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Show City Council Met Last Tuesday, Busy Session At the regular meeting of the city fathers the council adopted an ordinance or-dinance which requires subdivisions to donate land or make a cash payment pay-ment to assist in providing storm drainage facilities, discussed use of the old wastewater treatment plant as a gasohol production center, agreed to have a drainage study and masterplan prepared for the city, reviewed with city officers of Cedar Hills their cost for fire protection, heard reports of damage done to homes from a main water line break, discussed the number of dogs a person per-son could have on his property under the non-conforming provision of the city code, approved hiring a new animal control officer and agreed to review a proposed parking ordinance so that a decision on its adoption could be made at the next meeting. The meeting began at 6:30 p.m. in order to provide time to conduct a public hearing on a proposed ordinance or-dinance which would provide for the imposition of conditions for the approval ap-proval of subdivisions and regulation of commercial, industrial and public use developments as related to flood control. John Backlund, city attorney and Lee Wimmer, city engineer, were present pre-sent to review the ordinance. The ordinance or-dinance was read and discussed. The ordinance basically provides that the city council can require the developer of a subdivision to dedicate land or pay a fee in lieu of land to provide for off-site flood control improvements. The land to be dedicated or the fee paid would equal 8 of the land area in the subdivision. The council discussed the ordinance and felt that it was needed as developments have and do create a problem with surface water run off. Some discussion was centered around the application of the ordinance or-dinance to commercial and industrial developments. There was some feeling feel-ing that this fee would hinder this type of growth and all possible should be done to broaden the city tax base and encourage commercial and industrial in-dustrial growth. It was decided to leave the ordinance unchanged in this regard as the ordinance does provide for the council's unchanged in this regard as the ordinance does provide for the council's discretion in applying apply-ing the fee and in cases where it was felt that the increased tax base would justify non-application of the provisions provi-sions of the ordinance this decision could then be made. The council voted to approve the ordinance and to prepare it for publication. Ray Newman, assistant fire chief, attended the meeting and indicated (Continued on page 3) City Council Session Tuesday Night Has Important Business to the council that Nolan Smith had been voted on by the fire department members to be a new fireman. He asked ask-ed the council for their support of this vote and to formally appoint Mr. Smith to the fire department. The council voted to appoint Mr. Smith,to serve in the fire department as a volunteer fireman. Boyd Fugal, president of the manila culinary water company, met with the council to review a proposed francise agreement whereby the water company could provide water service to the residents of Pleasant Grove who live in the recently annexed annex-ed area of Manila. The agreement was reviewed and several changes were discussed. The council authorized Mr. Backland, city attorney to prepare the final draft of the agreement and have it presented at the next meeting for further review. Representatives from Enerco were present to discuss their plans to utilize the old city wastewater treatment treat-ment plant for production of gasohol. They noted the recent problems they have experienced in getting the federal department of energy to back their plan but expressed optimism that this approval would be forthcoming. forthcom-ing. The indicated their interest in the plant and asked the city to continue to hold this facility for their use. The council indicated that the plant would be available to the company but the it would be expected that payment pay-ment be made for the cost of maintaining main-taining the plant beyond, normal maintenance levels. ... M Lee Wimmer, city engineer, presenteda proposed engineering agreement to the council for review, the contract would provide engineering engineer-ing services to conduct a drainage study for the city. The council reviewed review-ed the agreement and approved its acceptance. ac-ceptance. Regarding the problem of surface water at the Hollandale subdivision, Mr. Wimmer recommended the installation in-stallation of a catch basin in the subdivision sub-division which would allow surface water to run into an existing ditch. The council agreed that this would help alleviate the problem of water running onto an adjacent property owner and approved the advertising of competitive quotes for this work. Concerning the cost to be reimburs- ed Mr. Don Ellis for a retentiuon basin that he had installed, the council coun-cil agreed to have Mr. Wimmer prepare a recommendation on this amount and report back at the next meeting. Mr. Wimmer reported that the city infiltration study has progressed pro-gressed as far as possible with the state becuase they want to have information in-formation about the condition of the line from 200 South through the rodeo ground to 700 south. The council coun-cil agreed that this line