MINUTES OF THE
MEETING OF THE
TOWN COUNCIL OF
GARDEN CITY, UTAH
The
Garden City Town Council held their regularly scheduled Town Council meeting on
September 13, 2007 at the Garden City Office, located at 145 W. Center (Logan
Road). Mayor Hansen opened the meeting
at 5:00 p.m.
Roll
call of Council Members Present:
Kenneth Hansen, Mayor
Mike Leonhardt
Elizabeth Seiler
Brian House
Laraine Schnetzer
Others
Present:
Kathy Hislop Rod
Thompson
Karen Lambert Troy Oldham
John Alter Rod
Jacobsen
Anita Weston Jason
Welch
Bobbie Coray Frank
Smith
Marsha Solum Cindy McLaughlin
Milt Erickson Krista
Klien
Jean Erickson Ryan
Rogers
Gene Cook Scott
Galberg
Eddie Alter Brian
Cannell
Larry Moyes Jason
Linford
Gerald Hunsicker Bess Huefner
Penny Fox
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the Executive Session held on July 12, 2007
Council
Member Seiler moved to accept the minutes of the executive session held on July
12, 2007. Council Member Schnetzer
seconded the motion. All in favor and
the motion carried.
The
Council returned the minutes so they can be destroyed.
Minutes of the Public hearing held on August 9, 2007
Council
Member Seiler moved to accept the minutes of the public hearing held on August
9, 2007. Council Member Leonhardt
seconded the motion. All in favor and
the motion carried.
Minutes of the Town Council meeting held on August 9, 2007
Council
Member Schnetzer made the motion to accept the minutes of the Town Council
meeting held on August 9, 2007. Council
Member Leonhardt seconded the motion.
All in favor and the motion carried.
Minutes of the Executive Session held on August 9, 2007
Council
Member Seiler moved to accept the minutes of the Executive Session held on
August 9, 2007. Council Member House
seconded the motion. A roll call vote
was taken: Council Member Seiler, for; Council Member Schnetzer, for; Council
Member House, for; Council Member Leonhardt abstained because he was not in
attendance. Motion carried.
The
Council returned the minutes so they can be destroyed.
Minutes of the Public hearing held on August 23, 2007
Council
Member Schnetzer made the motion to accept the minutes for the public hearing
held on August 23, 2007. Council Member
House seconded the motion. All in favor
and the motion carried.
RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SEILER FOR THE WORK SHE HAS DONE ON THE TOWN
COUNCIL
Mayor
Hansen recognized Council Member Seiler for what she has done in the
community. She has been a member of the
community for 10 years and has been involved in community events and the
Chamber of Commerce. She has been
instrumental in helping out the community.
Mayor
Hansen presented Council Member Seiler a plaque in honor of her dedicated
service to Garden City.
BUILDING INSPECTORS REPORT
Mr.
Abraham is not in attendance during this meeting but he prepared a report that
was passed out to the Council Members.
SWAN SPRING CULINARY WATER PROJECT/TREATMENT PLANT UPDATE,
Jason Linford
Petersen Subdivision
Mr.
Linford explained that we have had some success with some of the property
owners that are in the area for the subdivision. We have contacted all but one of the property owners. We will keep trying. As soon as we get the plat signed we will
get that advertized and going again.
Water Share Costs per lot
Mr.
Linford explained that this is an update from the proposal from last
month. Mr. Tuttle also reviewed the
list and added some information to the chart.
This chart is for those who want to develop but don=t have enough water rights for their
development, it sets the amount to purchase rights from the Town.
Mayor
Hansen said that he is fine with the calculations on the chart. He said that we are making the options to
purchase the water rights available to developers but the water shares need to
stay within the corporate limits of the Town.
We can put that on the chart or in the resolution. The property would need to be annexed into
the Town prior to purchasing water from the Town.
Update on the Hodges Canyon Trailhead parking lot
Mr.
Linford said that he met with Mr. Jim Ruggles and the Mayor and looked at the
plan. We want to make as much parking
as possible. They did work on getting
the truck with the restroom to drop off the restroom at the trailhead. They will make the project work within the
fence line, which isn=t the
exact property line. They will also
leave a buffer zone around the project.
