Tuesday, February 4, 2014

City Council Meeting - February 4, 2014

Work Session

Public Officials Governance/Risk Training Session
Presented by Olympus Insurance Agency. Elected officials policy that we have covers wrongful acts of elected officials, administrative personnel, and employees. Doesn't cover breach of contract or contractual disputes, inverse condemnation or zoning decisions, outside board involvement not related to the organization, criminal, malicious, dishonest or fraudulent acts, and/or debt financing. Common causes of claims include failure to follow a prescribed duty, conflicts of interest, overreaching organizational authority, overreaching individual authority, and violation of protected rights, including the inadvertent release of protected information. E&O coverage for public officials does cover allegations of wrongdoing as legal counsel would be obtained.

Discussion on Canyon Road (SR-146)
David has been working with JUB Engineers to determine costs for Canyon Road improvements. UDOT has $4.4 million to put into Canyon Road for repairs, would include a 6 inch mill and overlay on top of that, which doesn't fix drainage, just gives new surface to street. UDOT would like CH and PG to take ownership of the road. Drainage is a huge issue now in several areas. UDOT has never provided any drainage control for this road. Without addressing drainage, that road will always have issues. We also have issue with rocks from the mountain ending up on the road at the mouth of the canyon. Estimated cost for all improvement is $8-9 million. Mayor has been working with MAG to see if they would be willing to cover the difference between what is needed and what UDOT is offering. Ongoing maintenance, which includes snow removal, would be around $75,000 per year for 25 years. At that point, we would need millions of dollars for another mill and overlay. Capital outlay at beginning for additional snow plow would be $180,000. This continues to be researched and no proposal is yet before the Council.

Council Meeting

Public Comment
Nobody signed up.

Public Hearing on Impact Fee Plans and Fee Schedule
Nobody signed up.

Consent Agenda
Appointment of Members to the Water Conservation Citizens Advisory Committee. Members of the Water Conservation Citizens Advisory Committee are appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council. Mayor Gygi wishes to appoint the following residents to serve on this committee:

Chairperson: Richard Noble
Regular Members: Joel Wright, Brad Daley, Pricilla Leak, Cliff Chandler, Betty Jo McKinlay.

City Reports
CM Rees - Meeting with Sam on press release for Vista Room gathering. YCC is planning for dance on February 7th and discussing ideas for Easter egg hunt. Family Festival committee meeting this month and sponsorships already being obtained. Continue to get more likes on social media, but much slower. Hoping to get emails from the townhall event this month to help with proactive messaging.

David Bunker - Tomorrow all cities will fly flags at half-staff in memory of the fallen officer.

CM Augustus - North Pointe Solid Waste met. Four cities have signed interlocal agreement, four have not yet, and four most likely will not. They are anxious for all cities to get this signed. We are still waiting on bids from Waste Management and IRL for direct haul.

CM Zappala - Students at BYU have approached him to build an issue tracker for the city. It is a mobile app and website where residents can take a picture with their phone of any city issue and send to city staff. Staff can then update the site when issue is handled and resident would get an update letting them know. This app would be small and cost-effective for a small city. Students have already met with David and begun to work.

CM Geddes - Planning Commission had meeting regarding commercial zone. Both Blu Line and Amsource presented options for their areas. More details will be presented to Planning Commission and Council soon.

CM Crawley - Met with golf course manager to discuss sending out gift certificates to each household so that residents are more aware that free golf is offered to each household.

Review/Action on Adopting an Impact Fee Facilities Plan, Impact Fee Written Analyses, and
Fee Schedule
The City has authorized the preparation of a comprehensive update to the Impact Fee Facilities Plan (IFFP) and associated Impact Fee Calculations for the Public Safety, Culinary Water, Sanitary Sewer, Parks and Transportation systems. Zions Bank Public Finance and Bowen, Collins & Associates have reviewed and prepared the updates based on approved methodology as outlined in Title 11, Chapter 36a of the Utah Code Annotated (the Impact Fees Act). Based on the requirements for the preparation of the IFFP and information gathered for each facility, the IFFP has been updated and recommendations for amendments to the Impact Fee schedule are presented to the Council.

