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Friday, September 5, 2014
Garden City Planning and Zoning Meeting
Randall Knight, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah. September 3, 2014. Board members present were: Jim Stone, Dewayne
Gifford, Pat Argyle, Susan House and Mike Schiess. Those absent were Lance
Bourne and Chuck Stocking. Gary Cox,
Garden City Administrator, was also present.
The minutes were reviewed and recommend changes were made
and accepted.
The first topic for discussion was Ordinance #14-13 in
regard to updating the Conditional Use Permit definition. Wording proposals were discussed and agreed
to and the motion was passed to accept the new changes.
The next topic discussed was #14-14 in regard to the Gross
Leasable Area Definition. The current
wording states: “There shall be 10 parking spaces for the first 1,000 sq. ft.
of Gross Leasable space and one for each additional 200 sq. ft.” Motion
was made to table the topic but a survey should be taken for 3-4 different
categories and then look at 2-3 businesses in each category in an attempt to
come to an agreement on the wording for this ordinance in regard to parking
spaces.
#15-15 was discussed next in regard to hotel/motel zones
that would be acceptable and compatible with the community. A
working copy of the agreed to areas was handed out for discussion. Several board members felt the draft copy was
showing larger areas than previously discussed.
During a site survey there were four areas chosen for consideration: Gravel
pit, Hodges canyon, Shundahi, and above the old raspberry field. Motion was
made to table this topic plus the following agenda topics: the zoning map with
rezoning changes, Hotel/motel ordinance proposal and proposed hotel/motel
overlay zoning map.
The next topic discussed was the re-zone areas from
Residential Estates to Commercial 2 for Ideal Beach, and the area west of 300 W
to 450 S from Commercial 2 to Commercial 3.
These topics were also tabled.
The next topic discussed was the Sign Ordinance. Pat Argyle recommended the topic be tabled
and the board do what they agreed to 3 months ago. That was to take pictures of the different
types of signs that are acceptable and include the picture in the ordinance for
that specific type of business.
Recommendations were made to have some board members
attend the town council meeting to share their thoughts in regard to this
ordinance. Jim Stone stated he feels the
city needs to keep the ordinance requirements to a minimum so new and old
businesses will be enticed to come to Garden City instead of piling so much
burden on them they are reluctant to start a new business or to stay in business. The recommendation was approved.
Issues with short term rental were discussed. Gary Cox stated the biggest complaint the
city has received is neighbors not being able to contact a person when the
renters were being too noisy. He also
stated the number of calls averaged one per week and felt that wasn’t bad at
all. George Peart, building inspector,
recommended the business license fee be adjusted for the number of people the
rental property can sleep. He also
recommended a commercial management company be required to be the contact
person. The topic was tabled until next
month.
During the Miscellaneous portion a discussion took place
in regard to the Garden City rodeo sign being taken down before the season was
over. Cox said it was taken down because
they did not have a Conditional Use Permit.
Mike Schiess asked if the funding for 300 west came through. Cox said he hadn’t heard but would check to
see. Peart pointed out that the City
zoning shows Buttercup as a mobile home area.
Schiess said the CC&R was changed a few years ago to not allow
mobile homes but they do allow modular homes.
Meeting adjourned at 7:40 PM.
September Is Childhood Awareness Month In Rich County
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a time to recognize the children and families affected by childhood cancers and to emphasize the importance of supporting research on these devastating conditions.
This month, and throughout the year, we honor the children currently battling cancer, the families who love them, the clinicians and other caregivers treating them, the survivors of childhood cancer, the children who lost their lives to childhood cancer, and the researchers working to conquer childhood cancer.
Did you know... ?
- Survival rates continue to rise... In the 1970s, only 63 percent of US children with cancer survived. Today, 85 percent do, with survival rates topping 90 percent for some childhood cancers.>>more childhood cancer statistics
- ... but are lagging in less-developed countries.Eighty percent of cases of childhood cancer are in the developing world, where survival averages 20 percent. Only 20 percent of cases are in the developed world, where more than 80 percent survive. >>more global health statistics
- There are more adult survivors of childhood cancer than ever before. In the U.S. alone, 350,000 adults are survivors of childhood cancer.
- Childhood cancers are rare, representing less than 1% of all new cancer diagnoses.
- The most common form of childhood cancer is leukemia (blood cell cancers), which represents about one-third of all childhood cancer diagnoses, followed by brain and central nervous system tumors. Other forms are less common.
