Garden City Engineer Report

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah. August 13 2015.  Zan Murray, city engineer, reported to the City Council over the telephone.  He noted that Water’s Edge Resort had submitted a development proposal for phases 9 and 10 which will contain two condo buildings.  The plan looked different from the original plan that had be submitted to the Planning Commission.  However, even though the concept looked different, the footprint was the same.  Parking also was different.  However, with the revised parking ordinance, there are probably 50 extra stalls over the entire development.  Thus, the changes made were not significant.

The Planning Commission requested that the Army Corp. of Engineers report granting approval for the development would be needed in order to move forward.  They also requested that the traffic analysis be completed.  The Commission did vote to accept the plan with a couple of stipulations.   The City definitely needs a letter from the Army Corps, but it is probably not necessary for phases 9 and 10 of the proposed project. 

When Norm Mecham comes in for a building permit, there should be a utilities site plan included, as well as all of the set backs being shown, notations of all building heights, as well as the above mentioned items.  Since these buildings will be commercial, the commercial inspector needs to be made aware of what the City has requested before the permit be issued.

The water project is moving forward.  Danny White has completed the biological assessment.  The report is coming along well.  Riley Argyle and Kathy Hislop are working on filling in the requested information.  The report is actually about 30 days behind.  The cultural report is slow.  The City needs to get those reviews back.  The City is in the process of surveying all the facilities involved with the water system.  When all of the required pieces are put together, the entire report will need to be reviewed.

150 South,where the new parking lot and road have recently been completed, is having some problems.  Paving at the lower end of the road is starting to crack and move.  The base apparently is unstable.  The plans included an additional drain line and a catch basin.  This apparently was not enough to keep the area from getting wet and having soft spots appear.  Circle C will need to come back and help solve this problem since the City is still within the warranty period.  There should be some solutions that can be used.  This will need to be done after the Labor Day Weekend.  The City will get this resolved and remedied.