Sunday, June 29, 2025
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Garden City Planning Commission 7-2-25
Notice Date & Time: 7/2/25 5:00 PM
Description/Agenda:
PUBLIC NOTICE The Garden City Planning Commission will hold their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, immediately following their Public Hearing at 5:00 p.m. at the Garden City Lakeview Building, located at 69 N. Paradise Parkway, Building C. AGENDA 1. Roll Call 2. Approval of Minutes a. Public Hearing b. Regular Meeting 3. Discussion/Approval for an amended PUD to adjust lot lines to match the existing buildings. Water's Edge Properties, LLC. Located at 35 E 150 S. Teri Eynon, John Curtis 4. Discussion/Approval for a Conditional Use Permit and an RV Park/Campground application. They are proposing an expansion to their existing Marina Side KOA. The proposed expansion is on approximately 5.13 acres. Weston Heidzig 5. Miscellaneous 6. Adjournment NOTE: The order of this agenda may be altered by those present if necessary. The conference phone number is 1-866-347-5097.
Notice of Special Accommodations:
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this public hearing should notify the Garden City Office at (435) 946-2901, 69 N. Paradise Parkway, Garden City, Utah, on Monday through Friday, at least 3 working days prior to the public hearing. The office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Notice of Electronic or telephone participation:
Contact the Garden City Office 1 business day prior to the scheduled meeting for electronic participation information, 435-946-2901.
Other information:
Location:
69 N Paradise Parkway, Garden City, 84028
Contact information:
Sharlene Millard , townofgardencity@gmail.com, 4359462901
Updated Documents for Laketown Hearing and Town Council 6-25-25
Documents Updated
- Resolution 2025-06 2025-26 FY Budget.pdf - 6/25/25 7:39 PM
- 2025 06-25 Laketown Public Hearing and Town Council Meeting Agenda -APPROVED.docx - 6/25/25 7:42 PM
Town Council
June 25, 2025 Public Hearing and Town Council Agenda
Notice Date & Time: 6/25/25 6:00 PM -6/25/25 8:00 PM
Description/Agenda:
Laketown Public Hearing and Town Council Agenda June 25, 2025 6:00 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Burdette Weston 2. OPENING CEREMONY - TBD 3. ROLL CALL 4. PUBLIC HEARING 2025-26 Fiscal Year Budget Laketown Town Council Agenda Notice is hereby given that the Town of Laketown Town Council will hold a meeting on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, immediately following the Public Hearing scheduled for 6:00 PM in the Laketown Town Office located at 10 North 200 East Laketown, Utah. 1. CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Burdette Weston 2. OPENING CEREMONY - TBD 3. ROLL CALL 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 5. APPROVAL OF JUNE 4, 2025, TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 6. QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL: Any person wishing to comment on any item, not otherwise on the agenda, may address the town council at this point by addressing the mayor and town council and giving his or her name and address for the record. Comments should be limited to not more than three (3) minutes, unless additional time is authorized by the mayor. Citizen groups will be asked to appoint a spokesperson. This is the time and place for any person who wishes to comment on non-agenda items. Some items brought forward to the attention of the town council will be turned over to the clerk to provide a response outside of the town council meeting. 7. ITEMS OF BUSINESS a. Approval of the 2025-26 Fiscal Year Budget Resolution 2025-06 b. Accept the final 2024-25 Fiscal Year Budget c. Roads (Brandon) d. Raspberry Days Rodeo Planning 8. EXECUTIVE SESSION (if needed) 9. ADJOURN NOTE: The Town Council may vote to go into an executive session pursuant to the Utah Code 52-4-205 On Friday June 20,2025 at 4:00 PM a copy of the foregoing notice was posted on the Utah Public Notice website at http://pmn.utah.gov and on the Laketown website at www.laketownutah.com. A copy was posted in conspicuous view inside and outside the Laketown Town Office in Laketown, Utah, and inside and outside of the Laketown post office and at Dee's Service Station. DATED THIS 20th Day of June 2025 In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this public hearing should notify the Laketown Town Office at (435) 946-9000, 10 North 200 East, Laketown, Utah, on Monday through Wednesday at least three working days prior to the public hearing. The office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Individuals with speech and/or hearing impairments may call the Relay Utah by dialing 711. Spanish Relay Utah 1-888-346-3162. /S/Lisa Johnson, Laketown City Clerk
Notice of Special Accommodations:
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify the town clerk three days before the meeting, so arrangements can be made.
