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meeting at Alpine City Hall. Let's
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proceed. Let's start with the roll call
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vote starting from
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um Councilman Rummler.
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>> Brent Rmler present.
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>> Jessica Simone present.
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>> Sarah Blackwell present. Chrissy Henman
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present.
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>> Andrew Young present.
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>> Okay. We will um have a prayer offer by
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Councilman Rmler um followed by a pledge
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led by Councilwoman Smean.
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Our heavenly father, we're grateful for
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the blessings in our lives for this
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beautiful place where we live and for
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the residents who enjoy Alpine. We are
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grateful for a free country and those
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who defend our country. Please bless
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them um throughout the world. We're
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grateful for our first responders and we
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pray for their protection as well and
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that we'll have good civil discourse
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this evening and do our best to serve
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the city of Alpine in the name of Jesus
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Christ. Amen. Amen.
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To the flag of the United States of
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America and to the republic for which it
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stands, one nation under God,
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indivisible, with liberty and justice
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for all.
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» Okay. Um
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I believe there is a Okay. So let's
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proceed to the consent calendar. Is
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there any questions regarding the
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consent calendar?
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>> Just a few here, but if anyone wants to
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go first, they can.
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>> Um Brent, do you have any questions?
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>> No questions.
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>> Jessica,
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>> um just to clarify, is this committee
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just replacing the existing one and it's
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just becoming bigger?
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>> It's um it's the existing one minus
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couple because a lot of them will be
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leaving next year.
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>> You mean the parents of those children?
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>> Those aren't children. These are the
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adults.
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>> Okay. It's the parent advisory committee
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for
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>> the new one coming in.
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>> No, this is most of them are already on
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it and then there's some new ones for
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the people that are be leaving. So,
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they're going to be on boarding this
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year.
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>> Okay. Okay. That was it.
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>> No questions
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>> on the firework restrictions. Um there's
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no change and it said that the dates are
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the same and we just stick to the state
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code as far as dates allowed.
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>> Yeah. So the only
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>> the only real change from last year is
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we added um open fires that they're
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can't have those on city property. Like
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we have a fire ring at the Bowery and I
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think there's one at Moy Park and
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they're both in situations where on a
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dry year it's not a good idea to have a
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fire there. So we wanted that in
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ordinance as well. Everything else on
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the fireworks restrictions is exactly
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the same as last year.
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>> Okay. Thank you.
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Andrew,
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>> mine are quick. I wrote them down. Uh,
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and Shane, this is the first I'm hearing
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of the uh letter E. So, if you could
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explain that just here in a second while
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I'm just getting the other questions.
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The first is uh on the parent. It's more
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of a comment on the I think it's a great
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idea. The parent citizen. I just uh
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looked at all the families. Great great
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ladies here. You we if we could just
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reach out to some of the southern folks.
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These are all mostly northern. There's
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maybe one or two that is center or or northern, but if we can reach out to
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some of the southern folks.
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>> So, this isn't somebody that, you know,
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we as a city have done. These are a
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group of ladies that have been running
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Alpine Youth Council and they're
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recruiting.
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>> I know, right? I know. I just just uh if
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we uh reach out to some of the southern
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folks, I just think they'd love to be a
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part of it. They might not know about
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it.
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>> The other one is um let me grab the
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other one on the uh fireworks.
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um when we message for this because
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we've done this a lot in the past if we
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can message also for the places that
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they can do it. I don't know how we
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message this. We've put up signs in the
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past. Um and so I know there are areas
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where they can do it and uh anyways
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that's just that I I know the chief.
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It's a perfect timing. We're going to go
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over a lot of fire stuff in a little
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while so I can save it for that.
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>> So it's on the map so if it's not
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hatched they're allowed.
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>> Right. I saw that. which just sometimes
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people don't know and so we tell them
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where they can't but if we tell them
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where we can maybe that'll be a little
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bit more Fourth of July you know
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positive. Um
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>> so we we publish the map so all the
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information is on the same document
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>> right with Okay. Okay. Cool.
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>> So I don't I don't know. I mean we'll
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post it on social media you know leading
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up to the times when fireworks are
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allowed.
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>> Chief where is the most ideal spot you
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would want people to do if they're going
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to do fireworks? Where is the most ideal
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spot you would like them to be so we can
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disseminate?
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>> Be completely honest.
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>> Like if there's
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>> you feel as the fire chief.
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>> If it's nowhere, it's nowhere. But if is
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there a spot we
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>> smack dab right in the middle of Utah
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Lake?
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>> That would be the best place for me to
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have you do your fireworks.
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>> Okay. The the C++ place in Alpine. Is
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there any place for kids and families
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where we could tell them like, look, if
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you're going to do it, this is the
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safest spot.
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I'm pretty hesitant to I mean with city
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property being not a thing. Um and and
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this kind of goes along with maybe more
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of your question as far as telling
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people, hey, here's a great place to do
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fireworks because then we're inviting
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all these people to like people's
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streets and
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>> you know what I'm saying or something.
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My house doesn't allow it back and
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that's how it is. So
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>> we follow the maps. I just thought there
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might be some.
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>> Yeah. I don't I mean I don't warm and
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fuzzy. Great big parking lot.
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>> Great big park. Okay.
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>> Thanks. All right.
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>> That's not private property. That isn't
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yours.
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>> Right. Okay. Okay. Just the explanation
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of the new item which was just added.
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That that's that's the only because I
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have no explanation uh for it.
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>> Well, pardon. I I didn't I we've been
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doing the budget and I was with him in
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meetings all day. Uh J, do you mind just describing letter D or
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I'm sorry, letter E because we're just
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hearing about it.
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>> This is for cracks. So we crack seal
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streets be preferably before we do seal
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coats. Sometimes timing works out that
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it ends up after a sill coat
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>> um to um kind of seal up the cracks in
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the road, keep the water from going in
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the pavement, which is probably the
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number one uh
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thing that damages pavement. So, we have
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our own crack seal machine and we do
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some of our own, which our guys have
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done a lot, but we can't get around to
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everything. And so, um, usually once a
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year we'll contract with someone to go
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out and kind of help us catch up. And
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so, this this is that contract. U, we
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did have another bid and it was
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substantially more than that. I can
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email it to you if you want to see it,
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but it's substantially more. And these
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guys have done work for us uh multiple
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years in the past and have done a good
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job. They they know now how we want it.
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>> So is there I I know this is probably
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needed. Pardon that it was just today.
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This is uh the only reason I'm asking is there like a place in Alpine that
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this will go where it's really needed
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that we're doing this so we can tell
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people like look we're going to do this
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because I'm sure they would appreciate
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it. This is just brand new.
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>> Yeah, there's I thought
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>> there's a list of every street that's
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going to be affected.
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>> What's the streets that are on there?
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Like
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>> this is too long to state. I'm trying to
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vote. I'm trying to vote on it. And the
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only reason I'm asking is not to delay.
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No one wants to delay. It's just because
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we were doing budget all day. And so I
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just didn't see this until now.
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>> And the reason I came on here today,
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we're trying to get it done in this
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budget year. And if we waited till two
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weeks, then it leaves us four weeks
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instead of six weeks in the budget year.
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So
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>> we need to approve it now so we can get
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the job done.
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>> Prior discussion doesn't cut off some of
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the budget things we're trying to do.
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>> No.
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>> Okay. All right. Oh, this is
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>> it's still within the approved street
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budget for this year.
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>> Class C funds.
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>> It's class C and then some other streets
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money.
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>> Okay. Thank you. Appreciate your time.
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>> There's no further question. I'll
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entertain a motion.
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>> I have a motion. I move to approve the
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consent calendar with the amendments to
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the minutes that Chrissy had emailed.
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>> Is there a second?
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>> I'll second.
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>> It's moved by Councilman Smeu and
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seconded by Councilman Rumler. Um,
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there's no further discussion. We'll
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proceed with the roll call vote.
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>> Brent Ramler, yes.
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>> Jessica, yes.
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>> Sarah Blackwell, yes.
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>> Chrissy, yes.
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>> Andrew Young, yes.
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>> Okay, calendar passes.
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>> Andrew Young, yes.
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>> Okay, we've got um public comment. We um
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each person has three minutes. If you
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can step up um we'll start with David
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Spencer followed by Rick Black. Um, if
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you can come up, state your name, and
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then um the street that you live on.
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Don't need to do um your actual house
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address. And then if you can um
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Did I say and then what city you're
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from? I'm sorry. Because I've noticed
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that there's people outside the city
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that are here. So, let's start with
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David Spencer and then Rick Black
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and then Heidi, can we have three
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minutes?
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>> Okay. So, I'm David Spencer. I'm running
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for county commissioner CB. I am from
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Oram and I served on the city council
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for 12 years the past 12 years and one
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thing I realized is as a county
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commissioner never came to ORM and ask
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what our needs were and I think that
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needs to change. So I want to propose
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that I will come to every city meet with
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every mayor and council and citizens to
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see exactly what your needs are and how
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the county can help. I think that would
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be beneficial. So I feel our county is
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fractured or fragmented. we're not all
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on the same page. And then once we're on
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the same page, we can go to the state
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legislature and get money for Utah
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County because I believe all the money
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is going pretty much to Davis County
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because that's what the legislature uh
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the leadership in the legislature is in
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Davis County. So I want to fight for
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Utah County, make sure we can get the
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money. But uh I want to let you know I
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do support the first responders, police
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and fire. Awesome. They put their life
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on the line every day. But I'm David
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Spencer and nice to meet you. and I'll
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hand out my little thing to the recorder
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here.
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>> Thank you very much, sir. Appreciate
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your willingness to serve. Um, can we
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have Rick Black come up followed by
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Linda Black?
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>> Oh, together. Okay,
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>> that's all right.
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>> We get six minutes.
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>> I think it's five if you could.
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>> Okay, five is perfect.
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Uh, thank you, city council members and
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auxiliaries.
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I'm writing or I'm standing today to
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offer a s sincere apology for my
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comments during last city council
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meeting two weeks ago regarding Alpine
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City's fence ordinance. Uh at the time I
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chose to reference a situation in my
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neighborhood and I understand now that
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in doing so in a public forum that was
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inappropriate and unfair. I also
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recognize that I came to the meeting
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without a full understanding of the
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ordinance or the city's processes
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and I'm sorry for the confusion and the
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disruption that caused since that
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meeting I spoke with the mayor and with
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Doug Quigley Donwigley in the code
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compliance department and I appreciate
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the time they took uh to help me
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understand the ordinance and the steps
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to require to consider changes. I
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respect that the city council is already
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working to review and update the
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ordinance and that this work must be
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balanced with budgeting and staffing.
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Going forward, I will share any ideas or
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concerns through the appropriate
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channels and at the appropriate time.
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But most importantly, I want to
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apologize directly to my neighbor two
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doors down. In my remarks, I made
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assumptions and spoken a way that came
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across as personal and accusatory.
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That was wrong, and I am truly sorry for
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the hurt and stress my words may have
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caused and for putting a private
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neighborhood matter into a public
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setting.
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It was not my intent to damage our
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relationship and I value being a
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respectful and supportive neighbor more
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than any disagreement about offense.
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I am committed to speaking with my
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neighbors privately and in doing my part
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to restore trust and peace between our
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homes. Thank you.
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>> So Rick Black, Alpine, I'm married to
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Linda.
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>> I'm sorry. Alpine East Mountain Drive.
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So also two weeks ago in this forum I
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spoke to this community or to this
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council about community values the draws
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to Alpine the rural field the beauty of
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the mountains and the open space that
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give this town a sense of peace and
[12:41]
well-being. However, in my
[12:43]
shortsightedness I failed to recognize
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the most important reason we choose to
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live here and that's the people. And so
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without that the other values lose much
[12:52]
of their meaning. So, the last time I
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stood here, I stared I shared a story
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and I pitted a neighbor against neighbor
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and portrayed my neighbor and I'm going
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to name him by name, Marty White, as
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something he is not. And in doing so, I
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caused unnecessary hurt and
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embarrassment to Marty and his family.
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So, for that, I would publicly like to
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apologize to Marty, his family, and this
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council for my unfair portrayal of his
[13:20]
character. So, we all have different
[13:22]
opinions, likes, and and tastes. For
[13:25]
example, Linda loves asparagus. I think
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it's disgusting.
[13:30]
It's okay to disagree, but when I make
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it personal and bring her mother into
[13:34]
the conversation, I'm sleeping on the
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couch. So, that's essentially what I did
[13:39]
a couple of weeks ago. I made Marty's
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fence personal. And Marty and I, we've
[13:45]
had kind of a difficult week. I've lost
[13:46]
a lot of sleep over it. to but Marty's
[13:48]
credit, he reached out the way a good
[13:50]
neighbor would and we were able to
[13:52]
resolve our differences.
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So, who is Marty White? I can sum up his
[13:57]
character with this. He's my good friend
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and neighbor. And if I ever found myself
[14:02]
in a real jam, Marty would without
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hesitation leap over a beautiful 8- foot
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concrete fence and come to my aid. Thank
[14:11]
you.
[14:12]
>> Thank you very much.
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Okay, so we've got Tom Watkins followed
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by Isaac Paxman.
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» Hi, Tom Watkins on Summit Way. Um, I've
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had some dialogue with most of you over
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the last couple of weeks regarding some
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discussion regarding the four lot plat
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up above us um off on Lake View and um a
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lot of weird discussions and things that
[14:47]
we had no idea were going on. The reason
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I'm here tonight is that I understand on
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the agenda is uh some discussion
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regarding a boundary between Draper and
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Alpine.
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I'm sorry. I guess it's kind of a point
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of order. Since this is a public hearing
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that's scheduled, that's probably where
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you should be making your comment is
[15:06]
during the public hearing. Sorry about
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that. I didn't realize that's what Okay.
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>> Sorry about that
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>> because there was nothing on the topic,
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so I didn't know.
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>> Sorry about that, Isaac, if you wanted.
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But you're welcome to come and talk on
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it during the public hearing.
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» Does this one work too? Great. Good
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evening, everyone. My name is Isaac
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Paxman. fun to see someone who I've
[15:28]
known for decades, Heidi, uh, who I
[15:31]
didn't realize would be here. And I
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certainly have had the chance to work
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with Mayor Marilyn. A few of the others
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of you look familiar from chances to
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talk here and there. For the last eight
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years, I was on I was the provo deputy
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mayor and I am running for the same seat
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as Mr. Spencer. This is the first where
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we both have been in the same one. Been
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doing these uh since I filed for for
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candidacy. And just a little bit about
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me, I yeah, do have roots here going
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back seven generations, people living
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here in this in this valley. And I'm an
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attorney by profession. Was at the US
[16:04]
Department of Justice after a clerkship
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with a federal judge and then started my
[16:07]
own firm here in the valley and uh was
[16:10]
doing that until an opportunity came
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along to serve as deputy mayor. That was
[16:14]
a big decision for my family, a major
[16:16]
pay cut and yet the opportunity to serve
[16:19]
was something we were excited about. My
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grandmother served in the you my great
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uh grandmother served in the Utah state
[16:26]
legislature and other family members
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have served in local government here and
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there and who who who turns that down.
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Um this is the first time I've run for
[16:34]
office though and I do have to give you
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all respect for for doing something I've
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this is the first time for me to do
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this. The themes that we heard from Mr.
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Spencer were really great. And those are
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things I've I think I've embraced and done, worked up at the legislature
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and had to rally the members of the Utah
[16:51]
County, um the mayors and others when
[16:54]
there's been something we needed to push
[16:55]
back on or when there's been a funding
[16:57]
need and certainly agree that we need to
[17:00]
unite and so that we can do more for
[17:02]
this county. And I believe I have the
[17:04]
credentials and the connections to hit
[17:06]
the ground running on that. um went up
[17:08]
to the legislature year after year and
[17:10]
even in no budget years was able to
[17:13]
secure funding for something that's been
[17:15]
a real regional asset, the Provo
[17:16]
airport. That was something I was
[17:18]
assigned to take on. We had no idea how
[17:20]
to get funding for an airport, but we
[17:22]
went ahead and we started doing it. I've
[17:24]
had to manage departments. I've been
[17:26]
over the airport department, the
[17:29]
department of the parks and recreation,
[17:31]
library department. I've had to work
[17:32]
through budgets. I've had to take a
[17:33]
full-time job and and do essentially
[17:35]
what a county commissioner would do. Run
[17:37]
a run an organization, help run it and
[17:39]
then go look for visionary projects and
[17:42]
see if we can get them going. So anyway,
[17:45]
with that, I would just end by saying
[17:46]
thank you to Mayor Merrill for your
[17:48]
support and uh I'll I'll maybe just end
[17:51]
with with words from her. Over the last
[17:53]
eight years, Isaac Paxman has become a
[17:55]
trusted public servant and an asset to
[17:57]
our entire region. I joined the chorus
[17:59]
of local elected officials officials who
[18:01]
are supporting him for Utah County
[18:03]
Commissioner CB because we have seen him
[18:05]
in action and feel strongly that he is
[18:07]
just the type of person we need in
[18:08]
county leadership. Thank you very much
[18:10]
for that and I would ask for your
[18:12]
support and letting people know there's
[18:14]
a short time this is in June. So please
[18:16]
any support you can help with I
[18:18]
appreciate.
[18:19]
>> Thank you. Okay, let's move on to item
[18:23]
five on the agenda which is reports and
[18:26]
presentations or financial report.
[18:34]
So, the the finance report for this
[18:36]
month is in the packet,
[18:39]
both the red red and green report, which
[18:42]
mine is sitting on my desk. I forgot it.
[18:45]
Um,
[18:46]
but there are I mean, there's a few
[18:49]
little things that at the end of the
[18:50]
budget year we'll we'll need to address.
[18:52]
Um,
[18:54]
nothing really major. um projects are
[18:57]
still moving forward. One of which is on
[19:00]
the agenda tonight
[19:03]
and
[19:05]
I think everything is is good.
[19:09]
Yeah, I don't unless you have questions
[19:12]
I can use this. Um
[19:15]
>> does anybody have any specific questions
[19:17]
regarding the finance report for this
[19:18]
month?
[19:19]
>> Are we having things pull up on our
[19:21]
screen?
[19:25]
Um,
[19:27]
>> I was gonna say mine.
[19:30]
>> Sorry, I forgot the public comment
[19:32]
screen was on.
[19:33]
>> Is this the page, Shane, you're looking
[19:35]
for?
[19:35]
>> Yeah.
[19:36]
>> Okay.
[19:36]
>> Yeah. So,
[19:37]
>> thank you.
[19:38]
>> So, that's just the front page of the
[19:39]
finance report. Um, you know, the all
[19:45]
is there 54 pages, I think, are in
[19:47]
there. Maybe 58.
[19:51]
Um
[19:53]
but our revenues are where um they're
[19:56]
anticipated to be. We're almost at 100%
[20:00]
on property tax uh collections,
[20:04]
including redemption taxes. We're we're
[20:06]
over.
[20:08]
So,
[20:09]
um our main focus has been on this next
[20:12]
year's budget. Um while this one kind of
[20:15]
finishes up, but unless there's any
[20:17]
questions, I don't really have anything
[20:19]
else
[20:20]
for you on that.
[20:25]
» Any questions?
[20:27]
>> Um since we did um talk about this in
[20:30]
the budget work session, I just thought
[20:32]
we'd point out Kaden has fund 46 right
[20:35]
there. If you could just describe, so we
[20:37]
have it in the minutes what the new C
[20:39]
account is for and briefly. Yeah, I can
[20:43]
do that. So, um, our capital improvement
[20:46]
fund in the past has included, uh, bonds
[20:49]
from developers and and people building
[20:52]
homes and different things like that.
[20:54]
Um, so we were always having to explain
[20:56]
to the council that some of that is not
[20:58]
money that can be used for projects. Um,
[21:01]
so just in the last month, we've
[21:02]
separated that out so that it's more
[21:05]
clear what is in the capital the 45
[21:07]
fund, which is our capital improvement
[21:09]
fund. So it gives a more clear picture
[21:12]
of funds that are available for projects
[21:15]
and even within that fund um we'll make
[21:19]
more of an effort to earmark funds like
[21:22]
for the fire station if there's like a
[21:24]
large chunk of money that has been
[21:26]
committed to that project. So it will be
[21:28]
listed specifically on that sheet.
[21:33]
>> Thank you.
[21:37]
Okay, with no further questions, we'll
[21:39]
move on to discussion items. Item six,
[21:43]
um item A is request for approval of
[21:46]
funds to determine property ownership
[21:48]
near Alpine Highway. So, that's a
[21:50]
discussion item.
[21:53]
>> So, I I can give a really brief
[21:55]
introduction on this and then you guys
[21:57]
can take do whatever you want to. So,
[22:01]
uh, council members, uh, Andrew Young
[22:04]
and Jessica Schmuan have, uh, submitted
[22:08]
an item for discussion for tonight. So,
[22:10]
it's not on for action, just discussion
[22:12]
and then we'll look for direction from
[22:14]
the council. Um, this is concerning a
[22:17]
there's kind of a a lane that goes
[22:20]
between some properties. um ownership is
[22:23]
uncertain and
[22:26]
um the request is if this the council
[22:30]
would be willing to spend money to do
[22:32]
some research to try to determine who
[22:35]
actually owns this property
[22:39]
with that if you want to.
[22:41]
>> Yeah, sure. Thanks, Shane. And we have
[22:43]
some uh residents here who live around
[22:45]
there. Um just a couple things. Uh this
[22:48]
came up uh during our budget process. We
[22:52]
were uh we were at the beginning of
[22:55]
right after an election. We or help me
[22:58]
out with the dates. When does the budget
[23:00]
begin? January. That's when we start
[23:02]
talking about it. We get it ready. Not
[23:03]
the actual date. We start talking about
[23:05]
what we're going to put into the budget.
[23:07]
>> And uh a lot of these decisions came
[23:09]
from residents and this was one of them.
[23:11]
So this is how this came up. This was an
[23:13]
area that was asked by residents to
[23:16]
improve uh take some time on and it
[23:20]
basically it's the entrance of Alpine.
[23:21]
So I said this is great and I went down
[23:24]
there. I I really admire the residents
[23:26]
who live down there. You have a you have
[23:28]
a really seasoned like group of
[23:30]
residents who have lived down there at
[23:31]
the entrance of Alpine forever and I see
[23:33]
this area as
[23:36]
just prime for improvement. I feel like
[23:38]
it's one of the areas that doesn't get
[23:40]
much attention. So that's why I was
[23:42]
drawn to it, drawn to the area. And then
[23:44]
when we brought it up for the budget
[23:46]
discussion, it quickly became apparent
[23:47]
that, hey, Andrew, we don't own this
[23:49]
land. My mistake. Uh it is on surveys
[23:53]
that have been included that it says
[23:54]
Alpine uh does own it. So some of those
[23:58]
surveys are there dating back quite a
[24:01]
distance where it says Alpine does own
[24:03]
it. So that's where I got and I guess we
[24:05]
have utilities underneath it. So that's
[24:07]
where I was confused. But not only me,
[24:10]
some of the residents there also just
[24:12]
assumed it was an Alpine uh owned
[24:16]
easement that goes from Alpine Highway
[24:18]
towards Rachel uh McTar Park. Now, there
[24:23]
are residents that live on the south of
[24:24]
it here here today, the Williams family.
[24:27]
There are residents that own property to
[24:29]
the north of it, the Coopers. There are
[24:31]
residents that are involved with it that
[24:33]
also own by it. And the goal here is to
[24:35]
try to find a win-win that they're happy
[24:37]
with and that the city can
[24:42]
take action to improve that area. The point of pain here, if you uh might
[24:48]
I don't Kaden, are you running the
[24:50]
thing? Would you mind scrolling down to
[24:52]
show some of the vehicles? Well, why
[24:54]
don't you just scroll scroll through
[24:55]
some of the images just so you can see?
[24:57]
Go up a little bit. Well, okay. Well,
[24:59]
yeah. So, this is the point of pain.
[25:01]
Alpine Highway is very dangerous and
[25:03]
this is a very residential. It almost
[25:04]
feels like you're in people's yards and
[25:07]
cars are using this. Sometimes a lot,
[25:09]
sometimes a little. Um, anyways, if you
[25:11]
go up top, Kaden, to some of those
[25:12]
surveys. Uh, that one will work. This is
[25:15]
the survey right here that was done. And
[25:18]
this is why I assumed that this was
[25:21]
something that Alpine City could do
[25:24]
improvements to where it's not just a
[25:27]
free-for-all. And again, we want to
[25:29]
respect the land owners who live near
[25:31]
there, the Williams, the Coopers, the uh
[25:33]
Sykes. Is it Willard Sykes? Is that it?
[25:36]
Spikes. We want to respect them and try
[25:38]
to find something everyone's happy with.
[25:39]
And what they've said is they I think
[25:42]
all of them have agreed that they do not
[25:43]
want it to be just constant cars going
[25:46]
through. And then what some of them have
[25:49]
suggested suggested which is really nice
[25:51]
is to turn it into something where
[25:52]
people can walk through it where it's a
[25:54]
little bit more beautiful, there's some
[25:55]
trash around it and where it's um
[25:59]
basically it's a blank canvas. So I went
[26:02]
on the road of finding out if we do own
[26:05]
it and uh what ended up happening is I
[26:08]
talked to the county. I called the
[26:11]
county um that is over this. They have a
[26:13]
mapper. I believe that's what their name
[26:15]
is, a mapper. They have a surveyor and
[26:18]
everyone seems to be hitting a brick
[26:19]
road or a brick wall. Brick road. We did
[26:22]
see the Wizard of Oz recently. Um and so
[26:26]
uh if you go down a little bit, Kaden,
[26:28]
we had a really great resident who's
[26:30]
even more determined and tenacious than
[26:32]
I am. Uh Katherine Johnson, and she
[26:34]
actually was able to get through at US
[26:36]
Title. We were we came in for a meeting
[26:38]
at the DRC and uh it was recommended by
[26:40]
some of the folks here in Alpine to
[26:43]
reach out to US Title. And so we uh
[26:45]
Katherine was able to get a hold of him
[26:47]
and he sent me back an email letting me
[26:48]
know what I assumed would be a couple
[26:50]
hundred dollars to do a title search on
[26:52]
this and to get to the bottom of this.
[26:53]
He let me know that this was deeper. It
[26:55]
was harder to find down. It would
[26:56]
probably take at least a thousand bucks.
[26:58]
And so I said, "Okay, well, uh Shane, do
[27:01]
we want to do this?" Shane, uh in full
[27:03]
respect has uh um
[27:07]
I don't know, questions on if we own
[27:09]
this. I I it looks to me like there's a
[27:14]
probable chance given that it connects
[27:15]
to McTar Park and so I don't think we
[27:18]
should spend a lot of money on this.
[27:19]
Clearly this is the residents money. Um
[27:22]
I deeply respect it and try as hard as I
[27:25]
can not to spend it ever. Uh and so I
[27:28]
would say what I'm looking for and you
[27:30]
can give all of your input is some sort
[27:33]
of cap. I would say 2500 maybe 5,000 or
[27:36]
a thousand just to get this going. a
[27:39]
cap, not an endless amount of money
[27:41]
where we could begin this search, this process of searching for the title
[27:45]
ownership. Um, working with the
[27:48]
residents who live down there to make
[27:49]
sure uh that we are respectful and um
[27:54]
get to the bottom of it for about that
[27:55]
much money. I I Sarah also reached out
[27:57]
asking to get multiple bids. I'm
[27:59]
definitely open up for multiple bids as
[28:01]
well. Anyways, that's the background um
[28:03]
in in there. the caden. I think the only
[28:05]
one you didn't show was the actual
[28:07]
letter from US title. And it doesn't
[28:09]
have to be them. It can be any of them.
[28:11]
But if you click on that, that kind of
[28:12]
shows the response we got that we would
[28:15]
have to do a search of all the
[28:16]
surrounding four poss four four parcels.
[28:18]
So $1,000, four parcels at 250 each,
[28:22]
which will be the cost for the first 10
[28:23]
hours, and then 150 for every hour after
[28:25]
that. I've never done this process. Um,
[28:28]
and so it's up to us if you think that
[28:30]
spot of land is worth uh expensing some.
[28:34]
In my opinion, I think it is worth a
[28:37]
small amount to find out the ownership.
[28:39]
I do not think it is worth endless funds
[28:41]
to look it up. But for a small amount,
[28:44]
if that land was to be able to be
[28:46]
decided and then protected and
[28:47]
beautified, I think it would be a
[28:49]
treasure on the uh uh entry corridor of
[28:53]
Alpine in a place that would really
[28:55]
improve. Uh there's one final image,
[28:57]
Kaden. Uh and this is just one rendering
[28:59]
of what it could look like and what I
[29:01]
think would make most residents happy,
[29:03]
but I'm still open to all suggestions.
[29:06]
Um because I do know there are horses,
[29:08]
there are walkers. Um, and so this is
[29:11]
the type of idea that would not only
[29:14]
improve that area, but slow it down,
[29:16]
make it more residential friendly, make
[29:18]
it a place that people want to go, and
[29:19]
it probably overlap with some of the uh
[29:22]
traffic calming measures on Alpine
[29:24]
Highway that hopefully would come later
[29:26]
on. And so that's pretty much it.
