[0:00] Welcome to city council meeting tonight

[0:02] everybody that's here in person and

[0:04] those watching.

[0:06] First of all I'd like to excuse Mayor

[0:08] Mendenhall. He is out of town on

[0:09] business and Councilman Marshall is out

[0:12] of town on a family vacation. So they

[0:14] won't be here tonight but we'll jump

[0:16] right in. We have asked Dale Robinson

[0:19] our parks and rec director to offer a

[0:21] prayer to get started and then

[0:23] Councilman Euler will say the Pledge of

[0:26] Allegiance.

[0:35] Our Father in heaven, humbly we bow our

[0:37] heads before thee this evening

[0:40] as we gather in this city council

[0:41] meeting. We wish to express our

[0:44] gratitude to thee

[0:45] for the many blessings we receive at thy

[0:47] hand, for this beautiful community that

[0:49] we live in,

[0:51] for the wonderful citizens that are

[0:52] here, for their volunteer spirit,

[0:55] grateful for these elected officials and

[0:57] administration and staff who work diligently to continue to

[1:02] preserve and build upon the wonderful

[1:05] heritage that has been set before us

[1:09] from those that have gone on before.

[1:11] We ask thy spirit to please

[1:14] be with us this evening that the

[1:17] decisions that are made might be in

[1:19] accordance with thy holy mind and will

[1:21] and continue to further

[1:24] this

[1:25] the work that we need to do here in this

[1:27] beautiful community.

[1:29] We love thee. We are grateful for thy

[1:31] son Jesus Christ and thank thee for the

[1:33] blessings thou has given us and ask for

[1:35] this prayer in the name of Jesus Christ.

[1:37] Amen. Amen.

[1:39] Please stand and join me in the Pledge

[1:41] of Allegiance.

[1:44] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[1:47] United States of America and to the

[1:50] republic for which it stands, one nation

[1:53] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[1:56] justice for all.

[2:00] Thank you.

[2:03] Okay.

[2:05] We're going to open up first off to

[2:07] public comment. So, anyone here from the

[2:09] public that would like to address us,

[2:10] just come up to the podium, let us know

[2:12] your name, and we will have a 3-minute

[2:14] timer set.

[2:28] All right.

[2:29] Good evening, Council. Thank you for

[2:31] opening this up to public comments. My

[2:32] name is Tanner Taguchi. I'm a resident

[2:34] here in Spanish Fork.

[2:35] I just came to kind of let the Council

[2:37] know about this project that I'm working

[2:39] on as part of the Gold Star Legacy

[2:41] Foundation.

[2:42] Uh we are doing a project at the Spanish

[2:45] Fork City Cemetery over this Memorial

[2:46] Day weekend. It started kind of as a

[2:49] personal project of mine when I was a

[2:51] teenager and it's kind of continued on

[2:52] in that way ever since.

[2:54] Uh this year we're trying to memorialize

[2:56] as many Gold Star veterans who are

[2:58] interred or memorialized in the cemetery

[3:00] as possible.

[3:01] We uh have made some uh 12 Gold Star

[3:03] banners that we plan to hang over their

[3:05] headstones, as well as a typing up some

[3:08] genealogical profiles, some short

[3:11] uh short history of their life and

[3:13] service in the armed forces of the

[3:15] United States. And so, that's what will

[3:16] also be at their graves as well uh over

[3:19] Memorial Day weekend starting from

[3:21] Thursday, the 21st in the morning, until

[3:23] the evening um on the 26th, the day

[3:26] after Memorial Day.

[3:27] Uh so, we we're trying to get the word

[3:29] out. We're trying to help people

[3:30] understand

[3:31] uh the importance of their sacrifice to

[3:33] our community and to the nation.

[3:35] Uh

[3:36] we have created some posters with

[3:39] permission of Parks and Rec Department

[3:41] and Justin Jolley at the cemetery. Uh

[3:43] we're going to put some posters up over

[3:45] by the cemetery that have a QR code so

[3:47] that members of the public can access a

[3:50] map that pinpoints specifically the 38

[3:52] men in the cemetery who are Gold Star

[3:55] veterans so they have a little better

[3:57] time navigating and they don't have to

[3:59] look it up on the cemetery map. So if

[4:02] you have any questions I'm I'm happy to answer any. We're on a social media,

[4:06] Facebook and Instagram and

[4:08] I live I live close by. You can always

[4:10] drop by and you could ask any questions

[4:12] you want. Tanner, I'm curious

[4:15] what got you interested in this? How did

[4:17] you how did this start for you?

[4:18] Well, when I was a teenager uh I'm from

[4:20] Carlsbad in California and every

[4:22] Memorial Day I would drive down to Fort

[4:24] Rosecrans which is the cemetery from Top

[4:27] Gun if you're not familiar.

[4:28] And um they have a very spectacular

[4:31] program down there and I would do a

[4:34] profile like this just when I was a just

[4:37] for a veteran that I'd found. That's how

[4:38] this started. I usually did one a year.

[4:41] I did one in 2024 and 2025. Those are

[4:43] these two men here. Um we've decided to

[4:46] kind of up the pace a little bit. We did

[4:47] 10 this year. I think next year we can finish Spanish Fork Fork Cemetery

[4:53] and then after that we're looking to

[4:54] move on and continue the work in

[4:56] Benjamin, Payson, Santaquin Awesome.

[4:59] That's awesome. Yeah, what a great

[5:01] program. Yeah. Jack, I don't know if we

[5:02] have anything planned to announce for

[5:04] Memorial Day but it might be something

[5:06] to use with our comm team to put

[5:07] something together just saying that this

[5:09] is coming just to look for it cuz then

[5:10] that would maybe get more people

[5:12] interested in it. Yeah, I agree. Let's

[5:14] be in touch in the next few days as we

[5:16] can. Yeah, thank you so much for that.

[5:18] >> Thanks, Tanner. Thanks, Rocky. Thanks as

[5:19] well. Tanner, one other question perhaps

[5:21] for those as they watch this cuz we'll

[5:23] have about a

[5:24] thousand downloads and views a a minute

[5:27] starting tomorrow. It's pretty high

[5:29] watch.

[5:29] >> Great.

[5:30] Uh no, but for those that do watch and those that look at this

[5:34] maybe for the sake of clarity, what what

[5:36] do you use when you use the term Gold

[5:39] Star? How are you defining that? How do

[5:40] you use that? Maybe to clarify that for

[5:42] anybody watching. Yeah, I think in the

[5:44] future maybe we'll write a policy on it

[5:46] and who's who's is to be included in

[5:48] under that term, but I think

[5:49] heuristically just anyone whose life was

[5:52] cut short during their service

[5:55] as a result of their service. You know,

[5:57] so I understand there can be some fringe

[5:59] cases, maybe someone who handled orange

[6:02] crush for a aviation squadron and they

[6:05] died of cancer later on. That's kind of

[6:07] maybe a gray area, but typically anyone

[6:10] who was killed in action, who died of

[6:11] their wounds, or even in training

[6:13] accidents or of illness during their

[6:14] service. Perfect. That term. Thank you.

[6:18] so much for for having me for

[6:20] your Thank you.

[6:23] Okay, is there anyone else?

[6:29] Hello. Um my name's Mandy Webster. Um I

[6:32] grew up here in Spanish Fork and have

[6:34] been a long-term resident here

[6:35] [clears throat] and I'm happy to call

[6:36] here our home.

[6:38] Um we live right across the street from

[6:40] Sierra Bonita along Highway 6.

[6:43] And in 2008 our family entered into an

[6:46] agreement. Sorry. They gave um just

[6:49] under 19 ft of land across our property

[6:51] as well as our neighbors for other

[6:54] houses

[6:55] for a walking trail.

[6:57] As homes were developed, um

[7:00] those walking trails were put in with

[7:01] those developments, but our homes were

[7:03] already there when those when that

[7:05] walking trail

[7:06] um

[7:07] from the other

[7:09] properties near us were put in.

[7:13] Under that agreement, so then our house

[7:16] was able to connect to city water. That

[7:18] was the agreement that took place in

[7:20] there.

[7:22] In that agreement where that 19 almost

[7:24] 19 ft of land was taken, there was an

[7:26] old farm fence there.

[7:30] We are literally one of the only homes

[7:32] parallel to Highway 6 with developed

[7:34] land that does not have this walking

[7:38] trail finished and it's uncomplete.

