City Council - Regular Meeting

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certain Everything. Is anyone here from the Elks Lodge? The Elks Lodge. Okay, that answers that question. Thank you. And Steve's almost ready.

That's all right. We want to make sure we're doing everything right. Right. Okay, Christina, you okay? Ready to go? All right, welcome everybody. We're um it's actually a little past 5 o'clock. We're ready to get started. Uh welcome to our city council meeting. Um we're going to go ahead and get started uh correctly with an invocation uh from Father Rob Wilman from the Grace Episcopal Church. If you want to come on up. Let us pray. Direct us, O Lord. Carry us on by thy gracious assistance, so that all our prayers and our works may begin in thee, and through thee be happily ended. Amen.

Thank you for that. Just as a little side note, today is the National Day of Prayer as designated by Congress and proclamation from the President of the United States. So, thank you for being here and thank you for doing that, Father. Um, we'll go ahead next with uh the pledge, which Councilwoman Larson has graciously agreed to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Please stand. Repeat after me. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America

and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Okay. Um, we're going to go ahead and forego the proclamation until we get someone here from the Elks Lodge. So, that might be another week if that's okay. Um, okay. Next up, it is the uh first meeting of the month. Oh, yes. Yes. Thank you, Natalie. Okay, so we do have some recognition. Scott Taylor, you're here. Come on up. And we just talked about this and yet I just tried to skip you. We've done that twice to you tonight.

Yeah. You I'll make up for it though. Um the water services department and especially the wastewater divisions, we don't like to get recognized very often because when we do, it's usually when something bad has happened. So I'm grateful for the opportunity that we have tonight to recognize some of our employees for the great employees that they are and for the great job they do for the city of St. George. City of St. George. We are a member of the Water Environment Association of Utah. It's a professional organization. It's a subchapter of a water environmental the water environ environment federation. It's a global organization recognizing professionals in the water water and wastewater industry. So every year we have a an annual conference held at the Dixie Center in April. Um, we were very well represented at the at the conference and we had several uh employees and programs receive recognition and awards at that at that conference. So, I wanted to take some time tonight and recognize some of our employees for the great job that they do. First of all, I'd like to introduce you to Jared Gentry. If you can come on up. And Jared has been with the city of St. George since uh I think 2014. Come on up here. Uh he is a a supervisor at the wastewater treatment plant. He does an awesome job. Um we've got a brand new process, a brand new really brand new treatment plant that has been it's has been challenging to get it running efficiently and effectively. Jared has taken a a lead role on um learning this new plant and does just a great job. He was selected as the um wa wastewater treatment plant supervisor of the year

for 2025 throughout the whole state of Utah. So I wanted to recognize him for that. He was given an award at the uh at the conference. The city also received an award for the outstanding uh pre-treatment program for the state of for the whole state of Utah. So, I wanted to bring up Stay here for a minute, Jared. I wanted to bring up our our pre-treatment team. Uh Juliet Curtis is the pre-treatment coordinator. She's been with the city since 2016. Uh Heidi Matthysse is the pre-treatment um mine's blank.

Specialist. And then we've got Daxton Ewell and Milo Farnsworth. Man, my mine's going blank. Both pre-treatment uh inspectors. So out of the whole state of Utah, they were selected as the the best pre-treatment program in in the in the whole state. So like recognize them for that. They do a great job. They're the front line of the treatment plant of making sure that nothing enters the treatment plant that we can't deal with. So, they are very um involved in the community and the commercial and industrial um businesses out in the community to make sure they're not sending something to us that we can't handle. So, I'd like to congratulate them and and uh appreciate their job well done. And then I wanted to take a little bit of time. Come here. Come here, Julie. Um, Julie was awarded the Golden Shovel Award at the conference. The Golden Shovel Award. She was also inducted into the Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers. And it's it's kind of a light-hearted award, but it's very prestigious throughout the wastewater professionals in in uh in Utah. You can't apply to this that that you have to be selected. And Julie is well known throughout the state as the go-to person for anything pre-treatment. Um so this uh organization, they call it the five S's because it's just shorter that way. The five S's of Utah um acts as a service organization meant to honor those who have gone above and beyond their roles in uh in in

wastewater. Um again, they're selected. They're not not by application. And this pro program or this society has been around since the 1970s. And Julie truly does go above and beyond. She currently serves as the secretary of the section 8 or section region 8. Uh EPA has different regions throughout the country. Um she's the secretary of the pre-treatment association for region 8 which covers Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana. So she she truly does go above and beyond. She's very well recognized throughout the state again as the go-to in the state. Anyone that has any pre-treatment questions con contacts Julie. So, we appreciate her. She does a great job. She's very passionate about her her role in the city and in pre-treatment. And in a couple weeks, we'll hear more from her when she uh in a work meeting session when she talks about the pre-treatment program. So again, I just wanted to recognize uh the great employees that we have. And maybe if I can have the rest of anyone wastewater uh come on up and and join the the crowd and if we can get a picture with the council, that'd be great.

Absolutely. Let's get a picture. Council, get your photo position ready. We look weird standing back here.

Okay. Get it nice and tight. Oh, get in nice and tight. I'm at point4. Excuse me. Let's get two rows. You get two rows. Some of the less tall in the front.

Okay. Council, any comments on any of anything you wanted to say?

Yeah, I do want to say something before they leave. That is an incredible group of people. People never care about wastewater until they have a problem with wastewater. They they are such an inventive crew. I get to sit on that staff meeting occasionally. and to listen to how they have saved a lot of money to our residents in cleaning that facility and taking care of our wastewater in preventing issues that we none of us will even know about because of their work ethic. Um the way the leadership team works at water is amazing. You can take it from Scott all the way down that he incentivizes his people to be thinkers and they work off each other so well. It's just a great coordinated effort. especially at wastewater. And I know water doesn't love it when I say that, but I I love what they've done and how they do it.

Perfect. Thank you. Okay, if there's nothing else, now we will move into our uh uh comments from the public section. This is the first meeting of the month where we have public comment on those things that you want to address the whole council on. Just a couple of real simple rules. You must be a resident of the city of St. George. The public input shall not uh be allowed on any any agenda items. So, if there's an item on the agenda tonight, uh please don't uh speak to that. Or pending land use application. Comments should relate to city business. Speaker shall be curious and show respect. That should go without saying. And uh no profane language. So, with that, I do have and you do need to fill out a little form. So, if you haven't done that and you need to still do one, fill it out and give it to Christina. But I do have three here. Um, and I'll just call them up um as we go here. Uh, Robert Heriffco, did I say that right?

Yes, sir. Okay, come on up. Want to talk about construction hours?

Yeah. Yeah. So, um, last week, um, at about, uh, 1:00 a.m., uh, there's a lot of noise in the neighborhood. And so, I think that it, uh, continued to increase and it got to a full crescendo between the hours of two to beyond the rest of the night. And, and so, I went down there to find out when it was going to end. I have a uh a mother with dementia and anyone that understands what that's like, we've been her care primary caregiver. She's 91 and um so it's quite disturbing to her. She got very confused by the uh noise and then I have young children. So what happened was I just went down the road and to find out what was happening and there was a gentleman there. I asked who who was in charge there and there was a concrete foreman. So, I told him that, hey, you know, the noise that you're making is disrupting the whole household in the neighborhood. And he said he said that it was um he said that it was agricultural um land and uh it's not agricultural land. I confirmed with the uh public works department. The public works said it was uh residential, I think R110, I believe is what it was. And uh it's at the end of Little Valley. So I said, "Well, this is not residential." And then his response to me was um he said, "F the fbomb. You um get off the property." And this was uh was a surprise. But anyway, so um but the fact that he said that it was agricultural property seemed to indicate to me because it clearly wasn't and he would clearly know that it wasn't because it was in the residential street that he must have known that it was not and I think that he was using that for cover.

