Garden City Council meeting

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  April 11, 2019.Tami Leonhardt ,Convention and Visitor’s Bureau,  noted that she works under the County Commissioners.  The area that is covered by this bureau goes from Georgetown, Idaho, to Woodruff, Utah.  There is a ten-member board—one from each of the Cities in that area.

Leonhardt works with advertising, budgets, grants and so forth.  She works with three budgets—her payroll, the Visitors’ Center, and advertising.  She also works with getting grants and works hard to promote the area from Montpelier to Woodruff.  She does things that encourage people to come to this area.  She is especially working on more activities that can be held during the winter months.  Snowmobiling is one of the big areas that is growing quickly.

Currently there is a film made about the area that will be released soon.  There are a lot of advertisements in magazines and on the internet.  She is also working with the Oregon Trail Committee on several ideas.  She enjoys her job and thanks the Council for allowing her to come and let them know about her job and how it is having an impact on the area.

The Council was given a review of the bids for the water system and who gave the lowest bid of $724,000.  This bid was for the Town of Garden City Water System Improvements.  A 24” pipe will be laid all the way to the highway.  The City will be able to utilize the full grant and the City will make up any short fall that may occur.  The bid went to CTI (Troy Peterson).  The motion was made and passed to move forward with this project.

Rhonda Menlove presented The Family Place Presentation which included a Proclamation for Family Month. The Utah Family month will be from Mother’s Day until Father’s Day.  The Council Members signed the Proclamation after the motion was made and passed.

Menlove reported that there are three Family Support Centers, Logan has three service areas.  There are DIs in Smithfield, Hyrum and Logan.  Family Place has permission to raise money.  This idea of an organization for Family Place has been very effective with the legislators.  Cache Valley has the program in place, and it is doing well.  Rich County needs to create some program here.  Currently there are some items such as diapers and some baby back packs in the Library food bank. There will be a meeting May 11 to help parents see the value of the program and how it works. 

There is a shelter in Cache Valley for abused children.  There will be some fund-raising activities for that facility. Menlove wanted to let people know that  donations will be going for a good cause.  This organization has a moto which is “Be Kind Utah”.  This organization is hoping to get at least one million acts of kindness during family month.

Business Licenses were granted to Ber Necessities Co, DBA Ber’s Shakes N’ Sodas.  The business is located at 70 W Logan Road.  The owner is Amber Clark.  The Waffle Den also located at 70 W Logan Road was given a license.  This business is a restaurant owned by Diane Foester.

Bear Lake Water Adventures requested that he be allowed to conduct a Concessionaire business located on the Garden City Park Beach.  He will rent non-motorized water vessels.  This is the fifth year Leo and Melissa Spuhler have rented out the water vessels.  The license was granted.

Long Ridge @ Bear Lake requested the final approval for Phase I, which includes 13 lots west of Cherimoya Subdivision.  Jeff Jorgensen was making the request.  After a brief discussion, the motion was made and passed for Jorgensen to begin Phase I of this Subdivision.

Dave and Claudia Cottle, Bear Lake Watch, were at the meeting and discussed ways that need to be followed and worked on to take care of and save Bear Lake.  They noted that 50 percent of the water going into Bear Lake comes from Smith Fork and Thomas Fork. 

The Cottles have created a Bear Lake Resolution that was passed by the legislature.  They noted that this was a real learning experience for them.  However, there are still problems concerning the lake.  The Cottles said "We certainly don’t want to lose the lake."

A goal from the state needs to be written and approved concerning this body of water.  This goal needs to show why preservation of Bear Lake is important.

The lake is beautiful and needs to be kept healthy and beautiful.  Goals need to be written and defined.  Reasons why and how to protect water quality should be investigated. Stake holders in Bear Lake need to be involve in this process. 

Currently there is a declining level of the Great Salt Lake.  The individuals down there have done an economic value study that states the Great Salt Lake must be maintained at its required level.  Bear Lake is one area where water could be drained to maintained that level.  They have evidence that millions, even billions of dollars, will be lost if the Great Salt Lake level continues to fall.