[29:29]
Was that too long? I apologize if so.
[29:32]
Okay,
[29:33]
>> Brett, do you have any comments?
[29:35]
>> Uh, yes. Thanks. Um,
[29:38]
first of all, thanks Andrew and Jessica
[29:40]
for bringing this to our attention and
[29:42]
the the owners, the the neighbors who
[29:44]
have looked into this as well. I've
[29:47]
noticed I've lived in Alpine for 12
[29:49]
years and I live over by Southeast
[29:52]
Canyon Crest and over the years on both
[29:55]
Southeast Canyon Crust and Alpine
[29:57]
Highway, some private property owners
[29:59]
have done some really nice improvements
[30:00]
to those areas that really made our
[30:02]
gateway entrances look quite nice, much
[30:05]
nicer than they were when I moved here
[30:06]
12 years ago. So, I think in following
[30:09]
their example, I I think it's a good
[30:11]
idea to do our part to beautify this
[30:14]
part of the area if we can, if we have
[30:15]
that if we end up having the ownership.
[30:17]
So, I'm in I I'm in support of doing
[30:20]
this to see if we do have that
[30:21]
ownership. I think it would be a nice
[30:23]
improvement for that area. During our
[30:25]
work session, we just had I noticed an
[30:27]
email came in from our attorney that had
[30:29]
a little bit of information about this.
[30:31]
I would just I didn't have time to look
[30:32]
at it because of our meeting. Um,
[30:35]
granted, if we if it's determined that
[30:36]
the city has ownership, that's awesome.
[30:38]
Then we can do with it what we want. If
[30:40]
we have an easement, generally there are
[30:42]
limited uses of what we can use that
[30:44]
easement for. So if if there is an
[30:46]
easement that exists through the
[30:48]
property records, then we're limited to
[30:50]
just what that easement entails, and
[30:52]
that that means the property is owned by
[30:53]
somebody else. So, anything you'd like
[30:56]
to share, Mr. Doxy, on considerations we
[30:59]
should think about?
[31:01]
>> No, I think you summed that up. It's uh
[31:05]
the question is I guess does the city
[31:08]
own the property outright and that's
[31:10]
what you're asking to expend funds to
[31:13]
determine. I can't tell you that. Right.
[31:15]
>> If the city has merely a prescriptive
[31:18]
easement, an easement that they've
[31:20]
required acquired by use over more than
[31:24]
20 years, then that easement would be if
[31:28]
you want to if you want to have a
[31:29]
definitive answer as to whether the city
[31:31]
acquired that easement, you'd have to go
[31:33]
to court. And if you went to court, it
[31:36]
would be based on the use that's been
[31:38]
made by the city of that property. So
[31:41]
you wouldn't be able to get a walking
[31:43]
trail as opposed to a sewer maintenance
[31:46]
easement or an access easement. So
[31:50]
>> does that make sense?
[31:52]
>> The title search
[31:53]
>> hopefully the title search would provide
[31:54]
some clarity. If there's a if there's a
[31:56]
recorded easement that just hasn't been
[31:57]
located so far, then we would be limited
[31:59]
to what that easement is and someone
[32:01]
else would own that property. I assume
[32:03]
it would be
[32:04]
>> the property owners who
[32:06]
>> were on both sides of that and then they
[32:08]
could choose if they wanted to to to
[32:11]
do a different easement that would allow
[32:12]
for a park path. So I think it's
[32:14]
worthwhile to find out who the owner is
[32:17]
and see if there are some options there.
[32:19]
>> I did have a clarifying question though.
[32:21]
Did you say that the county doesn't they
[32:23]
couldn't determine
[32:24]
>> Well, the the exact conversation were
[32:27]
was and if and I know they they have
[32:29]
done some research as well. So
[32:31]
>> did you talk to them? I wonder what they
[32:32]
said to you.
[32:33]
>> I uh um I called them. I told them the
[32:36]
whole situation. Basically what I
[32:37]
explained to you, they said, "Typically,
[32:39]
Andrew, uh when this happens, the
[32:42]
property goes to the ownership of the uh
[32:45]
two neighbors and they split it in the
[32:46]
middle." That's what they said when they
[32:47]
can't find it out. So, they would be
[32:49]
here and they get to decide what to do
[32:51]
with it, which which is great. Um and
[32:53]
they said, "But we will look into this."
[32:55]
Because I showed them the uh sorry,
[32:57]
they're on here. I showed them all the
[32:58]
surveys I had. They said, "Oh, well,
[32:59]
you've done already a lot of research
[33:00]
for us. Thank you." I showed them the
[33:01]
surveys and they said, "Okay, we're
[33:02]
going to look into this and in fact, I'm
[33:04]
going to need to talk to my manager
[33:06]
about this or whoever the head." Uh, and
[33:08]
so that's where it was left off and
[33:10]
they're still looking into it.
[33:11]
>> Okay,
[33:13]
>> Jess, did you have any comments?
[33:15]
>> Just that when Andrew presented this as
[33:17]
a budget item to improve this trail, it,
[33:20]
you know, perfectly aligns with who
[33:21]
Alpine is. And so I would support
[33:24]
putting a little bit of funding in there
[33:26]
to to find out if we own it and what we
[33:28]
can do to improve it.
[33:31]
Um just a few questions and then a
[33:33]
comment. Um so you've already gone to
[33:36]
the county. Do you think that the city
[33:37]
because I know it's been mentioned that
[33:39]
perhaps Shane would go down there and
[33:42]
talk to them as well. Do you think he
[33:43]
would have more traction at the city to
[33:45]
kind of get some more information or do
[33:46]
you feel like you got all of that that
[33:49]
you
[33:49]
>> No one says no to Shane? I'm sure I'm
[33:51]
sure he would have I would take help
[33:54]
from anyone, residents, Shane or anyone
[33:56]
>> and I and I would be happy to end up at
[33:58]
whatever result.
[33:59]
>> Um, so
[34:01]
>> the end goal was not to own this ever.
[34:03]
The end goal was to
[34:06]
make it better than what it currently
[34:07]
is. Like if that ends up in the
[34:09]
resident's hands doing that, great. If
[34:11]
it's our hands, great.
[34:12]
>> Right now, it's up in the air. My
[34:15]
suggestion would be to try to figure out
[34:17]
where the county is only because of our
[34:20]
previous experience with the trail. So
[34:22]
relief that we did pay for a title
[34:24]
search and the title search came up that
[34:26]
yes, we can own the, you know, that
[34:27]
property and have that trail only to
[34:30]
have the county say no, you can't do
[34:32]
that. Do you know what I mean? So I'm
[34:33]
happy to follow up.
[34:33]
>> For me, I would love to hear what the
[34:36]
county says. Um what and if they say,
[34:39]
you know what, we're not sure. Go ahead
[34:40]
and do the title search. Then I'd say
[34:42]
yes, let's go ahead and spend the money.
[34:44]
But if they've what they've looked into
[34:46]
and they're like, "No, it looks like it
[34:48]
belongs to the two neighbors." I don't
[34:50]
know if that would be the best use of
[34:52]
money. But that's up to you. But
[34:54]
>> I'm happy to follow up and let you know
[34:55]
what I let everyone know what they say.
[34:57]
>> Yeah. So maybe before we vote on it if
[34:59]
we can have that. I don't know. For me
[35:00]
personally, I would like to have that
[35:02]
answer.
[35:03]
>> Chissy, did you Sorry, I'm not done.
[35:05]
>> Sorry about that.
[35:06]
>> No, I agree. I think I would I would
[35:08]
like to have that answer as well, but I
[35:10]
do support this. I feel like it aligns
[35:12]
with Alpine's um master plan. It it
[35:16]
aligns with just just our like goals as
[35:18]
a city. So, I'm in favor of allocating
[35:21]
funds to do a title search. I did have
[35:24]
one other question in that letter from
[35:27]
the title search gentleman. He did say,
[35:29]
you know, after that perhaps uh a survey
[35:33]
would need to be done. And I'm just
[35:34]
curious if anyone knows about
[35:35]
approximately how much that would cost.
[35:40]
I'm I'm sure Shane
[35:41]
>> He's not here for this item, but we
[35:43]
could maybe ask for
[35:44]
>> US survey.
[35:46]
>> Get up here. Oh, actually, it's up to
[35:47]
the mayor. Sorry.
[35:50]
>> Would you feel comfortable to be able to
[35:52]
come up and so we can get a rough idea?
[35:54]
>> Sure.
[35:55]
>> Thanks.
[35:56]
>> If you could state your name. Sorry.
[35:58]
>> Sure.
[36:00]
>> I'm David Mortonson. I work with civil
[36:02]
science. We're just based in Lehi. Um I
[36:06]
do these things all the time. That
[36:08]
happens all the time that boundaries are
[36:10]
not exactly what they think they are. I
[36:13]
don't know if this was a road at one
[36:14]
point or was intended to be a road. If
[36:18]
it's in the middle of the section, the
[36:20]
deeds could be coming from different
[36:22]
section corners and this happens all the
[36:24]
time. So by deed it might be a gap on
[36:28]
the ground. There's no gap
[36:32]
as that's just a boundary survey 101.
[36:37]
There's no gap. There was not intended
[36:40]
to be. You might have to research way
[36:42]
back. So that could cost a lot of money,
[36:46]
but title companies do that all the
[36:48]
time. So a survey would cost about 3500
[36:52]
to 3,800 bucks.
[36:54]
give or take. That's good to know. Thank
[36:57]
you.
[36:57]
>> Yeah. Thank you. No, in general though,
[36:59]
I am I am in favor of of having this be
[37:04]
public if it's possible for the use of
[37:06]
our residents.
[37:07]
>> Proceed.
[37:08]
>> Mayor, could I just interrupt and say as
[37:11]
much as we trust and love our county
[37:13]
leaders, if you could get something in
[37:15]
writing from them rather than just
[37:19]
pass on.
[37:19]
>> Yeah, for sure. Okay. Thank you. I will
[37:21]
ask. No, I appreciate that.
[37:24]
I did have um I I'm also in favor if
[37:27]
it's looking more likely than not that
[37:30]
it would go in our favor. Um because I
[37:33]
do feel like just getting the title is
[37:35]
or doing a title search would open the
[37:38]
door to an easement which which Steve
[37:41]
said we would need a judicial ruling to
[37:43]
actually gain access. If we find out,
[37:46]
you know, that we're not the owners,
[37:47]
which I doubt we are, but we want an
[37:49]
easement there. it's going to require
[37:51]
like the like it's the beginning of a
[37:55]
more costly process to even get the end
[37:57]
result that we're all hoping for. So, I
[38:00]
would like to know that it's more
[38:01]
favorable than not that it's we could
[38:04]
use the property as we intend. But, um I
[38:06]
did have a question on um like you guys
[38:09]
were saying about the entrance to the
[38:10]
city. Where is our uh city boundary
[38:14]
relative to
[38:15]
>> it's just south of that
[38:16]
>> two two properties south. So
[38:19]
>> right
[38:21]
>> is it right
[38:21]
>> Winterbus?
[38:22]
>> Is it right on the road west?
[38:24]
>> It's it's north. Keep going north who?
[38:26]
Okay down
[38:28]
>> right there.
[38:28]
Yep.
[38:29]
>> Okay. So the the um circular driveway is
[38:32]
Highland.
[38:33]
>> Yes.
[38:34]
>> And then that Okay. So that's okay. So
[38:36]
that was one clarification I was curious
[38:38]
about. The other thing was um I I think
[38:41]
people are accessing that because
[38:43]
looking at the way the land is divided
[38:45]
up, some are landlocked.
[38:47]
Is that right?
[38:50]
>> So again to make it only pedestrian we
[38:53]
would landlock somebody. So again that is is am I
[38:58]
>> so
[38:58]
>> or clarify
[38:59]
>> the situation's kind of changed over the
[39:02]
years. Um so the area where it says
[39:05]
Bradic Lane and Ra McTar Park that was
[39:08]
developed as one subdivision. Mhm.
[39:11]
>> And so one survey that's on record with
[39:14]
the county shows that property
[39:18]
pre-development plus a cherry stem
[39:21]
access out to Al Alpine Highway.
[39:24]
A later survey
[39:27]
um is where the thought that maybe this
[39:29]
is city right away came into play which
[39:32]
honestly and I said this when they
[39:34]
brought it in a few probably four, five
[39:38]
might have been six years ago. Um, I
[39:41]
didn't necessarily agree with that. If Alagany Way had been there for a
[39:46]
long, long time. Um, and that's what
[39:49]
David kind of said, you know, it lead
[39:51]
you to believe that could be could have
[39:54]
been uh for a future road, but it was
[39:58]
all like a hayfield. And so that's where
[40:02]
I've been hesitant on this. Um,
[40:06]
I believe this area in red was there as
[40:10]
an access well before Alageney Way was
[40:13]
ever there
[40:15]
>> because the Hayfield was landlocked.
[40:17]
>> Yeah. And it had it went clear to Canyon
[40:19]
Crest Road.
[40:20]
>> Oh.
[40:21]
>> And so they had access the big part of
[40:23]
the Hayfield which is now the South
[40:24]
Point subdivision which was developed in
[40:26]
like the mid probably around 95. It had
[40:30]
access from Canyon Crest Road. But the
[40:33]
Rachel McTar Park and Bradock Lane area
[40:36]
did not. And I believe they access
[40:39]
through this lane.
[40:41]
And so I think that's why it's there.
[40:44]
Not that it was planned for a future
[40:46]
city right away.
[40:47]
>> But but if if if we if it turns out in
[40:50]
our favor and we can use use this how we
[40:53]
would intend, does it leave any parcels
[40:56]
landlocked?
[40:57]
Um,
[40:59]
so
[41:00]
>> I think some of
[41:01]
>> one of the properties I think Spikes has
[41:03]
a little cherry stem that goes out to
[41:05]
Alpine High Highway,
[41:07]
>> but the Coopers does not. Right.
[41:10]
>> Did you want to separate?
[41:13]
>> Yeah. Why don't you come up? Why don't
[41:16]
you come up and Hey, Andrew, can you
[41:18]
just
[41:18]
>> Oh, sorry. I thought you wanted
[41:20]
>> Can you come up and state your name and
[41:22]
the address and then if you wanted to
[41:24]
make a statement as the property owner
[41:26]
that we're discussing?
[41:27]
>> Yes. I'm going to try to talk really
[41:28]
fast because I don't know you only give
[41:30]
three minutes.
[41:31]
>> Um okay, quickly Metro which used to be
[41:33]
the Oh, April Cooper 1136 Birch Circle,
[41:36]
Alpine, Utah. I know that um a long time
[41:38]
ago a piece of land was sold to the USA.
[41:41]
Then it went to Metro. So it's likely
[41:43]
that even if the city had a piece of
[41:45]
land that it stops at Metro and then
[41:47]
starts again at at Alagany. So it's
[41:50]
unlikely that the city has continuous.
[41:52]
Just north of the 1993 survey that's on
[41:56]
page 111. If you can show that it was
[41:58]
marked as an access lane. I have a piece
[42:01]
of property right next to Willard Cypes
[42:04]
that has used this access for decades.
[42:08]
The KE has used it previously. I've used
[42:10]
it now. So, it would landlock that piece
[42:13]
of property. I know there's people in
[42:14]
the room that are like, "Oh, April has
[42:16]
another piece of property on Alpine
[42:18]
Highway, but that's Desert Livestock
[42:20]
LLC. That's a a company that owns rental
[42:23]
properties that I have part ownership."
[42:25]
But I own just the piece at the north of
[42:29]
Metro. And so, that is the only access
[42:32]
to get to it. Now, if you closed it off
[42:35]
and did a walking trail, remember that
[42:36]
Willard Cypes has 17 feet that goes to
[42:39]
Alpine Highway. So he and if he gives me
[42:42]
access, we can still buzz by. So you're
[42:44]
not going to stop the the access. Also,
[42:47]
Lehi Irrigation has a ditch there. So
[42:49]
they're going to need to get involved.
[42:50]
So I think you're going to have Metro,
[42:52]
Lehi,
[42:54]
um me being landlocked, Willard Cypes
[42:56]
being landlocked because Metro's told
[42:57]
him he can't access his property from
[43:00]
Alagany and his property is a flagship
[43:02]
lot. So I think there's a lot more
[43:04]
issues than just the city potentially
[43:06]
picking up 33 feet. Um, if it's divided
[43:09]
between property owners, then that would
[43:10]
be Phil Williams and Willard Cypes. My
[43:13]
property is not contiguous to that
[43:15]
access lane. But it is important to me
[43:18]
to not have a demunition of value and to
[43:21]
not be able to get to that back back
[43:23]
property unless the city or residents
[43:26]
could help me get access from Alagany.
[43:29]
Like if Metro would give us a driveway
[43:31]
or something, then we could potential
[43:33]
potentially consider cutting it off.
[43:36]
Okay. I think if you if you advance it a
[43:38]
couple more slides, you can see all the
[43:39]
names you just mentioned.
[43:41]
>> And I do have about a 200page survey
[43:44]
that goes goes back like a hundred years
[43:46]
from when the USA went through and
[43:48]
bought all those pieces of land. And I
[43:50]
did a lot of work with the title company
[43:52]
on this about six years ago in 2020. But
[43:57]
the reason page 111's important to me is
[43:59]
because it was marked as access lane
[44:03]
>> right here. See all these pieces she's
[44:05]
talking about? So, those are all been
[44:06]
chopped up. 10, 06, 36, 37, 12. Are
[44:10]
those all the ones you were just
[44:11]
mentioning, April?
[44:13]
>> I'm mentioning. Do you see where the
[44:14]
property that says Leland?
[44:16]
>> Yeah, that's what you're
[44:17]
>> talking about. Just
[44:19]
west of that, Willard has a flagship
[44:22]
lot. It's not drawn correctly on here.
[44:24]
He's got 17 ft that goes out to the
[44:26]
Alpine Highway, which is north of this
[44:28]
access lane. So, his is a flagship lot.
[44:31]
Then west of his that property there
[44:34]
that you can see metro cutting through
[44:36]
that is April Cooper. So I have a little
[44:38]
triangle at the bottom and then I have
[44:40]
kind of a weird shaped triangle at the
[44:43]
top.
[44:44]
>> Yep. Okay.
[44:46]
>> And Metro has claimed we cannot have
[44:48]
formal entry into our lots through
[44:52]
Alagany Way. So Alpine Highway is the
[44:54]
only way to get to those two lots.
[44:56]
That's what I've heard.
[44:58]
>> Okay. Okay. So I just wanted to say Lehi
[45:00]
irrigation, Lehi water, Lehi irrigation
[45:03]
company would need to be involved. Metro
[45:04]
would need to be involved
[45:07]
>> and worried about
[45:09]
>> an access and I don't I don't know if I
[45:12]
would have a prescriptive easement or
[45:14]
not, but KE has used it for 50 years and
[45:17]
we've used it for six years.
[45:19]
>> Okay. Thank you.
[45:20]
>> And Alpine City has a sewer line there.
[45:23]
But one thing I wanted to point out
[45:25]
also, uh, Kaden, if you take your
[45:26]
cursor, see the 37 and 12 clo Yeah,
[45:30]
right there. And then that little mark
[45:31]
just below the 110. So typically that
[45:34]
would show, and David could comment on
[45:36]
this too, that that what's shown as
[45:40]
rideway and the Ley Johnson uh property
[45:44]
would be together. If you see this the
[45:46]
same mark over here on Williams's
[45:49]
property that shows separate parcels but
[45:53]
they're like under the same
[45:56]
>> like a square S.
[45:58]
>> But then also if you look it says R-W
[46:01]
which for right away
[46:04]
>> so
[46:05]
these are thing and and this plat's not
[46:07]
current. This is probably from
[46:10]
>> I think it has a date
[46:11]
>> 15 years ago or more.
[46:12]
>> No, this one's really old. This one's
[46:14]
like really old. Yeah, could be could be
[46:16]
even further back. Definitely
[46:17]
pre-development of the Bradock Lane
[46:19]
subdivision.
[46:20]
Um, and so these are all things that to
[46:24]
me point that it's someone other than
[46:27]
the city. And that's why
[46:31]
if we're going to spend money on it, I
[46:33]
wanted it to come from the council
[46:35]
decision and not mine because there's
[46:36]
too many things to me that point that
[46:38]
different direction.
[46:40]
So you would say it's in my criteria I'm
[46:42]
looking for something that says it's
[46:44]
more likely than not. You're saying it's
[46:45]
unlikely it it would fall in.
[46:48]
>> That's always been my opinion. Even when
[46:50]
the second surveyor which was Ed Gford
[46:52]
came in and had the survey, he thought
[46:54]
it was city. I couldn't follow the logic
[46:57]
why it would be.
[46:59]
>> Okay. Thank you.
[47:00]
>> So you know there's Mr. Williams would
[47:01]
like to make a comment. So if you like
[47:03]
to come up state your name and your
[47:05]
address and you have you will also have
[47:07]
three minutes.
[47:10]
Uh, Phil Williams, um, 927 South Alpine
[47:15]
Highway. I got the property south of
[47:19]
this easement. I've seen that property
[47:23]
sold many, many times. And Shane, you do
[47:28]
have an easement going through there.
[47:31]
The sewer easement goes through right up
[47:34]
against my fence line. So, and then the
[47:37]
Lehi Irrigation has a ditch. So, there's
[47:42]
two easements and two rideaways.
[47:47]
And uh Leland Johnson sent me that flat
[47:51]
to u see if I wanted to uh dispute uh
[47:56]
that subdivision. And I said, "No, go
[47:59]
ahead and and do that." And he told me
[48:02]
that he was going to leave that as a
[48:04]
walking path. and that's was that way
[48:08]
for for many years. Thank you.
[48:12]
>> And I don't dispute the city has an
[48:13]
easement for the sewer, but
[48:15]
unfortunately I have not been able to
[48:16]
find a recorded easement. It's been
[48:18]
there for since probably 1995.
[48:22]
And it could have been there was a a bad
[48:25]
description, so it didn't get recorded
[48:27]
where it was supposed to or something
[48:28]
like that. I've seen it happen in other
[48:30]
places in the city, but there's not an
[48:33]
easement that I've been able to find
[48:34]
showing up here for that sewer.
[48:37]
>> But but there is a sewer going through
[48:41]
that.
[48:41]
>> We have a sewer there, right?
[48:42]
>> We have a sewer there. It's been there
[48:44]
for over 20 years. So
[48:46]
>> So yes, we have a prescription.
[48:48]
>> We have a prescription easement for the
[48:50]
sewer, but not for anything else,
[48:51]
>> but a recorded document.
[48:53]
>> We just don't have the recorded
[48:54]
document.
[48:56]
>> I just have a follow-up question. I
[48:58]
mean, council member Hanaman said that
[49:00]
it may not be, you know, what we hope at
[49:02]
the end if if the property goes to
[49:06]
either neighbor, but there's also
[49:08]
another option. Maybe one of those
[49:10]
neighbors would grant the city an
[49:12]
easement and we wouldn't have to go to
[49:13]
trial or get a judgment. It's just
[49:16]
something that the neighbor might want
[49:18]
to do what the original intent was from
[49:20]
the original developer. I believe you
[49:23]
said it was Leland Johnson, which is
[49:24]
just uphold
[49:27]
that goal for the city.
[49:29]
>> Is Mr. Johnson still the property owner
[49:31]
of that?
[49:31]
>> No.
[49:32]
This was just at the time he brought
[49:34]
the development in. He went to this
[49:36]
gentleman and said, "Here's my plan, and
[49:38]
I'd like that to be a walking trail."
[49:40]
So, I mean, it seems like there are a
[49:42]
lot of stories, and that's why we need
[49:44]
to look deeper.
[49:45]
>> One comment is that the uh
[49:48]
>> mayor, the uh residents who live by
[49:50]
there have been working together. We we
[49:52]
do not want to create a problem for any
[49:54]
resident living on the south, the north.
[49:56]
We want this to be a win-win. We don't
[49:57]
want to overserve power, but we want to
[50:00]
improve it. So, I'm willing to do it at
[50:03]
any at a as a collaborative effort
[50:05]
between them if they own it as a
[50:07]
supportive effort or if it is a city
[50:09]
thing, as a city effort with their
[50:11]
input, not overruling them. So, is
[50:15]
everyone okay that um we work with the
[50:18]
county to see what their um what their
[50:22]
opinion is and then go from there? We
[50:24]
can once we get their opinion, we can
[50:25]
bring it back and we can vote on the
[50:28]
maximum amount.
[50:29]
>> Sure.
[50:29]
>> Is that agreeable?
[50:31]
>> Yeah.
[50:32]
>> Okay, let's move on then. Um I
[50:38]
» sure if you could state your name and
[50:40]
your address and give them three
[50:42]
minutes. David,
[50:44]
>> are you going to say something different
[50:45]
than what's already been said?
[50:47]
>> So, um, Gary Cooper, 1136 Birch, I I
[50:51]
think Metro is going to have to protest
[50:53]
participate because it cuts through so
[50:55]
much and the I think like the Williams
[50:59]
that they don't want to see traffic on
[51:00]
that road and and the city wants to see
[51:02]
a walking path and I think
[51:06]
but I just want to say this about the
[51:08]
walking path. To me, it makes more sense
[51:11]
if that walking path went from the
[51:12]
Alagany Park in that circle and it went
[51:15]
right toward the Alpine City sign. So,
[51:18]
in other words, we got to get Metro to
[51:20]
allow it and and if we went that way
[51:22]
because I don't know that we want to
[51:24]
encourage kids after soccer games to
[51:26]
walk out to a highway with no sidewalk
[51:29]
and just be to it. But if we're going to
[51:31]
get Metro on board, if we did the
[51:33]
walking path that led to the north and
[51:35]
came out right by the Alpine City,
[51:36]
welcome to Alpine City. I think it'd be
[51:38]
a lot safer and I think everybody would
[51:41]
be happy. Then we could close that road
[51:43]
off to driving through traffic stuff and
[51:46]
we'd have the walking path and
[51:50]
>> no the highway is extremely dangerous.
[51:53]
>> We're trying to fix that too.
[51:55]
>> Thank you. Okay, let's u move on to item
[51:58]
B which is the boundary adjustment with
[52:00]
Draper. Um, did you want to say anything
[52:03]
before I open the public hearing or?
[52:06]
>> Uh, Kate, you want to just introduce
[52:08]
this and then
[52:09]
>> Yeah, sure. And I'll just introduce it
[52:11]
briefly. Um,
[52:14]
so
[52:15]
in March at the March 10th city council
[52:17]
meeting, there was a resolution proposed
[52:18]
to hold a public hearing for the
[52:20]
consideration of a proposed boundary
[52:22]
adjustment with Draper City that would
[52:24]
amend the outline plan and Draper
[52:25]
boundaries. Um, so that was adopted and
[52:29]
there was a 60-day waiting period that
[52:31]
was required per state statute and so
[52:34]
that 60-day period is up and it can now
[52:37]
be considered for public hearing. Um,
[52:40]
and I know I think David Mortonson is
[52:42]
here and so I have here on our uh
[52:45]
background information an email that he
[52:47]
sent to the city to as part of the
[52:50]
application to describe what would be
[52:51]
happening here. Um there would be three
[52:53]
parcels in Alpine that would gain a
[52:55]
little bit of acreage. Uh that would
[52:57]
total out to be about 045
[53:00]
acres
[53:02]
and there's the rationale as well. Um if
[53:04]
the council members I'm sure they've had
[53:06]
the chance to look at that and to
[53:08]
consider it. So yeah, Draper City has
[53:12]
already approved a resolution uh at
[53:15]
their city council meeting in February
[53:17]
acknowledging its intent to adjust the
[53:19]
boundary with Alpine and then also they
[53:23]
have already adopted an ordinance to do
[53:25]
the same. So if the city council uh
[53:28]
intends to pursue this uh proposed
[53:30]
boundary adjustment between Alpine and
[53:32]
Draper, the ordinance can be created and
[53:33]
taken under consideration for adoption.
[53:38]
Okay, I'm going to go ahead and open the
[53:41]
public hearing and then once we have the
[53:43]
public hearing, we'll proceed with
[53:45]
questions and discussion within council.
[53:47]
Okay, I declared the public hearing
[53:49]
open. Is there anyone from the public
[53:51]
that would like to address this issue?
[53:53]
You can come up to the microphone, state
[53:55]
your name and um street name and the
[53:58]
city, and then you'll have three minutes
[54:00]
to make your remark.
[54:09]
Sorry,
[54:11]
>> I didn't know what it was called, so I
[54:13]
left it blank. My apologies. Tom Watkins
[54:16]
on H Summit Way.
[54:19]
Um, as each of you are aware, the
[54:22]
development in that whole area has been
[54:24]
a hot button for probably about 15
[54:27]
years.
