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Municipality

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Aurora

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City Council

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City Council Minutes

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Ordinances, Streets

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Meeting

Event Start Date & Time

September 20, 2016 02:29 PM

Description/Agenda

Minutes - Aurora City Council Meeting August 15, 2016 ________________________________________ Present: Conducting: Mayor Scott Gurney Council Members: Joanne Shaw, Nancy Kennedy, Daven Quarnberg, Denton Mason Excused: Andy Rasmussen Recorder: Clint Johnson Maintenance Supervisor: Dan Rasmussen Guests: Janet Huntsman, Luella Cosby, Howard Lewis and Julia Quarnberg ________________________________________ Call to Order / Roll Call / Statement of Notice Given Mayor Scott Gurney called the city council meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and welcomed everyone to the meeting. He indicated that council members Nancy Kennedy, Denton Mason and Daven Quarnberg were present along with maintenance supervisor Dan Rasmussen. Andy Rasmussen was excused and Joanne Shaw was going to be late. The mayor noted that the time, place and agenda of the meeting had been placed on the state notice website and provided to the Salina Sun newspaper via the state website notification system and to each council member and mayor by personal delivery of copies of the Notice and Agenda at least two days prior to the meeting. The Notice and Agenda were also posted at the Aurora City Office building (20 South 120 East) and at the Aurora Post Office (196 West Center) the agenda was also posted on the Aurora City website (auroracity.org). Clint Johnson gave an opening expression of choice. Review of Minutes and Motion to Approve- The council reviewed the minutes of the council meeting held on July 18, 2016 and a few minor corrections were made. Denton Mason moved that the council approve the minutes of the July 18, 2016 council meetings. Daven Quarnberg seconded the motion and those voting 'aye' for the motion were: Daven Quarnberg, Nancy Kennedy, and Denton Mason. Voting 'nay': no one. The motion passed. CIB Grant Update- Mayor Gurney informed the council that Staker Parsons were now completed with the street resurfacing project. Clint informed the council that he had received a second billing for $75,391.71. Clint stated that he had completed the second reimbursement form to send to CIB and that as soon as they fund the reimbursement request, he will send the check. It was noted that there would still be another payment request coming from Staker Parsons and then the project will be completed. Open Session- Luella Cosby thanked the council for their work at getting information to the public regarding the irrigation water problems. Ms. Cosby noted that information was getting out better through the notice at the post office, the facebook page notification and the city's website. Janet Huntsman zoning change request- Janet Huntsman came before the city council requesting a zoning change at her home located at 250 N. 300 W. Mrs. Huntsman stated that their home based collections business had been having trouble receiving information from the credit bureaus because her business is located in a zone marked residential. Mrs. Huntsman had sent her request for a zoning change from residential to mixed use to the planning commission. The planning commission had approved the zoning change and sent it to the city council for their approval. It was noted from the planning commission that it is not in the best interest of Aurora City to have islands of zones that are different from the surrounding zone and that it goes against the general plan of Aurora City but exceptions have been made in the past and so the planning commission approved the request. After some discussion, the city council determined to place the item on next month's city council meeting agenda and to have a public hearing. Road Swap Discussion - Daven discussed his conversation with the Sevier County Road Department. Daven had suggested that Aurora City trade maintenance of their small portion of the Lost Creek Road for Sevier County's portion of Center Street. The council discussed that this could become a gentleman's agreement with no swapping of ownership and would be beneficial for both parties. The council discussed that this would have to go through the Sevier County Commission and Daven committed to follow up with the process. Joanne Shaw arrived at the meeting. Irrigation Water Discussion- Mayor Gurney stated that Aurora City was still aware of the issues with the irrigation water status this summer. The Mayor mentioned that he had looked at several options to improve Aurora City's irrigation water supplies. The Mayor stated that most of the options would require a lot of money and an increase in the monthly utility billing. The Mayor stated that he would like to keep the issue on the city council agenda for next month. Text Message Program- At the 4th of July celebration, Cena Rasmussen had suggested that Aurora City have a program similar to the program Sevier School