Lindon City

RESOLUTION NO. 2016-20-R
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINDON OUTLINING
THEIR SUPPORT FOR PROTECTING PUBLIC USES, WATER QUALITY, AND
PUBLIC ACCESS IN AMERICAN FORK CANYON, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH.
WHEREAS, the area known as American Fork Canyon provides unique recreational
opportunities including, but not limited to hunting, camping, hiking, snowmobiling, four
wheeling, as well as other motorized and non-motorized uses; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Lindon City have used American Fork Canyon for these purposes
for many years; and
WHEREAS, the water coming from the canyon supplements the culinary water needed by
several cities in Utah County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LINDON, UTAH, as follows:
1. The Lindon City Council does hereby resolve to protect those historic uses for their
citizens by exhorting the Utah County Commission to pass any ordinances necessary to
prevent any development in American Fork Canyon that would curtail or eliminate those
historic uses thereby depriving citizens of Lindon City and Utah County their established
rights of way in these areas.
2. The Lindon City Council further urges the Utah County Commission to properly
recognize all Utah County roads, trails and right of ways to preserve them for future
generations.
3. The Lindon City Council encourages the Utah County Commission to not allow any
development in American Fork Canyon that would adversely affect the water quality of
any water source originating in the canyon.
Adopted and approved this 1ST day of NOVEMBER, 2016.
By LINDON CITY COUNCIL and MAYOR