[54:28]
and uh it came across my well from a
[54:31]
neighbor of mine that there was some
[54:33]
discussion about amending that plat
[54:37]
and and things of that nature. Well,
[54:40]
that got the neighborhood real hot and
[54:42]
heavy. And so I reached out to them and
[54:45]
found out what their thoughts were on an
[54:47]
amended plat for those four lots. And of
[54:52]
course there was a very strong opinion,
[54:54]
no way that we've gone to court. We've
[54:58]
been all we spent the city has spent a
[55:00]
lot of money. The uh members of Alpine
[55:04]
have spent a lot of money. Our
[55:05]
neighborhood has spent a lot of money.
[55:07]
And it's been about 15 plus years to
[55:10]
come to that agreement. Those four lots
[55:14]
are it. We're done. And so,
[55:18]
um I've gotten couple questions from
[55:20]
several of you about what's our feeling
[55:22]
about this adjustment. We don't have any
[55:24]
opinion. If whatever works out great, as
[55:28]
long as there's no adjustment to the
[55:31]
existing plat of four lots, if the
[55:34]
boundary with Draper and Ap and uh
[55:36]
Alpine needs to be done, so be it. No
[55:39]
opinion. Uh but again, we do not want to
[55:43]
do anything that opens up to a possible
[55:46]
amendment to the plat if that's the
[55:49]
proper term.
[55:51]
And so now I got about three emails
[55:53]
today from council members wanting to
[55:55]
know if I had any questions about it. If
[55:58]
you have any questions other than that,
[56:00]
feel free to ask me. But again, as long
[56:03]
as it doesn't amend the plat that's up
[56:05]
there, the four lots stay the way they
[56:06]
are, we're as happy as can be.
[56:11]
Okay. Thank you. Anybody else?
[56:21]
Hello, I'm David Whitbeck. Um, I live in
[56:25]
Providence
[56:26]
and back in I guess it was 2023, my wife
[56:30]
and I found our dream lot in Alpine. Um,
[56:34]
it's one of these lots and our dream lot
[56:38]
happened to border Draper City. So,
[56:40]
after months of due diligence, we
[56:43]
finally closed on it in August of 2024.
[56:46]
Um there are some metal surveyor stakes
[56:49]
that showed um our lot boundaries and
[56:52]
where Draper city is and we walked the boundaries with the with the
[56:57]
surveyor. We wanted to know what we were
[56:58]
getting. Anyway, bottom line is after we
[57:00]
closed on it, we learned that the Draper
[57:02]
city limits and the Alpine city limits
[57:05]
uh weren't well according to the the the
[57:08]
county, the boundary was about 20 ft to
[57:10]
the east. And so David Mortonson dug
[57:14]
into it, found an error that was made
[57:15]
with the county and the county told him
[57:18]
that in order to resolve this, what he
[57:20]
needed to do is basically have Draper
[57:22]
City remove that point4 acres from the
[57:27]
point4 acres isn't all our property.
[57:28]
There's there's several lots involved.
[57:30]
Anyway, remove that from from Draper
[57:32]
City boundaries and then Alpine City
[57:34]
just annexes it and moves it back to
[57:37]
where the stakes are. And so I'm here
[57:40]
just because we'd really like the
[57:41]
property that we bought. Thank you.
[57:44]
>> Thank you.
[57:48]
» Okay. Anybody else here for public
[57:51]
comment? If not, I'll go ahead and
[57:53]
close.
[57:54]
>> Okay. Close the public hearing.
[57:57]
Um
[57:59]
we'll start with Councilman Rmler.
[58:01]
>> Yes. Um Mr. Doxy, I was able to roughly
[58:05]
review your your response to this. In
[58:08]
summary, it sounds like your your
[58:10]
position is the approval of this
[58:12]
petition will not require
[58:17]
or have any any bearing on um any kind
[58:22]
of uh amendment of plat in the future.
[58:25]
Is that right?
[58:26]
>> That's correct. Okay. If that's the
[58:29]
case, I am in support of this.
[58:33]
That's all I have. Although with the
[58:35]
caveat that there is some indication in
[58:38]
the correspondence that that's one of
[58:41]
the desired results.
[58:42]
>> Correct. And they were citing some of
[58:44]
the benefits that they saw of that. But
[58:46]
I don't I don't think it's a condition
[58:48]
of what you're looking for. Okay.
[58:57]
» Uh no further questions. Thanks.
[58:59]
>> All right.
[59:02]
>> A plat amendment. Right.
[59:08]
» Very good. I support your petition.
[59:11]
>> Okay. And my question would be for um
[59:13]
the surveyor.
[59:16]
>> So if you could come up. Yeah,
[59:17]
>> that'd be great.
[59:23]
» So just restating that that this
[59:27]
boundary adjustment is unrelated to a
[59:30]
plat amendment. Doesn't trigger a plat
[59:31]
amendment. doesn't impact a tra plat
[59:34]
amendment, doesn't infer next steps for
[59:37]
a plat amendment.
[59:39]
>> This has nothing to do with a plat
[59:40]
amendment. This is purely just to move
[59:42]
the boundary back where it was intended
[59:44]
to be.
[59:46]
>> And then right now, who owns that
[59:48]
property that's sitting in that space?
[59:51]
>> So, there's lots of answers to that. Um,
[59:54]
it it varies. As a surveyor, like I said
[59:57]
earlier, there's no boundary. There's no
[59:59]
gaps or or b or on the ground. This one
[1:00:04]
doesn't have a gap on the ground because
[1:00:06]
those monuments were there. Those
[1:00:08]
monuments were created by the person
[1:00:10]
that created the plat, the surveyor who
[1:00:13]
created the plat
[1:00:16]
that was owned by the person who
[1:00:19]
dedicated the plat or created the plat,
[1:00:22]
the owner of the property at the time.
[1:00:24]
The intent was is that the whole gap
[1:00:27]
that's there currently plus that entire
[1:00:30]
subdivision was a part of that. So
[1:00:33]
there's no boundary in my opinion. Lot
[1:00:36]
four and lot three own that gap area.
[1:00:40]
>> Okay. Thank you.
[1:00:43]
>> Um I am in favor of a boundary
[1:00:45]
adjustment. I guess my only question is
[1:00:48]
if we adjust the boundary, does that
[1:00:50]
adjust also their parcel line?
[1:00:55]
>> As I said, they they own to those
[1:00:59]
property pins. So, I've talked to
[1:01:02]
several surveyors, including one of the main surveyors who teaches boundary
[1:01:06]
law in the state. His name's John Stall.
[1:01:09]
Um he he says because those bound those
[1:01:11]
pins are there, that was the intent of
[1:01:13]
the plat. That was the intent of the
[1:01:15]
owner that was subdividing it. It just
[1:01:18]
had this weird city boundary from 1855
[1:01:22]
that caused the county
[1:01:25]
mapper, not not any surveyor, not
[1:01:28]
anybody, cause some mapper to say you
[1:01:32]
can't do that.
[1:01:34]
But and that was at the last second. So
[1:01:37]
it even went through Alpine City at that
[1:01:39]
time with the boundary being over to the
[1:01:42]
west of the gap. it got to the county.
[1:01:45]
made them erase numbers and
[1:01:48]
write it in. We don't like doing that
[1:01:50]
because it makes our pretty plats ugly.
[1:01:53]
So,
[1:01:54]
>> okay. And not to just be continue to
[1:01:56]
beat a dead horse, but so we could do
[1:01:59]
this boundary adjustment, but then
[1:02:01]
that's it. We don't need to do a plot
[1:02:02]
amendment.
[1:02:03]
>> In my opinion, no. Um there is laws that
[1:02:06]
the owners of the properties can do a
[1:02:08]
boundary establishment. Now just to show
[1:02:12]
that um my intent is is to record a
[1:02:15]
survey that shows record and measured as
[1:02:19]
that being the boundary of those lots.
[1:02:21]
>> Okay. Thank you.
[1:02:22]
>> That just gets recorded at the county
[1:02:24]
surveyor. It's not title. Title is a
[1:02:27]
different thing. So
[1:02:28]
>> So just to be clear, just so you don't
[1:02:31]
it's a little bit confusing. I think
[1:02:33]
that the terminology when we talk about
[1:02:36]
a boundary adjustment, we're typically
[1:02:38]
talking about an adjustment between lots
[1:02:42]
or parcels.
[1:02:43]
But this is a municipal boundary
[1:02:45]
adjustment. It doesn't affect ownership
[1:02:48]
of a lot or a parcel. It's just you
[1:02:51]
would move the boundary to the municipal
[1:02:54]
boundary, the city boundaries to the
[1:02:56]
west, as I understand at about 20 ft.
[1:02:59]
>> Yeah. Plus or minus. It's a little
[1:03:02]
triangle.
[1:03:03]
The bottom is a little bit bigger, top
[1:03:05]
is a little bit less.
[1:03:06]
>> Alpine does a little more property tax
[1:03:08]
and Draper gets a little less.
[1:03:10]
>> Right. And Draper is all fine with it.
[1:03:12]
They've said yes to this. So,
[1:03:18]
» thank you. I appreciate all the diligent
[1:03:21]
questions, so I won't repeat them. Just
[1:03:23]
to add um that I I like to always get an
[1:03:26]
outside opinion, and so I know someone
[1:03:28]
in this industry who explained it
[1:03:29]
exactly is what they're saying. So, I
[1:03:31]
love when I hear someone without a horse
[1:03:33]
in the race to just say exactly what the
[1:03:35]
people who care about it. So, we're in we're um everything is
[1:03:40]
consistent from all all mess all sides.
[1:03:43]
So, thank you for taking the time to do
[1:03:44]
that.
[1:03:45]
>> And I'm in favor.
[1:03:47]
>> Andrew.
[1:03:49]
>> Um Kaden, I have a picture of it just
[1:03:51]
that might help people uh see what we're
[1:03:54]
talking about. It's very different on
[1:03:55]
foot than by view. And thank you, Tom,
[1:03:58]
for all the comments. I do apologize for
[1:04:01]
uh causing commotion when I asked about
[1:04:03]
this. Um I I have a couple questions
[1:04:06]
while he's bringing that up. It's Oh, I
[1:04:08]
didn't share my folder with you. Sorry.
[1:04:10]
Never mind. Uh I'll share it after and
[1:04:12]
if it's helpful, we can bring it up. I
[1:04:14]
should have shared I should just keep
[1:04:15]
one folder. Um
[1:04:18]
so, uh am I right in looking at this
[1:04:21]
that it's angled?
[1:04:24]
>> Angled? What do you mean by angle?
[1:04:26]
>> The boundary line appears angled. Is it
[1:04:29]
perfectly square or angle? Does it go
[1:04:30]
from zero to like 20 feet like a pipe?
[1:04:33]
>> Yeah,
[1:04:34]
>> a really long.
[1:04:34]
>> Yeah, it's it's a whole bunch of things
[1:04:38]
like the the world is the US is split up
[1:04:41]
into public land system from Ohio all
[1:04:44]
the way this way.
[1:04:45]
>> It's just like a long
[1:04:48]
>> six mile squares, you know, and those
[1:04:50]
aren't exact. They surveyed these back
[1:04:52]
in the 1800s with five people. They're
[1:04:55]
walking with chains and everything. they
[1:04:58]
don't exactly match that, which is why
[1:05:00]
you see gaps and overlaps on deeds and
[1:05:04]
things like that from counties. And that
[1:05:06]
assessor map that you guys were showing
[1:05:08]
is just that. It's just a a
[1:05:10]
representation of what's on the ground.
[1:05:13]
It's not exactly what it is, but yeah,
[1:05:15]
the the area where the city boundaries
[1:05:20]
have that little gap is a triangle. It
[1:05:22]
kind of cuts into the hard fits in
[1:05:26]
property there. It's a little wider at
[1:05:28]
the south end where lot four is.
[1:05:32]
>> So, uh, this is a question for Mr. Doxy,
[1:05:34]
but stay up here if that's okay. Uh if
[1:05:36]
we were to approve this in a later
[1:05:38]
meeting and our desire was not to let
[1:05:41]
this like was spoken ever turn into
[1:05:44]
something like a plat amendment or
[1:05:46]
anything other than what we are talking
[1:05:48]
about right now, would we have to
[1:05:50]
specify that in our motion so that it
[1:05:54]
was crystal clear or would it just be a
[1:05:57]
different issue that would have to come
[1:05:58]
up separately and be voted on?
[1:06:01]
>> It's a different issue and I'm not sure
[1:06:03]
a motion could be binding. Okay.
[1:06:05]
>> In that in that fashion you're
[1:06:08]
describing.
[1:06:08]
>> Thank you, Mr. Doy. Can can someone sell
[1:06:10]
any of these lots to Draper where Draper
[1:06:13]
would because I understand Draper owns
[1:06:15]
several lots around there. Can we can
[1:06:17]
someone sell a lot like this to Draper
[1:06:20]
or anywhere else?
[1:06:21]
>> So, you're talking about to the
[1:06:22]
developer that exists on in the city of
[1:06:25]
Draper, correct? The city doesn't
[1:06:27]
>> No, no. Or say uh a private resident
[1:06:29]
that owns one of these lots that we're
[1:06:30]
changing the boundaries of. It will be
[1:06:32]
alpine boundary. But my question, I'm
[1:06:35]
sorry if it's completely out of left
[1:06:37]
field. I don't know the rules. Uh can
[1:06:39]
someone sell one of these bordering lots
[1:06:41]
to Draper because Draper owns lots where
[1:06:44]
then it would uh allow
[1:06:46]
>> to the city of Draper or to the
[1:06:48]
developer that owns the land in Draper?
[1:06:50]
>> The city of Draper buy a buy a parcel of
[1:06:53]
land in someone else's city and and
[1:06:54]
annex it into their own.
[1:06:55]
>> Something like that. Or or I like what
[1:06:57]
she's saying as well. Can a developer
[1:06:58]
buy one of these lots and connect
[1:07:00]
development across the borderline or
[1:07:03]
what what Brent just said, could the
[1:07:05]
city of Draper do something like that?
[1:07:07]
Because I do know they they and Lehi own
[1:07:09]
lands right around this area. Well,
[1:07:10]
Lehi's a little further, but
[1:07:12]
>> they they on the north. Sorry.
[1:07:14]
>> Maybe that's not out of left field.
[1:07:15]
Maybe that's outer
[1:07:17]
>> harsh. Well, I I'm trying
[1:07:20]
>> Let's let our attorney. trying to check
[1:07:21]
any sort of thing I might be missing
[1:07:23]
where we end up in a situation that
[1:07:26]
becomes problematic later on. Some of
[1:07:28]
you might not know, but this land even
[1:07:30]
before most any of you lived here was
[1:07:34]
put up for acquisition by Alpine and
[1:07:39]
90s and uh the development that is
[1:07:42]
happening there and the lawsuits he's
[1:07:44]
talking about only happened because of
[1:07:45]
decision made. It would have never been
[1:07:47]
possible if Alpine owned all this land.
[1:07:49]
So, I'm just trying to check my bases.
[1:07:50]
So, there are some pretty big outer
[1:07:52]
space stuff that has happened on this. I
[1:07:53]
love the west side. I see what's
[1:07:55]
happening over there. I'm very concerned
[1:07:56]
about it. So, that's why. Anyways,
[1:07:58]
sounds like my questions have been
[1:08:00]
answered. Or or that that last one is is
[1:08:01]
there is there any concern we might have
[1:08:03]
with a developer or a city owning one of
[1:08:07]
these bordering lots and creating some
[1:08:08]
sort of uh development that would be
[1:08:12]
counterproductive or something we
[1:08:13]
wouldn't want in that residential
[1:08:14]
neighborhood.
[1:08:16]
>> There isn't a road. There isn't a public
[1:08:18]
That's a
[1:08:19]
>> I don't know how you could prevent
[1:08:22]
somebody from buying from another
[1:08:24]
property owner
[1:08:25]
>> right now. A disputed border with open
[1:08:27]
space might prevent that.
[1:08:32]
» Yeah, maybe.
[1:08:32]
>> No, that I mean that's fair.
[1:08:34]
>> But but you're talking
[1:08:35]
>> not outer space,
[1:08:36]
>> but but you're not talking about
[1:08:37]
property ownership. You're talking about
[1:08:39]
city boundaries.
[1:08:40]
>> Right. And right now there's a big
[1:08:42]
deterrent right now in between our two
[1:08:43]
cities. So I'm just It's all right.
[1:08:45]
Okay. Well, it sounds like we have some
[1:08:46]
pretty big protection. and we have some
[1:08:48]
resident support. So, I I've loved the
[1:08:49]
discussion. Um, let me see if I have any
[1:08:51]
other questions.
[1:08:54]
Uh,
[1:08:54]
>> I did have a question. I remember at
[1:08:56]
some point we were talking to the
[1:08:57]
property owners. if you don't mind
[1:08:58]
coming back up again.
[1:09:00]
>> And Kate and I did
[1:09:01]
>> talking about maybe having some kind of
[1:09:03]
um
[1:09:06]
a buffer that you know if we did the
[1:09:09]
boundary adjustment, do you need all the
[1:09:10]
land that goes directly to the
[1:09:12]
boundaries or is there
[1:09:14]
>> So our lot we have lot number four and
[1:09:17]
there's a hammerhead that goes into our
[1:09:20]
lot
[1:09:21]
>> and so our lot we own most of that road.
[1:09:24]
Anyway, bottom line is it pushes our our house way to the west and so that's
[1:09:30]
what we're kind of struggling with.
[1:09:31]
We're trying to build a a good size,
[1:09:34]
>> right? But your lot goes all the way up
[1:09:36]
to the
[1:09:36]
>> Har. So the our architect has just been
[1:09:40]
struggling with the the easements and
[1:09:42]
setbacks and whatever. Um, as far as to
[1:09:47]
answer your question, is there
[1:09:49]
I I I think what you're getting at is um
[1:09:53]
the developer at one time proposed to do
[1:09:56]
some trading with Alpine City and put
[1:09:58]
some some buffer in there for Alpine
[1:10:00]
City, but that's the issue that you guys
[1:10:02]
are saying that you don't want. And I
[1:10:04]
don't care. Well, I'd rather actually
[1:10:06]
have it the way it is personally and
[1:10:08]
just be able to keep my my property,
[1:10:11]
but um
[1:10:13]
>> Okay. Yeah.
[1:10:14]
>> So to your to your question, if if
[1:10:16]
somebody if Draper City could buy it, I
[1:10:17]
would I would think if Draper City
[1:10:19]
wanted it, they wouldn't have just um
[1:10:21]
passed this thing to to eliminate point4
[1:10:23]
acres because as far as Draper City was
[1:10:27]
concerned, they already owned that
[1:10:29]
property or I mean it's you know so they
[1:10:31]
had to basically um remove that from
[1:10:35]
their from their boundaries and so if if
[1:10:37]
they were wanting you know the Draper
[1:10:39]
and Alpine are already bordering each
[1:10:41]
other that gap doesn't really exist. It
[1:10:43]
existed on the website, but it's not a
[1:10:46]
real gap as Mr. Mortonson was saying.
[1:10:50]
And according to the records, it Draper
[1:10:52]
City was moved over by 20 ft and Draper
[1:10:54]
said, "Well, we don't want it, so Alpine
[1:10:56]
or so you guys can have your property
[1:10:57]
back." So, I would think if they wanted
[1:10:59]
it, if they had an interest in building
[1:11:00]
a road, they probably wouldn't have done
[1:11:02]
what they just did.
[1:11:04]
>> Thank you.
[1:11:06]
>> Does that answer your question? I'm I'm
[1:11:09]
like I say, I'm not interested in, you
[1:11:12]
know,
[1:11:13]
I I just want the property. Um Okay.
[1:11:16]
>> If if there's something that you can
[1:11:18]
work out, you know,
[1:11:20]
to
[1:11:22]
there's not going to be any issue with
[1:11:24]
me doing anything with diversity because
[1:11:26]
I want I want ownership of the property.
[1:11:28]
I'm not going to
[1:11:30]
but anyway.
[1:11:31]
>> Okay. Thank you.
[1:11:33]
>> Okay. Let's
[1:11:34]
>> just can I one comment on this? So, just
[1:11:36]
thinking out loud without a plat
[1:11:37]
amendment, there's a 10-ft pee on the
[1:11:40]
west side of this development.
[1:11:43]
So that's recorded in that place. And
[1:11:46]
I'm I'm not seeing how that easement
[1:11:50]
gets relocated without a plat amendment
[1:11:54]
or some kind of a vacancy of that
[1:11:56]
easement or something.
[1:11:59]
And and which leads to the next
[1:12:01]
question. You know, the webex come in
[1:12:04]
and submit for a building permit. We
[1:12:06]
need to know where we measure our
[1:12:08]
setbacks from over there. Um, so just
[1:12:14]
thinking out loud a couple things.
[1:12:15]
>> So is there setbacks from the pee and
[1:12:18]
then the setbacks?
[1:12:19]
>> Not from the pee, but that would mean
[1:12:22]
the pee would extend like the east edge
[1:12:25]
of the pee in my mind anyway would be 30
[1:12:28]
feet from the new property line, the new
[1:12:30]
city boundary. Instead of the first 10
[1:12:34]
feet, it's there's 20 feet and then a PU
[1:12:36]
recorded.
[1:12:39]
I'm happy to hear response if you are
[1:12:41]
mayor.
[1:12:42]
>> Yeah,
[1:12:45]
» the question that comes into my mind is there any utilities in it right now?
[1:12:50]
>> There's not. I'm sure not.
[1:12:52]
>> That 10- foot pee could be pushed over
[1:12:55]
to the other thing basically through a
[1:12:57]
boundary adjustment
[1:12:59]
through the it's a law. It's a state
[1:13:02]
law. You can do that. Move those. you
[1:13:04]
guys would have to approve that if
[1:13:06]
that's the case. But there there's
[1:13:09]
different things that can be done.
[1:13:11]
Usually easements, he doesn't care where
[1:13:14]
you guys have an easement. He would
[1:13:16]
prefer it to be at the very west end of
[1:13:19]
your property. And that's that's okay.
[1:13:22]
If you want to vacate it and write an
[1:13:23]
easement over there, totally fine.
[1:13:27]
Easily done when there's nothing there.
[1:13:30]
>> Okay. It just felt like some kind of
[1:13:32]
recordable instrument would be
[1:13:34]
necessary, right, to take care of that.
[1:13:36]
>> So on my survey, I would show it as
[1:13:38]
being that west 10 ft because that was
[1:13:40]
the intent of the original plat
[1:13:43]
>> that it was over there where the
[1:13:45]
monuments are.
[1:13:46]
>> Well, he's up there. Can I do my last
[1:13:48]
two questions? Is that okay?
[1:13:49]
>> Sure.
[1:13:50]
>> Kaden, the image is there. And the
[1:13:51]
reason this is important, you can but
[1:13:53]
before you Well, okay, there it is. This
[1:13:55]
is what we're looking at right here. But
[1:13:58]
you can see it in both views. Do you see
[1:14:00]
that trail, that walking trail? I'd love
[1:14:02]
to hear if if if if this is important.
[1:14:05]
Currently, the neighborhoods are using
[1:14:08]
that trail walking around the line and
[1:14:11]
then through this area. If you go back
[1:14:12]
to the last view, Kaden, you can see it
[1:14:16]
or or the last um not my picture, the
[1:14:19]
one from the uh the that you can you see
[1:14:23]
that trail on the bottom of what we're
[1:14:25]
talking about that red line, that little
[1:14:27]
kind of trail that goes up and around
[1:14:28]
and then through that area uh that
[1:14:32]
currently is uh used. So I I don't know
[1:14:34]
if people care about it. I don't know
[1:14:36]
because I don't live over there. But
[1:14:37]
just if there was anyone that wanted to
[1:14:39]
speak to that or whatever, that is uh
[1:14:42]
currently like a bridgeway. Um but this was helpful for me to see what
[1:14:46]
we're talking about. That difference
[1:14:48]
right there. I guess the real border is
[1:14:51]
where that fence is. I I believe I'm
[1:14:53]
correct. If I'm not, correct me.
[1:14:54]
>> That fence is south of the property
[1:14:57]
corner. You see that Lath there? There's
[1:15:00]
a little yellow dot right next to the L
[1:15:03]
at the on the ground.
[1:15:04]
>> Yes. Yes.
[1:15:05]
>> That's the property quarter. I'm
[1:15:07]
referring to which is the southwest
[1:15:10]
corner of the whole property.
[1:15:12]
>> The fence is just a fence of
[1:15:14]
convenience.
[1:15:15]
>> So that's the correct place it should be
[1:15:16]
where that stake is.
[1:15:17]
>> That's where it should be. Yep.
[1:15:19]
>> Okay.
[1:15:19]
>> That's where the intent of the original
[1:15:22]
land owner when he
[1:15:23]
>> and Right now it's 20 ft further up from
[1:15:25]
that.
[1:15:25]
>> It's not exactly 20 ft. It's about 16
[1:15:28]
ftish.
[1:15:29]
>> Okay.
[1:15:29]
>> Plus or minus. So
[1:15:31]
>> thank you.
[1:15:33]
>> Do you have any other question?
[1:15:33]
>> No, that was all. Thank you.
[1:15:34]
>> Okay. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it.
[1:15:37]
Okay, let's um can ask staff to bring it
[1:15:41]
back as an action item.
[1:15:44]
Um that's what we're required to do
[1:15:46]
next. Let's move on to item seven. Um
[1:15:48]
action items, site plan approval for the
[1:15:52]
Alpine Fire Station addition community
[1:15:54]
center site plan.
[1:15:59]
» Okay. Well, I guess I have the pleasure
[1:16:00]
of introducing this. Um
[1:16:03]
yeah, so the fire station remodel and
[1:16:05]
addition, this went to the planning
[1:16:07]
commission last week as all of you know.
[1:16:10]
Um just the fire station right here on
[1:16:13]
the same city block as as city hall
[1:16:15]
where we are now. Um so the design for
[1:16:18]
this update and remodel uh is to expand
[1:16:23]
operational capacity and convert the
[1:16:26]
existing structure into a functioning
[1:16:27]
community center that supports civic
[1:16:29]
gatherings.
[1:16:30]
Um the existing apparatus bay will be
[1:16:33]
preserved. The fire station will have
[1:16:35]
the addition and we'll have the
[1:16:37]
community center as well.
[1:16:40]
Um the use of materials is primarily
[1:16:43]
stucco on this building as proposed.
[1:16:46]
And then there will also be faux wood
[1:16:49]
panel accents and a brick veneer Wayne
[1:16:52]
Scott.
[1:16:54]
And we'll see some some elevations of
[1:16:56]
that coming up shortly.
[1:16:58]
Um the main one of the main items that
[1:17:00]
will have to be determined is the
[1:17:03]
landscaping plan is in coordination
[1:17:06]
right now uh through a separate city-led
[1:17:09]
effort and uh so the city council can
[1:17:12]
see where where we're at on that. Um and
[1:17:16]
then there were some
[1:17:19]
recommendations from the planning
[1:17:20]
commission as they reviewed this that
[1:17:22]
you can see on your screen now. So they
[1:17:25]
recommended that the the plan be
[1:17:28]
consistent with the small area plan in
[1:17:30]
regard to exteriors. The small area plan
[1:17:32]
being a document that's currently being
[1:17:33]
reviewed right now by the city council
[1:17:36]
for our main street and gateway
[1:17:37]
corridors.
[1:17:38]
Uh the planning commission also
[1:17:40]
recommended there be no faux wood as one
[1:17:43]
of the materials. They recommended to
[1:17:45]
use more brick as much as possible is
[1:17:48]
how they worded it.
[1:17:50]
They recommended the planning the
[1:17:51]
landscape plan be provided before
[1:17:53]
landscaping is installed and that was
[1:17:54]
based on staff recommendation as well.
[1:17:57]
And they also made a motion to accept
[1:18:01]
made make an exception to the setbacks
[1:18:02]
for the parking based on the four
[1:18:04]
criteria in the in the ordinance for the
[1:18:07]
parking lot exception. And then the
[1:18:09]
final one was dark aluminum siding on
[1:18:11]
the windows on the door frames on the
[1:18:13]
big garage doors with the same color and
[1:18:14]
material to ensure consistency
[1:18:16]
throughout the building.
[1:18:20]
And so staff recommends that the city
[1:18:21]
council consider the approving of the
[1:18:23]
construction of the Alpine Fire Station
[1:18:25]
addition and remodel subject to the
[1:18:26]
condition of a landscape plan being
[1:18:28]
provided before being installed. And
[1:18:31]
with these considerations I just read of
[1:18:33]
the planning commission.
[1:18:39]
And so now I'll just pull up some of the
[1:18:41]
elevation renderings and
[1:18:45]
um allow the city council to discuss any
[1:18:48]
pertinent items that are on their mind
[1:18:50]
uh with regard to this approval.
[1:18:53]
>> Brent, do you have any comment?
[1:18:54]
>> Yeah, this has been a long time coming.