[7:42] The rest of the is under a future

[7:45] planned and is farmland.

[7:48] In that agreement, a wall is also

[7:50] mentioned with this walking trail.

[7:54] And if you look at the other surrounding

[7:55] areas with this trail, you have a wall,

[7:57] the trail, and then a chain-link fence

[7:59] by Highway 6.

[8:01] It has been 18 years

[8:03] and neglecting these five homes along a

[8:05] trail where the rest of the trail has

[8:06] been completed along with other homes

[8:09] has resulted in damage to the city's

[8:11] property including that um

[8:13] old farm

[8:14] um

[8:15] fence that has like barbed wire fencing

[8:17] on it that the city acquired.

[8:20] Um and as endangered uh as

[8:24] devastated our property and endangered

[8:26] the lives of children and many families

[8:28] in the area.

[8:29] >> [snorts]

[8:30] >> It has been a constant battle keeping

[8:31] children from town homes off of our

[8:33] property. They access our property using

[8:35] the city-acquired land for the trail.

[8:38] We have now put up a fence another fence

[8:41] on where our line would be,

[8:44] but the city had already promised that

[8:45] they would put a wall there.

[8:47] And in 18 years, they have not.

[8:50] On a May 14th, two children entered our

[8:53] property off of this area that is city

[8:55] land and lit it on fire.

[8:58] This would have been prevented had the

[9:00] city not ignored the end of the trail

[9:01] system where we are located and

[9:04] the and the other five homes

[9:07] with that contract.

[9:09] We are now tasked with having to replace

[9:11] the fencing for our horses and our goats

[9:14] and the land is charred and debris needs

[9:16] to be cleaned up. There is no charges

[9:19] being filed against the children who lit

[9:21] it on fire despite um

[9:24] the extensive damage done to our

[9:26] property and asking these children and the

[9:30] parents of these children to stay off of

[9:31] our property.

[9:33] The burden is falling solely on our

[9:35] family.

[9:36] I urge the city to take immediate and immediate action in completing this

[9:41] stretch of land so that this doesn't

[9:43] happen again and that people don't get

[9:45] hurt. My grandfather

[9:48] um ended up passing away from catching

[9:50] on fire at our residence 8 years ago and

[9:53] seeing this fire happen at our house

[9:54] again was absolutely devastating and

[9:56] knowing that these kids could have died

[9:59] was horrible.

[10:02] So, please, if we could please get that

[10:04] fencing done that was supposed to be

[10:05] done 18 years ago,

[10:07] we could prevent this from happening

[10:08] again.

[10:09] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mandy.

[10:11] Thanks for coming and sharing that. And

[10:13] Shelley, you got her contact

[10:14] information?

[10:17] Did Okay.

[10:18] Let's make sure we have that.

[10:20] >> Yeah, Mandy, would that gentleman on the

[10:21] end with the with the black vest, would

[10:23] you give him your um

[10:25] phone number and we can reach out to

[10:27] you. Thank you. Thank you.

[10:29] Yeah, I'll just add

[10:32] I'm really sorry for the experience that

[10:34] you had. Um we took a bunch of notes and

[10:36] Dale and I, that gentleman that you're

[10:37] talking to,

[10:39] uh Dale and I will visit and

[10:41] 18 years is a long time.

[10:43] Uh

[10:44] those I think kids that were born that

[10:46] year just graduated today from Spanish

[10:48] Fork High School. So, that's been a long

[10:50] time.

[10:51] Um hold on just a second.

[11:06] So, we'll we'll look at a couple of

[11:08] things and then we'll reach out to Mandy

[11:09] and have some information for you next

[11:11] uh next council meeting.

[11:14] Thank you. Thank you for bringing that

[11:15] to our attention, Mandy.

[11:17] Thank you. Thank Thank you. Is there

[11:19] anyone else?

[11:21] Okay. Seeing none, I think it's time for

[11:24] council comments.

[11:26] Councilman Tuck, why don't we start with

[11:28] you and we'll just go down

[11:30] this way. Wonderful. Thank you, uh Mayor

[11:32] Pro Tem Beck. I appreciate that.

[11:35] Uh, we do not have the Chamber of

[11:36] Commerce uh, representative with us this

[11:38] evening, so uh, my comments will be

[11:40] short. I just have a couple couple

[11:41] things to share with the city. Um, first

[11:44] of all, I had the opportunity to speak

[11:46] this past week at the Spanish Fork uh,

[11:49] University 101 graduation, and that was

[11:51] really a fun experience. I was able to

[11:54] be part with some others up here on the

[11:56] stand uh, in the first cohort ever, and

[11:58] now there's a couple hundred I think

[12:00] uh, graduates. So,

[12:02] uh, it was just fun. Amazing job. Kudos

[12:04] to all those in the city who did an

[12:05] amazing job putting on this production

[12:07] over those 10 weeks. Um, the directors

[12:10] especially, Jack, um,

[12:13] and uh, and others. So, anyway, great

[12:16] graduating class. I look forward to what

[12:17] comes next, you know, for this fall or

[12:19] however that looks. So,

[12:21] that was a lot of fun to be part of, and

[12:22] then also,

[12:24] and I'm sure others will mention this,

[12:26] uh, at least I I hope they do, is the

[12:28] Fit City Fair was a huge success on

[12:30] Saturday. Uh, some pictures. We took a

[12:32] bunch, and there's just a couple

[12:34] uh, we had This was the the

[12:37] raffle winner. The grand prize was a

[12:39] membership to the Fit City Center.

[12:40] Amazing prize.

[12:42] Uh, and so,

[12:44] uh, we just had a great time. We we able

[12:46] We had a lot of good vendors there

[12:47] promoting health and wellness in Spanish

[12:49] Fork City. The weather was great. It was

[12:51] overcast. It wasn't too hot like some

[12:53] years. It's a little warm, but it was

[12:54] perfect. And uh, just a great turnout

[12:56] and a wonderful time, and I

[12:58] and yeah,

[13:00] even Jesse did a great job. Didn't fall

[13:01] off the ladder, so

[13:04] But anyway, that's that's all I have for

[13:05] comments this evening. Thanks,

[13:06] Councilman Tuck. Councilman Carden. All

[13:09] right. We'll start where um,

[13:11] Councilman Tuck ended. I guess they were

[13:13] showing how strong I really am. Yeah,

[13:15] this video is titled Jesse C. Grip of

[13:17] Thunder by Travis.

[13:19] >> There you go. Thank you, Travis.

[13:21] Um, that What a fun day. That's been

[13:23] going on for almost 10 years, I guess. I

[13:25] don't remember the exact time that we

[13:27] figured it out, but um, what a awesome

[13:29] event. Brings out a lot of people, a lot

[13:31] of services that are that are out there

[13:34] to help us keep fit both physically,

[13:36] mentally, and all the other

[13:38] things that we have going on in there.

[13:40] Dell, I was expecting to see you run

[13:42] that mile and a half though, but we cuz

[13:45] you got a shirt, too, so

[13:48] That's right. Um couple other things I

[13:51] wanted to talk about is the YCC had

[13:53] their final

[13:55] meeting for the year.

[13:56] Had the seniors get their cords for

[13:59] that. There has was mentioned just a

[14:01] second ago, they're all graduating. I

[14:03] think most graduations are today, so

[14:04] congratulations to the class of 2026. Um

[14:08] be smart on your graduation night and

[14:10] don't do anything dumb. But

[14:12] YCC applications are out there, so if

[14:15] you have those or if you have children

[14:18] that you would like to help to get

[14:20] involved, there is a great opportunity

[14:22] in our youth city council

[14:24] to to be involved with service. This

[14:26] Saturday they are having They've been

[14:28] doing a competition we and I probably

[14:29] did a poor job of announcing this.

[14:30] They've been doing a competition with

[14:32] Mapleton Youth City Council on who can

[14:35] do the most service in 30 days.

[14:37] Uh I'm not at liberty to say who has

[14:40] won, but that'll be announced on

[14:41] Saturday and I'll probably announce that

[14:43] a lot next time, but

[14:45] hopefully we're happy.

[14:47] And last thing that I have is the

[14:49] freedom walk that happened up at um

[14:53] Canyon View Park. What an awesome event.