District currently implements. This texting program is one where individuals can send their cell phone number to a service and Aurora City would be able to send out a mass text message to all citizens who have enrolled in the program. These messages could be helpful in the case of an emergency, or when information needs to get spread throughout the community quickly. Clint informed the council that the program the school district uses costs around $7000.00 annually. Clint discussed having the program in a community the size of Aurora with the vendor and they were going to get a bid for the cost of such a program to him. Joanne Shaw also recommended that perhaps Aurora City would be able to access the 'Code Red' program in use by Sevier County. The Sevier County Sheriff's Department program is similar in nature and is a reverse 911 program that can be used to narrow specific streets and homes. Clint was instructed to visit with Sevier County and see what options Aurora City would have being able to use their program. Planning Commission - Nancy explained to the city council that the planning commission was dealing with several issues that needed direction from the city council. The first issue involved a building lot owned by Boyd and Sandi Jewkes. The lot in question is located in an awkward location where there is minimal 'street' frontage but the lot itself is well within the required size of building lot restrictions. The planning commission was made aware of city ordinance 12.1.18 which allows for building lots to be used if that lot has 25 feet of street frontage. The planning commission admitted that there was a misunderstanding in the use of the word frontage when discussing lot requirements. Many felt that current city ordinances were contradictory when a 95 foot frontage was specified but ordinance 12.1.18 states that a 25 foot street frontage is the minimum. The planning commission recommended redefining the word 'frontage' as 'width of a property that has street access'. The council discuss many ways in which the ordinance 12.1.18 could be abused. The council didn't like the possibility of homes being built behind neighbors or in the middle of blocks. The council sent the ordinance back to the planning commission to re-look at it and determine their recommendations. A public hearing will be set up for next month's city council meeting in order to deal with any changes that could possibly be made to the ordinance. The second issue is the status of property owned by Dale Coates. Mr. Coates had contacted Aurora City stating his intentions to subdivide property located next to his home in the Southwest corner of the city. The planning commission had looked at plot maps which indicate that a previously planned subdivision had been disbanded in 1996 and that a whole new subdivision plan would need to be required. The planning commission decided that they would wait for information from Mr. Coates to see what his intentions would be. The third item was the intention of Ryan Spainhower to build onto his current home located on Center Street. The planning commission was concerned because Mr. Spainhower had stated that he intended to build onto the front of his home. The planning commission wanted to be certain that Mr. Spainhower realized that there was a 30 foot set back required on the front of his property. Mr. Spainhower had not yet filed a building permit but the planning commission wanted the city council to be aware of the potential issue. The planning commission was also planning to change the date of their scheduled planning commission meeting from September 1 to August 25 because of conflicts by Mr. Freeman and Mr. Johnson. Animal Control - Clint informed the council that he had reviewed Mrs. McKenzie's monthly time sheets and was ready to prepare a check for payment. Daven stated that he would like to take the check to Mrs. McKenzie and visit with her. Water Use Report, Past Due Accounts, Expenditures list and Financial Reports - The city council reviewed each of the reports. Clint had also prepared a sheet stating the balance of the PTIF fund accounts balances for the past 10 years. The council reviewed that sheet as well. Items from the Recorder- Clint informed the council about his progress with online bill payments, his discussions with North Sevier High School regarding class money and checks from the 4th of July. Clint also requested an amount to pay Tyler Horne for his work on the 4th of July running the city's sound system. Mayor Gurney stated that he would contact Tyler and get a figure and instruct Clint to cut a check for Tyler as soon as possible. Meeting Close and Expression of Choice- The meeting closed at 9:15 p.m. and Joanne Shaw offered an expression of choice. Approved ________________ (date) ___________________________Mayor _______________________ Recorder

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20 S 120 E
Aurora, 84620
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Clint Johnson

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cjohnson@auroracity.org

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September 20, 2016 02:30 PM

Notice Last Edited On

September 20, 2016 02:30 PM

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