Holladay Digest

September 30th, 2025

Planning Commission Meeting

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Topics

City of Holiday General Plan Update
(sole action item):
- Project process overview (Phase 1: Oct 2024 foundation; Phase 2: visioning; Phase 3: draft compilation)
- Summary of public engagement activities and findings across all phases
- Community vision statement and vision principles
- Key changes from the previous General Plan, including:
- State compliance requirements
- New Water Element
- Transportation chapter updates
- Housing/Moderate Income Housing Plan integration
- Improved readability and document formatting
- Future land use map and category changes
- Updated data
- Reformatted goals and policies
- Overview of the Water Element (state legislative requirements, water demand vs. supply analysis, regional water reduction goals through 2065)
- Chapter structure organized around vision principles (e.g., "Walkable and Connected Community")

Decisions

No formal decisions or resolutions were recorded in the available transcript.

Votes

No votes were recorded in the available transcript.

Actions

Planning Commissioners
Review the current draft General Plan, with particular attention to key changes (Water Element, transportation chapter, future land use map, housing policies, and reformatted goals/policies)
Delaney Sillman / Logan Simpson / Jim Carter
Continue presentation covering chapter summaries and "what's next" (noted as forthcoming in the run of show at time of transcript cutoff)
No other specific assignments
were recorded in the available transcript

Notes

No members of the public
were present at the meeting; the standard public opening statement was omitted.
Public engagement summary highlights
- Phase 1: ~300 participants across 3 pop-up events; 244 questionnaire responses; one-on-one interviews
- Phase 2: 4 steering committee meetings (12 members; avg. ~8 attendees); 2 vision and values events (50+ participants over 2 days); 151 questionnaire responses; mapping exercise for future land use map input
- Phase 3: Community review event held at Holiday Plaza in early September 2025; few but specific comments received on the draft plan
Key community themes heard
Neighborhood character preservation, walkability, parks/recreation/open space, responsible/environmentally sensitive development, support for local economy and boutique businesses, housing concerns, transparency in governance
Vision Statement adopted for the plan
"Holiday has preserved its character as a beautiful and unique community that is safe, family friendly and a highly desirable place to live, work and play. As Holiday changes and evolves, the city considers the needs of future generations while maintaining what is valued today."
Housing
The draft General Plan largely maintains policies and actions from the existing Moderate Income Housing Plan, reorganized to fit within the planning document format.
Transcript ends mid-presentation
; the Water Element discussion and remaining agenda items (chapter summaries, next steps, public hearing, open discussion) are not captured.

Summarized May 8, 2026

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