[1:11] Now he's ready.

[1:12] >> Okay. We would like to welcome everyone

[1:14] to our Spanish Forks City Council

[1:17] meeting tonight. It's good to see so

[1:18] many people here. We have a small agenda

[1:22] but a mighty agenda. So, we want to

[1:24] start out

[1:26] by um having our past chair, Mario

[1:30] Benson. He's going to come up and offer

[1:33] a prayer and then Councilman Marshall

[1:36] will lead us in the pledge of

[1:38] allegiance.

[1:44] Our

[1:48] heavenly father, we'd like to bow our

[1:50] heads and offer gracious thanks for the

[1:53] opportunity to celebrate the 250th

[1:57] anniversary of this great and wonderful

[1:59] nation and give thanks for the blessings

[2:02] and freedoms that we enjoy. We're

[2:04] especially grateful to gather here

[2:06] together as a community, as friends and

[2:09] family to better uh ourselves and better

[2:13] such a wonderful place that we have to

[2:15] live in. And we are especially grateful

[2:17] for that opportunity to bring the

[2:19] community together in these festivities

[2:21] uh this year. Heavenly Father, we'd ask

[2:24] a special blessing upon the state of

[2:26] Utah for uh the firefighting efforts and

[2:30] we ask for moisture and rain. We ask for

[2:33] uh these things humbly and we say these

[2:34] things in the name of Jesus Christ.

[2:36] Amen.

[2:36] >> Amen.

[2:37] >> Thank you.

[2:38] >> You all please rise and join me in the

[2:40] pledge.

[2:43] >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the

[2:46] United States of America and to the

[2:49] republic for it stands one nation

[2:53] indivisible with liberty and justice for

[2:56] all.

[3:00] » Thank you. We would like to excuse Mayor

[3:04] Mendenhal and Councilman Took. They are

[3:06] both on family vacations this week and

[3:10] we have

[3:11] some fun recognitions on our agenda

[3:14] tonight. So, moving forward, I would

[3:18] like to invite

[3:20] Lindsay and Gary coffee. Is Gary here?

[3:25] >> Lindsay. She's gonna fly solo until she

[3:29] invites all of her friends up. or you

[3:31] can invite everyone up right now.

[3:34] Lindsay and Gary Coffee are our 2026

[3:38] Fiesta Days chairs. And I'm going to let

[3:40] Lindsay take over and Emily, our our

[3:45] events coordinator.

[3:48] >> Emily, you're going to take it up from

[3:49] here.

[3:50] >> And give us all things Fiesta Days.

[3:52] >> Uh we appreciate the time that you're

[3:54] giving us today to talk about Fiesta

[3:56] Days. We are so excited about Fiesta

[3:58] Days. I just want you guys to know as

[4:01] soon as Fiesta Days is over, we are

[4:03] already starting to plan the next Fiesta

[4:05] Days. This committee does not rest at

[4:08] all. You will see us text messaging each

[4:10] other in the middle of the night and on

[4:13] weekends and holidays with all these

[4:14] great ideas we're always having. Um, I

[4:17] would like to introduce our committee.

[4:19] Uh after I introduce them, each one of

[4:21] them would like to take a minute to tell

[4:23] you about some of their fiesta today's

[4:24] events and then we'll turn the time back

[4:27] over to Lindsay who will introduce our

[4:29] grand marshalss. Uh so first this is

[4:31] Lindsay Coffee, her husband Gary's not

[4:34] here today, but we adore him. Um next,

[4:38] if you guys want to come up here, uh we

[4:40] have uh Dave and Shanny Call. They are

[4:44] our incoming chairs. So they will be

[4:46] over Fiesta Days next year. And then we

[4:49] have our outgoing chairs, Mario and

[4:52] Valerie Benson. And then um the rest of

[4:56] the Fiesta Day staff as far as parks and

[4:59] rec staff, we have Tracy Wy who is our

[5:03] new recreation

[5:06] assistant director. Sorry, I thought

[5:08] forgot the title for just a moment. And

[5:10] then we have Bronco Hunter who is the

[5:13] new parks and recreation director

[5:15] because Dell is leaving us as he is

[5:18] going to retire which we're very jealous

[5:21] and we're going to miss him. So I will

[5:23] go ahead and turn the time over to

[5:25] Lindsay to start off talking about

[5:26] yesterday's events.

[5:31] » Thank you. Uh I just I want to express

[5:33] my gratitude for all of you and for the

[5:35] support that you give us on this

[5:36] committee and for the opportunity that

[5:38] we have to even serve. Um this is so

[5:41] much fun. Um and I just wanted to take a

[5:44] quick second and talk about well I'm

[5:47] going to do two because my husband's not

[5:49] here. So I'm going to represent both of

[5:50] us. Um he is in Alabama right now. So

[5:55] anyway, my my absolute favorite event of

[5:58] Fiesta Days is the flag retirement

[6:01] ceremony. There is nothing that is more

[6:04] patriotic than sitting in a crowd and or

[6:07] being able to even hand those flags over

[6:10] to uh our military and have them retire

[6:13] those flags. And it's it's it's so

[6:16] humbling and the pride that is there

[6:20] with and reverence is all those things

[6:22] exist in that same space and it is just

[6:24] absolutely beautiful. And this year we

[6:26] are especially excited because we have

[6:29] Jenny Taylor who's going to be um our

[6:32] speaker there and um her husband he well

[6:36] was killed in service and so now she um

[6:39] makes these rounds and she's also part

[6:41] of the America 250 um events and so we

[6:45] are so so grateful to have her come and speak to us. So, um I am just, you

[6:52] know, pitching that. Please come because

[6:55] if you haven't been to it, you are

[6:57] missing out. And the other thing I just

[6:59] love to uh shout out is the quilt show.

[7:03] It is so fun. Those people are artists

[7:07] with their fabric. They're amazing. So,

[7:10] you know, if you missed that, shame on

[7:12] you. [laughter] So, you need to come out

[7:15] and join the quilt show. So, those are a couple things that I just

[7:18] wanted to to shout out. So, all right,

[7:21] Mario.

[7:25] » Uh, I would like to uh uh promote the

[7:28] disc golf uh tournament. It's July 10th

[7:30] and 11th, and I would like to offer a

[7:33] special thanks to the city for all the

[7:35] work and improvement that has gone into

[7:37] the urban forest disc golf course here

[7:39] in Spanish Fork, which is where it will

[7:41] be held at. Um being in the uh disc golf

[7:45] community and having participated uh in

[7:47] many disc golf events uh I'm I'm very

[7:50] proud to say that our own disc golf

[7:51] course here in Spanish Fork Urban Forest

[7:54] is a destination location and each time

[7:57] I go out there uh people have traveled

[8:00] to our city to play in that disc golf

[8:02] course. The improvements are fantastic

[8:04] and wonderful and it is a pleasure to be

[8:07] part of um the city that has presented

[8:10] such a nice uh opportunity and area for

[8:14] uh those that play disc golf to

[8:15] participate and play disc golf. So that

[8:18] event is July 10th and 11th. It is the

[8:21] second year. This is the second year

[8:22] that it is part of Fiesta Days. Uh based

[8:25] off of the success that we had last

[8:26] year. Um anyway, great event. So one of

[8:30] my favorites.

[8:32] If you guys haven't been down to the

[8:33] disc golf course, you need to go check

[8:35] it out. What they did with I I assume

[8:37] it's the final hole is elevated up on

[8:40] this hill. I mean, it's pretty cool.

[8:42] >> Yeah, go check it out.

[8:43] >> It's made it more a little bit more

[8:44] difficult though. Um [laughter]

[8:48] uh my event that I just go back to every

[8:51] year just because um my family I was

[8:54] born and raised here in Spanish Fork and

[8:56] uh the parade is just such a a mustgo

[8:59] event for our family. We spent years and

[9:02] years sitting in front of my grandma's

[9:03] store. Um, and our family still sits

[9:06] there every year. And so the parade is

[9:08] just something that I would recommend

[9:10] everybody go to and get involved in and

[9:12] all the activities that happen

[9:13] afterwards. It was also a lot of fun.

[9:19] Well, I get to talk about um children's

[9:21] activities. So, kids day, this is one of

[9:24] my favorite events because um what I

[9:26] love about fiesta days is there's

[9:28] something for everyone and even the kids

[9:30] get a day where they get to go and play

[9:32] and um the the committee that have

[9:35] planned this have put so much work into

[9:37] it. They plan for about 1,00 to,500 kids

[9:40] to um provide activities for them from

[9:43] 9:30 to 12 in the morning. There's um

[9:45] lots of local businesses that have

[9:48] sponsored some booths for us and um

[9:51] you'll see the long lines of kids

[9:53] getting their faces painted. They're

[9:54] going to be participating in different

[9:56] activities. They get prizes and it's

[9:58] just a really fun day. And what I love

[10:00] is that they've made sure that even

[10:01] children with adaptive needs um are able

[10:03] to participate and I think that's really

[10:05] important because it's something for

[10:06] everyone. So that's the event that I

[10:08] like.

[10:08] >> Awesome.

[10:11] >> I'm going to hit two events. Uh, and

[10:14] they're really be they they kind of uh

[10:19] come around the city. Um, much like our

[10:21] theme this year and the heart of it all,

[10:23] they're at the city park. Uh, two things

[10:26] that I that I love. One, I I love to

[10:28] laugh because I think it's good for the

[10:30] soul. Um, and again, we're having a

[10:32] comedy box on the 23rd in the in the

[10:35] park in the evening. So, I love it

[10:38] because you get some good laughs.

[10:39] They're clean, great for the family. The

[10:41] other one is on Sunday nights. Uh,

[10:43] Sunday in the Sunday in the park. Can't

[10:48] remember. Um, all the hats are making me

[10:50] real nervous for some [laughter] reason.

[10:51] So, they would be cool.

[10:54] >> So, um, but it's just great. We have

[10:56] this year we have u Lincoln Highway that

[10:58] is actually coming and playing and then

[11:00] sometimes you get some other local

[11:02] talent. But I just enjoy kind of hanging

[11:05] out, enjoying family and and chilling

[11:07] out. And again, it's just in the heart

[11:08] of the city which is fantastic. So,

[11:12] >> thank you.

[11:15] » Well, if you guys want to sit, you're

[11:17] welcome to have to stand this whole

[11:19] time, but um so I just I'm going to take

[11:22] just a quick second um before we

[11:24] introduce our grand marshalss and I want

[11:26] to talk about our theme this year. Um so

[11:30] last year at the flag retirement

[11:32] ceremony uh as incoming is the incoming

[11:36] uh chairs I knew we were going to be

[11:39] responsible for the theme and um former

[11:44] mayor Leon was speaking and uh he

[11:50] I can't even remember exactly how he led

[11:52] into it but I I heard him say well if he

[11:55] didn't say it I heard it But I don't

[11:58] know, inspiration or what? I don't know.

[12:00] But I heard him say, "At the heart of it

[12:03] all," and it was like lightning. It

[12:05] struck me and I thought, "Oh my

[12:07] goodness, yes, that's it. That's what we

[12:11] need to talk about. This that needs to

[12:13] be our theme for 2026 because

[12:17] Spanish Fork is a gathering place. We

[12:20] are the heart of it all. We have it.

[12:24] were kind of an amazing melting pot for

[12:27] so many different things. And and I

[12:30] started thinking about that in that

[12:31] moment. And I had this a little uh piece

[12:33] of paper and I wrote down at the heart

[12:35] of it all. And then I started drawing

[12:36] this logo and um I just wanted to if if

[12:40] you haven't seen it, which all of you

[12:41] have it on on you, which is so cool, but

[12:44] um I kind of [clears throat] just want

[12:46] to touch on a few things. Um, the first

[12:48] thing that came to my mind was a

[12:50] celebration of Escalante and Dominguez

[12:51] coming through here. And I remember even

[12:54] as a little girl how awesome I thought

[12:56] that was. And the I imaged the statue

[13:00] right here. And so I hurried and drew

[13:02] the statue down. Well, a very poor

[13:05] representation of the statue. [laughter]

[13:07] If you guys saw my thing, you would

[13:09] totally understand.

[13:11] But and then I thought, oh well then we

[13:13] have the Icelanders because we have that

[13:15] really cool monument. So, I hurried and

[13:17] doodled that. Okay. Yeah. Thank you.

[13:18] for putting it up there. Um,

[13:20] and then I thought of the Thurber school

[13:22] because I love the bell, right? And then

[13:25] I'm like, but we have rodeo and we are

[13:28] built on, you know, amazing farmers that

[13:31] came and settled this area. So, all of

[13:33] them were represented here. And um I I I

[13:37] do have to hand it to the artist who

[13:40] actually created this because my bucking

[13:43] bowl looked more like a bucking buffalo.

[13:45] It was

[13:46] >> It was good, Lindsay. [laughter]

[13:48] >> So I am a little disappointed the

[13:49] buffalo is not represented. But other

[13:51] than that, no, this is fantastic. And

[13:53] then being America 250, the flag had to

[13:56] be there. So that is how it all came

[14:00] together in just kind of one of those

[14:01] little moments because of something

[14:03] somebody said. And so when we got

[14:06] together as a committee um we were

[14:09] trying to figure out hey who would best

[14:11] you know represent that um as our grand

[14:15] marshalss and it was a unanimous

[14:17] decision that we had the Liyards um u

[14:22] Brenda and Dwight Littyard because they

[14:25] have been exemplar

[14:28] um citizens in our community and um so

[14:32] I'm going to just tell you just a short

[14:34] little teen teeny tiny bit about them

[14:35] and there's an amazing write up about

[14:36] them in the magazine. But these two kids

[14:40] are born and raised. They have been here

[14:42] for their families have been here for

[14:44] generations. So if you think of like

[14:47] Spanish Forkstock, they most literally

[14:49] are. And they have served in our

[14:53] communities um as in in in education.

[14:56] Dwight was a principal. They have taken

[14:59] um charge and have done so much with the

[15:01] livestock show. Um, Brenda has been uh

[15:04] she served for 30 years in the Chamber

[15:06] of Commerce. And if there's anybody that

[15:10] [snorts] exemplifies service, it is

[15:13] indeed the Lydiards. And so with that, I

[15:16] would like to introduce you to them if

[15:17] you don't already know them. Oh, come

[15:19] on.

[15:30] [clears throat]

[15:32] I should.

[15:32] >> And I want to tell you just one fun

[15:34] little fact that I didn't know until I

[15:35] read this article, but it totally made

[15:37] me chuckle, but they met while dragging

[15:40] Maine. And I know all of you are old

[15:42] enough to remember what that is. And if

[15:44] you say you're not, you're lying. Okay,

[15:46] but that's how these two kids met. And I

[15:48] just think that's so fun. So, we're

[15:52] going to turn a little bit of time over

[15:53] to them. And uh yeah, you prepare for

[15:56] that. [laughter]

[15:57] And I'm just going to let let them kind

[15:59] of introduce introduce themselves and

[16:01] just so we can all get to know them a

[16:02] little better. So,

[16:05] oh, I'm just so surprised at this honor.

[16:09] Um, I so appreciate it. So, I wanted to

[16:11] thank everyone. Um,

[16:14] I don't know. My whole family, my live

[16:16] on in my great-grandfather's home, been

[16:19] here my whole life. Like they said, I

[16:21] served in the chamber. I work at our

[16:23] family business. Just love Spanish Fork

[16:25] with all my heart. It's just great to be

[16:28] a part of.

[16:32] » I would echo that too. Uh

[16:36] lifelong [clears throat] resident of

[16:38] Spanish Fork. I had the opportunity to

[16:41] work in Spanish Fork schools. Even

[16:44] though I worked for Nebo School

[16:45] District, my entire career except one

[16:48] year was uh was in Spanish Fork at uh

[16:52] Larson and East Meadows and Spanish Fork

[16:54] Junior High. uh Brock Bank, so in the

[16:58] district office. So it it it is but like

[17:02] Bren said, I love Spanish Fort. It's a

[17:05] huge part of who I am.

[17:12] We love the stock show and we're

[17:16] [clears throat] very involved there. I'm about on my seventh year as

[17:20] president of the stock show and [snorts]

[17:22] we also help with county fair stock show

[17:25] and that's a big part of of what we do

[17:28] but um we anyway we've lived here all of our lives and just Spanish for

[17:37] pretty dear so thanks it's a tremendous

[17:40] honor

[17:44] for just a

[17:47] » [clears throat]

[17:51] » I should let you choose. [laughter]

[17:54] >> So, uh, we just wanted to give them a

[17:56] little gift. Um, some camp chairs from

[17:58] us to say thank you for everything

[18:00] they've done and we forgive you for the

[18:02] one year of not

[18:05] teaching in in Spanish Fork. Um, just

[18:08] one last thing I wanted to say is when

[18:11] we went to meet with the Liyards, um, we

[18:14] knew that we had picked the right couple

[18:17] because they were so humble and

[18:19] overwhelmed. And it was emotional for

[18:22] all of us because you can see how

[18:25] grateful they are. And so, I just want

[18:28] to express our thanks to both of you for

[18:31] all you've done for the community and

[18:33] all you continue to do. We we truly are

[18:36] blessed and fortunate to have you as

[18:37] citizens here. So, thank you guys so

[18:40] much.

