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City Council Meeting Minutes September 25 2018

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Administrative Procedure

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October 10, 2018 09:30 AM

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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BLANDING CITY COUNCIL HELD ON SEPTEMBER 25 2018 AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS Present: Mayor: Joe B Lyman City Councilmembers: Kd Perkins Cheryl Bowers Logan Shumway Logan Monson Robert Turk City Manager: Jeremy Redd Finance Director: Kim Palmer Community Development: Bret Hosler Others Attending: Kara Laws, Scoot Flannery. Kendall Laws, Ryan Heck, Lisa Carr, Holly Murray, Andy Bayless, Carla Endres, Robin Benallie, Joe Hurst, Cooper Sharpe Prayer/Thought - The prayer/thought was offered by Logan Shumway 1. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 2. Councilmember Monson moved to approve the minutes and financial disbursements of the September 11, 2018 meeting. Councilmember Bowers seconded the motion. Mayor Lyman repeated the motion and asked for discussion. Hearing none, he called for a vote. Voting was as follows: Those voting AYE Councilmember Perkins Councilmember Bowers Councilmember Shumway Councilmember Monson Councilmember Turk Those voting NAY NONE Constituting all members thereof, Mayor Lyman declared the motion carried. 3. OPEN FORUM Kara Laws shared information regarding a branding and marketing workshop that is scheduled for October 11th & 12th. The workshop is free for government officials and will focus on topics specific to rural communities. Robin Benallie spoke in support of Full Circle Recycling and requested Council also support their program. Andy Bayless spoke in support of Full Circle Recycling and requested billing for the program be included on the monthly utility bill from the City. Carla Endres spoke in support of Full Circle Recycling and their request to have the billing placed on the City utility billing statements. Holly Murray spoke in support of Full Circle Recycling and their program. Lisa Carr, speaking as the Executive Director of San Juan Foundation, expressed support for Full Circle Recycling and their request to have the City bill for services. She also told Council that San Juan Foundation and Full Circle Recycling are partnering in the program. San Juan Foundation does not have the staff time available to complete the billing. 4. REPORTS/DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS A. Jeremy Redd presented the Progress Status Report Blanding Power Distribution Upgrade and Substation Conversion Project This project has been completed. East Side Sewer Trunk Line This project is 70% complete. Mr. Redd also reported that Browns Canyon Road has been paved and is open to traffic. He further stated that the residents and businesses in that area have been patient and easy to work with during the construction. Natural Gas Odorizer Relocation/Replacement Project This project is wrapping up. The construction and installation portion of the project has been completed. The odorant tank has also been filled. It is expected the odorizer will be up and running in the very near future. Storm Drain Project Mr. Redd reported that several different funding avenues have been explored for the project. The estimated cost of the project is $1.5 million. When funding is acquired the project design phase will begin. 700 South Street Project/UDOT Highway Patch Mr. Redd told Council that San Juan County has provided funds to help finish a section of 700 South leading to their new health clinic. This has been completed. In addition, a permanent repair to the state highway in front of BCL will be completed in the near future. B. Kim Palmer presented the Financial Status Report Ms. Palmer told Council that all department budgets are within budget. She then gave kudos to Lynda Bird for the excellent job she is doing as the transfer station attendant. 5. AGENDA ITEMS Transportation Plan/Prioritization/Street Planning - Jeremy Redd Mr. Redd told Council that he has been working with Jones and Demille Engineering on a preliminary transportation plan as instructed by Council. Currently, City ordinances require streets to conform with the City Master Plan, but does not require the transportation plan itself. The transportation plan could also be built according to the recommendations in the Master Plan. The outline for the transportation plan would include, land use, road network and project prioritization. Councilmember Shumway recommended Council hold a work session to discuss items to be included in the plan, prior to the plan design. He would like to see specific items discussed, such as utilities. Council members were in agreement that a work session would be beneficial to a transportation plan development. B. Full Circle Recycling - Cheryl Bowers Councilmember Bowers turned the floor over to Ryan Heck from Full Circle Recycling to share further information on the recycling plan. Mr. Heck shared that he has found that many cities contract with an outside company