[14:55] My kids this year are in fifth grade and

[14:57] so I was able to go up there and watch

[14:59] and participate with them and then

[15:01] the free

[15:02] their legacy walk where they where they

[15:04] are able to put the veterans that

[15:06] they've been able to report out kind of

[15:07] like what we talked about today.

[15:09] Seeing three of our family members there

[15:10] and just what an awesome thing that our

[15:14] community puts on and lots of volunteers

[15:16] like Dell when he said his prayer. We

[15:18] have such great volunteers

[15:20] in really any aspect of life that you

[15:23] have a passion for, I think there's

[15:25] probably a way that you could volunteer

[15:26] in the city. So, thank you for those who

[15:28] do that. And then I'm sure others will

[15:30] talk about Memorial Day and other

[15:31] things. So, that's all I got, Mayor.

[15:33] Thank you.

[15:33] >> Pro Tem.

[15:34] Oof.

[15:35] Oh, yeah, don't don't drink that. Messed

[15:37] that up. Councilman Oyler. Thank you,

[15:39] Mayor Pro Tem.

[15:40] I just want to report on the animal

[15:42] shelter board meeting that I attended

[15:44] last week. The it was our budget meeting as we

[15:48] prepare to approve the

[15:51] 2027 budget. Budget amounts went up just

[15:55] $8,000

[15:57] overall for the shelter this year.

[16:00] Uh Spanish Fork's portion of that's gone

[16:02] up

[16:03] $9,804.

[16:06] So,

[16:07] it's going from 132,028

[16:10] >> [clears throat]

[16:10] >> to 141,832.

[16:16] And the way that the budget works at the

[16:18] shelter, there are multiple cities that

[16:20] are part of that, including Utah County

[16:22] as well,

[16:23] that that are part of the district.

[16:27] And the way it works with the budget

[16:29] each year is they allocate it based on

[16:31] the number of animals that are turned

[16:33] into the shelter out of each of those

[16:36] areas. And so, Spanish Fork's

[16:38] intake number went from 824

[16:42] last year to 835.

[16:45] So, just an increase of 11.

[16:47] But other cities

[16:49] um

[16:50] Payson and a few others, their numbers

[16:52] went down. So, because they went down,

[16:54] we went up. Our portion of the budget

[16:57] increased by almost $10,000. So, just a

[17:01] reminder to everybody, and I say this

[17:04] often, if you are a pet lover and if

[17:07] you've got a pet at home,

[17:09] please be a responsible

[17:11] pet owner and have your dogs and cats

[17:14] spayed and neutered.

[17:15] That's my message for you today.

[17:18] That's all I've got. Thanks Councilman

[17:20] Oiler.

[17:21] We had a lot of good things as most

[17:22] everyone has recapped from the Chamber

[17:25] of Commerce and Rotary Golf Tournament

[17:27] to the Freedom Walk to the Fit City

[17:29] Fair. Lots of good things this month and

[17:31] it's going to be a busy weekend. I was

[17:34] asked by Richard Davis to let the

[17:36] community know if you're interested in

[17:38] going up to the

[17:39] cemetery this Thursday at 3:00 p.m. They

[17:43] do need help putting up all of the

[17:45] crosses and I would suggest even being

[17:47] early. I think some if you get there at

[17:49] 3:00 you might be late. But they're

[17:51] really fast at getting those up and then

[17:53] the Memorial Day program will be at our

[17:55] cemetery on Monday at 10:30. That is

[17:58] open to everybody and it's it's a really special time. I love the speaker

[18:05] every year and to walk around and visit

[18:07] with our veterans and and see just a lot

[18:10] of familiar faces up there and visit the graves. So again that's Memorial Day

[18:15] at 10:30.

[18:16] And a shameless plug again for Yard of

[18:18] the Week. That's officially launched and

[18:20] you can nominate yourself, your

[18:22] neighbor, anyone in in the city of

[18:24] Spanish Fork. The the Jotform is on our

[18:27] website.

[18:28] And then the library

[18:31] I just wanted to let you know that the

[18:34] summer reading program will start next

[18:36] week and patrons can register now by

[18:39] downloading the Beanstack app or coming

[18:42] into the library. So they have a lot of

[18:44] fun prizes

[18:46] throughout the whole summer so we

[18:47] encourage adults and children to

[18:49] participate in the summer reading

[18:50] program.

[18:51] And then I also just wanted to let the

[18:52] community know that the Fiesta Days

[18:54] calendar is live on the website. I'm

[18:57] already planning my things for July so

[18:59] I'm having to go on and be like, "Okay,

[19:00] what night is the pyromusical?" and what

[19:02] day is the children's day and what day

[19:04] is this? So

[19:05] kind of get your calendars filled and

[19:07] speaking of the pyromusical I saw Mike

[19:10] Clayson last week and he is the one that

[19:14] really oversees the pyro musical and

[19:16] raises all of the money that that

[19:19] pyro show is all funded by sponsors. So

[19:23] if any business or individual family

[19:25] would like to put some money into that,

[19:28] reach out to Mike Clayson. I know he

[19:30] would be happy to help you.

[19:33] Um kind of have a presence and some

[19:35] recognition with that.

[19:37] So I think that's everything. You guys

[19:39] good? Yes.

[19:40] Okay, then moving on. Are there any

[19:43] staff reports tonight? Yeah, if we could

[19:46] Mr. Pierce

[19:48] No, whoa, whoa. Stay at the chair.

[19:50] I'm going to grab that. If you get up

[19:52] there, then you're like settling in for

[19:54] a half hour staff report.

[19:55] >> I've just got to advance [laughter]

[19:56] slides. All right.

[19:58] Just

[19:59] I don't cut Jack, but

[20:01] >> [laughter]

[20:02] >> Well, your picture's already made its

[20:04] way in there, I'm sure. I know. That's

[20:05] ancient history. Cuz this doesn't work

[20:07] for me here.

[20:08] There's [laughter] just a few slides. Um

[20:10] Will you turn your microphone on? Thank

[20:12] you.

[20:13] I just wanted to add a few slides. I

[20:15] think our communications team has done a

[20:17] great job getting the word out on social

[20:19] media about spring cleanup and the

[20:21] vouchers.

[20:22] Um but we wanted to

[20:24] just walk through quickly, remind

[20:26] everyone that that's going on right now.

[20:28] There's a little less than 2 weeks left

[20:31] in that. If your yard is starting to

[20:32] look like the picture here,

[20:34] um we'll help you.

[20:37] Um

[20:38] I just wanted to walk through how you

[20:40] get the vouchers. If there are those

[20:42] wondering,

[20:43] uh you can see the URL up on the screen

[20:46] there for this webpage. You can see the cleanup goes through May 30th.

[20:52] And there is that red button that says

[20:54] get spring cleanup vouchers. If you

[20:57] click on that, it'll

[20:59] bring you to a webpage that looks like

[21:01] this. And this is small on here, but

[21:04] um it'll be available for people to look

[21:05] at. You need your utility account number

[21:08] and your last name. And once you put

[21:10] those two things in,

[21:12] and there's some frequently asked

[21:14] questions there and and certainly

[21:17] residents can call in and get help with

[21:20] those things if needed. But once you

[21:22] enter that, you'll get a voucher looking

[21:24] something similar to this

[21:26] that gives you the ability

[21:28] to

[21:29] go use the transfer station up to $10,

[21:32] three vouchers of $10 12.

[21:36] I thought it's 12. I think it's I'm

[21:37] sorry. This is an old slide. It is 12.

[21:40] Thank you, Seth.

[21:41] >> Yeah.

[21:42] Make sure you bring your photo ID

[21:45] cuz they will look for that.

[21:48] And here's the address of the transfer

[21:50] station for those who aren't aware up on

[21:52] the north end of town and you'll enter

[21:54] there off 3450 north

[21:57] and they'll help walk you through it.

[21:58] So.

[22:00] The lines move quick, too. There was a

[22:01] big line on Saturday, but it was it was

[22:04] moving quick. Yeah, with the new

[22:05] facility, they boy, they get you in and

[22:07] out of there really really fast. So.

[22:11] Okay. Thank you.

[22:13] Thanks, Corey.

[22:14] >> Slide button one more time. Isn't there

[22:15] another picture? No, I think I think

[22:18] we're done. Jack was kind.

[22:20] What about Spanish Fork 101?

[22:24] Jordan Hells on property tax education.

[22:27] I thought this would be Slaymaker.

