Public Works Report

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  March 13, 2014.  Riley Argyle , Public Works Directory, asked that funds be set aside to work on Heritage Park this spring.  He would like to get the entire infrastructure in place—water, electricity and electric pads, sewer, sprinklers, etc.—anything that will require digging up the ground and grass.  This would then allow the City to add whatever buildings, walkways, and so forth as time and money permits and wouldn’t require things to be dug up over and over.  He would like to use some of the resort tax money to take care of the above items.

The pond is currently full and there are fish that lived over the winter.  Last fall there were some muskrats in the pond.  If anyone sees some more of these little critters, please let the City know so that they can be taken care of.

There are still four decorative lights that were purchased by the City last year.  They will be put in place in the next couple of weeks.

There needs to be five or six 18” water pipes put across Third West prior to graveling and asphalt.  These lateral pipes need head gates so that irrigation water can be controlled.  This project needs to be completed as quickly as possible.

There are still two water meters that need to be installed on the water pipes going into Idaho.  These meters will be put in place this spring.

GIS mapping has been on hold because of the lack of manpower to continue with this project.  It was suggested that Tammy Calder be trained on the system and let her work on this project part time.  The Council agreed to this suggestion.

The new well at the City Park will be used to run the sprinklers there.  The water rights have been transferred to handle this area.

Norm Mecham is working with the City on power and water easements.  He has promised to have everything ready and transferred to the City by the end of May.  Darrin Pugmire, Council Member, is working with Mecham and will be able to keep the Council aware of the progress being made.

The City Gun Range is on hold.  The State has decided that they need more time to check this project out more carefully.

Riley Argyle reported that Glenn Gillis, a new employee, has passed his water distribution test and will be taking the water treatment test in the next week or so.   The pool boiler is down—it will be cheaper for the City to buy a new one instead of trying to repair the present one.  The City has used a lot of sand and salt this past winter and will need to put more money into the winter plow budget this coming year.  UDOT is planning on working on the 300 West intersections in the next few years.  Garden City needs to work with them to get pipe under the highway when they do this project.  The water line needs to run all the way along 300 West.  The standards book needs some updates along with some of the City ordinances.  Riley is starting to work on these so that changes can be suggested to Planning and Zoning.