$1000 Reward For Capture Of Water Tank Vandals
Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. September 3, 2014. During the last two months, vandals have
killed two cows, each on different weekends, polluted a spring and shot the
locks off the eight foot fence protecting a water tank up Hodges Canyon. They shot the “No Trespassing” signs. The shells seem to be from the same 12 gauge
shotguns. Ted Wilson the owner of the property said that in one day he found
158 shells. He has also found skeet
targets and skeet shells. The water tank
has been shot at and damaged so badly that a new cement box and manhole cover
had to be built, yet even then there were 15 shots fired into the new cover.
There were four cameras policing the area which were taken down and destroyed
and the sim cards removed.
Wilson requested a closure of the road that passes that
water system into the forest. He said
that the County Sheriff and Garden City officials have been working very hard
to patrol the area, and he visits the site every other day. Still they have broken into the water system and
contaminated it causing Wilson to have to drain and chlorinate it four times. Now the spring has a new cement barrel that
both Garden City and Ted Wilson paid for.
The vandals are shooting at that. Two of
the trail cams belonged to the sheriff and others to Wilson and have been
replaced. The water source is now pure again, but that
water has been a pure source of water since pioneer times. Wilson wants to lock the road at the cattle
guards.
Garden City has offered a reward of $1,000 for information leading
to the capture and arrest of the perpetrators.
Commissioner Bill Cox said that he was concerned and that
the County Attorney would meet with the Wilsons on Friday so that their
information could be presented to the State Attorney General for formal request
for a road closure. The County
Commissioners will take the group to the site to show the damage to the
property and the damage to the water source.
A road closure must be approved by the State.
Our Marie Turns 95
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| Marie Weston |
Marie Pope Weston turned ninety-five on September 4, 2014. We all love her flowers, her smile, her gracious and happy appreciation of life and people and she is indeed a Bear Lake treasure, but we thought since she said, "I don't like a lot of fuss about me", that we might share a few of the beautiful hand pieced quilts she has done in the last few years. But since they will not copy into the RCTonline software, you can see them on http://mpwquilts.blogspot.com/ . Go enjoy!
Snow Meadows & Kerasma To Close in October
Dear
Friends,
It
is bittersweet to announce, Inn at Snow Meadows and Kerasma Restaurant are
leaving Garden City.
We want to make sure you hear it directly from us.
Yes,
we are moving to Texas in October. We are moving to Fredricksburg. It is much
like Jackson, and is not seasonal, but year round. Many tourists visit there
each year and frankly, we fell in love with it! We found a 10 acre parcel and are excited
to start a new adventure there!
The
two most important reasons why we are leaving here are, #1, my mothers health is
declining and my father is in need of our help. She has pulmonary lung disease
and is on oxygen 24/7 and just had heart meds added. I am honored to be able to
care for her and my father in their time of need. I am also thankful that my
family, is very supportive on this move.
#2,
our family has tried our best to bring something great to this city. The Inn
and Kerasma has been visited repeatedly and often by many of you. We thank you.
Truthfully, we are tired of fighting over signage. Not with the state, but our
city. We lost a lot of business last year due to taking all signage down during
the Fourth of July weekend as asked by the city. We just haven't been able to
recover from it like we hoped we would. Location and signage is everything as
you all know. This little area is very difficult to make a living. So any help
given to us by several of you out there, we so appreciated it!
Due
to financial reasons and family health issues we need to move forward and do
what is best for our family.
Yes,
Chef Brittany will launch a new restaurant there! She talked with several who
know the area well and are thrilled that she is coming! The business will be
steady and it is a much appreciative audience from around the world.
Still
debating the Inn idea. There are many there already. So this may not be a good
financial move yet. But we will entertain it if the opportunity arises.
Several
of you have been to Fredricksburg and have told us your stories and what that
place means to you. We appreciate it very much. We have met kind people there
already who are so eager to help and see us succeed in this new adventure!
I
can't explain it, but It just feels right.
We
will be on a limited schedule with the Inn and restaurant. We have several
catering events this month and need to see these thru. Plus, we have a lot to
do by October. But we will try to give you our best and would love to have you
come and enjoy a meal or two before we go. Please be patient with us.
We
will be having an estate sale each weekend this month. This is not your usual
sale. This will include everything that the Inn and Kerasma have here. So stop
by each weekend to see what Greg has got out there and maybe it will be just
what you've been looking for. Prices are firm. All proceeds will go to help us
move and get started there. Hopefully, a good buyer will come along soon and
love the Inn and Kerasma just as much as we have.