[1:18:56]
This has been talked about since before
[1:18:57]
I was elected two plus two and a half
[1:18:59]
years ago and I'm glad to see we're at
[1:19:01]
this stage. I'm excited for this imp
[1:19:05]
this uh improvement to the leaving
[1:19:08]
living living quarters and the station
[1:19:10]
for the fire department. Um after
[1:19:13]
listening to the planning commission
[1:19:15]
meeting last week, it's probably pretty
[1:19:17]
clear that they should have been or
[1:19:19]
could have been involved earlier so they
[1:19:21]
could have had more of an input on the
[1:19:25]
actual design of the building. We all
[1:19:27]
got the opportunity to look at different
[1:19:29]
options and to give our preferences. And
[1:19:32]
I've been fairly clear in the past, I
[1:19:34]
while I like things to be cohesive and
[1:19:36]
look nice, I'm less concerned about
[1:19:40]
specifics than some people might be. So,
[1:19:43]
I um
[1:19:46]
I am I'm concerned that if we make some
[1:19:48]
of the changes that the planning
[1:19:49]
commission recommended based on a
[1:19:51]
document that we haven't even discussed
[1:19:52]
yet and approved, they basically have
[1:19:54]
decided to change the design guidelines
[1:19:58]
to eliminate some of the materials that
[1:20:01]
would be allowed to only allow red
[1:20:03]
brick. And I think we needed to make
[1:20:06]
have that discussion and make those
[1:20:07]
decisions. So, I don't want to discount
[1:20:09]
the planning commission at all, but it is unfortunate that they weren't
[1:20:13]
privy to this earlier and could have
[1:20:15]
made some of their comments before that.
[1:20:17]
And I really don't want to delay this
[1:20:19]
any longer. So, um then Jessica,
[1:20:24]
Council Member Smooan, talked to me this
[1:20:27]
morning right after our budget meeting
[1:20:29]
and I know she has some ideas for a few
[1:20:31]
changes. Again, I'm I'm willing to
[1:20:34]
listen to those and I just hope that
[1:20:36]
they don't delay things too much or
[1:20:38]
cause any significant cost increases.
[1:20:41]
So, I'll just defer to her on her ideas.
[1:20:44]
>> Yes. Well, and I liked the first thing
[1:20:47]
Council Member Rumbler said is, "Why are
[1:20:50]
you bringing this up now?" I said,
[1:20:52]
'Well, it's this beautiful process that
[1:20:54]
we're involved in where we all talk
[1:20:56]
about stuff and see stuff and think
[1:20:58]
about stuff and and so with that, I
[1:21:01]
think really actually what I want to do
[1:21:03]
is Kate and I sent you a couple of
[1:21:04]
photos and these lean into the guidance
[1:21:08]
that planning commission came back with
[1:21:12]
um those I think it was or their
[1:21:15]
recommendation which is the consistency
[1:21:18]
I'm going to say our gateway historic.
[1:21:20]
say small area plan, but our small area
[1:21:22]
plan um
[1:21:26]
points to our gateway historic the faux
[1:21:28]
wood component and then use as much
[1:21:30]
brick as possible. So I actually sent
[1:21:33]
you I think two an email before that.
[1:21:37]
Yes.
[1:21:39]
Um this is our city hall. Now there's
[1:21:44]
one more photo and one more um I guess
[1:21:47]
email. So, we're we're pairing basically
[1:21:50]
these two buildings on the same square.
[1:21:53]
It's this one. And as I look at it and I
[1:21:55]
considered
[1:21:57]
um how can we relate these two buildings
[1:22:00]
better by small adjustments to
[1:22:06]
the exterior, not changing any of the
[1:22:09]
structural, any of the MEPs, any of
[1:22:12]
those things, but really how can we tie
[1:22:14]
these two projects together? That's what
[1:22:17]
I wanted to talk to council about this
[1:22:19]
evening and and how we can do it by not
[1:22:21]
slowing down the project by merely just
[1:22:24]
actually it will we would get a credit
[1:22:27]
back. I think maybe Babcock can give us
[1:22:30]
more information on this as far as I you
[1:22:32]
know if you remove cladding and you add
[1:22:34]
brick that might just be an equal
[1:22:36]
expense. you know, there's some things
[1:22:38]
that I look at and and don't see
[1:22:40]
anywhere that that these suggestions are
[1:22:42]
increasing cost and wouldn't delay the
[1:22:45]
project. And so, those are the things I
[1:22:47]
want to talk about as a council more
[1:22:49]
than just um you know, let's just go
[1:22:51]
ahead and move this forward if we could
[1:22:55]
make a couple of design adjustments and get really the historical element of
[1:22:59]
this building locked in.
[1:23:02]
So,
[1:23:04]
we worked on the outside design of this
[1:23:08]
building months ago and had council
[1:23:11]
input
[1:23:13]
and um you know when we went through
[1:23:16]
this process and correct me if I'm
[1:23:20]
wrong, but each one of you guys agreed
[1:23:22]
with moving forward and gave input on
[1:23:25]
which elevations you liked and you're
[1:23:27]
saying at this point where we are ready
[1:23:29]
to move forward. We've already
[1:23:30]
demolished the building that is getting
[1:23:32]
ready. We're getting ready for a
[1:23:34]
groundbreaking in what, a couple of
[1:23:36]
weeks.
[1:23:37]
And now you want to change.
[1:23:39]
>> I just think about it like adding
[1:23:41]
jewelry. I just want to change the
[1:23:43]
jewelry. I don't want to slow the
[1:23:44]
project down. And actually, when we were
[1:23:46]
asked for our input, we were given two
[1:23:49]
choices. We were given a choice of a
[1:23:52]
very modern building and then we were
[1:23:54]
given a choice of a building
[1:23:56]
>> three different elevations that I
[1:23:57]
remember. Right.
[1:23:58]
>> At that point, that's where you give
[1:24:00]
input on what you wanted.
[1:24:02]
>> I think originally this looked a little
[1:24:04]
different. We went to the material
[1:24:05]
choices. A lot of it is based on cost,
[1:24:07]
right? I think um
[1:24:09]
>> you know, ideally with longevity and all
[1:24:11]
of that, the aluminum cladding on the
[1:24:13]
roof would have been ideal, but the cost
[1:24:15]
was prohibitive. Um, so I my
[1:24:19]
understanding was with direction from
[1:24:21]
council and with the design team that
[1:24:24]
this is what we had all agreed on and we
[1:24:27]
move forward with it and then after that
[1:24:29]
it was really just kind of you know
[1:24:32]
they're they've already gone out for bid
[1:24:34]
with this design with the approval
[1:24:36]
>> and I understand the construction
[1:24:38]
process in the construction process you
[1:24:40]
can actually come in for a revisionary
[1:24:43]
bid and especially if you're just
[1:24:45]
talking about an exterior year change
[1:24:47]
from a cladding to a brick. So yes, and I said it's unfortunate. It's what
[1:24:52]
council member Ler said, why are you
[1:24:54]
bringing this up now? But it's the
[1:24:56]
beauty of our process. Our planning
[1:24:58]
commission said, hey, this isn't really
[1:25:01]
like aligned with our gateway historic.
[1:25:03]
So I kind of started thinking about
[1:25:04]
that. Hey,
[1:25:06]
>> let's have more brick because that feels
[1:25:08]
more historic. So I thought about that
[1:25:11]
as I look at our square. We don't have
[1:25:13]
black roofs and we don't have black
[1:25:15]
windows.
[1:25:17]
That doesn't feel historic at all. That
[1:25:19]
feels modern. And so again, with these
[1:25:21]
small design adjustments, we align it I
[1:25:25]
with our full town square. And that's
[1:25:28]
what I want to talk to as council. So
[1:25:30]
maybe we can just go down the line and
[1:25:32]
discuss it as council members. Um before
[1:25:34]
we before we continue though, I am like
[1:25:37]
Brent and Jessica
[1:25:40]
not understanding
[1:25:42]
what was the scope of what the planning
[1:25:44]
commission was asked to opinion on or
[1:25:47]
approve or recommend. Was it are they in
[1:25:50]
align are they in alignment with our
[1:25:52]
current main street guidelines? What was
[1:25:54]
the purpose of bringing it to planning
[1:25:56]
commission in the first place? And then
[1:25:59]
their recommendations are based on that.
[1:26:03]
Yeah, I can speak to that. Council
[1:26:05]
member Hanamman. Yeah, the planning
[1:26:06]
commission reviewed it or it was
[1:26:08]
required to review it based on the
[1:26:10]
current historic historic downtown
[1:26:13]
design standards
[1:26:14]
>> and and normally if we like we haven't
[1:26:16]
built a lot of buildings like not even
[1:26:18]
commercial buildings. Is this normally
[1:26:20]
the pro the stage or was there like a
[1:26:23]
step missed?
[1:26:25]
So,
[1:26:26]
>> why is it so late in the process that we
[1:26:28]
they go through the main street gate
[1:26:30]
guidelines?
[1:26:30]
>> Because everything just got finalized to
[1:26:33]
the point that it could be submitted.
[1:26:34]
But like with commercial site plans,
[1:26:37]
which currently we have two that are
[1:26:39]
under review,
[1:26:40]
>> okay,
[1:26:40]
>> that you guys haven't seen because it's
[1:26:42]
not not to that point. But
[1:26:44]
>> the 512 building, um they're planning on
[1:26:46]
an addition there. And uh there's a
[1:26:49]
small commercial building just west of
[1:26:52]
the at about 50 west 200 north. Um so
[1:26:56]
they're going through the same process
[1:26:59]
and we'll be going to planning
[1:27:00]
commission. And so to follow our own
[1:27:03]
process, we sent this site plan through
[1:27:06]
planning commission and now it's to city
[1:27:08]
council. And to Jessica's point and what
[1:27:11]
the planning commission said was we are
[1:27:14]
in the middle of revising them but we
[1:27:17]
can't give our contractor a moving
[1:27:19]
target. So we were told we told them
[1:27:22]
from the beginning it's the it's the
[1:27:24]
main street guidelines as
[1:27:26]
currently on our books what you know as
[1:27:29]
and then that's what they were asked to
[1:27:31]
follow. So, did the planning commission
[1:27:34]
then say, "We're not going to use our
[1:27:37]
current guidelines. We're going to
[1:27:39]
assume that the council is going to be
[1:27:40]
on board with everything we want to do."
[1:27:43]
Like, how did how is there this
[1:27:45]
disconnect between our current
[1:27:46]
guidelines, which this was designed to
[1:27:49]
meet, and the planning commission having
[1:27:52]
other desires to change those guidelines
[1:27:54]
and asking for the changes to be
[1:27:56]
implemented in this building? Can you
[1:27:58]
help us with the sequence of that?
[1:28:00]
>> Some of it is subjective though. It's
[1:28:01]
not per our guidelines. Oh, they're
[1:28:03]
don't mean it. They need more brick.
[1:28:04]
It's it's planning. It's individual
[1:28:07]
members saying, "Hey, I think it would
[1:28:08]
look better with more brick. I think it
[1:28:10]
would look better with less whatever."
[1:28:13]
>> Yeah. And just just to clarify, they
[1:28:16]
were looking at their proposed
[1:28:18]
amendments to the draft.
[1:28:19]
>> That's what I think.
[1:28:20]
>> So, the current draft that we've all
[1:28:22]
looking at that we're going to discuss
[1:28:23]
in the future would allow these
[1:28:26]
materials. The planning commission last
[1:28:28]
week said previously they had discussed
[1:28:32]
changing that and they're using those
[1:28:34]
propos their proposed changes
[1:28:36]
to apply to this current project
[1:28:38]
>> right but we haven't even discussed it
[1:28:40]
as a council
[1:28:42]
>> their input.
[1:28:42]
>> So in my opinion the fire station is now
[1:28:46]
designed currently designed meets what
[1:28:48]
our draft document says right now our
[1:28:51]
>> not our draft our current
[1:28:52]
>> current
[1:28:52]
>> and both the
[1:28:54]
>> Oh the draft okay I see what you're
[1:28:56]
saying. Yes,
[1:28:56]
>> the draft materials are wood, masonry,
[1:28:59]
brick, and stone, although no stucco,
[1:29:01]
but we already have it's already stuck,
[1:29:03]
right?
[1:29:05]
>> Yeah. Sorry, since since Kaden wasn't
[1:29:07]
actually here for part of those
[1:29:08]
discussions with um the planning
[1:29:11]
commission when they went through the
[1:29:13]
main street breakdown, right, they did
[1:29:16]
four weeks of it. During that time, they
[1:29:19]
were ve they felt very strongly about
[1:29:21]
specific guidelines and they were passed
[1:29:24]
on to this group. Unfortunately, this
[1:29:26]
group hasn't gotten there yet. So, they
[1:29:29]
felt uncomfortable
[1:29:31]
condoning some or or voting in favor of
[1:29:34]
something that didn't match what they
[1:29:36]
had talked about in their recommendation
[1:29:38]
to you. Now, that said, doesn't keep
[1:29:41]
you, you know, that's why they didn't
[1:29:43]
stick to the ones that are on the book.
[1:29:45]
Now, right or wrong, but that's what
[1:29:47]
their conversation based on. But their
[1:29:49]
justification or their their one of
[1:29:51]
their rationale was if we allow the city
[1:29:55]
or we if the city builds this in this
[1:29:58]
way and then we change the guidelines,
[1:30:00]
you're going to have these neighbors
[1:30:00]
across the street saying, "Well, why did
[1:30:02]
the city get a used stuckco and why
[1:30:03]
didn't why why can't we?" But there are
[1:30:05]
different
[1:30:06]
>> under different guidelines. under
[1:30:07]
different guidelines timing
[1:30:08]
>> and we haven't decided yet as a city
[1:30:10]
council who was a final decision maker
[1:30:12]
on our master plan and the design
[1:30:15]
standards whether we agree with the
[1:30:17]
planning commission to only allow red
[1:30:19]
brick on main street.
[1:30:20]
>> Well, and then this is also our historic
[1:30:23]
square. So, we also need to use, you
[1:30:25]
know, as city council members looking at
[1:30:27]
our history and um applying that to this
[1:30:31]
unique square and making sure that these
[1:30:34]
buildings have a relationship to each
[1:30:36]
other since you're seeing both of them
[1:30:39]
at the same time almost the entire time
[1:30:42]
you're here.
[1:30:43]
>> Okay. So, um can I have some
[1:30:46]
clarification then that what I
[1:30:48]
understand what happened now at the
[1:30:50]
planning commission? Um, that's how I
[1:30:52]
was interpreting that reading between
[1:30:54]
the lines kind of why their
[1:30:56]
recommendations follow something that we
[1:30:58]
haven't even discussed yet as a council.
[1:31:00]
But under it would be good practice for
[1:31:03]
us to use what we've already what's
[1:31:05]
sitting there as our current guidelines
[1:31:08]
unmended un unadapted for all the work
[1:31:11]
we're doing with the small area plan.
[1:31:13]
That would be the wisest thing to do.
[1:31:16]
That's why I brought up the other two
[1:31:18]
site plans that are under review. Like
[1:31:21]
we have to review those based on what's
[1:31:23]
on the books right now.
[1:31:25]
>> Right. Okay. So, that's the guidance
[1:31:27]
we're getting from staff because I agree
[1:31:29]
with both of you and yet we can't move
[1:31:32]
like I don't feel like it's fair to
[1:31:34]
we're the client, right? We're moving
[1:31:35]
the target to say oh match these
[1:31:37]
guidelines but really no no we we might
[1:31:39]
go this direction so let's consider
[1:31:41]
those two. Like to me that's we need to
[1:31:43]
do be very clear like these are the
[1:31:45]
guidelines that we meet and if we meet
[1:31:47]
these guidelines this is what we can
[1:31:49]
move forward on and until we've sort of
[1:31:51]
cleaned everything up voted and put it
[1:31:53]
in the books we we can't really make
[1:31:55]
decisions based on that yet even though
[1:31:57]
I agree with you Jessica I do I do that
[1:31:59]
I just don't think the timing is
[1:32:02]
>> make decisions based upon the fact that
[1:32:04]
we have guiding documents today so we
[1:32:07]
can make those decisions
[1:32:10]
>> wait we these we do the the original
[1:32:12]
main street guidelines that are like 15
[1:32:14]
years old.
[1:32:14]
>> We could make decisions based upon the process for that is it goes to
[1:32:19]
planning commission. Planning commission
[1:32:22]
is the review committee for the gateway
[1:32:25]
historic. They make recommendations. The
[1:32:27]
recommendations come to city council and
[1:32:30]
then city council moves those pro
[1:32:33]
processes forward. So we're not stuck at
[1:32:36]
all. We actually have a process in place
[1:32:38]
that we just
[1:32:39]
>> but those decisions and suggestions were
[1:32:41]
made erroneously based on a set of
[1:32:44]
guidelines that are not yet implemented.
[1:32:47]
So by state law if something comes in
[1:32:50]
unless there's a moratorum we have to go
[1:32:52]
by our current and existing ordinances.
[1:32:56]
You can't go hey this came in this is
[1:32:59]
designed for our current ordinances but
[1:33:01]
because we're going to change it in a
[1:33:02]
couple of months we'd like for you to do
[1:33:04]
that.
[1:33:05]
>> Right? That's why I'm saying we have a
[1:33:06]
process in place. Planning commission
[1:33:08]
has made the recommendations. They've
[1:33:10]
moved it to city council. So now we're
[1:33:12]
moving forward.
[1:33:13]
>> Right. So that's our process. That's not
[1:33:15]
erroneous. It's very clear. It's what we
[1:33:18]
followed for 15 years.
[1:33:19]
>> Well, erroneous in that their
[1:33:20]
suggestions are based off of not our
[1:33:23]
current existing guidelines, which is
[1:33:25]
what their job is to do. I understand
[1:33:28]
where I think everyone's in agreement
[1:33:30]
with where they're at, but by law, I
[1:33:35]
don't think they were instructed
[1:33:36]
correctly that you have to go by these
[1:33:39]
guidelines now when it comes in this
[1:33:41]
place in time. Now, if it were two or
[1:33:43]
three months down the line, you're
[1:33:44]
talking about a whole different set of
[1:33:46]
guidelines that they would have to go
[1:33:47]
by. But they are making suggestions
[1:33:52]
based and again I don't think anyone's
[1:33:54]
against the suggestions but
[1:33:57]
you cannot make your decisions and
[1:33:59]
recommendations based on something that
[1:34:01]
does not yet exist.
[1:34:02]
>> Well actually we have the legislative
[1:34:05]
ability in this situation to make those
[1:34:07]
decisions with our legislative power.
[1:34:10]
>> They're not you can but not based on
[1:34:13]
recommendations from planning.
[1:34:14]
>> I think we're talking about two separate
[1:34:15]
things. Well, I just said it made me
[1:34:17]
start thinking. It made me look at the
[1:34:19]
whole project from a design element as a
[1:34:22]
whole.
[1:34:22]
>> Can I ask a question regarding costs? If
[1:34:25]
there is a change, any kind of material
[1:34:27]
change at this point, my understanding
[1:34:29]
was that
[1:34:31]
the plans are final that they are going
[1:34:34]
through um the bidding process to get
[1:34:36]
the final um absolute top price. you
[1:34:40]
know that can't go over the CMC CMGC
[1:34:43]
project um guidelines if we are making
[1:34:46]
these kind of material changes to the
[1:34:48]
outside
[1:34:50]
is there an impact on the cost and if so
[1:34:52]
what and I'm not sure whether it's which
[1:34:55]
Chad whether it's little or well and a
[1:34:59]
little clarity on that a lot of this
[1:35:01]
cost is actually now touching none of it
[1:35:05]
on two of the fronts on the full bays of
[1:35:08]
the south
[1:35:09]
>> right but the guarante sheet price that
[1:35:10]
we have is based on our current plans.
[1:35:13]
So if you're changing that then you're
[1:35:15]
talking about another process going back
[1:35:17]
getting re everything is set and you
[1:35:19]
have we get a set price and say okay we
[1:35:22]
guarantee that you're going to have this
[1:35:23]
project for this anything you change
[1:35:25]
whether it costs more or not it is going
[1:35:27]
to adjust the cost of it that's by
[1:35:29]
purely by the product of it.
[1:35:30]
>> So so you're saying it's not going to
[1:35:32]
affect it but it could and so I'm just
[1:35:34]
curious. So yes, the plans are complete.
[1:35:38]
Um,
[1:35:40]
Babcock has finished the plans 100%.
[1:35:43]
They are out to bid right now. We are
[1:35:44]
planning to come back to uh get approval
[1:35:47]
of the guaranteed maximum price, the
[1:35:49]
total cost on June 9th currently is what
[1:35:52]
we're planning to do. Um,
[1:35:56]
I don't like making changes, but at this
[1:35:59]
point, still before construction starts,
[1:36:02]
before that GMP is locked in. Yeah,
[1:36:05]
>> it is going to be cheaper now than later
[1:36:07]
and I would want everybody to get what
[1:36:11]
the city wants and what the city all
[1:36:13]
agrees this should be. Uh yes, we it
[1:36:17]
will take depend on the extent of the
[1:36:20]
changes. It will cost a little more
[1:36:22]
money. Uh we'll have to pay for design
[1:36:25]
changes. Um
[1:36:28]
now depend on the materials. There's a
[1:36:31]
range in price of materials as well. the
[1:36:33]
stucco or on this it's an ephus which
[1:36:36]
has a stucco appearance is probably the
[1:36:39]
cheaper of the three the brick the wood
[1:36:43]
or the or or the eus it's the cheaper of
[1:36:46]
the three so the more that you use the
[1:36:48]
cheaper would be which could offset the
[1:36:50]
cost of the additional design changes
[1:36:52]
but
[1:36:54]
um
[1:36:56]
it depends on which material you want
[1:36:59]
how much of that material you want and
[1:37:02]
um Yes, now while bids are still out
[1:37:05]
before we lock in that GMP is the right
[1:37:08]
time to make those changes if there's
[1:37:10]
going to be changes.
[1:37:13]
» Okay, Chrissy, did you have any other
[1:37:15]
questions?
[1:37:15]
>> Wait, we skipped me.
[1:37:16]
>> Oh, did we? How did we get to Chrissy?
[1:37:18]
>> No, I didn't have any comments about the
[1:37:19]
project. I wanted to understand where
[1:37:21]
the planning commission recommendations
[1:37:23]
were coming from. I haven't yet talked
[1:37:25]
about the project.
[1:37:26]
>> Okay, go ahead, Sarah. Okay, not to
[1:37:28]
throw a wrench in the system. I kind of
[1:37:30]
feel like my third grader who asked for
[1:37:32]
a red popsicle. I open it and then
[1:37:34]
they're like, "Wait, I wanted purple."
[1:37:36]
So I apologize but to Councilwoman
[1:37:39]
Smeuan's point I was looking today and
[1:37:42]
after listening to planning commission
[1:37:44]
looking at the cohesiveness between the
[1:37:46]
two buildings and you have like more of
[1:37:48]
like a rustic mountain more contemporary
[1:37:51]
and then right next to our old, you
[1:37:54]
know, city building and then in between
[1:37:57]
we're going to have our sculpture garden
[1:37:59]
that's going to have a gazebo with
[1:38:01]
arched windows kind of like the ones in
[1:38:03]
this building.
[1:38:04]
I just thought, is there a way that we
[1:38:07]
can make that more co cohesive because
[1:38:10]
this is like our historic block. And
[1:38:12]
actually, I think it would looking at
[1:38:15]
the cost per square foot on the various
[1:38:19]
um
[1:38:20]
>> materials.
[1:38:21]
Thank you. Um, I I think it
[1:38:24]
would actually be less because it would
[1:38:26]
mean more stucco, none of the the faux
[1:38:30]
wood, and maybe a little bit more brick,
[1:38:32]
which by the way, I love the color of
[1:38:34]
the brick that you chose. I think that's
[1:38:36]
awesome. I would love to keep some of
[1:38:38]
the same details that we have here at
[1:38:39]
the city building, like the I don't know
[1:38:41]
if they're called cornerstones or some
[1:38:43]
of the details
[1:38:44]
>> above the windows. And I was curious, is
[1:38:47]
there a possibility to keep some of the
[1:38:49]
current stucco on the portion of the
[1:38:52]
building that we are keeping or do you
[1:38:54]
have to restuckco the entire thing?
[1:38:59]
» So,
[1:39:00]
I don't want to go backwards, but I want
[1:39:02]
to be helpful.
[1:39:02]
>> Sorry, that was a lot.
[1:39:03]
>> No, no, you're good. Um,
[1:39:06]
I don't have an agenda. I don't have
[1:39:07]
anything in the game other than I want
[1:39:09]
to serve the client, which is ultimately
[1:39:10]
the city.
[1:39:12]
So, I'm getting to your question, your
[1:39:14]
point, but I guess what I want to start
[1:39:15]
with is we've spent numerous um amounts
[1:39:19]
of effort both with this group uh with
[1:39:22]
the fire chief, Shane, our off-site
[1:39:24]
project meeting group, design team, etc.
[1:39:26]
cultivating and coming to an agreement
[1:39:28]
on where we are today based on a lot of
[1:39:30]
impacts and decisions. So, it's not done
[1:39:33]
based on trying to get a design opinion
[1:39:35]
or um
[1:39:38]
a personal agenda by any means. Uh that
[1:39:41]
said, you guys hired a professional
[1:39:43]
architect to give professional opinion.
[1:39:45]
And when we met based on historic
[1:39:47]
downtown guidelines, both internally and
[1:39:50]
as this group, we aligned ourselves and
[1:39:52]
okay, what we want to do as an as a
[1:39:54]
priority is to design a new building
[1:39:58]
using the existing facility that ties in
[1:40:01]
as well as possible to the existing
[1:40:02]
facility, but also brings new life and
[1:40:04]
brings new character to this to the
[1:40:06]
downtown district while meeting the
[1:40:07]
historic downtown guidelines, which we
[1:40:09]
felt we have done. Those historic
[1:40:11]
guidelines that are in place now talk
[1:40:13]
about brick, they talk about wood, they
[1:40:14]
talk about ephus.
[1:40:17]
So in terms of shapes, like Councilman
[1:40:19]
Moon was mentioning, we did talk about
[1:40:21]
different forms and different elevations
[1:40:22]
that you saw. I think those had a couple
[1:40:24]
different variations of of materials on
[1:40:26]
them, but it was a lot of form work to
[1:40:28]
be fair.
[1:40:30]
Um, so to your question, we are keeping
[1:40:32]
a lot of the existing ephus and stucco.
[1:40:34]
It there's currently no stucco on the
[1:40:36]
building. It's currently all ephus over
[1:40:37]
there. It's same finish of look. It's
[1:40:39]
just a different property material with
[1:40:41]
more insulation which is required for
[1:40:43]
energy codes and things of that nature.
[1:40:46]
So, um, we're keeping most of it where
[1:40:48]
it occurs. We're adding a couple
[1:40:50]
different things to add. We're adding
[1:40:51]
the Wayne scope, but it doesn't remove
[1:40:52]
the insulation. It just enhances what's
[1:40:55]
there in my mind. So, yes, the coins and
[1:40:59]
like the overheads in the windows, like
[1:41:00]
the headers of the windows, that's
[1:41:02]
something that we intentionally met with
[1:41:04]
and decided this is a quite frankly a
[1:41:06]
dated look. And while I understand the
[1:41:08]
cohesiveness between city hall, uh it
[1:41:11]
was never my intention or understanding
[1:41:13]
to say we need to match city hall. It
[1:41:15]
was my intention to try and match the
[1:41:16]
district guidelines and make it cohesive
[1:41:19]
building as it wasn't going to be
[1:41:20]
clearly an addition and a new
[1:41:22]
construction. It was going to be
[1:41:23]
cohesive one building on its own that
[1:41:24]
blended together. who didn't look old
[1:41:26]
versus new.
[1:41:28]
>> Okay. Res respectfully, I I I guess I
[1:41:31]
just don't see the cohesiveness and
[1:41:33]
maybe just like a few
[1:41:35]
>> between city hall and this or
[1:41:37]
>> Yes,
[1:41:37]
>> correct. And that was never an agenda
[1:41:39]
point to make is what I'm saying.
[1:41:40]
>> The cohesiveness was meant to say I
[1:41:42]
didn't want to send back and have it be
[1:41:43]
an existing building with an addition. I
[1:41:45]
wanted it to be
[1:41:46]
>> Oh, I see the whole building to be
[1:41:48]
cohesive.
[1:41:49]
>> Yes, I see what you're saying.
[1:41:50]
>> It still fall within the guidelines of
[1:41:51]
the historic district which we talked
[1:41:53]
about. I just I mean I I don't want to
[1:41:56]
like make you upset, but I just think
[1:41:59]
there's like a few a few small things
[1:42:02]
that we could change that would make it
[1:42:04]
a little bit more cohesive with the city
[1:42:06]
building, like maybe the roof color to
[1:42:09]
be match this. And I I mean,
[1:42:11]
>> we can't Are you saying put shingle
[1:42:13]
roofs?