Cottles noted that there are studies, ideas, policies, and several other items that should be investigated.  They suggested that all the studies and information that can be found will be needed in the future to save the lake.  They asked that Garden City help as much as possible in this endeavor.

Garden City Council reports

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah. April 11, 2019.  Council member Darrin Pugmire said that roads in the lower section of the possible Third West have so many property owners that he didn’t think the City would be able to afford to go that way.  It will be a better idea to go higher into the mountains.  He will continue working on this item.

Kimball Lane is not compliant for a roadway.  The power lines are right in the trees along this road.  The lowest bid to bring the trees down in this area was $14,000.

There needs to be some work done on Hodges Canal.  Some areas are out of water.  The road from Hodge Canyon to Kimball Lane doesn’t work with the property between these two roads as it would have when the idea was first presented.  The road will need to be closer to the canal than originally planned.  It would be a good idea to work with an attorney about what the city can do because of the HOA that are now built where the road was originally planned.

Council member Howard Pope noted that he hasn’t been able to get out on the trails during the winter.  However, he is going to get a new side-by-side and will begin to go over the areas and see how the trails are standing up and what changes and repairs will be needed.

He reported that Richard Monk, Pool Manager,  is working well at the swimming pool.  Currently the pool seems to be going smoothly.

Council member Pat Argyle said that the bathrooms for Heritage Park went out to bid.  The lowest bid was $278,000.  She wondered if the City should use their own contractors and have a neutral inspector to get the restrooms built. Some of the City workers are licensed.  They could probably do the job for $100,000.  She also reported that the City needs to find porta potties.  Those in Garden City are already in place and in use.  She will have to start making calls to find where to get some others for Raspberry Days.

Raspberry Days seems to be going well.  Everything seems to be coming together.

The gentleman who wanted to bring in Concerts every Friday and Saturday night was told that perhaps he could set up this venue with the Conestoga Ranch.  The concerts would be on private land and in a pretty good location.  The City park can’t be closed all summer on both Friday and Saturday night.  It was also noted that work on the Heritage Park needs to move forward without having to stop work every weekend.

It looks like the stage that is being built at Heritage Park will cost approximately $150,000.

Ken Hansen noted that the library is doing well.  There will be a rummage sale again this year at the City Park the last weekend in June.   The Library has been given a $20,000 donation to get a screen for video conferencing.  The screen is 45” wide.  This item will make conferencing and interaction with organization and people in other places without them having to come to Garden City personally.

Garden City staff reports

 Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah. April 11, 2019.  Glenn Gillies noted that there is a lot of building going on in Garden City.  Currently there are nine new building permits.  He reported that there is some soil packing work being done on the Norm Mecham property.

A new circuit for the hot tub in the swimming area was received last Friday.  The boiler is working well.

A representative  from engineering firm JUB reported that there are a lot of developments that are moving forward.  He noted the three most active at the present time are Waterdance, Long Ridge, and the LDS Property.

Construction on the water system will soon begin.  The attorney is reviewing the plans and a full construction meeting is to be held in the next week or two.  Agreements and bonding are being completed. There will be a schedule made.  Right now, it appears that the work will begin down by Harbor Village and Raspberry Patch.  Some areas are still too wet.  They will be worked on toward the end of the project.

Heritage Park restrooms have been put out to bid.  The bids that have come in are much higher than expected.  The City will have to reject the high bids and then rebid this project.

Cloud Angels

Photo by Carol Ann Dyer

Garden City ordinance changes

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich  Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah. April 11, 2019.  Discussions about several ordinances and how to keep or change them was held.  The first ordinance, #19-06, there was a discussion of updating the beach development zone height to 35 feet.  Just the week before, Planning and Zoning had decided to keep the beach zone at 25 feet.  However, the City Council didn’t think it would make that much difference and changed it to 35 feet.

The next ordinance, #19-07, was updating the definition of an accessory building.  It was determined that an accessory building could not be placed on a lot until a home had been built on that lot.

Ordinance #19-08 was discussed concerning home building heights.  Apparently, several homes built recently are higher than the City allows.  Nothing has been done to stop this from happening, but the Council thought that a different way of measuring this height should be determined.  After a brief discussion, it was suggested that the measurements should go from the basement floor at the lowest level.  That would give them an exact point to work from.  The Council decided that they should investigate this matter further.  It will be on next month’s agenda.

