WOODS CROSS CITY COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 3, 2006

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1 The minutes of the Woods Cross City Council meeting held October 3, 2006 at 6:30 P.M. in the Woods Cross City Hall located at 1555 South 800 West, Woods Cross, Utah. CONDUCTING: Mayor Kent Parry COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Kent Parry, Mayor Tamra Dayley John Hadlow COUNCIL MEMBERS EXCUSED: Jennifer Decker Rick Earnshaw Donald D. Moore, Jr. STAFF PRESENT: Gary Uresk, City Administrator Tim Stephens, Community Development Director Alan Low, City Recorder VISITORS: Mark Adamson Julie Adamson Jackyie Taylor Kyle Holbrook Cody Gillette Kyla Shepherd Tiffany Oswald Heidi Kukta Katelyn BattoMonica Wiggins Christian Hunwick Monica Wiggins Tyson Foutz Brent Page Jackie Page Pennie Gaillard Shaun Gaillard Skyler Gaillard Rowena Palmer Rebecca Mortensen Karl Mortensen Scott Olsen Alicia Cuin Sammi Vanfleet Kim Garff Cameron Chambers Toni Chambers Joel Chambers Don Schrader Lois Schrader Al Jewell Gordon Snarr Janet Bown Kent Carpenter Aubrey Page Deanna Bown Sara Llewellyn Louise Llewellyn Sandy Llewellyn Jann Preston Dixie Weeks Chris Jackson Doug Richardson Ann Richardson Ed Richardson Julane Adamson Melissa Bishop Kent Carpenter Alicia Crum Marissa Despain Brooke Frandsen Cody Gillette Kasey Gruver Andrew Hill Ryan Hinckley Lexie Hunwick Christian Hunwick Joshua Jackson Laura Mortensen Brad Nelson Coleman Nicholls Tara Olsen Riffany Oswald Jennifer Palmer Cortney Peters Shyanne Peterson

2 PAGE 2 Jessica Rau Doug Richardson Bailey Riddle Kyla Shepherd Mattison Tate Jackyle Taylor Addison Vincent Jennifer Waite INVOCATION: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Alan Low Jon Hadlow The Mayor welcomed those in attendance and stated that this is a regularly scheduled meeting that notice of time, place and agenda of the meeting was sent to local newspapers and provided to each of the City Council Members prior to the meeting. He excused Council Members Rick Earnshaw, Don Moore, and Jennifer Decker and noted that the City Council lacked a quorum present therefore no decisions would be made on tonight s agenda items but that reports and discussion would be taken by the Council Members present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES No action was taken because of the lack of a City Council quorum. APPROVAL OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS No action was taken because of the lack of a City Council quorum. SWEARING IN OF THE YOUTH CITY COUNCIL The Mayor gave the floor to the City Recorder who administered the Oath of Office to the newly selected Youth City Council for the year The Mayor and those members of the Council present extended their congratulations to the new Youth City Council and thanked them for their willingness to serve the citizens of Woods Cross City. YOUTH CITY COUNCIL REPORT The floor was given to the new Youth City Council Mayor, Andrew Hill. He reported to the City Council on the Youth City Council s activities coming up. 1. There was a service project held on September 16 th. Pioneer games were provided for the DUP Utah Pioneer Museum Day. 2. The Leadership Council met and planned the service activities for the year. The first activity will be trick or treating for canned food for the Bountiful Community Food Pantry. 3. The next meeting will be a work meeting to prepare Sub for Santa Family Fun Kits, Thanksgiving Boxes, and Christmas goodies for the Seniors Lunch Bunch.

3 PAGE 3 4. There are also plans to help with the Santa In Woods Cross activity once again. The Mayor thanked the Youth City Council Mayor for his report and again expressed the appreciation of the City Council and the citizens for all of the service the YCC provide to the community. OPEN SESSION (BRIEF ITEMS) The Mayor then opened the meeting to items from those present that are brief in nature that they would like to bring before the City Council. This would be items that would take less than two or three minutes. There were no items for the brief open session. COMMUNITY OF PROMISE REPORT There was no report from the Community of Promise this evening. SOUTH DAVIS SEWER DISTRICT REPORT There was no report from the South Davis Sewer District for tonight s meeting. CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE OUTLINING THE PROCEDURES FOR ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS Because of the lack of a City Council quorum there was no discussion or action taken on this agenda item. UPDATE ON THE 500 SOUTH STREET PROJECT AND THE COMMUTER RAIL STATION The Mayor noted that with so many city residents present at tonight s meeting he invited the City Administrator and the Community Development Director to present to those present the proposed recommendations from Woods Cross City for the expansion of 500 South Street from Redwood Road to I-15 and the commuter rail station. The Mayor then gave the floor to the City Administrator who presented a Power Point presentation to those present showing the City s recommendations for the landscaping and the interchanges and the off street parking and feeder roads for the 5 th South corridor from Redwood Road to I-15. The City Administrator then gave the floor to the Community Development Director who in turn through a Power Point presentation showed the plans that are being recommended

