Those two points are part of a resolution expected to be approved by the council tonight.

The resolution details the process the council plans to follow in considering the proposal - promoted by Chris Peterson of Sandy and Mayor Matthew Godfrey.

Details were expected several months ago but have not yet been formally submitted. Peterson's attorney, Tom Ellison of Salt Lake City, has been working with city staff to lay the groundwork.

Council President Jesse Garcia and his colleagues want to spell out the process to assure residents all aspects of Peterson's project will be considered publicly.

"Too many people out there think it's a done deal," said Garcia. "It's not even close to a done deal. We don't even have a proposal yet."

Peterson, an entrepreneur who owns hundreds of acres in Malans Basin in the mountains east of Ogden, wants to buy the city's Mount Ogden Golf Course - as well as an adjacent swath of hillside from Weber State University.

He would build a subdivision featuring luxury homes surrounding a redesigned golf course, and sales of lots there would finance construction of a gondola from the subdivision to a new ski resort in Malans Basin 3 miles up the hillside.

Godfrey wants to use proceeds from selling the golf course to build a gondola from downtown to link up with Peterson's mountain gondola.

Tonight's resolution would provide a long list of actions the council expects to consider, including annexation of Malans Basin, which is now in unincorporated Weber County; completion of the Mount Ogden Community Plan; changes in the sensitive-area zone; creation of a new mixed-use zone; changes to the General Plan, which calls for open space in the foothills; and approval of Peterson's proposed development agreement and master plan.

Meanwhile, Weber State spokesman John Kowalewski said it's been several months since university officials have discussed the project with Peterson.

WSU has asked the University of Utah's Bureau of Economic and Business Research to do an economic analysis - independent of the city - of the hillside acreage above the Ogden campus.

kmoulton@sltrib.com