THE STATE OF UTAH
COUNTY OF SEVIER
CITY OF RICHFIELD
At the City Council
In and For Said City
July 12, 2016
Minutes of the Richfield City Council meeting held on Tuesday, July 12, 2016
at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Richfield City office building located at 75 East Center, Richfield, Utah. Mayor David C. Ogden presiding.
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1. OPENING REMARKS
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. MINUTES APPROVED
5. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT
6. RESOLUTION 2016-5 ACCEPTING THE ANNEXATION PETITION FILED BY BRADSHAW/GODDARD ADOPTED
7. ORDINANCE 2016-2 ALLOWING THE KEEPING OF CHICKENS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES ADOPTED
8. AGREEMENT WITH ZION’S BANK FOR FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES APPROVED
9. OTHER BUSINESS
10. MEETING ADJOURNED
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1. OPENING REMARKS were offered by Michele Jolley.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was led by Councilmember Barnett.
3. ROLL CALL Present: Kevin Arrington, Bryan Burrows, Richard Barnett, Kathy Christensen, Mike Langston, Michele Jolley. Absent: Mayor David Ogden, Connie Nielson, and Matt Creamer.
4. MINUTES APPROVED. The Council reviewed the minutes of the regular meeting held June 14 and the special meeting held June 21, 2016. Motion: Approve the minutes of the regular meeting held June 14 and special meeting held June 21, 2016, Action: Approved, Moved by Kathy Christensen, Seconded by Kevin Arrington. Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yea = 4). Yea: Kevin Arrington, Bryan Burrows, Richard Barnett, Kathy Christensen.
5. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT. Chairman Brion Terry reported on the three items the Planning Commission discussed at their last meeting. One item was a conditional use permit for Meigan Biederman to have a daycare at her home at 458 West 400 North. The conditional use permit was approved.
Another agenda item was the construction of an additional accessory building for Hansen Collision Center at 830 South 100 West. They were originally going to re-plat the property to accommodate the new building, but after discussions with the Planning Commission, it was determined that the same outcome could be achieved with a lot tie agreement. This will allow for the construction of this building as an accessory building and will not require them to make additional street improvements at this time.
The last agenda item was a matter of property maintenance. Since the time the Code Enforcement Officer sent Devin Knaphus a letter regarding the property at 330 East 200 North; Mr. Knaphus built a fence with a gate to hide all of the cars that are on this property. This corrected the matter and no further action was taken.
The Planning Commission is also continuing to work on updating the general plan.
6. RESOLUTION 2016-5 ACCEPTING THE ANNEXATION PETITION FILED BY BRADSHAW/GODDARD ADOPTED. An Annexation Petition was filed for property located at approximately 200 East and 1100 South. The purpose in annexing the property would be to develop a second phase for the Eagle View Townhomes. Councilmember Burrows declared a conflict because he currently leases the property and Councilmember Barnett declared a conflict because he is related to one of the individuals requesting the annexation. Motion: Adopt Resolution 2016-5 accepting the annexation petition filed by the Bradshaw/Goddard family, Action: Approved, Moved by Kevin Arrington, Seconded by Kathy Christensen. Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yea = 4). Yea: Kevin Arrington, Bryan Burrows, Richard Barnett, Kathy Christensen.
7. ORDINANCE 2016-2 ALLOWING THE KEEPING OF CHICKENS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES ADOPTED. The Council reviewed an ordinance to amend the Zoning Ordinance, a Land Use Ordinance for Richfield City for the keeping of chickens in residential areas within the City limits. Motion: Adopt Ordinance 2016-2 allowing for the keeping of chickens in residential zones, Action: Approve, Moved by Bryan Burrows, Seconded by Kathy Christensen. Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yea = 4). Yea: Kevin Arrington, Bryan Burrows, Richard Barnett, Kathy Christensen.
