Garden City Council Reports

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah. August 9, 2018,  Mike Leonhardt, Garden City Mayor, reported that he had spent the day with UDOT employees.  He said Garden City had asked for three cross walks.  UDOT said the City could have two—One across Logan Road to the Post Office, the other by LaBeau’s Drive-in.  He asked that the speed limit in Garden City limits be lowered.  UDOT said they would consider this request.

He reported that there will be a traffic light placed at the four-way intersection of Logan Road and Bear Lake Blvd.  There will also be flashing signs to let cars know when people are in crosswalks at this location.

It was noted that it would be nice to have another crosswalk at 50 South crossing Bear Lake Blvd. at Cody’s.  That will be something to hope for in the future.  There is also a possibility that there could be another traffic light at the intersection of Logan Road and Third West.

The priorities in using the $8.3 million given to Garden City to assist with problem areas are as follows:  Most of the money will be spent on a new entrance to the Marina.  The second item will be the light at the Logan/Bear Lake Blvd. intersection.  The third item will be a turning lane to Third West by the KOA.

Mayor Leonhardt then said that Heritage Park will be given a lot of attention in the next 45 days.  Hopefully the sprinklers will be installed, and sod laid down.  The pickleball courts should be complete this fall.  The City’s boardwalk fence located just south of Legacy needs to be completed.   The City is planning Third West going south and tying into Hodges Canyon Road.  There will need to be a good culvert over the Canal at Hodges Canyon Road.

Third West is done, and the striping will be done on this coming Monday.  There needs to be more parking available at Heritage Park, so all the children’s play equipment will be moved deeper into the park and away from Third West.  The field owned by the City a bit North of Heritage Park will be used for extra parking.  The Legislature will be doing an impact study on the marina and have set aside $1 million to complete this study.

Council member Howard Pope noted that Mitch Poulsen, Bear Lake Regional Commission, and he will be working on the trails this fall.  Work needs to be done on this project.  Pope also noted that he felt Raspberry Days was very successful.

Darrin Pugmire said he would like to see a survey done in Garden City asking all the businesses what their experiences were during Raspberry Days.

Darrin noted that road issues have been small.  A building permit has been requested to build a home below Lana Hodges home.  Access to that lot is going to be difficult because of the power line that has just been installed, so the City can’t sign off on that request.

Darrin asked that the City call a meeting to talk with the Cheramoya HOA.  These people need to know what the plans are for the subdivisions that will be built to the west of them.  They are concerned about the ingress/egress for these new subdivisions.  The 300 West road must not stop at Cheramoya but must tie into Hodges Lane.

Council member Ken Hansen noted that he had met with Norm Mecham about getting water to the proposed subdivisions adjacent to Hodges Canyon Road.  They have looked over the area.  There is a lot of sage brush.  There is a deep ravine in one place, but if it is filled in a bit, the water line could be taken across a little above.  There will need to be more roads made into that area as these projects begin.  Putting in a line will serve that area better and cut down on the amount of pressure needed at Paradise Road and Cheramoya.  The suggested area will avoid a lot of rock.  The City has good equipment to open that area up.  It will also make the survey easier and give contractors better access to that area. 

Currently there is a problem with water that goes into Idaho near the Utah/Idaho border.  The water line normally has a 100 PSI pressure.  The pressure, however, fluctuates in one small area from 115 PSI down to 40-50 PSI.  Hansen asked that this area be checked.

Two beavers were removed from the area between Snowmeadows and Dorothy Stringham’s home.  They were making a dam along the small drainage ditch there that moves excess water into the lake.

Pat Argyle reported that Raspberry Days is over for this year.  Next year will be the 35^th year for this celebration. She would like to make some changes for next year and make things a bit different.  She would like the booths to go back to hand-made items so that it would really be a craft show.  She would like to have quite a few activities where people could sign up and compete—shooting guns, arrows, a dunking pool, a fish catching game, and so forth.

She asked that they City get a trencher or a digger to put in the sprinkling system at Heritage Park.  There are a lot of things where the City could use this type of equipment in the future and would probably save money in the long-run.