4 PAGE 4 by the City to the UTA for the Woods Cross commuter rail station noting that the rail station would represent some of the history of Woods Cross and would feature a clock tower and in general would be an excellent presentation by the community to those who would be using the rail station. After the presentation questions were answered from those present and the Mayor thanked the City Administrator and the Community Development Director for their presentation. UPDATE ON VETERAN S MEMORIAL The floor was given to Council Member Dayley who said that they have now prepared all of the names that will go on the Veteran s Memorial that will be situated somewhere on the grounds of the City Hall. She asked those present to take the list of names and proofread them for spelling as well as to make sure that all are listed on the proposed names list that should go on the monument. Then ensued a discussion of the location of the monument on the grounds of the City Hall and it was decided that possibly the best place would be to mount the memorial directly on the building on the north side and that there will be some stucco over the brick veneer of the building and then some sort of covering of the stucco and then adhesive would be used to mount the monument to that. Council Member Dayley thanked all who were working on the project, especially the scout who s Eagle Project it is and said that as the plans go forward it should be an outstanding addition to the City Hall. REPORT FROM THE DAVIS COUNTY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS The Mayor reported on the recent COG meeting that he attended. He noted that the United Way for Davis County will be merging with Salt Lake County United Way for cost effective reasons. He also noted that the COG discussed the transportation increase in the sales tax of ¼ of 1% and that it would not be on the November ballot this year but possibly on the ballot for next year. He finally said that there was a recognition at the COG meeting for Mayor Briggs from North Salt Lake, who had resigned his position because his employment takes him out of the state of Utah. OPEN SESSION The Mayor then opened the meeting to items from those present that they would like to bring before the City Council. The floor was given to Mr. Grant Blackley, the city s ordinance enforcer. He noted that the west end of Mills Park where the parking lot area is, needs to be paved and that in

5 PAGE 5 stormy weather turns the area to mud and is difficult to use. He noted that this area of the park gets a lot of use and it would be beneficial to have the parking lot paved as well as the roadway into the area paved. There were no other items for the open session. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT The floor was given to the Community Development Director who reported on the Planning Commission meeting held September 26, Please see the minutes of that meeting for the details of his report. CITY ADMINISTRATOR S REPORT The floor was given to the City Administrator who reported on the following to the City Council: 1. Bag the Candy Night We are at a point where we need to order the candy for Santa around town. In the past we have planned for 800 bags which have far exceeded the number of children that have come to meet Santa. We need to know if the Council wants to reduce the number of bags this year. We recommend we set Santa Around the Town for the 9 th of December and have Bag the Candy night on the 6 th of December. 2. Woodland Gardens I have scheduled to have Mr. Gary Jones, RDA Consultant, at the October 17 th meeting to give a more detailed report on the Woodland Garden Project. We will go over in detail what we plan to accomplish and give you a further update on where we are on obtaining options on the property. 3. Letter to EPA on 1500 South Plume The following is a letter from the Mayor to Dianne Nielsen, Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, requesting she obtain Governor Huntsman s support in having the 1500 South area placed on the National Priorities List. If you are OK with the letter we will forward it to DEQ for their action. We are also planning a meeting with Bountiful City to see if we can get their support for the action. As the Mayor of Woods Cross City, I am writing to formally request your assistance in obtaining a letter from Governor Huntsman supporting the listing of

6 PAGE 6 the Five Points PCE Plume on the Environmental Protection Agency s National Priorities List. In December 1988 tetrachloroethylene PCE, was discovered in the groundwater, and in February 1999 Woods Cross City had to shut down a municipal drinking water well in the area due to the high concentration of PCE in the water. The closed well provided approximately one third of the City s water production at the time the well closed. We are also concerned that an additional municipal drinking water well further west of the one closed could be required to be closed due to the plume migrating further to the west. Due to the growth and development in the City, we cannot lose another drinking water well since it would have a very significant impact in our ability to provide water t our citizens. Although we would like to be involved in the solution, Woods Cross City does not have the resources to solve this complex environmental problem hence the need to have it added to the National Priorities List. The National Priorities List process provides for input from the state, city and community without requiring resources from the City. Since we do not have the necessary funding, we believe the only viable solution to cleaning this site is the National Priorities List. Any assistance you could render would be greatly appreciated. If you have any additional questions or concerns please contact Gary Uresk, City Administrator at Proterra Proposal Mr. Chuck Akerlow has proposed to put in the commercial office buildings as originally planned in the town center site, however, he is asking the RDA to work with him in helping to buy down the rent in the first year after it is constructed to help ensure the building is leased up so he can make his loan payments. This is a typical approach with RDAs, particularly in areas where there is not a strong demand for commercial development. I believe that this is a reasonable request and would get us to where we need to be in getting the property developed as desired. I ll have further information to present to the Council Tuesday night and will place it on the Agenda for the 17 th meeting for further discussion. 5. Calendar items Please note on your calendar that Friday afternoon November 3 rd and Saturday morning November 4 th are scheduled for the Council retreat. October 10 th is a tour of the Rec. center starting at 5:00 P.M. Park on 200 West by the gate and walk to the front of the facility. October 17 th is the Transfer Facility tour. Meet at 4:00 P.M. at the City Hall and those who want to meet at the Transfer Facility in Salt Lake City can meet us there at 4: Purchase of City dump truck

7 PAGE 7 The Public Works Director has requested to purchase a $70,000 dump truck which has been budgeted in the fiscal year 2007 budget and is asking for the Council s permission to go forward with that purchase. No actions or decisions were made on any of the items reported by the City Administrator because of the lack of a City Council quorum at tonight s meeting. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the City Council, at 7:55 P.M. the meeting adjourned. Kent Parry, Mayor Alan T. Low, Recorder