[18:40] >> Can I share a quick story about Dwight

[18:42] Littyard?

[18:44] [clears throat]

[18:44] >> I don't know.

[18:46] >> So, Dwight was my fourth grade teacher.

[18:49] So, he's Mr. Lydiard to me. He doesn't

[18:53] remember this, but I remember this.

[18:55] There was one day during class that he

[18:57] called me back to his desk. I remember

[18:59] this clear as day. I don't remember a

[19:01] lot about fourth grade, but I remember

[19:03] this. I was scared. He called me back to

[19:05] his desk and [clears throat] he said,

[19:07] "Kevin,

[19:09] you're getting a C right now and I

[19:12] expect more from you." That was all he said. And that has stuck

[19:17] with me ever since. And so as a grown

[19:21] [clears throat] adult looking back and

[19:24] appreciating that now to have a teacher

[19:27] who expects something from you and

[19:29] expects more that you're capable of more

[19:32] that that has influenced my life in ways

[19:37] that you may never know. But thank you.

[19:42] >> Very cool.

[19:42] >> Thank you, Kevin. When I joined the

[19:45] Chamber of Commerce, I want to say it

[19:46] was like in 2010 or 2011, Brenda was

[19:49] serving on the board. And straight away,

[19:51] I think I went to one ribbon cutting and

[19:53] they're suddenly saying, "Do you want to

[19:54] be on the board?" And I said, "What does

[19:55] that entail?"

[19:57] >> And and I think that's why I'm here

[19:59] today, just because following in

[20:00] people's footsteps like Brenda that

[20:03] continually served through the decades,

[20:05] not just for a couple years and step

[20:07] back and live her life, but continually

[20:10] served. And I think if this is what

[20:13] dragging Maine produces in our community

[20:17] that I'd like to make a motion to bring

[20:19] back dragging Maine [laughter] in

[20:21] Spanish for Chief, are you for that?

[20:27] » Mayor Huff would be rolling in her

[20:28] grave. She would not like that.

[20:31] [laughter]

[20:31] >> We love the Liards and thank you for

[20:33] being our grand marshalss for 2026. And

[20:36] Lindsay, you and Gary have just been

[20:39] such the perfect chairs this year to to

[20:43] be planning

[20:45] last year for what your role would be

[20:47] this year to coming up with the theme

[20:49] and and that meeting where we all

[20:51] chuckled that someone was writing a

[20:52] buffalo, but we we caught her vision and

[20:55] she's so passionate just as you can tell

[20:56] listening to it. You've just been

[20:58] perfect for for leading out this year.

[21:00] So, thank you. And um I do I want to

[21:03] mention your magazines should be in your

[21:05] mailboxes. If they are not or if you

[21:08] want extra copies for family and

[21:10] friends, you can go to the parks and

[21:11] recck department and pick up extras. So

[21:14] I think that's all. Thank you to the

[21:16] committee for being here and sharing all

[21:18] of that. All the calendar is here as

[21:22] well as online. Also, our social media

[21:24] feed this month will be full of daily

[21:27] tidbits of where you should be going and things you can be doing with your

[21:31] family. So, next up is our rodeo

[21:34] committee. Nick, is that you? You and

[21:37] your crowd.

[21:39] >> Stacy,

[21:41] Kevin, I think if someone would have

[21:42] said to me, you're getting to see, I'd

[21:44] have been like, give me five. Let's go.

[21:45] [laughter]

[21:47] >> Yesterday's committee, don't leave until

[21:49] after the rodeo committee because I

[21:51] forgot to give you something.

[21:53] Thank you.

[21:54] >> Well, we're excited to be here. Um the

[21:57] rodeo's coming fast. I can't believe

[22:00] we're what are we less than two weeks

[22:02] away. Um it's going to be a fun rodeo

[22:06] this year. We We have kind of backed by

[22:09] popular demand our motorcycles.

[22:12] Um super high energy, something for all

[22:15] the non-rode fans. I I don't think

[22:18] there's anybody that can't appreciate a

[22:20] guy on a motorcycle doing a backflip.

[22:22] So, that'll be fun. Um

[22:27] gosh, we have a lot of the same. We're

[22:30] going to be Monday through Friday this

[22:32] year. We'll start on the 20th and and

[22:34] conclude on the 24th.

[22:37] Um we do have Slack every day at 9:00

[22:39] am. For those of you that like the timed

[22:42] events, you can come down. It's free to

[22:44] watch. Um,

[22:47] I enjoy that. I think that's one of the

[22:49] funnest parts of it. So, I'll let these

[22:52] other guys interject what they have as

[22:54] well.

[22:57] » Okay, [laughter]

[22:59] let me Lindsay. Um, I learned about 10.

[23:04] Where did Lindsay go?

[23:05] >> Behind you.

[23:06] >> Back. I learned uh as I began

[23:09] interviewing employees that work for

[23:10] Spanish Fork City 10 years ago, I

[23:13] learned that

[23:15] in a certain generation from Mayor Mayor

[23:18] Huff back about 40% of those that were

[23:22] married met on Main Street. It is

[23:25] actually an unbelievable amount of

[23:28] people that have met. And and I don't

[23:30] say that to say it's not unique. I say

[23:31] that like it was a special happening

[23:34] place. I can't imagine what Spanish Fork

[23:36] Main Street was like on a Friday night

[23:38] when this town was what we the size that

[23:40] we were in the 80s and 90s. So, I

[23:42] totally support Matt's concern about

[23:44] what you know what would return, but uh

[23:47] it is really bright. I mean, Main Street

[23:49] is brighter today than it was back then.

[23:51] So, I mean, it's probably okay. Uh but

[23:54] it might help the birth rate challenges

[23:57] that the state is, you know, the

[23:59] marriage rates and things like that.

[24:00] But, uh it's that's an awesome story.

[24:02] It's fun to know and and of course the

[24:05] lanyards are a great part of the

[24:06] community. So we're excited to we get to

[24:08] recognize them I think every night of

[24:09] the rodeo as well and that's fun. Uh

[24:12] something that we're doing this year is

[24:13] kind of small and and Nick's a little

[24:14] nervous about me highlighting it. Am I

[24:17] taking it? Is that what you're going to

[24:18] say?

[24:18] >> No, we just wondered when you're going

[24:19] to talk about the rodeo.

[24:22] >> The rodeo's in a couple of weeks.

[24:25] [laughter]

[24:28] » Not too late. It's not too late. So,

[24:32] >> we'll have you'll have time.

[24:34] >> You can you can still come back up if

[24:36] you have something else to say.

[24:38] >> It'll be all right.

[24:40] >> I just wanted to say uh you guys know

[24:41] this is the toughest ticket in town.

[24:44] >> Um the rodeo started with the Diamond

[24:47] Fork Riding Club in 1972.

[24:50] [clears throat] So, this is our 84th

[24:52] year.

[24:53] >> 42. 42. Thank you. My math's not very

[24:56] good. I grew up in Spanish fort2

[25:00] >> 1942. Uh so this is our 84th year and uh

[25:04] I have lost track. I used to count the

[25:06] number of sellouts that we had and I've

[25:08] totally lost track.

[25:09] >> Started in 07. So we're 19.

[25:11] >> All right. So 19 years worth of

[25:15] performances this rodeo has sold out and

[25:17] it just keeps getting better and better.

[25:19] The thing we really love about this

[25:21] rodeo is the culture that we've created

[25:23] over that time. This is a family

[25:25] atmosphere which is unique. You won't

[25:28] find that anywhere else you go uh

[25:30] because we don't sell alcohol. We make

[25:32] it a family event and it's become

[25:35] tradition for families to come here for

[25:37] the 24th of July for reunions and one of

[25:40] the things they do together is go to the

[25:42] rodeo. So, we love the culture that's

[25:44] been created uh with this committee and

[25:47] these guys that work really hard to

[25:48] maintain that. Uh when you get as

[25:50] popular as our rodeo, it's not always

[25:52] that easy to maintain that. You got a

[25:54] lot of people that are anxious to get in

[25:56] and be a part of it. So, uh, anyway,

[25:58] come and enjoy the rodeo. If you don't

[26:00] have a ticket, I'm sorry.

[26:05] » Get on earlier next year.

[26:10] » Just waiting for you to steal Seth's

[26:12] thunder. So, what he was alluding to

[26:15] that he's excited about and maybe me not

[26:17] so much. Um, and it's probably worth

[26:20] telling you a little bit of a story. So

[26:22] me and and one of my employees there, we

[26:24] went to a rodeo in Texas to a conference

[26:27] and in talking networking with some of

[26:30] those other guys, they told us one of

[26:32] the biggest they they had done a study

[26:34] on crowd engagement and their number one

[26:36] crowd engagement was when the sheep dog

[26:39] herds the sheep out of the arena. Number

[26:41] two was mutton busting and number three

[26:43] was barrel racing. So, we're gonna we

[26:45] have a sheep dog that we're going to try

[26:47] using it both pre-show and during the

[26:50] rodeo to herd herd the sheep out of the

[26:52] arena, which will be amazing if it can

[26:55] hear its handler and

[26:58] works well. So, yeah, I I I think it's

[27:01] has the potential to be really

[27:04] um so that'll be a fun

[27:06] >> if you're Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,

[27:07] Friday and you don't see the dog.

[27:09] >> It didn't go well on Monday. [laughter]

[27:13] Um, the only other thing I have is thank

[27:16] you. The the rodeo has grown um got more

[27:21] popular and that's in large part because

[27:23] of you guys and the support that you

[27:24] give us. Both the rodeo and the

[27:26] fairgrounds. We we

[27:30] I think it's so awesome where the

[27:32] fairgrounds is headed, the the

[27:34] investment that we're putting in there

[27:36] for the long-term success of it. So,

[27:38] thank you so much. Um, any of you guys

[27:41] have anything else?

[27:44] >> I did I It's not as cool as the cowboy

[27:47] hat you have. I love them. But I did

[27:48] bring each of you a rodeo ball.

[27:52] >> Wait, that's not as cool as these.

[27:53] >> Not near as cool.

[27:54] >> Should we put that around all the time

[27:57] just driving around Main Street?

[28:00] >> Think back and forth with the hat on.

[28:03] >> Okay, my fiesta days committee, come on

[28:06] back up. I have a gift for each of you.

[28:14] Just take one and then you can shuffle

[28:16] them around out there. Is that okay?

[28:26] » What are we going to do if you ever

[28:28] decide not to run?

[28:29] >> Well, one more year and then nobody will

[28:31] ever get a gift again. [laughter]

[28:35] » Trueer statement. It's never been said.

[28:36] >> That is true. [laughter]

[28:38] Thank you.

[28:39] >> Thank you. I just want you all to know

[28:40] how much I appreciate your time and

[28:43] energy and talents and I I love working

[28:46] with you all. So, thank you.

[28:48] >> Yep.

[28:49] >> Good night.

[28:49] >> Before she leaves, can we appoint Stacy

[28:51] as the

[28:53] >> chairperson? Moving on.

[28:55] >> So, we are now going to go to public

[28:59] comments. Is there anyone here that

[29:01] would like to approach the council

[29:04] tonight?

[29:07] Okay, seeing none,

[29:08] >> should we also say that there's an

[29:10] agenda item later, way way later that

[29:12] we're going to talk a little bit about

[29:14] the idea of a data center and we're

[29:17] going to table that, right?

[29:18] >> Yes.

[29:19] >> So, if anyone wants to stick around to

[29:20] listen to that conversation, it's not

[29:22] going to happen. It'll be in a future.

[29:24] Yeah, it'll be a future.

[29:25] >> It's good to bring that up now.

[29:26] >> Just if somebody was here for that.

[29:28] >> So, again, the um agenda item is that

[29:33] number 38 will be tabled. the discussion

[29:35] >> 18.

[29:36] >> 38.

[29:37] >> Oh my gosh. I now put my readers on and

[29:39] it's 18.

[29:40] >> Oh, [clears throat]

[29:41] >> okay.

[29:41] >> There better not be 38 on there.

[29:45] >> All right. Next up is council comments.

[29:47] And since Councilman Tuk's not here, why

[29:50] don't we just let Kathleen from the

[29:51] Chamber of Commerce kick us off and then

[29:55] Councilman Carden.

[29:59] » Thank you so much everybody. Everyone's

[30:02] getting their trips in while they can.

[30:03] Yeah. [laughter]

[30:05] Um, just a few upcoming events from the

[30:07] Chamber of Commerce. We've got business

[30:10] after hours this month. It's actually

[30:13] coming up on Thursday, July 9th from

[30:16] 5:30 to 700 p.m. You guys are all

[30:19] invited to come and network. Uh, we saw

[30:23] a lot of feedback from our businesses

[30:24] that struggle to get out during the

[30:26] middle of the day at the lunchtime. So

[30:28] this is part of an effort to be able to

[30:30] allow networking opportunities in a

[30:32] range of uh time periods. So that'll be

[30:35] Thursday, July 9th from 5:30 to 7. Then

[30:39] business uh new networking lunchon will

[30:42] be July 16th at the Hampton Inn at noon.

[30:46] We'll be hearing from Prime Restorers.

[30:49] Mark Harris will be presenting for us um

[30:52] and teaching us a little bit about how

[30:55] um how to keep our homes safe during

[30:58] this this time period. Um then we have a

[31:02] fun week of Fiesta Days. Shortly

[31:04] thereafter on the 29th we will be

[31:08] opening the Bank of Utah will have their

[31:11] grand opening on the 29th of July at

[31:15] 11:30 in the morning. And then our

[31:18] business of the month for this month is

[31:20] Swad Cabin. They're an Indian food

[31:22] restaurant down by the mini Walmart. Um

[31:25] she has been so supportive of this

[31:27] community and I'm very excited to

[31:28] recognize her. So we'll be celebrating

[31:30] Swad Cabin on July 31st at noon and

[31:34] that's our month.

[31:36] >> Thank you.

[31:38] >> All right. Thanks Mayor Prom. Um I don't

[31:41] have any to report. I just wanted to say

[31:43] thank you to in a little bit preemptive

[31:46] and also for what's been happening with

[31:49] our specifically our police and our

[31:50] fire. Um I know that the 4th of July is

[31:53] always a busy time. Um and I know we're

[31:55] going to talk about it a little bit

[31:56] more, but thank you for all the effort

[31:57] that goes in there, but also to all of

[31:59] our city staff as we head into Fiesta

[32:01] Days. um all the countless hours that

[32:04] will go in from everyone from parks and

[32:07] recreck, public works, police, admin,

[32:10] everybody will be putting in lots of

[32:12] extra hours. So, thank you. And um to

[32:14] the public, if you see our our city

[32:16] workers out there, please thank them.

[32:18] They oftent times are working very very

[32:22] long hours during that time. Um I've

[32:25] often seen our police officers go from

[32:27] um not having a tan at all to very very

[32:30] um dark or red whichever color they go

[32:33] um during that time. So thank you for

[32:35] what you will do and that's all I got.

[32:37] >> Okay. Thanks.

[32:39] >> Thank you Mayor Protown. Uh yeah to echo

[32:42] what just what Councilman Carden said,

[32:44] grateful to all of our employees uh our

[32:47] first responders. Grateful to Chief

[32:49] Hails. has been great to keep us in the

[32:51] loop and give us daily updates on the

[32:55] fireworks and things that have happened

[32:56] in our community. We've got great crews

[32:59] that are out taking care and keeping us

[33:01] all safe. So, thank you. I've got two

[33:03] additional items that I wanted to speak

[33:05] on tonight, Jack, whichever one you

[33:07] bring up first. We had a group of

[33:10] volunteers that helped out in a park or

[33:14] in a wooded area down by the sports park

[33:16] along the river trail. These are members

[33:18] of the Nebo Goats mountain biking team

[33:22] and they were recently awarded a wrap

[33:25] grant from the city that will be used to

[33:28] put in a mountain biking pump track

[33:31] mostly for beginner beginner level maybe

[33:35] intermediate level mostly for young

[33:37] youth youth and kids. So they went down

[33:40] this to this area where the track is

[33:43] going to go in and they spent I think

[33:45] they said

[33:48] 132 combined hours over two days helping

[33:52] clean up the area and make it ready to

[33:53] put this pump track in.

[33:55] >> So just wanted to share that and let

[33:57] them know how much we appreciate the

[33:59] work that they did. Also parks and wreck

[34:02] once they had these piles all put

[34:04] together parks and recck came in and

[34:06] cleaned it all out. So, we're grateful

[34:07] for for their efforts as well. The other

[34:11] item, we [clears throat] have

[34:14] a new business in town, which I had the

[34:16] opportunity to participate in their

[34:18] ribbon cutting and ground opening.

