Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah.
December 11, 2014. Zan Murray, the City Engineer, reported the
construction of the parking lots at 75 North and 350 South are complete. Some revisions to the parking stall layout at
350 South will be made in the spring.
The design of the parking lot at 150 South has been
completed. Murray is working with Norm
Mecham and his engineer. The easements
between Water’s Edge and the City are proceeding forward. The waterline upgrade has been bored under
the highway and is nearly complete as needed for the Water’s Edge
development. The Bear Lake Special
Services District is currently relocating the sewer lift station to the east
end of the roadway.
Once these improvements are complete, the City will be able
to begin construction on the parking lot improvements. Bids for this project will be put out to bid
in January or February. The City Parking
lot will be constructed by Staker Parsons beginning in the Spring.
Murray had reviewed the Water’s Edge Preliminary Plat. He has sent comments dealing with this plat
to the Garden City Planning Commission.
Riley Argyle, Manager of the Public Works Department,
reported that the trees at the park are going to be moved sometime next
spring. The lights at the park have been
taken down. The fire hydrants have been
moved for the new parking area.
Argyle noted that there are a lot of muskrats in the
pond. They have been working hard to
remove them. They have trapped seven of
them, but there are still more of the little critters there. They can really cause a lot of damage to the
pond if they are not removed.
All of the meters are in place at the Birth Subdivision.
The main head gate by the Logan Road has been installed. It is necessary to be able to lay the
irrigation pipes across Third West. The
City has about 750 feet of pipe and 5–10 head gates that will need to be
installed at various points on Third West.
The bid on this project came in for about $20,000. Riley Argyle is hopeful that at least two of
the crossings will be laid this winter.
There are two more trees to be planted at Heritage
Park/Butter Cup area. They were not
delivered with the rest. The new fence
is up between Heritage
Park
There are four lights left.
Two will probably be placed at the new 75 north parking area and the
other two at the 350 south parking lot.
The tables for Heritage
Park
Riley noted that the Special Services Sanitation District is
about half done with their project of moving the line to the south of 150 South Street
and are also moving the pumping station.
The Quonset hut that is on the City’s property needs to be torn
down. Mr. Gerber told them to go
ahead. Riley noted that the workers of
the Sewer District will tear it down, but will need some help with
cleanup. Riley asked that the City
assist with that cleanup and was told to go ahead.
George Peart reported that a new house permit has been
issued within the City. Mayor Spuhler
asked George what he would be willing to do in the City to obtain a few more
hours since there was not a lot of building going on. It was finally decided that George would
become the liaison between the P&Z and City Council.
George noted that the water bills will be going up in
January of this next year. He reported
that the two large buildings in Snow Meadows are going to be used as short term
rentals instead of renting individual rooms.
He also noted that three of the fives homes being built in Eagle Feather
are for short term rental purposes.
Mayor Spuhler noted that a study needs to be done to find
out how much short term rentals have been helping Garden City
economically. It was suggested that the
City approach BRAG for help in getting this type of study done.
It was also noted that some individuals are not building in
Garden City because of the impact fees.
However, it was reported that they don’t realize that they get several
other types of services such as snowplowing in the winter that actually makes
living outside the City about the same as building inside the City limits.
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