So anyway, what I did was after he dropped the fbomb on me, I went home, called the police and uh see if there was anything they could do and they said no, there's not because they said that the ordinance for noise, there is no ordinance for noise. They gave me a code section and that was confirmed by the uh public works department and that's uh code section 4-9-7 and that's what I got back from uh city works. but uh public works. But um what they said that was is that it applies to dust specifically. And so if there's noise, they can pretty much do what they want. With regards to the dust, I guess it's from sunrise to sunset or Saturdays from 8:00 on and and so um it didn't apply to our circumstance. So I guess they can do what they want. So, um, what I did in the morning was I called, um, the number on a sign there from the builder, and I'm I'm not going to bring up the builder specifically because I think this has more to do with, um, the noise situation overall, and I don't want to make it a personal thing between me and the builder, but the builder's response was kind of interesting. Um what he said was that he said he supports what the concrete foreman said including I told him about the fbomb. He said he supports all of that. Um he says he said that he doesn't care about my mother with dementia and he doesn't care about the children waking up. I mean this is like direct quotes. It was like beyond shocking. Um and he said further he said that kids these days need to toughen up and that maybe being woken up in the middle of the night is probably good for them because they shouldn't be coddled so much. So that's what he said. Um and he said that uh it was people

like him that have been responsible for building the city of St. George because he said the city of St. George has been built on concrete. And uh and he said, "You should just put in earplugs and uh just go back to sleep." So I asked I said, "Hey, can we just tone the conversation down and and be reasonable?" And his response was to hang up the phone. So it seems like he displayed a total disregard for any of the people in the neighborhood or anything else. Um, but I guess the bottom line is that it it apparently I'm being told by the police department and I'm also being told by your public works department that you do not have an ordinance that would cover that type of circumstance that it it specifically talks about dust. And so I guess what I would say is I just leave it up to all of you to maybe address that if you feel like it's appropriate. um because otherwise they can kind of do what they want throughout the middle of the night and concrete is not a dust oriented type of activity, but it's really noisy.

So you might you might have some wrong information. Oh, okay. If you would like, our city attorney is right there. He'd like to step out in the hall and and give you some information and some things that we can do plus what we already have on the books that might be very helpful for this actual situation. Okay. If that's okay. Yeah. Yeah. Well, thank you for your time and uh and uh all I would say I've been here in the city for about uh 10 years and um appreciate what everyone here is doing, working hard to accomplish because it's a great city and it's a wonderful place. I know it takes a lot of effort and that's all I have to say. Perfect. Thank you. And I think uh Ryan will be able to shed some light on that for you. Sir,

thank you. Um Kurt Suroid. Oh, there you are. Come on up. National Day of Prayer. That's what we're going to talk about.

Well, good afternoon or good evening, I guess I should say, to Mayor Hughes and all the city council. It's good to see you all and you're all looking good. Life must be fine. Um, it's always nice to follow the wastewater people. They do a good job, by the way, but it was kind of a joke. Um, this morning I listened to Mayor Hughes on the radio and one of the things he well he got in trouble right off. He he uh they were talking about Mother's Day this weekend. You might want to ask him what he said about that. Uh something about his wife not being his mother. Uh I think I've gotten in that trouble myself and uh I don't know if he rescued that or not, but whatever. Uh I'm here to talk and Jimmy uh Mayor Hughes uh talked a little bit about today National Day of Prayer and I wanted to talk a little bit about it and uh won't take long but there's some things that I'd like to see happen here in our city and I think it would be good. Uh this uh our country was founded and dedicated as a Christian nation and we should never forget that. On April 29th, 16007, a nation was born. Travelweary Englishmen landed in Cape Henry on the shores of Virginia and laid the foundation of what would be the most powerful country the world has ever seen. our country, the USA. Those English men erected a cross as well as a Christian flag. America's destiny and purpose were sealed at the cross at Cape Henry. All

that would follow in our nation's growth hinged on a single proclamation that this land belonged to Jesus Christ. The May in the Mayflower Compact in 1620, the pilgrims reaffirmed the mission sent forth by the original Virginia settlers. They landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts due to high winds that blew them north of Virginia. having undertaken a journey for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor their king and country a voyage to plant the first colony in northern parts of Virginia do by these presents that is by this legal document and charter solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one another covenant and combine ourselves together as a civic civil body politics. That was back in the day. Congress in 1952 set up a public law that said every year we shall have a national day of prayer in America. There is a long history of prayer in America. And today, May 7th, is the official day of prayer in America. My suggestion would be for our beloved city of St. George, Utah to designate a day of prayer over our city that corresponds with the National Day of Prayer. Everything we have comes from the Lord. Prayer empowers us to live in a way that overcomes evil with good. That's from Romans 12:21. Though we may not always see the outcome, it creates a legacy of faithfulness for generations to come. God bless you all.

Think about it for next year. Would be a good thing to do. Thank you, Kurt. Next up, we have Thomas Curos. Did I say that? Okay. All right. If I don't, repeat it when you get up here so we know how to say it. wants to talk about a collapsed storm drain.

Yes. Well, well done, mayor. Appreciate that. And um thank you, city council. It's nice to be here. There is um a collapsed storm drain. It's becoming a sinkhole at the community of the Homestead Farms on North Valley View Drive, so on the western side of town um not far from the the Black Hill. Um, so I just wanted to see if we can or request uh a council member to shepherd that this is resolved because it uh one it um presents a challenge for the parking of that community and and two it's a a potential hazard for the people there, particularly children that like to go to things like that and and explore and whatnot. And even though it's taped off, I think the city did that and they put a a big um cover, like a steel cover on top of this, but that's also sinking in to this uh recessed area. So, just wanted to present that to the city council and ask uh for support on this.

Thank you. This gentleman right here that can start you on the way to getting some solution here. So, he'll be able to help you with that. That's Cameron. If you'll go out and he'll give you some direction there. Thank you for bringing that up. Thank you very much, mayor and council. Thank you. Excellent. That's all I have. You have any others, Christina? Okay. Thank you for that. With that, we're ready to go into our agenda. And do we have any changes or?

Yes. Two changes this evening. Uh item number three C on the consent calendar and item number 12 will not be heard tonight. Item number three is the consent calendar. Um there's several items on the consent calendar this evening. Um again taken off item number 3C. Staff has reviewed these and recommend approval on these administrative items. However, the council would like to remove any of these for specific consideration. We can accommodate that. Otherwise, we recommend approval. I'm I'm confused. Did you say the entire item three consent calendar or just one of the items?

3C. Okay. Thank you. Mayor, having reviewed the items on the consent calendar, I'd make a motion that we approve those items as presented. Second. So, we have a motion by Steve and second by Natalie. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed?

Motion carries. Before Sorry, John. Before we go on, I think we do have someone here from the Elks Lodge, so we can do our proclamation. If that's okay, John, we'll go ahead and uh uh do our proclamation about youth week from our youngest member on the council.

And I don't even have Maverick here who's normally here with me. He's three months old. Whereas the benevolent and protective order of elks has May 1st through 7th as youth week to honor America's junior citizens for their accomplishments and to give fitting recognition of their service to community, state, and nation. And whereas St. George Elks Lodge number 1743 will sponsor an observance during that week in tribute to the junior citizens of this community. And whereas no event could be more deserving of our support and participation than one dedicated to these young people who represent the nation's greatest resource and who in the years ahead will assume the responsibility for the advancement of our free society. And whereas our youth need the guidance, inspiration, and encouragement which we alone can give in order to help develop those qualities of character essential for future leadership and go forth to service America. And whereas to achieve this worthy objective, we should demonstrate our partnership with youth, our understanding of their hopes and aspirations, and a sincere willingness to help prepare them in every way for the responsibilities and opportunities of citizenship. Now, therefore, on behalf of Mayor Jimmy Hughes, along with the city council of the city of St. George do hereby proclaim May 1st through 7th, 2026 as Youth Week in the city of St. George and urge all department of government, civic, fraternal, and patriotic groups of our citizens generally to participate wholeheartedly in its observance.

Excellent. Thank you. And come on up and introduce yourself and is there anything else you'd want to say? My name is Martin Lane. Uh on behalf of all the Elks nationwide, we are all about youth programs. Uh we support uh scouting both boys and girls. Uh we have a national hoop shoe contest for kids. Um we're all about community and we appreciate the support we get from the city. And that's about all I have to say. Awesome. Thank you. And thank you for being here. We'll come down. and we'll get a picture with and give you this proclamation. So,

and you guys have been around a long time because once upon a time I won the Elks Hoop Shoot contest as a East Elementary student. So, All right, John, go ahead.

