Gun Range Moving Forward

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  September 11, 2014.  The Gun Range is moving forward.  Danny White has completed the master plan, and some funding is available from the state.  A memorandum of understanding with the County has been written and signed.  The sound testing in Logan went very well.  By putting in some berms, sound will be cut in half.  A public hearing needs to be scheduled to allow the public an opportunity to express their ideas concerning this project.  There are enough individuals interested in this project that perhaps some will be willing to volunteer in keeping the range open.

Currently the Elk Ridge lot owners are trying to form an HOA.  The meeting with the lot owners went well.  Ingress/egress is one of the major problems, and easements for phases 2 and 3 need to be ironed out.  There are still quite a few issues with this subdivision before building permits can be issued.

Eight new heads for the decorative light poles have been ordered.  The new lights have all been installed throughout the town.

JUB is working on 300 West.  The cost of this road is much more than had been assumed.  UDOT will be putting in turn lanes for 300 West so the City will have to lay pipe before this is done or will be required to bore under the asphalt.

Some ditch work needs to be done at Payne Spring.  There needs to be a collection drainage ditch created.  The City may have to rent a mini excavator to get this ditch done.  The new camera posts are up at this site. Ted Wilson has requested permission from the County to close the road up Hodges Canyon, but will have to wait for permission from the State of Utah as well.  The reward of $1,000 has been posted for any information concerning the vandalism that occurred at Payne Springs this past summer.  Please contact the County Sheriff’s Department if you have any information about this issue. 

The lease on the backhoe is up this fall.  The City will have to lease another backhoe.  The price of this rental has fallen from last year’s cost.

Travis Hobbs and partner has obtained a weed spray license.  Bess requested that these men spray the vegetation along the bike path during the next two week so that there won’t be as many problems next spring as there will be otherwise.