[22:30] Oh, Slaymaker, do you want to come up

[22:31] and do

[22:32] property tax education?

[22:35] Are you sure?

[22:36] Okay.

[22:37] A lot of the property tax goes to the police officers.

[22:40] >> of it. It is. All of it.

[22:42] 100%. [laughter]

[22:44] And then some.

[22:46] They do appreciate it, for sure.

[22:48] Um, we presented the tentative budget

[22:50] last council meeting

[22:52] >> [snorts]

[22:52] >> and it was noted that maybe we should

[22:55] include some information on property

[22:57] taxes. So, here I am.

[22:59] Um, so how does Spanish Fork's property

[23:01] tax rate compare?

[23:03] This chart shows some neighboring cities

[23:06] and the various tax rates of those

[23:07] cities and actually the average home

[23:10] value as well. So, when you take

[23:12] the tax rate times the home value

[23:15] and then the taxable value is less than

[23:17] the average home value for those people

[23:19] that if it's a primary residence, you

[23:21] only pay taxes on 55% of the value. You

[23:23] get a 45% exemption.

[23:26] So, you take the tax rate times the

[23:27] taxable value and you get that

[23:29] average annual property tax and you can

[23:31] see ours is around $270 on average. You

[23:35] can see how that compares to some of

[23:37] these neighboring cities. So,

[23:39] we are on the the lower end here.

[23:42] Um, yeah.

[23:45] Um, this is showing pretty much the same

[23:48] information just a little bit

[23:49] differently. Um,

[23:51] yeah.

[23:52] So,

[23:53] our residents get to a lot for their

[23:56] property tax. Um, there's a lot of

[23:58] services that are provided.

[24:00] Jack, let me have you go to this

[24:02] uh

[24:04] link here.

[24:05] Um, so if you go to spanishfork.org/tax,

[24:07] it'll take you to this property tax

[24:09] calculator. I think we came out with

[24:10] this couple years ago. I think I updated

[24:13] it last year. And this has 2025's uh

[24:16] numbers, but we will update it once

[24:18] 2026's numbers come out.

[24:20] Um, the average property value in

[24:23] Spanish Fork is $498,450.

[24:26] Um, you can there's a little drop down

[24:28] there. You can say if you are primary

[24:30] residential property or not and you can

[24:32] change the value um if you want there to

[24:35] match your value and then it will show

[24:36] you

[24:37] um your tax bill and where those tax

[24:40] dollars go. So, this pie chart shows all

[24:43] the taxing entities that are going to be

[24:45] on your tax bill.

[24:46] So, about 75% of the taxes go to Nebo

[24:49] School District. Um, about 10% come to

[24:53] the city and about 10% go into Utah

[24:55] County.

[24:56] Um,

[24:58] yeah.

[24:59] And if you'll change that amount Jack

[25:01] back to 498 450, which is the average

[25:05] amount, we can see what an average

[25:07] property tax bill looks like.

[25:09] Um, so it's about $2,700 in total.

[25:13] Um, so $270 of that comes to special

[25:16] work. And then this bottom chart shows

[25:19] that a lot of that does in fact go to

[25:21] the police.

[25:22] Um, so about $75 on the average property

[25:25] tax bill.

[25:26] Uh, about $60 a year go into the rec

[25:29] center debt.

[25:30] Uh, parks and rec, $55.

[25:34] Our other friends in public safety, fire

[25:35] and EMS at 37. And then library and

[25:38] admin both are around $21 each.

[25:41] Um, if you take this amount and divide

[25:43] it by 12, the monthly amount is about

[25:45] $23 a month, which is about what you pay

[25:48] for

[25:49] a black and a blue can together, or your

[25:51] PI by itself, or drinking water by

[25:53] itself. And I think that kind of helps

[25:55] put in relation to how much you're

[25:57] paying in property tax compared to some

[26:00] of these other services that we provide.

[26:02] Um,

[26:03] yeah. Any questions on on this tool?

[26:06] It's awesome. I love this. Will you

[26:10] be sure to add it to our

[26:12] tax document? Not our tax document, our

[26:14] budget document. Yeah. We could uh, we

[26:17] could have a a page in there that

[26:19] >> and include that? People could

[26:21] have some data maybe.

[26:23] Is that hard to do? I'm trying to

[26:25] understand

[26:27] Do you want this page linked?

[26:29] >> I would like the comparison. the

[26:31] comparison to the other cities

[26:32] specifically. Sorry. Okay.

[26:34] Yeah. Yeah, we can do that.

[26:37] Jack, if you'll go back to the the

[26:39] slide.

[26:41] Sorry, that was not a look of no. It was

[26:43] a look of

[26:45] Okay.

[26:47] Um, so I think the biggest misconception

[26:50] that people have with property taxes is

[26:53] that when the property tax value goes up

[26:55] that their bill automatically goes up

[26:57] and that's just not the way it works.

[27:02] With sales tax that is the way it works.

[27:04] If you pay $4 a gallon for

[27:08] a for a gallon of milk you're going to

[27:11] pay you know, $0.29 and then next week

[27:13] if you go and it's $5 that tax rate is

[27:15] the same. So you're going to pay more

[27:18] the next time if the if the product

[27:21] if the value goes up. That is not the

[27:23] case with property taxes.

[27:25] When the property value goes up the

[27:26] property rate goes down and the property

[27:28] tax paid remains the same.

[27:31] Unless the city council chooses to set

[27:33] the rate higher. So the last time the

[27:35] council did a property tax increase was

[27:37] in 2022

[27:38] to help finance the rec center debt.

[27:43] So

[27:44] this is the fourth year in a row in

[27:46] which we're proposing that we don't have

[27:47] a property tax increase.

[27:50] But if the value goes up, so in this

[27:52] case if you have a value of a home at

[27:54] 400,000 the tax rate was at you know,

[27:56] 0.1% and they pay $400 a year.

[28:00] And if the value goes up to 500,000 the

[28:02] tax rate would have to come down to make

[28:04] sure that

[28:05] the same amount of money is uh

[28:07] paid to the city.

[28:09] That's a process known as truth in

[28:12] taxation that causes that rate to go

[28:15] down when the value goes up.

[28:17] Part of the truth in taxation process is

[28:19] that if we do

[28:20] propose a tax increase that we have to

[28:22] do a public noticing and hold a public

[28:24] hearing.

[28:26] Yeah.

[28:28] so this just explains

[28:31] further explains that difference there.

[28:35] This is our property tax since 1995 it

[28:39] was almost double what it is now.

[28:42] And that is because of

[28:44] that uh truth in taxation where the as

[28:46] the values go up, the rate goes down.

[28:51] Uh so, the property tax calculation is

[28:53] that value times the tax rate and any

[28:56] exemption that may go into it. And as

[28:57] that valuation goes up, the rate goes

[28:59] down.

[29:00] Does not capture inflation.

[29:03] Um

[29:04] Yeah, the property tax the property

[29:06] value is set by the county assessor. I

[29:08] think most of the time people want their

[29:10] value to be high.

[29:11] Um [snorts] this is the one time where

[29:13] you want your value to be low so that

[29:15] your taxes will be lower. Um each

[29:19] taxing entity has its own tax rate and

[29:22] they have control of their own tax rate.

[29:24] We don't have control of the school

[29:25] district's rate. The school district

[29:26] doesn't have control of our rate. We

[29:27] don't have control of the county's rate.

[29:29] They're all set independently of each

[29:31] other. But and when you get your total

[29:34] your tax bill, it includes all of those

[29:36] different tax rates, right?

[29:41] And this is a social media post we did I

[29:43] think about 6 months ago um showing the

[29:46] average property tax amount over the

[29:48] last 4 years.

[29:50] Um you can see it was 282, 279, 271,

[29:53] 270. One thing that does happen is you

[29:56] have fluctuation in commercial values

[29:58] compared to residential values. You

[29:59] know, commercial might go up 20% one

[30:01] year and residential would only go up

[30:03] 15% and then you might see what has

[30:06] happened here where the residential

[30:08] bills go down a little bit.

[30:10] Um the city's guaranteed the same amount

[30:12] of money

[30:13] regardless of what happens with the

[30:15] values, but you can have

[30:17] um some people's bill go up because

[30:19] their neighbors'

[30:21] values went down and their value went

[30:22] up. So, you get some minor fluctuations

[30:25] there.

