Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah. October 12, 2017. George Peart, Residential Building Instructor, noted that he is keeping up. Legacy has permits for their town houses. He reported that there are too many homes in town that do not have address numbers. It makes it difficult for emergency responses as well as UPS and other types of companies who deliver ordered items. Peart says that many houses may have address numbers but they are too small or put in inconvenient locations that make it difficult to find and read. The City ordinances requires home address numbers. They can be cited if they do not have address numbers.
Glen Gillies, Commercial Building Inspector, reported that Water’s Edge has decided to hold most of their construction until spring. Last winter was very difficult, and they think they will accomplish as much by waiting. Smoots will be starting to pour cement on the shop and storage buildings. They have good plans for the shop and storage area. Gillies said he didn’t know where they were going to store all of the boats and trailers; but apparently, they must have a plan.
Gillies asked if the City had any ordinance or opinion on storage containers. He felt storage containers makes an area look trashy. Some places are getting several such containers. The City doesn’t have anything to control the containers. People can have as many as they want, there are no setback requirements, and the only ordinance right now that might possibility be used is the clean yard ordinance. Planning and Zoning should probably look into this item.
Storage is currently an issue in Garden City. There needs to be more areas where storage sheds could be built. The P&Z should make some zone changes to allow such buildings to be built. Of course, architectural standards need to be followed. These types of buildings need to be placed behind or surrounded by fences and should not be used as living space. The city allows additional buildings on residential lots such as garages.
Riley Argyle, Public Works Supervisor, reported that there are currently several water problems. There was a bad leak on First West that required the road to be cut in order to get it fixed. There are some water problems at Buttercup. There is a bad water problem on the water main close by Dorothy Stringham’s home as well as water flowing across the road next to FunTime.
Some people are asking for 1” and 2” home water connections which requires upsizing meters as well. This is become a common request. The upfront cost is $700 for the meter with an additional $300 for the installation of the unit. Argyle said that he thought they would still use about the same amount of water. The City’s engineer, however, noted that the bigger the home, the bigger the flows. It puts an additional strain on the system. They need to pay an additional impact fee for larger pipes because they actually pull in more than 1.76 times more water with a one-inch pipe instead of the standard three-quarter inch pipe that is currently used. Because they do pull more into their area, it has a greater impact on the water pressure throughout the system. It was noted that a different pay scale should be created to charge more for any homes that have the larger pipes. Larger homes have more bathrooms, do more laundry, and require bigger flows. These items create a definite additional strain on the system. The cost can be charged by resolution to take care of these requests.
The City is getting ready for winter. They have already gotten loads of salt and sand. Winter tires have been placed on the vehicles used in the winter.
Slurry seal and chip seal was to be completed in Buttercup. However, the company had problems getting the job done. Riley said he told them that they would to have to finish up the job next spring since the weather is too cold to allow this type of road work to be successful. It should only be used when the temperatures are at least 75 degrees or higher. Cherimoya roads were done on time.
Zan Murray, the City’s Engineer, reported that some work on the boardwalk will take place in the next week.
Murray noted that the plat for Buttercup needs to be reviewed concerning the new Third West Road. There were some property acquisition plans made in 2010 with Jack and JoAnn Stone. The curves by the park and their property are too tight and must be smoothed out. There were several items that were part of that agreement, but it was never filed with the County. Murray has met with the Stone family three or four times and feels it is okay to consider the things that were included in the past agreement.
The road, however, will be much closer to their building. It is going to make it difficult for them to back into that building facility with increased traffic and a shorter roadway. The City will need to modify this site for convenience. The estimated cost with the Stone’s request will be about $34,000. There is another small triangular piece of property that is included in this transaction. This has slowed down Third West construction. Hopefully, everything will be solved so that the Council can take action in November.
The Council feels there needs to be some more discussions about this item. It is a bit out of line—about $17,000 over what had been expected. This number may increase, but $34,000 is not reasonable.
The City needs to get an appraisal, calculate the value, calculate the changes and reevaluate. There needs to be some compensation difference between original and after changes. It will cost about $4,000 to $5,000 for the appraisal cost. However, the City needa to keep moving and spend the money next year because this project needs to move forward now.
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