[34:20] Wheeler Machinery Company had had an

[34:23] awesome event on June 26th where they

[34:26] invited some of us to come out and and

[34:29] see their grand opening. What a great

[34:32] asset to our community. What a great

[34:33] asset to Spanish Fork to have them here.

[34:36] Uh, it was great to be able to see some

[34:39] of the things that they do. They gave

[34:41] everybody a hat. I made sure to grab

[34:44] one of Well, this hat was given to me by

[34:46] one of their employees and I made sure

[34:48] to give it to Councilman Argyle. So,

[34:51] something special about this hat that

[34:53] he's got was the guy that gave it to me

[34:55] said, "This is a unique hat. You

[34:58] shouldn't have this because these are

[34:59] the employeeonly hats. Only the

[35:01] employees get these." But he gave it to

[35:03] me and I gave it to Councilman Argyle.

[35:06] You outed him.

[35:06] >> What's that?

[35:07] >> You outed that guy in public.

[35:08] >> I did. I didn't say his name. Didn't say

[35:10] his name. Nobody knows who it was. But yeah, super grateful to have them in

[35:14] our in our city. I think they'll be a

[35:16] great asset to Spanish Fork. And that's all I've got. Mayor,

[35:19] >> thank you.

[35:21] Mayor Prom.

[35:22] >> So formal tonight. Councilman this and

[35:24] mayor prom that. Um

[35:27] I had the opportunity to sit with the

[35:29] veterans council on Wednesday last week.

[35:32] Um, and that group was getting smaller

[35:34] and smaller all the time.

[35:36] >> They elected a new um, president, which

[35:38] was whoever sat in that seat when they

[35:41] walked in. You are now the president.

[35:43] Oh, wow.

[35:43] >> And you're the vice president. And they

[35:45] just shuffled a little bit. Um, but the

[35:47] dedication that those folks have is is

[35:49] pretty amazing. And they have they have

[35:50] some needs and Seth and I talked a

[35:52] little bit about it. Um, they need a

[35:54] place to store the crosses that they put

[35:56] up um on Memorial Day. um they are

[36:00] stored in their their houses and the

[36:02] sideyards. Um so if anyone out there has

[36:05] a place that they could offer up some

[36:07] storage, city can find some or if a

[36:10] resident has an opportunity to a place

[36:12] that they could store them, we'd really

[36:14] appreciate it. They they've invested

[36:15] quite a bit of time and effort in in

[36:18] building those and a place to store them

[36:20] because it's a

[36:21] >> there's like 2,000 now. Yeah, they they

[36:24] ordered a bunch this year and um a local

[36:27] welder welded them all together for us

[36:29] and so

[36:29] >> Mountain High School.

[36:30] >> Yeah, it's a it's it's cool. They they

[36:32] put a lot of work into that and um

[36:34] they're they uh they take pride in it.

[36:37] So, if someone has an a place to store

[36:39] them, we'd love to reach out. And

[36:41] >> are they in are they in a trailer that

[36:44] can be outside or does it need to be in

[36:45] a shed garage type place?

[36:46] >> It probably needs to be covered.

[36:48] >> Yeah, that is a challenge. It needs to

[36:49] be covered. Um they have quite a few

[36:52] questions about what what the plan is

[36:55] for their building. Um they have a lease

[36:58] that they're concerned about that goes

[37:00] for 99 years.

[37:02] So we're they're trying to find it. Um I

[37:05] assured them that we recognize they have

[37:07] a they have a need down there and we

[37:09] want to replicate it somewhere. But as

[37:11] we talk about what to do with that

[37:12] corner, we really need to figure out how

[37:16] far we want to go with them. And the

[37:18] Utah Daughters the Pioneers is also

[37:20] something we need to figure out.

[37:21] and we're getting close, right, that we

[37:23] we've broken ground with the new new

[37:24] firing station will be a time when we're

[37:27] going to talk about what to do with that

[37:28] corner and we need to consider both of

[37:30] those organizations.

[37:31] >> I will say just to add to that, Shane

[37:33] real quick, I've had discussions with

[37:34] RIA. I know Seth, you've talked with

[37:36] ReLA. She is putting in efforts to reach

[37:40] out to other individuals within Spanish

[37:43] Fork that own property and buildings

[37:45] outside of Spanish Fork City to see if

[37:47] there are any possibilities for them to

[37:49] move into some of those buildings. So,

[37:51] she is putting in some efforts.

[37:54] >> She's an incredible lady. Enjoyed

[37:56] getting to know her.

[37:59] Um, anyone who wants to join the

[38:01] council, show up on every other

[38:04] Wednesday, every the first Wednesday of

[38:06] every other month, please do. They need

[38:08] some help. Um, they need some some a

[38:11] little bit of youth in [clears throat]

[38:13] in that little group. Um, they are doing

[38:15] great work and they support just about

[38:18] everything you can think of across the

[38:19] community. Um, and they they are truly

[38:23] dedicated to this city and to the

[38:24] veterans. And so, it's it's it's a

[38:26] pleasure. It's an honor to be

[38:27] representing them here tonight. So, um,

[38:29] that's it for me.

[38:31] >> Thank you. Okay. Last week, I was able

[38:34] to attend a week-long convention with

[38:37] the public power and Jake Tyer in our

[38:40] power department was there with us and

[38:43] we share our power

[38:47] right here in Spanish for that's that is

[38:49] an acronym for Utah Municipal Power

[38:51] Agency. the the cities that belong to

[38:54] that is Provo, Spanish Fork, Salem,

[38:57] Levan, Nephi, and Manti. And while we

[39:00] were at this convention, we spent most

[39:02] of a full day on Friday at the Boston

[39:05] Boys and Girls Club. And we were met

[39:09] with about I think it was 150 other

[39:11] individuals from across the country

[39:14] serving. We were doing landscaping,

[39:16] weeding, painting, deep cleaning. There

[39:19] was a lot going on and it was just the

[39:21] power of everyone coming together and the director there at the Boys and

[39:25] Girls Club just said it's just so

[39:27] amazing to see people from across the

[39:29] country come together and work so hard

[39:31] to make something so valuable even

[39:34] better that the kids can come this

[39:35] summer and take pride in. So um we

[39:38] talked a lot about

[39:40] um nuclear power data centers and it

[39:43] also just reminded me how lucky we are

[39:45] as a city to belong to a public power

[39:48] agency where we get dividends every year

[39:50] in our general fund to help fund Spanish

[39:52] fork city. Um I think Spanish Fork we we

[39:56] have a healthy budget but talking to

[39:57] someone like Manti that's a big chunk of

[40:00] their budget. They're so grateful and

[40:03] that doesn't happen anymore. So, it was

[40:05] a really great group to be part of. So,

[40:07] I think that's everything. Anything else

[40:10] for you guys? Okay, we will move on to

[40:13] staff reports.

[40:15] >> Thank you.

[40:17] Uh

[40:19] Tyler would, if he were here, would

[40:21] report that Tyler's coaching. He's

[40:23] coaching in the state tournament

[40:25] >> and hopefully winning uh his daughter

[40:28] Everly. He's the coach's daughter

[40:29] Everly's team. So, hopefully he'll have

[40:31] a good good news tomorrow.

[40:34] uh he would report he's on the board for

[40:36] Central Utah 911 and this last board

[40:38] meeting they voted to uh to I'm going to

[40:43] say annex. It's probably not the right

[40:45] word, but I like it. Uh to annex in the

[40:47] city of Oram and uh cities of Orum and

[40:50] Lynen and Vineyard uh fire into the

[40:54] central Utah 911 dispatch group. Um that

[40:58] agency exists to provide dispatch

[41:00] services. uh historically and originally

[41:03] to anybody but ORM, Lynden, Provo,

[41:06] Springville, and uh Pleasant Grove. And

[41:10] it's it's morphed a little bit through

[41:11] the years and and at this time it was

[41:14] advantageous for Orm and Lindon Lynden

[41:16] to consider joining and uh they've made

[41:20] application, gone through a study

[41:22] process and and uh were accepted. So, I

[41:25] think they have a year before they'll

[41:26] join, but that that should enhance the

[41:28] services in the county and and uh if

[41:30] it's if all goes according to plan, it

[41:32] should be no net increase in cost to the

[41:35] district and perhaps decrease costs

[41:37] through some shared services. So, that's

[41:40] that we're hopeful for that. I want to

[41:42] spend a moment, I've got Chief Hails

[41:44] here. I want to spend a moment talking

[41:45] about fireworks. Um and and uh so maybe

[41:50] Ed, if you wouldn't mind coming up to

[41:51] the mic. um give us maybe a brief report

[41:54] on on your department's experience with

[41:56] fireworks. And Matt, you've got a mic

[41:57] right there, too. So, if you have any

[41:59] thoughts of your department's experience

[42:01] with fireworks, I think that'd be

[42:02] helpful for the council has some ideas.

[42:04] you you guys have given us some some

[42:06] brief briefings each [snorts] day, but

[42:09] uh maybe give us a quick insight into

[42:11] what led up to uh this Fourth of July

[42:15] because there was a lot of a lot of uh

[42:18] things kind of in the behind the scenes

[42:20] work with the governor uh the week of

[42:23] the 23rd, 24th, 25th, and then of course

[42:25] the 4th of July. So, give us a little

[42:27] bit of that. And then council while he's

[42:28] talking I I think it'd be really helpful

[42:30] for chief uh the two chiefs and for me

[42:33] in some of the things that we will

[42:35] probably be asked in this space of time

[42:38] between now and the 24th of July. I

[42:41] think we can expect some similar

[42:43] potentially some similar restrictions or

[42:45] opportunities for restrictions

[42:46] statewide. Um and I think they'll take

[42:49] they'll want some feedback on what was

[42:51] the experience. And so if you have any

[42:53] additional thoughts or feedback, maybe

[42:54] some of your experiences, good or bad,

[42:56] as they might have been, I think we'd

[42:58] love to hear some of uh the feedback

[43:00] that you may have as well.

[43:02] >> So, first of all, I just want to tell

[43:03] the citizens of Spanish Fork, thank you.

[43:06] They did an amazing job at adhering to

[43:09] the safety measures that we asked them

[43:11] to adhere to in shooting fireworks off

[43:14] in designated areas and doing so without

[43:18] much chaos being caused within the

[43:22] community. Uh we did uh this all started

[43:25] out as Governor Cox came out with an

[43:28] executive order to ban fireworks or

[43:32] request a ban of fireworks on state and

[43:36] uh county lands, I believe is what the terminology was. I might have got

[43:40] that wrong, but he asked for a ban of

[43:42] fireworks in specific areas within the

[43:44] state. And then he asked for fireworks

[43:47] to be banned in areas where wildland

[43:49] urban interfaces could potentially be

[43:51] harmed and cause issues with those. In

[43:54] that same conversation, he asked cities

[43:57] to provide safe areas or areas that are

[44:00] designated within their communities for

[44:02] fireworks to still be discharged.

[44:05] And many conversations were had across

[44:08] many municipalities on what are we going

[44:11] to do? We have the authority now to ban

[44:14] fireworks altogether or we can allow our

[44:18] communities to have areas of safety or

[44:22] areas to shoot those off in that won't

[44:25] cause harm or potential harm to large

[44:29] areas of wildland urban interface. And

[44:32] as we talked as administrative staff and

[44:36] with others, we felt that we had a very

[44:39] good plan in place already that already

[44:42] met the law that the legislature had

[44:45] laid out for us on putting forth a map

[44:48] that designated high hazard areas where

[44:51] fireworks could be would not be allowed

[44:54] to be discharged and then areas that we

[44:56] had within the community that they

[44:58] could. And we felt like that was the

[45:02] safe thing to do and to allow discharge

[45:04] of fireworks in our community throughout

[45:06] the Fourth of July holiday. And as we

[45:09] put that map out, we got a lot of

[45:11] feedback from those in the community

[45:13] that uh well, this field is dry and I

[45:16] don't want fireworks at this field and

[45:18] this area needs to uh be put in a red

[45:22] zone. and we went back to our city

[45:25] ordinance and the city ordinance already

[45:27] outlined the areas that we couldn't

[45:30] discharge in regardless if they were on

[45:32] a map or not and that was within 200

[45:35] feet of opened fields vacant lots that

[45:39] uh they wouldn't be allowed to be

[45:41] discharged. And not only did the

[45:44] feedback come back in that they wanted

[45:46] that specific ordinance outlined in red

[45:49] on a map as well. So we we took that

[45:51] under consideration. We went back to our

[45:54] map and worked with GIS to determine

[45:57] those areas that would meet the

[46:00] ordinance as well and outline them out

[46:02] on our map. And so that gave a visual as

[46:06] well as a written explanation of where

[46:08] fireworks could be discharged.

[46:09] [laughter]

[46:10] Throughout that week, uh we had very few incidents. Uh, in fact, I

[46:16] counted uh up as we went through our

[46:20] overall stats, and there was seven

[46:22] reported fires from the 2nd through the

[46:26] 5th of July. Of those seven fires, all

[46:29] of those fires were extinguished by

[46:32] property owners prior to the fire

[46:33] department's arrival. Meaning that they

[46:35] had their buckets of water, they had

[46:37] hoses, they had fire extinguishers

[46:39] prepared, and those fires all were in

[46:42] areas where discharge was permitted. And

[46:46] uh each one of those fires that we did

[46:48] have were less than 5 foot x 5 foot

[46:51] areas. Small small small areas that uh

[46:54] started whether it was a bush or some

[46:56] dry grass that was next to their

[46:58] property that hadn't been taken care of.

[47:01] Very very minimal uh nothing that would

[47:03] have caused a conflaggeration event or

[47:06] harm the wild and urban interface or for

[47:09] that matter our community. And so we

[47:12] responded to those effectively and took

[47:15] care of those investigations, made sure

[47:17] those fires were completely out. But for

[47:20] that many days to have only seven

[47:22] incidents, uh kudos to everyone uh in

[47:26] their in their part for being safe uh in

[47:29] our community. That just shows that we

[47:32] can do fireworks safely in this

[47:34] community. Uh, and that what we did was

[47:38] within the law and we took the

[47:42] governor's order under uh, consideration

[47:45] and made it work within our community.

[47:48] Uh, outside of that, we had several uh,

[47:51] interactions with our community members

[47:54] as we drove through. We were patrolling.

[47:56] We had each year, regardless if it's a

[47:58] dry year or not, we patrol for fireworks

[48:00] and to just make sure we have trucks out

[48:02] and about so that we can quickly access

[48:04] any fires that occur. And as we're

[48:07] driving through the neighborhoods, uh so

[48:09] many positive interactions as we would

[48:12] drive by people, thank you so much for

[48:14] letting us celebrate. Thank you guys.

[48:16] Fire department, you're awesome. And uh

[48:19] just such great positive responses from

[48:22] those that were celebrating in a safe

[48:24] manner. We did across those uh in our

[48:27] community that uh may have brought in

[48:30] fireworks from outside of the state of

[48:32] Utah and we had uh very good

[48:35] conversations with those folks and uh

[48:38] only one citation was issued uh this

[48:42] holiday. And so everyone responded very well to the education that we gave

[48:48] them and we asked that as we move into

[48:51] the 24th, if you have fireworks, please

[48:55] do not discharge them. If you bought

[48:57] them in Wyoming, if you bought them in

[48:59] Nevada, those are illegal fireworks in

[49:02] the state of Utah and you will be cited

[49:05] for those. And so, please know the law

[49:08] as you go into the pioneer holiday and

[49:12] uh shoot legal fireworks that you buy in

[49:15] Utah locally at our tents or outside of our city at tents that are here in

[49:21] Utah. Those are legal fireworks. So, we

[49:23] really encourage that and continue to do

[49:26] so safely, having the buckets of water,

[49:29] adhering to the ordinances, adhering to

[49:31] the maps that are setting forth for us

[49:34] to make sure that our community stays

[49:36] safe.

[49:37] >> Chief, what's a a an an illegal

[49:40] firework? How do you define that?

[49:41] >> Yeah. So, an illegal firework in in

[49:44] basic terms is a firecracker

[49:48] uh a tube that is a sing that shoots a

[49:51] mortar out of it. So a singular like you

[49:53] have to drop a mortar into the shell to

[49:55] shoot it out. Something you would see at

[49:56] a professional show. Uh any of the

[50:00] things that will bottle rockets are

[50:02] illegal. Roman candles are illegal. And

[50:06] so those are several

[50:07] >> Aerial fireworks are not illegal.

[50:09] They

[50:11] have to be within a cake. We call them

[50:14] cake fireworks. They're the square boxes

[50:17] that can be shot out. Uh, and they go

[50:20] anywhere from 80 to 100 feet in the air,

[50:23] but anything over 150 feet in the air is

[50:26] an illegal firework if discharged.

