Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah. February 8, 2018. Glen
Gillies, Garden City Commercial Building Inspector, said that he had approved
the Bear Den. He noted that Smoot is
going to begin building the Adventure Center soon. There is a big convention center being built
on the south end of the Harbor Village light house. They are at the sheet rock stage and plan to
have the building finished in time for a large convention that is scheduled in June. The convention will have more than 400 attendees.
Gillies noted that several Logan contractors have complained when they have had to
follow code. They said they might not
come over here to work when they are held to such high standards. Gillies said the standards are those set in the
code book and are supposed to be followed regardless of who the contractors
are.
Zan
Murray, Mayor Leonhardt, and Kathy Hislop were in Richfield for a meeting. They were told that the State would help with
the $350,000 that is needed to complete 300 West. This is going to be most helpful and
appreciated. There will still need to be
a short-term loan to get everything done on time.
The 300 West right-of-way has been finished up and now only needs to be recorded at
the County. The bid will go out in March
or April for some of the work that needs to be done on this road. The road should be completed by the 24th
of July.
The
new water line going south has about 85% of the plan completed. The water line must be put in prior to the
completion of the road. The plan is
currently being reviewed. It will be bid
as soon as possible. This needs to be
done before mobilizing the contract on the road. Interim financing is in place. There is one more UDOT meeting scheduled.
The
right-of-way going south on Paradise Parkway has been taken care of. The road going down in Hodges Canyon is quite
steep. It may have to be moved a bit
further west, then turn east back to the parking lot on Hodges road.
Because
part of 300 West is steep, it may not be able to handle big trucks. It was noted that there should be room for a
trail alongside 300 West to allow people to ride bikes and so forth.
The
State is looking toward spending $5 to $7 million dollars to help alleviate
congestion on Bear Lake Blvd. There are
problems at the Harbor, at intersections to Third West at KOA and at Buttercup. Turning lanes should be put in at those
areas.
Riley Argyle, Public Works Supervisor, noted that he will be starting to work on
sidewalks in Garden City that need to be fix or replaced. There is a real tree issue damaging sidewalks in several areas
of the town. There needs to be some
rebar used in places and the roots on many trees need to be dug out. The sidewalks will be 5’ wide as far as
possible. There are some spots where the
sidewalk will have to remain at 4’ such as in front of the Church. Here the sprinkling system makes it
impossible to widen the sidewalk in that area.
He noted that he will work with 100’ long areas at a time. This will allow him to do the cement work and
still be able to carry on some of his other responsibilities.
Bear
Lake Watch noted that the Lake is down 4’ from the high-water mark.
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