How is it the end of May already? Time sure is flying. I think May is when South Weber is the absolute prettiest. Love this cute, little city of ours!
Below is the recap for the meetings of May 11th and May 25th as well as a special hearing that took place on May 16th. For May 11th, you can find the packet here, May 18th's agenda is here and May 25th's meeting is here, here and here. You can also watch these meetings on the city's YouTube channel here. It is worth noting that the May 18th meeting was not streamed to YouTube, but the recording of the meeting is available to listen to here.
Alright, let's dive in!
•RV PARK AGREEMENT AMENDMENT: The owner of the future RV Park requested changes to his landscaping plan to save on water. These changes include using a more drought resistance grass, fewer shrubs and plants and other minor changes to the type of gravel rock and bark. You can see his proposal in the packet linked below. The council all agreed to the changes of grass and other minor changes, but the vote was split 3-2 in favor of a 15% reduction of plants and shrubs. The motion passed to have the agreement modified.
•2021-2022 TENATIVE BUDGET: The tentative budget was passed unanimously by the council. The public will 3 weeks to review the budget before the next public hearing to pass the budget. This is expected to happen the June 8th meeting. I would recommend everyone looking over. Pages 5-11 are particularly informative, but if you are short on time or attention J pages 13-16 have a simplified breakdown of what changes will be taking place, where funds have been distributed and for what purposes.
•ELECTIONS: There are three seats up for re-election, 2 council member positions and the mayor position. The time to file for candidacy begins June 1-4 and the 7th at city hall.
•LOFTS AT DEER RUN: The final approval for the Lofts development came before the council on May 25th. The council reviewed the recommendation from the planning commission both the preliminary approval that took place in December of 2020 and the final approval which took place last month. Two commissioners were present and gave comment about the final approval because it was a 2-2 split vote and therefore no recommendation was given to help give the council perspective. After asking questions and reviewing the plans, the council passed the motion unanimously.
•COBBLESTONE SHORT TERM RENTAL HEARING: The council had the unique responsibility to act as the appeal authority in response to staff denying a business license for Cobblestone Resort, a short-term rental within the city limits. This was set up much like a court where the council listened to both the arguments both for and against overturning this decision from their legal attorneys. The council unanimously agreed to uphold the city’s decision to deny the business license. Cobblestone Resort is also appealing the judicial court case regarding their need of a business license – that process will be ongoing.
•CITY CODE CHANGES: The council reviewed code changes to the CH zone as well as updated definitions. The code committee, comprising of the mayor, city manager, 2 planning commissioners and 2 city council members, made these changes which updated the specific uses that will be able to come to the commercial highway zones and beefing up the definitions to better align with the city’s desires for development following the feedback of the general plan survey results. The was recommended to the council from the planning commission. The council passed this motion unanimously.
•CANYON MEADOWS PARK WEST: Due to the rising costs of material, the plan for Canyon Meadows Park has had to be altered to fit within the budget, but still lacked the needed funds to complete a portion of the project. It was requested of the council to allow a transfer of $182,194 which will be earmarked to pay back into impact fees to allow the project to start moving forward. While 4 pickleball courts were budgeted, the Pickleball Community has successfully raised enough money to put in 4 more pickle ball courts for a total of 8. After a lengthy discussion, the council passed this motion unanimously.
•REPORTS: Mayor Jo relayed the new digital screen for the city’s sign has been a huge update for staff as far as looks and functionality. She also reported she met with our new Region 1 director for UDOT and discussed the I84/89 corridor, the box culvert, and the potential of future bike lanes on SWD. She also said the LPC met and discussed the ARPA funds from the federal government.
•Councilman Halverson stated the RAB met and OU16 will have a new ROD, new technology and better ways to test all types of contamination.
•Councilwoman Alberts reported the PR committee is working on ensuring all data has been successfully migrated from the old website to the new website, but it is slow progress.
•Councilman Soderquist relayed the Admin and Finance committee continue to work through the budget and finalizing all the details. He also reported our sales tax revenue for this quarter hit a new all-time high, which is good.
•Councilwoman Petty reported they will meet with the contractor for Canyon Meadows and to get started on the work for Canyon Meadows West.
•Councilman Winsor reported all 52 streetlights city owned streetlights now have power (after giving the rep for Rocky Mountain Power at the ULCT conference a run for his money J). He requested information on an annual water report from staff and reported the Municipal Utility committee is working on bringing forth all high-speed internet options for citizens and council to review. He also reported the mosquito abatement is hiring for drivers if anyone is interested (at least 17 years old preferred). Code committee is finishing up new code for internal ADU’s and moving on to cleaning up our conditional use code.
•City Manager David Larsen reported the dog park grand opening will sadly need to be postponed due to issues with the grass not taking to root well. He also reported information on use of the ARP funds from the feds will be presented to the council at the June 8th meeting.
And that’s a wrap! You deserve a candy bar and a drink for reading this all!
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