of the development after a more than two-hour discussion. County Councilor Roger Armstrong was the dissenting vote.
“The four people around me, to the extent that they vote for it, are taking a bullet for the community. They are doing something that I believe is distasteful to them. … I believe if there wasn’t that legislative solution that could come to pass, that it would have been a very different discussion,” Armstrong said when explaining his decision. “They are looking out for your interests.”
The vote marks a pivotal moment in the controversial saga that began in 2019, when Dakota Pacific submitted an application to rezone the area near the Park City Tech Center to allow for residential housing and commercial development. Under the original 2008 agreement, construction was restricted primarily to tech and research-related buildings.
Members of the County Council first reviewed the application in the fall of 2020, and planned to vote on the project in 2021. However, the decision faced years of delays due to widespread community opposition and ongoing concerns about the proposal.
In January, the County Council signaled its intention to resolve the debate this year — culminating in the decision this week.
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