Ordinance #19-09 is an ordinance updating the short-term rental requirements.  Fire Chief Wahlburg was present and noted that the original inspection of a home should be done by the Fire Chief.  There are several things that the Fire Chief needs to check that would be missed if the homeowners did their own checking.  He noted that there are also fire grills, and pits that should be included as well.   He reported than when he does a first inspection, there is a 40% to 50% failure rate on his first visit.  The fire Chief also does all the inspections for businesses.  He noted that there are certain businesses that need to be inspected yearly.  The Council accepted this suggestion and noted that they will rewrite this ordinance.

Ordinance #19-10 dealing with a Conditional Use Permit in Zone 3C was discussed.  It was   decided that Churches be added to this ordinance.  A motion was made and passed.

Ordinance #19-11 is an ordinance creating an overlay zone specific for food trucks and food truck locations and setting regulations for conducting such businesses.  The motion was made passed.

Ordinance #19-12 is an ordinance dealing with updating the transient merchant license requirements.  It was determined to take out food trucks since they have their own zone.

The motion was made a passed.

Ordinance #19-13 Is an ordinance creating the food truck overlay zone.  This item will need to be sent back to Planning and Zoning for their approval.

A resolution #R19-01 is a resolution updating the annual renewal fees for short term rental properties.  After a discussion of this matter, it was determined to increase the TRT tax by 1%.  This item will need to be brought back next month because raising taxes requires a public hearing.

Herald Journal article on Logan Canyon Road speed changes

By Matilyn Mortensen, Staff Writer
Herald Journal

In an effort to increase pedestrian safety, the speed limit in Logan Canyon near the Stokes Nature Center has been temporarily reduced.

“It’s really scary to walk along that shoulder, crossing with your 3-year-old hoping that they don’t decide they want to run into the road because they saw a cool rock,” said Megan Dettenmaier, the valley resident who led the petition for a lower speed limit.

Dettenmaier is the parent of a child who attends the Stokes Nature Center preschool, located in Logan Canyon to the south of U.S. Highway 89 across from the Cache National Forest sign.

In order to access the center, or the River Trail located next to it, individuals like Dettenmaier have the option of parking in the pullout area on the north side of the road and crossing the highway, or parking on the south shoulder and walking along the highway.

“In a perfect world we would have a school zone there during those hours,” Dettenmaier said. “But because Stokes is not a traditional school in the sense that they receive tax dollars like Wilson Elementary would, we can’t qualify for having a very severely reduced speed zone.”

Because Highway 89 is a state road, Dettenmaier’s petition was taken to the Utah Department of Transportation. After considering the issue, department officials decided to place pedestrian signs on the road near the center and reduce the speed limit from 50 to 40 miles per hour for six months.

Utah Department of Transportation representative Vic Saunders said after six months of reduced speeds, the department will conduct a traffic study. A new speed limit will be set for that area of the road based on the speed 85 percent of drivers are traveling, plus or minus 5 miles an hour.

“That 85th percentile speed is the one that most people feel as they drive a roadway, that they can make all the maneuvers required to safely travel that road,” Saunders said.

According to Saunders, it's important to use this method to ensure speeds aren't set too low.

“If the speed limit is set artificially low, people will exceed it irrespective of what it is posted,” Saunders said.

Dettenmaier said she is mildly happy about the reduction, but doesn’t see it as the solution to overall pedestrian safety.

“It is a step in the right direction and we have a long way to go to get pedestrians off of the highway,” Dettenmaier said. “And the way we do that is we provide alternative means to get to that trail that are as efficient and that are readily accessible and that are easy to get to.”

A few such pedestrian options might include a highway underpass or overpass option.

Although there are two underpass options in the canyon right now, interim executive director of the Center Emily Blake said neither option is a good solution for children using the center.

The first underpass is at First Dam, which requires users to hike for about a mile before reaching the center.

The second one is located at the Cache National Forest sign, which is much closer to the center, however pedestrians parking on the north side cannot access the underpass because there is no way to cross the river.