Okay. Okay. Item number four on the agenda is a public hearing and consideration of ordinance number 2026-029 vacating a reuse waterline easement located on lot one post to east parcel. Wes Jenkins will be presenting this item. Which item is it?

Item number four. It's um the reuse water line easement on lot one.

Sorry. So this is the Costco lot. like um originally they they had this water line, this irrigation line that came. So here's I-15. There's your connection point came up through there and then along that uh southerntherly side of the lot with the construction of the Costco development. They put the uh irrigation line and it now follows the property line between them and oh I can't remember the name of the place but anyways Moto Zoo. Thank you. follows the property line out there to desert color and then goes through the road. And so they just shifted the property or the easement to that line. So the only condition on this is we haven't I I I believe it's been signed by Costco, but we just will have to record the documents at the same time. Basically vacate the easement first and the uh new easement will be recorded right after that and that would be the only condition. Is there discussion on that?

Yeah. You you have questions for Wes? Are you ready for a motion? I'm ready for a motion. Public hearing. Oh, yes. Come on, you guys. Don't get ahead of yourself. Okay. This is a public hearing. So, if there I'm going to go ahead and open up the public hearing for those of you who have come to speak to this item, come on up to the microphone, state your name for the record. Seeing none, I'll go ahead and close the public hearing and now come back to you, council.

I'll make a motion to approve ordinance 2026-029 vacating a reused water line eastment located on lot one mile post to East Parcel South St. George Costco. I'll second. We have a motion by Natalie, a second by Austin. All in favor? This is a ordinance requiring a roll call vote. So we'll start with Michelle. Michelle Tanner. I Danielle Lurin I. Natalie Larson I. Steve Kemp I. Austin Anderson I.

Motion carries unanimously. Item number five, public hearing consideration of ordinance number 2026-030 vacating a portion of a municipal utility easement located along the north lot line of lot 121 of the White Hills subdivision.

Okay, so this one right here is lot 121. The green area represents the rear or yeah, basically the rear property line. um when they were grading the lot out there. They actually they graded a little beyond it and and it was re it wasn't really required open space but it was open space that they were um protect were showing. Anyways, they just felt like they came back to quality and asked if they could just adjust the property line to there then reestablishing the easement line at that property line. So basically it's a vacation of that proper easement line and it's reestablishing on the new property line questions. This is also a public hearing. So I'll go ahead and open up the public hearing for those who have come to speak to this item. Seeing none, I'll close the public hearing, come back to you, council.

So, I just have a quick question. Where did West go? So, what would have happened to this property? I mean, it only makes sense. It belongs to that lot. Correct. Yeah, it does. If you look I mean, if I could show you the overall map, you could see the rest of this is just open space back in this area here. But it wasn't protected from something else. Wasn't supposed to be disturbed. It's just should have been that way anyway. Maybe

probably shouldn't have been because it was a fairly flat area. They were just trying quality when they did this designated certain areas just as open space as part of their development of this area and that and most of that was just the hill area that had a lot of topography. So does that open space have to be replaced somewhere else to make the development work? No, it was just something that was part of their development. Yeah, makes sense. Any other questions?

Mayor, I'll make a motion that we approve ordinance number 2026-30, vacating a portion of municipal utility easement located along the north lot line of lot 121 of the White Hills subdivision. A second. We have a motion by Austin, a second by Steve. This is also an ordinance requiring a roll call vote. Starting with Austin. Austin Anderson, I. Steve Kemp, I. Natalie Larson, I. Danielle Larkin, I. Michelle Tanner, I.

Motion carries unanimously. Item six, consideration of ordinance number 2026-031 vacating a portion of the Vista Ridge Estates phase 2 subdivision located at 1331 North Dixie Downs Road. Okay, so this one right here is this is common area to the Vista Ridge subdivision. And really what came about was a gentleman here bought this lot here um in hopes to replace the modular home on it with a new one. Um and it really it's hard to tell you the story without showing you something else. So if you look it's right here on this north side. The wall for Vista Ridge was built right there. So, it's area that's outside of their wall in their in their development. Um, the gentleman that bought that lot thought the city owned it. I thought we the city owned it also. As we got looking into it, it actually was HOA property that just had never been incorporated as part of the area. You can see that there is a sewer line that goes through there. There is no easement for that sewer, I guess, on on paper. And there's a storm drain line in there and there is no easement there. So, as we looking into it, um I went to the sub the HOA and requested could they dedicate that to the city. So, we went through the process. They took a vote as an HOA and uh determined because really what this gentleman wanted to do was build a privacy wall. And I'll show you really quickly here. Uh that was another one. Let me see. Oh, you know where it is? It's right here. Oh, I guess that doesn't work. Anyways, what he did is he want he wanted to build a wall right down there because there's a fair amount of grade change on his parcel and then it drops about 10 ft down to the wall. So, the wall really is just a privacy wall. So

what he wanted to do was fill in behind that wall, put a new retain put actual retaining wall, fill that area up and be able to use it, allowing the city then the ability to access that sewer manhole and the storm drain line. And so that we're kind of working that through with him. But that's why we went back to the HOA is to see if they would dedicate that to the city so that then we could have access to those utilities and if need be allowed him to put that wall in there and raise that grade up. So it did go through the vote through the HOA. We did get there. There was exactly 67% that voted of the owners in there and there was 100% consent and so it passed because we had 67% vote and every one of them voted yes. And the reason we're doing it through ordinance is the plat was done in the in the mid 80s. So no one has the line work anything. You'd have to go back through and recreate the whole plat. It is by state law. You can also do it through ordinance and that's why we're going through this process instead of amending the plat.

Any other questions for Wes? If not, this is not a public hearing. So, I would come back to you for your mayor. Um, I'd like to make a motion that we approve item number six, ordinance number 2026-031, vacating a portion of the Vista Ridge Estates phase 2 subdivision located at 1331 North Dixie Downs Road as presented. Second. So, we have a motion by Steve, second by Michelle. Uh, this is also an ordinance requiring a roll call vote. Starting with Natalie. Natalie Larson I. Daniel Larkin I. Michelle Tanner I.

Austin Anderson I. Steve Kemp I. Motion carries unanimously. Item seven is a public hearing consideration of resolution number 2026-00008R to review and approve amendments to the fiscal year 202526 budget. And Jared will present this item.

Thank you John. Good evening Mayor. Good evening council members. We have three requested fund adjustments. I'll go over all three of those and then can be opened up. So the first one we have the golf division request to add funding for the award of a contract to design a new pump station at Sunbrook Golf Course. The Woodbridge pump station was originally built in 1989 and the Black Rockck pump station was built in 1996. Both show serious signs of wear and tear from decades of flood along the Santa Clara River and are in need of replacement. Working with the water department, it was determined the most economical approach was to combine both pump stations into a single new pump station. The cost of the design portion of this project is $168,448. The FY2026 budget included funding for $60,000 towards this project, leaving a balance of $18,448 needed to fund this design for the design portion of this project. Funding for this project is available in the golf reserve within the general fund established at the end of the fiscal year 2025. staff requests to amend the budget in the amount of $18,448 to design a new pump station at Sunbrook. The second adjustment, the Parks and Community Services Department requests to add funds for the Fort Pierce Wash Trail project. In November 2023, voters approved a 29 million general obligation bunds, parks, and park facility improvements throughout the community. The Fort Pierce Wash Trail is a gob bond funded project that includes the construction of a trail from the Virgin River South Trail close to St. James Park following the Fort Pierce Wash south to the Little Valley Sports Complex. The total budget for this project is $2.5 million. Funding for this project was not included in the FY2026

budget. Staff request to a amend the budget to add the bridge portion of the project and to roll other fund roll over funds from the FY2025 budget for design cost in the amount of $456,400. Funding for this request will come from the GO bonds issued for this project as part of the FY2024 issuance. staff requests to amend the budget in the amount of $456,400 for the Fort Pierce Wash Trail project. And then the third budget adjustment, the parks and community service department requests to add funds for the Santa Clara River Trail project. The Santa Clara River Trail is a geo bond funded project that includes the construction of a trail from Cottonwood Cove Park to Matthysse Park. The total budget for this project is $3 million. Funding for this project was not included in the FY2026 budget. Staff request to amend the budget to add the bridge portion of the project to and to roll over funds from the FY2025 budget for design costs in the amount of $447,282. Funding for this request will come from the GEO bonds issued for this project as part of the FY 2024 issuance. Staff request to amend the budget in the amount of $447,282 for the Fort Pierce Washt Trail project.