Notice of Electronic or telephone participation:
NA
Other information:
Location:
10 North 200 East, Laketown, 84038
Rich County Commission Meeting Wed. July 2, 2025 (reminder-You can watch the proceedings on youtube)
10:00 Ben Marrett, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources & Paul Willardson, JUB Engineers Memorandum of Understanding for the Birch Creek #2 Dam Investigation Study, Design and Construction
10:15 Carl Millegan & Michael Dunphy, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Complex Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Request
10:30 Patricia McKenzie, Stellar Programming & Consulting & Lyn Weston, Landfill Supervisor Stellar ScaleTech & Stellar Routes Design Proposal
11:00 Estee Hunt, Bear River Health Department Request for the Formal Appointment of Josh Barson, Director of Behavioral Health
11:15 Steven Liechty, Rocky Mountain Power Power Updates
11:30 Mitch Poulsen, Planning & Zoning Administrator, & Bob Peterson, Owner, Azora Software Short-term Rental Discussion
11:45 Randall Knight, Resident Dog Ordinance Discussion
12:00 BREAK RICH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING JULY 2, 2025 AFTERNOON AGENDA • All start times are ESTIMATED. • EXECUTIVE SESSIONS may be called for personnel or litigation reasons. • NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION: Youtube.com/@richcounty
• NOTICE OF SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals requiring special accommodations, including auxiliary communicative aids and services, during this meeting should notify the Rich County Clerk, Anneliesa Peart, at 435-793-2415.
1:00 Jesse & Tierney Calder, Bear Lake Stay and Play Properties Business License Approval Request
1:15 1:30 Kim Wilson, Assessor COMMISSION BUSINESS Ambulance Rates, Property Tax Exemptions, Ordinance 15-1 Discussion
Approve Minutes
Approve Expenditures
Scott Wheeler Lot Split Discussion
Financial Audit 2023
Executive Session for Personnel
Town of Randolph Town Board 7-9-25
Town of Randolph Town Board Agenda July 9th 2025 @ 7:30 PM
Town Office Minutes & Bills
Annexation of Outlaw Woodworks
Tourism Grant 2025 & 2026
SR 16 Sidewalk Grant .gov
emails & website Road Repairs
Fair – 5K Run / Local Night
Overdue Water bills
New Business
Laketown Town Council 7-2-25
Laketown Town Council Agenda
July 2, 2025 6:00 PM Notice is hereby given that the Town of Laketown Town Council will hold their regularly scheduled meeting at 6:00PM on Wednesday July 2, 2025, in the Laketown Town Office located at 10 North 200 East Laketown, Utah. 1. CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Burdette Weston 2. OPENING CEREMONY - TBD 3. ROLL CALL 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 5. APPROVAL OF PRIOR MEETING MINUTES - June 25, 2025, Public Hearing and Town Council Meeting 6. BUDGET REVIEW 7. APPROVAL OF BILLS 8. ACTIVITY COMMITTEE - Chairman Jordan Gomez 9. UPDATES FROM CLERK'S OFFICE (Lisa) 10. ACTION ITEMS FROM PREVIOUS MEETING A. (Lisa) updated due dates to water bills and late notice B. (Lisa) add Zoom link for council meetings to website C. (Mayor Weston) talk to Mike Mattson about horse trough leak The Town Council will not begin discussion on the following agenda items before 7:00 PM 11. ITEM OF BUSINESS (via telephone call) A. Town Insurance Policy - Utah Local Governments Trust - Curtis Tonks (phone call) 12. QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL: Any person wishing to comment on any item, not otherwise on the agenda, may address the town council at this point by addressing the mayor and town council and giving his or her name and address for the record. Comments should be limited to not more than three (3) minutes, unless additional time is authorized by the mayor. Citizen groups will be asked to appoint a spokesperson. This is the time and place for any person who wishes to comment on non-agenda items. Some items brought forward to the attention of the town council will be turned over to the clerk to provide a response outside of the town council meeting. 13. PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION - Chairman Duane Robinson 14. ITEMS OF BUSINESS A. Town Right of Way continued discussion Action Item (Lisa) locate the CD disk or jump drive that Debbie Ames created for the town 7-10 years ago B. Transient Business License Discussion 15. COUNCIL BUSINESS: - Water Updates - Delora Wight Action Item: (Dan) Cap old water line by rodeo grounds - Roads & Streets Updates - Brandon Willis - Park & Recreation Updates - Denise Johnson Action Item: check on price for sign - Rodeo & Arena Updates - Kris Hodges Action Item: set up internet at rodeo grounds Action Item: (Mayor) investigate the lot across the road for additional parking and contestant warm-up 16. MAYOR'S REPORT: - Bear Lake Regional Commission Report - Town Updates 17. EXECUTIVE SESSION (if needed) 18. ADJOURN NOTE: The Town Council may vote to go into an executive session pursuant to the Utah Code 52-4-205 On Monday June 30 2025 at 10:00 AM a copy of the foregoing notice was posted on the Utah Public Notice website at http://pmn.utah.gov and on the Laketown website at www.laketownutah.com. A copy was posted in conspicuous view inside and outside the Laketown Town Office in Laketown, Utah, and inside of the Laketown post office and at Dee's Service Station. DATED THIS 30th Day of June 2025 in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this public hearing should notify the Laketown Town Office at (435) 946-9000, 10 North00 East, Laketown, Utah, on Monday through Wednesday at least three working days prior to the public hearing. The office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Individuals with speech and/or hearing impairments may call the Relay Utah by dialing 711. Spanish Relay Utah 1-888-346-3162. /S/Lisa Johnson, Laketown City Clerk