[50:28] >> Yeah, I appreciate that. The

[50:31] part of the reason why we can get I'll

[50:34] say get away with allowing fireworks is

[50:38] because the areas are based on legal

[50:41] fireworks. And

[50:44] if we get other uses out there, we are

[50:48] going to have a problem because our our

[50:50] plan does not accommodate illegal

[50:52] firework usage. So if you're shooting

[50:55] them off and expect a ticket, expect a

[50:59] citation, plain and simple. Um I'm not a

[51:02] fan that we didn't ban citywide. I think

[51:05] we should have. I think there's some I

[51:07] think cooler heads prevailed and we made

[51:09] a better decision. But at the time I'm

[51:11] like I don't think I support it. But

[51:13] it's proven that if we do it right and

[51:16] our citizens are proven that they can do

[51:18] it right, we should be okay because the regulations are in place. But the

[51:22] moment we go outside of those, expect a

[51:25] ticket. And I expect our folks are

[51:27] enforcing that heavily because we can't

[51:31] accommodate that kind of use in our

[51:33] city. It just doesn't work. will start a

[51:36] star a fire will be started if we start

[51:38] using those type of things.

[51:40] >> Absolutely. And I believe what you saw

[51:42] in an in and across the state where

[51:44] areas that had banned fireworks, the

[51:47] fires that did occur were because of

[51:49] misuse of properly

[51:52] >> uh safe protocols as well as illegal

[51:55] fireworks.

[51:59] There is nothing more disappointing than

[52:01] say I think Provo banned the whole city,

[52:04] right?

[52:05] >> Yeah.

[52:05] >> And and yet I'm going to say some idiot

[52:08] >> because our fire marshal gave us the

[52:11] term don't be an idiot,

[52:12] >> right? Some idiot

[52:14] >> didn't follow the guidance, didn't

[52:17] follow the law, and started the hillside

[52:19] on fire. And gratefully there were some

[52:21] fire breaks in place and things went

[52:23] right after they went wrong. But I mean

[52:26] to your point, it's not something that

[52:28] you want to play around with. So do it

[52:30] smart. And what what's the tagline now?

[52:33] Don't be an idiot.

[52:34] >> Don't burn.

[52:34] your house down. And and

[52:37] >> don't burn my house down.

[52:38] >> Yeah. So one one of the things before I

[52:40] say that, Matt, anything you guys

[52:42] experienced that you want to talk about?

[52:44] >> No, I just want to echo the same thing

[52:45] that Chief Hell stated. Thanks to the

[52:48] citizens for abiding by the

[52:49] restrictions, using common sense, have

[52:51] those precautionary measures in place.

[52:54] And I was just going to highlight that

[52:55] there was only one citation issued. So

[52:58] >> I think there was also alcohol involved

[52:59] in that too, right?

[53:01] >> Probably.

[53:02] >> Yeah.

[53:03] >> Before Seth, before you move on.

[53:05] >> Yeah. I'm not

[53:05] >> going along with the um fire marshall

[53:08] Turner's comments.

[53:09] >> I think that our communications team did

[53:12] an awesome job of using we had a lot of

[53:14] people coming to our website to find out

[53:16] whether or not we were having fireworks.

[53:18] And so then they saw the public

[53:20] information that was available that

[53:22] helped them to stay safe. And I think

[53:24] that we did a good job of making sure

[53:26] that the education piece was along with

[53:28] not just like, hey, we're we're doing

[53:29] fireworks as normal, but it was like,

[53:31] hey, here are some things you can do.

[53:33] Here are some here are some buckets.

[53:34] Here are some different places that you

[53:36] can make sure that you're staying safe.

[53:37] So I think that went handinand glove

[53:39] with that opportunity.

[53:41] >> Yeah. to your point, what I wanted to

[53:42] say is this the the spotlight that

[53:47] the governor's actions turned on that

[53:50] allowed for education.

[53:53] I I don't think in any other year had we

[53:55] done some of the things that we did that

[53:56] we'd get the traction that we got. You

[53:58] people wouldn't be looking for it like

[54:01] they were this year. So, I loved that

[54:03] there was a a spotlight turned on by the

[54:05] governor to be more safe. And then as

[54:08] you said, Councilman Carden, our team,

[54:11] you know, all they did is light off

[54:14] incredible fireworks with the work that

[54:15] they did, right? There's just some fun

[54:17] stuff, educational stuff, informational

[54:19] stuff, and and I think anytime you can

[54:21] do that in a way that, you know, is

[54:23] enjoyable, it's even better. So, I don't

[54:25] know. In the end, I'm sure the numbers

[54:26] are different uh from a week or so ago,

[54:30] you know, but I think at some point we

[54:31] calculated 275, 350. So, and it's gone

[54:35] up 75,000 from when I we last mentioned

[54:38] it. So, yeah, 350,000 total exposures to

[54:41] the different education pieces that we

[54:42] put out.

[54:43] >> That's great.

[54:45] >> So,

[54:46] >> yeah, I it's it's it's funny to drive

[54:48] around and

[54:50] there are folks dead center in the

[54:52] middle of the road lighting off these

[54:54] things and some of the uh what's the

[54:58] right word? Um to believe that they now

[55:00] own the center of the road to light

[55:01] after fireworks is just amazing to me.

[55:04] They're like, "What are you doing

[55:05] driving your car here? It's it's public

[55:08] property." So,

[55:09] >> it's the 4th of July.

[55:10] >> I know.

[55:11] >> Freedom.

[55:12] >> I know. I get all of that stuff,

[55:14] [laughter]

[55:15] >> but don't tell me I can't drive on the

[55:17] road. That

[55:19] >> Yeah.

[55:20] >> So, any feedback? any like I said I

[55:22] don't know what the next week or two

[55:24] will hold but I can imagine that you

[55:26] know the conversations that we had the

[55:29] week of the 23rd 24th 25th of July that

[55:32] we'll probably start having them in the

[55:34] next few days probably next week if not

[55:37] so any additional feedback that you

[55:39] would have us pass on to some of our

[55:40] counterparts perhaps at the state level

[55:42] or the governor's office cities

[55:45] >> I just want to add this isn't feedback

[55:47] to pass on but

[55:49] I live close to Riverview Elementary and

[55:52] there was a huge huge show that took

[55:54] place at Riverview which happens every

[55:56] year. Big crowds that come out to watch

[55:58] and not only that show but just

[56:02] throughout the neighborhoods, lots and

[56:03] lots of fireworks were being lit off.

[56:06] And I that next morning, Sunday morning,

[56:09] early before 7 o'clock, I was driving to a church building and

[56:15] noticed, you know, where this fireworks

[56:18] show had been. And there was no sign at

[56:21] all. That's cool.

[56:21] >> That a fireworks show had even taken

[56:23] place. Yeah.

[56:24] >> And any of the streets that I drove on,

[56:26] it was it was cleaned up. So kudos to

[56:29] the residents who participated in that

[56:32] and cleaned up after themselves. I spoke

[56:33] to my son last night who's in Tacoma,

[56:37] Washington, and asked him how his Fourth

[56:39] of July was, and he said, "Dad, it was

[56:41] World War II. There were fireworks

[56:43] everywhere." But he's like, "What

[56:44] surprised me was the next morning there

[56:47] was garbage everywhere. The fireworks

[56:50] were just left in the streets, middle of

[56:52] the streets, no cleanup at all." And so

[56:55] to the residents of Spanish Fork who lit

[56:57] off fireworks and cleaned up after

[56:59] yourselves, thank you.

[57:01] >> I would echo that all of that sentence.

[57:03] For those that let them off responsibly

[57:05] and cleaned up, thank you very much.

[57:07] Great job. Those of you who didn't do

[57:09] one of those two, do better next time.

[57:11] >> Yeah. the the litter afterwards. It's

[57:14] just so frustrating. [clears throat]

[57:15] Just

[57:16] >> my yard has

[57:18] several pieces of litter on it. I'm

[57:21] like, you burn my fake grass, buddy.

[57:24] We're [laughter] going to have a

[57:25] problem. But Seth, to come back to your

[57:27] maybe directly to your question, I think

[57:29] that if there was comments that I think

[57:31] that we could give to counterparts is

[57:33] >> I think it we've proven that it can be

[57:35] done sensibly with the right education

[57:37] with the right restrictions in place and

[57:39] with what Councilman Marshall said,

[57:41] right? The PE citizens taking those

[57:43] precautions seriously and trying their

[57:45] best to to do those as well. I think

[57:47] there's a way to do it in in a way that

[57:49] makes sense, right? And Spanish Fork

[57:52] City showed it. And the other part is is

[57:54] it'd be nice if other cities would do

[57:56] that so that not everybody in the county

[57:58] and state is coming to Spanish to light

[58:00] fireworks, right? Because that does put

[58:01] undue stress on our staff.

[58:04] >> Yeah. Oh, please.

[58:06] >> Okay. I was going to say with that being

[58:07] said, while I was at this public power

[58:10] conference, I was with Mayor Simons from

[58:12] Salem when all of these decisions were

[58:14] being made. And it was interesting

[58:16] listening to another city. She says

[58:18] Salem is much different. There's still

[58:21] so many fields over here. and it's so

[58:23] dry. And so for that community, I think

[58:26] they made the right decision

[58:28] >> and a volunteer fire.

[58:29] >> Yeah.

[58:30] >> Fire, right? It makes sense.

[58:32] >> I just thought, you know, I'm glad that

[58:33] the governor really let every city

[58:35] decide because I think Spanish Fork is

[58:37] in a place where it worked out that we

[58:39] could do it.

[58:40] >> I agree.

[58:41] >> Yeah. We hear we say often one-size

[58:43] misfits all and and I think to say to

[58:48] any all, you know, any city, why did you shouldn't have, you know, I think

[58:52] that's premature, but I I did talk to

[58:55] some some of my city manager

[58:57] counterparts and and one said, "Well,

[58:58] we're going to cancel because everybody

[59:00] else around us did and we don't want

[59:02] everybody to come to our town, so we'll

[59:03] send them to your town." He was joking,

[59:05] but I don't think he was totally joking,

[59:07] right? And that's lame, right? You're

[59:10] just pushing the easy button at that

[59:11] point. Come on, be be thoughtful. Be

[59:13] methodical. Um, I think that uh

[59:18] that we went through a a wonderfully

[59:22] deliberate,

[59:23] thoughtful process and I'm really proud

[59:25] of all of you and and the staff that as

[59:28] you went through that. Um, that's great

[59:30] feedback. Um on a similar vein, a co

[59:34] maybe a couple of weeks ago, a couple of

[59:36] weeks before the fourth, u there was an

[59:38] incident on uh the a hillside on the

[59:42] river bottoms where one of our crews was

[59:45] actually mowing some lawns and um they

[59:49] encountered a circumstance. I got a a

[59:51] more stuck and tried to get it out and

[59:54] we're doing things uh good things but uh in the end started some dry weeds

[1:00:01] on fire. That hillside took off fast. Um

[1:00:04] great response by the neighbors,

[1:00:05] excellent response by the fire

[1:00:07] department and and in the end good news,

[1:00:10] good stories. We did receive an email

[1:00:12] from a resident. Um so I I don't know

[1:00:16] what your thoughts are on that. So, I'm

[1:00:18] probably looking to you to give me some

[1:00:20] feedback or some direction. We don't

[1:00:22] need to do that here right now, but I

[1:00:23] would welcome some feedback. I know I

[1:00:25] you sent an email, uh, Councilwoman

[1:00:27] back, but if there's some additional

[1:00:29] feedback and direction that you have for

[1:00:30] us, and I think we'd love that, and we

[1:00:32] can we can work on that. Right now, I

[1:00:34] don't really know what the what that

[1:00:36] direction would be. So, if you have any

[1:00:38] feedback, please send that so we can we

[1:00:41] can do do some things there or nothing,

[1:00:43] right? Depending whatever your feedback

[1:00:45] is. I think that's it for now. Thank you. [clears throat]

[1:00:48] >> All things fire.

[1:00:50] Your favorite topic.

[1:00:52] One of them. You have many. Budget

[1:00:55] >> sewer treatment plant.

[1:00:56] >> Yeah. If anybody is interested in seeing

[1:00:58] what World War II in Spanish Fork looks

[1:01:00] like, then I've got some fantastic

[1:01:02] videos and sound of of what Spanish Fork

[1:01:05] sounded like on the 4th

[1:01:07] >> at 10 o'clock.

[1:01:09] >> So, that's great.

[1:01:10] >> Okay. Well, thank you for that report.

[1:01:12] Um, next is Spanish Fork 101.

[1:01:22] So, as you're aware, uh, twice a year we

[1:01:25] have to report on our VOA grant. But

[1:01:27] before we do that this evening, I just

[1:01:29] want to take a moment and introduce our

[1:01:31] new victim advocate, Amora Floyd. She

[1:01:34] joined our department about two months

[1:01:37] ago, has been a wonderful addition to

[1:01:39] the office. Uh she's implemented some

[1:01:41] great new ideas, has great enthusiasm

[1:01:45] for the job. Uh great working

[1:01:47] relationship with our officers, our city

[1:01:50] attorney's office and our citizens as

[1:01:52] well. So uh when she interacts with our

[1:01:55] citizens, some of those people have just

[1:01:57] experienced something traumatic in their

[1:02:00] life and she has a calming effect with

[1:02:02] those that she interacts with and we're

[1:02:04] very fortunate to have her a part of our

[1:02:07] team during the interview process. It

[1:02:09] was a very easy decision to make to

[1:02:12] bring her aboard and uh just she's a

[1:02:15] great addition to our office. Uh prior

[1:02:17] to working with our office, she worked

[1:02:19] at the Department of Workforce Services

[1:02:22] since 2023. Is that correct?

[1:02:25] >> Okay. But I'll turn the time over to

[1:02:28] Amora where she'll present some of the uh facts from our VOCA grant and

[1:02:34] some of the numbers. Thank you.

[1:02:37] >> Thanks, Chief. Um, I was going to say,

[1:02:39] Jack, you got to make it a little

[1:02:40] bigger. I'm blind. I'll try to see it

[1:02:43] from here. Um, I appreciate the

[1:02:44] opportunity uh to present to you guys

[1:02:47] today and kind of bring you up to speed

[1:02:49] on how the VOCA grant is being

[1:02:51] administered in our community and then

[1:02:53] just a couple of things that we're doing

[1:02:55] to modernize our outreach with victims

[1:02:58] and um to collaborate with some

[1:03:01] strategic partnerships.

[1:03:03] I guess this is me

[1:03:09] So, the Spanish Fork Police Department,

[1:03:12] our our mission, we try to align the

[1:03:13] advocacy mission um to coincide with the

[1:03:17] Spanish Fork City mission where we want

[1:03:19] to make sure that we are building a

[1:03:21] vibrant community and we are supporting

[1:03:22] those that live here um and treating

[1:03:25] them with dignity and respect during

[1:03:27] their periods of high stress and extreme

[1:03:30] crisis. So, part of the way we're going

[1:03:33] to do that is just to ensure that every

[1:03:34] victim is safe and that they have an

[1:03:37] empowered pathway to justice and um to

[1:03:40] healing.

[1:03:44] In reviewing the VOCA grant for this

[1:03:46] year, I'm kind of right in the process

[1:03:47] of all the reports. We've seen a 13.2%

[1:03:51] surge since July 1st of 2024. So over a

[1:03:56] two-year period, we've seen an increase

[1:03:59] in our community's domestic violence,

[1:04:02] stalking, and harassment, and then late

[1:04:04] reporting of sexual assault cases. So,

[1:04:08] um, in seeing this, uh, we can kind of

[1:04:11] look at and determine that we need to

[1:04:14] make, um, maybe some padded resources,

[1:04:19] um, for those in our community that are

[1:04:20] experiencing these things. Um it also

[1:04:23] shows that uh the effectiveness of the

[1:04:26] VOCA grant. So 13.2% is uh quite low in

[1:04:32] comparison to some other communities

[1:04:34] around us. So the victim advocacy

[1:04:37] program has been working well to get to

[1:04:40] victims um quickly and to help them

[1:04:42] through that process. Um where we could

[1:04:45] bolster that is maybe with a little more

[1:04:47] community education in the future.

[1:04:52] In looking at this slide, this is the

[1:04:54] total number of victims that we served

[1:04:56] in uh the VOCA grant period from July

[1:04:59] 1st of 25 through June 30th of 26.

[1:05:04] We served about 203 individuals. These

[1:05:07] are individuals that charges were filed

[1:05:10] or reports were filed by the police

[1:05:12] department and then um the city

[1:05:15] attorney's office um press charges. So

[1:05:19] we can say that among those that uh we

[1:05:22] served, their needs ranged from um

[1:05:26] information and referrals to outside

[1:05:28] sources, uh criminal justice assistance

[1:05:31] with getting protective orders, stalking

[1:05:33] injunctions, and then emotional support

[1:05:36] and safety. Um the personal advocacy and

[1:05:39] accompaniment, that number is a little

[1:05:41] low only because court is in Spanish

[1:05:44] Fork. I'm in the police department. Um

[1:05:46] and the previous victim advocate and I

[1:05:48] we we were in court Monday and Thursday.