[30:26] Um but hopefully this has been uh

[30:28] educational for everyone. Any questions

[30:30] on

[30:31] Jack, can you go back to the city

[30:33] comparisons for me, please?

[30:35] And Jordan, while we're looking at this

[30:37] screen, one more. Yep, that one. That

[30:39] one would be great.

[30:40] Can you talk a little bit, Jordan, maybe

[30:42] about how sales tax revenues in a city

[30:46] help offset property tax? Yeah. Um

[30:50] those taxes both end up in the general

[30:52] fund, right? So, if sales taxes are not

[30:54] performing well, there's more pressure

[30:57] on property tax.

[30:59] And sales tax

[31:00] the rate can only go up to that 1%.

[31:03] Um so, once you're at that 1%, which I

[31:05] think every city

[31:06] in the state is at, um you

[31:09] lose control to raise more sales tax,

[31:12] right? Property tax is the one lever

[31:14] that you can pull to generate more

[31:16] revenue when you need more officers.

[31:19] Um

[31:20] so, when you look at these uh bedroom

[31:23] communities that don't have a great

[31:25] commercial base,

[31:26] I think that plays into their property

[31:28] tax rate. Um

[31:31] and you look at those communities that

[31:32] do have a a good uh commercial base,

[31:35] there's less pressure on the property

[31:37] tax.

[31:38] Um so,

[31:40] yeah,

[31:40] it we have I tell people, you know, we

[31:42] can't put a uh

[31:44] a toll on Main Street for people that

[31:46] live south of us, but I think a lot of

[31:48] them do shop here in town, so hopefully

[31:49] they're paying for that wear and tear on

[31:51] the roads here in town.

[31:53] Right. Yeah, I think it's

[31:56] good time to put a plug in for our

[31:57] community development team and recognize

[32:00] the work that they do to help get

[32:02] businesses in Spanish Fork

[32:04] is beneficial to all of us. I know a lot

[32:06] of times we complain a little bit about

[32:09] maybe some traffic on 10th North or over

[32:11] in the Canyon Creek area because of the

[32:13] commercial, but having the commercial in

[32:16] Spanish Fork helps keep our property tax

[32:19] rates low. It does indeed.

[32:23] Thank you.

[32:24] >> That was great. Thanks, Jordan. Yeah,

[32:25] thanks, Jordan.

[32:27] All right. Next up is consent items. Can

[32:30] I get a motion on that?

[32:33] I move to approve the consent items A

[32:35] through C.

[32:37] I have [clears throat] a motion by

[32:37] Councilman Carden. Second. Second by

[32:40] Councilman Euler. All in favor, say yes.

[32:44] Okay, next we have a public hearing.

[32:48] And we have David Mann. This is the zone

[32:51] changing map for public facilities for

[32:53] properties that are part of Station 61

[32:55] or the Argyle Substation sites.

[32:58] Uh yeah, so you can

[33:01] um

[33:03] really quick, this is where we're

[33:04] talking about where the new fire station

[33:06] is. The ground's been broken, uh

[33:08] construction is underway.

[33:10] Um part of that is moving the existing

[33:13] substation to the southwest corner.

[33:17] >> [clears throat]

[33:17] >> When this was being reviewed,

[33:20] we realized that some of the properties

[33:22] still had either a residential or

[33:24] residential office zoning designation.

[33:28] Um

[33:30] so when this was presented at the

[33:31] planning commission, I think there was

[33:33] some slight uh confusion about the

[33:35] timing of things and what a zone uh

[33:39] allows with regards to uh municipal

[33:41] services.

[33:43] So municipal facilities in our code um

[33:46] is allowed as permitted use in any zone.

[33:50] So whether or not these this zone change

[33:53] takes place,

[33:54] it would still fall uh fall in line with

[33:57] what is being constructed there.

[33:59] So this is more of a a cleanup to make

[34:02] the zoning map match what is going to be

[34:04] built there.

[34:06] Um and it follows the land use

[34:08] designation.

[34:10] Uh once again, that's the site plan, but

[34:12] pretty straightforward, cut and dry uh

[34:14] proposal here.

[34:16] Good explanation.

[34:18] Thanks, David. Yeah, I was wanting that

[34:20] clarified. I know there was some

[34:21] confusion and questions in the planning

[34:23] and commission meeting. And I think

[34:26] this says it perfectly that it it just

[34:28] cleans it up, but we didn't have to do

[34:30] it. Correct. Correct? It's just

[34:32] straightening out some lines and we do this

[34:36] quite regularly. I mean, I I know that

[34:38] there's been times I've served that

[34:40] we've done that. Seth, is there any more

[34:42] that you'd [clears throat] want to add

[34:42] to that?

[34:43] >> Yeah, I do actually. I'd asked Jack to

[34:44] go back a slide.

[34:46] Um the process to change a zone takes

[34:50] at least what would you say, David?

[34:53] 45 days by the time you go through the

[34:55] DRC, then a the notice for a public

[34:57] hearing with the planning commission and

[35:00] then notice for a public hearing with

[35:01] the city council.

[35:03] I'd say the same.

[35:03] >> Fair to say?

[35:05] We didn't own all the property in

[35:09] this inside of this zone change until

[35:11] the end of March.

[35:13] We don't typically put the public

[35:15] facilities zone on private property. Is

[35:17] that fair to say both David and Vaughn?

[35:19] Like

[35:20] it's actually probably a death sentence

[35:21] in terms of the the usability of a

[35:24] property.

[35:25] If we if we go through a process to put

[35:27] the public facilities zone on private

[35:30] property,

[35:31] so we don't typically do that until it's

[35:33] owned. We didn't own some of the parcels

[35:36] in this until the end of March.

[35:41] we go to a planning commission meeting

[35:42] the 1st of April. We wouldn't have hit

[35:43] the timetable to hit the 1st of April.

[35:46] So, the first time that it could have

[35:48] gone to the city or sorry, to the

[35:49] planning commission. If it doesn't go to

[35:50] the planning commission, it doesn't go

[35:51] to the city council.

[35:53] So, the first time it actually could go

[35:54] to the planning commission was the first

[35:55] council meeting in May.

[35:57] In order to do it all at once, we could

[35:59] have done it in We could have done some

[36:01] parcels and then other parcels, but

[36:04] it's not necessary as David said because

[36:07] the facilities, a substation, a fire

[36:09] station, those can be in any zone.

[36:13] Um

[36:14] but from my perspective, uh it is better

[36:17] to have these facilities

[36:20] in the public facilities zone because it

[36:22] is very clear, but it's also very

[36:25] limiting.

[36:27] I would like

[36:28] to have this all be one parcel as well,

[36:31] but it was it will cost it will actually

[36:33] cost us more money than it's worth to

[36:35] have it all become one parcel. So,

[36:36] that's not a good use of public

[36:37] resources, right?

[36:39] Um and so, I think it's important to

[36:41] understand that there's nothing

[36:43] uh underhanded or untoward. Uh this is a

[36:46] matter of of

[36:48] timing and expediency.

[36:50] Uh it's critical that I think anybody

[36:53] that thinks this was out of step to

[36:55] understand that the facilities that are

[36:57] here could be there in the current zone

[36:59] that was

[37:01] or that is prior to if you if you

[37:03] proceed to uh enact the zone change that

[37:05] is proposed.

[37:07] Um but

[37:09] now the entire project, if you if you

[37:12] approve this zone change, the entire

[37:14] project will be under one zone, which is

[37:15] the right uh right way to do it.

[37:18] Hopefully, that adds a little bit more

[37:20] color as well. Yep. Thank you. I just

[37:21] wanted that super clear moving forward,

[37:23] too. So.

[37:25] Great explanation. Thanks for your time

[37:27] on that. Sure.

[37:29] Okay. Any questions? Can I get a motion

[37:31] to go into public hearing?

[37:34] Move that we go into public. Yeah,

[37:36] public hearing. Move that we go into

[37:37] public hearing for this item.

[37:40] Motion by Councilman Euler. Second.

[37:42] by Councilman Tuck. All in favor,

[37:43] say yes. Yes.

[37:44] >> Yes.

[37:46] Anyone like to address us?

[37:48] Okay. Seeing none, can I get a motion to

[37:50] go out of public hearing? So moved.

[37:52] Motion made by Councilman Carden.

[37:55] Second. Second by Councilman Euler. All

[37:57] in favor, say yes. Yes.

