Garden City Administrator Report

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  December 12, 2013.  Danny White, City Administrator, submitted a written report and was on the telephone during the Staff and City Council Meeting to answer any questions needing his response.   The following is a summary of a few of items that Danny has been working on:

The Wetland Mitigation Plan for future wetland impacts on first west has been completed and, the application has also been completed.  Danny has mapped the wetlands at Third West and 75 North and that application is all but finished as well.

The Kiosk is complete with the exception of the signs.  The General Plan has been revised on input from the last council meeting and is ready for approval if the Council so decides.

The Parks and Trails Plan should be ready for Planning and Zoning approval next month.  Beach access to the beach has been included in the Parks and Trails Plan.

Application for the EDA Grant will be submitted next month.  New letters from business owners are being collected, and the Cultural resource report has been approved by the State Historic Preservation Office.  These documents are needed to complete the application.

White has been working with George Humbert with Rocky Mountain Power on a grant for Garden City and the City should be receiving $1,000 to go toward the planning and design of Heritage Park.

The State Parks has requested additional information about the gun range.  They have asked for a formal, written, detailed proposal from Garden City covering long-term operations and maintenance, as well as anticipated costs and revenues tied to the project.  They have also asked for written documentation of the results/outcomes/recommendations of the two wildlife issues raised at the June meeting—critical grouse/lek habitat and winter deer range.   The designs for the range have been completed.  The first phase of the gun range will cost about $100,000.

The irrigation well at Heritage Park is still flowing.  The wetland impact is minimal here and can be taken care of next year.  Another well is to be dug at the Garden City Park for irrigation.  Danny White and Riley Argyle have completed a wetland investigation for the projected location of this well.