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Table of Contents June 24, 2025
The Beauty of the Lake by C.T. Buttars
More Research on Hodges Ranch Article
Logan Canyon Construction Update 6-19-25
Recipes: Jim Stone—Pickleville Philosopher—Berries
History of Our Area: William Crawford Murder
Bear Lake Classic Pickleball Tournament
Bear Lake Valley Farmers Market
Kaden, Kaleb, Peyton Senior Project Youth Football Camp
Job Opening: Bear Lake Special Service District
Garden City Celebration July 5th
Celebrate Freedom in Paris Idaho
Rich County LEPC Agenda 6-25-25
Laketown Town Council Hearing and Agenda 6-25-25
Rich County School District Budget Hearing
Updated Documents for GFCD Control Board Meeting of 6-16-25
Garden City Planning Commission Public Hearing 7-2-25
Updated Documents Garden City Town Council 2nd Public Hearing
Updated Documents Garden City Town Council Public Hearing 5-8-25
Updated Documents Garden City Town Council Meeting 5-8-25
Monday, June 23, 2025
A Little More Research on Hodges Ranch Article
C.T. Buttars did some research on the history published here on Hodges Ranch. Below is the information.
I enjoyed the article on Hodges Ranch history. It mentioned they didn't know the first name of Mr. Pickel, so I Googled a few sources. "...Incorporated in 1935, the town was named for Charles C. Pickel, who is said to have been either an engineer who supervised the town's culinary water project, or a federal government official who helped secure funding for the project from the Public Works Administration".
Logan Canyon Construction Update 6-19-25
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History of Our Area: William Crawford Murder
An early figure in the cattle industry of the Bear River Valley was William Crawford, after whom the Crawford Mountains were named. Crawford opened a commercial packing house at Evanston in the early 1870s to supply meat to crews of the Union Pacific Railroad.
By 1872 he had joined forces with William Thompson and moved over five hundred head of cattle on the range east of Randolph. During the severe winter of 1876 virtually the entire herd perished.
During the ensuing years, Crawford and Thompson pooled their resources together with those of two other Evanston businessmen, E. S. Crocker and Harvey Booth. The four constructed the first irrigation canal from Bear River in 1878.
However, during the process of trying to determine the rights on the new canal, a misunderstanding developed between the foursome. William Crawford disappeared from a dance at Evanston in February 1893. Although his body was never recovered, it was assumed that he had been taken from Evanston and thrown in the burning slag heap at the mine at Almy. Two years later Harvey Booth was murdered in a barn belonging to the company. Neither murder was ever solved.124
Crocker was arrested for both murders. He was at first convicted for killing Booth, but it overturned by a judge saying that there was too much prejudice in the area. The trial was moved to Cheyenne and he was acquitted after the second trial. The charge of the murder of Crawford was dismissed because they could not prove he was dead.
History of Rich County (124. Information on William Crawford and the Ford Ranch is taken from the following sources: Elizabeth Arnold Stone, Uinta County: Its Place in History (Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Co., [ 1924]), 185; Thomson, Rich Memories, 16-18, and Kennedy, interview with Loran Jackson.
Cisco's Sonar - Utah Suckers
They hatch within a week as larval fish, little more than a speck, and begin to provide food for the rest of the fish in the lake. Probably less than one in a million eggs will make it to adult age but the population is stable. Only large trout feed on adult suckers, there is unlimited food for them and most live for at least twenty years. Their population is senescent (stable) with mortality equaling recruitment.
Suckers in other bodies of water, particularly reservoirs can be a problem but they evolved here in Bear Lake and are a vital part of the ecosystem. They feed on invertebrates in the sediment that are not available to other fish and when they do they leave “pockmarks” in the bottom that provides cover for Bear Lake sculpin. Just because they are ugly doesn’t make them bad.
Bear Lake Classic Pickleball Tournament
