Recap! City Council 7.22.2020

City Council Recap! 7.21.2020

You can watch the full video of this council meeting here or by watching below.

I'm trying to simplify these recaps to make the shorter and easier to digest. If you have any specific questions about a topic, feel free to ask in the comments!

One of the most popular items on the agenda last night was that for Morty's Car Wash. This is for the property just south of Maverik. This came before the council in 4 different action items, a rezone from commercial highway to commercial, final plat approval for the subdivision, final site and improvement approval for the carwash building and a conditional use permit. As this was a lot to discuss, the council opted to be able to discuss all the items at the beginning and take action after the discussion. The council spent roughly 3 hours discussing many different aspects of the carwash in full. The first 3 items passed unanimously. The Conditional Use Permit was altered from what was recommended from the Planning Commission. I feel like I have a lot to say here but I am also feel like I should just keep it simple. The below restrictions came about as a way to be able to protect homes near the car wash from noise and sound. It is the car wash's responsibility to make sure their business runs within these parameters. Below is the new Conditional Use Permit:

• Operation hours will be from 6am from 10pm (modified from 5am-11pm) for automatic bays and vacuums, 24/7 for self serve bays.
• No more than 3 automatic bays and 4 self serve bays.
  Review of conditional use permit by the city council with recommendation of the planning commission within 6 months from the date of opening
• Performance specifications: During the quiet hours, 95% of the time sound tests shall not be 5db above ambient sound, not to exceed 55 db, at the property line. During business hours, 95% of the time, from 6 am to 10 pm, sound tests shall not be 10db above the ambient sound, not to exceed 70 db, at the property line. All these measurements will be done on 3 sections of the southern property and take an average.
• Ambient light not exceed more than 30 feet from the building.
• The south entrance be maintained as an ingress and egress.
• The Condition Use Permit passed 3-2. 2 members of the council voted against this on the basis of the 24/7 hours.
  
  

A public hearing took place to amend the budget to allow for more funds to be used as CARES act funds. This includes an upgrade to the audio and visual for live streaming at city hall. The council also passed the bid to Webb designs for this upgrade. In short, new mics, speakers, audio system, multiple camera angels and other needed upgrades to live streaming are coming soon. Yay!

Other items discussed were a gurney purchase for the fire department (using CARES act funds), paramedic servicing license (a future process in the works) and changes to our code for nuisance calls for pets due to changes at the state level.

Reports included an update on the wetlands restoration project, instructions to look into a timeline for the dog park, mosquito abatement information and some information about the Country Fair Days parade.