8. AGREEMENT WITH ZION’S BANK FOR FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES APPROVED. Mr. Langston stated that he met with Zion’s about refinancing our sales tax revenue bond on the Business Park. He reported that this would save the city approximately $55,000 in interest over the life of the loan, which is about $5,000 per year. It is looking like State Bank will be the entity refinancing the bond. This agreement is with Zion’s so they can act as Financial Advisors for the City for a fee of $7,500. The savings stated will be after fees. Motion: Approve an agreement with Zion’s Bank for financial advisory services, Action: Approve, Moved by Bryan Burrows, Seconded by Kevin Arrington. Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yea = 4). Yea: Kevin Arrington, Bryan Burrows, Richard Barnett, Kathy Christensen.
9. OTHER BUSINESS. Councilmember Christensen would like to bring up the swimming pool to be discussed again. She hated the feasibility study that was done because she did not feel like it asked the questions it should have. She would like to have someone look at our pool and see what really needs to be done with it. She would like to build a new outdoor pool in the play area and she would like to see if there are things like solar panels that could help bring the operating costs down.
Councilmember Burrows felt that the feasibility study was pretty to the point about things and about what people wanted and we had a phenomenal amount returned. They did a walk-through of our pool and the ADA requirements. Councilmember Burrows thought what we got out of that study was really good. According to Councilmember Burrows we just got off track. We went from what the people indicated they wanted us to support and ended up with a Taj Mahal involving all of these different entities.
Councilmember Christensen does not believe that we should involve all these other entities because there is only so much time in a day that you can use a swimming pool. We have a hard enough time coming up with enough hours now for all of the user groups.
Councilmember Barnett thought that we got off-tract as to what we were looking for. We kind of got the cart before the horse. Before we can do anything we need to determine what kind of a facility we are willing to fund and then we can decide what we can afford to do with that amount of money. Councilmember Christensen could like to find our way back and have the Council figure out what we could do and maybe do something in stages.
Maybe we were not all that excited about the concepts that the architect presented to us, but their study of the structure of the existing facility and the information that they gleaned from the survey was beneficial, according to Councilmember Burrows.
Councilmember Christensen talked about the gentleman who came in and suggested installing solar panels so that the pool would be more cost efficient. She stated that one thing with the old pool is that it costs too much to operate. Councilmember Burrows stated that it would be very expensive to put solar panels on the pool.
Councilmember Barnett noted that two-thirds of the cost of the pool right now is wages. If we add an outdoor pool with the indoor pool being open at the same time, the cost of wages goes up.
Councilmember Christensen thinks if we had an outdoor pool that it would eventually pay for itself. Then we could look at fixing the old one or tearing it down and building a new one in the same location.
Councilmember Burrows stated that no matter what we do, we need to make it fun again. The Council asked for this to be put on the next agenda for discussion.
The 4th of July went well. Councilmember Arrington heard some comments from people in the parade is that more than ever before the parade route really narrowed as it went along. They tried to get the Sevier Valley OHV Club to run ATVs up and down Main Street to keep the people back, but they wanted to be in the parade so they did not do this.
Councilmember Arrington stated that the SVC board met and they have worked through a number of issues. They have another meeting in a few weeks to work through the final agreement. He and Mr. Anderson had a conference call with the High School Activities Association and we are getting the 1A and 2A State tournaments back again this next year.
Mr. Langston wanted to have Councilmember Burrows tell the fire department that the fireworks this year he believed were the best we have ever had. The question was asked about how much the fireworks cost this year. Mr. Langston stated that the cost was about $18,000 this year.
Councilmember Burrows reported that the County received one million dollars to fund 3 retention basins for Flat Canyon. NRCS designed this and they seem to think it will work. They will start work out there, so hopefully we will see some relieve from that.
Councilmember Burrows asked about the policy and procedure manual update.
10. MEETING ADJOURNED. At 7:46 p.m., Motion: Adjourn, Action: Adjourn, Moved by Kevin Arrington, Seconded by Bryan Burrows. Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yea = 4). Yea: Kevin Arrington, Bryan Burrows, Richard Barnett, Kathy Christensen.
PASSED and APPROVED this 26 day of July, 2016.
Recorder
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