Blake said if there was a bridge, there likely wouldn’t need to be a reduced speed in that part of the canyon.

“That would be the same distance of a walk for the nature preschoolers, we just don’t have the infrastructure or the funding to build a bridge over the river,” Blake said.

Cache County Trails Planner Dayton Crites said other options for increasing pedestrian safety in the canyon may include making the road feel less like a highway.

“The solutions I would like to see considered is how do we change the structure of that highway in terms of narrowing it, in terms of adding medians in the center, in terms of beautification efforts to add plantings and other things to the side that make it feel a little less like a high-speed highway and more of a scenic drive,” Crites said.

In the meantime, both Crites and Dettenmaier hope people will heed the new the speed limit signs so the temporary reduction can become permanent.

“If people don’t pay attention to the speed limit, if people ignore them flat out, they may end up putting it back just as high or higher,” Crites said. “So we certainly hope that’s not the case.”

KSL honors Rich volleyball coach

Paul Swensen, KSL News

SALT LAKE CITY — Cindy Stuart, the long-time head coach of the Rich High School girls’ volleyball team, will retire from coaching as the winningest women’s high school volleyball coach in the state.Stuart, who coached high school volleyball from 1986 through 2018, will retire with 722 wins and 15 state championships.

Although Stuart will retire as the winningest volleyball coach in Utah high school history, coaching the sport wasn’t always her plan.

She grew up in Oklahoma as a basketball player, playing at both the high school and collegiate level. After transferring to play basketball at UNLV in 1977, Stuart’s team faced off against Utah State. The Rebels destroyed the Aggies, beating them by nearly 100 points.

Utah State’s athletic office took notice, offering Stuart a job as the women’s basketball head coach after finishing her time at UNLV. She took the job at only 21 years old.

Stuart coached the team at Utah State from 1978 to 1982, meeting her husband, Bill Stuart, along the way. Bill, a cattle rancher, moved the couple to Rich County where Cindy began coaching at the high school level in 1986.

Upon starting a family in Rich County, Stuart said she wanted her daughter to grow up playing basketball because of the impact the sport had on her life.
“I couldn’t even imagine my daughter not being able to play basketball, 'cause it pretty much saved my life,” Cindy Stuart said. “I was from a really poor town in Oklahoma, so I got a scholarship and got a chance.”

To Stuart’s surprise, Rich High School approached her about coaching at the school, but it wasn’t going to be with a basketball team.

“They wanted me to coach their volleyball, and I said, ‘Well, I don’t even know how to keep score in volleyball!'”

The high school didn’t have a women’s basketball program at the time, but the school offered a compromise with the former basketball player. She was allowed to start a women’s basketball team at if she would also coach the volleyball team.
While Stuart only coached the Rebel basketball team for four years, she would remain with the volleyball team much longer.

“I was just in the right place at the right time,” Stuart explained. “That’s what’s so unique about it. I had never played volleyball, so it was a real challenge, but I’ve enjoyed it. I love the game.”

Stuart gives a lot of the credit for her coaching success to the man she calls her mentor, Carl McGown. Despite knowing very little about volleyball, McGown helped Stuart hit the ground running. McGown, a volleyball legend in the state of Utah, is best known for coaching the BYU men’s volleyball team for 13 years from 1989 to 2002. He also coached in multiple Olympics and is a member of the AVCA, Utah, and BYU Sports Hall of Fame.

“He would come and tell me to do these things and I’d just look at him like, ‘Why?’ I had no idea, so I’d just listen to everything he told us to do,” Stuart said.

She went on to coach the Rebel volleyball team nearly every year from the time she first took the job until today. A brief job in Evanston, Wyoming, took Stuart away from Rich High School from 1990 to 1994, but after returning in 1994 she would only miss one season, 2007, when she stepped down to give more attention to her family.

Stuart said some of her best moments from her coaching career came when she was able to coach her daughter, Sammi, to four straight high school state championships. Sammi, who now works as an assistant coach with the women’s volleyball team at Utah State, began playing for her mom in third grade.

“It’s hard playing for your mom,” Sammi Stuart said. “But it was so worth it. The lessons she taught me and all the girls that have gone through, playing for coach Stuart, that’s the biggest thing people take away from her, the lessons that you learn."

