Eagle Mountain staff recommend Healthy Utah application emphasizing active living, food access and mental health

City staff presented the Healthy Utah Communities designation package and the Community Services Board’s recommended strategies for Eagle Mountain’s application to Get Healthy Utah.

Steve (staff) described the requirement for nine implemented strategies, including three in active living, three in healthy food access and three in mental health. He said the city already meets or maintains several existing actions—the annual Turkey Trot, an existing bike and pedestrian master plan (with updates needed), a seed exchange and library emergency food pantry, and programs providing gun locks and programming for seniors. He summarized proposed new priorities: a community anti‑stigma mental‑health campaign, improved trail wayfinding with time/distance markers and an active‑transport messaging campaign, and implementing adaptive sports or recurring social events for vulnerable demographics. "We chose some strategies that we've already implemented or are currently maintaining," he told council.

Councilmembers generally voiced support for moving forward with the application. Several members encouraged using existing open space and volunteer networks for community gardens and adaptive‑sports programming and directed staff to submit the application if the council agrees to the three priority strategies. Staff said the mayor would sign the application and the city could be recognized at the Utah League of Cities and Towns conference if submitted by the extended deadline.

What’s next: staff will prepare the application with the board's three recommended priority strategies and coordinate any community outreach or data needed for the application and implementation planning.