One
of the concerns that need to be answered is who will own the property and
improvements and who will maintain it.
BUSINESS LICENSE DISCUSSION/APPROVAL
Blue Water Rentals, LLC., Brad
Edgerington
Mr.
Edgerington explained that they would like a business license to conduct a
vacation rental business in the
Town. Council Member Leonhardt said
that he has some concerns with the property.
He said that usually there are about 12 vehicles between the driveway,
the town road and the side street. They
are creating a horrible traffic hazard.
They are parking on the street and on the bike path. Mr. Edgerington is the owner of the
property. Mayor Hansen asked if there
is additional property in the back of the home to allow for parking. Mayor Hansen said that there just isn=t enough room for all the vehicles that they
bring.
Mr.
Edgerington said that they have some unutilized property on the north side that they can gravel and
put some extra parking there. Council
Member Leonhardt said that would be fine because that would keep the parking on
the property and off the road.
Mr.
Edgerington said that they are going to have more control of the property
because they are going to do the rental and not go through the property
management company. This is the only
home that Mr. Edgerington is interested in renting. Mr. Edgerington said that there are plenty of rooms for 21 people
to sleep in the home.
Council
Member Leonhardt said that it needs to go in the rental agreement that there is
only so many parking spaces that are available and also tell them that they are
required to park on the property.
Mayor
Hansen said that they should also encourage people to limit how many vehicles
that they bring. Council Member Leonhardt
also explained that there are fire issues and occupancy requirements.
Council
Member Seiler explained that they need to charge the sales tax, resort tax and
room tax.
Council
Member Leonhardt made the motion to accept the business license application for
Blue Water Rentals, LLC. with the stipulation that they will work on the
parking issues and have it ready by the next rental season. Council Member House seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Review of conditions for the Bears Den
Council
Member House said that it needs to be turned over to the Town Attorney to
respond to the letter from Mr. Bashford=s attorney.
Council
Member House made the motion that in the case of the Bear=s Den business licensing and the issue of the
outside display and sales be turned over to the Town Attorney for review. Council Member Leonhardt seconded the
motion. All in favor and the motion
carried.
Mayor
Hansen asked to move an item from Miscellaneous, C, up on the agenda. The Council agreed to move that up on the
agenda.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEM
Discussion Regarding the Bear Lake Memorial Hospital Billboard Located
on 3rd West in Garden City, Rod Jacobson
Mr.
Jacobson explained that he is here to address a concern about their billboard
which is on 3rd west. It is
right in the middle of where that road will eventually go. He received a letter that if it is not
attached to a business in Town that it needs to be moved and that there was not
an option to keep it in Town. He said
that billboards are very hard to come by and very expensive. They want to keep that advertisement
capability.
Mr.
Jacobson explained that there is a state code that states that, if in the
process of widening a road or expanding an entry, a billboard needs to be moved
the Town or entity asking for the removal, it=s their responsibility to move it and pay for the cost. He is not asking for the Town to move it or
pay the cost he is only asking for an exemption to giving them the opportunity
of relocate the billboard. He passed
out the code reference to the Council.
He would like the Town Council to assisting in helping him find a place
to move the billboard.
Mayor
Hansen stated that the way it is right now it is a non-conforming sign because
it is not connected to a business in Town.
He also stated that we may be pushing the issue because we are making
them move the sign.
Mayor
Hansen said that we need to establish the current position of the sign as it
relates to our ordinances now. Mr.
Jacobson said that the sign was here 10-12 years. We would like to help them out but we need to make sure that it
is on good ground with our ordinances.
It is grandfathered now but if it is moved then it loses it=s grandfathered status but we are making them
move it because of the road then we may be able to allow them to keep the
status.
Council
Member Seiler asked about there being an exemption for hospital signs. Mayor Hansen said that he is not aware of
that in the ordinances but our ordinance is usually based on commercial.
Council
Member Schnetzer said that she doesn=t have a problem with working with them and allowing them to move it if
they can find a property owner that will let them put it on their
property. Council Member Leonhardt said
that they can come up with some property the Council will be open to allow
that. Mr. Jacobson said that he will
work on finding a property owner that will allow them to move the sign to.
PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION FOR RASPBERRY PATCH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, Laura Reilley
Ms.
