October 8th City Council Meeting Recap!
Guys this meeting was 40 minutes! It was awesome! Haha.
We had 3 public comments.
•Michael Poff thanked the city for keeping our judge here in South Weber and not going to Layton. Judge Brian Memmott wasn't able to attend last night, but it is my understanding his has made many visits to our city. Council member Taylor commended him on being an outstanding person.
•Julie Losee countered with data that The Lofts project, whose developer Joseph Cook in a meeting a few weeks ago said that the Loft's will sell in an excess of $200k, is inaccurate. The current market can not support that type of housing costs. There is no condos selling in our current market for over $200/sq. ft. At current rates, it will probably be closer to $144/sq. ft. She added all her research and numbers for public record and should be in the packet soon. I would recommend anyone who is interested to check it out when it is available.
•I commented on our available park acreage. It seems that it is possible over 100 acres of dedicated park space has been left out of the number configurations for how many acres of buildable land we have. Another finding was that when determining buildout population, we should be going off of our current census data which is 3.69 persons/household rather than the 4.24 persons/household. If this is correct, it would mean our total buildout population is potentially much lower than the 13,042 number our 2019 plan has given. I will submit more info to our city council and staff for further clarification. We will want to ensure this number is correct as it is paramount in our future decisions for our general plan.
The only item on the agenda was the appointment of Judge Bryan Memmott as a South Weber Justice Court Judge which was passed.
There was some discussion new business and reports. Council member Windsor discussed the 10/22 meeting further and how to best approach so much information in a setting that will work. He felt discussing options for SB 34 should definitely happen as it needs to be decided on soonest. He did mention it is possible the general plan will be delayed until February. A discussion of making a visual presentation took place. This will be a major meeting and I encourage as many people to attend as possible. You will see for the first time our elected officials able to respond to public comment and make changes to our plan. Council Member Petty suggested to change the name of phase 1 of South Bench Drive because it is causing a lot of confusion. Council Member Windsor also directed staff to put signage for thru traffic on 475 to help alleviate confusion.
Mayor Jo reported that she has met with the landfill and they are working on lowering the odors. She discuss highway 89 and learned that the bridge over 89 will have a deck replacement and will have 3 lanes each way. Any sound walls will not be addressed until 89 is finished which currently only goes to 193. She also discussed active transportation on that Bonneville Shoreline Trail is a major trail - it crosses 5 counties! Work will begin on that trail in 2020.
Council member Halverson reported that there is a passing lane on South Weber Drive near 7240 S that was previously a double yellow line. This needs to be corrected immediately as it is a dangerous situation on that stretch of road.
Council Member Petty talked about parks and rec and that 3 members of the committee will be attending a conference about how to obtain more grants for parks. The Wetlands at Canyon Meadows were discussed. Dave said NO private property owners are part of the restoration. Currently only city property will need to be restored. Staff is drafting their restoration plan now to submit to the Army Core of Engineers.
There was some other business attended too and then it was wrapped up and we all clapped. We've had lots of long meetings as of late, it was nice to have a short one before we jump back into long meetings again. I would like to thank our city council and mayor for all they do to serve our city!
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