Rich Civic Times
GARDEN
CITY, Utah. October 10, 2019. The Garden
City Council meeting was called to order by Mayor Mike Leonhardt. The first item was to thank Kris Hodges of
Laketown for her 34 years of service as an EMS.
She was most important in getting the EMS program going in the County
and has spent tremendous amounts of time and effort to keep everything in that
area moving smoothly. The city gave her
a plaque and thanked her for her hard work and successful efforts in the EMS
program,
The
owner of Earth Butter/N & A, and Integrity cleaning business requested a
license to conduct her two home-based businesses. Amy Dompiergood makes hand-made home and body
care products along with her professional cleaning business located at 340 W
320 N #2. The motion was made and passed
to give her a business license.
David
Stringham asked that a business license be given for the Colt Construction
Company. This general contracting company is located at 180 W 200 N Suite
A. The motion was made and passed to
allow Colt Construction Company a business license.
Glen
and Genetta Biddulph asked that they be given a short-term rental license for
their property located at 850 N Canbry Drive located close to Harbor
Village. The property management company
would be Vacasa. The motion was made and
passed to allow the Biddulph’s their request.
A
request was made by Peter Matousek to terminate the encumbrance for lots
41-21-032-0012 and 41-21-032-0013. He
owns these two properties and has buyers for both lots. The motion was made and passed to terminate
this encumbrance.
There
was discussion about Ordinance #19-20 which deals with architectural
standards. The Council Members each
seemed to have their own ideas about what architectural standards were, if they
were needed, if new ideas should be followed and so forth. Currently, if a lot is split, there is a
requirement that five years is required before the lots could be split
again. It was decided that this item
should be turned back to the Planning and Zoning Committee. It should also be placed on the agenda for
next month.
There
was a discussion and a request that a re-zone be made for the property at
38-04-000-0038 along Kimball Lane. The
request to re-zone the property from Recreational Estates to Commercial (C2)
was made by Alan Arthur and Norm Mecham.
Currently, Mecham owns the property.
However, if the re-zone is granted, Arthur will buy half of this
property to build two buildings for storage of boats, trailers, etc. The main building would be built for storage
while the second building would be a two-story office building along with some
apartments on the second story for housing of the employees working there. After a short discussion, the motion was made
and passed to change the zone for the entire ten acres.
COUNCIL
MEMBER REPORTS
Council
Member Jordan Perry noted that the pool will be closed for a half day on the
coming Tuesday. There was a propane
accident that needs to be taken care of.
The pool will also be closed for two weeks. The pool will be drained so that lanes for
swimming can be painted on the floor of the pool so that swimmers can stay in
certain lanes while swimming.
Council
Member Ken Hansen said that the library is doing well. The food pantry s getting some use. The library is a family place and doing
well. New tech equipment will soon be
installed. There will be a new grand opening
for the library on November 16. There
will be activities and food. The Library
Board hope people will come and see all of the new equipment and learn about
all of the capabilities that are now available. There can be educational
classes, telecommunication capabilities etc.
Also, the new computers have been installed and are up and running.
The
Library Board has been working well and doing a good job. They have set up special activities such as
arts and crafts, children’s’ story time, etc.
There has been an increase in the number of people taking advantage of
the library.
The
water project along Swan Creek will begin soon.
Some people north of Swan Creek will have their water turned off at
certain times over a period of a few days.
Both water tanks stay full because of the ability of the pumps to
automatically turn on when water is needed.
Council
Member Howard Pope said that there are problems with the trails. Garden City is trying to enforce trails
outside of the City. Some of the trails
are on private property and so it is important that there are no problems
dealing with the trails.
There
is a need for more gravel and rocks on many of the trails. The trails above and below Bridgerland are
dusty. The roads there have a clay
surface which makes the roads like a grease pit when it rains or snows. Many using the trails go at 60 MPH instead of
slowing down. They spin the gravel off
of the roads. There needs to be more
maintenance along the trails and there needs to be more public education. Hodges Lane trail is difficult and needs to
be made safer.
Council
Member Pat Argyle noted that there are bids out for the bathrooms that will be
built on Heritage Park. Hopefully, the
bathrooms will be completed by Memorial Day.
She doesn’t want to put out bids for the tables in the park. She asked that City buy tables that will
last, and not just get bids for cheaper ones.
The cheaper ones don’t last and aren’t nearly as comfortable as the more
expensive ones. She would like to get
ten tables for the park. They will cost
about $800 each.
Argyle
is busy making arrangements for Raspberry Days for next year. She has most of the people lined up for next
year. She still needs help with the Miss
Berry Princess event.
Ken
Hansen noted that he had been in an area where he could bicycle down the side
of a river. He noted that there was a
device where you an put in a card to pay to keep on the trail. This is done to have the money that is needed
to maintain the trail system. He said
they had “red bicycle maintenance stand” along the trail that had all kinds of
tools on cables that bikers can use if they have any difficulty with their bike
as they are riding along. These tools
and items have been put in place by boys working on their Eagle Scout
project. He thought that they were good
ideas that could probably be put in place along our bike path.
Kathy
Hislop and the Mayor have made a request for a portion of the TRT money. They listed money for some baseball fields,
sound equipment for the stage located in Heritage Park, rest rooms for the
park, etc. .
It
was noted that the stage is not finished.
When finished, the city will be able to have summer concerts in Heritage
Park this coming year.
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