Any questions for Jared on those three amendments?

I don't have any questions, but I have a comment. Um, two of the items that were mentioned here and I I I think were items 3A and B on the consent calendar. And I appreciate staff's uh willingness to dig in and get creative and and pull uh each of the projects that were put out to bid together and and award them to different contractors who were willing to save some money uh for the different parts of the different the the different bridges. And um I just want to compliment them on doing everything they can to make it as uh economically feasible as possible. Thank you. Any other questions before I open the public hearing? Okay, this is a public hearing. So I'll go ahead and open that public hearing for any who have come to speak to this item. Seeing none, I'll close the public hearing and come back to you, council. Mayor, I'll make a motion that we approve resolution number 2026-00008R um for the fiscal year budget amendments as presented by Jared.

I'll second. We have a mo motion by Danielle, a second by Austin. This is a roll call vote starting uh with Steve. Steve Kemp, I. Austin Anderson I. Michelle Tanner I. Danielle Lurin I. Natalie Larson I. Motion carries unanimously. Item number eight is the submission and filing of the FY202627 city manager recommended a budget with the city council. Robert will be presenting this item.

Good evening, mayor and council. I'm excited to be here tonight at the culmination of so many months of work for the council, our executive team, the budget team and staff. Uh we began this process in December and so we're super excited to be here tonight to present to you the fiscal year 27 city manager recommended budget and then following tonight's meeting it will also be available to the public on the city's website. Development of the budget is an intensive process that involves significant time and effort across the organization as we work to fund the projects and services that meet the needs of our growing community. This budget is not just a financial document. It's our action plan for delivering the high-quality services that residents, businesses, and visitors rely on and expect from the city of St. George. The fiscical year 27 budget was developed in alignment with the city council's priorities as outlined in the fiscal year 27 business plan and reflects commitment to strategic planning, targeted investment, and strong financial stewardship. Major investments in this year's budget are aligned with the city council's priorities identified in the 27 business plan. as we discussed and and finalized during our goal and budget retreats earlier this year and uh are focused on delivering measurable results across uh key service areas uh in the budget. enhance. Uh some of these items of note include enhancements in public safety through staffing additions, technology and equipment and facility improvements, critical utility and transportation infrastructure improvements, continued expansion of our parks and trails through the 2023 GEO bond uh voter approved geo bond targeted initiatives and financial stability, operational excellence, workforce development, and customer service. On the revenue side, I'm pleased to note the fiscal year 27 budget does not propose a property tax increase. Fee adjustments are proposed across several services to help keep up

with the growing cost of providing service. The fiscal year 27 combined budget across all 40 plus funds total $540.2 million. The budget's balanced and continues to support the city's long-term financial health. Again, the full recommended budget will be available for public review on the city's website following tonight's meeting. And as part of this year's process, there will actually be multiple opportunities for our public to engage and to learn about and to provide their feedback on the budget uh directly through the city's website through a feedback item that we've included on the website. attending this year's budget open house which is planned for June the 4th or attending one of the two public hearings which are tenatively planned for June the 4th for the first public hearing and June the 18th for the second public hearing. Staff is proud to present the city's recommended uh fiscal year 27 city manager recommended budget to the city council and community. Again, it's the culmination of hours and hours of work for the council, for the city manager's office, for our budget team, and all our directors, and all of our departments uh to deliver a balanced budget. And we look forward to hearing the council's feedback and the community's feedback over the coming weeks as we complete this year's process. Uh tonight's item has no action, so I'd be happy to answer any questions the council may have.

Any questions for Robert? We don't have to, as he said, we don't have to take any action on this. just has to present it and if you have any questions. Looks like a lot of good reading material. We're all up here just like thumbing through it. It it it is a lot of work. It's a lot of work for each one of the department heads. I know you've been working on this probably since October and then meeting with department heads since that time. We've had some good meetings and I look forward to discussing this more at length in the near future. Okay, go ahead, John.

Okay, the next item is item number nine, a public hearing and approval of the program year 2027 annual action plan for the community development block grant program. Okay. So, actually it's the program year 2026 in the fiscal year 2027. It's the third year of the 2024 to 2028 con plan. So, the city receives a the community development block grant uh award from HUD and this year the annual action plan went out for public comment beginning on April 17, 2026 and it'll conclude on May 18th, 2026. Thus far, we haven't received any public comments. The grant amount received this year is $651,481. It's a little bit higher than last year, so we saw a little bit more this year. This year, um, we're going to we do have all the public services um that we're that we have we give money to. And then we're going to focus on public improvements for uh removing barriers for ADA accessibility in the LMI areas. And the award came a little bit late. So the plan's due in on June 2nd this year instead of in May. And if you have any questions, I can answer those.

Brenda, I just had one question. Um, you do such a good job with this and I read through the whole thing like all the different avenues that you're going to to try to get comment and all the different groups that you're coordinating with, but year after year we never have any public comments. And I just keep thinking um, as hard as you're trying to get public comment, I'm surprised that we haven't been able to get people to comment on this. And so it's just something that I think maybe we as a council can try to support you to get more people to give feedback on this because every year it shocks me that we don't have public comment. But thank you for everything that you do. It's a lot of work. Thank you.

Any other questions for Brenda? This is a public hearing, so I will go ahead and open up the public hearing for those who have come to speak to item number nine. Seeing none, I'll close the public hearing and come back to you, council. I will move to approve the program year 2026 annual action plan for the community development block grant. Second. Motion by Michelle, second by Danielle. All in favor say I. I.

Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Item 10, consider approval of ordinance number 2026-032 amending the prohibited use of ignition sources fireworks map and Chief Stoker will present this.

Yes. Good afternoon, Mayor and Council. This again is our annual uh ordinance update for not only fireworks but ignition sources uh in specific areas of the city. Uh while state uh code does not allow us to ban fireworks, it does allow us the opportunity to restrict the areas of of use and also with uh other types of ignition sources. So we have not changed the map this year. It's still the same as last year. It will be an interactive map like it has been in the past. so that it can be easily accessed either by phone or on our city website and can zoom in and and show those individual neighborhoods uh whether you're uh in a restricted area or not. And then we we also still have the 19 parks that we allow fireworks to be uh discharged in during the the state regulated dates. We appreciate the parks uh department allowing us to do that. uh we work closely with them to make sure there's not issues there as far as clean up and those things and our residents have really done a good job when they do go to those parks uh cleaning them up after themselves. And uh it's it's really been a good uh working relationship be able to have those areas for the the residents to discharge fireworks in.

Questions for the chief? None. Then um I entertain a motion. I'll make a motion. But I was just going to say, Chief, you usually announce where do people find this map once we have it in place. It'll be on the main city web page. As soon as you log in, we'll have a link right there for it. So it's it's very easy to find. Okay. So, mayor, I will make a motion, if my computer will cooperate, to approve ordinance number 2026-032 amending the prohibited use of ignition sources fireworks map.

Second. We have a motion by Danielle, second by Steve. Is that sorry, uh, second by Steve. This is an ordinance requiring roll call vote. Starting with Danielle. Danielle Larkin. I Michelle Tanner I Austin Anderson I Steve Kemp I Natalie Larson I motion carries unanimously.