Laura Reilley is not here at this time.
The Council agreed that if she comes we will try to work her back into
the agenda.
DISCUSSION REGARDING ACCESSES TO LAKEVIEW MANOR PLANNED UNIT
DEVELOPMENT, Frank
Smith
Mr.
Smith explained that he had a discussion with his attorney and what he feels is
that they have existing agreements with the Raspberry Patch Development for
their access for Elk=s
Ridge Subdivision. He explained that it
is a recorded document, which was recorded on December 31, 2003. Now that he is a partner with Lakeview Manor
there is a question on the access that they can use for the Lakeview Manor
Development. He explained that he is
working with the Raspberry Patch HOA to get the existing agreement that will
give them access through Raspberry Patch.
Mr.
Smith explained that Lakeview Manor sits right behind Raspberry Patch. He showed the roads and how they connect and
go to the Raspberry Patch Road and 200 North.
Mr. Smith said that the ordinances state that they must have 2
accesses. It doesn=t say that one is primary or the other is
secondary, and it doesn=t say that they have to be equal in use. He said that their main access with be on 200 N.
Mayor
Hansen said that it looks like Mr. Smith is still working on this with Raspberry Patch and Mr. Weber. Mr. Smith said that Mr. Weber now wants his
road going through there at the same standard as what is in Elk=s Ridge.
They are working on an agreement.
Mr.
Smith said that he is here to clarify what they need for their access. Council Member Seiler said that they need to
get a written agreement for the access for Lakeview Manor. That is what he will need before Lakeview
Manor can be recorded Mr. Smith said
that he feels that there is an agreement because he is the owner of the
property for Lakeview the same as he is the owner of the property for Elk=s Ridge.
He feels that the agreement that is already recorded is in his name so
it should be good for all the property that he owns.
Mayor
Hansen said that they all need to work together because Mr. Weber will
eventually want to develop his property and he will need 2 accesses for his
development. Mr. Smith will continue to
work with the Raspberry HOA and also with Dr. Weber.
The
stipulations on the final approval was that they must have written approvals
for the easements and access to their property. They must prove that the easements exist prior to getting the
signatures on the Mylar.
Mr.
Smith explained that Mr. Kent Glenn, from Glenn=s Electric will be here soon to turn on the pumps for Elk=s Ridge and then the tank and the water lines
can be filled and tested.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION/APPROVAL
Final Master Plan and Phase I approval for Season=s Resort
Mr.
Rod Thompson explained that they are here requesting final approval for the
Master Plan and also for Phase I. There
will be 76 units to with 19 in the first phase.
Mr.
Thompson explained that the buildings will be under the 35' height
restriction. The amenities will be
constructed in the first part of phase II.
Each unit will have a garage and 2 additional parking stalls. There is an additional 105 parking spots within
the development which also includes additional boat parking. The CC&R=s will be specific as to how many parking spaces they can use when
staying at the resort.
The
property management will be onsite and ran through the club house. There will also be property owners that will
be allowed to rent their own place.
Mayor Hansen explained that anyone that rents a unit will must apply for
a business license in Garden City. They
don=t have to go through the Seasons Property
Management exclusively to rent but they must have a business license to rent on
their own. The Seasons HOA and Property
Management group will also need a business license to rent the units.
The
CC&R=s will stipulate a quiet time. Mr. Brian Cannell stated that there is a
discretion left to the HOA Board to regulate those type of issues. Council Member Leonhardt suggested that
they also stipulate no fireworks in the CC&R=s.
Council
Member Seiler explained that we are working on an ordinance regulating low
lighting and suggested that they follow the low lighting within their
development. Mr. Thompson explained
that they are aware of that and they plan to have low lighting focusing down
within their development.
Mayor
Hansen said that before we can record the Mylar for this subdivision we need a
letter from the attorney and the water calculations from the engineer.
Council
Member Leonhardt made the motion to approve the Final Plat for the Master Plan
and Phase I of the Seasons Resort with the conditions that we get an approval
letter from our Attorney and the water calculations from our Engineer. They also need a letter of credit, bond or a
cash deposit. Council Member House
seconded the motion. All in favor and
the motion carried.
