Council Meeting - November 15, 2012

Council Meeting

Public Comment

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Review/Action on Settlement Agreement with UVHBA

In April, the UVHBA filed an action against the City regarding the collection and use of impact fees for recreation facilities. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the parties agree that no liability has been established and that by settling, the City does not admit to any wrongdoing. The Council unanimously agreed to pay $175,000, which is approximately the amount of recreation impact fees that had not yet been spent, and reimburse attorney’s fees in the amount of $15,000. More information can be found by reviewing the City’s press release at http://www.cedarhills.org/node/1790.

Review/Action on Ordinance Repealing Recreation Building Impact Fee

In association with the settlement agreement with UVHBA the City agreed to suspend and repeal the assessment and collection of the recreation facilities component of the park impact fee. The new ordinance repealing the collection of this impact fee was unanimously approved.

Review/Action on Interlocal Cooperation Agreement

Before the reconstruction of North County Blvd began the County agreed that certain municipal improvements needed to be installed in 4800 West. These improvements include a 12-inch culinary water line, a relocated sewer meter vault, the construction of a new sewer outfall line and metering vault to allow sanitary sewer flows to enter the TSSD mainline in 1100 East in American Fork, and water and sewer lines stub-outs in the undeveloped commercial properties east of 4800 West. Our portion of these improvements comes to $310,054.40, which is 60% of the overall cost and our portion of the overall usage. The other 40% will be paid by American Fork, which represents their portion of the usage. Adding the stub-outs now means we will not have to tear up the road to install these utility lines when commercial businesses start development in our commercial area. The funds will be allocated from capital improvement and impact fees according to the construction schedule. This was unanimously approved.

As the Council had an executive session prior to the meeting to discuss legal items there was no need for an additional executive session.