Thank you. Item 11, consider approval of ordinance number 2026-033 amending city code sections 10-13E-4 landmark sites and 10-17B-9 requirements for specific conditional use permits and 10-9-5 off street parking requirements. Okay, you may remember this when we brought it to a work meeting in February. And so currently conditional use permits for designated landmarks are limited to low impact professional office, retail, and restaurant use. And to be granted a conditional use permit, the owners must make substantial investments to upgrade the property and enhance its historic significance. So, like John read with the um item, we had to amend three sections of code. So, the first section for landmark sites, we're just adding the use there, a private school serving students through grade 8. And then in this section, these are this is the section that talks about the specific requirements for a certain type of conditional use permit. So, this is where we put in things that you may want to limit or just to mitigate conditions in the neighborhoods. So, we talked about a

limitation on the maximum number of students and we put 30 maximum students there, but then it could be limited based on conditions within the neighborhood. as you know, historic homes could be located anywhere in the city. There may be mitigations that you might need to make just based on where it's located and what the actual neighborhood is like. And anytime in this code that it talks about the land use authority, it would be talking about the council because you are the ones who um approve the conditional use permits. Then the second item talks about preserving the historic character. The third item talk the third item is about the hours of operation and that you can determine what the appropriate hours might be. that if they're going to have weekend events or afterhour events, they would need to get a special um events permit. And then drop off and pickup activities should be only at the designated spots shown on what they turn in as their site plan. So you would see that with the conditional use permit when it comes through. And then traffic circulation, same thing. they would turn that in as their site plan when the conditional use permit comes through. So the off- streetet parking, we use the same model for off- streetet parking as we did with the live work units on the downtown. I don't know if you guys remember, but it does have a diagram that shows specifically how that would work with off- streetet parking. And then um we we took from the work

meeting that on street parking could count for 50% of the parking and that would be only to the adjacent to the property. And then parking requirements are one and a half spaces per teaching station plus one guest parking per 15 students. And then the outdoor activities should be located and designed to minimize impacts of course on the neighborhood. And you could mitigate that if you should see that it would need mitigated in certain conditions. And then that last one is just that you have the right to mitigate things based on what was turned in with the conditional use permit should you see fit. And then this one is just to spell out the parking in our parking section. It's the same as what was in the special requirement section. So one and a half spaces per teaching station plus one guest parking space per 15 students. and the planning commission held a public hearing on March 24th and forwarded a positive recommendation with a a unanimous vote of six to zero. No public comments were received and the applicant is here if you have any questions for them or I can answer any questions you might have. Brenda, that's what I was just going to confirm because I assume this was made in collaboration with the applicant and they're okay with everything that's in this ordinance.

Okay, Brenda, I had one question. The more I thought about it, this num this a this parking, no parking in the front of the house, um if you were taking a historic home and it just means in the front set back like in on the lawn, right? Well, so that's what I'm thinking is um if there was a if there was a curved driveway that came right up to the front of the house, that actually might work really well for a school and also on a historic home. So, would this prohibit that from being a possibility? That would be a driveway already like that would be an improved surface. So, I don't think that that would prohibit that. I think it's intended for like the if there's a front yard

yard area. Okay. Just wanted to make sure. Yeah, we and we could make you could put that in your motion that if there is a driveway in there that that wouldn't apply. Like you thinking a circular driveway? It makes sense. And for safety for kids and be able to buckle and buckle off the street. Yeah. Other questions? Just to be clear, this was public notice to the neighbors, correct?

Yes. Yes. Or well, no, I'm sorry. Because this is a zoning regulation amendment. There's no neighbors to notice. It applies to the entire city. Yeah. Because it would be with historic landmarks.

Any conditional use permit would be notified. The neighbors would be notified as a CUP. Great. Other questions? If not, I'll entertain a motion. Mayor, I'll make a motion that we approve ordinance number 2026-033 amending city code sections 10-13e-4 landmark sites 10-17B-9 requirements for specific conditional use permits and 10-9-5 off- streetet parking requirements. Um just amending that where we have the hatched area in the parking um that says no parking in front of the home that if there was a circular drive that that would still be allowed.

Second. A motion by Danielle, a second by Natalie. This is an ordinance requiring a roll call vote starting with Michelle. Michelle Tanner. I Danielle Larkin. I Natalie Larson. I Steve Camp I. Austin Anderson. I motion carries unanimously.

Item number 13, 14, and 15 are all related and so staff is requesting to to present those items um together. However, we would would request three separate motions. Item number 13 is consider approval of the hillside development permit for the trails east on approximately 333 acres located on the east side of Highway 18. Item number 14 is to consider approval of ordinance number 2026-034 amending the city zoning map by changing the zone from gravel one grazing to PDR on approximately 214 acres. And then item number 15 is consider approval of ordinance number 2026-035 amending the city zoning map by changing the zone from gravel and grazing to PDNZ on approximately 10 acres generally located on the east side of highway 18 and approximately 4100 north.

Thank you John and thank you mayor and council. Um this has this came or portion of this property came before you uh back in January, February uh to for the land use map to go to a commercial designation. There's about 107 acres that went to commercial um in in anticipation of future development. Um so some of this may look a little bit familiar. We kind of looked at the layout in general, but we didn't get too far into the weeds. So, uh, there's a lot of moving parts to this, so I'll try to go quickly, but if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to stop me and we'll we'll go through it. Um, on the map in front of you, you'll see areas that are bounded by a kind of a pink line. Um, you'll see area that is outlined in blue and hatched, and then you'll see an area that's outlined in red uh, and hatched as well. Um, those areas mean something different. the ones that aren't hatched at all, those are those commercial areas that we looked at uh previously this year and those will be uh reviewed um under another application as the time comes uh in the future. Um that said uh pertaining to the hillside uh permit, the hillside review board looked at the property as a whole, the entire thing, the commercial and uh residential portions. And so they made a recommendation on that uh in its entirety, and I'll go over that here in just a second. The area that's outlined in red is an area that would be designated as a PDTNZ, and then the area that's outlined in blue would be a PDR designation. Uh this is the land use map. Um you can see those areas again that were designated commercial. Those are red. Um and then the areas that are the remaining portion of the property is

designated LDR. So low density residential uh for acres uh four units per acre. And then the zoning map currently the entire property is zoned gravel grazing. So that would change uh on those portions, the PDR T and the TNZ portions to those respective zones. Uh the commercial areas would stay um uh gravel and grazing for the time being. This is a an illustrative plan of the property. North is to your left. And again, just to reiterate what John said moments ago, there are three portions to this. So there is a hillside, there is a reszone to the TNZ, and there's a reason to the PDR. So um just keep that in mind as as we're look going through this. Um but this just lays out the property. Um we really don't have a commercial that commercial element yet. Um again, that'll come forward in the future on those commercial sections with the exception of this right right here. that is a small commercial element that's tied to the TNC. TNZ does allow some commercial uh uh neighborhood commercial to be um associated with that zone as well. Um so let's talk Hillside briefly. The hillside review board met on site back in March at the end of March and um they gener they gave a favorable recommendation recommended for and zero in favor of the hillside permit. Um they did identify three areas that they wanted to come back and look at. So when this area of the single family residence uh comes back uh or gets ready to be platted, they would like the chance to go back and take a look at some of those

areas that they couldn't get back in there um uh easily and just take a look at some of those areas that are designated uh sloped areas. So

So what was their concern with that? Like it's too much hillside, too much slope. Um, it was just this how it would lay out with the with the plats and so forth. So there there's some slope. You can kind of see that. I'm hoping you can see that better. My screen is really strange, but um they've kind of tried to notch out not have lots where those are um you know where those slopes are. They've actually notched out some areas and and uh won't have lots. But the the the hillside review board just wanted that chance to go back out there and make sure that they that they felt comfortable with those areas.

I was going to ask you about that too, Dan, because does it make sense for us to approve a hillside permit when they want to go back out and relook at the hillside permit? Well, I think so with that condition with that condition that they go that they have that opportunity to go back out on those specific sites uh on those specific areas. I I think it I don't think it's the opportunity. It's the requirement that they have to go back and that has to be marked clearly the do not disturb that that would be a condition. So essentially the hillside development permit would approve everything except that area. Correct.

And so that would be the request of hills. They would basically box out that area and no approval on that portion of it. That that's probably a better way to think about it. Yeah. Yeah. Um, other than that, the Hillside Review Board was comfortable with uh recommending approval and they recommended approval four to zero uh unanimously on the on the remainder of the hillside uh permit. Any other questions on that hillside? That's a those are good questions.

I think we just have to be cautious where we've had people in different areas encroach on hillside when they're developing and change the development. So that that really needs to be watched.