ORDINANCE DISCUSSION/APPROVAL
Ordinance #07-09, An Ordinance of the Town of Garden City, Utah,
stating the Administrative Enforcement Program
Council
Member Seiler said that we need to complete this ordinance and have it on the
books but feels like we need a professional to get it set up. The Council agreed to send this one to Mr.
Rick Fawcett and have him help prepare the ordinance and tell us the direction
that we need to go. We need to give it
to Mr. Fawcett and have him tell us how it fits with what we are doing.
Council
Member House made the motion to send Ordinance #07-09 on to Whisper Pines, Mr.
Rick Fawcett for review. Council Member
Leonhardt seconded the motion. All in
favor and the motion carried.
Ordinance #07-21, An Ordinance to update the Motor Vehicle Access
Ordinance.
This
is just for preliminary review because it is a land use ordinance and so it
needs to go to the Planning & Zoning first and they need to have a public
hearing.
Council
Member Seiler explained the changes to the ordinance that she has made since
the last meeting. Mr. Linford has
looked it over and made his recommendations to the ordinance.
Council
Member Seiler moved to send the revisions to the Motor Vehicle access Ordinance
#07-21 to the Planning & Zoning Commission for their review. Council Member Schnetzer seconded the
motion. All in favor and the motion
carried.
Ordinance #07-31, An Ordinance to update the Municipal Impact Fee
Ordinance.
Mayor
Hansen stated that this ordinance is ready for approval. All we are doing is changing the dates and
stating that the fee is set by resolution.
A sentence was deleted from the proposed ordinance regarding the
calculation for the road impact fee.
The road impact fee is now a set fee and not calculated.
Council
Member House made the motion to pass Ordinance #07-31 with the amendments as
noted. Council Member Leonhardt seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Ordinance #07-32, An Ordinance to update the definition of a lot.
This
ordinance is written to be consistent with the definition of a lot in section
11E-200.
Council
Member Seiler moved to accept the update of Ordinance #07-32. Council Member House seconded the
motion. All in favor and the motion
carried.
Ordinance #07-33, An Ordinance establishing temporary regulation
pertaining to subdivision plats, planned unit development plans, single
residents of more than four (4) bedrooms, commercial development of more than
one (1) unit, subdivision of property, and zoning change request within the
municipality of Garden City.
Council
Member Seiler explained that this is the same ordinance that she proposed last
year but it is just a little bit different. She explained that she is taking
into consideration the suggestions from the last meeting and suggestions from
Mr. Fawcett=s lawyer.
Mayor
Hansen said that we tried to do this last year but the Council said that we
would go to work and get the ordinances and General Plan done. He said that it has been a whole year and
nothing has been done. He said that he
doesn=t have any confidence that it will ever get
done. He asked why should we punish
anyone because of our inability to get things done. Council Member Seiler said that the difference this year is that
we have hired a professional that said that it will be done by March, 2008 and
we have a contract that is already in place that states that he will have that
done by March, 2008. This proposed
ordinance is only in place until March 14, 2008.
Mayor
Hansen said that his frustration is that the Council could have just gone in
and updated the plan but we decided to go the route of involving the citizens
of the community and we can=t even get that much help.
Council Member Seiler said that the Transportation Board did do their
survey but the rest of the committee was told to stop because we were going to
hire the professional.
Council
Member Seiler explained that what is different between last years ordinance and
this years proposed ordinance is that this year anything that has received
approval can go forward. But from this
day forward we hold anything new coming in until we get the ordinances etc in
place that we need. They are finding
the loop holes in the ordinances and we haven=t been able to stop them. And
if we don=t stop them now how many more will come in
before March. The moratorium is only
going to be on homes of more than 4 bedrooms.
Council
Member Seiler said that it won=t impact people that are working this winter, they will have plenty of
homes to build in the subdivisions that have been approved.
Council
Member Leonhardt said that he is not opposed to this ordinance but he would like to have it on the agenda
next month so he has some time to review and research the ordinance and think
about it first. Council Member
Schnetzer agreed, she would like a little bit more time to think about it. She said that she would also like to set up
a day to make arrangements to work on the ordinances that apply to the vacation
rentals. She said that is a real
issue. It will be a problem if we don=t work on it now.
Mr.