Those lessons go beyond the volleyball court, extending into the lives of all the girls Stuart has coached over the years.

“She taught me how to compete," Sammi Stuart said. "She taught me how to work hard. She taught me that I am a young woman who has worth and value.”
Along with coaching the women’s volleyball team, Cindy Stuart has taught both high school and elementary aged students each year. She currently teaches sophomore health, high school PE, and elementary school PE, allowing her to interact with more than just the girls on the high school volleyball team.

“She’s had a tremendous effect on volleyball, but the effect she’s had on kids in school that didn’t play volleyball is bigger,” Sammi Stuart said.

“Having her in Rich County, Utah, has made Rich County a better place.”

While Cindy Stuart will be retiring from coaching, the long-time educator plans to continue teaching for at least a couple more years. She’s also looking forward to the additional free time.

“I’ll keep teaching and hopefully I can get my husband to go on some trips in the summer and in the fall instead of coaching volleyball,” she said.

“Other than that, I’m probably going to help raise the grandkids and the calves.”

Pickelville Philosophy

By Jim Stone

Well I’m so blest. I got to spend a day in the great outdoors with two very amazing outdoors men Wyatt Holloway and Easton Hunt.  These fine young men are masters in the field. I think speaking for myself that hunters are probably the biggest conservation people on the planet.  I think people that don’t hunt and harvest wild things from the outdoors maybe really don’t understand the circle of life.

Well today speaking for myself again, just to be a witness of these fine outdoors men is wonderful. Not only harvesting while hunting fair chase wild things that are so precious of a resource to all of us and our legacy of putting natural food on our dinner plate to being all together enjoying our day together, but also making fond memories. 

I really think that being a small but big part of truly understanding how blest we all are, is so important to keeping our heritage alive.

Well it was a really nice day today. I really believe in all of our future and when fine young hunters get involved in promoting the great outdoors, that’s all of our heritage. The young kids are going to pay it forward and keep a grand sport alive for generations to come. Big smiles to all of you guys from all of us guys.

Lake Clouds

Photo by Jim Stone, Garden City

Garden City Planning and Zoning

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

PUBLIC HEARING

GARDEN CITY,Utah.  April 3, 2019.   Chairman Lance Bourne noted that there should be some changes made in some of the current ordinances.  He pointed out that a home should be built on a property before an accessory building could be built.  He was concerned about height of buildings and how this ordinance needs to be changed so that 35’ height would be easier to determine and allow the building inspector to stop individuals from going higher.  The chimney needs to go above the roof line, and a steeple on a church are the only items that could go above the 35’ height.

Lance also noted that the Church of Jesus Christ is going to build an accessory building.  It is in a C-3 zone.  Instead of changing the zone, Lance said he thought a Conditional Use Permit would be the best way to go.

No other comments were made, so the public hearing was closed.

REGULAR MEETING

The regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Committee was called to order. A discussion was made concerning some changes on a few of the ordinances.  The first Ordinance was #19-06 which determines the Beach Development zone height regulations.  After a short discussion, it was decided to leave the height at 25’.  This ordinance was passed originally in 1906 and has worked well for the community.  The motion was made and passed.

Ordinance #19-07 was changed to make sure that a home was built on a lot before an accessory building could be added.  A motion was made and passed.

Ordinance #19-08 is an ordinance determining the height of a home.  The height cannot go over 35’.  The building inspector will be careful in making sure this ordinance is followed.  The only items above the top of the roof line is a chimney and/or a spire for a church building.  The motion passed.

Ordinance #19-09 added that a church building can be built in a C-3 zone with the use of a Conditional Use Permit.  The motion was made and passed.

A discussion was held concerning the approval of the Final for Phase 2 of Long Ridge at Bear Lake.  This is a subdivision of 13 lots near Cherimoya and is being directed by  Jeff Jorgensen.  The permission was not given last month because there was only one entrance/exit into property.  The Hansen family have built a gravel road 20’ wide going from their property to Hodges Canyon which now meets the ingress/egress requirements. That area is quite steep in some places.  The grade in a couple of places are 9.8% and up to 11%.  However, it is in short areas and does meet the City’s requirements.  This road was done at the developer’s cost.  It is temporary until the City gets the Third West road that will be going along the west side of this subdivision.  The water and sewer lines will be placed along Third West in this area as well. The motion was made to approve Phase I of this subdivision.  The motion passed.