Yeah, absolutely. Um this is a look at the TNZ. You can see so north is now looking up. Um this is Movie Rock Road. And just to kind of go over that a little bit, this is a frontage road. this movie rock road which is currently under construction which will service uh Rusty Cliffs which was approved earlier this year as well and it will serve this this um this pro uh project as well in two locations and then it will uh terminate here and um will service probably this commercial area. Um they have um but the there is that interchange right here that has recently been under construction. They will then have access here into their project right here and then access through this through the TNC through the commercial area and then up into the single family as as time goes on um through Movie Rock Road. So I just wanted to point that out that that's how that will function. It will not be directly from the highway, but it will be from the highway via Movie Rock Road. Um, we have 32, they're proposing 32 units in the TNZ. Uh, they are some town homes, three town home buildings, 15 units and, uh, 17 units of single family. Um, again, in the TNZ, as we have talked about in the past, has to be majority single family. So they made sure that they had the appropriate number of single family uh there. They also wanted to really buffer that between and that's really the reason for the TNZ so it can be that a buffer between rusty cliffs and it would transition into the PDR that's being proposed to the south. So we don't have

requirements for walls and things like that up against the commercial area. Um, and we'll talk about one um one distinction with with walls here in in a minute when we talk about the public hearing. I'll get into that uh as well, but but they really just wanted it to transition from Rusty Cliffs down into their project and then out into the single family portion. Uh so that's that's the reason for the TNZ is just to provide that kind of buffer between those two those two zones. Um, and then this is the area for the PDR. I should mention that as part of the hillside, and I'm sorry if I'm a little scatterbrained. It's there's a lot to this, but as part of the hillside, there's a lot of sloped areas. So, we have to remove those those slope areas from the um from the density calculations. So um from zero to 20 you can you can disturb uh 20 to 30% you can disturb 30% and then 30 to 40% you can disturb 5% of those areas and then above 40 you can't disturb any um any of those uh designated areas. So with all that, you're left with about 158 acres uh after you take out the commercial. And that puts them right at that um that four units per acre u density over the entire over the entire residential site. That is also taking out a couple of areas down in these corner, this corner here and on the south side here that aren't contiguous with the PDR zone. So those um those will be left alone but but they are not part of that density calculation either. Um phasing plan they want to start with um the the u the clubhouse down here. I'll show you that here in a second. And then

they'll start with some of these stacked units. I'll show you those. And then they'll kind of work their way up uh up this way and um and then into the single family. Um this again, this is just a closer up of that of that uh layout. You see you have this I think shows it a little better. You have town homes that kind of uh are along the south and and east portion of that of that uh where the hillside begins and then you have the multifamily closer to the um to the highway that commercial right on the corner and then single family buffering uh to the property to the north.

Dan, how many units is that? Did you tell us right here? Yes, that is 607 minus uh I know that there totally there total there's 607 units uh there's two I've got it written here actually there are 269 um that are these the single families. So um whatever that equals um sorry I don't have that number right off the top of my head but 607 minus 269.

Um that that and that is the multif family and the the single family and the TNZ and the town homes. And then these are just uh some drawings what they they're conceptual drawings of of the Pose. These are the single family homes that are that are in the TNZ uh adjacent to the property to the north and to the rest of Cliff's development. And these are the town homes. These have each individual unit has been designed so that they can mix and match them. Um so not every unit will look the same. In fact, they'll all look pretty different uh depending on how they put each one together. Um and that was important to them too. One of the things in the TNZ that they have written in is that they won't have two units of the same type next to each other. So just to give variety uh to the neighborhood, these are the stacked units. They meet the 40 feet requirement. They're about 37 feet in height. Trying to go through this kind of quickly. Um and then you have the three this is a rendering of the of some of the three uh threetory stacked units. Again, there's two different types of those. And so again to give variety to that to the stacked units and then you have a fourtory stacked unit. There's only one of these. That's that L-shaped building uh on the south. And this one they are asking for a deviation to the code. The code says 40T, but they say it also says that they can ask for additional height uh for and so they're presenting this to you uh with that request for a deviation. probably the biggest um reason for that. Here's some just some renderings of that. But this will sit down actually quite a ways down from the height of the

highway. And so the kind of the justification for that additional height um is that it won't be sticking up right at the highway, but the way that it'll be graded and the way that the the slope and the terrain naturally occurs, it'll actually be about oh roughly 10 feet about 10 feet below that the grade of the highway. So it'll it'll actually set sit lower and it won't be quite you know as prominent up kind of in your faces as uh it would be if it was you know up higher. So that's that's one of their justifications their major justification for that additional height in uh in that one building. The other buildings all meet the height requirement. Uh this is their amenity area. Pool, clubhouse, pickle ball courts. Um, I should mention there's civic space that's attached to the TNC, a little park up there. They're provided they provide trails throughout the development. Um, and so they uh they do meet the requirement for uh their amenity space and their amenities uh num count and look at their what they're proposing as their clubhouse. It's the conceptual landscape plan. We'll make sure that they have street trees and and the required landscaping along the along the highway and along Movie Rock Road, I should say. And then of course proposed signage. They're proposing four different monument signs as part of this. Uh with that, we had a public hearing at Planning Commission. Um there was um one neighbor that came out had some concerns about grading. Um, I think you received a a u an email from her if I'm not mistaken. Had some concerns also about a wall. She would like to see a wall between her property and the single family homes. I should maybe point that out really quick

from Gabe Bowler. Yeah, correct. Was one of the questions I had, Dan, was how are we obviously they can within their own 600 something units the mix. We can have that conversation, but how is this project going to interact with both the Rusty Cliffs and the other single property owners to the north and the I guess east based on the way that map's laid out. Yeah.

Yeah. She So, um, Gay lives her property is here along here and she has some arenas. She has horses. So the concern I believe and is that shift doesn't want that that um that interface you know that uh people bothering the horses coming to stop and and create problems that way and so um speaking with the applicant they are uh they're immenable to putting up a a wall uh along there. Um I confirmed that with with them just this evening uh before this meeting and um I'm working with her on a wall that would that would work for her. So

is is there any way on that that also on that deed it could be noticed that that is an agriculture space and like live next to a golf course that you're on notice that you cannot make complaints about Yeah. those not that that you mean horses, cows, all that stuff make noise and smells.

Yeah, we're we're looking at uh we're actually bringing a plat assuming this was approved. We're bringing a preliminary plat planning commission on on uh Tuesday. And so that could potentially be a be a note on on the final plat that just to yeah, like you said, put put people on notice that that is an agricultural area and and there are noises and smells and things that are It's similar to living next to a golf course and then people complain that their home gets by a golf ball. Sure. Yeah.

Um Wes went out and met with with her on on site. um he could fill you in on how that conversation went, but it was mostly, I think, concerns about that wall and then grading. And like I said, the applicant has been um willing to to work with them on that. Um that may be a condition you might want to put on on there. That wasn't a condition that was placed in your packet, but you may want to consider adding that as well. Um, Dan, can you show Is it just border on the one section or is there Can you blow it out and see the It's It's basically this right here. Right there. Okay,

that's where she borders. And then down here is Rusty Cliffs. And so again, the the applicants have been really um concerned that that they interface nicely with Rusty Cliffs. And well, Rusty Cliffs is the same developer, different developer. Um, they they actually used to own this I believe that they picked it up from Are they putting a wall up as well on Rusty Cliffs? Do we know? Uh that was not part of the part of the plan though. Okay. Uh is there a reason they are not?

I well I haven't had that conversation with them yet. Um they code doesn't require them to. We just haven't had that that conversation. But um with that that was the only public comment that was that was given. Um planning commission recommended on both uh the two reszones and the hillside uh with a six to zero vote in in favor of those of this project. Um if you have any other questions you have representatives from the applicant here. I'm happy to answer the questions I can. Wes can hop into if needed.

Questions for the applicant or for Dan. Okay, seeing no questions. What which number would we want to if we wanted to add that wall, which number would it be? 14 or 15. I would probably add it to the TNZ. Um so that would be 15. 15. Yeah, 15. And if we wanted to add um the hillside, that would be on number that would be the first 13. 13.

Yeah. Yeah. And maybe this is overreach, but I I just feel like sometime when they start excavating, they get into areas not not necessarily on purpose that they shouldn't be. And I just don't think it's a bad idea in those areas that on hillside they decide that are not um to be disturbed to just put some orange fence up before they start excavating. So when you're on that big equipment that you don't accidentally come into the hillside and excavate something you shouldn't.