Gerald Hunsicker asked the Council why they don=t just stop it right now. He
asked if the Council knows what will happen in one more month.
Council
Member House said that he would vote for it now just because what has been
said. Get it stopped and get Mr.
Fawcett on board with it asap and get the ordinances and General Plan done.
Council
Member Schnetzer stated that whether this is passed tonight or not we need to
schedule a time with Mr. Fawcett and address what we need him to do. We should also check with other towns and
see how they regulate these things.
Mayor Hansen said that Mr. Fawcett=s contract was to do the land use ordinances and if we are getting into
the commercial that may be in addition to what we have contracted to do. Council Member House said that it is land
use.
Council
Member Leonhardt said that he would like to have it go to our Town Attorney
first to know if we can do this legally.
He would like his opinion.
Council Member Seiler said that she has sent this ordinance to Mr.
Fawcett and his attorney has read it and she has incorporated their comments
into the ordinance. Council Member
Leonhardt said that he would like to know what our Town Attorney has to say
about it. Council Member Seiler read
from the Land Use Regulation book explaining that the Council can approve this
based on it being a temporary land use ordinance. It is a legislative decision and only the Town Council makes this
decision to adopt the temporary land use ordinance. The only notice requirement is the notice posted 24 hours in
advance. There is no public input
required, it is not required by state statute.
Council
Member Seiler said that the longer it
takes us to update our ordinance the longer we are allowing things to happening
that we are not able to regulate because we don=t have the ordinances in place.
Ms.
Bobbie Coray said that if we do this the developers will make sure that the
Council makes the changes quickly so that they can proceed.
Council
Member Schnetzer said that this ordinance requires updating the General Plan, The Transportation plan and all the
land use ordinances. She said that she
is okay if we broke it down to just the sections that are causing us the big
issues. She would be more comfortable
with this other than the whole plan.
Mayor Hansen said that the big problem ordinances are the short term
rentals, PUD=s, and small subdivisions. We also need to look at the building permit
process and how these big houses are getting through. Mayor Hansen said that you have to write the General Plan first
and write the ordinances to support the General Plan.
Mr.
Hunsicker said that what Council Member Seiler has proposed is a great
idea. He also said that if you make any
changes to make exceptions then we are allowing exactly what we are trying to
prevent. We are creating another loop
hole and opening to not being uniformly applied.
He
said that the proposal is clean and clear and leaves no room for anyone to
criticize. And it will stop what you
are saying you are trying to prevent.
Mayor
Hansen said that with no new subdivision plats, what specifically does that
mean. Council Member Seiler said that
when they first come in and they want their approval it gives them permission
to move forward. Council Member Seiler
read from the proposed ordinance which states that anything that has been
before the Council and has received prior approval can go forward. Mayor Hansen said that each phase of the
new plat needs approval. Council Member
Leonhardt said that if we have already received any approval then it can move
forward even with new phases. He said
that if we stop new phases that would be a liability for the town, and that is
also why he would like to have the Town Attorney look at the ordinance. This ordinance applies to anything that hasn=t been before the Council before.
Council
Member Seiler said that they can even come in and go through the process but
they can=t be approved until after March. Mayor Hansen said that they should follow
the new guidelines as they come in.
Town Clerk Hislop asked if a developer comes in prior to March to start
their process is that okay and what ordinance is the Council going to hold them
to, the new one or the old ordinance?
The new ordinance may not even be written or approved until March. The Council agreed that the new
developments need to wait until the ordinances are in placed and no later than
March. They can come in for conceptual
but no further reviews can be done.
Commercial
development is one unit, such as a bank.
They can=t get approval to build commercial units such
as a strip mall.
Council
Member Leonhardt said that we need to be very careful with the clarity of the
ordinance.
Council
Member House made the motion to accept Ordinance #07-33, and ordinance
pertaining to a 6 month moratorium to development with the changes that were made.
Council Member Schnetzer said that she wants to read it again before she
votes on it. Council Member Schnetzer
seconded the motion. All in favor and
the motion carried.
Review proposal for Light Pollution Ordinance.
Mayor
Hansen said this will be part of the land use ordinance that we will
undertake. Council Member House
suggested that we send this to Mr. Fawcett to include in the plan. This is a good idea who=s time is too late but we need to get it in
place now. It is a good goal to work
towards.