See my notes from the last meeting for more details on the analysis that was done. The only change is that at the prior meeting we did not have the road impact fee analysis. This has now been done and the impact fee for transportation will go down by 52%. This item was tabled so that representatives from the city can meet with UVHBA to go over the findings.

Review/Action on a Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to sign an Interlocal Cooperative Agreement for NPDES Phase II Storm Water Public Education and Outreach Best Management Practice Compliance
As part of our participation in the Utah County Storm Water Coalition, Cedar Hills is an active partner with the County and other participating cities in multiple Minimum Control Measures and Best Management Practices (BMP) of the City’s Storm Water Management Program (SWMP) as required by the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II
Storm Water regulations. The BMPs specifically targeted as a coalition include 1) Public Education and Outreach on storm water impacts, and 2) Public Involvement and Participation.  The City is currently participating in these activities through an interlocal agreement with the County. The current agreement was ratified in 2008.

The new agreement only has a few changes. The proposed Interlocal Cooperation Agreement would allow participation in the program for up to 50 years. However, any entity participating in the agreement could terminate its participation in and responsibilities under the Agreement at any time and for any reason by providing a 60 day written notice.

Having a coalition agreement with other cities helps us meet DEQ requirements but reduces our cost by sharing expenses with other cities. This new agreement was unanimously approved.

Review/Action on FY 2014 Budget Amendments
Golf Course Driving Range Posts and Netting Replacement - for the new posts we will pay $2500 in cash and the rest would be payment in the form of corporate season passes to the entity providing the posts. We will be replacing 5 posts and these will be 52 feet (currently they are 30 feet). We will also be replacing all netting. This is a better long term solution. The total cost is $19,700 with $12,200 coming from the capital projects fund and $7,500 being given in season passes. The breakdown will be as follows:

Golf Fund
20-95-202     Driving Range Fence     $19,700 increase
20-30-990     Use of Fund Balance     $12,200 increase
20-30-600     Season Passes                $7,500 increase       
20-35-300     Transfer In From Other Funds $12,200 increase

Capital Projects Fund
40-97-100     Transfer To Golf Course Fund $12,200 increase

The total amount we approved for LPPSD for the FY14 budget was missing the admin fee. Because our insurance costs were less than we anticipated (we switched vendors in July), we can cover this increase through that line item.

Lone Peak Public Safety District Admin Fee not included
10-55-300    Fire Services $11,000 increase
10-40-510    Insurance $11,000 decrease

Adjustments were unanimously approved.

Discussion on FY 2015 Capital Projects Fund, Motor Pool Fund, and Vehicle Replacement Plan
Proposing to replace 4 vehicles and 1 ATV. Process on vehicle replacement plan is to look at several models and get bids from the state on these models. These need to function for the tasks assigned to that department. Then looks at resale value in future as well so that we are getting the best value. Advantage is that we don't pay taxes when we purchase. Having a rotation schedule makes a more consistent cash flow. We keep vehicles until the warranty runs out and then we sell them. Overall, this saves us money that we don't pay for repairs.

Significant changes suggested for the Capital Projects Fund:
  • $300,000 from Street Impact Fees for Harvey Blvd roundabout on Harvey and 4600. We have many residents who have expressed concern about this intersection, both speed and visibility issues. Placing a roundabout here would resolve these concerns while not stopping traffic flow, just slowing it down.
  • CARE Tax and Park Development Impact Fees totaling $50,000 for Bayhill Park Phase I. Would mainly include the playground area.
  • $400,000 for Canyon Road sewer. This would give sewer access to all of our residents on Canyon Road who are on a septic system. This amount is if County takes over Canyon Road. If UDOT maintains the road, the expenses would be $600-$800k because their requirements are higher. We have to work in conjunction with repairs on Canyon Road as they won't allow us to cut up the road and install sewer lines after they've done their repairs. Staff will provide information on how many residents this affects and how the cost would be impacted if we were to delay this project.
  • $300,000 for updating the golf maintenance shed. We have some serious safety issues with our current shed. It is also not in compliance with storm water requirements. This fee would include a new shed and would fix storm water issues. CM Crawley suggests that we look at ways to improve safety issues without building a new shed so as to reduce the cost. David will work with staff on proposal as to what our needs are for this facility.

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