[1:42:13]
>> No, I'm not saying change what type of
[1:42:15]
roof. I'm just saying colors. I'm saying
[1:42:17]
maybe the $65 per square foot installed
[1:42:20]
wood. Instead, we just do the stucco.
[1:42:22]
That's the E F E F E F E F E F E F E F E how do what do you call it?
[1:42:25]
>> EUS that's $14 per square foot. And I
[1:42:29]
think that would actually look better
[1:42:30]
personally, but I guess this is where we
[1:42:32]
have a discussion and we share our
[1:42:34]
opinions. I know some people are upset
[1:42:36]
about that, but I just think that it
[1:42:38]
would look better personally.
[1:42:40]
>> It's like I said, I'm here to be
[1:42:41]
transparent. We we got to where we are
[1:42:43]
today by a clear lineage of steps one
[1:42:46]
through.
[1:42:48]
>> And so I I know how we got here and why
[1:42:49]
we got here. Uh if we need to go back
[1:42:51]
and look at something different, that's
[1:42:52]
fine. We can do that.
[1:42:54]
>> Um to Chad's point, feels weird calling
[1:42:56]
you Chad.
[1:42:58]
>> Uh to this guy's point, um there's time
[1:43:01]
involvement with that. And so we are out
[1:43:03]
for bidding.
[1:43:04]
>> At the same time we issue drawings for
[1:43:06]
bidding, we also issue them for
[1:43:07]
permitting.
[1:43:08]
>> So that's why we're in this site plan
[1:43:10]
approval process. And if I can be frank,
[1:43:13]
I think a lot of this process, we knew
[1:43:15]
that the council specifically wanted to
[1:43:16]
have an inherent um window into this
[1:43:19]
process. And so we made sure that that
[1:43:21]
was a for not a force, but a necessary
[1:43:24]
thing that we included everyone on as
[1:43:25]
part of Shane's agenda, which I thought
[1:43:27]
was great. I think some of those
[1:43:28]
decisions pushed us beyond when we would
[1:43:31]
have normally liked to submit for
[1:43:32]
planning commission approval. to see
[1:43:34]
your point that would have happened
[1:43:35]
prior to but these things that we wanted
[1:43:38]
input on that started off as design and
[1:43:40]
then started out as VE if you recall
[1:43:41]
from another council me council session
[1:43:44]
pushed us to the point to where now
[1:43:45]
we're submitting for documents for
[1:43:46]
timing and for budget purposes
[1:43:49]
>> and here we are.
[1:43:50]
>> Yeah. I just think some of the changes
[1:43:51]
that I'm suggesting actually wouldn't be
[1:43:53]
that big of a deal. But I'm also not a
[1:43:55]
contractor. I'm not an engineer. I'm not
[1:43:57]
an architect. But I also
[1:43:58]
>> I don't know I don't know the extent of
[1:43:59]
them yet either and I'm happy to go into
[1:44:02]
those once we have a better
[1:44:03]
understanding.
[1:44:04]
>> Yeah. So,
[1:44:05]
>> and I did do some drawings. They look
[1:44:07]
like a third grader did them. But I did
[1:44:08]
do some mockups with some changes that I
[1:44:10]
gave to Shane. Um I don't know if it's
[1:44:14]
worth taking a look at them or if you'd
[1:44:15]
be willing to do that, but
[1:44:17]
>> I'm willing to do whatever is best for
[1:44:18]
the
[1:44:19]
>> project. I mean, whatever at this point
[1:44:20]
because they're completed. It's just
[1:44:22]
it'll be additional cost. But really,
[1:44:26]
you guys, the time for these this kind
[1:44:28]
of input was months ago when they first
[1:44:30]
brought in the renderings. I don't
[1:44:32]
understand
[1:44:35]
>> now seeing the whole thing. And when you
[1:44:37]
see the whole thing, then you can
[1:44:38]
actually
[1:44:39]
>> see the changes.
[1:44:40]
>> These are the almost the same stuff that
[1:44:42]
we've been seeing over and over and over
[1:44:44]
again.
[1:44:44]
>> You know,
[1:44:45]
>> I totally understand what you're saying,
[1:44:46]
mayor. changes the look of the entire
[1:44:49]
>> but this building is going to be around
[1:44:50]
for years and years and years and I just
[1:44:52]
feel like we got to get it right.
[1:44:55]
>> That's my opinion.
[1:44:58]
>> Well, and I think it'll be I think the
[1:45:01]
little bit of design cost and and that
[1:45:03]
having them click click click and change
[1:45:05]
the cladding to brick and adding more
[1:45:07]
stucco is going to be pennies compared
[1:45:11]
to the dollars we'll save in materials.
[1:45:14]
I mean, if you look at the faux wood
[1:45:16]
panel at $65 a linear foot or a square
[1:45:19]
foot, that's, you know, our the most
[1:45:22]
expensive accent piece. So, just by
[1:45:25]
removing that alone, we've captured a
[1:45:29]
little bit of money to change some just
[1:45:32]
design elements on it.
[1:45:34]
>> May I speak to that?
[1:45:36]
>> Yeah. Uh, and again, I'm not advocating
[1:45:38]
for cost because we brought up the wood
[1:45:40]
as part of the historic downtown
[1:45:41]
guidelines and obviously working with
[1:45:42]
more than just the council and the fire
[1:45:44]
chief. We came to an agreement that we
[1:45:46]
wanted wood. If you recall during VE,
[1:45:48]
which was a month or two ago, as we were
[1:45:50]
trying to get past our DD, which is the
[1:45:52]
set before bidding documents, we had a
[1:45:55]
DD budget that we found out we were over
[1:45:56]
budget on. One of the line items that we
[1:45:58]
sat and discussed in this room was
[1:45:59]
whether to remove all of the wood. We
[1:46:01]
reduced it significantly and kept it
[1:46:03]
where it is now. So, I I'm fine to to do
[1:46:06]
whatever, but it just seems like we're
[1:46:08]
making different iterations of past
[1:46:09]
decisions a little bit. So, I just want
[1:46:12]
to warn like are we are we making the
[1:46:14]
right path and is what's best for
[1:46:16]
everyone?
[1:46:20]
» Can you can do I have Do you have more
[1:46:22]
questions?
[1:46:23]
>> No.
[1:46:24]
>> Can you go back to Jessica's picture
[1:46:26]
where she showed the view of both? I
[1:46:28]
think one significant thing that we
[1:46:30]
looked at um how to be consistent and
[1:46:33]
what I learned from the architects who
[1:46:35]
came to visit um us for our main street
[1:46:39]
guidelines or you know the whole small
[1:46:41]
area plan was roof lines and so I do
[1:46:44]
feel like these because of the roof
[1:46:46]
lines are are uh
[1:46:49]
cohesive. You can see the roof line here
[1:46:51]
of the the um the city hall on the left
[1:46:54]
with the roof line of the um bay for the
[1:46:59]
big trucks. Um I think that that makes
[1:47:02]
it cohesive. I understand like that this
[1:47:05]
is a tan roof and so it feels more like
[1:47:09]
um uh shingles. So maybe that I I don't
[1:47:13]
know how that would help it. Also, this
[1:47:16]
arched window here above the bays is
[1:47:19]
very much like uh cohesive with like
[1:47:22]
these arches. I know that these are half
[1:47:24]
circles and that's like a like an
[1:47:26]
eyebrow arch, I think they call it.
[1:47:28]
Well,
[1:47:28]
>> a what?
[1:47:29]
>> Well played.
[1:47:30]
>> Thank you.
[1:47:31]
>> I don't know what you just said, but
[1:47:32]
it's the right thing.
[1:47:33]
>> You're correct is what I'm saying.
[1:47:34]
>> Oh, okay. Okay. An eyebrow arch. Also,
[1:47:37]
you can see that this has um divided
[1:47:40]
light. You know like we like if you open
[1:47:42]
these blinds you can see that we have
[1:47:44]
delighted divided light and so there are
[1:47:47]
divine design elements that are very
[1:47:49]
complimentary without um this building
[1:47:53]
this specifically this part of the
[1:47:54]
building was built in 1930s under um oh
[1:47:58]
what was the name of it was like
[1:48:00]
renaissance or art deco I can't remember
[1:48:03]
it was very specific to the federal look
[1:48:05]
because this is built by federal funds
[1:48:07]
that doesn't really match the rest of
[1:48:09]
our city um because it was a federal
[1:48:12]
project actually in our city. And so I I
[1:48:15]
specifically as a early on said, would
[1:48:18]
you just look at the houses around us
[1:48:20]
because these are pioneer era houses.
[1:48:23]
And so I feel like they they took that
[1:48:25]
feedback and so that the the actual
[1:48:28]
rendering um is a building that still
[1:48:32]
has the historic elements in it. See the
[1:48:34]
arches still left above the bays. We
[1:48:37]
have hipped roofs. We have um what's the
[1:48:39]
name of that roof line? That's just like
[1:48:41]
there's a gable. An open gable. Oh yeah,
[1:48:43]
I learned that too from the main street
[1:48:45]
people. They said when you have an open
[1:48:47]
gable that faces the street, that's a
[1:48:49]
historic way to build a building. That's
[1:48:51]
not how we always build buildings now.
[1:48:54]
Like a lot of roofs will be like uh
[1:48:58]
like straight just uh straight to the
[1:49:00]
floor.
[1:49:01]
>> Single slope roof.
[1:49:02]
>> Yeah, single slope roof. Specifically
[1:49:03]
like our Alpine um fitness center. it
[1:49:07]
doesn't have any gables on the whole
[1:49:08]
building. So, that's another reason it
[1:49:10]
feels more modern and less historic. So,
[1:49:13]
I do feel like um aside from the brick
[1:49:15]
or the wood paneling debate, which I
[1:49:18]
think Chad is accurate, like I wanted
[1:49:20]
more wood paddling on the back, which is
[1:49:22]
the top of that, and you guys chose to
[1:49:24]
take it off, and I'm going to support
[1:49:27]
you in your decision, but please don't
[1:49:29]
take any more off. Um, that's that's how
[1:49:32]
I feel about it. And also I learned from
[1:49:35]
the Main Street historic people that
[1:49:37]
when you have windows that are tall
[1:49:39]
taller than they are wide that that's a
[1:49:41]
historic window. Um if you do big
[1:49:44]
viewscape windows that's more modern
[1:49:46]
especially without the divided light.
[1:49:48]
And so they've retained those longer
[1:49:50]
windows across the living quarters.
[1:49:53]
Those are each living quarters for each
[1:49:54]
of our firemen. So, I feel like they've
[1:49:57]
done a great job um as summarized here
[1:50:00]
of a s sensitivity to historic downtown
[1:50:03]
character, blending existing and new
[1:50:06]
architectural forms, material cohesion
[1:50:09]
and respect for context, unified civic
[1:50:11]
presence. I feel like we nailed it the
[1:50:14]
first time and I understand I did talk
[1:50:17]
to a member of the planning commission
[1:50:18]
about what were you guys thinking like
[1:50:20]
brick like at this point like this ship
[1:50:23]
has sailed like we're ready to pull into
[1:50:25]
port you know like what are we doing
[1:50:27]
talking about brick and their their
[1:50:29]
discussion was largely on what they'd
[1:50:31]
like to see in the guidelines going
[1:50:33]
forward which we have not adopted so I
[1:50:36]
don't feel like it's fair to uh
[1:50:41]
sort of speculate where we're going to
[1:50:42]
end up even as a council with our
[1:50:44]
guidelines. So, I'm I'm very comfortable
[1:50:47]
with what they've done. I feel like they
[1:50:49]
nailed these three items. I have them
[1:50:51]
circled here in bright green
[1:50:52]
highlighter. Um, and so I'm supporting
[1:50:55]
this, not just for the process reasons
[1:50:58]
that Brent, because Brent is very
[1:50:59]
practical. Aesthetics don't always mean
[1:51:01]
that much to Brent. So, I totally agree
[1:51:03]
with Brent, but I also agree that we've
[1:51:06]
met the aesthetic um purpose that we we
[1:51:10]
spent a lot of time on the aesthetics
[1:51:11]
early out and I feel like they haven't
[1:51:14]
compromised the things. Um I I was very
[1:51:17]
puzzled by what the planning commission
[1:51:19]
came up with. But understanding their um where they were coming from, it
[1:51:24]
fits, but I don't think that that's um
[1:51:28]
fair to to everybody in the process to
[1:51:30]
sort of have a moving target. Also to
[1:51:33]
speculate where we're going to end up in
[1:51:34]
those guidelines. I will just say so I'm
[1:51:36]
going to leave it as it is.
[1:51:37]
>> My suggestions had would follow the same
[1:51:40]
the guidelines as they are currently
[1:51:41]
written. I wasn't it wasn't it was just
[1:51:43]
more about cohesion.
[1:51:45]
>> Yes. not necessarily about the
[1:51:47]
guidelines.
[1:51:48]
>> Yes, thank you for that clarification.
[1:51:49]
>> Do you have any comments?
[1:51:52]
>> Uh thank you. Um
[1:51:56]
so uh the uh I've always been concerned
[1:51:59]
about the cost on this as you know. I haven't been the nice guy. Isn't
[1:52:04]
that funny? Sarah is now the mean girl
[1:52:07]
and I'm the nice guy. Um this will be
[1:52:10]
around. So I work in a very similar
[1:52:12]
industry. I do movies. I do stained
[1:52:14]
glass windows. We had to take a stained
[1:52:16]
glass window out of a temple once it was
[1:52:18]
already there because one of the squares
[1:52:20]
were off or like movies up until you'll
[1:52:24]
have previews for movies going out that
[1:52:26]
you've all watched and it's still not
[1:52:28]
finished and we're making changes three
[1:52:30]
weeks before it's in theaters. So, like
[1:52:33]
point of me saying this, this is a big
[1:52:35]
50-year decision. You no one will
[1:52:38]
remember this, but 50 years they're
[1:52:40]
going to be stuck with a building. So,
[1:52:41]
you're going to want to get it right.
[1:52:43]
you're going to want to be happy with
[1:52:44]
it. It will be worth it for your guys's
[1:52:46]
future. Um, I think what Jessica and
[1:52:49]
Sarah after our cohesion, they they
[1:52:51]
walked me out and I looked at it and I
[1:52:53]
was like, "Wow, they are right.
[1:52:55]
This this is a pretty area and we take
[1:52:57]
it for granted, but it really is a
[1:52:59]
pretty area. You you can see the picture
[1:53:02]
right behind you from outside. If you
[1:53:03]
look right there, you can see the bell
[1:53:05]
tower, the ceiling, the interesting
[1:53:08]
corners, and uh I I don't really know
[1:53:11]
why they would bring this up if we were
[1:53:13]
just supposed to approve it like without
[1:53:15]
any change. I mean, this is seems like
[1:53:17]
the point we're doing is they're
[1:53:18]
bringing it up for a last final review
[1:53:20]
to dot ice, uh cross tees, and make any
[1:53:24]
changes. And this is the time to do it.
[1:53:26]
There's no shovels in the ground.
[1:53:27]
There's no excavators out there when
[1:53:28]
people do make changes. And that's when
[1:53:30]
it's very hard. Very hard and very
[1:53:32]
expensive, right? Your guys in your hard
[1:53:34]
hats are pissed. They're walking off the
[1:53:36]
job. There's none. Well, I don't know.
[1:53:39]
Yeah, this is the time to do it. You are
[1:53:41]
still in very very early stages. They
[1:53:43]
haven't done. So, I would say uh if you
[1:53:46]
guys want changes, I would make the
[1:53:47]
small changes. And I don't know if
[1:53:49]
you're most of what they're asking for
[1:53:50]
is cosmetic. These are not like these
[1:53:52]
are not heavy duty. These are I mean,
[1:53:54]
these are changes you can make after the
[1:53:55]
fact. Building's built. Let's change it.
[1:53:57]
Change the I know. I know. I know. It's
[1:53:59]
not that easy, but it's it's mostly uh
[1:54:01]
cosmetic, so it's not structural. Um,
[1:54:05]
and I also don't know how we move
[1:54:07]
forward with this given that the
[1:54:08]
planning commission has also already
[1:54:09]
recommended several changes. It's like
[1:54:12]
one way or another, they've got changes.
[1:54:14]
Um, but they're not big ones. These are
[1:54:16]
cosmetic. And I think you'll hit a home
[1:54:17]
run if you can.
[1:54:18]
>> Well, there's been plenty of cases where
[1:54:19]
you guys have totally ignored planning
[1:54:21]
commission
[1:54:22]
>> recommendations. Those are just
[1:54:24]
recommendations.
[1:54:24]
>> No. Okay. And I'm the first to And I'm I
[1:54:27]
know. I know. I'm just saying there's
[1:54:28]
already changes being provided. So, I'm
[1:54:30]
just saying they're asking for changes.
[1:54:31]
These guys and just so you know, hey,
[1:54:33]
I'm the only solo no vote on all of
[1:54:36]
this. So, you're saying like everyone
[1:54:37]
agrees. Everyone's been for it. No, no,
[1:54:39]
I'm the only one who's been no on
[1:54:40]
everything on this one, but not because
[1:54:42]
I don't love it or firemen, but because
[1:54:44]
of the cost. It's it's 5.8 right now.
[1:54:48]
the the the fire went up, the police
[1:54:50]
went up, our ILA agreement went up, and
[1:54:53]
we're like looking at a massive like
[1:54:55]
expense now with this and everything
[1:54:57]
else, and then we've got water problems
[1:54:59]
and streets to fix, and we've this has
[1:55:03]
taken all the money. Anyways, um so
[1:55:06]
let's see. This see this seems a little
[1:55:08]
rushed for given that this is going to
[1:55:09]
be a 50 to 100year decision uh for how
[1:55:12]
long that building is there. I mean, the
[1:55:13]
one on the corner is probably over a
[1:55:14]
hundred. Um
[1:55:18]
the planning commission made their
[1:55:20]
decisions because they're in two sets of
[1:55:21]
guidelines and we're literally a month
[1:55:23]
away from a guideline that would
[1:55:25]
basically satisfy everyone and give the
[1:55:28]
residents an equal footing on what
[1:55:31]
they're going to build their stuff with
[1:55:32]
on the uh on the um main street.
[1:55:38]
Uh I know my mind's in a different spot,
[1:55:40]
but you were talking about style
[1:55:42]
changes, bricks and stuff. I got torched
[1:55:44]
for bringing up houses on the mountain
[1:55:46]
to protect views that we couldn't touch
[1:55:48]
style. I was told like the states
[1:55:51]
against me, the federal government's so
[1:55:52]
I don't I don't know how we're uh
[1:55:54]
dictating style here, but we can't do it
[1:55:57]
on a house that everyone sees on a
[1:55:59]
mountain side, but
[1:56:00]
>> it's your building.
[1:56:03]
>> It's res and it's res.
[1:56:05]
>> But aren't we dictating the style in all
[1:56:07]
of our agreements for even the people on
[1:56:09]
Main Street?
[1:56:10]
>> No. Well, what what is the whole plan
[1:56:12]
we're about to go over that says what
[1:56:13]
they can use and how how the style looks
[1:56:15]
in the corridor plan.
[1:56:16]
>> So, for uh
[1:56:18]
>> No, for residential, we have no say at
[1:56:21]
all.
[1:56:22]
>> A res a personal private property. If
[1:56:24]
you are a homeowner on Main Street and
[1:56:26]
you build a home, you don't go through
[1:56:27]
the historic design guidelines.
[1:56:29]
>> Only only commercial.
[1:56:30]
>> It's only commercial.
[1:56:31]
>> They can paint it purple with pink polka
[1:56:32]
dots that we have no
[1:56:33]
>> Only commercial on a mountain. Okay,
[1:56:35]
I'll remember that. Okay, thank you.
[1:56:36]
That's good. I didn't know that. Um
[1:56:39]
let's see. So, I appreciate the
[1:56:40]
councilwoman SMO's attention to detail
[1:56:43]
on unifying and cohesion. I think you're
[1:56:45]
going to get a better result. I think
[1:56:47]
you you'll get a better result as an
[1:56:49]
architect and as a creator of this
[1:56:52]
timeless piece. There's only a few
[1:56:53]
things that people create that are
[1:56:55]
timeless. One is art, one is
[1:56:57]
architecture. Those last forever and
[1:56:59]
they never lose their value. Like a
[1:57:01]
Disney movie made in the 1920s, someone
[1:57:03]
still consumes it like Bambi tomorrow.
[1:57:05]
Same will be your architecture. not the
[1:57:07]
case with a lot of other things that
[1:57:09]
people make as products. They time out.
[1:57:11]
So, this big time, this is big timeless
[1:57:13]
uh what you're doing here. So, I point
[1:57:15]
of saying that is I know it's
[1:57:17]
frustrating and I feel like we're time
[1:57:19]
rushed, but I I think you're going to be
[1:57:21]
happy if you make some decisions. You
[1:57:23]
make sure you get it right.
[1:57:24]
>> We paid an architect where this is his
[1:57:27]
core competency to come up with
[1:57:29]
something that was tasteful. In my mind,
[1:57:32]
>> the fire station was very, very dated.
[1:57:35]
very very reflective of the early 1990s
[1:57:38]
and what it's doing and yes it's kind of
[1:57:41]
we try to carry this scheme over but I
[1:57:44]
feel like he's done a very good job of
[1:57:47]
integrating what was existing working
[1:57:50]
with the budget that we had and try to
[1:57:52]
come up with something that's tasteful
[1:57:54]
>> no matter what we make I mean you know
[1:57:56]
the addition is what 30 years old it's
[1:57:59]
not 50 um how long has the how long has
[1:58:03]
the b how long have the bay has been
[1:58:05]
there.
[1:58:06]
>> It was all built at the same time
[1:58:07]
>> was it? So all in the '9s so 96. So
[1:58:11]
nothing.
[1:58:12]
>> It was still here though. Before that.
[1:58:14]
>> No, before that there was nothing.
[1:58:15]
>> Well, yeah, there was. It was here. I
[1:58:16]
used to see Otter Pops in it all the
[1:58:18]
time. So before that it was right here
[1:58:20]
and there was big doors right here. This
[1:58:21]
building was changed. It moved a little
[1:58:23]
bit.
[1:58:24]
>> Okay. Yeah.
[1:58:25]
>> We would catch the bus here.
[1:58:26]
>> Yes. So it's not I I mean no matter how
[1:58:29]
well we feel like we're going to be
[1:58:31]
planning, I don't I'm not planning for
[1:58:33]
100 years ahead. I would hope that you
[1:58:35]
know yeah I can't imagine you know we
[1:58:39]
look at our fire station living quarters
[1:58:41]
now and in the 30 years there's been so
[1:58:43]
many changes to
[1:58:46]
um OSHA rules and whatnot that what a
[1:58:49]
fire station requires who knows what's
[1:58:50]
going to happen in 100 years. Are we
[1:58:53]
building something sound? Yes. And I
[1:58:55]
feel like why did we hire an architect
[1:58:57]
to do this if you wanted to just draw something
[1:59:01]
out? I feel like he had a very
[1:59:04]
unattainable I think, you know, he could
[1:59:06]
have given us a hundred different
[1:59:08]
um schematics of things that he thought
[1:59:10]
would work great within our things if he
[1:59:12]
didn't have the existing buildings to
[1:59:14]
work with.
[1:59:15]
>> And because that's there, that
[1:59:16]
continuity is there. I mean, does this
[1:59:18]
building have wood? No.
[1:59:20]
>> There's, you know, bits and pieces of
[1:59:22]
it.
[1:59:23]
>> But what Christy pointed out is he's
[1:59:25]
taken the pieces that were here and he
[1:59:28]
still has incorporated historical
[1:59:29]
elements into it. He's incorporated
[1:59:32]
natural materials into it which are
[1:59:34]
still in our new guidelines.
[1:59:38]
>> And again to change the look so
[1:59:40]
drastically, that was the first thing
[1:59:42]
that we went over that we brought the
[1:59:44]
renderings was the outside shell before
[1:59:47]
we went into the inside at all. Why is
[1:59:50]
it being brought up now?
[1:59:51]
>> Well, I think when you see everything
[1:59:54]
when you see every Well, we didn't
[1:59:56]
approve approve approve and we never saw
[1:59:58]
the final. And there's something about
[2:00:00]
when you see the final.
[2:00:02]
>> You did see the final.
[2:00:04]
>> And you see
[2:00:07]
>> he showed everything and you guys said,
[2:00:08]
"Yeah, we want to take off the wood to
[2:00:10]
save the money."
[2:00:12]
>> Then again, to to what I said to council
[2:00:15]
member Rumbler this morning, just it's
[2:00:18]
part of the the process of looking at
[2:00:21]
and considering
[2:00:23]
um designing this historic town square.
[2:00:26]
I mean, at the time we made these
[2:00:27]
decisions too, we didn't have the full
[2:00:30]
depth and breadth of Tom Holdman coming
[2:00:32]
in and in creating this beautiful
[2:00:35]
masterpiece that is going to be sitting
[2:00:37]
in the heart of this square. And so when
[2:00:40]
you consider that's a change and so our
[2:00:43]
job as council members is to make sure
[2:00:45]
that we understand the full scope of
[2:00:48]
everything that's going on
[2:00:50]
>> with these decisions that we make. So
[2:00:52]
now that we know that and then we look
[2:00:55]
at this and then we consider that we
[2:00:57]
we're just saying today in this moment
[2:00:59]
there's some adjustments from the design
[2:01:01]
side that are going to help the co
[2:01:04]
cohesiveness of this whole project fit
[2:01:07]
better together and it doesn't take
[2:01:08]
anything away from that's why you hire
[2:01:10]
professionals. You hire professionals to
[2:01:12]
get you to this point so that you can
[2:01:14]
look at the whole scope and say oh we're
[2:01:17]
so close let's just do these few things.
[2:01:20]
A black roof doesn't work. We didn't
[2:01:22]
know a black roof didn't work, but now
[2:01:24]
we know it doesn't.
[2:01:27]
>> Can I ask a question? What was the
[2:01:28]
masterpiece you referenced? Is that the
[2:01:30]
sculpture garden?
[2:01:31]
>> It's this really incredible stained
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glass um
[2:01:35]
>> gazebo.
[2:01:35]
that will be featuring a
[2:01:38]
worldrenowned artist stained glass.
[2:01:41]
>> So,
[2:01:41]
>> which has not yet been approved by
[2:01:43]
planning commission, which needs to be
[2:01:45]
because it's a material change in public
[2:01:47]
property. just another reference. Yeah.
[2:01:50]
>> Can I can I offer one word of caution or
[2:01:52]
one thought comment?
[2:01:55]
The
[2:01:56]
I think from the points that Chrissy
[2:01:59]
referenced and talked about, I think the
[2:02:02]
guidelines has been met.
[2:02:05]
One job that I have, another job I'm on
[2:02:08]
an architectural review committee for
[2:02:10]
plans to compare to guidelines.
[2:02:13]
And if these guidelines are being used
[2:02:15]
for other people, other commercial
[2:02:17]
buildings, if the guidelines say you can
[2:02:20]
have wood, brick or stucco, and then
[2:02:23]
they come with review comments and say
[2:02:26]
no wood, more brick, I would absolutely
[2:02:28]
protest. So, I don't know if it's a
[2:02:31]
discussion of whether it meets the
[2:02:32]
guidelines. I think everyone would agree
[2:02:35]
that it does meet the guidelines, but I
[2:02:38]
think the the opinion of the planning
[2:02:40]
commission respectfully is more of a
[2:02:43]
personal opinion than a guideline
[2:02:48]
uh requirement. But at this point, I go
[2:02:50]
back to what I said how what I started
[2:02:52]
with at the very beginning. This is your
[2:02:54]
building. This is going to be a 50-year
[2:02:55]
building. If you do want to make
[2:02:57]
changes, now is the best time to do it.
[2:02:59]
Can you can you give us just an estimate
[2:03:01]
of how much longer it will take to
[2:03:03]
implement
[2:03:04]
>> depends on what it is.
[2:03:05]
>> It will cost.
[2:03:07]
>> Um changing the roof color very simple
[2:03:11]
quick. Uh changing from the wood to a
[2:03:15]
brick means that you have to change
[2:03:17]
what's behind it to support it as well.
[2:03:19]
That could also get into structural
[2:03:21]
because the weight of it. So it all
[2:03:23]
depends on the extent of it and what the
[2:03:25]
material is. Can you
[2:03:27]
>> have to don't you have to build a like
[2:03:29]
to put brick? If we remove the the
[2:03:31]
paneling above on the front of the
[2:03:32]
building, put brick above the doors. You
[2:03:34]
have to like have a ledge that comes out
[2:03:36]
to put
[2:03:38]
>> versus you can just wrap the building
[2:03:39]
with wood. So it changes like he's
[2:03:42]
saying the structure.
[2:03:43]
>> Well, I don't think we put brick in the
[2:03:44]
gable typically because of structural.
[2:03:46]
You don't. You would just match the
[2:03:48]
gable that's on the other side and you
[2:03:50]
would just
[2:03:50]
>> You're removing more of like this is the
[2:03:53]
paneling is an upgrade from Stuckco and
[2:03:55]
you just want to downgrade.