[1:05:51] So victims don't really need to ask for

[1:05:54] accompanyment. We're we're always

[1:05:55] usually there.

[1:05:58] This slide shows the total number of

[1:06:01] services provided. So outside of those

[1:06:04] 200 unique individuals, you can see that

[1:06:06] we provided almost 900 additional

[1:06:09] support services to the community. And

[1:06:12] what this tells us is that

[1:06:15] when a victim goes through a crisis,

[1:06:16] it's not a oneanddone phone call and

[1:06:19] then pass them along to someone else.

[1:06:21] It's a multi-layered uh layered approach

[1:06:24] to providing services over the life um

[1:06:28] of that judicial process. And sometimes

[1:06:31] maybe that's three months. Um, I'm on

[1:06:34] some cases now that we're we're going

[1:06:36] into the second year of dealing with

[1:06:38] those individuals and helping them

[1:06:40] through that process.

[1:06:42] One of the things that we do see a lot

[1:06:44] of are a lot of people in our community

[1:06:46] who don't call the police to file

[1:06:49] charges, but they do want services. they

[1:06:52] do want assistance and other referrals

[1:06:55] um for the situations that they're in

[1:06:57] for stalking, intimate partner violence,

[1:07:00] um domestic violence, um assaults, and

[1:07:04] so those those have also been provided

[1:07:08] um through our advocacy program at the

[1:07:10] police department.

[1:07:12] So, one of the ways we we're going to

[1:07:15] tackle that 13.2% is scene to service

[1:07:19] automation. So, um, I did a survey with

[1:07:22] the police officers and previous

[1:07:24] victims. And one of the things that was

[1:07:27] mentioned is they would like less paper.

[1:07:29] Officers would like less paper to to

[1:07:31] keep in the vehicles and have to pass

[1:07:33] out. And victims would like less of a

[1:07:35] paper trail for partners and family

[1:07:38] members to find. So, what we've done is

[1:07:41] we've created the new victim service

[1:07:44] pamphlets in front of you, both in

[1:07:46] English and in Spanish. Those pamphlets

[1:07:49] have all of the mandated

[1:07:52] um legal rights that I have to inform

[1:07:54] the victim of. So there's the victim

[1:07:57] rights, there's the court process in

[1:07:59] there, there's the confidentiality

[1:08:02] because that is limited with the police

[1:08:03] department. Um victims do not have 100%

[1:08:06] confidentiality with me. That's limited.

[1:08:09] Um and they need to be aware of that

[1:08:11] upfront.

[1:08:12] So we um kind of created this. So the

[1:08:17] officers on scene can have that victim

[1:08:22] register for services in less than a

[1:08:25] minute. So they can scan that QR code.

[1:08:29] That uh registration is in English and

[1:08:31] in Spanish and I get an automated

[1:08:34] notification immediately. So as soon as

[1:08:36] they hit send, I get a notification.

[1:08:40] Once that notification is received, a

[1:08:43] countdown timer starts for me. know I

[1:08:46] have 72 hours to make sure that I have

[1:08:49] met with that victim, provided services

[1:08:51] or safety planning and then move them to

[1:08:54] the VOCA grant tracking system. And the

[1:08:57] way that looks for me is when they come

[1:09:00] across it's green in 48 hours it turns

[1:09:04] yellow and I get a second notification.

[1:09:07] In 72 hours it turns red and I get two

[1:09:10] notifications a day until I can meet

[1:09:12] with them and move them off. So, our

[1:09:15] goal with that is just to make sure that

[1:09:18] we are not missing any victims. They're

[1:09:20] not falling through the cracks. Um, and

[1:09:23] we're making it easier for the officers

[1:09:26] on scene. Um, it's very stressful um

[1:09:30] time to be dealing with a victim doing

[1:09:32] reporting. Victims are very stressed.

[1:09:36] Um, so this automated system will make

[1:09:38] it easy for the officers to help the

[1:09:42] victim register and then they don't need

[1:09:44] to remember to make a referral to me

[1:09:46] later and that's how the old process

[1:09:48] worked. Um, so part of the resources are

[1:09:52] the bilingual trifold that you have

[1:09:55] there and then with the QR code there's

[1:09:58] just no barrier uh to that and it's 100%

[1:10:02] confidential. So when it's um uploaded

[1:10:05] to their phone and they fill it out,

[1:10:07] it's incognito mode. So should they need

[1:10:09] to pause at any moment, nobody can see

[1:10:13] that it's on their phone. Um and then

[1:10:15] once they click register, it's gone. So

[1:10:20] there's nothing lingering for them. Um

[1:10:23] and then the case load tracker starts

[1:10:25] for me and we make contact and move

[1:10:28] through those protocols that are

[1:10:30] necessary um to follow up.

[1:10:33] The other thing that we're going to do u

[1:10:36] moving forward is we're going to kind of

[1:10:39] uh try to um meet the gap in legal

[1:10:43] services. So, as an advocate for the

[1:10:46] police department, um I am not legally

[1:10:48] allowed to help um a victim apply for a

[1:10:52] civil stalking injunction or a civil

[1:10:55] protective order. Um I can give them

[1:11:00] directions. I can refer them to Utah

[1:11:02] legal aid. I can temp legal services,

[1:11:05] but I cannot sit with them in that

[1:11:07] moment of crisis and help them complete

[1:11:09] those documents

[1:11:12] with um And I also can't um attend their

[1:11:15] court hearings and sit with them in that

[1:11:18] hearing where they have to face their um

[1:11:21] alleged abuser.

[1:11:24] So what the this new program through the

[1:11:26] community um justice advocate program,

[1:11:30] it's called the CAP program, and that's

[1:11:32] just um the community advocate partners

[1:11:35] program. And that's a course, a 12-week

[1:11:37] long course uh that I will take um and

[1:11:41] then I have to take a licensing and

[1:11:43] certification for that. And what that

[1:11:45] will do is allow me to help those

[1:11:48] victims, sit with them and help them

[1:11:50] fill out those civil stocking

[1:11:53] injunctions and those civil protective

[1:11:55] orders. And it will allow me to be in

[1:11:58] court with them and sit with them at the

[1:12:01] council table for support. Um and in our

[1:12:05] community. We're not really termed a

[1:12:07] rural community, but we still have very

[1:12:09] much a rural field. And um services that

[1:12:14] I need to refer victims to, they have to

[1:12:17] go to Provo and Orum because those those

[1:12:21] free legal services are not here in

[1:12:23] Spanish Fork. And so we're going to

[1:12:25] bridge that gap by offering this service

[1:12:28] so that victims aren't frustrated.

[1:12:30] They're not having to [clears throat]

[1:12:31] wait. they're not waiting to find

[1:12:33] transportation

[1:12:34] or a family member who can go with them.

[1:12:38] Um, and that I think will help um help

[1:12:41] us be able to increase and elevate our

[1:12:43] victim services here in Spanish Fort and

[1:12:46] kind of um modernize it and bring it up

[1:12:50] to speed.

[1:12:51] And then just as a summary, we're just

[1:12:55] addressing that 13% rise in local victim

[1:12:58] services um by using those VOCA grant

[1:13:02] resources and modernizing the access to

[1:13:05] those services for our diverse community

[1:13:08] and then uh partnering safely with um

[1:13:12] other legal services to make sure that

[1:13:15] we are providing a um whole service to

[1:13:19] victims in Spanish Fork.

[1:13:21] So

[1:13:23] I appreciate the opportunity.

[1:13:26] >> Are there any questions?

[1:13:27] >> Go ahead. What happens if the victim

[1:13:29] doesn't have a phone and can't use the

[1:13:31] QR code? So, if they don't have the

[1:13:34] phone, then they would there would still

[1:13:36] need to be the traditional uh way that

[1:13:39] we've always done referrals, which means

[1:13:41] that the officer when they get ready to

[1:13:43] file their report would email me or come

[1:13:46] to my office and say, "We have an

[1:13:49] individual who would like services."

[1:13:51] >> Okay.

[1:13:52] Um the other thing that they uh can do

[1:13:55] frequently we have people that just walk

[1:13:57] in walk in the front because they'll go

[1:14:00] to get groceries and then you know come

[1:14:02] to the police department and so we do

[1:14:04] still a lot of face toface

[1:14:07] um walk-ins in Spanish Fork. Okay.

[1:14:10] >> Thank you.

[1:14:11] >> I was just going to say thank you for

[1:14:12] what you do. I know that your job is not

[1:14:15] easy at all. So, thank you for being

[1:14:17] that advocate for those who are in some

[1:14:20] of the toughest times of their life.

[1:14:22] >> I really enjoy it. I've I've really

[1:14:24] honestly enjoyed

[1:14:26] uh being at the Spanish Fort Police

[1:14:27] Department. I I had a it was very hard

[1:14:30] for me to leave workforce services that

[1:14:32] office. We had a lot of cohesion and a

[1:14:34] lot of good uh support for my

[1:14:37] co-workers. And so, I was a little

[1:14:39] nervous to make a jump to a new

[1:14:40] organization. And that jump has been

[1:14:43] seamless. I have had nothing but support

[1:14:46] all the way around. The officers have

[1:14:48] been fantastic. Um we have a lot of

[1:14:51] really dedicated um officers that value

[1:14:55] the safety of our community and um have

[1:14:58] just been right on board assisting me.

[1:15:00] And then the staff has just been really

[1:15:03] great and supportive. So I I appreciate

[1:15:06] the opportunity and I really hope I can

[1:15:08] make a good impact here.

[1:15:10] >> It's good to put a a face to the name. A

[1:15:13] couple weeks ago, I was talking to a

[1:15:14] resident and her older teenage daughter

[1:15:18] walked in after parking in the parking

[1:15:20] lot for a little while and got brave

[1:15:22] enough to go in and and talk to you and this person was ranting and raving

[1:15:26] about you and and we've had amazing

[1:15:28] victim advocates and and it is you're there for some really integral

[1:15:32] parts in one person's life, but then

[1:15:35] that also affects the entire family. So,

[1:15:38] thank you.

[1:15:38] >> It does. Yeah. And we have a really

[1:15:42] being housed at the police department's

[1:15:43] also been wonderful because we have a

[1:15:45] really great legal team there. And I

[1:15:47] can't say enough about Tanner and and

[1:15:50] Josh and their team. They they've held

[1:15:52] my hand and helped me learn how to

[1:15:55] access all the programs. So, it's really

[1:16:00] been wonderful. But thank you so much.

[1:16:02] >> I would say thank you, too. I think you

[1:16:04] missed one more slide and that's the

[1:16:06] ask.

[1:16:06] >> Oh, yeah. Did you want to ask me a

[1:16:08] question? No, you should have been asked

[1:16:10] us [laughter] for something. I mean, do

[1:16:13] you need something from us? Can we help

[1:16:15] you in your role? Because Jesse's right.

[1:16:17] This is a tough job.

[1:16:18] >> Definitely going to be asked in the

[1:16:19] future, but like Chief said, I've just

[1:16:21] been here eight weeks and so I haven't

[1:16:23] done a

[1:16:24] >> doesn't stop Chief.

[1:16:24] >> I I haven't done a

[1:16:27] >> a full audit of the program yet to see

[1:16:30] where I think I might need some

[1:16:32] additional resources, but when I get

[1:16:33] there, um, for sure. Uh,

[1:16:35] >> do you want dragging Maine? Do you want

[1:16:37] cruising back on Main Street? I mean,

[1:16:38] it's

[1:16:39] >> I grew up doing that. So, not here.

[1:16:41] [laughter] But

[1:16:42] >> no, I would I would very much not like

[1:16:45] that back. But

[1:16:47] >> when my teenager is an adult and off on

[1:16:49] his own, we can talk about it, but

[1:16:50] [laughter] right now, no.

[1:16:52] >> I don't know. Back to that. We have a

[1:16:54] choice. They can be on a screen or

[1:16:55] Maine. Where do we want them?

[1:16:57] >> Main.

[1:16:58] >> I don't mind the main street rotting.

[1:17:00] It's the parking lot loitering that

[1:17:02] really

[1:17:03] >> 100%.

[1:17:04] >> Yep.

[1:17:06] We digress.

[1:17:07] >> Yes.

[1:17:08] >> Thank you.

[1:17:08] a ton.

[1:17:10] >> Great job.

[1:17:11] >> Okay.

[1:17:13] >> It's great to have the victim's

[1:17:14] advocate. I think, you know, we we've

[1:17:16] had the book a grant, but we haven't had

[1:17:18] these kinds of reports, I think, in the,

[1:17:21] you know, longer term history of of the

[1:17:24] program. So, I love it. I think it's a great thing to keep the the

[1:17:28] victim's advocate services that we

[1:17:30] provide front and center. So, thank you,

[1:17:32] Mora.

[1:17:34] >> Okay. Okay, next we have consent items.

[1:17:36] Can I get a motion?

[1:17:38] >> I move to approve the consent items.

[1:17:40] >> Motion made by Councilman Carden.

[1:17:43] >> Second.

[1:17:43] by Councilman Marshall. All in

[1:17:46] favor say yes.

[1:17:47] >> Yes.

[1:17:48] >> Oops. It's a roll call. Right, Tara?

[1:17:51] >> Okay. Councilman Marshall?

[1:17:53] >> Yes.

[1:17:54] >> Councilman Oiler?

[1:17:55] >> Yes.

[1:17:55] >> Councilman Carden?

[1:17:57] >> Yes.

[1:17:58] >> Councilwoman Beck? Yes.

[1:18:00] >> I'm kind of thrown off with you not

[1:18:01] yelling at us our last names.

[1:18:02] >> Oh, could you please start that?

[1:18:05] You just want last names.

[1:18:07] >> It does make it easier. It

[1:18:08] >> does. Especially when we move into this

[1:18:09] next part.

[1:18:10] >> Yes. Okay. Let's move on and adjourn

[1:18:12] into the local building authority.

[1:18:16] >> Move to go into the local building

[1:18:17] authority.

[1:18:18] >> Second.

[1:18:18] >> Okay. I have a motion by Councilman

[1:18:20] Marshall, a second by Councilman Oiler.

[1:18:22] All in favor? Oh, roll call vote.

[1:18:24] Councilman Oiler.

[1:18:25] >> Yes.

[1:18:26] >> Councilman Carden,

[1:18:27] >> yes.

[1:18:27] >> Councilman Marshall,

[1:18:28] >> yes.

[1:18:29] >> Councilwoman Beck, yes. So, now we're

[1:18:31] moving to chairs and vice chair.

[1:18:35] >> Trustees.

[1:18:37] >> You're the vice. You're the vice chair,

[1:18:39] though.

[1:18:40] >> Okay. Yep.

[1:18:43] >> Jordan, come on up. Save me.

[1:18:45] >> All right. We're going to be talking

[1:18:47] about uh bond issuance public hearing.

[1:18:50] >> I think we have to do some minutes

[1:18:51] first. Jordan,

[1:18:52] >> do we need to do the consent?

[1:18:53] >> Yeah.

[1:18:53] >> Yep.

[1:18:54] >> Okay. Can I get a motion for the consent

[1:18:58] items for the LBA?

[1:19:01] So moved.

[1:19:03] Second.

[1:19:05] >> Trustee Cardins made the motion and

[1:19:07] Trustee Marshall seconded that. All in

[1:19:10] favor say yes.

[1:19:11] >> Yes.

[1:19:12] >> Okay. Jordan, the LBA minutes.

[1:19:14] >> Now it's his turn. I think it's a roll

[1:19:16] call.

[1:19:16] >> I think we all said yes at different

[1:19:18] times, so I think we might be all right.

[1:19:20] >> It doesn't say roll call, though.

[1:19:22] >> Okay.

[1:19:23] >> On the minutes it does.

[1:19:24] >> Minutes does. That's the only thing in

[1:19:26] the consent are the minutes.

[1:19:28] >> All right.

[1:19:29] Um the LBA bond issuance public hearing.

[1:19:33] We discussed this last council meeting.

[1:19:35] Um I think ad nauseium. Um but the bond

[1:19:39] issuance is for two different buildings.

[1:19:41] The fire station next door that's being

[1:19:44] built and a possible public works

[1:19:46] building as well. Um the amount is set

[1:19:50] quite high. um that's a parameter not to

[1:19:53] exceed and there's a uh

[1:19:58] that's set in a way that allows us to uh

[1:20:01] issue once we determine what the amount

[1:20:04] will be um the public works building. We

[1:20:07] don't know exactly what that amount is

[1:20:08] going to be right now. Um this bond is

[1:20:12] an LBA bond which means that the

[1:20:14] collateral is the buildings themselves

[1:20:17] as well. Um, but any questions on this?

[1:20:25] >> No.

[1:20:25] >> Okay.

