03/28/2024
What a week in local government- bricks! Demolition Derbies! Bending pipes! Here’s a (lengthy) recap- give it a skim and let us know what caught your attention!
City Council Work Session/RDA special session and Meeting 3/25/24
-Proposal to update the Lynn Community Plan to preserve the historic aspects of the area, specifically 2nd st west of Wall Ave. Consensus was that there should be an effort to preserve the historic parts of what is one one Ogden’s oldest neighborhoods. There is talk of making a park and considering all of these factors when updating the Lynn Community Plan. There is a lot of neighbor support for this.
-Who knew there was so much to talk about regarding brick in the East Central District– the different types of brick. what happens to brick quality and longevity when you paint it, what happens when you paint it when you shouldn’t have, what happens if your neighbor can paint your brick and you can’t, what happens if you’re not allowed to decide what you can do with your own brick, how do you inform everyone about the status of all the brick and what you can do with it. This issue will be revisited at a later date.
-proposed rezone of 1450 Gibson Ave to allow for multi-family housing (the planning commission is requesting a denial as the area is commercial/industrial and adding housing would impact those uses, citing that there are plenty of other areas that are zoned for living)
The discussion got pretty in-depth. There are a lot of considerations about different zoning types butting up against each other, ingress and egress of commercial vehicles, and so on. This is planned to be on the April 9th agenda if you feel some type of way about this and would like to make a comment.
-Update on the vacation of Cahoon St with plans from UDOT for the I-15 24th st interchange and whether or not that would interfere with the proposed plans from the petitioners. The UDOT interchange project’s scope isn’t fully fleshed out yet and the meeting with UDOT for more information (environmental assessments and so on) was pushed back. It was mentioned that this might be on the April 9th agenda as well but the full plans from UDOT for this area aren’t likely to be completed until early September.
-proposed mid-year budget adjustments totalling about $7.5 million
-Some budget-y stuff involving sales tax and increment bonds for the RDA and MBA and how these funds are appropriated. We might be able to explain this particular part further in a separate post. April 23rd will be the public hearing on these items.
CIty Council meeting was short and sweet and had two public comments regarding work sessions items and some Boy Scouts in attendance to earn a badge for something, and then they adjourned for a closed session.
County Commission 3/25/24
Thought of the Day: Commissioner Froerer
A great presentation honoring Van Summerill and all that he contributed to the Peery’s Egyptian Theater!
Consent Items- ALL APPROVED
-Request for approval of warrants #101366-101486, #483066-483247 and #347 in the amount of $2,456,067.13.
-Request for approval of purchase orders in the amount of $86,804.87.
-Summary of warrants and purchase orders.
-Request for approval of minutes for the two meetings held on March 5, 2023.
-Request for approval of new business licenses.
-Request for approval of new beer licenses.
-Request for approval of a contract by and between Weber County and Ogden Pioneer Days Foundation to hold the Miss Rodeo Ogden Competition at the Golden Spike Event Center.
-Request for approval of a real estate purchase and sale agreement between Marriott-Slaterville City and Weber County pertaining to Parcel Number 15-041-0028, Parcel Number 15-061-0048, and part of Parcel Number 15-041-0010.
-Request for approval to ratify a contract by and between Weber County and Sofrona Zane dba The Reel Folk to secure entertainment services for the Ogden Eccles Art Center 2024 Celtic Celebration.
-Request for approval of an Interlocal Funding Agreement by and between Weber County and Ogden City to establish terms related to Phase 1 of the Ogden City 2nd Street project.
-Request for approval of an Interlocal Agreement by and between Weber County and Morgan County updating housing of Morgan County inmates in the Weber County Correctional Facility.
-Request for approval of a contract by and between Weber County and GBS Benefits for GBS Benefits to fully take over the COBRA process.
13 Request for approval of an addendum to the Standard Purchase Contract by and between Weber County and Thermo-Fiscer Scientific to satisfy requested liability limits from the vendor.
Action Items-
1-4 Request for approval of a resolution of the County Commissioners of Weber County appointing a Trustee to the Board of the Wheeler Basin District, Board of the Trappers Loop Water Improvement District, Boards of the Mount Ogden Public Infrastructure Districts Nos. 1, 2, and 3, Board of the Liberty Cemetery District. APPROVED
Request for approval of an Inter-local Cooperation Agreement by and between Weber County and West Haven City relating to the delivery of municipal solid waste to the Weber County Transfer Station.
APPROVED
Request for approval of a contact by and between Weber County and Stirrin’ Dirt Racing to hold the May Mania Demolition Derby and the Halloween Havoc Demolition Derby at the Golden Spike Event Center.
APPROVED
Request to host a field trip at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center APPROVED
Request for approval a contract with the University of Utah School of Medicine to retain Dr. Antoinette Laskey as a medical expert on a child abuse case. APPROVED
Public Hearing-
Public hearing on an ordinance and development agreement to rezone 52.689 acres from A-2 to R1-15. The proposal is located at approximately 670 South 7100 West, ZMA 2023-04. (Longhorn Estates).
FInal approval pending water and sewer, issues relating to an appropriate and safe crosswalk, emergency egress plan were of concern. They also required a maintenance agreement for the road as a condition of approval. Ordinance was APPROVED
