Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah.
October 9, 2014. The other agenda item was a discussion concerning the
proposed Revised Impact Fee Ordinance/Impact Fee Enactment and to adopt, enact,
or modify; a revised written Impact Fee Analysis and an Impact Fee Enactment
for Culinary Water. This item is
contained in Ordinance #14-16.
It was noted that the State of Utah requires each area that
has a culinary water system to have a certain percentage of water in storage in
case of an emergency—a fire, a break in a main line, and so forth. Garden City does not meet this requirement in
the summer because the water system is maxed out. It was suggested that a way to solve this
lack of stored water was for the City to buy the Shundahi’s million dollar
tank. This would provide additional
water to the City during the summer as well as provide the necessary amount of
storage water required by the State. Mr.
Norm Mecham indicated that he would be willing to sell the tank on a 30-year
payment period. He is willing to sell
the tank for the amount of money that he has spent to install and get the tank
connected to the City’s water system.
The location of the tank makes is possible that if the main
line is broken coming from Swan Creek, much of the City would still have enough
water for a day or two’s consumption. In
other words, the City would not be completely out of water.
Because of the cost of this tank, there will need to be a
change in the water impact fees to help in paying for this water storage
tank. This tank will become a great
asset for the City and bring the City up to the State’s water
requirements. An additional water source
is already planned for 2020—the digging of a new well to add to the current
system. This will also be a very costly
item that the City needs to begin preparing for.
The water impact fees were raised last spring to
$4,420. However, with this additional
tank, the fees will have to be raised a second time to $5,670. Impact fees become effective 90 days after
adoption. A MOU with Mr. Mecham will
need to be finalized and financial arrangements made.
Most of the individuals who attended the public hearing were
interested in the gun range and had left the meeting. There was very little input as a result. The hearing was closed.
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