Garden City Council Staff Meeting

Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah. June 8, 2017.   George Peart, the city’s Residential Building Inspector reported that there are currently 15 permits issued since January.  There are four residential buildings that are  being built.  There are at least two commercial buildings that are also underway.  There is a lot of activity in Buttercup subdivision right now. Peart noted that he didn’t know of any issues at the present time.

Riley Argyle, Public Works Supervisor, said that there have been lots of water leaks.  The parks are really busy already, and the fish pond has been stocked three or four times already this year.  The lawns at the parks are being watered at night.  The sprinklers usually come on about 10 p.m.  He noted that there have been some real problems with the joints in the sprinkling system in the City Park.  He didn’t think the contractor who put in the system had cemented any of the joints.  He said that his workers have gone through and fixed almost every joint in the park.  "Hopefully, " he said, "that should take care of some of the issues there.  There is one area that he called a dead section that needs to be checked."

The state has imposed some new rules and regulations regarding checking drinking water.  Starting in October water samples will need to be submitted twice a month.  They must be submitted within three hours.  This sampling will be continued for one year.  This will require someone to take the samples to Logan every other week.

The City is currently hauling gravel into the Legacy area for building the boardwalk.

The City is in the process of updating the lakeshore permit from the Army Corp of Engineers.  Danny White is going to work on the project.  The new permit will allow the City to plow the lakeshore for the next five years.  This permit will go from 150 South past the Legacy PUD.

The Culvert in Buttercup has been completed.  The City will now clean the ditches and add rock.  They have also cleaned the culverts in lower Buttercup.

When all the runoff stops, some areas on the trails and roads will need to be repaired.  Several have been severely washed out.  The county has some areas as well as the city that will need to be fixed.

The city has a field that was let out to bid for the hay growing there.  The bids will be read next week.

The canal cleaning has been completed.  The city did the backhoe work which will give the city some help with their assessment to the canal company.  The backhoe work came to about $300.  Currently, there are some places where the upper and lower canals are joined.  However, some of the canal boards don’t see the need for more work to be done.  Mayor Spuhler asked Argyle if he would join the board on the Swan Creek Canal Company and go to all of the meetings.  Argyle said he would and then noted that some additional diversions on the canals should be built.   At 1700 South there is no ditch to or from the Alan Wamsley’s property.  There also needs to be a larger culvert at DeLoy Hansen's  property.

People who are building next to any canals need to know that the home must be at least 100 feet from the canal. 

Argyle reported that there had been a problem at the water treatment plant.  A limit switch went out. He built a new switch which is working well.

Zan Murray, City Engineer, said that the boardwalk is underway.  The survey stakes are in place where the piers will be placed.  The lumber has been ordered.  The decking and structural framing for the boardwalk will be ready by June 23, the time set up for the community to help with this project.  The permit should be coming.

Murray had samples of various handrails and asked for the Council’s opinion.  There will be approximately 327 feet of railings.  The decking will cost about $17,000 and that doesn’t include the posts.  The substructure will cost about $8,700.

Murray noted that Swan Creek Village must obtain an extension that must be filed before any change of use can take place.

It was noted that 300 West roadway is going well.  Elk’s Ridge agreement still needs the Webber signature.  When that is done, the grant will be submitted in August.

All of the needed computers have been ordered for the City.  Some changes will be made where the controls and center for the equipment is stored is being considered.  The voice mail server is much too old.  The modems are bad.  There needs to be a real update to get things moving smoothly again.  Progress, however, is being made.  There have been a lot of PC issues that are currently being solved. 

Jeff Moffat is trying to get more funding for  winter travel marketing this coming winter.  The City is currently gathering data of all kinds.  One item of interest is where people are from who come here each summer.  The City has developed a survey that they will take with visitors beginning with July 4 through August.  This will give a lot of information to help when attempting to advertise and increase tourism in this area.