Good point. So we have three different items here. Council, as we go through them, if you have questions on each item, feel free to discuss them.

Mary, you're ready for 13. Okay. Yes. I'll make a motion on item number 13 that we approve the hillside development permit for the trails east on approximately 333 acres located on the east side of Highway 18 and that we exclude from this hillside permit the sections that were outlined by the hillside committee that were on the northeastern side. I'll second that motion. We have a motion by Danielle and a second by Steve. Is there any further discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor say I. I. I.

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Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. 14. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion on item 14 that we approve ordinance number 2026-034 amending the city zoning map by changing the zone from gravel and grazing to PDR development residential on approximately 214 acres generally located on the east side of Highway 18. um as presented by staff uh with the caveat that uh additional uh hillside will need to be reviewed uh to get the final layout of the residential lots.

I'll second a motion by Steve and a second by Austin. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, this is a roll call vote starting with Austin. Austin Anderson I. Steve Kemp I. Natalie Larson I. Daniel Lurin I. Michelle Tanner I. Motion carries unanimously. 15.

This is the wall one. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion on item number 15, uh, that we approve ordinance number 2026-035, amending the city zoning map by changing the zone from gravel and grazing to PDTNZ, uh, plan development traditional neighborhood zone on approximately 10 acres, uh, generally located on the east side of Highway 18 at approximately 4,100 north with the condition that the, um, northern property line where this project uh, uh, and it is adjacent to um property not in the Rusty Cliffs project. Uh will the developer will put in a a standard six is it 6'4 in 6'4 inch block wall uh along what now is being shown as a private uh alleyway. Can we add to that the those people buying those lots?

Oh, yes. I'd like to amend my motion further that uh the the plat map for this for these single family units uh this the subdivision plat will have a note in it uh notifying the residents or future residents uh when they purchase the property that they are buying in an area that does have agriculture uses. Second. So, a motion by Steve, second by Natalie. Is there any further discussion on the motion? Seeing none, this is an ordinance requiring a roll call vote. Starting with Michelle.

Michelle Tanner. I Danielle Larkin I. Natalie Larson. I Steve Kemp I. Austin Anderson I.

Motion carries unanimously. Item 16, consider approval of ordinance number 2026-011, amending the city's general plan by changing the land use map from commercial to MHDR on approximately 6.85 acres, generally located west of Dixie Drive and south of Canyon View Drive. Okay, good evening everyone. Um, this is one that you have seen before. You saw it back at the first part of April. Um when this one did come first part of April was approved with changes. Now our city attorney says that with those changes it needed to go back through the statutory process. Um so it went through planning commission at the end of April on April 28th and it's coming back to you again just for that final proposal. Uh just as a couple quick reminders, it's just located west of Dixie Drive, south of Canyon View Drive. Uh zoning is PDC and R110. And then that general plan is all commercial. So again, the original request was to have that whole piece of property changed to MHDR. And then after the conversation with the with the owner at that last April or the first April 2nd meeting with with city council, it was discussed to have everything that was west of that access road to be changed to MHDR and then keep that piece that's uh east of that access road, keep it commercial. Um, so again, it went back to planning commission. There was a public hearing. There were no public comments. There were two um, letters that were part of your packet that you probably saw and read as well. Um, and they recommend approval with a six to zero vote with no conditions.

Questions for Brian? If none, I'll take a motion. We're all familiar with this. Yep. Uh, mayor, I'd like to make a motion on item number 16 that we approve ordinance number 2026-011 amending the city's general plan by changing the land use map from commercial to medium highdensity residential on approximately 6.85 acres generally located on west of Dixie Drive and south of Canyon View Drive and is further depicted in the presentation. Second. Motion by Steve, second by Natalie. This is an ordinance requiring a roll call vote starting with Natalie. Natalie Larson I. Steve Kemp I.

Austin Anderson I. Michelle Tanner I. Danielle Lurin I. Motion carries unanimously.

Item number 17 and 18 are um related applicants. So uh staff is requesting that they be present together. Item 17 is consider approval of ordinance number 2026-036 for a development agreement to address parking calculations for the Crimson Height Behavioral Health Plan development. And 18 is consider approval of ordinance number 2026-037 amending the city zoning map by changing the zone from R3 to PDC on approximately 0.80 acres located at 691 South 300 East. Okay, here's the location at 691 South 300 East, right across from Dixie High School. You guys might recognize this building. It was the old seminary building and then they used it later for ROC. The general plan is downtown connected neighborhood and the current zoning is our three multiple family. So changing to PDC they have to propose a use list and they're only asking for one use with this PDC financial medical or professional services facility. Here's the site plan and I wanted to show you the zone change first so that the development agreement makes sense because it has to do with parking calculations. They are updating the site as it is an existing site. Um they they will be installing the solid waste enclosure as

it doesn't currently have one. They're adding a one-way um exiting access here that will need to be clearly marked with directional arrows. There are a few conditions on this one that planning commission recommended as well that I'll have on the last slide for you guys as well. And then they're going to add some parallel parking spaces along that side. They're also going to need to install a block wall along the west boundary to provide buffering for the adjacent residential property. And on the existing block wall on the north, they'll need to bring it up to the 6 foot height up to front setback. And then we'll talk about the parking when we get to the development agreement slides. Other than that, the site appears to meet code and we'll look at that closer with the site plan review. Here's the conceptual landscape plan and that appears to me co will make sure of that during the site plan review as well.

Sorry to interrupt Brenda. In that plan right there, it looks like they're using doing parallel parking on the north as opposed to the angled parking that's there now. Right. Okay. Yeah, it it fits better with the oneway um exiting lane. The parallel parking does. Do they have

here's the elevation of the building. Its max height is 22 feet at the highest point and that's well within the maximum height for the PDC zone. Here are the renderings of the building. This is the proposed south elevation facing 700 south. And then this is the west side of the building facing 300 east. Here is the north elevation facing the residential. And then this is the east elevation facing the existing parking lot. So will you go back a couple of slides when you did the parking? Yeah. Is that is that landscape strip on the north side?

Yes, the parallel parking. Does do they have to that? Can we amend that so they could park on the diagonal? Would that give them enough space to do the diagonal parking and then still have the exit if we let them amit that landscape strip? The the code requires landscape strip buffering residential and it currently exists like that with concrete there. I'm not sure. I'm I I did I deviate from I think the parallel parking back there I mean the diagonal parking would be nice if they didn't have to do

especially especially with an exit going out. Right now, they've got parallel parking for five or six stalls that you would have to somehow back out into the parking lot and then exit where with if you're going to be extending that to an exit, one-way exit on 300 East, you could get more parking of diagonal if you use diagonal parking. Brenda, is the property to the north residential? Yes, it is. And so, it requires the wall and the 10 foot landscape strip, right? which there's a wall and a landscape strip there. I don't know if there's a wall, but there's a landscape strip there. Now,

and there is a wall. It just needs a block or so to come up to the six foot height. The the concern is if you take out the the buffer, then you're not meeting that regulation. Right. I don't want to take out the buffer. I want to keep the same as it is right now, just extend those diagonal parking all the way to the what will be a one-way exit. I I believe there's not enough space there to put that in. That's why they have parallel instead of How do they have it there now? Is it not meet code? No. Okay. Thank you. And they also don't have the access on 300 currently.

Which if they do have the new access on 300 that we're talking about and if you did have the room that you could get more stalls doing parking diagonal than you do parallel. But if we don't meet code for the depth, I'm assuming the drive aisle isn't they don't have the room. That's why it's a oneway. Okay. Thank you.

And so the then these are the renderings and then here's the development agreement. So for the development agreement, the applicant is providing a service to the community. They are providing services to youth with developmental and behavioral needs. And because their clients don't drive, they're dropped off to their appointments, the applicant is proposing a reduced parking ratio. While the standard of one space per 250 square feet would necessitate 33 parking spaces for the building, the applicant is proposing 25 spaces which would be one per 330 square ft and their so they would provide 25 spaces. Their narrative explains that the clients are dropped off to their appointments significantly reducing the actual need for the standard number of parking spaces. So on that like they're there for a a longer period of time like help me understand that because like I go to the doctor, I drop take my mom to the doctor, I park. Is this just is this like a longterm fourhour appointment or how does that work? Like none of these people can drive but nobody goes into the appointment with them.

