Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah. June 13, 2018. Darrin Pugmire, Councilman, reported that he has been working on the new road from Buttercup to Kimball Lane. This part of the road is almost all taken care of as far as to where the road will be and who owns the properties and is willing to work with the City. He is also working to get the road from Kimball Lane to the Golf Course. He estimated that the latter road will be useable in about five years. He has also been working on this portion of the road which will need a survey and to be carefully marked.
Pugmire noted that he wants to make sure where the exact road will go. That needs to be done and the required ground deeded to the City so that the City will be able to move forward when they get the money to work on this project.
Howard Pope reported that he had ridden on the local trails with the group to make sure he knew where the trails were and what they were like. He noted that there is a big opportunity to help with safety factors. It would be great if gravel could be placed in some areas to alleviate the mud problem. Most of the roads fall into the Class B category, which means gravel and mud roads. Many areas are just rights-of-way. There is still a lot of private property that people are going over where permission hasn’t been obtained from the owners.
Pope noted that above Bridgerland further up is pretty rough. He noted that people need to be encouraged to stay on the path. Currently, Mitch Poulsen, Bear Lake Regional Commission, is working to get some help from the State Parks and other government agencies to make the trails successful. People also need to be encouraged to respect the land.
Pope also reported that the swimming pool is up and running. The pool was drained, cleaned with acid and well-scrubbed. He was given permission to sign checks for some items needed by the pool. He hoped that next year the pool will be painted.
Ken Hansen reported the project he is working on is getting Third West paved. The State was to begin the work on Monday, the 18th. The Contractor has been given 40 days to complete that section of highway.
The rummage sale sponsored by the library is scheduled for June 29 and 30. The Library Board of Directors is hoping to make enough money to buy a new copy machine.
There were about 350 people who came into the library in May. The board would like to add an additional eight hours to the time that the library is open. That would mean the librarian would put in four more hours and the assistant librarian would also work four more hours a week.
They would like these additional hours during the summer when there are so many more people who do use the library.
Pat Argyle noted that the sprinkling system for Heritage Park is being installed. There are four new trees that were moved from the Fireboard building property to Heritage Park. She said that new flags are needed this year.
Argyle said that she is looking into getting an electronic board that will display 30-second advertisements for each business who will pay $150 to do so. She noted that the locals will get the first opportunity to participate in this advertising opportunity.
The Mayor, Mike Leonhardt, noted that he hoped the carnival would be able to move to a different location. There have been a lot of townspeople who have asked that it be moved.
The State has given Garden City some money to study the crosswalks in town. There currently aren’t any, but the suggestion was made to make one to the post office across Logan Road, by LaBeau’s and another next to Darrin Pugmire’s shop. Someone else suggested that a crosswalk across to Cody’s might also be a good place. The speed limit is Garden City is also under discussion. Currently, the speed limit is 40 MPH. The more foot traffic we have, the better chance the City has to get these items.
There is going to be a legislative retreat here in Garden City just before Raspberry Days. The Mayor is looking forward to that activity and hopes that it will go well.
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