A discussion was held concerning the application for a Conditional Use Permit from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  The proposed project is for a new Assembly Hall located at approximately 250 feet South 300 West.  The building will consist of a 750-seat capacity assembly space, a serving area, restrooms, table/chair storage, and entry vestibule areas.  The asphalt parking area will accommodate 192 stalls, with additional gravel parking for oversized vehicles and overflow parking.   The Commission made a motion to approve a Conditional Use Permit for the Church of Jesus Christ’s Assembly Hall.  The motion passed.  The question was asked if there would be a screen from the other building.  They said no, that there will be separate sacrament meetings.

There was a short discussion concerning the parking for this new building.  The motion was made and approved the Architectural Standards and Parking for the above Assembly Hall located approximately at 250 South 300 West.  The motion passed.

It was noted that it would be nice if the Church of Jesus Christ would allow three feet on the east side of their property for widening First West.  They said they would be happy to donate that to the City.  The motion was made contingent on the Town Council to approve the three feet.  The motion passed. 

There has been an interest in getting food trucks into Garden City.  The Mayor is still looking into the idea of having a food truck zone that could overlay a current zone.  It was noted that Park City has made food trucks legal.  They have an ordinance on how to create an overlay zone.  So far, most cities that have food trucks require a temporary City license for the area they are using.  The City is currently working on writing an ordinance to fit Garden City’s situation.

In the miscellaneous item on the agenda it was noted that Waterdance was changed into a PUD at the last City Council meeting.  As a result, ingress/egress as well as parking must be noted on  Norm Mecham’s preliminary plat document.  These two items must be completed before any other work will be done on that PUD.

According to the City’s ordinances, a PUD must do certain items prior to building.  Right now Mecham is building an outdoor swimming pool.  Mecham needs to put up a bond for this item which allows a year for completion.   If it is not complete by that time, the bond will go to the city to finish up what is left.  Also, the Commission should require a wait of two years before changing any zones after the original request.

Apparently, several people are building their homes higher than the 35’ height.  The building inspector needs to make sure that the height requirement is followed.  If it is above the 35’ level, it must either be corrected or building not be allowed to be completed until the ordinance is met. It will be red tagged and will not be allowed to contuse building until the proper height is followed.  The City requires that the homes should be measured from the original grade.  The inspector needs to go prior to beginning to build and before excavation.  It is too easy to excavate prior to the inspector’s visit.  The requirement of determining height needs to be added to the building permit so that no action is taken prior to determining where the height will be.

This item should be placed on next month’s agenda.  The lot should be inspection and surveyed before building is started and when it is finished.  Corners need to be marked.

It was noted that lines of people at the restaurants and drive-ins currently go clear out into the road.  The food-eating places need to create ways to get the people away from the highway.  It is dangerous the way things are currently being done.  It was suggested that the City get an ordinance so that this suggestion will be followed by the business owners.

Spring Buds

Photo by Jennifer Casillas, Garden  City

Waterdance PUD discussed

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

Garden City, Utah. April 3, 2019.A discussion was held concerning the preliminary phase 1 of Waterdance, a Planned Unit Development located approximately at 185 S. 100 W. and owned by Norman Mecham.  It was noted that because  Mecham had the City Council change this project to a PUD, there are requirements that need to be met prior to doing any further building.  

The landscaping plan needs to be done.  The preliminary document doesn’t show any parking stalls or areas where they are to be placed.   Mecham said that he would make sure there will be plenty or parking, however, he didn’t want people to have specific spots.  He felt those living there could park anywhere they would like without having a certain spot.  The Council members, however, felt that they must know the number parking that would be needed and where they will be located.

Mecham didn’t have the location for the ingress/egress firmly established.  The commission asked that it be determined and shown on the preliminary document. 