[1:20:27] >> So, we Jonathan, do you want to give us

[1:20:28] any direction? I don't think we've ever

[1:20:30] done two public hearings on the exact

[1:20:32] same thing. And then you're going to

[1:20:35] say, well, they're not the exact same

[1:20:36] thing. One's on this and one's on that.

[1:20:38] So, maybe give us some clarification as

[1:20:40] to why why two. And and then we can

[1:20:43] corral the 70 people that want to speak

[1:20:44] about it into the right lane.

[1:20:47] Yeah, there's actually they are for the

[1:20:49] same reason. It's for the public to be

[1:20:51] heard, but they're two separate u

[1:20:55] two separate parts or sections of the

[1:20:57] code that requires two distinct public

[1:21:01] hearings. So, you open up one, hear the

[1:21:04] public's comments, you close, you open

[1:21:06] up another one, hear the public's

[1:21:08] comments, close, but they're really for

[1:21:10] the the exact same purpose, for the

[1:21:12] public to be heard. Specifically, one

[1:21:15] says in the code uh the public's comment

[1:21:18] should be addressed about how this uh

[1:21:21] particular project competes with the

[1:21:23] private sector. That was one uh one

[1:21:26] section of the code. I don't know that

[1:21:28] the fire station or public works

[1:21:29] building does compete with the private

[1:21:31] sector. But if there's public comment to

[1:21:34] the contrary, that's why you have the

[1:21:35] hearing. Then the other comment or the

[1:21:39] other comment period or public hearing

[1:21:40] is for the for the public to voice their

[1:21:43] comments about the project or

[1:21:46] specifically the financing tool the

[1:21:48] lease revenue bonds through the local.

[1:21:53] >> Thanks Jonathan.

[1:21:55] >> Hey can I get a motion to go into a

[1:21:56] public hearing?

[1:21:59] >> So moved.

[1:22:00] >> We have to specify which one it's for.

[1:22:04] >> Yeah. Yeah. The first one I think we've

[1:22:06] noticed is the economic impact of the

[1:22:08] issuance of the lease revenue bonds and

[1:22:10] then the second one would be

[1:22:12] >> issuance of it.

[1:22:13] >> The general issuance of it. Yeah.

[1:22:14] >> Okay. I move that we move into LBA

[1:22:17] public hearing for the economic impact

[1:22:19] of the issuance of the lease revenue and

[1:22:21] refund refunding bonds.

[1:22:24] >> Okay. I have a motion by trustee

[1:22:26] Marshall.

[1:22:27] >> Second.

[1:22:27] >> A second by trustee Carden. All in favor

[1:22:29] say yes.

[1:22:30] >> Yes.

[1:22:32] >> Okay. Is there anyone out there that

[1:22:33] would like to address us?

[1:22:35] Okay, seeing none, can I get a motion to

[1:22:37] go out of public hearing?

[1:22:39] >> So moved.

[1:22:40] >> Motion made by Trusty Marshall.

[1:22:42] >> Second.

[1:22:42] by Trustee Oiler. All in favor

[1:22:45] say yes.

[1:22:45] >> Yes.

[1:22:47] >> Any comments up here?

[1:22:51] >> Okay. Now we go into a second public

[1:22:53] hearing, right?

[1:22:54] >> Yep.

[1:22:55] >> Move that we go into public hearing for

[1:22:56] the LBA public input of the issuance of

[1:22:58] lease revenue and refunding bonds.

[1:23:01] >> A motion by trustee Oiler. Second.

[1:23:05] >> Second by Trustee Marshall. All in favor

[1:23:07] say yes.

[1:23:08] >> Yes.

[1:23:10] >> Okay. Are there any public comments for

[1:23:11] this one?

[1:23:14] >> Seeing none, can I get a motion to go

[1:23:15] out of the public hearing?

[1:23:17] >> So moved.

[1:23:18] >> Second.

[1:23:18] >> Okay. Motion by Trustee Cardon, second

[1:23:21] by Trustee Marshall. All in favor say

[1:23:23] yes.

[1:23:23] >> Yes.

[1:23:24] >> Thank you.

[1:23:25] >> I move to reconvene to city council.

[1:23:30] Hey,

[1:23:32] >> have to adjurnn and reconvene.

[1:23:34] >> Okay.

[1:23:35] >> Yeah, you can do it all at once.

[1:23:37] >> Move to adjourn

[1:23:38] >> or reconvene to city council. We already

[1:23:41] did. We already adjourned.

[1:23:42] >> We already adjourned, right?

[1:23:43] >> No. Not from LB.

[1:23:44] >> I move to adjourn from local building

[1:23:45] and reconvene to back to city council.

[1:23:47] >> Second.

[1:23:47] >> Okay. Motion made by Trustee Cardan,

[1:23:49] second by Councilman Marshall. All in

[1:23:51] favor say yes.

[1:23:53] >> Yes. Yes.

[1:23:53] >> Yes. And now we're now we reconvene back

[1:23:56] into council. Yep. Yep.

[1:23:58] >> Okay.

[1:24:01] All right, new business. Dave Anderson.

[1:24:07] » Madam Chair, thank you. We uh

[1:24:10] are proposing tonight that the city

[1:24:13] council accept

[1:24:15] once again the South Valley Village

[1:24:19] annexation for further study. This first

[1:24:22] happened three years ago,

[1:24:24] and given the timing of that original

[1:24:27] acceptance of this

[1:24:29] annexation for further consideration or further

[1:24:34] study. Um the three-year

[1:24:38] application period will come to a close

[1:24:40] in the middle of next month. The

[1:24:43] applicants are are continuing to pursue

[1:24:46] both the annexation and a proposed

[1:24:48] development associated with both the

[1:24:51] area that's included in the annexation

[1:24:53] and properties that they control to the

[1:24:55] east of the annexation area.

[1:24:58] As you can see on this map, the area

[1:25:00] that we're talking about is souththeast

[1:25:04] of the Dry Creek interchange that will

[1:25:06] open here very soon. Um there it's

[1:25:10] outlined there in the yellow. That's

[1:25:12] about 18 acres. I believe the area that

[1:25:15] the applicants, like I said, control and

[1:25:18] have included in a proposed development

[1:25:19] is about four times that size.

[1:25:22] um to just mention really quickly a

[1:25:25] little bit more about the process and

[1:25:26] where this would be. Um in essence, this

[1:25:28] would be a continuation of what has been

[1:25:32] again as I said earlier in process for

[1:25:34] about three years. Um if you accept

[1:25:36] this, we will recommence the process of

[1:25:39] providing public notice to different

[1:25:40] entities and just going through um a

[1:25:43] number of different steps that are

[1:25:44] outlined in Utah code.

[1:25:47] But uh should the council accept this

[1:25:50] annexation for further consideration

[1:25:52] again tonight, that would allow us to

[1:25:55] work with the applicants to see them

[1:25:57] through a continuation of the process

[1:25:59] that once again they've been working on

[1:26:02] for some time. So I feel like I'm being

[1:26:04] really redundant in describing things

[1:26:07] and it kind of is. You've been through

[1:26:08] this before. Um but um as has been the

[1:26:12] case with some other annexations that

[1:26:13] have taken quite some time to go through

[1:26:16] the process, we're back here um for that

[1:26:19] reason. Um the um very foreseeable

[1:26:24] expiration of the existing application

[1:26:26] that we have and I also feel like I

[1:26:28] should mention that we think it's

[1:26:31] important to

[1:26:33] recommence this annexation process

[1:26:36] because the proposed annex the proposed

[1:26:40] annexation boundary has slightly changed

[1:26:44] and it is a it's a fairly minor change.

[1:26:47] It's the result of the Utah Department

[1:26:49] of Transportation having purchased some

[1:26:51] property that's adjacent to the

[1:26:53] annexation area to the west. Um, so for

[1:26:57] those two reasons, the boundary change

[1:27:01] and the timing of the annexation,

[1:27:04] uh, we're here tonight to ask the city

[1:27:06] council to accept this annexation once

[1:27:08] again for further study.

[1:27:12] [snorts]

[1:27:16] » Okay, any questions?

[1:27:18] >> I one

[1:27:20] that could lead to 12. No, I'm just

[1:27:22] kidding. Um,

[1:27:24] I think One of the last times we had a

[1:27:26] conversation about annexation for

[1:27:28] further study, it came back from the

[1:27:30] study and we debated the um

[1:27:35] the recommended zone that would come

[1:27:37] into the city, right? We debated on

[1:27:39] whether or not we'd ever done one as

[1:27:42] what was it? A

[1:27:43] >> yeah,

[1:27:44] >> it was coming in a we knew was going to

[1:27:45] be developed

[1:27:46] >> industrial.

[1:27:47] I'm not suggesting you put a

[1:27:50] zone on this, but I'm I want to see this

[1:27:53] evaluated as consistent with the general

[1:27:56] plan, which is not agg there. So, don't

[1:27:59] come back to us and say, "Here's what

[1:28:01] would happen if this was a here's the

[1:28:03] effects of it." It needs to come back

[1:28:05] with here's what would happen, here are

[1:28:07] the effects if it was developed like the

[1:28:09] general plan.

[1:28:11] That's my my only feedback.

[1:28:14] And I think that was like going into

[1:28:16] this it's like why hasn't it been done?

[1:28:18] It's been three years, right? Like you

[1:28:20] don't have to do zoning per se. But I

[1:28:22] think that's probably the reason why is

[1:28:23] because as we've heard this applicant

[1:28:25] has kind of went back and forth on what

[1:28:27] exactly they're going to do in this

[1:28:28] area. So but it's probably been hard for

[1:28:30] city staff. I'd assume maybe I'm giving

[1:28:31] you a scapegoat, but the

[1:28:33] >> No, I'm not I'm not I'm not at all

[1:28:35] putting the blame on city staff. I think

[1:28:37] the applicant has gone through Well, we

[1:28:39] went through a general plan update. They

[1:28:41] went through some challenges with the

[1:28:43] property. UD bought a piece from them. I

[1:28:45] think it's legit to continue this for

[1:28:46] sure. Um but it it's not reasonable to

[1:28:51] tell the public that we've studied this

[1:28:53] coming in the city as something that it

[1:28:55] will not be and that is agriculture.

[1:28:57] That we know it's going to be planned

[1:28:59] for some sort of development and I think

[1:29:01] we need to understand what the

[1:29:02] ramifications of that is so that we can

[1:29:05] make an informed decision on whether we

[1:29:06] should annex or not.

[1:29:08] So

[1:29:10] >> Kevin, you look like you don't agree

[1:29:12] with me.

[1:29:13] >> No, I do in a way

[1:29:17] not completely just a way sometimes this

[1:29:21] area for you know how do I say this?

[1:29:24] >> I don't know that they can say or even

[1:29:26] the city can say what this is going to

[1:29:28] be because of the even the general plan.

[1:29:30] It's I think mixed use

[1:29:33] if I remember right which means it could

[1:29:35] be residential. It could be it could be

[1:29:37] commercial. It could be any of those

[1:29:39] things. Probably won't be agg to your

[1:29:41] point, but to give it a a designation.

[1:29:46] >> So, I'm I'm not suggesting they give us

[1:29:48] a designation. That's not it. Okay.

[1:29:49] >> It should be evaluated consistent with

[1:29:52] the general plan. Well, if it's

[1:29:53] mixeduse, then apply mixeduse criteria

[1:29:57] to

[1:29:57] >> any of these things is what it could be.

[1:29:59] that has a different

[1:30:02] impact to the rest of the city than

[1:30:05] Awood or

[1:30:07] >> you know R14

[1:30:08] >> or R. Yes.

[1:30:11] >> Thank you. That's all I'm saying is be

[1:30:13] consistent with the general plan. We

[1:30:14] know what the general plan says. So we

[1:30:16] evaluate it consistent with that.

[1:30:19] >> I think that's fair enough. Any thoughts

[1:30:21] on that, Dave? Any concerns?

[1:30:22] >> Uh helpful direction. I appreciate it.

[1:30:26] >> Thank you. Do you want that in the Are

[1:30:28] we making a motion?

[1:30:29] >> Yeah, there's a motion there.

[1:30:31] >> Do you want that in a motion or are you

[1:30:32] good with the direction?

[1:30:35] >> I think that's very clear and frankly I

[1:30:36] think that aligns with my

[1:30:38] >> You're going to do it anyway. Yeah,

[1:30:39] pretty well. So,

[1:30:40] >> perfect. [clears throat]

[1:30:42] >> Okay. Can I get a motion?

[1:30:45] >> I move to accept the South Valley

[1:30:47] annexation for further study.

[1:30:50] >> Motion made by Councilman Marshall.

[1:30:52] >> Second.

[1:30:53] by Councilman Carden. Roll call

[1:30:55] vote. Councilman Carden. Yes.

[1:30:57] >> Councilman Oiler.

[1:30:58] >> Yes.

[1:30:58] >> Councilman Marshall.

[1:30:59] >> Yes.

[1:30:59] >> Councilwoman Beck. Yes.

[1:31:01] >> You always get to go last.

[1:31:03] >> I don't know. That's how mayor. Yeah.

[1:31:05] >> He doesn't vote.

[1:31:06] >> Mayor doesn't.

[1:31:07] >> I'm just

[1:31:08] >> You're You're in a tricky tricky spot

[1:31:10] for sure.

[1:31:11] >> Okay. Tara, were we really clear at the

[1:31:13] beginning of the meeting that this item

[1:31:15] 18 is tabled or do we need to do?

[1:31:17] >> Still need a motion.

[1:31:18] >> We need a motion to do that.

[1:31:20] >> I move that we table item 18, the

[1:31:22] discussion items listed for

[1:31:26] I don't know if it says on there.

[1:31:28] Islanded Power and Data Centers.

[1:31:30] >> Okay. Motion by Councilman Oiler.

[1:31:32] >> Second.

[1:31:33] by Councilman Marshall. All in

[1:31:35] favor say yes.

[1:31:36] >> Yes.

[1:31:40] >> Now, City Manager Seth Perne has

[1:31:45] >> modium.

[1:31:46] >> The mic.

[1:31:48] You told us 10 minutes. If you can start

[1:31:50] the timer. This is not an agenda agenda

[1:31:52] item, but uh today is uh the last city

[1:31:56] council meeting that we will have uh

[1:31:58] Dale Robinson as our parks and

[1:32:00] recreation director for the public that

[1:32:03] will be watching this or is watching

[1:32:04] this today. Dale has announced his

[1:32:07] retirement and he'll retire at the end

[1:32:09] of July and we won't have a council

[1:32:11] meeting in the middle of July because of

[1:32:14] yesterday. So, this is his last city

[1:32:16] council meeting and and Dale has been

[1:32:18] attending city council meetings for the

[1:32:20] better well the entire century actually.

[1:32:25] Uh, and it's this is kind of a big deal.

[1:32:29] U, it's a big part of of who we are. If

[1:32:31] you'll go ahead and put those pictures

[1:32:33] up for a moment. Um, these are not all

[1:32:36] of the pictures that we have of Dale,

[1:32:37] but these are some pictures um of Dale.

[1:32:40] And I'd like to tell

[1:32:44] >> started.

[1:32:44] >> Pardon?

[1:32:45] >> This is his first day.

[1:32:46] >> Oh, there he is.

[1:32:48] >> I love Will you pause it just for a

[1:32:50] second? Will you Dale has been

[1:32:52] >> Seth is there?

[1:32:53] >> Yeah. Just the second picture. Dale has

[1:32:55] been I need I need to back up before I

[1:32:58] >> I'm not gonna be able to like stop.

[1:32:59] >> I won't talk about every one of them,

[1:33:01] but I just there's something in this

[1:33:02] picture that I think is hilarious. Dale

[1:33:04] has been boring people in council

[1:33:06] meetings

[1:33:07] forever. I mean, look at Steve Le in

[1:33:10] this. He's sound asleep.

[1:33:11] >> He's gone.

[1:33:11] >> He is [laughter]

[1:33:12] >> I mean, look at me. I am

[1:33:13] >> He was young then.

[1:33:14] >> I know. And I'm mad. I'm like, what are

[1:33:16] you doing? I was mad at him then like I

[1:33:19] am tonight.

[1:33:20] >> Were you the city manager in this?

[1:33:21] >> You I was not.

[1:33:22] >> No. So he didn't really care.

[1:33:24] >> And he still does it.

[1:33:26] >> Yeah. U Dale's been the parks and rec uh

[1:33:28] he's been with us in some capacities

[1:33:31] since the mid 90s. He started here

[1:33:33] actually not as a city employee but kind

[1:33:35] of uh he was a quasi employee working

[1:33:37] for the Nebo school district and uh he

[1:33:40] was in what's called the community

[1:33:41] schools program. This no longer a part

[1:33:43] of what we do. Um but he was then after

[1:33:46] Jack Swinson retired became our p our

[1:33:48] parks and recreation director. He is our

[1:33:50] second parks and recreation director uh

[1:33:53] in the city's history. So really a big

[1:33:56] deal. And I don't actually know how long

[1:33:58] Jack was the parks and rec director, but

[1:34:00] I'm assuming probably not as long as you

[1:34:03] officially.

