Garden City Council

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  December 10, 2015.  A Water Conservation Management Plan has been written for Garden City by Riley Argyle.  The document is well written and emphasizes the importance of education in water usage as well as better water management procedures. 

It was noted that the state requires this plan.  Also, when there are water problems, they generally are very expensive.  Having a $200,000 buffer is needed and necessary for the City.

After some discussion, the Council decided to attempt to obtain a 3 percent reduction in water usage over the next year or two.  A motion was made and passed to follow the Water Conservation Management Plan as written with the addition of the possible 3 percent use reduction goal.

A short-term rental application had been received from Mike Lee who has a home at 561 W. Raspberry Patch Road.  He uses the Bear Lake Project Management Company to take care of this facility.  After looking over all of the paperwork, the application was approved.

Five ordinances from Planning and Zoning had been sent to the City Council for their approval.  The first ordinance deals with the dark sky.  The original ordinance has been updated and appears to be reasonable.  It was approved by the Council.

The ordinances updating the Commercial Zone as well as the ordinance updating the Residential Estate/Agricultural Zone were both denied by the Council.  They didn’t like the idea of having such a large area placed into the Residential Estate/Agricultural area.

The updating of the RV definition as well as an ordinance updating recreation vehicle and overnight camping ordinance were both approved by the Council.

The rezone of property from Residential Estate to Residential Estate/Agricultural Zone as made on parcels #36,04-00-07, 008, 009, 011, 012, 013, and a portion of 41-33-00-025, 41-33-09-000 through 41-33-09-019, and 41-33-00-100, and 41-33-00-098 was approved.

The motion was made and approved to open the general fund budget and the water fund budget to balance transfers.

It was noted that an attempt is being made to make a single track trail above Garden City on the 400 acres of public land.  The trail will be handled through permanent easements.  Montpelier has some equipment that would be helpful in building some training park skiing areas for trick practice.  Montpelier has a tow rope system they could be purchased to take people back to the top of the ski hill.   The City will look further into what Montpelier has available.  There would be no tubing because it is such a dangerous sport. 

The Mayor noted that it might be a good idea to tie this project of the public land trail into the city’s recreational building so that the public would only have to respond to one project that has two parts. 

It was reported that Garden City has spent $385,000 on parking lots this past year.  It was suggested that the City request a yearly amount of $50,000 from the State to maintain and continue to make additional parking available in the area.