GARDEN CITY, Utah. April 9, 2020. Councilman Howard Pope said that there are
people in town who are concerned about the people coming in from outside to
shelter in place in their homes or short term rentals may bring COVID 19 with
them. CentraCom has had a lot of
orders to connect internet and phone service.
They do try to screen people by asking how many are in the home and if
anyone has fever or other symptoms. But
unfortunately many are not being honest and when they arrive to connect there
are three families in the home instead of the two or three people as
promised. He and his crew wear masks and
gloves to do service.
Mayor Leonhart said that the folks who have second homes
belong here. “We can’t tell them not to come, and how would you enforce that? So tell them to just follow the CDC rules.”
Pope said that the majority of visitors have been good, but
they need to not bring kids to the grocery store who run around and touch everything against CDC
rules, nor should they stand in line close together at food stands.
Councilwoman Pat Argyle said that Raspberry Day plans are
ongoing. They will cancel the kids
parade, but the regular parade plans are
doing well.
Argyle said that it is time to lay out the park with double
gates around parking. Public
Works are making the city
parks look good. Some of the solar
lights will be replaced with electric lighting at the park. The new playground equipment has arrived and
after the stay at home restrictions are off, they will be installed.
Councilman Ken Hansen told the Council that the Library has been doing things for kids during
this time. They spear headed the Bear Hunt which encouraged locals to put bears
on their porches and decks for kids to drive by and spot. They are designing a local cook book for a
fundraiser. No one used the Food Pantry
this month, perhaps because the library is closed, they need to announce that
the Pantry is still open for people who need food assistance.
Hansen said he talked to County Commissioner Bill Cox about
the City partnering with the County to sweep the new bike path. “We partner
with them on many things. The county has done some really nice things for
Garden City over the last few years.” Mayor Leonhart added that the county has been
so good to work with.
Councilman Howard Pope told the Council about trails. The City is upgrading their trails with DWR
money. The Garden City Trail is still
full of snow and water run-off, but it needs to be groomed for snowmobiles and
ATV. DWR has granted $40,000 for grading and using City equipment can make the
money go further. Pope thinks there might
also be some equipment help from the County to put in culverts, gravel and
some grading. Mark Hislop said that Brian
Hirschi is willing to use some of his crew and equipment to help as well.
The Hodges Canyon Trail is on Forest Service land but adjoining
property owners want to shut the trail down.
The Forest Service has offered to pay to fence off the property owners. The
property owners want to shut down the trail, but it is Forest Service
land. So the fence may be a good
solution.
Mark Hislop asked about a single track non-motorized bike trail
along the canal and was told that the canal property owners are in control of
that right of way.
Mayor Leonhart said that the runaway truck ramp bids have
been awarded to a local contractor. They will start at the end of April have it
done by July. Traffic light at the
intersection will be installed by the end of June. The turning lane into KOA is being worked on.
The Marina entrance has been staked
while the Army Corps of Engineers approvals are being worked on. The Mayor sent a letter to build a overhead
bike path to the Marina, and the state is looking into it.
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