Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah.
April 21, 2016. Zan Murray, City
Engineer, reported that he is continuing to work with some of the property
owners on Elk’s Ridge. He noted that
Lance Anderson continues to try to get the property owners aligned to resolve
the easement and right-of-way issues through Elk’s Ridge.
The original agreement of 2002 signed by Frank Smith noted
that the first 120 homes built would be allowed water connections. Another 100 connections would be added for
expansion. The original amount of
$60,000 was for 100,000 gallons of water storage in the tank for Elk’s Ridge
plus 100,000 gallons of water for Raspberry Patch to increase their water
pressure. This money was never paid.
It has been suggested that the City allow for the 120
connections as well as the additional 100 connections as needed including
connection rights. The City didn’t feel
they should put a limit on the necessary infrastructure that is needed.
The owners and the city have agreed that the crash gate will
work as the secondary entry/exit for the subdivision. Certain other conditions have been agreed
upon and will have to be place in an agreement.
The property owners are one group, and the City is the other party in
this agreement.
The property owners need to form an HOA and include the
things that are generally put in an HOA or write up a MOU (memorandum of
understanding). Of course, everything
that is being done is contingent upon gaining the grant that the City is
working on.
The property owners need to develop a map that outlines the
project. The agreement with Raspberry
Patch needs to be signed immediately and the easements required should be given
to the City immediately
Mayor Spuhler asked that the agreement be done within the
next two weeks and sent to all of the Council so that they can look it
over. The next City meeting will be held
May 12 when voting can take place concerning this item.
The grant documents need to be finalized by the end of
July. Time is of the essence.
There are several bids that have been let. The bathroom bid came back at $4,000 and was
accepted. The lawn mowing bid is about
$1,000 higher than last year. It came in
at $11,000. This takes care of the city
office area, the City Park, Heritage Park, and around the play area at Heritage
Park. This includes mowing, as well as
weed and feed. This bid was also
accepted. The bid to grade and put
gravel on a couple of the roads along with gravel on the Negus/Calder road was
for $14,500 and given to Circle C. Circle
C plans to repair problems at 150 South at the same time as the graveling
projects.
A water bid came in at $95 per hour to track May water usage
and was also accepted.
The canal work was completed this week. Also the GIS project is moving forward very
rapidly. The City has collected almost
all of the water connection points. The
City will work with Zan to reposition using the computer making it possible to
know the exact location of every connection on the entire city water system.
The City is seeing quite a bit of development so far this
spring. There is a company that would like to come into the area and build some
dormitories. They would like to begin
building this coming fall.
The flag pole will be in place in time for Memorial Day. Power still needs to be run to that
location. The quote for four more
benches came in at $9,000. The Council
said they thought they could get them cheaper and to try again on that
item. The flag area will be dedicated on
Memorial Day. A crane will be used to
put the flag pole into place.
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