Recap! City Council 9.28.2020

 City Council Recap!  9.29.2020 

•The Youth City Council was sworn in.  Advisors this year will be Hayley Alberts, Angie Petty and McKenna Winsor.  We are very excited to get started! ­­

•Coronavirus update:  The cases are continuing to increase within Davis County.  South Weber currently has 9 active cases and a total 55 cases.  Currently there are 12 hospitalizations within the county and no new deaths this week.  Utah is lowest in the country for mortality rate.  

•The city gave recognition to Stacy Whitford who has been taking care of our flags within the city for the past 8 years.  Stacy started this project to help her son with his Eagle project.  She encouraged anyone who has a flag to download the colonial flag app and it will notify you of days your flags should be at half-staff as well as other observations.  We thank her for this patriotic duty she does on behalf of our city!

•Soccer Complex Conditional Use Permit:  The council discussed this permit at great length (read: 2.5 hours!).  Most items included on the CUP were to help mitigate noise, nuisance parking and other barriers.  In the end the final CUP was quite lengthy but included hours of operation for both indoor and outdoor fields, maximum parking of 100 vehicles and paving the temporary parking lot, signs posted on 475 E and South Weber Drive to direct La Roca traffic, no parking signs posted on SWD, Raymond Drive, Kingston Drive & 6650 as well as no soccer complex traffic on streets as well.  Other items included a plan for citations in the event of violations, a masonry wall and others.

•Riverside Place Phase 5:  Council had questions regarding emails sent in for public comment regarding the condition of Phase1 and 2.  Trash on the lots as well as over flowing garbage containers have been addressed code enforcement.  The builder explained why some houses have not yet been completed as well as some other issues.  Phase 5 has outside builders willing to buy lots which will finish the project sooner.  The motion passed unanimously.  

 

•The Lofts at Deer Run: Council was presented with the latest renderings of the new plans for the Loft’s project. The developer is seeking to amend the original development agreement for less commercial and therefore less parking. The council was very firm that the amount of parking is not sufficient and because parking on 2700 E has been restricted this create a big problem. The council also requested the height of the buildings come down to 35’ vs. the 55’ the developer is allowed. Some suggestions made by the developer was to remove commercial all together or remove even more commercial than what the amended agreement was. The council expressed that in order to be able to do so would mean the parking would need to be addressed and suggested more parking stalls and less residential. There was quite a deal of discussion and questions asked. The developer will return after speaking with his staff. At this point in time the developer is looking into two options: 1) either move forward with the current development agreement signed in 2018 and the allowances within the code/agreement or 2) amend the current development agreement with adjustments to commercial space requirements, residential units and parking stalls. As this is a new version of site plans and he was seeking feedback from the council, no decision was made. If the developer chooses to amend the agreement it will need to be approved by the council. If not, he will return to the planning commission when he is ready with preliminary plans or possibly another presentation, depending on his preference.

 

•Cottonwood Waterline: The replacement of the waterline on Cottonwood Drive is being a shared cost between SWC, Uintah and Weber Basin.  After a lot of work and time from staff, the total amount came in well below budget.  South Weber City’s portion will be approximately $282,000.  The amount budgeted was $350,000 in FY2019.  This waterline is necessary to bring pressure up to state code for fire hydrants.  The contract awarded was approved unanimously.  

•Job Corp water re-pipe project: Contract was awarded for this project unanimously.  Job Corp is out of compliance with the state and asked South Weber City to take over management of this project.  Job Corp will be paying for this project with their funds and giving the city a managerial fee to compensate for time spent on it.  

•City Council Schedule: The council discussed meeting 2 times a month vs. 3 times.  There was discussion about adding a work meeting into the schedule to allow the council time to work on things that are happening within the many committees the council, planning commission and staff are a part of.  Council will try it out and see how it goes, realizing extra meetings may still be added on busier months.  

•Reports:

•Mayor Jo: Mayor reported increased crime has happened throughout the city and DCSO is advising everyone to make sure to lock up and keep valuables out of vehicles.  Stan Cook, who was injured by a falling tree during the high wind storm is recuperating well and should be able to come home soon.  Jo and Peifen from HAFB visited 14 residences for possible contaminated well water but found none of the residences were using those wells for culinary water or gardens.  

•Councilman Winsor: reported a few trees were still down from the storm and questioned about the process of clean up. 
•Councilwoman Petty: The YCC will be having their first meeting this week.  They will be revisiting the charter and making any needed amendments and bringing it before council soon.  The Parks & Rec committee will meet and discuss a number of items she will report back on.  
•Councilman Soderquist: The Admin and Finance committee will be meeting later this week.  There is also a meeting for Staker Parsons regarding the dust and studying where it is going, how far it is traveling and other concerns.