will have to be located and additional manholes added add-ed in order to provide for proper televising of the line. Members of the Cedar Hills town council met with the city council to request consideration for a reduction in the charges of the city for fire protection. pro-tection. They reported that they had reviewed the per capital costs of various cities in the state and out of the state and had determined that the per capita cost to Cedar Hills residents was double that of the national na-tional average. They asked that they might be able to pay per call rather than the present flat amount per month. The council reviewed this request and indicated that further study will be made and a decision reached. The council noted that even though there may not be one fire in Cedar Hills during dur-ing ayear that there is a cost to the city ci-ty just to maintain the equipment and facilities and that Cedar Hills should pay a portion of this cost. They also noted the long distances to get to Cedar Hills and the difficult terrain outside the asphalted areas. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cottam and Mrs. Jerry Smith who reside on 200 North attended the meeting to note their loss incurred last Thursday when a ten inch water line cracked on 200 North street above 1050 East. They reported that no one from the insurance claims office had been on site and they were concerned about payment of their claims for damage. The council reported that the claim reports had been filed and tha the insurance in-surance company will be handling the matter. It was noted that the insurance in-surance company will make a determination deter-mination of city liability and that they had initially indicated that the city was not liable as there was nothing the city could have done to prevent the leak and resulting damage. The insurance company will be contacted to determine the position posi-tion that will be taken relative to the damage claims. Mr. and Mrs. Elevi Herrera met with the council to discuss the problem pro-blem of obtaining a kennel license for their property at 400 South 300 East. They indicated that they had been issued a kennel license in the past but were told this year that they did not meet the requirements of the ordinance. or-dinance. A review of the history of the kennel ordinance indicated that when the Herreras moved to Pleasant Grove in 1978 there was no provision for kennel licenses but that a person could have as many dogs as they desired but that they needed to license each dog separetly. In the fall of 1978 the ordinance was changed to provide for kennels but that they must be 200 feet from any neighboring neighbor-ing house. It was determined this year they must be 200 feet from any neighboring house. It was determined this year that there is no point on the Herrera property pro-perty that would be 200 feet away from a neighboring home and therefore the lot does not qualify to have a kennel. Mr. and Mrs. Herrera were told that they did come under the non-comforming non-comforming provision of the city code and that they would be entitled to have the same number of dogs on the property that they had in 1978 when the kennel ordinance was adopted. Mrs. Herrera indicated that they had eight dogs at the time the new ordinance or-dinance went into effect. She also stated that she desires to sell the dogs and would need to have a city business license to sell the dogs. The council indicated that to get the business license she would have to request a special use permit from the planning commission which would allow her to conduct a business from her home. Mrs. Herrera indicated in-dicated that she will make this request re-quest to the planning commission. Councilman Peterson indicated that interviews had been held with the applicants applying for the animal control officer position. He indicated that Mr. Bob McCall had been hired for the position. The recorder gave a report of estimated expenses for the fiscal year vs. estimated revenuse and noted that revenues will not reach the original estimates. As the city must operate on a balanced budget he recommended that only necessary departmental items be purchased. Any item which could be postponed until the next budget year would not be purchased during the present budget year. He noted that if certain revenues do increase at that time the council could decide on which items should be acquired in this budget year. The council discussed the sale of property located behind the city hall and felt that the sale of this property would alleviate some of the problems being experienced by the city because of the reduction in revenues. The council authorized an appraisal of the property and agreed that the property should be advertised for sale. Councilman Smith reviewed the minutes of the planning commission held January 17th. Relative to the request re-quest for a zone change from commercial commer-cial to residential for property located behind Bayly Manufacturing, he reported the public hearing on this request re-quest will be held by the council on February 19th at 6:30 p.m. A proposed parking ordinance was distributed to the council members. Mayor Haynie asked that the ordinance or-dinance be reviewed during the new two weeks and that it be considered for adoption at the next meeting. The council approved issuance of a J beer license for the new management of Tiffany's lounge. |
