Work Session
The Council had a joint work session with the Pleasant Grove Mayor and City Council. Mayor Gygi and Mayor Call will be meeting together over the next few months to discuss ongoing issues or concerns between the two cities to see if and how these can be resolved. We discussed coordinating the Family Festival and Strawberry Days each year so that the Cedar Hills Family Festival is one week before Strawberry Days, therefore allowing residents from each city to attend both instead of competing against each other.
The PG Council discussed their promenade, which is every Thursday night from 5pm-9pm during the summer months. They have approximately 80-90 vendors and live concerts. On September 8th is their annual Heritage Festival and they invited Cedar Hills to participate. We then gave them a tour of our Community Recreation Center and Grill.
Council Meeting
Public Comment
Nobody signed up for public comment.
Review/Action on Final Plan for Bridgestone, Plat C
Perry Homes submitted their final development plans to the Council after having gone through the Planning Commission. This is for the 8-plex units being built near Deerfield Elementary. The HOA in that area is very anxious for this development to be approved and move forward. After listening to the recommendations of the Planning Commission Perry Homes has agreed to remove the existing apple trees and replace with different trees and evergreens. The Planning Commission has also recommended an 8 foot sidewalk in that area instead of the existing 6 foot sidewalk, and has recommended that the back of the structures be changed to used a variety of materials and/or colors instead of the one color and material in the current drawings. Perry Homes has agreed to both of these recommendations, though said they would like the ability to use a combination of stucco, hardy plank, stone and brick as using only brick is very expensive.
Councilmember Augustus had some concerns with some of the materials being used as he felt it didn't match the rest of the neighborhood, which are mainly brick homes. His recommendation is that these units conform more with the look and feel of the rest of the neighborhood.
Final approval was granted with the recommendation of using materials more consistent with other homes in that area.
Appointment of City Manager
As per City Code 1-6A-1: The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Council, shall appoint a city manager. We received a total of 12 applications for this position and Mayor Gygi spoke with the 10 he felt were most qualified. He recommended that we appoint David Bunker to be the City Manager as he understands the history and issues of Cedar Hills and has done and excellent job as Acting City Manager since May of this year. The Council agreed and approved the appointment of David Bunker as City Manager subject to a mutually agreeable contract and removed the requirement that he must live within the city limits.
Mr. Bunker was sworn in by Deputy City Recorder, Gretchen Gordon. He also announced that a new City Recorder was hired. Colleen Mulvey will be filling that position. She has worked as an Assistant City Recorder for Pleasant Grove and is excited to join our team.
Adjourn
The Council did go into Executive Session.