Ms.
Krista Klein is the person who is presenting this ordinance for consideration
and she said that she would like to move this right along. She should also get it on the Rich County
Planning & Zoning Commission, the Laketown Planning & Zoning Commission
and Bear Lake County so they can have the same type of regulations.
We
will send it to Mr. Fawcett to include with the land use ordinances.
Review of proposal for a Short Term Rental ordinance.
This
proposed ordinance will also be sent to Mr. Fawcett to include in his review of
the ordinances.
Review of Bear Lake County Subdivision Ordinance.
Mr.
Fawcett is working on updating our Subdivision Ordinance.
Review of Bear Lake County Large Scale Planned Unit Development
Ordinance.
Mr.
Fawcett is working on updating our
Large Scale Planned Unit Development Ordinance.
RESOLUTION DISCUSSION/APPROVAL
Resolution #R07-04, A Resolution to update road impact fees.
The
Council reviewed the proposed resolution.
This resolution only changes the impact fees for roads, the park impact
fee remains the same.
Council
Member House made the motion to approve Resolution #R07-04 to raise road impact
fees to a standard rate of $2,896. Council Member Leonhardt seconded the
motion. All in favor and the motion
carried.
Resolution #R07-05, A Resolution of the Town of Garden City
establishing Land Use fees and miscellaneous fees for services rendered and
providing an effective date.
The
Council received a copy of the proposed resolution with the proposed increase
of the fees. The Council also received
a copy of the outstanding bills that are about $8,000. It is very difficult to receive the fees
after the fact, after the plats has been recorded. Town Clerk Hislop is suggesting that we collect a deposit on
subdivision and PUD at the time that they submit the application not after the
plat has been recorded. The suggested
amount of the deposit is $3,000, which the balance will be returned after all
the fees have been paid.
Council
Member Leonhardt made the motion to approve Resolution #R07-05 with the changes
discussed and to include the deposit of $3,000 as discussed. Council Member House seconded the
motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
The
Council agreed not to charge for the permit for cutting across the roads. They will be penalized if it is not taken
care of.
Resolution #R07-08, A Resolution supporting the addition to Bear Lake
State Mariana.
Council
Member Seiler asked why we need a resolution to support the Marina. Mayor Hansen said that we are declaring our
position on the project. He said that
he is okay with the first paragraph but
wants to be more specific on what we need, such as we want improvements on
widening the streets through town, SR30 and 89.
Council
Member House made the motion that Resolution #R07-08 be passed as amended. Council Member Leonhardt seconded the
motion. All in favor and the motion
carried.
GRANT DISCUSSION
Rich County Tourism Grant 2008
Council
Member Seiler explained that Ms. Bess Huefner is working, with the help of the
Transportation Board, is working on this grant for parking throughout
Town. Mayor Hansen said that is an
excellent project.
CDBG Grant 2008
We
will apply for restrooms for this grant.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Participation in the 2010 Decennial Census Local Update and Addresses
Program.
Ms.
Bobbie Coray and Ms. Anita Weston volunteered to help work on this
project. They will go to the training
seminar and we will send the questionnaires back with our commitment.
Utah Land Use Institute Seminar
If
any of the Council are available they can go to these seminars and we will also
see if Ms. Jennifer Huefner, Planning & Zoning Chairperson will go to
either.
The Byway Representative.
Council
Member Seiler explained that Mr. Frank Smith would like to be the
representative. Mayor Hansen will
contact him.
2008 Raspberry Days Date
It
was discussed that Raspberry Days always begin on the first Thursday in
August. That date will now interfere
with the Rich County Fair because they start with the Demolition Derby held on
the first Saturday of the fair which would be on the last day of Raspberry
Days. The Saturday of Raspberry Days
they hold the Rodeo. We have already
told many, many people of the dates and they have got their reservations.
Council
Member Leonhardt said that he doesn=t understand why they would have to cancel the derby, they can hold it
another day during the week or they can have the first Saturday of August.
The
Council agreed that we need to keep Raspberry Days schedule the same as it has
been for years. Mayor Hansen will
contact the County Commissioners and let them know of the decision.