[37:59] Okay. Yes, the only question,

[38:01] Dave, that I've got on this is looking

[38:03] at the map,

[38:05] we've got our parking lot just outside

[38:07] in front of the library that's not been

[38:10] zoned public facilities. I don't know if

[38:13] at some point we want to clean that up.

[38:16] Same thing. Yeah, we certainly could.

[38:19] So, yeah, this might be an opportunity

[38:21] to kind of take a closer look at all the

[38:23] city-owned properties, make sure that

[38:26] you know, what what is there is is being

[38:28] referenced in the zone. Yeah, so at some

[38:31] point, that's another example of a

[38:34] property the city owns that currently

[38:36] doesn't meet the

[38:38] or isn't zoned for its current use, but

[38:40] probably should be cleaned up at some

[38:42] point in the future. So. And I think

[38:43] it's important to make sure you

[38:45] understand, it is zoned for its current

[38:46] use. Parking lot can be It's a municipal

[38:49] service. It can be in that zone.

[38:52] Again,

[38:53] we as the zoning authority, we you, we

[38:56] have given ourselves the ability to have

[38:58] municipal services in any zone.

[39:00] So, it is

[39:02] allowed.

[39:03] >> Allowed for what it is. It's It's not inappropriate to have it be

[39:07] that.

[39:08] Um Bonnie, do you want to add anything?

[39:14] So, I I just don't want to make I don't want to have the any thoughts of

[39:18] it shouldn't be It's allowed in municipal service is

[39:22] allowed in

[39:23] any zone. Zone. Commercial, industrial,

[39:27] residential.

[39:28] Okay.

[39:29] Thank you. Any other questions?

[39:32] Okay, can I get a motion on this item?

[39:34] I move to approve the ordinance to

[39:36] approve

[39:37] the ordinance for the proposed station

[39:39] 61 and Hargrove substation zone change

[39:41] based on the findings in the staff

[39:43] report. I have a motion by Councilman

[39:45] Carden.

[39:47] Second. A second by Councilman Took. All

[39:49] in favor say yes or it's probably a roll

[39:51] call. Yep. This is a roll call vote.

[39:53] Councilman Euler? Yes. Councilman

[39:56] Carden? Yes. Councilman Took? Yes.

[39:58] Councilwoman Beck? Yes. Okay, that

[40:00] passes.

[40:02] Moving on to new business. A ordinance

[40:06] to adopt the land use element of the

[40:08] comprehensive general plan.

[40:11] David, welcome back.

[40:13] It's great to be here.

[40:15] Um

[40:16] Jack, if you could

[40:17] >> presentation Yeah, same presentation.

[40:21] Um

[40:22] So, after uh a great discussion that was

[40:24] held at the last uh City Council meeting

[40:28] about the Land Use Element and things

[40:30] that maybe there was some confusion on

[40:32] or needed some clarification.

[40:35] Uh I think staff got some really good

[40:36] direction and has made the necessary

[40:40] edits to bring it back before you now

[40:43] uh in hopes that uh we could see this

[40:45] adopted at some at uh

[40:48] a a current time.

[40:51] Um so, one of the things that was

[40:53] changed was the uh there are two

[40:56] properties that owned by the city where

[40:58] there's this one that's has a

[41:00] sub-substation next to I-15

[41:04] um as well as the area that's to the

[41:07] east of the fairgrounds.

[41:10] Um those were all added or either added

[41:13] or expanded um to be to fall under the public facilities land use

[41:18] designation. Just once again for

[41:20] consistency.

[41:22] Um

[41:24] Uh probably the one of the biggest uh

[41:26] topics was this uh map that has now been

[41:29] included. It's on page 41.

[41:32] Um and I think it uh

[41:34] makes a nice uh finishing point on that

[41:37] first section of the Land Use Element

[41:40] showing the designations with the uh

[41:43] APAs that are within the policy boundary

[41:46] um overlaid. So, that's there as a as a

[41:49] reference to anyone that is curious

[41:51] about how those two uh principles and

[41:55] those two elements uh coexist.

[41:58] >> [snorts]

[42:01] » Um let's see. And then the other the uh

[42:04] page nine from draft five was removed um

[42:09] due to some confusion about uh its

[42:12] purpose or what it was trying to uh

[42:15] explain as part of the the land use

[42:18] element. Um and so that was distilled

[42:20] into one strategy that was added uh under goal two.

[42:27] And then

[42:28] probably the most extensive uh editing

[42:30] was done on the focus growth

[42:34] uh center uh principle that was in the document five.

[42:40] Um that was changed to focus study area

[42:43] with an emphasis on

[42:45] studying um key point parts of the city

[42:48] where uh

[42:51] future growth uh would be best served

[42:55] and uh to better understand what

[42:57] infrastructure

[42:59] um would need to take place, would need

[43:01] to be constructed in order to see that

[43:03] growth happen at those locations.

[43:05] Um so I'd be happy to answer any

[43:07] questions about that or I can proceed

[43:10] with uh the discussion on the growth boundary

[43:14] at this time.

[43:16] Any questions on this? I have no

[43:18] questions right now.

[43:21] How are you feeling, Kevin? Yeah. I'd

[43:22] say proceed.

[43:23] Okay. Go ahead [clears throat] to the

[43:24] growth boundary.

[43:26] Okay. So with the growth boundary, um

[43:28] nothing has changed as far as what was

[43:31] presented uh previously.

[43:33] But the two areas, the 1050 West

[43:36] annexation,

[43:38] um

[43:39] with uh some limited infrastructure at

[43:42] this area,

[43:43] uh doesn't really fit with the policy

[43:46] that's uh been written in the land use

[43:48] element as far as what the growth

[43:50] boundary is, what its purpose is.

[43:53] Um so that's a question of whether or

[43:55] not that should be uh included in the

[43:58] growth boundary that would be

[43:59] established.

[44:01] Um the other is the Stevens Hill

[44:02] annexation. Uh a little bit harder to

[44:04] see without this outline,

[44:07] but you can see that part of it is

[44:08] currently within the growth boundary,

[44:10] part of it is outside of it.

[44:13] Um

[44:14] and there's still a majority of the

[44:16] property that's in active agricultural

[44:18] protection areas.

[44:20] So, if we want to um exclude properties

[44:23] that have active farming operations that

[44:26] want to fall under the the APA

[44:28] designation there,

[44:30] then it would be uh following policy to

[44:33] exclude them from the growth boundary.

[44:36] So, those are the two areas that um

[44:39] there's still some question marks on,

[44:40] but I'm happy to answer or provide any

[44:43] uh further comment on that. Thank you

[44:45] for the consistency there.

[44:48] Yeah, this looks good.

[44:50] Do we want to have a discussion? How's

[44:52] everyone feeling about where we are

[44:53] right now?

[44:55] I feel good. I don't think a

[44:55] discussion's needed. I think so far the

[44:58] changes that were requested are looking

[44:59] good as far as being implemented. So, I don't know. Okay. And I think just

[45:03] from for [clears throat] both general

[45:04] plan and

[45:06] growth boundary, just my comments are

[45:08] pretty simple is we've talked about this

[45:10] ad nauseam at this point and we've come

[45:12] to a point where it's like, you know, we

[45:15] have this big document. It's a lot of

[45:17] pages. There's a lot of elements to it.

[45:19] There are still things that are still

[45:21] going to change in the future. We've

[45:22] already had land owners that have told

[45:23] us that they

[45:25] think that we maybe got something wrong

[45:27] or we haven't been looking at an area

[45:28] maybe close enough and they're putting a

[45:30] an application to have that general plan

[45:32] changed and that's the process and

[45:33] that's awesome. We also talked about a

[45:36] couple areas that we want to talk about

[45:38] that Mr. Mann is already aware of and

[45:40] they're already kind of focusing on.

[45:42] Maybe we need to do a bigger study

[45:43] there.

[45:44] I think that that's this is the right

[45:46] way to go. Um and then if information

[45:48] comes forward in the next whenever, we

[45:51] can make changes to this. This is a

[45:52] living document. There's going to be

[45:54] changes and I think it's important.

