Recap! City Council December 2020

 December City Council Recap!

•The council awarded a contract to KR Plumbing. The bid included updating water fountains to touchless in all city buildings and parks with those amenities. The total was just under the $50,000 allotment used from CARES act funds.

•The city gave recognition to city planner Barry Burton who is retiring. The council and others gave their thanks to him for all his work and dedication to the city for over 30 years.

•The conditional use permit for the soccer complex came forward again. In September after a lengthy meeting with the council agreed that owner Kelly Park could come back to council after having the opportunity to revisit costs associated with the CUP created at that time. A committee consisting of council and staff along with Kelly met to review his findings. The committee made a few changes and brought to the council which was approved unanimously.

•The council accepted an agreement with new city planner Shari Phippen. Before coming to a council, a committee consisting of council members and staff interviewed the top two candidates that applied for the position. Shari comes with 12 years of planning experience in other small cities and a master’s degree in Public Administration. We look forward to working with her!

•The council needed to amend funds that to match FEMA grants funds for a BRIC planning grant. This was originally done back in November but an error in calculation required the council to change the amount to $17,000 rather than the $15,000 granted back in November.

•The Parks and Rec committee brought forward some amended plans for Canyon Meadows Master Plan. The committee requested the city to consider using funds that are now available since some costs that were already budgeted were covered under CARES act money. After some deliberation, the council agreed to allow the parks committee to use first, park impact fees; second, funds now available through displaced CARES act money; and any other costs associated will come from capital funds project money - if needed. This motion allows for the construction of 4 pickle ball courts, basketball court, paved parking lot and tactical bicycle track to begin. This will cover phase 1 of the park, with future amenities to include grass, pavilions, 4 more pickleball courts, 1 more basketball court and concrete walking paths. There is also a fund from private citizens that is being collected to help cover the costs of the pickleball courts if anyone else is interested in contributing. 

•Paramedic Service Transfer: Currently paramedic services are licensed by Davis County. In the near future Davis County will disband their license and require municipalities to cover these services either by providing their own or contracting with neighboring cities to pay for them. This has been an ongoing conversation of over a year and the council was brough up to date. Currently, the county collects taxes from citizens to help supplement these costs. When this license is transferred, the county tax will be redirected to their respected municipalities. South Weber is in a position to be able to cover their own ambulance licensing without needing any additional equipment but will need to bring on 3 additional firefighters as required by law -one to stay at the station, one to drive the ambulance and one to assist the patient in the ambulance. The difference of these costs against the income the city will receive from the redistribution of taxes was discussed. No final decisions will be made at this time, but it will be an ongoing conversation.

•Crossroads & Speed Limit Signs: There has been a few different requests for flashing speed limit signs throughout the city and crosswalks on South Weber Drive in a couple different locations. These concerns were brought to the public safety committee which brought it to the council to weigh in on. Where South Weber Drive is a state road approval from the state is needed. The council discussed flashing speed limit signs and deliberated the flashing speed limit signs. It was agreed the city should cover those funds but a process would need to be in place to evaluate requests. It was also deliberated whether it would be appropriate for private citizens to place the flashing speed limits on their property. Staff will begin working behind the scenes to come to a resolution.

Reports:

Mayor Jo: She has met with the county regarding property acquisition to discuss the trail that will connect the Bonneville Shoreline trail to the Weber Pathways with Staker Parson’s and will be meeting with Geneva soon.

Councilwoman Alberts: The PR committee was able to finalize our choice for a new website design. They will begin migrating the data from our old site to our new site beginning of January and should be up and live by the middle of January.

Councilman Soderquist: He met with the gravel pits to discuss ways to measure dust travel and other dust mitigation

Councilman Winsor: Code committee met and finalized all the definitions of uses for city code. We will meet at the end of December and review and send it to the Planning Commission for their approval. The code committee will continue to start applying the uses to the appropriate zones.

City Manager Dave Larson: The council had a discussion last month regarding a grocery study for the Stephen’s property at the corner of Old Fort Road and 475 E. Ultimately a 3 way split was agreed upon by all interested parties including the city. The cost for the city will be approximately $2100.00.

Just a reminder we do have a position that will become open for a new planning commission member. Applications are on the city’s website and are due by January 6th. This position is available to anyone who is interested and has been a resident for at least 12 months.

And that’s a wrap! Happy New Year everyone!! Here's to tightly crossed fingers 2021 is better than 2020!

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.