Garden City Council Meeting

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY,Utah.  November 14, 2014.  April Wuthrich owns Xtreme Movement Dance Company and wants to conduct a dance studio and offer dance classes.  She has made arrangements to use the basement of Firehouse Pizza which is located at 50 South Bear Lake Boulevard. The Council made a motion to allow her to have a business license.

Peter and Bethann Matousek requested that they be allowed for a covenant to run with two parcels of land.  Permission was given.

A discussion was held concerning the annexation request of several land owners who desire to become part of Garden City.  The Council signed the necessary papers to allow them to begin this process.

The Bear Lake Community Health Care Center requested that Garden City sponsor them in applying for a Community Development Block Grant.  They would like to create an office space in their facility for working with people with behavioral health problems.  The Council approved the request.

There was a discussion about applying for a grant or loan funding from the Utah Community Impact Board (CIB) in order to complete a Beach Management Plan.  The grant request would be for $40,000.  CIB would provide $20,000 and the City would have to match that amount.  It was decided that this item should be looked into further and requested that this item placed on next month’s agenda.

The City and some of the Sweetwater Subdivisions have talked about annexation of that area into Garden City.  There are several items that will need to be considered before any action will be taken.  The discussion will continue into the future.

There was a short discussion concerning short term rentals.  There were several members of the community present who were concerned with some of the suggestions that are being discussed.  Darrin noted that he attends the Planning and Zoning Committee and had this placed on the agenda so that the Council Members would be up-to-date on some of the issues that exist.  However, no action was to be taken.  Actually, the recommendations for action in this area will have to come from Planning and Zoning.  If the concerned individuals want to keep current with what is happening in this area, they probably should attend the Planning and Zoning Meetings.

The Garden City quilters asked for $500 to help them continue with their humanitarian efforts.  The City has assisted this group for a number of years and indicated that they would help again this year.  The money will be taken from the library/arts/park/pool budget since the work they do falls into the artistic area.