[2:03:56]
>> We just want it to look like our
[2:03:58]
historic town square.
[2:04:00]
>> They're after cohesion. But wait, hold
[2:04:02]
on. It's still my turn. I think to to
[2:04:04]
your point though
[2:04:06]
>> if we remove the paneling from the back
[2:04:08]
that's where the the the more historic
[2:04:11]
places meet because that's where the gu
[2:04:13]
sculpt garden is is also where you see
[2:04:16]
the back of our city. So, we've already
[2:04:18]
removed that most modern element of the
[2:04:20]
back, the wood paneling.
[2:04:22]
>> Okay. Mayor, you retorted on the middle
[2:04:25]
of questioning. I I I wasn't finished.
[2:04:27]
You you But you gave great comments, but
[2:04:29]
it was in the middle of questioning and
[2:04:30]
then it swirled.
[2:04:32]
>> So, I wasn't finished.
[2:04:33]
>> I thought you just said that you weren't
[2:04:34]
in favor of it because of the cost. Did
[2:04:37]
you have more on top of that?
[2:04:38]
>> Yeah, I was going to finalize.
[2:04:39]
>> Okay, let's wrap it up.
[2:04:40]
>> That would help. Thanks. Um would you
[2:04:44]
let them know what changes you are
[2:04:48]
asking for so we could get a timetable
[2:04:50]
and a cost to see what that would be
[2:04:53]
like that that because they were just
[2:04:55]
giving examples that they weren't sure
[2:04:59]
and then you you brought up a lot of
[2:05:00]
things in uh basically I don't think
[2:05:03]
their architect did a bad job that that
[2:05:06]
was kind of what you were bringing up I
[2:05:07]
think they made a very cool uh fire
[2:05:10]
department building thing like it's
[2:05:13]
beautiful but it's not alpine and it
[2:05:16]
doesn't fit cohesively with the other
[2:05:18]
buildings here. So it's not a criticism
[2:05:19]
of them or their quality. It's just a
[2:05:22]
direction and this happens all the time.
[2:05:24]
Salt Lake Temple spires were wood.
[2:05:26]
People came, his name was Don Carlos. He
[2:05:28]
said let's make them granite. They
[2:05:29]
changed it mid building. That's why we
[2:05:31]
have granite today. So these things
[2:05:34]
happen and they usually are at the
[2:05:36]
difficulty of the person hearing it but
[2:05:38]
at the betterment of the final result
[2:05:40]
because we all have a vision. and we've
[2:05:41]
imprinted in our mind this how it's
[2:05:42]
supposed to be. Someone with a a a more
[2:05:45]
wide openen lens comes and says, "I see
[2:05:47]
a flaw that we've we've missed." We
[2:05:49]
incorporate it. We realize, "Oh my gosh,
[2:05:51]
it's a better result."
[2:05:54]
>> Jessica was mentioning the gazebo that
[2:05:56]
is going to be just right outside of
[2:05:58]
here. If you look at the rear elevation
[2:06:00]
of the fire station, it's already taken
[2:06:02]
off. It's all stucco. What's the wording
[2:06:05]
of it? It's not stucco. It's
[2:06:08]
>> You can call stucco.
[2:06:09]
>> Okay. It's already mostly stucco with
[2:06:11]
some brick. How are you suggesting
[2:06:13]
changing that?
[2:06:14]
>> I think not black roof and not paper
[2:06:17]
white. I think we need to have some
[2:06:19]
warmth to the color of the building.
[2:06:21]
>> Councilwoman Smith, that's the same
[2:06:22]
color. Easy.
[2:06:25]
>> Okay. So, it you matched that color. So,
[2:06:27]
it's just this rendering. Okay. So,
[2:06:29]
it'll stay that same.
[2:06:31]
>> The intent is that all the existing
[2:06:32]
elements that are remaining are going to
[2:06:34]
stay the color tones that they currently
[2:06:35]
are. We have removed the corner coins
[2:06:37]
and the eyebrow features over the
[2:06:40]
windows because it's a data look that we
[2:06:42]
weren't trying to carry on. But you see
[2:06:44]
that's
[2:06:44]
>> but again like that's an opinion of
[2:06:47]
again you're in the business of
[2:06:49]
>> of architecting right and so a dated
[2:06:52]
look to some may be a classical look to
[2:06:55]
others right
[2:06:56]
>> so
[2:06:57]
>> may yeah absolutely so something I
[2:06:58]
wanted to say which I think would sum it
[2:07:00]
up in a great deal I keep saying we we
[2:07:03]
reached where we are based off a series
[2:07:05]
of discussions and conversations that we
[2:07:07]
had both as this group as well as an
[2:07:10]
offline project team as well as the
[2:07:11]
group that sharets and looks through
[2:07:14]
design in my own office. So, I know how
[2:07:16]
we got here and I'm comfortable with how
[2:07:18]
we got here. Now, that's fine because
[2:07:19]
that's my opinion and the opinion of
[2:07:20]
those that helped get here. If it's
[2:07:22]
different, that's fine. It's a process
[2:07:24]
that we can go through. That's part of
[2:07:26]
design and we can do it. I don't know
[2:07:27]
that we solve it in a conversation in
[2:07:29]
this setting of this that or the other.
[2:07:33]
So, in my opinion, and I could be wrong,
[2:07:35]
it's simply a situation of do we proceed
[2:07:36]
as is or do we need to go back and look
[2:07:39]
at something different? And if it's the
[2:07:40]
latter, it's probably something we do
[2:07:42]
offline that's outside of this council
[2:07:44]
meeting. So that decision I think is not
[2:07:47]
on this side of the podium and that's
[2:07:48]
respectfully just fine.
[2:07:50]
>> Council member Haniman made a point that
[2:07:52]
the shed roof on the community center
[2:07:54]
side is, you know, there's a tradition
[2:07:58]
or history to gabling. So is something
[2:08:00]
like changing that flat roof and to a
[2:08:04]
welcoming gable is that something that's
[2:08:06]
possible without creating again any kind
[2:08:09]
of setback when I'm looking at this from
[2:08:11]
a timeline perspective. This shouldn't
[2:08:13]
add weeks to the project. We should be
[2:08:15]
able to stay on project. You said you're
[2:08:18]
in for permitting and are we the
[2:08:20]
perimeter?
[2:08:21]
>> Yes.
[2:08:21]
>> Okay. Well, so
[2:08:22]
>> you're the perimeter but the reviewer,
[2:08:24]
>> but I mean it's not the county or
[2:08:26]
anything like that. We're the perimeter.
[2:08:27]
Correct. Correct. And so these aren't
[2:08:30]
things that are going to set us back.
[2:08:35]
>> So are you
[2:08:36]
>> it's not it's not a net sum zero. It's
[2:08:38]
an it's an additive time.
[2:08:39]
>> To what extent I can't say at this
[2:08:41]
point.
[2:08:41]
>> So if you came back and said we would
[2:08:43]
have to engineer for brick where the
[2:08:46]
wood cladding is, we just say then just
[2:08:49]
stuckco it because engineering for where
[2:08:51]
the cladding is, we would just not add
[2:08:54]
that time. So those are things that you
[2:08:56]
can
[2:08:57]
>> that's a path. Yes.
[2:08:58]
>> Yeah. Yeah.
[2:08:59]
>> And then as far as the roof that is on
[2:09:01]
the community center side, that's the
[2:09:03]
existing roof.
[2:09:04]
>> That's existing.
[2:09:05]
>> So if you look at the new vestibule,
[2:09:08]
>> I think she's talking about the
[2:09:08]
vestibule. Is it possible to do a gable
[2:09:10]
instead of a flat roof? And is that a
[2:09:13]
huge change?
[2:09:14]
>> I think they talked about that to make
[2:09:16]
itive
[2:09:18]
>> the newer elements sort of see how it it
[2:09:22]
mirrors what's on the front of the
[2:09:23]
building.
[2:09:25]
>> I don't You're correct, Councilman. Uh,
[2:09:27]
I remember them talking.
[2:09:28]
>> As of right now, there's only two shed
[2:09:30]
roofs locations on the entire building.
[2:09:32]
One is over the day room kitchen area
[2:09:33]
which is on the detail 4 just center of
[2:09:36]
the page on the far left.
[2:09:38]
>> Exact right a little further right
[2:09:40]
there.
[2:09:42]
>> And then the other one and then the one
[2:09:43]
on the vestibule. So that was intended
[2:09:45]
to create cohesion between existing and
[2:09:47]
new. So it didn't look like a
[2:09:48]
adaptation.
[2:09:50]
But when you look from the bath from the city hall side, we don't see
[2:09:55]
that shed roof. So from that
[2:09:57]
perspective, which will be the most
[2:09:59]
public used space, that shed roof looks
[2:10:03]
um out of place because it doesn't
[2:10:05]
relate to anything else in the space.
[2:10:08]
What does relate are gables. And so
[2:10:10]
maybe considering that um you know, the fire station shed roof kind of
[2:10:16]
stands alone. It's over the kitchen. it
[2:10:19]
serves as a gathering place for them.
[2:10:21]
Um, but I think that was a one big
[2:10:24]
feature.
[2:10:25]
>> The front of the building, you can see
[2:10:26]
both though.
[2:10:27]
>> But again, mostly public spends time in
[2:10:30]
the park, spends time, you know, out
[2:10:34]
here and that's what they're seeing.
[2:10:36]
>> Just a trade-off, I guess.
[2:10:38]
>> Jessica, would you be willing to say the
[2:10:39]
list that you said to me about them? I
[2:10:42]
remember the windows, the roof color,
[2:10:44]
the stucco. Was there any the brick? Was
[2:10:46]
there anything else? because this will
[2:10:48]
give them a better idea at what they're
[2:10:50]
looking at, how big of a thing this is.
[2:10:52]
I mean, they already solved one of them
[2:10:53]
just with the paint color. Would you
[2:10:55]
just be willing to put it out there so
[2:10:57]
we know what it is?
[2:10:57]
>> Well, and I think I would lean to um
[2:11:00]
Council Member Blackwell's input.
[2:11:03]
>> She would like to see
[2:11:04]
>> the keystones and the eyebrow um
[2:11:08]
accents.
[2:11:09]
>> I personally like those. I know that for
[2:11:11]
some that's dated, but to me it's
[2:11:13]
historic and it ties it to this
[2:11:14]
building. So, I loved keeping those. I
[2:11:17]
would love the stucco instead of the
[2:11:18]
wood. I'd love the roof color changed to
[2:11:20]
a brown that matches this one. Um I'd
[2:11:23]
love a gable. I think a gable over the
[2:11:26]
vestibule would look better. Um I think
[2:11:30]
the windows, correct me if I'm wrong,
[2:11:32]
were they going to be the black? I think
[2:11:35]
white
[2:11:37]
>> that has remained are going to remain
[2:11:38]
and they're they're currently vinyl. The
[2:11:40]
new windows just for energy efficiency
[2:11:42]
are storefront system. So, it's clear
[2:11:43]
anodized silver at the new at the new
[2:11:46]
edition.
[2:11:48]
>> Those can come in a variety of different
[2:11:49]
finishes.
[2:11:50]
>> Yeah. So, she's seeing the white on this
[2:11:52]
building and all the ones around as
[2:11:53]
white. And that's what they told me. And
[2:11:54]
I was like, you're right. They are all
[2:11:56]
white.
[2:11:56]
>> Yes.
[2:11:57]
>> Uh, so planning commission is saying
[2:11:59]
black. You're saying white.
[2:12:00]
>> Well, he's saying it actually is
[2:12:02]
commercial grade.
[2:12:04]
>> And it's the metals. So, they almost
[2:12:05]
become invisible.
[2:12:07]
>> Your eye isn't going to go to that
[2:12:09]
feature. It's not.
[2:12:10]
>> But it's also the doors and the roof. So
[2:12:12]
they kind of go together. Just
[2:12:14]
>> I'm writing these down so we can send
[2:12:15]
them.
[2:12:16]
>> I think it's four things. It's four or
[2:12:17]
five things.
[2:12:18]
>> And then I think just some of the
[2:12:19]
features above the windows like we have
[2:12:21]
here, the keystone designs
[2:12:24]
just to tie it together. Those are my
[2:12:26]
thoughts.
[2:12:27]
>> But you want to match a building built a
[2:12:30]
hundred years ago even though it's
[2:12:32]
>> that's in our historic area. That's where I'm coming
[2:12:35]
>> rather than blend like this. The
[2:12:36]
description here is it's a blend of
[2:12:38]
existing and new architectural forms. So
[2:12:41]
that we're we're move
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>> we're forward looking.
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» I don't Yeah. You know, I just when we
[2:12:49]
were down at
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the side of the building is forward
[2:12:52]
looking and this is very historic.
[2:12:54]
>> When I went down to ULCT, I went on the
[2:12:56]
tour of um their new city hall in St.
[2:13:00]
George and they said, you know, um,
[2:13:04]
and it was built in their historic town
[2:13:07]
center and they said, but we wanted it
[2:13:10]
to be, they went a completely different
[2:13:12]
way. We wanted it to be representative
[2:13:15]
of when it was built. And so it's a very
[2:13:17]
modern building
[2:13:19]
>> and I know that because we have such
[2:13:22]
strong ties to our history that we have
[2:13:25]
kept a lot of those elements and then
[2:13:28]
incorporated some of the newer things
[2:13:30]
that are modern to the time that we're
[2:13:32]
building it. And I feel like that what
[2:13:36]
we're seeing now is a good um
[2:13:40]
combination amalgamation of both of it.
[2:13:42]
both an homage to the history and the
[2:13:44]
historic building that was here that was
[2:13:46]
built 30 years ago and then also looking
[2:13:49]
forward to the modern designs. But I
[2:13:52]
mean, you know, there were and you guys
[2:13:54]
saw the elevations. There were a couple
[2:13:55]
that he did that were very very modern
[2:13:58]
and we did we reigned it in. He redid it
[2:14:01]
and kind of um with the restraints that
[2:14:04]
he had did both. And again, it's they
[2:14:08]
did what they were asked to do, which is
[2:14:10]
to combine those elements. And I feel
[2:14:12]
like they did a very good job of it.
[2:14:14]
>> They did do a very good job. They were
[2:14:16]
just looking for something else.
[2:14:18]
>> They did.
[2:14:18]
>> It's a nice architectural thing, right?
[2:14:21]
>> Yeah. You didn't do a bad job. No one
[2:14:24]
thinks you did a bad job.
[2:14:25]
>> Yeah. I think to point out that this
[2:14:27]
building, this is the historic part, but
[2:14:30]
the entrance doesn't feel this. It's But
[2:14:33]
it's a good cohesive feeling. like I
[2:14:35]
don't feel like there is an add-on back
[2:14:37]
there. So, it's to me we're following
[2:14:40]
the same whoever designed the the
[2:14:43]
addition to this building was following
[2:14:45]
the same principles as I see being
[2:14:46]
applied to this building.
[2:14:48]
>> So, are we making a motion tonight on
[2:14:50]
this?
[2:14:50]
>> Yes, this is an action item.
[2:14:52]
>> Kaden, can you put it can you put it
[2:14:55]
forward you think
[2:14:56]
>> Jessica suggested group? I am just
[2:14:59]
discussing potentials. Are you okay?
[2:15:01]
>> So, I can make a motion.
[2:15:03]
>> Okay. I move to recommend approval of
[2:15:05]
the construction of the Alpine Fire
[2:15:07]
Station addition remodel
[2:15:13]
based on the following conditions.
[2:15:19]
The
[2:15:20]
vestibule
[2:15:22]
into the community center becomes
[2:15:24]
gabled.
[2:15:27]
the
[2:15:30]
um wood cladding
[2:15:34]
is removed.
[2:15:36]
>> And
[2:15:38]
we can discuss my motion.
[2:15:40]
>> I know, but I just want you to clarify
[2:15:42]
in the motion.
[2:15:43]
>> All of it
[2:15:44]
>> is removed.
[2:15:46]
The brick replaces
[2:15:49]
the cladding on the bumpout for the fire
[2:15:52]
station
[2:15:53]
and brick and then continues and extends
[2:15:57]
to the patio along the kitchen.
[2:16:01]
And then um
[2:16:04]
the roof stays as close to the color as
[2:16:07]
it currently is.
[2:16:10]
and
[2:16:13]
further discussion and
[2:16:18]
a design or a a a design plan is shown
[2:16:22]
adding the keystones and the accents
[2:16:26]
over the windows to be determined to be
[2:16:29]
included or not.
[2:16:32]
>> Can I make an amendment to your motion
[2:16:34]
by adding
[2:16:35]
>> We need a second and then we'll
[2:16:38]
>> I'll second that.
[2:16:41]
What's the amendment?
[2:16:42]
>> Would you be willing to add white on the
[2:16:45]
doors or the trim because you didn't
[2:16:47]
specify that? And somewhere in there the
[2:16:49]
word cohesion because I think that's
[2:16:51]
what
[2:16:52]
>> Are you saying white doors or what are
[2:16:53]
you saying adding white?
[2:16:54]
>> The doors are going to be that
[2:16:56]
stainless, but I would say white fascia
[2:16:59]
>> because I do remember that they said
[2:17:01]
black fascia.
[2:17:02]
>> What you all told me was matching and
[2:17:04]
cohesion. I didn't hear the word
[2:17:05]
cohesion there. So, would you be willing
[2:17:06]
to add the phrase somewhere in there
[2:17:09]
cohesive to the surrounding city
[2:17:11]
buildings and then uh if you want adding
[2:17:16]
the windows to be
[2:17:16]
>> so I would amend that motion to include
[2:17:18]
the fascia to become white and not to
[2:17:22]
exceed
[2:17:24]
um
[2:17:26]
any of the line item budgets that have
[2:17:29]
been shown like it won't go higher than
[2:17:33]
>> okay. So, is that possible? So, we were
[2:17:36]
shown
[2:17:38]
>> an allowance basically. So, $65 a foot
[2:17:41]
for cladding is $22. So, these these
[2:17:46]
design changes won't exceed the numbers
[2:17:52]
we were shown today.
[2:17:53]
>> Okay.
[2:17:54]
>> Is that possible?
[2:17:56]
>> Wouldn't it be better if we table it?
[2:17:57]
They brought back a design to slow it
[2:18:00]
down. Then when are we going to see it
[2:18:02]
again to see if your vision is what
[2:18:04]
comes out? Because I'm not willing to
[2:18:05]
vote on something I can't see.
[2:18:08]
>> Two other council members that are
[2:18:10]
interested in it being more cohesive
[2:18:12]
with our historic town square. So it's
[2:18:14]
not
[2:18:15]
>> But you don't want to see it again.
[2:18:17]
>> We'll see it again because it's
[2:18:18]
conditioned on those things, but I don't
[2:18:20]
want to slow down the process or stop
[2:18:22]
what they're doing from a permitting
[2:18:24]
standpoint. you can make um those kinds
[2:18:28]
of exterior changes all the time during
[2:18:31]
construction. Just like Andrew said,
[2:18:33]
part of the process is sometimes this
[2:18:36]
and it's a little messy, but at the end
[2:18:39]
you get the product that works for our
[2:18:41]
campus,
[2:18:42]
>> but we'll be out of compliance because
[2:18:44]
the exterior needs to be approved by the
[2:18:45]
planning commission and us. And if you
[2:18:47]
change the exterior materially, we start
[2:18:50]
the process over.
[2:18:51]
>> We're actually true. No, we're changing
[2:18:53]
this to meet their um recommendations.
[2:18:58]
They said add more brick and take away
[2:18:59]
the wood.
[2:19:00]
>> Mr. Doxy, if we add these changes into
[2:19:02]
this motion, does this have to start the
[2:19:04]
process all over again and return to the
[2:19:07]
planning commission?
[2:19:09]
>> Um, that's a good question. I don't know
[2:19:12]
if it's a material change. You certainly
[2:19:14]
have the op you have the authority to
[2:19:18]
either accept their recommendation in
[2:19:20]
full to reject it, send it back or you
[2:19:25]
can make some modifications to it
[2:19:27]
>> in that
[2:19:30]
if it's not changing compliance with I
[2:19:34]
mean their their task was to verify
[2:19:37]
compliance with the design guidelines
[2:19:39]
that currently exist.
[2:19:41]
Uh Jessica, in discussing your motion,
[2:19:43]
is it that bad for a week or two more to
[2:19:48]
send this back, let them look at it,
[2:19:49]
relook at it, to what Chrissy is saying,
[2:19:51]
make sure your vision, what you're
[2:19:52]
putting forward is okay. Are we are we
[2:19:54]
going to miss out on anything?
[2:19:56]
>> Because that's how simple these changes
[2:19:58]
are.
[2:19:58]
>> Oh, okay. All right.
[2:20:00]
>> It's changing a wooden spire to a
[2:20:02]
granite spire.
[2:20:03]
>> Did you want to say anything? I I'm not
[2:20:05]
trying to
[2:20:06]
>> just in the sense of if we want to
[2:20:08]
proceed with any changes regardless of
[2:20:10]
what they do or don't affect and the
[2:20:12]
extent of them the only way to do so
[2:20:14]
without not impacting any change to
[2:20:16]
permitting bidding groundbreaking etc
[2:20:19]
would be to proceed as is knowing that
[2:20:21]
we' making these change post bid and
[2:20:24]
then we'd be subject to change orders of
[2:20:26]
the GMP which is completely in the realm
[2:20:29]
of normaly
[2:20:30]
>> the disadvantage I would caution is that
[2:20:33]
you are now exiting ing a competitive
[2:20:35]
market, meaning you're you're soliciting
[2:20:38]
bids for multiple subcontractors to get
[2:20:40]
the best competitive bid. Once someone
[2:20:42]
has won that job and they're submitting
[2:20:43]
a change, whether deductive or additive,
[2:20:46]
they no more have a competitive edge to
[2:20:48]
give you a good price so they can
[2:20:50]
>> Can you just step me through that
[2:20:51]
process? Because I often do this and and
[2:20:54]
when I'm in permitting, I actually go
[2:20:56]
back out to bid for my changes so
[2:20:58]
they're not considered change orders. Is
[2:21:01]
that a different process in this county?
[2:21:03]
And why if I have a masonry that's
[2:21:06]
bidding this many square feet to to lay
[2:21:09]
the brick if I'm just adding a little
[2:21:11]
bit more and we're taking away the
[2:21:13]
cladding um vendor. So how is that again
[2:21:17]
something that's out of normal?
[2:21:20]
>> So like say it's not out of normal.
[2:21:22]
Okay.
[2:21:22]
>> I'm just making sure you understand the
[2:21:23]
consequences of of timing and and make
[2:21:26]
no mistake there's a difference between
[2:21:27]
the permitting process and the bidding
[2:21:30]
process. They're two separate. If if you
[2:21:33]
if you'll if you'll grant me one more
[2:21:35]
second.
[2:21:35]
>> Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt.
[2:21:37]
>> Um the permitting is simply just to get
[2:21:39]
a permit of construction so we can start
[2:21:41]
building.
[2:21:43]
The bidding, however, is a there's a a
[2:21:45]
date defined by the contractor
[2:21:47]
currently. It's May 28th of when the
[2:21:49]
bidding will be closed.
[2:21:51]
>> At that point, the GMP, which is the
[2:21:52]
guarantee maximum price, will be
[2:21:53]
established and presented for approval.
[2:21:55]
Now under a scenario of nothing changes
[2:22:00]
and we proceed and we get said GMP and
[2:22:03]
the subcontractor who is awarded say the
[2:22:04]
masonry contractor
[2:22:06]
>> comes and said these are my total
[2:22:08]
dollars. Okay, now we'd like to have a
[2:22:10]
change which reduces the square footage
[2:22:12]
of masonry. So therefore we're expecting
[2:22:14]
a credit that contractor will not have
[2:22:17]
any motivation to give as much as he bid
[2:22:20]
for it. He could get back significantly
[2:22:21]
less because he's already been awarded
[2:22:23]
the contract. It's not a fact, but it's
[2:22:25]
an instance we see continually. So, the
[2:22:28]
biggest
[2:22:29]
gain of your dollar is to make changes
[2:22:33]
pre- bid. And to what? And to add to
[2:22:36]
that,
[2:22:39]
May 12th, bids are due May 28th. If they
[2:22:42]
take a week to make these changes, comes
[2:22:45]
back to the city council for review.
[2:22:48]
I don't know if that needs to be in the
[2:22:50]
next public meeting or u the timing of
[2:22:53]
that making the changes come back for
[2:22:55]
review going back to make changes again
[2:22:57]
without pushing that May 28th day the
[2:23:00]
only way to do it is to do it as change
[2:23:03]
order number one
[2:23:05]
>> my comment was uh and this is not just
[2:23:08]
you guys it's several developers are
[2:23:10]
doing this where they are I mean we're
[2:23:13]
looking at approving something but we're
[2:23:15]
being told you're already getting bids
[2:23:16]
and the the time is already done. Seems
[2:23:18]
like that should happen after the
[2:23:20]
approval. But this is not just you guys.
[2:23:22]
We have other developers selling lots
[2:23:24]
that aren't even legal uh for other
[2:23:26]
structures and they haven't even gotten
[2:23:28]
approval first and they're already
[2:23:30]
selling them. And uh I just I just think
[2:23:33]
we were putting for the cart before the
[2:23:34]
horse and then we we are stuck in this
[2:23:36]
trap of we don't want to slow down the
[2:23:39]
process or we don't want to hurt your
[2:23:40]
bids, but it's out of order. It's
[2:23:43]
literally out of order,
[2:23:44]
>> you know, and that's where I started
[2:23:45]
with at the very beginning. Now is the
[2:23:48]
time to make changes if you're still
[2:23:49]
going to make changes.
[2:23:50]
>> But I know but we are but you're telling
[2:23:52]
us that now we're on the current and
[2:23:54]
these weird constraints. They are
[2:23:56]
backwards
[2:23:57]
>> on the current schedule.
[2:23:58]
>> I would appreciate if developers and
[2:24:00]
people would wait for approval because
[2:24:02]
that's what we're doing. We're looking
[2:24:03]
at the design and being asked if we
[2:24:04]
approve this design. We're saying we
[2:24:05]
want changes and we're being told by
[2:24:07]
everyone we can't ask for changes
[2:24:09]
>> like what said no we're just saying
[2:24:12]
there's consequences to why is there
[2:24:14]
consequences?
[2:24:15]
So, so I think in this scenario, all
[2:24:17]
we're talking about is there's going to
[2:24:19]
be a change order from a mason.
[2:24:22]
>> That's what we're talking about. So, are
[2:24:23]
we willing to move
[2:24:25]
>> a mason before we've approved how much
[2:24:27]
stucco? That is backwards.
[2:24:29]
>> If you think about the process, we it
[2:24:32]
felt like we've already been through
[2:24:34]
that process because we we had three or
[2:24:37]
four or five different architectural
[2:24:38]
reviews that came back. Council said,
[2:24:41]
"We want it to look different. We want
[2:24:43]
more historic. They came back with
[2:24:45]
gables. That felt like it was accepted.
[2:24:48]
>> Same with building materials and all
[2:24:50]
those things.
[2:24:51]
So,
[2:24:52]
>> understand
[2:24:53]
>> I don't feel like we've gotten the cart
[2:24:55]
before the horse. We felt like we
[2:24:57]
already had approval.
[2:24:59]
>> We brought it to city council for votes
[2:25:01]
specifically for that reason when in
[2:25:05]
many cities they wouldn't take that
[2:25:07]
step. We did that because we wanted to
[2:25:10]
make sure you were fully involved and on
[2:25:13]
board with what was happening.
[2:25:14]
>> And Andrew, that's what I don't want to
[2:25:16]
slow down. And so we can move forward.
[2:25:20]
They can move forward. We'll have a
[2:25:22]
change order on brick if council decides
[2:25:24]
to go that direction, but it won't cost
[2:25:27]
more than taking off the cladding at $65
[2:25:30]
a square foot. So, we're still going to
[2:25:33]
come in under those numbers.
[2:25:39]
So, okay. I think we're still in your
[2:25:41]
motion.
[2:25:42]
>> Yeah. The other thing I forgot to add on
[2:25:44]
the motion was what um planning
[2:25:47]
commission said which was
[2:25:49]
>> um the final Yeah. four and five. It was
[2:25:54]
>> so another amendment
[2:25:56]
>> just yeah an amendment to include the
[2:25:58]
recommendation from planning commission
[2:26:00]
which was
[2:26:02]
um landscape landscape plan to be
[2:26:05]
provided before landscape is installed
[2:26:08]
exception to the setbacks for parking
[2:26:10]
based on the four criteria
[2:26:14]
>> in the ordinance.
[2:26:19]
Okay, we have a motion and a second.
[2:26:22]
>> Did he
[2:26:24]
s okay with that second amendment
[2:26:26]
>> amendment?
[2:26:28]
>> Yes.
[2:26:30]
So, um Dan, can you read back the motion
[2:26:33]
for us, please?