•Councilwoman Alberts: All of our equipment for live streaming has arrived! Yay! Installation will start happening this week and should be ready by our first council meeting in October.  The PR committee also discussed addressing concerns with live streaming and creating a process to help viewers find the correct stream as well as report technical difficulties.  The Country Fair Days committee met and had a recap of the events for South Weber Days.
•City Manager David Larsen: Liaison Lt. Boydston with the DSCO has been promoted to Captain and will be moving on.  In the meantime, Sargent Pope will step in his place.  

Recap! City Council 9.15.2020

You can watch this meeting below, or find the minutes to review this meeting here.   See more information on any of the agenda items in the packet, here. 

You can watch the meeting below!

•Davis County Sheriff's Office Presentation: Sargent Pope reported all the work done in South Weber from December of 2019 to September 2020.  Included in his presentation was all their recorded hours, the most common calls and a review of eventful calls.  This presentation showed how much work is doing done by DSCO and I encourage everyone to take a moment to listen to it.  A personal note here was my sadness to see such an increase in calls involving mental health and suicide in our own cute little town.  We have seen a huge increase in those needing and seeking help.  Please make sure to check in on your loved ones.  2020 has been a difficult year for a lot of people.  

•The Cottonwood Drive Waterline replacement agreement with Uintah was approved unanimously as well as the declaration of surplas property.  The budget amendments were mostly from additional CARES Act funds the city has received and distributed.  

The council had a few discussions under new business:

•Mixed Use:  In light of the recent presentation on the Stephen's property, the council felt it was necessary to give more details concerning the concept of mixed use.  The council was unanimous in feeling neither of those areas should have a residential component.  In order to better streamline the process and better direction for prospective developers, staff, planning commission and city council, the council will let the Planning Commission know.  

•Census Results: South Weber City has great Census results, but encourage any who have not yet done their census to do so.  The city will be sending out notifications to remind citizens.

•Cleanup Efforts:  The community was commended with their clean up efforts from the storm.  From a public property stance, the Posse Grounds were hit very hard.  UDOT came and helped the city clean up the Posse Grounds and trees down on Cottonwood Drive area.  If anyone needs additional help, please let us know.  The council was concerned for Lisa Poll's bench.  There was some parts of the wood that were warped slightly, but otherwise it was okay.  Also if you have any garbage cans that are not yours, the city can help them get to the right person.  A question was raised about declaring a state of emergency helping community members, the answer is that it does not help private citizens.  It was determined to not declare a state of emergency but after getting more information, on Wednesday Mayor Jo declared a local emergency.  This will allow funds that could be reimbursable on damages incurred on city property (sprinkler lines, fencing, tree removal).  

•CERT program: Given the storm and the ability for a community program (and the fact there is still 4 months left to 2020!) it was brought up where the CERT program is at.  Chief Tolman and Dave have talked with a few people they are working with to get 5 captains.  

Reports:

•Mayor Jo: Wasatch Integrated Waste has begun transferring their waste to Tooele County.  They continue to increase their daily tonnage and are hoping to transfer all residential waste by January of 2021.   Regarding their new recycling plant, they encourage those who have recycling cans to continue as recycled material is cleaner and easier to sort.   They are working on other recycling programs in the area too.  Council members are encouraged to take a tour of the recycling plant.  

•Council member Halverson: reported the Planning Commission meeting included a presentation on the Stephens property as mentioned above.  The Lofts property also had a continuation of the special meeting for Wednesday the 16th.  New packet and revised plans are on the city's website.  The Planning Commission was ready to recommend the general plan to the city council, but due to new legislation they are required by law to first have a public hearing and then make a recommendation.  This will take place on their October 8th meeting.

•Council member Soderquist: The meeting with Stake Parson's concerning funds that they donate to the city for recreation purposes went well.  They would like to include their name in more places as a donor for our programs and ammenities.

•Council member Petty: Parks & Rec committee meeting met and looked closer into the look and feel of the final plans for Canyon Meadows - more info coming soon.  The Youth City Council has extended their time for application to September 21st.  Application is still online - one error on the application was that attendance and citizenship is not required.  We had some members of the community already reach out to help in some great ideas and we hope anyone 14-18 will consider applying!

•City Manager Dave Larsen: Roger Worthen, previous city manager for South Weber and now city manager in Riverdale passed away from Leukemia on Sunday morning.  It was unexpected and quick.  Information on the funeral and viewing as well as a place to donate to the family are available online.  He was commended for being a wonderful man and will be missed.   

-The meeting scheduled for September 22nd has been been changed to September 29th.  Among other things on the agenda will be the Conditional Use Permit for the Soccer Complex.  Another item is the Cottonwood Waterline bids (we received 10 bids) came back much higher than what was estimated and budgeted for.  Additionally, work at the dog park has been underway.  We are hopeful we can do a grand opening in the spring of 2021.  Unfortunately, many of the trees surrounding the trail around the park fell during the storm.  

-And finally, we have received word that we have a court date for the Cobblestone Resort hearing - October 26th.