[1:34:08] » Yeah. Yeah. Uh but Dale has seen a lot

[1:34:12] of incredible growth and change about

[1:34:14] the city and and he's going to talk

[1:34:16] about he we'll give him a moment here to

[1:34:18] talk about it. But I think it's worth

[1:34:20] highlighting u some of what I think are

[1:34:23] some of his greatest uh accomplishments

[1:34:25] or things that he's been able to

[1:34:26] participate in. Um and a lot of them are

[1:34:29] highlighted in these pictures as they

[1:34:30] rotate around. They're not rotating.

[1:34:33] >> I would love for them to rotate. Yeah.

[1:34:34] To get me off of there. Um

[1:34:38] [clears throat] starting of course with

[1:34:39] perhaps the most recent the Fit City

[1:34:41] Center. I think um if we didn't if if

[1:34:44] the fit city center project hadn't

[1:34:45] started uh Dell probably could have

[1:34:48] retired earlier. Um but he wanted to be

[1:34:53] a part of that and it was something that as you as a council decided that

[1:34:58] was uh something you wanted to do. he

[1:35:00] wanted to have uh the ability to

[1:35:02] participate and I with that I want to

[1:35:05] highlight in the all abilities park in

[1:35:07] the north park uh the sports park uh of

[1:35:11] course the fit city center the

[1:35:12] fairgrounds

[1:35:14] if you think about some of the

[1:35:15] facilities that we have um they're

[1:35:18] amazing and some of our parks are really

[1:35:20] just grass and a backs stop right you've

[1:35:22] got some parks that are pretty simple uh

[1:35:24] but some of our parks are true

[1:35:28] gems and perhaps some of the greatest

[1:35:30] amenities um you know in in this county

[1:35:33] perhaps the state as they're amazing and honestly one of the reasons not the

[1:35:38] only reason but one of the reasons they

[1:35:40] are as great as they are is because Dale

[1:35:42] has an eye for great detail and he has a

[1:35:46] vision of of how things could be and how

[1:35:50] things perhaps ought to be. Sometimes uh

[1:35:53] he and the city manager whether that's

[1:35:55] Dave Oiler or me sometimes we get at

[1:35:58] kind of loggerheads over well we don't

[1:35:59] have the money for this we need to focus

[1:36:01] on this or that and Dale really will

[1:36:03] focus on let's do it right let's figure

[1:36:06] it out there are some fun stories we

[1:36:08] don't need to share them all here but

[1:36:09] there are fun stories where Dale I

[1:36:11] believe this is important and we need to

[1:36:13] do it this way and and eventually

[1:36:15] working through those challenges to get

[1:36:16] it that way we don't often focus on for

[1:36:19] example the fairgrounds uh the look of

[1:36:22] the fairgrounds and and I think it's

[1:36:24] worth saying uh and repeating um as you

[1:36:27] drive along Main Street, the fairgrounds

[1:36:29] has a very prominent view and uh if you

[1:36:32] remember what the fairgrounds used to

[1:36:34] look like in 2010 uh and the view from

[1:36:37] Main Street, it wasn't as beautiful as

[1:36:40] it is today. And perhaps perhaps age had

[1:36:43] something to do with that, right? But

[1:36:44] when we rebuilt the fairgrounds uh

[1:36:46] outdoor arena, Dale had a vision of we

[1:36:50] are a baseball town. Can we make the

[1:36:53] fairgrounds arena look like a baseball

[1:36:55] arena too? Not just a not just the

[1:36:59] underside of grandstands, right? That

[1:37:03] book was written by an author named

[1:37:04] Seymour Butts, but to make it look like

[1:37:08] a beautiful structure. And so Shane, as

[1:37:11] you drive down Main Street and you see

[1:37:13] the fairgrounds, you might think, man,

[1:37:15] that kind of looks like Yankee Stadium

[1:37:17] or, you know, some kind of a look. And

[1:37:19] that is intentional because in the

[1:37:21] process of doing that, Dale said, we're

[1:37:23] going to need some of these under

[1:37:25] buildings. Can we do them in a way that

[1:37:28] makes Main Street beautiful? Because our

[1:37:30] fairgrounds is not out in the city's,

[1:37:35] you know, north 40. Its address, I

[1:37:38] think, is 475 South Main Street. It's on

[1:37:42] Main Street, right? And so, that's one

[1:37:44] simple example of Dale having a vision

[1:37:46] of how something could be and how it

[1:37:49] should be and then making it happen. I

[1:37:51] can share lots of stories about that,

[1:37:53] but Dale's been great. I want to give

[1:37:55] you an opportunity. He's not dead. He's

[1:37:58] over the cemetery. He's not going there,

[1:38:00] but I think you may not get a chance to

[1:38:02] roast him. So, if you have any stories

[1:38:05] or any thoughts, anything you want to

[1:38:07] say about Dale, I think now would be a

[1:38:08] great time. And then we'll let Dale come

[1:38:10] up and we'll invite Sharon. I don't

[1:38:11] think she probably wants to come up. I

[1:38:12] did not tell her. I invited her so that

[1:38:14] she could come up. But Sharon, you

[1:38:16] probably have to get up here and say

[1:38:17] something.

[1:38:18] >> Um, so yeah, if you guys want to say

[1:38:19] anything about

[1:38:20] >> So, he gets the last word if

[1:38:22] >> he does not get the last word because

[1:38:23] you guys adjourn the meeting.

[1:38:25] >> That's true.

[1:38:25] >> Good point. Good point.

[1:38:27] >> So, with that, I'm just going to sit

[1:38:28] down and you guys can

[1:38:30] >> I will take a stab. Um,

[1:38:33] couple things as you were talking about

[1:38:35] Dell's vision, you mentioned the things

[1:38:38] that are built

[1:38:40] and I think those are really, really

[1:38:41] important.

[1:38:44] Why is it every time we talk about parks

[1:38:46] and wreck, I do this every single time,

[1:38:48] Dell? Every time. Um,

[1:38:52] the

[1:38:55] those things are great, but they are

[1:38:58] only for hosting the things that make

[1:38:59] you great.

[1:39:01] the people, the the sporting events, the

[1:39:04] programming, the things that make a

[1:39:06] community a community. That's where Dell

[1:39:08] shines, right? That's where his

[1:39:11] division, his department has really

[1:39:14] shined. He's brought the community

[1:39:15] together. They bring the community

[1:39:16] together

[1:39:20] [sighs]

[1:39:21] all the time.

[1:39:24] We're better because of Dell and his

[1:39:27] impact.

[1:39:29] except for that picture. Um, [laughter]

[1:39:33] thank you for throwing something in

[1:39:34] there that I could distract myself. Um,

[1:39:38] I've told the story a hundred times

[1:39:39] about the impact that parks and wrecks

[1:39:41] made on my life. And I know for sure I'm

[1:39:44] not alone.

[1:39:47] Whether that's playing baseball or

[1:39:49] riding a bowl or roping a calf or is

[1:39:51] that things you do at rodeos? I got two

[1:39:54] of them, right?

[1:39:56] um or Fit City, whatever it is, the rec

[1:39:58] center itself, bringing the community

[1:40:00] together is what Dell is known for and

[1:40:03] that's his legacy.

[1:40:05] Um you mentioned that he stuck around to

[1:40:08] be part of the rec center and I think

[1:40:09] there were a lot of folks in our

[1:40:10] community said Dell wants to make this

[1:40:12] his thing. No, he wants to create

[1:40:15] something [snorts] that lasts for those

[1:40:18] that need to be there. So, thank you

[1:40:22] Dale. Um,

[1:40:26] I had to sit through my last commission

[1:40:28] meeting [snorts] as a someone leaving um

[1:40:32] when I left the department when I

[1:40:33] retired and it is the most surreal

[1:40:36] moment of my entire life. Just sitting

[1:40:38] there like this is it. You look at the

[1:40:40] clock and you're like five more minutes,

[1:40:42] 10 more minutes, whatever it might be.

[1:40:43] It is a surreal moment. Um, cherish the

[1:40:47] heck out of it because [snorts]

[1:40:48] you only get one of them. Um, and

[1:40:53] the to you're going to hear this the

[1:40:56] rest of us too that the impact you've

[1:40:58] made on the community on our lives is so

[1:41:01] significant and I appreciate it and it sounds so trivial that parks and

[1:41:05] wreck like I'm having an emotional

[1:41:07] breakdown because of parks and wreck.

[1:41:09] Seriously. But that's how much it means.

[1:41:13] [snorts]

[1:41:13] Um, and that's how much it means from

[1:41:17] the 45,000 people that are in this green

[1:41:20] today. And when you started it was

[1:41:21] probably 8 10,000 people. You made a

[1:41:24] difference. I appreciate it. Um my

[1:41:27] family appreciates it. So thank you, D.

[1:41:33] » I'll go next. That's okay. I bet your

[1:41:36] family's so excited that when you travel

[1:41:38] now, you don't have to go to the park.

[1:41:40] He's too old

[1:41:41] >> in that city. I hope Sharon can just go

[1:41:45] shop more and eat at good restaurants

[1:41:47] and not even have to stop by a park. I

[1:41:50] remember you guys saying everywhere we

[1:41:52] go, we had to drag the whole family to

[1:41:55] every park and I'm like, "Oh my gosh,

[1:41:58] that is leadership." And I think your

[1:42:01] leadership has been with love. You you

[1:42:04] love big and everyone feels it. I know I

[1:42:07] have serving with you the last 11 years.

[1:42:10] It's been so much fun and you're leaving

[1:42:13] your fingerprints on so many things from

[1:42:16] the arena to the all abilities park.

[1:42:18] That was a big lift. That was a fast

[1:42:21] lift and and you nailed it and and I'm

[1:42:25] so glad you were willing to stick around

[1:42:27] and wrap up Fit City because it's going

[1:42:31] to have a lasting impact on our

[1:42:33] community.

[1:42:35] So, I think that's Oh, I want to say

[1:42:37] with Fit City, I still remember the day

[1:42:39] you and Bronco pulled me aside at the

[1:42:42] Pyro musical and you said, "Just imagine

[1:42:46] a big rec center right there." And I

[1:42:48] said, "I hate that idea. That's dumb."

[1:42:50] And you guys were like, "No, envision

[1:42:52] it." And I'm like, "No, what about here?

[1:42:55] And I had all these other ideas.

[1:42:57] And then one of you called and said,

[1:42:58] "Let's go on a ride along." And I and I

[1:43:01] didn't look at that as like you were

[1:43:02] trying to change my mind. Maybe you

[1:43:05] were, but you also were educating me on

[1:43:08] like this piece of land they're not

[1:43:11] willing to sell. Okay. This piece of

[1:43:13] land isn't big enough. Okay. So, it it

[1:43:16] just led like all roads led back to

[1:43:19] that. So, you listened and that's a a

[1:43:23] sign of a great leader and you and

[1:43:25] Sharon will both be missed. So, thanks

[1:43:28] D. I love you.

[1:43:30] My turn.

[1:43:33] Wow. Somebody check on them.

[1:43:38] Dale is the opposite of Ron Swanson. If

[1:43:42] you know Ron Swanson, he is a park he is

[1:43:45] a park and rec director that does not

[1:43:48] want to build a park. Dell Robinson has

[1:43:52] never seen a piece of ground that he

[1:43:54] hasn't wanted to put a park on.

[1:43:55] [laughter] Um Dell Dell leaves behind a

[1:44:00] lot for us to be grateful for. He has

[1:44:03] served Spanish Fork very very well and

[1:44:08] [clears throat]

[1:44:08] for years and years to come we'll be

[1:44:10] able to look at something and say that's

[1:44:13] Dale Robinson. Um Dale had a huge part

[1:44:16] in that. So many so many things you

[1:44:18] can't even start can't start to list

[1:44:20] them all. But Dell sincerely thank you.

[1:44:23] for the work that you've put

[1:44:24] in to building a community that we can

[1:44:27] all be very proud of. It's beautiful.

[1:44:29] Spanish Fork, we hear this everywhere we

[1:44:31] go. All of the other conferences that we

[1:44:34] attend, other cities are envious of the

[1:44:37] beauty of Spanish Fork, the things that

[1:44:40] we have here. And a lot of that is is

[1:44:42] due to fantastic leadership in our parks

[1:44:46] and recck department. So, thank you,

[1:44:47] Dell. Uh we will miss you. I know you're

[1:44:49] not going anywhere. We'll still see you

[1:44:51] and Sharon around.

[1:44:53] glad that you made it to your retirement

[1:44:55] and that uh things weren't worse than

[1:44:59] they were up the canyon. So glad that you're here tonight. Um

[1:45:04] sincerely thank you. Appreciate all that

[1:45:06] you've done, especially your friendship.

[1:45:08] You're you're a great person.

[1:45:12] Thank you. I had a lot of nice things to

[1:45:13] say and then I saw that Denver Bronco

[1:45:15] shirt.

[1:45:16] >> [laughter]

[1:45:17] >> No, there's two things that I I've

[1:45:19] learned in my time knowing Dell is one

[1:45:21] is that when something in the city

[1:45:23] nobody knows where to put it, it goes to

[1:45:25] parks and wreck. But then Dell is able

[1:45:28] to take that with his team and he says

[1:45:29] if we're going to take it, we're going

[1:45:30] to do it right. And I think that that

[1:45:33] goes a long way to from everything that

[1:45:35] happens in that department from you and

[1:45:37] your life that if we're going to do

[1:45:40] something, let's do it right and make

[1:45:41] sure that it's something that we can put

[1:45:42] our name on. And that I think your

[1:45:45] family respects that. They they see that

[1:45:47] in you. And obviously it's been a hard

[1:45:49] decision to retire um and to to say it's

[1:45:53] time to to take on that next step. But

[1:45:56] your legacy will go on both in the

[1:45:58] department, in your family, and in just

[1:46:00] in the city of Spanish Fork forever

[1:46:02] because of your willingness to say,

[1:46:04] "We're going to do things the right

[1:46:05] way." And that includes training your

[1:46:08] those who are taking places after you.

[1:46:11] Um it'll continue forward. Thank you,

[1:46:13] Dell, for your friendship. Thank you for

[1:46:15] who you are. And thank you for um always

[1:46:17] being willing to take the the calls that at random times about random

[1:46:21] things. Thank you, Dell, and good luck

[1:46:23] in retirement.

[1:46:26] Well, thank you. U [clears throat] Dale,

[1:46:28] you ready?

[1:46:30] Um, while Dale's coming up, one thing

[1:46:33] I'll add, you know, in addition to the

[1:46:35] things, as as Councilman Marshall put

[1:46:37] it, which is very, very appropriate. I

[1:46:40] think Jack Swinson created helped create

[1:46:43] a foundation of what I might say is a

[1:46:46] Spanish Fork way, a Spanish Fork

[1:46:48] standard that this is how we do our

[1:46:51] parks. This is how we do our programs.

[1:46:53] and and Dale uh has further refined and

[1:46:58] defined what that is and um I think that spreads into every aspect of parks

[1:47:07] and recreation, right? It's ex, as you

[1:47:09] said, it's an extremely expansive

[1:47:11] department. Um and you know, the way

[1:47:14] that we care for our parks, the way that

[1:47:16] we run our golf course, the way that we

[1:47:17] do our gun club, who has a gun club?

[1:47:20] Well, we do, right? the way that we do

[1:47:22] our rec center, all of the elements of

[1:47:25] parks and recreation rise to what you

[1:47:28] might call the Spanish Fork standard.

[1:47:30] And uh Dale has further refined that.

[1:47:34] Before I let Dale speak, there is a

[1:47:36] picture that shows up on this carousel

[1:47:38] of pictures where Dale's at his house

[1:47:40] and there are cookies.

[1:47:42] Do you still, Sharon, make cookies every

[1:47:45] day? It's not every day, okay, but once

[1:47:48] a week. So Dale has in his freezer,

[1:47:53] seriously,

[1:47:55] glass mugs that are in his freezer, not

[1:47:59] full of anything. They're just cold and

[1:48:01] they're waiting. And at night when Dale

[1:48:04] goes home, he might pull out one of

[1:48:06] those mugs and pour milk in it. Right,

[1:48:09] Zach? Just pours milk into it. And

[1:48:12] there's a chocolate chip cookie. I can't

[1:48:14] remember what you were recovering from.

[1:48:15] Was this the avalanche? I mean, the

[1:48:17] avalanche. Yeah,

[1:48:19] >> I think you were I think so. You know,

[1:48:21] chocolate chip cookies, but if you ever

[1:48:23] want to spend time with Dale talking

[1:48:24] about something, go to his house at

[1:48:25] night. He'll pull out a frozen glass

[1:48:28] mug, pour you a glass of milk, and there

[1:48:30] will probably

[1:48:30] >> milk

[1:48:32] >> um

[1:48:34] well, for this room. Yes. Okay.