Yeah. And they So they're learning to um assimilate with society is how they explained it. They're like treating autism and things like that. So they're trying to help them. So for me this sounds similar to something we just did with the monastery school like they're actually physically dropping someone off for an extended period of time then they're coming back. So it's very similar with the drop off and pickup like they're going to come back and pick up their person and then leave just just like you would for any other type of schooling that they're there for extended period of time. Is that

And I'm not sure how long the appointments are and maybe the applicant can explain that. I'm not exactly sure how long their appointments last. I think it probably is varied as well, but they do. Yeah, he probably can explain it better than I can. The planning commission did hold and there are a couple more paragraphs in there. does state that they meet the other um parts of title 10 and that it's only chapter 19 that the development agreement is addressing and then planning commission did hold a public hearing on March 24th and recommended approval with a unanimous vote of 5 to zero including the conditions listed Ed, no public comments were received, but there was one email that was included in your packet from the Washington County School District. And then the conditions are listed on the screen with that second motion. We would want a motion for the development agreement first and then a motion for the zone change. And the applicant is there if you want to ask him the questions about the length of appointments

questions. I just questions for the applicant. I just had that one question about drop off and pickup

then. Oh yeah. something you want us to share? I'm Greg Baldry, the architect. Uh the applicant is not here. Um happy to uh answer any questions. Uh at the planning commission uh hearing, uh it was noted that there might be a maximum of 45 people uh attending this building at any time. Um the size of the building currently can handle uh 89 uh occupants. Um and that's the um the argument for the uh reduced parking is not not 89 but maximum of 45 that 30 visitor and 15 staff.

As the architect you probably can't speak to the exact nature of the use of the building or can you? Uh well, I mean, it's for um uh it's to um be there for people who might um uh get dropped off. They might be there for uh two to four hours. Um they are autistic. They are uh challenged uh individuals that are uh here for um skill development. Do you see? But there there won't there's not like any uh residential like overnight no type stays that kind of thing. Okay. No, this is a 9 to5.

Last question. Um, so the the footprint of the building is going to stay the same. You're just going to do a pretty significant uh new design on the outside. Correct. Okay. Thank you. What do you know what the age group of the people being helped? Uh, it would be six to 18 and and maybe a little bit older. This is in this community. Most of them don't drive. Well, I think this is a needed resource in our community. Other questions.

Thank you. Um, if not, mayor, I'll make a motion. I've been driving past this. They did a new um, landscape which looks fantastic, and I was just so curious what could possibly go in there, and I just can't think of a better um, use for this building. So, I'll make a motion that we approve ordinance number 2026-036 for a development agreement to address parking calculations for the Crimson Heights behavioral health plan development. Second. Motion by Danielle, second by Michelle. Any further discussion? This is an ordinance requiring a roll call vote starting with Steve. Steve Kemp. I Austin Anderson. Michelle Tanner. I

Danielle Lin. Natalie Larson. Okay. Motion carries unanimously. 18. Um, is this this? Yes. Does is 18 the one that has the conditions that are up? Yes. So, yes. You ready?

You ready for a motion? Oh, yeah. Okay. Um, I'll make a long time ago. I'll make a motion to approve ordinance 2026-037 amending the city zoning map by changing the zone from R3 multifamily residential to PDC on approximately 8 acres located at 691 South 300 East Street. Would you consider amending your motion to include the planning commission's recommendations that are listed one through three on the on the agenda? Spot on, Steve. Yes, I would amend my motion to include all of those great three conditions.

Then I would second that motion. So we have a motion by Natalie and a second by Steve. We've had plenty of discussion on the motion, so this is a roll call vote starting with Danielle. Danielle Larkin I. Michelle Tanner. I Austin Anderson I Steve Kemp I Natalie Larson I motion carries unanimously.

Item number 19 is consider approval of ordinance number 2026-03 amending the city zoning map by changing the zone from ASVP to C2 on approximately 0.23 acres generally located south of Flowers away and north of Southern Parkway. Okay, this is the location. It's south of Flowers Way and north of Southern Parkway, right between those. The general plan is commercial and the zoning is ASBP airport supporting business park. So this um this portion of this lot was zoned as a part of Desert Canyon's master plan. And when they did that zoning, they did it more like a general plan. So in general areas and not with specific legal descriptions. And when this uh lot was when this was platted, this little 23 acres of this lot ended up being ASBP instead of C2 like the rest of the lot. So this is just a cleanup zone change to ensure the entire lot is zone C2. And

Brenda, has this lot has this portion of the lot been subdivided or is it intended that this will be subdivided off to be its own lot? No, not at all. It's just to be this whole lot remains as one. We just So you'll have one lot with two different zones or no, you're just adding the zoning of that weird little piece. Make sure that it's all one zone. That's to ensure consistent zoning across the entire lot. Okay. The planning commission did hold a public hearing on April 14th uh and for a positive recommendation with a unanimous vote of 6 to zero. No public comments were received.

I can answer any questions if you have any questions for Brenda. I'll make a motion if you're ready. I am ready. I move to approve ordinance number 2026 038 amending the city zoning map by changing the zone from ASVP to C2 on approximately 23 acres generally located south of Flowers Way and north of Southern Parkway. Second motion by Michelle, second by Danielle. This is an ordinance requiring roll call votes starting with Austin. Austin Anderson I. Steve Kemp I Natalie Larson I. Danielle Lurin I. Michelle Tanner I. Motion carries unanimously.

Item 20. Consider approval of ordinance number 2026-039 amending the city zoning map by changing the zone from 81 to RE 37.5 on approximately 2.87 acres generally located on 3430 east and approximately 2300 South.

Okay, here's the location of the lot. It's on 3430 east at approximately 2300 South. The general plan is AE Agricultural Estates. The zoning is A1 agricultural 40,000 minimum square foot lots. Can see the property directly south of this is RE375. And so if you choose to change the zone on this property, it would match the lots below. The applicant does want to add this these this area to the lots below it. So that's the reason they want to do this thumb change. The planning commission held a public hearing on April 14th and for a positive recommendation with a unanimous vote of six to zero and no public comments were received.

I can answer any questions you might have. If you have questions for Brenda or I'm ready for a motion. I'll make a motion that we approve ordinance number 2026039 amending the city zoning map by changing the zone from A1 to re 37.5 on approximately 2.87 acres generally located on 3430 east at approximately 2300 South. I'll second motion by M Michelle second by Austin. This is an ordinance requiring a roll call vote starting with Michelle Michelle Tanner I. Daniel Larkin I.

Natalie Larson I. Steve Kemp I. Austin Anderson I. Motion carries unanimously. Wow. Are we there? Okay. We don't we don't have any appointments or anything. Reports. Any reports?

I have a report. uh the new low income housing LHC board. Um I was 10 minutes late to the meeting and was appointed the commissioner of it, the chairman of it. So this is but this this is the committee that meets over at switch point. Uh there's a lot of people on the committee. Um but it uh determines the number of homeless people. They do the count that determines the number of homeless people in the community which determines what our reimbursements will be from uh the the state funding. So they it is something important and the lesson I learned was don't be late. You've become the chairman of the committee.

I have one quick thing as well. I'm on the historic preservation board and I think you all got the email as well but we are officially now on the national register of historic places. So, all the property owners have received letters of notification. Excellent. Any other reports? I just have one mayor. Um, the children's museum, just so everyone knows, tell everyone it's open while the construction is being done. They're super grateful, but you know, that could really negatively affect their ability to get kids in there. So, remind everyone that it's still open during the construction. It was fun to watch them up on that roof. pretty crazy.

They're working hard. Nothing else. If nothing else, we need a motion to adjourn from city council meeting. But if you're just getting excited, we need to reconvene into work meeting. So that's the motion I need. Motion by Michelle, second by Danielle. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? All right, reconvene. And just a reminder, the work meeting is open to the public. So if you haven't had enough, you're welcome to come on in.