to provide recycling services to their communities. He requested the City consider collecting the recycling fees from residents through City utility bills. Mayor Lyman stated his support for the recycling program and the employment opportunity it will give to some community members. However, he did not see the need for the City to collect or bill for the services. Councilmember Shumway echoed Mayor Lyman's comments. Councilmember Bowers stated her support of the program and recommended the City do the billing and collecting. She also stated that recycling isn't about dollars it's about protecting the environment. Councilmember Turk asked Ms. Palmer how billing and collecting recycling fees might affect staff time. Ms. Palmer stated support for recycling and complemented Mr. Heck on his efforts to provide employment to those with special needs. Ms. Palmer stated that although it would be easy to add the additional billing code, time to manage it would be the biggest issue she could see. Even though City would not be answering specific questions dealing with the program, the time to explain the relationship between the City and the program is time that could be used on City issues. She also shared people tend to call the entity doing the billing for problems and questions regardless of how much you advertise otherwise. When asked how participants outside the City billing area would be billed for services, Mr. Heck responded that San Juan Foundation would be doing the billing for those customers. Mr. Redd told Council that if they elected to have the billing done by the City, staff would do an excellent job at both collecting the fees, answering questions and partnering with the program. Councilmember Bowers moved that the Full Circle Recycling request to have the City bill for their services be moved to the agreement phase. Councilmember Monson seconded the motion. Mayor Lyman repeated the motion and asked for discussion. Hearing none, he called for a vote. Voting was as follows: Those voting AYE Councilmember Bowers Councilmember Monson Those voting NAY Councilmember Shumway Councilmember Perkins Councilmember Turk Constituting all members thereof, Mayor Lyman declared the motion denied. C. Communication Tower Ordinance Discussion - Jeremy Redd While sharing information about the proposed communication tower, Mr. Redd told Council that the current communication tower policy has a height restriction of 50 feet in commercial zones and commercial towers are not allowed in residential zones. Permitting a tower larger than 50 feet is currently done on a case-by-case basis. Mr. Redd told Council that the proposed ordinance will formalize an entire policy and give direction to staff in permitting towers 50 feet or taller. He recommended that the ordinance be moved to a public hearing to allow for comments on the proposed ordinance. Council agreed. D. Interlocal Agreement - San Juan County - Jeremy Redd Mr. Redd reminded Council that the agreement was a way to formalize the agreements that have been in place between the City and the County. The goal is to have the agreement passed by both the City and the County by year end. Councilmember Shumway moved to approve the Interlocal Agreement between San Juan County and the City of Blanding. Councilmember Turk seconded the motion. Mayor Lyman repeated the motion and asked for discussion. Hearing none, he called for a vote. Voting was as follows: Those voting AYE Councilmember Perkins Councilmember Bowers Councilmember Shumway Councilmember Monson Councilmember Turk Those voting NAY NONE Constituting all members thereof, Mayor Lyman declared the motion carried. E. Declaration of Drought Emergency - Jeremy Redd Mr. Redd told Council that the County has requested the State of Utah declare a drought emergency for San Juan County. It is anticipated that declaration will be announced soon. The declaration will allow local farmers, ranchers and communities to access federal funding and that funding could be used by the City for future water projects. Mr. Redd also told Council that City staff will be presenting alternatives to dealing with water conditions at the next Council meeting. 6. INFORMATION Mr. Redd introduced Council to the new City website. 7. ADJOURNMENT Councilmember Monson moved to adjourn. Councilmember Perkins seconded the motion. Mayor Lyman repeated the motion and asked for discussion. Hearing none, he called for a vote. Voting was as follows: Those voting AYE Councilmember Perkins Councilmember Bowers Councilmember Shumway Councilmember Monson Councilmember Turk Those voting NAY NONE Constituting all members thereof, Mayor Lyman declared the motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm

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50 W 100 S
Blanding, 84511
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Trent Herring

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therring@blanding.city

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October 10, 2018 09:25 AM

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October 10, 2018 09:25 AM

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