Mecham said that he had decided to not turn the large building into a swimming area and has already started digging an area between the two building already on the property for an outside swimming pool.  When asked what he was going to do with the large building with no windows, he said it will become a recreational center with lots of areas such a basketball court, a climbing wall, and so forth.  He was asked about the parking for that building, and he reported that there will be parking stalls on the north side of that structure.  However, none of this was shown on his preliminary plat.

The question was asked about the set-backs for the buildings already built.   Mecham felt they met City requirements.  Since much of the work on this first phase has been done, Mecham was asked to add the parking on the plat so that the Commission could see the numbers and location of that area.

The preliminary document doesn’t show the direction the flow of water will take in areas around the PUD.  It was also pointed out that open space needs to be noted on the plan because each phase must be able to stand alone.  The open space needs to be shown and dedicated as open space.

Currently, none of the preliminary requirements for a PUD are completed.  The streets must be in place, and much of the landscaping needs to be in place prior before final approval of the preliminary plat can be approved by the Council.  The Council was unable to pass the preliminary plat because of all of the changes that had been made without letting the Council aware of the changes that had been made.  In addition, more requirements must be completed because of changing this area to a PUD.  Hopefully, these items will be ready so that the preliminary plat can be approved at the next meeting.

 Mecham was asked if he would be willing to give the City 6 feet on the east side of his property along First West.  He stated that he wouldn’t give the City even one foot.  He needed all his property for his PUD.  It was noted that First West will need to be widened by six feet because of the additional traffic using that street in the future.  A Commission member noted that it would be nice to get this settled now, or the City will have to use another method to obtain that amount of land in the future.  The other method is much more unpleasant than deciding before everything is completed.  The City will get it one way or another.   Mecham finally said he would give three feet on his east side, but that the other three feet must be obtained from the other side of First West.  Everyone said that would be great.  They thanked Mecham for his generosity.

RMSHA Hill Climb Winners

A local boy had an outstanding weekend. Trason Lutz is RMSHA semi-pro racer. This last week-end he raced in Eagle Point Ski Resort in Beaver Utah. Trason received a 5^th in Stock, and 1^st in improved and a 3^rd in Mod. He also had the huge honor of taking semi pro King of the Hill!

His brother Raiden also raced and took a 5^th place. He had a great time and got up and over the hill. 

They have amazing sponsors Weekender Sports, Klim, Polaris Snow, Lutz Construction, Bear Lake Realty, Bear Lake Gravel, Hallmark Cabinets, Triple D Construction, Bear Bottom Rental, Bear Lake Dental,  and UBC Construction. There were several other locals that race.  Dolan Phelps had a 1^st in Promasters stock, 2^nd in 600 improved, 3^rd in 700 improved !! Jim & Jaden Marshall from Bloomington also are racers.

The RMSHA (Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Hill  Climb Association) circuit goes all over the western states, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Montana racing. The season goes from January to April and has probably 500 racers , fans, sponsors and factory support from around. Arcticat Cat, Polaris, Yamaha, and Ski-Doo to name a few. The most popular race is the one in Jackson Hole.  It is the world championship and is a 4 day event bringing in people from around the whole world as racers and their support teams and fans. 

The Bear Lake area had the opportunity to welcome them to our beautiful area this past  week-end. RMSHA Beaver Mountain Hill Cimb is this week-end. The racers come in on Friday. Trucks, trailers, racers, and factory supporters will all pass through. The race wasSaturday and Sunday. 

Racing starts at 8 and goes typically until 3 or 4. There will be a locals class for anyone who would like to give it a try.  You can register at the hill on Sunday.

Book Fair

There will be a Scholastic Book Fair in the

North Rich Elementary/Rich Middle School 

April 15 - 18 and during parent teacher conference.

 All items will be 1/2 off.  Please be sure to stop by.

Passing of Tracy Ann Tate

https://www.nymanfh.com/obituaries/Tracy-Ann-Tate?obId=4297629

Tracy Ann Tate

March 12, 1953 - April 09, 2019

Visit Tracy's tribute page to read the full obituary, gather event information and share a memory or express your condolences.

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Show your support with flowers

Visit the Tribute Store to send fresh flowers to the family of Tracy Ann Tate, hand-delivered by a local florist.

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