[2:26:37]
» Not really. Um
[2:26:40]
because it went all over, but I'll give
[2:26:42]
you what I have. Jessica moved to
[2:26:44]
recommend approval of the fire station
[2:26:46]
addition remodel based on the following
[2:26:47]
conditions. The vestibial into the
[2:26:50]
community center is gabled. All wood
[2:26:53]
cladding is removed. Brick replaces the
[2:26:56]
cladding on the bumpout for the fire
[2:26:57]
station and then something about it
[2:27:00]
continues and extends to the patio along
[2:27:02]
the kitchen. The roof stays as close to
[2:27:05]
the current at the color current color
[2:27:07]
as possible. Um, further discussion and
[2:27:11]
design plan is shown adding keystones
[2:27:13]
and accents over the windows. So, I
[2:27:16]
think she meant the council can
[2:27:17]
determine whether to include it or not.
[2:27:20]
The fascia will be white. Um, it won't
[2:27:23]
exceed any of the line item budgets that
[2:27:25]
have been previously
[2:27:27]
shown. Is that on this short list
[2:27:30]
tonight with the materials?
[2:27:32]
>> Not to exceed the materials.
[2:27:35]
>> Brick will go up, won't it? because
[2:27:37]
you're increasing
[2:27:37]
>> but the total cost
[2:27:38]
>> and then including the recommendations
[2:27:40]
from the planning commission that the
[2:27:42]
landscape plan be provided before
[2:27:45]
something something which I will fill in
[2:27:47]
later. That's right.
[2:27:49]
Um and the exceptions to the setbacks
[2:27:52]
for the parking based on the criteria in
[2:27:55]
the ordinance
[2:27:56]
and anyway that's what I have. I will
[2:27:59]
listen to it repeatedly but
[2:28:01]
>> Jan and Jessica did the cohesive to the
[2:28:03]
other building. You didn't say anything
[2:28:05]
about cohesive.
[2:28:06]
>> Want that or no? I I was
[2:28:08]
>> Well, Dave Babcock has confirmed that
[2:28:11]
the color is to stay the color.
[2:28:14]
>> So, that was part of the cohesiveness
[2:28:16]
was just coloring.
[2:28:18]
>> So,
[2:28:18]
>> can I ask one clarifying? When you say
[2:28:20]
fascia, are you intending the window and
[2:28:23]
the door trim frame?
[2:28:25]
>> I was thinking of what goes underneath
[2:28:26]
the eaves of the
[2:28:28]
>> Okay. The sophet.
[2:28:28]
>> The sophet. Okay. And then so the sophet
[2:28:30]
and the fascia. The planning commission
[2:28:33]
had mentioned something about the fascia
[2:28:34]
being black and we weren't sure like
[2:28:37]
what that was. So I guess just an easier
[2:28:40]
way to say it is remove all black.
[2:28:43]
>> The planning commission referenced the
[2:28:46]
door and window frames, not the sophet.
[2:28:51]
» So what are those? What colors are those
[2:28:54]
going to be?
[2:28:56]
>> They wanted dark aluminum, but but
[2:28:58]
that's not what's existing.
[2:29:02]
White is existing.
[2:29:06]
» So, they were going to be
[2:29:08]
>> Yeah.
[2:29:08]
>> And white is more of a historical,
[2:29:11]
>> right? That's why I asked if you wanted
[2:29:12]
to put cohesion and windows in there
[2:29:14]
from what you were explaining. It's up
[2:29:17]
to you. I I don't really have a strong
[2:29:19]
>> I think those design elements create the
[2:29:21]
cohesion and the windows have to be
[2:29:23]
commercial grade aluminum framed and so
[2:29:26]
we're not choosing window colors.
[2:29:29]
Correct. If I understand that right, the
[2:29:31]
window colors come as the aluminum
[2:29:34]
commercial grade.
[2:29:35]
>> I'm not talking about the actual windows
[2:29:37]
>> made in many different colors. That's
[2:29:38]
the most
[2:29:39]
>> I'm talking about the frame around the
[2:29:40]
windows. That's where it's black
[2:29:43]
>> grayish
[2:29:46]
>> and windows. Okay. So, amend the motion
[2:29:49]
window framing to be white to have
[2:29:52]
cohesiveness to Alpine City Hall.
[2:29:58]
And then does this the fascia still
[2:30:01]
apply the soften the fascia since that
[2:30:03]
wasn't a recommendation of the planning
[2:30:04]
commission. Does that still stay in it
[2:30:07]
>> to be black?
[2:30:08]
>> No.
[2:30:10]
>> Recommended that.
[2:30:11]
>> They never recommended anything to this
[2:30:13]
fascia.
[2:30:13]
>> Okay.
[2:30:14]
>> I think maybe we saw a sample in the
[2:30:16]
back of a black metal.
[2:30:17]
>> He's just asking if you want windows and
[2:30:19]
fascia to be white.
[2:30:21]
>> Yeah. All of that to be white.
[2:30:25]
>> Jessica, I'll send you the motion
[2:30:26]
tomorrow for you to look over. I think
[2:30:28]
there's a lot here that's actually
[2:30:31]
fascia.
[2:30:32]
>> Many people watching this might feel
[2:30:33]
like
[2:30:34]
>> we're gonna end up with a very vanilla
[2:30:35]
building in the guys
[2:30:38]
to how this has morphed into
[2:30:42]
you.
[2:30:42]
>> I just feel like we have taken all the
[2:30:44]
character out of this building and it's
[2:30:47]
going to be very vanilla and it's really
[2:30:49]
disappointing after going through all
[2:30:50]
this process that you want something
[2:30:53]
that is just gonna
[2:30:57]
We're spending a lot of money on this
[2:30:59]
building. I would like for it to
[2:31:02]
stand out in a way that the people in
[2:31:05]
our city would take pride in it. I feel
[2:31:08]
like we're spending a lot of money on
[2:31:10]
just a bl from what you guys have done.
[2:31:13]
I don't can't even come up with a better
[2:31:14]
word. I'm really frustrated.
[2:31:16]
>> Well, cohesive.
[2:31:17]
>> It's not going to be cohesive.
[2:31:19]
>> It is following what I'm not trying to
[2:31:21]
argue
[2:31:21]
>> what we have now is cohesive.
[2:31:23]
I agree. You're saying that it's more
[2:31:25]
cohesive, but I'm saying in the process
[2:31:27]
of doing that, we are spending a lot of
[2:31:30]
money on a building that is just going
[2:31:31]
to look mediocre.
[2:31:32]
>> But the great thing about this process
[2:31:34]
is we're all going to get to sit here
[2:31:36]
again in two weeks and look at it. And
[2:31:38]
if we all go blleh,
[2:31:40]
>> we're going to say, "Guess what? We're
[2:31:42]
choosing a red sucker now and we're
[2:31:43]
going to just go back." I mean, so
[2:31:45]
>> I thought we were not going back and
[2:31:46]
talking,
[2:31:48]
Jessica. I actually don't believe you
[2:31:50]
can have that happen if you don't. the
[2:31:52]
way we're structuring this. Correct me
[2:31:53]
if I'm wrong. I don't think
[2:31:54]
>> they're going to move forward.
[2:31:55]
>> I think they're moving forward.
[2:31:56]
>> I can't approve that. I can't approve
[2:31:57]
something I can't see.
[2:31:59]
>> That's I don't think a twoe thing is the
[2:32:01]
end of the world to to
[2:32:02]
>> It's going to stand for 50 years. I'd
[2:32:04]
like to see it again.
[2:32:05]
>> It would be all but I don't agree with
[2:32:07]
anything you've done.
[2:32:08]
>> Can we do one at a time, please?
[2:32:09]
>> Sorry. Sorry. I'm trying to think about
[2:32:12]
how you can create a motion to continue
[2:32:14]
the project moving forward just like
[2:32:16]
we're doing it with the landscaping to
[2:32:18]
say we're going to approve the final
[2:32:21]
planting plan so we actually can do that
[2:32:23]
and to say that we can't is is not
[2:32:26]
inaccurate. We can bring it forward. We
[2:32:28]
can continue to move the project
[2:32:30]
forward. We may have to do a change
[2:32:31]
order on the brick. That's going to be
[2:32:33]
okay. We're all going to be okay. And
[2:32:36]
then we give final approval. And if we
[2:32:38]
see it all here and it's vanilla and we
[2:32:40]
all go blah, you're going to push a
[2:32:43]
button and it's going to revert back to
[2:32:45]
this plan and we're going to be right
[2:32:46]
where we were. We have a cost estimate.
[2:32:49]
What? Because your
[2:32:51]
>> I know your job pretty much is done and
[2:32:54]
you've submitted the finals. Is this
[2:32:56]
going to be an additional cost for the
[2:32:59]
design mockup?
[2:33:00]
>> That
[2:33:03]
I'm with the a little bit. uh the the
[2:33:05]
exact direction and list of things is a
[2:33:08]
little bit chaotic right now. No, I'm I'm with you. Um so depending on the
[2:33:13]
severity potentially there's a change.
[2:33:16]
Um
[2:33:18]
your point Jessica about the landscape
[2:33:21]
being a similar you're 100% correct and
[2:33:23]
that's a great example. The difference
[2:33:24]
being is that the landscape is not being
[2:33:26]
bid right now because there's not a
[2:33:27]
design or a plan to bid from.
[2:33:30]
So in my mind it's very simple. you we
[2:33:33]
proceed the way to go forward with
[2:33:35]
making changes and not affect
[2:33:37]
construction schedule or permitting
[2:33:38]
schedule is to do it as a change order
[2:33:40]
and you're exposing yourself to the
[2:33:42]
risks I explained earlier or we table it
[2:33:46]
however you want to call it as a motion
[2:33:47]
what have you and we revisit this to get
[2:33:50]
approval and delay the bid date which is
[2:33:53]
also an option.
[2:33:55]
I appreciate that. But just knowing our
[2:33:57]
process and how our city runs, the best
[2:34:00]
thing to do is move forward on motions
[2:34:02]
with goals in mind and then bring it
[2:34:04]
back for final review and final approval
[2:34:07]
in two weeks.
[2:34:08]
>> I would entertain a substitute motion to
[2:34:10]
table this until we get a rendering of
[2:34:12]
the proposed changes
[2:34:15]
on the motion that's on the table.
[2:34:17]
>> No, you can make a substitute motion.
[2:34:18]
>> Make a substitute. You can have up to
[2:34:20]
two motions at a time. You can't have a
[2:34:22]
third before you have to vote on.
[2:34:24]
>> I'd like to make a substitute motion to
[2:34:26]
table this. And when you make a motion
[2:34:28]
to table, there's no discussion for two
[2:34:31]
weeks so that we can see with the list
[2:34:34]
that's been discussed but not visible
[2:34:36]
and uh at that point make a final
[2:34:40]
decision so you can move forward.
[2:34:42]
>> Is there a second on the substitute
[2:34:43]
motion?
[2:34:44]
>> The table.
[2:34:44]
>> I'll second.
[2:34:46]
>> Okay, we have a motion to table so we
[2:34:48]
have to proceed and vote on that. No
[2:34:50]
discussion.
[2:34:51]
>> No discussion on tableabling.
[2:34:53]
>> Rumble. Yes.
[2:34:54]
>> Jessica, no.
[2:34:57]
>> Sarah Blackwell. Yes. Chrissy Hanaman.
[2:35:00]
Yes.
[2:35:01]
>> Can I discuss this before I vote or
[2:35:03]
>> No discussion?
[2:35:04]
>> Nope.
[2:35:06]
>> Can I have it repeated so I understand
[2:35:08]
it fully? Is it just a two week
[2:35:11]
>> motion is to table for two weeks till
[2:35:13]
our next meeting with hopefully we will
[2:35:15]
be able to get a rendering of the
[2:35:17]
suggested changes back. So, at that
[2:35:19]
point, we will vote on it.
[2:35:21]
>> So, we can actually see what we're
[2:35:22]
voting on. I I agree with
[2:35:23]
>> Andrew Young. Yes.
[2:35:25]
>> Okay.
[2:35:25]
>> May I discuss?
[2:35:27]
>> Motion passes. Nope. It's done. We're
[2:35:29]
moving on.
[2:35:29]
>> Okay.
[2:35:30]
Thank you very much, gentlemen.
[2:35:35]
» Okay. Resolution R 20
[2:35:39]
26-20,
[2:35:41]
our tenative budget.
[2:35:45]
» Okay. So
[2:35:49]
this is our first regular meeting in
[2:35:51]
May, which means that tonight is the
[2:35:54]
night uh at least by this time. This one
[2:35:58]
can't be table things. I'm not sure what
[2:36:00]
the implications are. Um that the
[2:36:03]
tenative budget needs to be accepted by
[2:36:06]
the council. That doesn't mean that it's
[2:36:07]
the final budget. It's the tenative
[2:36:09]
budget. Um we have several weeks between
[2:36:12]
now and our second meeting in June which
[2:36:15]
is when the final budget will be on the
[2:36:17]
agenda um for adoption.
[2:36:21]
Um so
[2:36:24]
you have the
[2:36:26]
I can't type my password and talk at the
[2:36:29]
same time and I knew my computer open.
[2:36:30]
Sorry. Um you have the tenative budget
[2:36:34]
in front of you. Um a public hearing is
[2:36:37]
not required on the tenative budget.
[2:36:40]
Some cities do it. Traditionally we have
[2:36:42]
not. Um final budget does require a
[2:36:46]
public hearing. That would be on that um
[2:36:49]
typically that second meeting in June.
[2:36:52]
So um just going through a few of the things in this budget.
[2:37:00]
Um,
[2:37:02]
you know, we show some modest increases
[2:37:05]
in revenue for property tax, uh, even
[2:37:09]
for sales tax based on the last couple
[2:37:11]
years. We've held that flat, but
[2:37:13]
increase it just a little bit in this
[2:37:14]
budget. Uh, park tax would follow that.
[2:37:19]
Um we do have included in this budget um
[2:37:24]
as a number kind of a placeholder at
[2:37:26]
this point a 5% increase um for
[2:37:29]
salaries. Uh we are doing having an
[2:37:32]
outside wage study done that should be
[2:37:35]
done later this month um where we'll
[2:37:37]
provide additional information to the
[2:37:39]
council.
[2:37:41]
um increase in uh insurance uh medical
[2:37:46]
is 7.7%
[2:37:48]
dental at 3.9.
[2:37:51]
Uh this budget does propose an
[2:37:53]
additional staff member uh which I
[2:37:56]
discussed a little bit two weeks ago. Um
[2:37:59]
the proposal is for hiring an entrylevel
[2:38:03]
uh planner that could take care of some
[2:38:05]
of the more uh menial um planning and
[2:38:08]
zoning tasks. um that would free up our
[2:38:12]
uh assistant city administrator to help
[2:38:15]
with other things and and learn roles
[2:38:18]
and and different things.
[2:38:19]
>> Also, the policy writing too is that
[2:38:20]
>> Yes. Yep. That would be
[2:38:22]
>> that's writing new ordinances.
[2:38:24]
>> Yes.
[2:38:25]
>> Which we need.
[2:38:25]
>> Thank you.
[2:38:27]
>> Um
[2:38:29]
also in here uh we have
[2:38:33]
a 14.4% 4% increase uh in public safety
[2:38:37]
which has a little asterisk by it
[2:38:39]
because this year we that's the expense
[2:38:43]
but there's a credit back of just over
[2:38:46]
140,000 that we'll get back from the
[2:38:48]
district from fund balance. So that
[2:38:51]
increase will be offset this year. Next
[2:38:54]
year the full amount would kick in plus
[2:38:56]
any additional increases experienced in
[2:38:59]
that budget year.
[2:39:02]
uh solid waste. Uh we're seeing a 2.7%
[2:39:05]
increase.
[2:39:07]
As far as projects to highlight some of
[2:39:09]
the more major projects, um we take
[2:39:13]
maybe the next 30 minutes and talk about
[2:39:15]
the fire station.
[2:39:17]
No, it's one of the major projects, but
[2:39:19]
we won't we'll take 30 seconds. Um
[2:39:23]
uh we propose
[2:39:25]
we we have currently in this budget year
[2:39:28]
uh $3 million budgeted.
[2:39:31]
um because we'll just hopefully just
[2:39:34]
barely start construction in this budget
[2:39:36]
year, that money would carry over plus
[2:39:38]
an additional um 500,000 proposed from
[2:39:42]
the general fund.
[2:39:44]
Um so the the funds that are budgeted
[2:39:47]
this year but not spent this year would
[2:39:49]
be rolled over and earmarked for the
[2:39:51]
next budget year.
[2:39:54]
Um and then um depending on where our
[2:39:57]
guaranteed maximum price comes in, we
[2:40:00]
anticipate another 500,000 coming from
[2:40:04]
the fiscal year 28 budget with the
[2:40:07]
remaining approximately 2 million. Um we
[2:40:11]
would do a a bond for that.
[2:40:15]
Um
[2:40:15]
>> and what are the payments for the $2
[2:40:17]
million bond annually? Can't remember.
[2:40:19]
>> It's about roughly 150,000.
[2:40:24]
So, so that would tie up some of our
[2:40:26]
sales tax revenue for that that time.
[2:40:31]
Um, again, if anybody wants to take an
[2:40:34]
Amazon sign out and encourage people to
[2:40:36]
buy online,
[2:40:37]
>> that's a great source of revenue uh for
[2:40:40]
our city in our
[2:40:42]
u situation being a bedroom community.
[2:40:46]
Um other major projects
[2:40:50]
um
[2:40:52]
there there's some proposed here. We're
[2:40:54]
still kind of fleshing out details um as
[2:40:56]
you know from our work session with the
[2:40:58]
council. Um so what I would propose as
[2:41:03]
an option in this budget is to include
[2:41:06]
all these projects in the tenative
[2:41:08]
budget and then in the next
[2:41:11]
>> uh five or six weeks we kind of narrow
[2:41:14]
down where we need to um we'll know if
[2:41:18]
we have excess funds that will be
[2:41:20]
transferred to the capital improvement
[2:41:21]
fund from this budget year uh and
[2:41:25]
different things like that. So within
[2:41:27]
this budget, there's a a comprehensive
[2:41:29]
list of projects where where they would
[2:41:32]
be funded from.
[2:41:34]
And then also with equipment
[2:41:36]
replacement,
[2:41:37]
um we're proposing
[2:41:40]
one new pickup which would uh be used in
[2:41:45]
the parks department. It's not replacing
[2:41:48]
the oldest pickup, but it's replacing
[2:41:50]
the one that's most need of replacement.
[2:41:53]
in that department. They all their
[2:41:55]
trucks are definitely showing some age.
[2:41:59]
Um, also a new lawn mower and then a
[2:42:04]
couple of leases for a backhoe and
[2:42:08]
uh our Miniac X which we've leased for
[2:42:11]
many years. Um,
[2:42:14]
those are kind of the the highlights of
[2:42:17]
the budget. Um, with this budget, it
[2:42:19]
does not propose a tax increase.
[2:42:23]
Um, and with that, I would open it up
[2:42:26]
for any questions you might have.
[2:42:30]
>> Frank, do you want to start off?
[2:42:31]
>> Sure. Um, so we we all I think all of us
[2:42:35]
had four of us had the opportunity to
[2:42:37]
meet with you individually this week and
[2:42:39]
this was a little bit later in the
[2:42:40]
process because how busy things have
[2:42:41]
been. Um but thanks for answering our
[2:42:44]
questions during those individual
[2:42:46]
meetings and then we just spent as you
[2:42:48]
mentioned a two-hour work session
[2:42:51]
um to discuss these most of these things
[2:42:53]
in detail and understanding that we have
[2:42:56]
the opportunity to have additional
[2:42:59]
questions and more discussion in the
[2:43:01]
public forum. I will defer any more
[2:43:04]
questions until that process. I do have
[2:43:06]
a recommendation. I'm going to be out of
[2:43:08]
town June 1st through the 13th. So any
[2:43:12]
budget discussions,
[2:43:14]
more additional work sessions if we
[2:43:17]
could do that before the before the end
[2:43:18]
of the month. So I'm not missing any of
[2:43:20]
those.
[2:43:20]
>> And if you remember from the
[2:43:24]
uh kind of budget schedule from two
[2:43:26]
weeks ago, um one last year, we had the
[2:43:30]
required public hearing for compensation
[2:43:34]
for municipal executive officers on the
[2:43:37]
same night that the final budget was
[2:43:38]
approved.
[2:43:40]
and and there's a request that we do
[2:43:42]
that earlier, which is what we proposed
[2:43:45]
in that calendar. So,
[2:43:48]
I'm just bringing that up.
[2:43:49]
>> Yeah, I'll be able to participate in the
[2:43:51]
meeting on the 9th, but just
[2:43:53]
>> I'll be remote.
[2:43:54]
>> But for the the rest of that time, the
[2:43:56]
only time I'm going to have cell access
[2:43:58]
during those two weeks, it's just that
[2:44:01]
>> that day,
[2:44:01]
>> that Monday afternoon, yeah, basically
[2:44:04]
Tuesday,
[2:44:05]
>> 1 through 13th. Didn't you just come
[2:44:07]
back from Ireland
[2:44:08]
>> and a cruise before that?
[2:44:10]
>> Hey man, it's getting good.
[2:44:13]
>> Making us feel bad.
[2:44:14]
>> It's nice to be retired.
[2:44:17]
>> So, I hope that's okay.
[2:44:23]
» But thanks for all your work on this. I
[2:44:24]
know it's a big big part of the first
[2:44:27]
part of the year.
[2:44:28]
>> Thank Thanks for your patience and
[2:44:29]
thanks for everybody that was able to
[2:44:31]
meet with me today. And like I said, it
[2:44:34]
won't be the last opportunity to meet
[2:44:36]
one-on-one or twoon-one. Um, I would
[2:44:39]
have had Kaden in there today, but he
[2:44:41]
had some things he had to get done
[2:44:42]
today. So, it might be two on one or two
[2:44:46]
on two next time hopefully. So,
[2:44:55]
» um, just a suggestion that we didn't get
[2:44:58]
to go into detail on staffing today,
[2:45:01]
which I was hoping we'd be able to do
[2:45:03]
that, but
[2:45:05]
is is this is my understanding correct
[2:45:07]
that the goal of bringing on a full-time
[2:45:11]
planner is to um open up some time for
[2:45:14]
you and Kaden to be able to work closer
[2:45:16]
together as there's
[2:45:18]
some handoffs and some training that can
[2:45:20]
occur.
[2:45:20]
>> Yes.
[2:45:21]
>> Once that happens. So, with that in
[2:45:23]
mind, I'd like for council to consider
[2:45:25]
also adding in a part-time finance
[2:45:28]
person because I feel like a city
[2:45:30]
administrator spends a lot of time and
[2:45:32]
if the goal is to remove some of that
[2:45:35]
workload off his plate so that he can
[2:45:38]
work with Kaden and take on those um
[2:45:41]
basically mentorship more. We also
[2:45:44]
consider bringing on either through
[2:45:47]
someone I don't know if volunteering is
[2:45:49]
actually an option but but I don't think
[2:45:52]
there's um fractional finance people
[2:45:54]
that Chrissy has talked to me about.
[2:45:56]
There's options that we could probably
[2:45:58]
offload hours and hours and hours and
[2:46:01]
hours of Shane's work onto that.
[2:46:02]
>> I think part of it though is um correct
[2:46:05]
me if I'm wrong Kaden. Um my
[2:46:07]
understanding is that you have expressed
[2:46:08]
an interest in wanting to learn about
[2:46:11]
the finances and how that works in the
[2:46:12]
city. That's something that um Kaden has
[2:46:15]
expressed an interest that we did not
[2:46:17]
have before and seems like he has an
[2:46:19]
aptitude for it. So we could try let's
[2:46:22]
start with this planner.
[2:46:25]
I appreciate um the suggestion and I
[2:46:28]
think if it were you know four months
[2:46:30]
ago I'd say definitely but I think where
[2:46:32]
we have Kaden now and he seems like
[2:46:35]
sorry if I'm I'm going to be glazing you
[2:46:37]
as my daughter always says why you got
[2:46:39]
to be glazing me mom
[2:46:40]
>> my kids are
[2:46:40]
>> that you can that you know we have a lot
[2:46:44]
of faith in your abilities and I love
[2:46:46]
that you want to learn this and so that
[2:46:48]
if we can take the city planning side of
[2:46:51]
his job out so that they can spend more
[2:46:54]
time and that he can learn the financial
[2:46:56]
side and the finances of it. And if it
[2:46:59]
becomes too much, then yeah, let's come
[2:47:01]
back. If we have to do a mid-year
[2:47:02]
adjustment, say, "Hey, you know what?
[2:47:04]
Even with a new city planner and dealing
[2:47:08]
with the finances and breaking that up,
[2:47:09]
there's still so much that needs to be
[2:47:11]
done. We need a part-time or a
[2:47:13]
fractional um finance director. Totally
[2:47:16]
open to that. But I would like to start
[2:47:18]
with this and then see how it goes in
[2:47:21]
working with Kaden and see what those
[2:47:24]
new responsibilities look like for him
[2:47:26]
and you know kind of leave it up to them
[2:47:29]
to see how that works. I feel like
[2:47:31]
that's an org chart discussion because
[2:47:33]
as a city moving forward, I don't know
[2:47:36]
if our city manager should be our
[2:47:38]
finance director. If we're looking at
[2:47:40]
succession plans and how we want to
[2:47:42]
structure our org chart moving forward
[2:47:45]
to the best use of the taxpayer dollars,
[2:47:48]
um if we're training Kaden anyway in
[2:47:50]
finance, why not also include someone
[2:47:52]
else so that they can also learn the
[2:47:54]
process because we need like a
[2:47:56]
redundancy and to expect a city manager
[2:47:58]
to be a CFO and a CEO and a COO is I
[2:48:02]
feel like not an ideal situation.
[2:48:05]
>> No, totally agreed. So yeah, no, I mean
[2:48:08]
I would be amendable to that. I mean I
[2:48:10]
agree that if you're going to train one
[2:48:11]
person, I guess you could train two and
[2:48:13]
I do like the idea of redundancy. I
[2:48:15]
guess I'm just looking at the hit to our
[2:48:18]
budget.
[2:48:23]
» Um just want to kind of echo also
[2:48:26]
Councilwoman Smu and I I think a
[2:48:28]
part-time finance person is a good idea,
[2:48:30]
but I just I do appreciate Kaden's
[2:48:33]
eagerness to learn. Um, yeah. And then I
[2:48:38]
don't really have any other questions
[2:48:39]
besides just a little small one. When
[2:48:41]
you talked about the the vehicles, do we
[2:48:44]
lease the backhoe and things like that?
[2:48:46]
That's standard like cities don't
[2:48:48]
usually own those like outright or or
[2:48:50]
does it just depend on what we can do
[2:48:52]
financially and what works for us?
[2:48:54]
>> We've done it both ways, but the backho
[2:48:56]
we have right now, it costs us on our
[2:48:58]
lease uh 6,500 a year. We're still on a
[2:49:02]
very old program that's not even
[2:49:03]
available anymore because we've been
[2:49:05]
willing to keep the backhoe. I think
[2:49:07]
we've had it about 10 years now. Um,
[2:49:11]
usually they turn over every two or
[2:49:13]
three years, but now it's like I think
[2:49:16]
it's 17,500
[2:49:18]
for the lease program. Um, so we've
[2:49:21]
stayed as long as it's been workable and
[2:49:25]
it's not in the shop all the time, we've
[2:49:28]
opted to keep it. it is something we're
[2:49:31]
talking more about. Um, but if we
[2:49:35]
decided to go the other direction or if
[2:49:37]
the lease program changed, we've been
[2:49:40]
budgeting a little higher number in for
[2:49:42]
that backhoe. The min is different. It's
[2:49:46]
we've only had it for probably,
[2:49:49]
you know, we've had a backhoe for 30
[2:49:51]
plus years. We've had a min many many
[2:49:53]
extra probably 10 and that lease
[2:49:56]
program's more
[2:49:58]
staying the same. Hasn't changed like
[2:50:00]
the backho has but we need both of them
[2:50:03]
for everything that we do.
[2:50:05]
So,
[2:50:06]
>> thank you. I was just curious.
[2:50:07]
>> Yeah.
[2:50:09]
>> Okay. Thank you. I I do echo um
[2:50:12]
councilwoman um Smeuan's comments about
[2:50:15]
I would love to see a new org chart
[2:50:17]
because I know you also wear the public
[2:50:19]
works hat and so um if we're going to
[2:50:22]
offload
[2:50:24]
more to Kaden does he need to learn
[2:50:27]
public works too because you're doing it
[2:50:29]
all. So like how is that all going to
[2:50:31]
work out? And maybe I remember when we
[2:50:34]
saw the org chart the first time I was
[2:50:37]
like well who are these other people?