[45:56] Thank you

[45:57] um to you and your team and the GIS

[45:59] folks who made that map um

[46:01] work. I think it looks great. It does

[46:03] what I was hoping to accomplish by

[46:05] identifying the APA and then also what

[46:07] its general plan does. So, you can kind

[46:08] of get a good feel for everything all at

[46:11] once and then also with the growth

[46:13] boundary and being consistent in saying,

[46:15] "Hey, if you're in APA or we're not

[46:17] ready to service you, like we're going

[46:19] to pull you out of this annexation or

[46:21] this growth boundary for now and then

[46:23] when that changes, we can we can make

[46:25] those changes at a further time." So,

[46:27] thank you.

[46:29] Awesome.

[46:31] Any comments?

[46:32] >> No, nothing additional. It sounds like

[46:34] we might be ready to get a motion unless

[46:36] I just want to

[46:38] talk about this growth boundary

[46:40] for a moment cuz I think it's important

[46:41] to understand

[46:43] some of the implications and I feel like

[46:45] I want you to go back.

[46:49] I feel like that's forward.

[46:51] Are you going No, I was looking at Jack.

[46:55] Pushing the wrong button.

[46:56] >> Yeah, slow down.

[46:58] Maybe one more.

[47:00] Yeah, this one.

[47:02] So,

[47:04] if there are

[47:09] those two in yellow that he highlighted,

[47:12] 1050 West and the Stevens Hill, both of

[47:14] those have current

[47:17] annexation studies, right, that we're

[47:19] working through, but both have lands

[47:22] that are in ag protection.

[47:26] You could take the approach of we'll

[47:28] leave those in kind of a grandfather

[47:30] type of approach since they've already

[47:31] started or you could also send a give us

[47:35] some direction to say we want to cancel

[47:37] those

[47:38] as long as they have APA

[47:40] because this if they get annexed and

[47:42] have

[47:45] ag protection still on them, the policy

[47:47] would suggest that you don't

[47:50] allow them to develop.

[47:53] It's a policy, it guides, it's not a

[47:55] black and white, it's not It doesn't

[47:57] dictate to you what thou shalt do.

[48:00] But it is helpful if you have this to at

[48:03] least

[48:04] be mindful of that.

[48:06] So, I I don't know I we've mentioned

[48:08] this in some previous conversations. I

[48:10] don't know if you want to

[48:11] I can give my

[48:12] >> take those in and out or or have a

[48:14] discussion or move forward, but I just

[48:15] want to make sure that you're you're

[48:16] thoughtful to that specifically tonight.

[48:18] My thought would be be allowing the

[48:20] landowners to continue through the

[48:21] annexation process. However,

[48:24] going through I I keeping them keeping

[48:27] consistent with what we're saying and

[48:28] taking them out of the growth boundary

[48:31] because they could do those things

[48:32] simultaneously. Right? They could be

[48:34] working on the their APA. They could be

[48:35] working on the growth boundary. All

[48:37] those things happening at the same time.

[48:39] But I think that this gives a message of

[48:42] consistency of what we're saying with

[48:43] the growth boundary and APAs and

[48:46] respecting their their what what

[48:49] previous or

[48:51] landowners have said they wanted, which

[48:53] is to be left alone when they're in the

[48:55] APA.

[48:58] So, my thoughts are on that Seth is

[49:01] we've got the strategies in place on how

[49:03] to determine whether we go west of I-15.

[49:09] I think you should also have the same

[49:11] strategies when it comes to annexation.

[49:13] Meaning until we see signs that they're

[49:16] planning on doing something different

[49:18] with their property, meaning they've

[49:19] applied to have it removed from the APA,

[49:23] then it stays out of the growth

[49:24] boundary. Sure. And I think that I think

[49:27] the development of the growth boundary

[49:28] tool is as we're pre- presenting tonight

[49:31] is a powerful way of saying

[49:33] we don't expect growth to happen. I

[49:35] think that you can annex and not change

[49:37] the growth boundary. Correct.

[49:39] >> It I think it's just it's perhaps a

[49:41] finding or or something that you

[49:43] acknowledge through the process of this

[49:45] is maybe contrary to the policy, but

[49:48] here's the reason why we want to do

[49:49] that. And I don't [clears throat] think

[49:51] that I don't think that should be a

[49:52] problem, but I think it's something that

[49:54] you note, and I think that's something

[49:55] that we would probably point out in our staff reports.

[50:01] Okay. Agreed. You guys You're good.

[50:03] Thank you.

[50:05] All right, this will be um

[50:07] big big day

[50:10] in the life of Spanish Fork City.

[50:12] Passing a land use element plan. Let's

[50:15] go. Is this actually a big deal? Yes, it

[50:18] is. Okay.

[50:19] Can I get a motion?

[50:23] Got it.

[50:24] Who's going to do it?

[50:25] >> I'll do it. I move to approve the ordinance to adopt

[50:29] the land use element of the

[50:31] comprehensive general plan.

[50:33] I have a motion by Councilman Tuck.

[50:36] A second by Councilwoman Beck. Well done

[50:38] on that. There you go. Sneaky.

[50:40] >> This is a roll call vote. Councilman

[50:42] Oyler.

[50:42] >> Yes. Councilwoman Beck. Yes. Councilman

[50:45] Carden.

[50:46] >> Yes. And Councilman Tuck.

[50:47] >> Yes. Okay, that passed.

[50:50] Okay.

[50:51] On to the ordinance to adopt the growth

[50:53] boundary.

[50:54] >> I move to approve the growth boundary.

[50:56] That was way simple.

[50:57] Okay, Councilman Carden has

[51:00] made the

[51:02] proposal. Motion. Motion.

[51:03] >> Okay. I'll second it. Made the motion

[51:05] and Councilman Tuck second. Roll call

[51:08] vote. Councilman Carden.

[51:09] >> Yes. Councilman Tuck.

[51:11] >> Yes.

[51:11] >> Councilman Oyler.

[51:12] >> Yes. Councilwoman Beck. Yes. So that

[51:14] passes.

[51:16] Okay, see the project signage plan

[51:19] approval request for a site located at

[51:21] 200 East 2940 North.

[51:24] Welcome back.

[51:26] » [laughter]

[51:26] >> You missed us. It's great to be back

[51:28] again.

[51:29] Um

[51:30] so these are uh there's two project

[51:33] signage plans that have been reviewed by

[51:36] staff, have been presented to the DRC

[51:39] and the planning commission.

[51:41] Um I think there was some good

[51:42] discussion at the planning commission to

[51:44] evaluate whether or not

[51:46] um allowing thing signs that go beyond

[51:50] what is allowed typically. Um

[51:53] and the reasoning behind it.

[51:56] So, just to

[51:57] refresh

[51:59] the last council meeting, there was a

[52:01] text amendment that was

[52:04] approved for

[52:06] the the acreage where our project

[52:08] signage plan is allowed.

[52:10] And

[52:11] the minimum building space requirement

[52:15] based on distance from an interchange on

[52:18] I-15.

[52:20] So, the first one that is being

[52:22] presented is for the new site for Doug

[52:26] Ford dealership.

[52:28] Um this is a property

[52:30] >> Doug Smith, sorry.

[52:32] I was thinking cars, anyways.

[52:34] Um Doug Smith

[52:36] dealership.

[52:37] Uh this is adjacent to the the new

[52:40] interchange that will be opening soon.

[52:43] Um as we've driven by it, I'm sure most

[52:46] people have noticed that the the grade

[52:49] change where the on-ramps and off-ramps

[52:53] or have been built

[52:55] limit the amount of visibility to the

[52:57] site.

[52:58] So, with that the the property owner is

[53:03] proposing taller and larger signs

[53:06] along I-15.

[53:08] There's also

[53:09] these

[53:11] three signs here

[53:13] that are proposed to be taller as well

[53:17] due to the distance from where

[53:21] you've got this large, I think,

[53:22] detention basin.

[53:24] So,

[53:26] based on that distance and the

[53:28] importance of visibility for dealership

[53:30] um those are proposed to be taller. The

[53:34] planning commission did recommend that

[53:36] the monument signs on the north end that

[53:39] were originally shown at 10 ft be

[53:41] reduced to meet the current standards,

[53:43] which is 6 ft, and the applicant was

[53:45] okay with that.

[53:46] So, that is what's being proposed with

[53:49] this project sign as planned. Got it.

[53:53] Awesome. Thank you.

[53:55] Okay, any discussion?

[54:00] Seeing none, can I get a motion?