Again,
we thank all of you for your support and friendship and wish you all success in
your endeavors.
Sincerely,
Greg,
Carol and Brittany Bills
and
for sure, little Miss Lily
Monday, September 1, 2014
The Muddled Male
The Neck
By Bob Stevens, The Muddled Male
Devils Slide, where I grew up, was a
tiny village consisting of three short blocks bounded on one side by the Weber
River and on the other side by double tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad. Although there were only a few houses in the
entire town, all the neighbors liked each other. Well mostly.
There were a few disagreements, for example, because some in town were
employed by the Cement Plant as foremen and some were employed as
laborers. Then there was the perceived privilege
of living next to the river instead of the railroad tracks. My dad was a foreman, which could have caused
him to be considered privileged by the laborers, except that we lived next to
the railroad tracks which had a tendency to nullify any animosity laborers might
feel because he was a foreman.
I admit that living next to the tracks caused
me to lose a lot of sleep in my youth because the night schedule for the Union
Pacific always included a fully loaded freight train roaring past our house
sometime after midnight. It was powered
by three locomotives because of the number of heavy cars that were in the
string, and the noise was especially high since the route was uphill and
required all three locomotives to be pulling simultaneously at full power. To top it off, the engineer always began
blowing the train whistle right in front of our house to make certain that the
intersection ahead was clear of vehicles when the train roared by. Not only was the volume deafening, the
vibration of the train passing by fed through the ground and made our little
house rumble like a low frequency tuning fork.
I developed the ability to sleep through the night in spite of the noise
and vibration partly due to youth and exhaustion, and partly because of my crush
on Maxine. Maxine was the daughter of
the Union Pacific section gang foreman and I knew it wouldn’t help my chances with
Maxine if her dad found out that the trains that paid his salary also drove me
nuts and kept me awake nights.
Well I managed to work my way through
all that to get some sleep and impress Maxine, and then it happened. Maxine’s dad had a heart attack and had to
retire. Maxine’s family also had to move
since the house in which they had been living was reserved for use exclusively
by the new section gang foreman. Luckily
they only moved a few miles away to Henefer where they had located an old house
that they were able to rent for a reasonable price because it had been empty
for several years and needed a lot of work.
Now I’m not one to take advantage of someone else’s bad situation, but I
had a bike to get to Maxine’s, and an old reel mower that I could use to help clean
up the yard. So I tied the mower behind
my bike and peddled up the narrow winding road to Henefer to mow the lawn at
Maxine’s house.
I may be a little old man now, but then
I was young, healthy, and could mow a mean lawn. Plus, since it was for Maxine, I worked my
heart out on this particular project. So
much so that Maxine’s mom was impressed enough to invite me to stay for dinner,
which I accepted quickly since it was her homemade specialty, pan fried
chicken. The problem was that this was
the era before pre-packaged chicken parts.
The cook began with a whole chicken which had to be cut into pieces,
breaded, and fried. Since not everyone
cut up a chicken the same way, and because all parts of the chicken were used in
those days it was sometimes difficult to recognize which part of the chicken
you were about to eat. On top of that I
assumed that I was being judged by Maxine’s parents and I was really
nervous. So much so that when the plate
full of chicken was passed to me I was unable to tell one chicken part from
another and so I just picked one that was large enough to convince Maxine’s
mother that I liked it but not so large that I would look like a glutton.
When I began to eat my selected piece I
found that it was almost all bones with very little meat. When Maxine’s mother said, “Oh Bob, you have the chicken neck, here
take another piece to eat instead,” I responded with, “Oh, I love chicken neck. I always eat it at home.” And then I spent the rest of the meal
gnawing, and gnawing but getting very little to eat. I didn’t see much of Maxine after that. Ann, my wife, said that it was probably
because Maxine didn’t want anything to do with someone who didn’t know the
difference between a chicken neck and a drumstick. I think that it was because Maxine was older
than me and preferred to go with someone who had a driver’s license and a
car. If she had just been patient my dad
gave me his worn out 1939 Ford two years later, the same car I used to drive to
Porterville to impress Ann. And to make
certain that I don’t make the chicken neck mistake again I no longer eat
chicken. I only eat French fries since
there are only three kinds, regular, curly, and Mexi which are enough different
to keep me from being confused even when I am nervous.
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Rich Rebels lost 20-21 in overtime with Summit Academy
JV Team won their game with Summit
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