Buttercup SID
Mayor
Hansen explained that we are trying to work out the ATV issues in
Buttercup. He explained that it hinges
on 1st west and going through to Buttercup. We have made the commitments so we need to
go forward and get it done.
Mayor
Hansen has talked to Mr. Steve Bilboa and they agree that we are on a solution
path to get that taken care of but we need to get something going over on 1st
west to Buttercup.
Building Permits for Mr. Kent Korgenski
Mr.
Jack Dahl explained that he purchased some property from Mr. Kent
Korgenski. Mr. Korgenski was going to
build small retail shops on his property and took out building permits in 2003. Since then the building permits are null and
void because of no active building on the
property. Mr. Dahl is requesting
a refund of what he paid for a building permit because it was already paid by
Mr. Korgenski.
Council
Member House made the motion to reduce the building permit fees by half for Mr.
Jack Dahl for the Korgenski project.
Council Member Schnetzer seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
UPDATE OF THE NEW LIBRARY/TOWN HALL
Mayor
Hansen said that we are still in the preliminary stages of looking at what we
need and what we can be done for the purchase of a new Town Hall/Library.
COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
Council
Member Seiler explained that she had her last meeting with the Transportation
Board so Commission Member Huefner will take over the board until there is
someone from the Council to take over the seat. Right now it is Council Member Huefner, Ms. Bess Huefner, Mr. Jim
Ruggles and Ms. Lana Hodges on the Board.
Their question is what are they able to do during this transition
time. Council Member Seiler explained
that they are an advisory board to the Council.
Council
Member Seiler suggested that the Council appoint Ms. Bess Huefner on the
Council until January and she can be over the Transportation Board also.
Council
Member Seiler talked with Mr. Hobbs about the Davis= project, he is to install the gate on their
property.
Mayor
Hansen talked with Mr. Jason Linford today about Hodges Canyon road. Mr. Linford said that UDOT is pretty hard to
work with so he may not get approval from them to do construction this fall. They won=t make a decision until the middle of October. We will let Mr. Linford work through it but
probably won=t get it done this fall. That will give us more time to get good bids
and line up the contractor for next spring.
Council
Member Seiler explained that the trees are growing again along Hodges Canyon
road so we did spray them and will spray them again if needed.
Council
Member Leonhardt explained that the Utah state Marketing Department is putting
a plan together to raise some money for a new fire truck for us, which will cost approximately $701,000.
Council
Member Seiler suggested that we send Mr. Bashford at the Texaco a copy of the
minutes of the meeting when he was approved for a business license and a copy
of the commercial requirements. The
Council agreed and gave him until the next Council meeting to get his property
cleaned up.
Council
Member Seiler said that we need to clarify that the speed limit for ATV=s will be 25 mph on the town roads and 15 mph
on dirt roads. The Council agreed.
Council
Member Seiler explained that we need to get a proposal for the parking for the
business district. Mayor Hansen said
that if we get what we want after the meeting with the Governor then all the
parking issues will go away. They are
trying to do cooperative plans with Idaho also. Council Member Seiler said that she will focus on the side
streets for public parking.
Council
Member Schnetzer said that we just wrapped up Raspberry Days and it was a huge
event and very successful.
Council
Member House said that the marina project has been moved to the top of the list
for funding. Mayor Hansen said that it
is good and we want to support the project but we needs some infrastructure
with the state highway in place first.
Council
Member Leonhardt sent a letter to the Council requesting $5,000 from Garden
City for new fire equipment. The
Council agreed that if there is money in the budget we can pay $5,000 to the
Fire District.
Mayor
Hansen explained that there is a property owner that lives next to the beach
access in Hodges Beach Subdivision. The
property owner would like a fence put across the beach access and he will shut
the gate at 10:00 p.m. and open it early the next morning. That will reduce people being on the beach
when they shouldn=t be
there. Council Member Seiler said that
we need a written agreement to set the parameters. We will also need to put up some signs.
PAYMENT VOUCHERS
Council
Member Leonhardt made the motion to pay the bills as presented. Council Member House seconded the
motion. All in favor and the motion
carried.
ADJOURNMENT
There
being no further business to discuss, Council Member Leonhardt made the motion
to adjourn the Town Council meeting at 9:50 p.m.. Council Member Schnetzer seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
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