[2:50:38]
Well, you're like, "Well, that's me,
[2:50:40]
too." So, I would like to um put, you
[2:50:42]
know, an understanding of where where
[2:50:44]
we're going, even if we're not there
[2:50:46]
today with the ORC chart and what the
[2:50:48]
staffing maybe we don't have, like um
[2:50:51]
our mayor has said, we don't have the
[2:50:53]
funds to do everything today, but we
[2:50:55]
like what we're shooting for in the long
[2:50:57]
run. Um how to get all our bases
[2:50:59]
covered, produce some redundancies that
[2:51:01]
councilwoman Sme has talked about. I do
[2:51:05]
want to throw out um a side comment.
[2:51:07]
Prior to Ryan's departure, we had um we
[2:51:10]
have a proposal from a specialist in
[2:51:12]
finance from the Utah League of City of
[2:51:14]
Towns that has a different approach to
[2:51:17]
budgeting maybe than what we've seen.
[2:51:19]
She works very closely with Dave
[2:51:21]
Sanderson. It's Carrie Nala.
[2:51:24]
>> McNamera something like that. Very
[2:51:28]
close.
[2:51:29]
>> It's it's it's not a name that I have
[2:51:31]
memorized her. I know her first name is
[2:51:33]
Carrie. So anyways, maybe um not this
[2:51:37]
first go around because we don't have
[2:51:38]
time given our short time frame, but
[2:51:41]
maybe uh to to you like lean on her to
[2:51:44]
some degree. Maybe we don't hire someone
[2:51:46]
per se, but just use like a contract
[2:51:49]
services so that um there's more uh
[2:51:53]
maybe a well a different approach. And
[2:51:57]
in fact, I was thinking we've got kind
[2:51:59]
of stalled on this whole project
[2:52:00]
analysis that maybe she has some good
[2:52:02]
ideas about how to like get feedback
[2:52:04]
when we're talking about projects. I'm
[2:52:06]
not sure, but somebody who has
[2:52:08]
experience maybe who's done it a
[2:52:09]
different way um would be helpful. Um I
[2:52:13]
really did appreciate the fund balance
[2:52:15]
analysis. That's something I've been
[2:52:17]
trying to wrap my head around for a
[2:52:19]
number of years. And the discussion
[2:52:21]
today we had was exactly what I was
[2:52:23]
looking for and I really um appreciate
[2:52:26]
the time and effort and the simple
[2:52:28]
presentation. It was easy to follow. Um,
[2:52:31]
I just really appreciated that and it
[2:52:33]
gives me, you know, comfort, um, that we
[2:52:36]
have fund balances that make us look
[2:52:40]
financially strong, but I also know it
[2:52:42]
takes a priority of a council to keep
[2:52:45]
them there because it's really easy to
[2:52:47]
dig into the piggy bank or, you know,
[2:52:50]
uh, when we feel like, um, we have wants
[2:52:53]
that exceed our our fund, like we're
[2:52:55]
trying to balance wants and needs. This
[2:52:57]
is an easy place to go to. The reason we
[2:53:00]
have these balances is because we have
[2:53:02]
not habitually turned to fund balances.
[2:53:04]
Um we've just sta lived within our
[2:53:06]
means. So um it's just good to have
[2:53:08]
that. Not that they're not useful. I I
[2:53:11]
know being on the um public service. I
[2:53:13]
mean the Lone Peak publica safety
[2:53:16]
district. We've talked a lot about fan
[2:53:18]
balance. They bought equipment with it.
[2:53:20]
They've helped us with our change in the
[2:53:22]
I in the interlocal agreement. So they
[2:53:24]
do have a purpose. The fund balances
[2:53:26]
have a purpose. they're not untouchable.
[2:53:29]
And I I'm just grateful that we've
[2:53:30]
opened that discussion. That has been a
[2:53:32]
huge step forward in my mind to
[2:53:34]
understand the financial our all of our
[2:53:37]
resources. Um with that said, I feel
[2:53:40]
like um just so you're you guys are
[2:53:42]
ready, um our last comment in our uh
[2:53:46]
work session was since we haven't
[2:53:48]
identified or prioritized the projects
[2:53:50]
that are highlighted in yellow, if you
[2:53:52]
go to the next page, Kaden, that's
[2:53:54]
colored. It's like
[2:53:56]
>> it's way down there. I think
[2:53:58]
>> I believe it's 290 page 290.
[2:54:01]
>> I propose Shane mentioned that we don't
[2:54:03]
have to have a balanced budget as
[2:54:05]
tenative, but we do when we approve the
[2:54:08]
final. So, we we work through the
[2:54:10]
process um in the interim time to
[2:54:13]
identify the projects, whether we get
[2:54:14]
another process ideas from um Kerry or a
[2:54:17]
different city to sort of identify the
[2:54:20]
best way to narrow these down. Um,
[2:54:23]
that's where I'm open to discussion and
[2:54:25]
maybe you might not be there, Brent. But
[2:54:29]
we do need to move forward and have a
[2:54:31]
final budget by the end of the month in
[2:54:33]
June. But I would like to propose that
[2:54:35]
we include all of these in our motion
[2:54:37]
today. And we that means that we may not
[2:54:40]
have be in in balance or we may not what
[2:54:44]
is that word
[2:54:45]
>> called?
[2:54:46]
>> And it it could still be balanced. We
[2:54:47]
could just take the those other few
[2:54:50]
projects that aren't currently included.
[2:54:52]
We can just allocate funds from the
[2:54:54]
capital improvement fund temporary.
[2:54:56]
>> See how easy that is you guys? In one
[2:54:57]
little one sentence, we could just spend
[2:54:59]
the fund balance. So
[2:55:02]
>> anyways, um I don't propose that we we
[2:55:05]
just because we haven't had time that we
[2:55:07]
just do it all anyways, but we take the
[2:55:09]
time to figure out which ones are really
[2:55:11]
the priority of the council and then
[2:55:13]
revisit this sometime between now and
[2:55:15]
the final. I don't want to be talking
[2:55:16]
about this at the final.
[2:55:18]
>> So, we have we have
[2:55:20]
almost three weeks.
[2:55:22]
I don't know if we can wait to get some
[2:55:25]
kind of new procedure from somebody else
[2:55:27]
to make her decisions to delay it until
[2:55:30]
June when I'm gone. Why can't we
[2:55:32]
>> She's talking about doing it right away.
[2:55:33]
>> Oh, she said I might not be here because
[2:55:35]
she has to look at some new techniques
[2:55:37]
that or some new
[2:55:38]
>> No, I think she's You were saying moving
[2:55:39]
forward, right?
[2:55:40]
>> Ideally, we could talk about it in two
[2:55:42]
weeks, right? And you will be here in
[2:55:43]
two weeks.
[2:55:44]
>> Yeah. I'm just saying we need to I'm
[2:55:47]
saying let's put it all in the tentative
[2:55:48]
knowing it's not going to be all there
[2:55:50]
in the final. That's
[2:55:51]
>> I just I was just concerned that you
[2:55:52]
said you might not be here because we
[2:55:54]
want to consult with someone else and
[2:55:55]
maybe come up with a new
[2:55:56]
>> Our goal is to always have your hair
[2:55:58]
brushed because you're
[2:55:59]
>> a new way to prioritize. Maybe for next
[2:56:01]
year we can find a new way to prior I
[2:56:02]
think we're too far into the system.
[2:56:04]
>> Okay, that's the end of my comments.
[2:56:05]
>> Okay,
[2:56:06]
>> does that make sense? Do you
[2:56:07]
>> have anything you wanted to add? And
[2:56:08]
let's move on to a motion.
[2:56:11]
>> Mhm. Uh yeah, thanks. This is just
[2:56:13]
tentative. So, we're okay. This is
[2:56:15]
tentative. Um, no, I love Alpine so
[2:56:17]
much. I'm becoming very protective of
[2:56:19]
it. I always have been. I just didn't
[2:56:20]
realize it.
[2:56:21]
>> So, um, when I go through these, these
[2:56:23]
are really, uh, these are really
[2:56:25]
important. This is like the biggest
[2:56:26]
decision we're going to make. Um, a
[2:56:28]
couple I thank you for all the time for
[2:56:30]
all the questions you answered. Just a
[2:56:32]
couple things that we weren't able to go
[2:56:33]
over that I think will be helpful. The
[2:56:35]
biggest item on here is the $9 million
[2:56:36]
bond. I think we start big, we go down.
[2:56:39]
Just so we're discussing already because
[2:56:40]
we have this time now. This the $9
[2:56:42]
million bond is 25 years. Uh it's a 600k
[2:56:46]
a year. This is for water. We we need
[2:56:49]
water support. And I'm going to offer
[2:56:51]
some recommendations, but it's 600k a
[2:56:54]
year for 25 years on Alpine folks. Um
[2:56:58]
that that's it's about 4.8%. So if
[2:57:01]
you're comparing it to like when you get
[2:57:02]
mortgages or car loans, that means we'll
[2:57:04]
be paying $6 million on this bond. So,
[2:57:07]
this is a cost because this is what I
[2:57:10]
look at when I'm buying cars or houses
[2:57:11]
or whatever. I'm like, what what am I
[2:57:13]
actually paying for this? And you
[2:57:14]
actually add up the interest and the the
[2:57:17]
principal. And we're paying the 9
[2:57:20]
million plus 6 million. So, that's what that's what it costs to rent this
[2:57:25]
well from Zion's Bank for 25 years until
[2:57:28]
we own it. Just just to keep the
[2:57:30]
numbers, okay, because this is what
[2:57:32]
we're signing up for. My family always
[2:57:34]
looks at me and they say, "Andrew or
[2:57:36]
dad, you're not a slave." And I say,
[2:57:38]
"Every time we get a mortgage, we become
[2:57:40]
a slave." So that's why we don't do
[2:57:42]
them. Okay? And so, uh, anyways, it
[2:57:45]
really we we trade freedom for ease. So,
[2:57:48]
I just want you to know that. That's the
[2:57:49]
$9 million bond. That is the biggest
[2:57:51]
item on this entire budget for a well
[2:57:54]
and booster pumps, which we all are
[2:57:56]
trying to do to save our pressurized
[2:57:58]
irrigation system from the stresses that
[2:58:01]
it's in. And so, just just weigh that
[2:58:04]
out when you're going to bed at night
[2:58:05]
what we're thinking about. My only hope
[2:58:08]
uh well wait till Shane my only
[2:58:11]
recommendation um Shane as you're
[2:58:13]
putting this together with staff my only
[2:58:15]
recommendation is if you can balance
[2:58:17]
that where we take some money so we're
[2:58:20]
not um so we're not indebting so much.
[2:58:24]
if we can take some money, maybe do a
[2:58:26]
half where we're only doing 4.5. If we
[2:58:28]
can spread it over a years, and then as
[2:58:30]
you know that we went over some of the
[2:58:31]
ideas of doing a program potentially
[2:58:34]
where some of the money could go to
[2:58:35]
residents where they could have their
[2:58:36]
own water storage to reduce their rates.
[2:58:38]
That's just an idea. But I also loved
[2:58:41]
what what this will result in. So, this
[2:58:43]
is what we're doing, but what it will
[2:58:44]
result in, just so we know, is raised
[2:58:46]
pressurized irrigation rates. That's what it or property taxes. We're
[2:58:50]
not going to do property taxes. So, I'm
[2:58:52]
not uh So, it's going to raise
[2:58:54]
everyone's water rate. So, so the ask I
[2:58:57]
have is and I think Shane's totally on
[2:58:59]
board. I I think is to let us know what
[2:59:02]
that will do to our water rate. So,
[2:59:04]
taking out that nine so so we can
[2:59:06]
explain to the residents. Look, we're
[2:59:07]
doing a $9 million bond for this year.
[2:59:09]
>> That's the study that we'll be getting
[2:59:11]
in a month. Is that what you said?
[2:59:13]
>> Hopefully within that time.
[2:59:14]
>> So, we can express on them. Let's make
[2:59:16]
sure I just
[2:59:19]
pause for a second. It's 9:00. So, we do
[2:59:22]
need to make a motion to extend the
[2:59:23]
meeting.
[2:59:24]
>> I was watching that and that's they're
[2:59:26]
not synced.
[2:59:26]
>> Well, my my
[2:59:27]
>> Okay. GPS.
[2:59:29]
>> Did you want to make a motion, Brett?
[2:59:30]
>> Well, yes. I would like to make a
[2:59:32]
motion. Not Not on this not on the
[2:59:33]
budget. Oh, for the Okay. Sorry.
[2:59:35]
>> Extend the meeting. I would like to make
[2:59:37]
a motion to extend the meeting past our
[2:59:40]
900 p.m. deadline
[2:59:43]
to the extent that we finish this
[2:59:45]
discussion about the tenative budget and
[2:59:47]
approve it under state law and postpone
[2:59:50]
the review of the main street and
[2:59:51]
gateway quarter master plan part two to
[2:59:54]
another meeting and following staff
[2:59:56]
reports and council communication that
[2:59:58]
we
[2:59:59]
um move into close meeting.
[3:00:06]
Oh,
[3:00:12]
» I was going to make it up, but I'll read
[3:00:14]
it verbatim.
[3:00:16]
>> Oh,
[3:00:20]
» all right.
[3:00:21]
>> That that we move into closed meeting
[3:00:23]
that will take place in the conference
[3:00:24]
room behind the city council room to
[3:00:27]
discuss property acquisition
[3:00:30]
>> or dispos.
[3:00:31]
>> I would say
[3:00:32]
>> or what? I think we need to go into that
[3:00:35]
before um staff reports and council
[3:00:38]
communications to allow Mr. Doxy to go.
[3:00:40]
>> Oh, okay. So, we'll go into close
[3:00:42]
meeting to discuss property acquisition
[3:00:45]
or disposition and then following that
[3:00:48]
we'll uh come back and finish with staff
[3:00:51]
reports, council communications. Do I
[3:00:53]
adjourn the meeting after that or do we
[3:00:55]
have to do it December?
[3:00:55]
>> Well, you'll because after council
[3:00:57]
communications, you guys move to
[3:00:58]
adjourn.
[3:00:59]
>> That's it.
[3:00:59]
>> Okay. Is there a second?
[3:01:00]
>> I second.
[3:01:01]
>> It's been moved by Councilman Remler.
[3:01:03]
Second by Councilman
[3:01:05]
>> Young.
[3:01:06]
I was going to say Councilman
[3:01:07]
Andrew.
[3:01:09]
>> That works too.
[3:01:10]
>> Okay. Um roll call vote.
[3:01:12]
>> Brenley. Yes.
[3:01:13]
>> Jessica Simone. Yes. Sarah Blackwell.
[3:01:15]
Yes.
[3:01:15]
>> Chrisman, yes.
[3:01:16]
>> Andrew Young, yes.
[3:01:18]
>> Okay.
[3:01:19]
>> Go ahead. Andrew.
[3:01:20]
>> Very quickly. Very quickly. The other
[3:01:22]
big item is a $2 million bond. It's 20
[3:01:25]
years. It would be a 150k. Thank you.
[3:01:28]
all.
[3:01:28]
>> Thank you guys.
[3:01:34]
Uh the 2 million bond for the fire
[3:01:36]
department would be a 20-year 150k a
[3:01:40]
year. So we're essentially debing 750k a
[3:01:43]
year. That's about a 4.2 interest and
[3:01:47]
that would be $1 million of interest. So
[3:01:49]
we're borrowing two, paying back three.
[3:01:53]
Um and so look, I I know we need this
[3:01:57]
stuff. These are big numbers. I would
[3:02:00]
love to have time with Zans to see if we
[3:02:02]
can get that rate down. I was thinking
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today after we talked about
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conversations potentially of when we do
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a contract, if we go forward with this,
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could we put in stipulations like over
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the next couple years, we are able to do
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a refinance for free if rates drop or
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just just something where we're we we
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have as much uh ability to um make this
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blow as as tolerable as possible. So
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maybe buy down the rate a little. Um
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maybe uh piece this out over a couple
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years. I know it gets more expensive
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over years. Anyways, those are just the
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ideas. The only other thing besides that
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um because I'm fully in agreement with
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how you want this motion to go. Just
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include it and then we're going to sort
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it out over this next three weeks and
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finalize it. I think that's a great way
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to go about it is just two things. I
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love the idea of the pri priority list.
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I think if we create a priority list,
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however we do it, and Chrissy, we all
[3:02:57]
come to terms on which ones we like, it
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it'll be a little messy, but I think we
[3:03:01]
can get there. Then we'll all know, oh,
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well, this is top priority. Let's do it.
[3:03:05]
Versus, you might you might really want
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something. You might really have a deep
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priority. And what happens is it just
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kind of gets, you know, uh,
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deprioritized over time and it's not a
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big deal. So, I think if we can
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prioritize this list, we'll get even
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better results over the next year um
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versus trying to do them all at once.
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So, I like the priority list. The only
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item I'll bring up, and I would not
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bring this up because I think most
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people are sleeping anyways, and that is
[3:03:30]
the fire budget. And the only reason I
[3:03:32]
bring that up, I maybe chief can listen.
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It's 50K for fire mitigation. And the
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only reason I'm bringing this up is
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because after June, this essentially
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becomes useless. not not useless over
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the years, but useless for our fire
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season coming up in July and August when
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they don't want us to do fire
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mitigation. So, my hope I can forward
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emails and talk offline. But my hope is
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that if we could get access to some of
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this money as soon as possible, we
[3:04:00]
really only have a month before
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potentially one of the worst fire
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seasons we might ever have, and that is
[3:04:06]
July and August, uh, given our water
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year. And they don't like us to do fire
[3:04:10]
mitigation. Is this correct? They don't
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like us to do fire mitigation in the hot
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months because if we do it in the hot
[3:04:16]
months, we pose as much of a risk of
[3:04:17]
starting a fire. So, our window is
[3:04:20]
closing very quickly and if we end up in
[3:04:22]
a hot August with winds and the low
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rains, we we and and the and the tinder
[3:04:28]
bush that has grown over the last really
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wet years, we've got ourselves in a
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potentially a very difficult predicament
[3:04:35]
where when now we go into crisis control
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if we if we hit one of these fires. Uh,
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sorry. Do you want a question? Am I
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correct in thinking though that that
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fire mitigation budget would be for the
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next budget year? So, are you asking
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maybe if there's a little
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>> I'm bringing it up for two reason. I'm
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bringing up for two reason. If there's
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any way we can
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>> I don't know if there's e bring some of
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it a little bit earlier uh or prioritize
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it pretty quick as a separate item just
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because our window closes in Julyish.
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And I don't I know that's not in this
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main budget, but the only reason I bring
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it up because residents started calling
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me and saying, "Look, I need this done."
[3:05:13]
And I was like, "Oh my gosh, you're
[3:05:14]
right. We our window closes in July for
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>> Would that be an action item just to
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bring that forward?" Is that something?
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>> We don't need to move it to discussion
[3:05:23]
to then move it to action. Let's just
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move it to action and determine if we
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need to make a
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>> I would say need to be an action item
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and you need specifics because what I
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heard two weeks ago was we don't want to
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go on private property and do this type
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of
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>> right and so so I would okay maybe I can
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come up with something that works on
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public or some sort of plan you guys can
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see how you like it that is one last
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question on that I understand we have a
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limit of 15 grand that is at the
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discretion of staff can we petition for
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that for potentially if we got some fire
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mitigation projects, could we petition
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for that? Would that be through staff or
[3:05:59]
city council as well?
[3:06:00]
>> Well, if we can find some place I I
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would prefer to have the council's
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blessing, we'll go,
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>> you know, for in support for that
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because it's it's new,
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>> right?
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>> You know, it's something not something
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we've done.
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>> Um
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>> the only reason I bring it up is because
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of the window. That's all. Um so that
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that's all I had on those. Thanks. and
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uh
[3:06:20]
>> when we figure out a way of doing the
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priority list, let's get on it so that
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over these three weeks we can uh not
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only push which
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>> I think we all gave our ranking to
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Shane. Maybe only you did not.
[3:06:32]
>> So you just want us to keep with this
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Shane?
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>> I think we've at least started with a
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baseline that we can start to decode and
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then great
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>> attach meaning and so that would
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probably be the best way to move
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forward.
[3:06:43]
>> All right, I'll forward that. When um
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Andrew brought up the point about the
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bonding, what page are the details or
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are we going
[3:06:51]
>> the same page? Just scroll up just a
[3:06:52]
hair. Kayen,
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>> are we going to go into that in a
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separate
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>> She's asking about the the No, no, no,
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sorry. Uh scroll down the the fine print
[3:07:01]
below this. You'll see it right there.
[3:07:03]
>> Right. Where do we see exactly what the
[3:07:06]
bond is for? And it wouldn't just be for
[3:07:08]
one well, right? It would be for
[3:07:10]
remedies for multiple deficiencies. I'm
[3:07:12]
assuming
[3:07:13]
>> some more detail was in the kind of
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discussion that was included in the
[3:07:18]
packet two weeks ago.
[3:07:20]
>> Um but more information will be coming
[3:07:23]
like we've planned tenatively I think
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the first meeting in June uh Bren will
[3:07:28]
be remote I guess um to have science
[3:07:31]
public finance come and answer some of
[3:07:33]
your questions. There's different things
[3:07:35]
you can do with structuring a bond. I
[3:07:37]
don't see any possibility of a a free
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>> refinance, but they're not going to be
[3:07:43]
telling us what projects we're doing.
[3:07:45]
They're just going to be talking about
[3:07:46]
the financing. I mean, and we've been
[3:07:48]
sitting, you know, for hours discussing
[3:07:51]
$50,000, you know, $25,000 and this is
[3:07:54]
>> millions of dollars and that's why I
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started with
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>> I want to understand what
[3:08:01]
improvements, what capital or water
[3:08:03]
structure improvements are coming with
[3:08:05]
that. So, let us do this. We'll we'll
[3:08:08]
take the the appropriate pages out of
[3:08:11]
the master plan and put those together,
[3:08:14]
highlight the projects that would be
[3:08:16]
included, and we'll we'll email those
[3:08:19]
out.
[3:08:20]
>> But in short, Jessica, it's the it's the
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well, the what is it called? The
[3:08:25]
Hillside Well,
[3:08:27]
>> Heritage Hills,
[3:08:28]
>> sorry, I'm sorry. It's the Heritage
[3:08:29]
Hills well and a booster pump
[3:08:31]
>> on 400 West. I think there's three other
[3:08:34]
items that we're recommending to improve
[3:08:37]
>> our pressure. So, are we not doing the
[3:08:39]
three other items? There were five.
[3:08:41]
>> So, I chatted with Shane today and I
[3:08:42]
believe you can ask to include those and
[3:08:45]
it is massageable at this point. Is that
[3:08:47]
right?
[3:08:47]
>> Yeah. So, that's
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>> I mean those items are meant to help
[3:08:50]
improve pressure.
[3:08:51]
>> Um and uh I think even two weeks ago I
[3:08:55]
included the two weeks ago or four I
[3:08:58]
included the email from John She with
[3:09:00]
kind of
[3:09:00]
>> So, go back to that email. Yes, there's
[3:09:02]
more information in there
[3:09:05]
>> that will say the why behind the
[3:09:07]
priorities of those things because I'm
[3:09:09]
looking at it and going, "Don't we need
[3:09:11]
all of it?"
[3:09:12]
>> Yeah.
[3:09:12]
>> I mean, that's what they recommended or
[3:09:14]
that's what as
[3:09:15]
>> Yeah, he explains it in his email. I'll include that with this other
[3:09:20]
information I'll send out.
[3:09:22]
>> Okay.
[3:09:22]
>> So, yeah.
[3:09:24]
But to be clear, um this this rainbow
[3:09:27]
sheet,
[3:09:28]
>> um we've approved water or what we would
[3:09:32]
be approving in the tenative budget
[3:09:34]
tonight is $535,000
[3:09:37]
of current funding and the other
[3:09:40]
projects are a somewhat of a separate
[3:09:42]
discussion item.
[3:09:43]
>> Bring those in, right,
[3:09:45]
>> when we finalize everything. And
[3:09:48]
>> tonight in the tenative budget, we do
[3:09:49]
have a $535,000 line item for water. But
[3:09:52]
aren't the are we not also approving
[3:09:54]
these bonds tentatively?
[3:09:56]
>> No, it's a whole separate process.
[3:09:58]
>> Those will be separately voted on each.
[3:10:00]
>> That's why in these
[3:10:01]
>> will be are they only included because
[3:10:04]
it is the intent of how we would
[3:10:05]
actually budget these projects.
[3:10:08]
>> Meaning
[3:10:08]
>> it's to give you like kind of a forecast
[3:10:10]
of what's coming.
[3:10:12]
>> It's like a placeholder. It's like this
[3:10:14]
is allocated but then as these big
[3:10:15]
projects come up on it individually as
[3:10:18]
they come up
[3:10:19]
>> even the bonds individually.
[3:10:21]
>> Yes. Yeah, we have to have public
[3:10:23]
hearing. There's a lot of different
[3:10:24]
steps, okay, to
[3:10:26]
>> okay, get it
[3:10:27]
>> was just it was very central in the
[3:10:29]
whole budget. That's
[3:10:30]
>> to me it was like we can we can take a
[3:10:32]
small piece of what needs to be
[3:10:34]
accomplished here with the current
[3:10:36]
revenue but to meet the full need we're
[3:10:38]
going to have bonding and all these
[3:10:40]
discussions and this long process
[3:10:43]
to let us know like we're not meeting
[3:10:45]
all our needs with the current funding
[3:10:47]
but in the future we will be meet you
[3:10:49]
know talking about how to meet all these
[3:10:50]
needs that have been discussed. That's
[3:10:52]
how I read it.
[3:10:56]
» Okay. Is it typical when doing these
[3:10:59]
bonds just because we're bringing it up
[3:11:01]
to get a couple bids for financing?
[3:11:05]
>> I know we're working with Zans, but are
[3:11:07]
do we do we have a good relationship
[3:11:09]
with
[3:11:09]
>> I've never been through a bonding
[3:11:10]
process before.
[3:11:12]
>> Okay.
[3:11:12]
>> Doesn't happen very often in Alpine
[3:11:13]
>> and I appreciate that. I think
[3:11:15]
>> when you have these infrastructure
[3:11:16]
needs, there's really not much choice.
[3:11:18]
>> And I told Shane I appreciate that how
[3:11:20]
little bonding we've done over the last
[3:11:21]
decade. So, thank you.
[3:11:24]
>> That was all I had. Thank you. Okay,
[3:11:25]
I'll entertain a motion.
[3:11:26]
>> Right. I move to approve resolution
[3:11:28]
R2026-20
[3:11:29]
adopting the fiscal year 2027 tenative
[3:11:32]
budget.
[3:11:34]
>> Is there a second?
[3:11:35]
>> Can can we add with um a prioritization
[3:11:39]
of projects um at the in two weeks?
[3:11:44]
>> Is that necessary? Are we
[3:11:46]
>> Wait, hold on. I think we have to second
[3:11:47]
it first.
[3:11:47]
>> Second first and then it hasn't been
[3:11:49]
approved.
[3:11:50]
>> Oh, I'm sorry. Is there a second?
[3:11:54]
I'll second.
[3:11:55]
>> Okay. It's moved by Councilman Rland,
[3:11:56]
seconded by Councilwoman Blackwell.
[3:12:00]
>> Chrissy, did you asking for an
[3:12:02]
amendment?
[3:12:02]
>> Yes, I'm asking for amendment to include
[3:12:05]
um the I counted these before. One, two,
[3:12:10]
three, four, five, six. The eight
[3:12:12]
projects in yellow incl
[3:12:16]
>> that are not allotted.
[3:12:18]
>> Shane says it's just part of the
[3:12:19]
process. We don't need a motion.
[3:12:20]
>> Oh, it's not included in the motion to
[3:12:22]
include all these. You don't you don't
[3:12:24]
I'll just bring them back in two weeks.
[3:12:25]
You don't know that.
[3:12:26]
>> Then
[3:12:27]
>> never mind.
[3:12:28]
>> I re retract the amendment.
[3:12:30]
>> Let's proceed with a roll call vote.
[3:12:32]
>> Brent Rley. Yes.
[3:12:33]
>> Jessica Simon. Yes. Sarah Blackwell.
[3:12:35]
Yes.
[3:12:35]
>> Grace Anaman. Yes.
[3:12:37]
>> Andrew Young. Yes.
[3:12:39]
>> Okay.
[3:12:39]
>> Just to discuss this just so all of them
[3:12:41]
are included even though we didn't put
[3:12:42]
it in the motion and we'll talk about
[3:12:44]
them and how that will be finalized.
[3:12:45]
>> It's just part of the overall process
[3:12:47]
and then we'll do a final.
[3:12:49]
>> Although I would like to do one a
[3:12:50]
minute. Chiefs, do you guys have
[3:12:51]
anything to report before we go into
[3:12:53]
close session?
[3:12:55]
>> We can let you go. Thank you so much.
[3:12:57]
Appreciate it.
[3:12:58]
>> I think Chief Patton has something.
[3:13:00]
>> Only 9:15.
[3:13:03]
>> Public safety district meeting tomorrow
[3:13:04]
morning, 7:30.
[3:13:12]
» I got an email. I'm so committed to
[3:13:16]
reading your email. I don't see it.
[3:13:20]
Um, so no, it was in the packet.