Regular Meeting Minutes

Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 6:00 pm.

City Council Chambers, 111 South Main Street

LaVerkin, Utah 84745

Present: Chairman Anna Andregg; Commissioners:  Richard Hirschi, Dan Howard; Staff:  Derek Imlay, Kyle Gubler, Katie Wilson; Public:  Ray Justice

I.              Call to Order: Chair Anna Andregg brought the meeting to order at 6:00 pm.

Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance was given by Derek Imlay.

II.           Approval of Minutes

III.         Approval of Agenda

IV.        Reports:

A.     Beautification Committee: no one to report

B.     Economic Development Committee: no one to report

C.     Trails Committee:  no one to report

D.     Director of Operations - Derek Imlay had nothing to report.

E.            Business:

Derek Imlay explained that this is a portion of the proposed Hillside Ordinance allowing the city to draw upon bonds to finalize subdivisions that go bankrupt.  It will give developers 3 years to finish although they can be granted extensions.  It also will allow the City to go onto the property to work as needed.  The developer will be given a chance to record the plat and bond for 110% of the project.

This action will take care of two items of action on the Commissioner's checklist.

Commissioner Howard stated that it is adequate to cover these types of situations and it is too bad the City didn't have this in place earlier.

The Hillside Ordinance pieces will be brought together to be set for a public hearing.

Derek Imlay presented a map on the bulletin board for the Commissioners to view.  Possible areas to be considered Hillside were highlighted.

Derek explained where the Hillside will be and recommended extending the east side of town to the north to the Toquerville City line and including Jim Blackmore's property by Head Start.  He is not too concerned with the little bits within town but more with the parts visible from the main roads.  The finalized map with be included in the ordinance as an exhibit.

There was a discussion of Smith's Mesa.  The mesa is zoned PCD (Planned Community Development) and the City Council has the ability to control what goes in there.  Commissioner Howard would like all the BLM land protected and Commissioner Andregg would like it to be marked on the map now so it is done.  Derek will get an extension map and include all of this.

Derek Imlay referenced the map given to the Commissioners and pointed out the property in discussion.

The City Council has approved $10,000 for a water project with an 8-inch line and will put in a fire hydrant.  This will fix the City's ISO rating and put us in compliance with the State as well as provide a water line to the proposed shelter.

Twenty-five letters will be sent to property owners within 300 feet of every point of the property.

This proposal is following the same format as the City did for the Questar regulator station on the north end of town.

There was a discussion of the type of road that will be in place for 300 South.

The proposed shelter will contain 8 kennels, an office and a quarantine room.  It will be approximately 42'x24' with 2 overhangs and a chain link fence for an animal run.  This will be mostly for dogs.  There was a discussion of noise levels and lengths of stay for the animals.  There was also a discussion of extraction of varmints, road kill and euthanized animals.

F.            Motion made by Commissioner Dan Howard to adjourn, second by Commissioner Richard Hirschi.  Motion carried with Andregg, Hirschi, and Howard voting yes at 6:35pm.

Minutes taken on behalf of the City Recorder by Katie Wilson