[54:03] I move to approve the project signage

[54:05] plan for Doug Smith Dealerships. A

[54:07] motion by Councilman Euler. Second. And

[54:09] a second by Councilman Carden. This is

[54:11] also a roll call vote. Councilman

[54:12] Carden. Yes. Councilman Took.

[54:14] >> Yes. Councilman Euler. Yes. And

[54:17] Councilwoman Beck. Yes.

[54:19] Okay, next.

[54:20] The signage plan approval request for

[54:22] site located at 1339 North Main Street.

[54:28] So, this is the current site of the Doug

[54:30] Smith Dealership. Um part of this uh

[54:36] the the moving of the of this property

[54:38] to the north

[54:39] um is finding a buyer for this site,

[54:42] which has great visibility right off of

[54:44] that the freeway on the Main Street.

[54:47] Um but there is

[54:49] uh some signage that

[54:51] Maverick, who's looking to build a a new

[54:54] convenience store and gas station there,

[54:56] um is requesting through this project

[54:59] signage plan.

[55:01] Uh there's a number of signs in the in

[55:03] the sign package,

[55:04] um but a lot of the the proposed larger

[55:08] signs are um

[55:12] are shown

[55:13] on this end

[55:15] closest to where

[55:16] um

[55:18] it would be from I-15.

[55:20] And initially, uh I think uh

[55:24] it seems like those would be

[55:27] overly big and tall, and maybe not

[55:30] necessary as far as far as giving

[55:32] visibility to a new business here.

[55:35] Um

[55:38] really quick, I'll just go

[55:41] So, this shows

[55:43] uh

[55:44] going north and southbound where the

[55:47] sign is. Can you I It's hard to even

[55:49] pick it out, but it's right there

[55:51] is where the new sign would be based on

[55:53] the dimensions that have been provided.

[55:56] So, it it's not like it's a towering

[56:00] um billboard

[56:02] that would change the the overall uh

[56:04] landscape along I-15, but it would

[56:07] definitely give some uh direction to

[56:11] uh anyone looking to use that service

[56:13] there and uh to be able to make that uh

[56:17] business work well.

[56:19] Um so, I think the the memo that was

[56:22] written by Ian Bunker is pretty uh

[56:25] explanatory going through all the

[56:27] different types of signs that are in the

[56:28] project plan.

[56:30] Um but, I'd be happy to answer any other

[56:32] questions that you might have.

[56:36] None for me.

[56:38] Okay.

[56:39] Yeah, the commission did a good job

[56:40] asking lots of good questions on this

[56:42] and I appreciate their input and

[56:44] oversight.

[56:46] Okay, if no questions, can I get a

[56:47] motion? I move to approve the project

[56:50] sign each plan for Maverick.

[56:52] Okay, I have a motion by Councilman

[56:54] Euler. Second. A second by Councilman

[56:56] Took. This is a roll call vote.

[56:58] Councilman Took?

[56:59] >> Yes. Councilman Carden?

[57:01] >> Yes. Councilwoman Beck? Yes. And

[57:03] Councilman Euler? Yes. Okay, that's

[57:05] approved. The last one, resolution

[57:07] approving terms of general fund loan to

[57:10] the airport.

[57:15] Goodnight.

[57:23] So, the the current year's budget has

[57:26] approved a loan from the general fund to

[57:28] the airport fund for $500,000.

[57:32] However, we have not set terms for the

[57:35] loan repayment. Um so this resolution

[57:37] will set terms for the loan repayment.

[57:40] Um

[57:42] we had discussed it being a 5-year loan,

[57:44] and that's what uh staff recommends.

[57:46] Staff also recommends that the interest

[57:48] be uh waived, so a no interest loan in

[57:51] this case.

[57:53] Um

[57:55] Jack's got the resolution here. If

[57:56] you'll go just to the last page in the

[57:58] exhibit here,

[58:00] um

[58:02] shows $100,000 each year, uh concluding

[58:05] in fiscal year 2031.

[58:08] Um

[58:10] but yeah, this is what the staff has

[58:12] recommended. Um there's a lot of growth

[58:14] happening at the airport as Jesse and

[58:16] Stacy and you you two sit on the the

[58:18] airport board and are familiar with that

[58:20] growth, and this loan will help uh

[58:23] them

[58:24] there.

[58:25] Thank you, Warden. Yeah. Thank you.

[58:27] Yeah, any questions, concerns on this

[58:29] one? No. So the airport

[58:32] itself will be paying back this loan.

[58:34] Yes, yeah.

[58:35] >> Further, do you know offhand what their

[58:37] current

[58:39] budget is?

[58:39] >> budget is, yeah.

[58:40] >> It is changing drastically. Um if you

[58:42] look at uh just 3 years ago, we did not

[58:45] have any full-time employees. We now

[58:46] have two full-time employees. Um we're

[58:49] con- worried about uh constructing a a

[58:52] second uh taxiway. Um so it's

[58:56] and

[58:56] uh

[58:57] it's changing every year, which makes

[58:59] the budgeting difficult, and there's a

[59:00] lot of expansion happening, which makes

[59:02] budgeting difficult. But they don't have

[59:04] any concerns with paying this off in 5

[59:06] years? Uh

[59:07] right now we don't envision any um

[59:11] Corey, Seth, anything you'd

[59:13] add to any color you'd add to that?

[59:16] I don't think we've given ourselves the

[59:19] ability to have concerns with it. It's

[59:21] just the nature of it, right?

[59:24] Um

[59:25] they

[59:26] We're not going to get to 5 years and

[59:27] say we need to ex- extend it another 5

[59:30] years. Well, if we don't if we get to 5

[59:33] years then there would only be $100,000

[59:34] left on the loan, right? So, this this

[59:37] next year FY27 there they would pay

[59:39] $100,000 back.

[59:41] FY28 $100,000 and so on.

[59:45] Um

[59:46] now, I think I think it's wise to uh

[59:49] I think it was great to give a loan so

[59:51] that they could cash flow some projects

[59:53] and I think it's wise to have the that repayment because it does what we're trying to do with

[59:58] each of our entities and that is create

[1:00:01] independence and self-sufficiency.

[1:00:03] Um a no interest loan is a huge gift,

[1:00:07] right? I don't know over the length of

[1:00:08] time what that would save them, but

[1:00:11] Maybe 60,000?

[1:00:13] >> Yeah, compounding interest would

[1:00:14] probably get it up to $60,000. So, I

[1:00:16] mean that's a pretty that's a pretty big

[1:00:18] deal, right?

[1:00:18] >> Yeah.

[1:00:19] Um

[1:00:20] but now, we

[1:00:22] we're all committed between

[1:00:24] Corey over there who manages

[1:00:26] um all of the utilities that way and

[1:00:28] Christian that manages specifically the

[1:00:29] airport. They're very comfortable with

[1:00:31] this. Okay.

[1:00:32] I could have just said that.

[1:00:35] >> [laughter]

[1:00:36] >> Thanks, Seth.

[1:00:38] Okay.

[1:00:39] All right, there's no further questions.

[1:00:40] Can I get a motion? I move to approve

[1:00:42] the resolution approving terms for of

[1:00:44] the general fund loan to the airport.

[1:00:46] Okay, we have a [clears throat] motion

[1:00:46] by Councilman Carden.

[1:00:49] Second. A second by Councilman Oyler.

[1:00:51] This is a roll call vote. Councilman

[1:00:53] Oyler? Yes. Councilman Turk?

[1:00:55] >> Yes. Councilman Carden?

[1:00:56] >> Yes. Councilwoman Beck?

[1:00:58] >> Yes.

[1:00:59] Okay, that is approved. I move that we

[1:01:01] adjourn. I would like to make a note for

[1:01:04] if there's any mayor currently of

[1:01:06] Spanish Fork in Texas watching that this

[1:01:07] is 7:00 p.m. and we are done.

[1:01:10] He's getting on a flight in Oklahoma cuz

[1:01:12] he was diverted, he said, but

[1:01:15] Okay.

[1:01:15] >> sure he knows. We'll make sure he knows.

[1:01:17] Okay.

[1:01:18] All right, can I get a motion to

[1:01:19] adjourn? So moved. Okay. Motion made by

[1:01:22] Councilman Carden. Second. Okay.

[1:01:25] Uh second by Councilman Turk. All in

[1:01:27] favor say yes. Yes. Yes. Good night,

[1:01:29] Councilman Turk.

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