Garden City Council reports

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  May 9, 2019.  Council member Pat Argyle said that the park is not going to be completed prior to Raspberry Days.  Sod will be brought in June 1 to finish up most of the grass for the park. 

The stage structure will be in the SE Corner of the park.  It will have a cement base.  The City will get an acoustics expert to make sure what is being built will help people to see and hear the activities on the stage. There will need to be a 30’ gravel road along the south side of the park.  There needs to be a way to bring heavy equipment etc. into the park at various times, so this road will be helpful.  The stage will have a storage area where extra tables, other equipment, and so forth can be put away and not left out in the weather.

In the future there can be lots of entertainment brought to the park that will be enjoyable for everyone.  Several singing groups were mentioned.  It was also noted that family singers would love to entertain and would probably do so free of charge.

The vendors booths are filling up.  Porta Potties are hard to find.  Glen Gilles, Building  Inspector, mentioned that he had been able to find some that the City could rent.  A re-bid needs to be sent out for building the restrooms at Heritage Park.

Council member Howard Pope reported that he still hasn’t been able to go on the trails to see the shape they are in.  Mayor Mike Leonhardt said that he would enjoy going with Pope on the trails and told him to be in touch with him when Pope decides to go.

Pope reported that Richard Monk had reported that the hot tub is not working.  Gillies had gone in and replaced the circuit board.  He noted that this week some other help will be coming to get everything going.  The water aerobics classes are going well.  There are usually 12 – 15 people at those classes.  Monk has also started getting people certified to be lifeguards.  They will probably be short handed again next fall, but it appears there are several interested in summer work. 

Council member Ken Hansen reported on his work with Rhonda Menlove.    Hansen noted that he is unable to get to the library meetings because he works doing the day.  Wednesday afternoon is not a time that he can be there.  Ken has requested that the library board hold their meetings after 5 p.m. in the afternoon, and he would make sure that he would be there.

Currently the library is having problems with areas to place items ready for the rummage sale.  They do have a storage area, but it is full.  If anyone knows of other places where items could be stored, please let the library know.  Also there is a need for an extra dumpster available for the rummage sale.

Menlove said that many items that are turned in are not saleable and requested that people donate items that will sell.  Menlove gave money last year for the storage of items left over from last year.

Mike Leonhardt, Mayor said that UDOT will be putting in two cross walks.  The first will be at the intersection and First West and Logan Road with a flashing light.  The other cross walk will be on 75 North by LaBeau’s.  These two walkways should be in place by Raspberry Days.

The speed limit in Garden City will be changed to 35 MPH.  It was noted that the speed change should go down past the Harbor, and not stop before the cars get to ACE Hardware.  There are turn-ins there as well as the turn onto Third West going toward Logan Road.   On the South, the speed will go back up to 45 MPH just past Buttercup.  The 35 MPH will be in force for four months.  Then, the State will determine what speed would be best.

The City was given $8.3 million to create turning lanes into the KOA, Buttercup, and the Marina.  A four-way Traffic stop light is on their agenda which will operate from April to November.  Then, the city will be back to a four-way stop with flashing signs.  The traffic light, however, won’t be done this year.

The City is going to put in pickleball courts this summer after fixing the City Offices.  The offices are going to be painted and new carpet will be put down. 

It was noted that the LED lights in the town are not successful.  It was suggested that perhaps there would be some other way to work with them.  Electricity to each light would work well but would be expensive.  This item was put on hold.