[1:48:36] >> For this setting. Yeah.

[1:48:38] >> You've had you've had frozen mug root

[1:48:39] beer, right?

[1:48:40] >> Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I

[1:48:41] don't know what he was thinking.

[1:48:42] >> It could be.

[1:48:43] >> It could it could be. Sharon.

[1:48:47] >> Yeah. Just get up here, too. He's gonna

[1:48:49] need He's gonna need your arm.

[1:48:51] >> He's gonna need He's Get some tissues

[1:48:53] for him.

[1:48:54] >> I've got some.

[1:48:55] >> Okay.

[1:48:55] >> I don't know if it's enough, but I have

[1:48:58] >> tissues.

[1:48:59] >> So, Dale's got till the end of the month

[1:49:01] and we'll have a party. We'll have a

[1:49:03] retirement thing for him and that'll be

[1:49:05] near the end of the month after after

[1:49:06] the rodeo. So, this is not it. We don't

[1:49:08] need to, you know, give him presents.

[1:49:10] He's like, "Can you give me like a can

[1:49:12] you give me my name tag?" No, that that

[1:49:14] would like cheapen it. But uh we'll have

[1:49:16] a we'll have a party for him and a

[1:49:18] celebration of of him later in the

[1:49:20] month. But again, this is just council

[1:49:22] meeting. But Dale Sharon,

[1:49:25] » well, thank you for your kind words. Um

[1:49:29] this is a this is a hard thing.

[1:49:33] Seth told me and I left all this cowboy

[1:49:35] garb on and glasses to try to belt

[1:49:38] buckles and boots to try to toughen up a

[1:49:40] little bit, but it's it doesn't doesn't

[1:49:43] seem to have any power over your heart

[1:49:45] >> way up.

[1:49:48] [clears throat]

[1:49:48] So, I wrote down a couple of things. I'm

[1:49:50] not going to sit here and read to you

[1:49:52] all night, but I there's a couple of

[1:49:53] things that I if I don't read it, I'm

[1:49:56] not going to be able to get it out. Um,

[1:49:58] but it is it's hard to believe. I mean,

[1:50:00] it's like Shane said, this is very

[1:50:01] surreal.

[1:50:03] when you've spent uh 38 years in this

[1:50:05] business uh and 30 years here in Spanish

[1:50:08] Fork, it's it's very surreal. Um but

[1:50:12] it's overwhelming to look back and think

[1:50:14] about some of the things that we've been

[1:50:16] able to do and and and my heart's

[1:50:18] obviously full of gratitude that we've

[1:50:20] been able to we've been able to do some fun things in our community

[1:50:23] together. And this isn't about Dale. I

[1:50:26] can't do this by myself. I've got to

[1:50:28] have a mayor and a council and

[1:50:29] administration that's supportive. And

[1:50:31] we've had that in Spanish Fork, which is

[1:50:34] so unique even in the state of Utah.

[1:50:36] It's very unique to have the support

[1:50:38] that we have uh for parks and wreck. I

[1:50:41] have most of those uh are eating

[1:50:44] breadcrumbs off the floor and I've never

[1:50:47] felt that way here. We've always been at

[1:50:49] the table with every other division,

[1:50:51] every other department, like let's do

[1:50:53] what's best for Spanish Fork and I've

[1:50:55] appreciated that. And I love the fact

[1:50:57] that when we get when we get officials

[1:51:00] who are elected, who have lived here and

[1:51:03] grew up here and know what Spanish

[1:51:04] Fork's all about, you have a comfort

[1:51:06] level that they're going to take care of

[1:51:07] our city. And I've appreciated that

[1:51:09] about the council.

[1:51:12] Um,

[1:51:14] but from the early days of planning to

[1:51:16] seeing families actively enjoying the

[1:51:18] spaces, that's that's what this is

[1:51:20] about. This is all about that. Uh it's

[1:51:23] not about me building shrines to myself

[1:51:25] or my department. It's all about what we

[1:51:28] can provide. And I've said this since

[1:51:30] the beginning of my career. Uh you know,

[1:51:33] whatever money you're going to take from

[1:51:34] parks and wreck, give it to the police

[1:51:36] department, you know, because because

[1:51:38] they're going to need it. Um and what I

[1:51:41] mean by that is we need to have things

[1:51:43] for our kids to actively participate in.

[1:51:46] And now it's to get them out from in

[1:51:47] front of the screen, right? give them

[1:51:49] some productive things that they can do

[1:51:50] to help with their physical and their

[1:51:52] mental health. Um, so that really is

[1:51:55] what this is all about. Um, I need to

[1:51:58] tell you though, it's extremely rare

[1:52:01] uh to have the opportunity to work in

[1:52:03] this profession in your own hometown.

[1:52:06] You think about it, there's one parks

[1:52:07] and recck director in a city and and uh

[1:52:15] and I I feel very blessed

[1:52:20] to be able to spend so many years in a

[1:52:22] city that I truly love

[1:52:24] and care about.

[1:52:30] It's unheard of to have the chance to

[1:52:32] give and serve a city that gave so much

[1:52:34] to me and has had a tremendous impact on

[1:52:37] my life and the life of my family.

[1:52:40] When we start when I started in 1996, we

[1:52:43] had 85 parks 85 acres of parks in the

[1:52:46] city and today we have 271.

[1:52:50] [snorts]

[1:52:51] So, we've accomplished a lot of things

[1:52:53] and I always say we I tell

[1:52:55] [clears throat] my staff constantly that you can do your job without me, but

[1:52:59] I can't do my job without you. And this

[1:53:02] is all about them. Um, and and I

[1:53:05] appreciate they're the ones that deserve

[1:53:07] the credit uh for a lot of the great

[1:53:09] things that have happened here.

[1:53:12] But it's interesting because even after

[1:53:13] the bond in 1997 failed for the sports

[1:53:16] park, [snorts]

[1:53:18] uh, our administration and our council

[1:53:20] didn't give up on that dream. Now, it

[1:53:23] took us 20 years to build the park, but

[1:53:26] look what we have today. We just built

[1:53:28] it phase by phase as we could afford it,

[1:53:30] as we ended up having money to be able

[1:53:33] to do that. Uh

[1:53:36] that's that's dedication and

[1:53:37] perseverance

[1:53:39] uh from from an administration and a

[1:53:41] staff that had a had a vision of what Spanish Fork needed and what we uh

[1:53:47] what we should put there. uh projects

[1:53:50] like the uh Adventure Heights All

[1:53:52] Abilities Park. And I'm not going to

[1:53:53] touch on all of these because there's so

[1:53:55] many and you guys have touched on some.

[1:53:57] So, thank you. But that thing's etched

[1:53:59] in my soul.

[1:54:02] Um

[1:54:05] being able to work with so many citizens

[1:54:07] that have challenges in their homes

[1:54:11] and challenging needs in their families

[1:54:13] was very special to me and it changed my

[1:54:15] life.

[1:54:16] They're the ones that have that deserve

[1:54:21] [snorts] the credit for that special

[1:54:22] place.

[1:54:25] But it moved me to be able to realize

[1:54:26] the struggles that they were having and

[1:54:29] the impact that this place could have on

[1:54:31] their families.

[1:54:33] So that was very special to me.

[1:54:37] Um obviously the Fit City Center has

[1:54:39] been on my bucket list for for 20 years.

[1:54:43] Um, and I think the thing that makes

[1:54:45] some of these things special,

[1:54:48] [snorts and clears throat]

[1:54:49] um, is they didn't come easy. I mean,

[1:54:53] you cherish the things most that you

[1:54:55] have to work hard for. And, and I think

[1:54:58] that's that's why this became so

[1:55:00] special. Um, that's why the rodeo arena

[1:55:04] became so special is I sat in a room

[1:55:07] full of administrators, my boss and

[1:55:09] council members and contractors and they

[1:55:12] said, "No, we're not going to do that."

[1:55:14] I was the only one that voted for doing

[1:55:16] it this way.

[1:55:18] And so, uh, I couldn't sleep that night

[1:55:20] and so I had to I had to do like any

[1:55:22] good, you know, coyote would do when

[1:55:26] he's rounding up the sheep. you'd take

[1:55:27] them off one at a time [laughter]

[1:55:30] and go visit with them and share my

[1:55:32] vision with them. Uh so I think some of

[1:55:35] these facilities are a little more

[1:55:37] special just because we had to work

[1:55:38] extra hard to get them and uh but none

[1:55:42] of that happens without uh without the

[1:55:45] support of of administration and the

[1:55:47] council.

[1:55:48] um the golf course improvements,

[1:55:51] [snorts] the reservoir and the

[1:55:52] campground. That reservoir like any any

[1:55:54] other facility in the state was a

[1:55:57] pressurized irrigation reservoir

[1:55:59] would have just been fenced off and we

[1:56:02] decided we wanted to use it for

[1:56:04] recreation facility.

[1:56:06] Nobody had done that to that point. So,

[1:56:08] we created a beach right here in Spanish

[1:56:10] Fork and turned it into an outdoor

[1:56:12] recreation facility. uh along with the

[1:56:15] campground uh the river trail system. We

[1:56:18] can go on and on about this. Uh I am I'm

[1:56:21] just full of gratitude uh for the

[1:56:24] opportunity that I've had uh to be able

[1:56:26] to be here and to work with such

[1:56:28] outstanding individuals.

[1:56:32] [snorts] Together we've quite literally

[1:56:33] shaped the landscape of this city.

[1:56:36] Um, but none of these milestones would

[1:56:39] have been possible without the

[1:56:40] dedication of my incredible team, my

[1:56:43] colleagues, and [snorts] community

[1:56:45] partners and residents who supported

[1:56:48] these visions.

[1:56:51] Um, grateful to all of my administrators

[1:56:53] uh who who Jack Swinson and Karen

[1:56:56] Bradford who decided to give me a chance

[1:56:58] 30 years ago [snorts] to take a chance

[1:57:00] on me.

[1:57:02] Uh, most importantly is this little girl

[1:57:04] right here.

[1:57:14] This is not an easy profession [snorts]

[1:57:17] for and I know you guys all have some

[1:57:19] too, but this profession is tough for

[1:57:22] wives and families

[1:57:25] particularly in the early years. and she

[1:57:27] supported me for 38 years

[1:57:31] and she's been she's been my rock and

[1:57:33] constant support. [snorts] Long days,

[1:57:35] stressful project phases,

[1:57:38] she's been there for every triumph

[1:57:41] and I couldn't have had this rewarding

[1:57:43] career

[1:57:44] for help to be able to have an influence

[1:57:46] in this community without her by my

[1:57:49] side.

[1:57:51] Thank you.

[1:57:53] >> You got any more Kleenexes? [laughter]

[1:57:59] Um, one other thing I want to say and

[1:58:01] then I'll be done. I want this council

[1:58:04] and administration to rest assured that

[1:58:06] our succession plan has been put into

[1:58:08] place. Oh, thank you. I [snorts] wore

[1:58:11] these out.

[1:58:14] Our succession plan has been put into

[1:58:16] place and the parks and recreation

[1:58:17] department is in good hands.

[1:58:21] the uh the culture that we've created

[1:58:24] will continue and you will not notice a

[1:58:27] lapse in any service provided in our

[1:58:28] department. We've [snorts] been working

[1:58:30] on that the last month and we have we

[1:58:33] have outstanding individuals in place

[1:58:36] that I have full confidence in. Fact,

[1:58:39] you guys are wondering who the heck I

[1:58:40] was a month ago, [laughter]

[1:58:42] which which is how it should be. If I've

[1:58:45] done my job right, this department won't

[1:58:47] miss a beat and and you guys won't fill

[1:58:50] any void in the service that they're

[1:58:53] providing. And I have full confidence in

[1:58:56] this in this team that we've assembled.

[1:58:58] I'm grateful for them and again grateful

[1:59:00] for all of the the staff and for my

[1:59:03] family that's behind me who have

[1:59:04] supported who have supported me in this

[1:59:07] cause. Uh it takes an entire team to be

[1:59:10] able to pull this off. Uh just fiesta

[1:59:14] days alone is no small task, right? We love our volunteers and we have to

[1:59:20] have them. And I think that's part of

[1:59:22] what makes this rewarding too is you get

[1:59:24] to see in our community which is unique

[1:59:26] again that people come out and they're

[1:59:29] willing to volunteer. They're willing to

[1:59:31] give of their precious time

[1:59:34] to help the community be better. whether

[1:59:37] it's coaching a baseball team or

[1:59:39] planting flowers or a million other

[1:59:42] things or working on Fiesta Day's

[1:59:43] committees. Uh we have several

[1:59:45] committees and I love working with the

[1:59:47] citizens. Uh they're fantastic. They

[1:59:51] love this community and that's why they

[1:59:52] give their precious time uh to serve uh

[1:59:57] in in many capacities.

[1:59:59] All right, honey. I'm going to turn it

[2:00:01] over to you. I'm done.

[2:00:04] Thank you all. We're looking forward to

[2:00:06] the next chapter.

[2:00:07] >> This will age us. But when he started, I

[2:00:11] remember um when he got his master's

[2:00:13] degree, we were dirt poor. We got our

[2:00:15] first Mac computer. The screen was about

[2:00:18] this big. When he worked for Provo City,

[2:00:20] they didn't even have a computer to do

[2:00:23] the brackets. So, they leased our

[2:00:25] computer for $175 a month from us. And

[2:00:28] then he worked there eight years, came

[2:00:30] here and I remember him installing down

[2:00:32] at the high school the first fax machine

[2:00:35] that you ever had. That really ages us

[2:00:38] of how the technology and stuff. But

[2:00:40] >> I think what they want to know is did

[2:00:42] you meet him on Main Street?

[2:00:43] >> No, I did not.

[2:00:45] >> We did not meet on Main Street.

[2:00:47] >> No, but

[2:00:48] >> but we did we did drag Maine.

[2:00:50] >> Yeah. Anyway, it's been a good hall and

[2:00:54] thank you so much for we were so excited

[2:00:56] when he was able to come to Spanish

[2:00:58] Fork. When the kids would have their

[2:01:01] little things in school, they'd say,

[2:01:03] "Well, what does your dad do?" And they

[2:01:04] go, "He watches ball games." That's what

[2:01:06] they used to think when they were

[2:01:08] little, but it was a lot more than that.

[2:01:10] But it's been a good hall, and we

[2:01:12] appreciate the city and living here.

[2:01:15] It's been great.

[2:01:17] >> Thank you.

[2:01:19] guys have any questions for Sharon?

[2:01:21] [laughter]

[2:01:23] >> I I do want to say something about

[2:01:24] Sharon. My first interaction deeply my

[2:01:27] first deeper interaction around Sharon

[2:01:29] happened at uh an event we held I think

[2:01:32] it was in 2008 called the uh wind

[2:01:36] festival

[2:01:38] and and that was up at the reservoir if

[2:01:41] you if any of you remember that. But

[2:01:44] [clears throat] that was a I think it

[2:01:45] was a two-day event. We actually had

[2:01:47] some wet jets that we rode around on the

[2:01:49] reservoir and we had a bunch of

[2:01:51] different things associated with wind.

[2:01:53] And that was a long day. Those two days

[2:01:58] were really long. And Sharon was there

[2:02:01] the entire two-day stretch. Not just

[2:02:04] sitting in a chair. And not that that's

[2:02:06] the example, but she she wasn't just

[2:02:07] there like she was actively involved in

[2:02:11] making that event happen. And I didn't

[2:02:14] really know Sharon that well. I by by

[2:02:17] 2008, but it was from then I'm like,

[2:02:20] this lady is committed to this town just

[2:02:24] as much as her husband. And from then

[2:02:26] until now, u it's been the exact same.

[2:02:30] thing. Uh I'm

[2:02:32] pretty sure that costume came from

[2:02:34] probably Sharon's help. But uh she you

[2:02:37] book in that my experience in 2008 too.

[2:02:41] We had a we had the outdoor grand

[2:02:43] opening of the swimming pool on Memorial

[2:02:45] Day weekend I think. And uh Sharon was

[2:02:50] there the day before and the day of

[2:02:53] helping get everything set up and and as if she was an employee, right?

[2:02:57] Just as involved as as everything and uh

[2:03:01] just as emotional as Dale. It was just

[2:03:05] wonderful to see that that love. So

[2:03:07] Sharon, you have been a tremendous asset

[2:03:10] to this community, too. And your husband

[2:03:13] is great and so are you. And uh we're we're going to miss him, but we're

[2:03:19] also going to miss you and uh the the

[2:03:21] strength and support that you give to

[2:03:23] him, but also the strength and and love

[2:03:24] that you give to our community. So,

[2:03:26] thank you.

[2:03:28] >> Thank you. This has been very nice. I

[2:03:30] appreciate it. Glad it's over.

[2:03:53] Mayor Prom, would you mind if we had

[2:03:55] Dale and and his kids and then Dale and

[2:03:57] his staff come up and take a picture

[2:03:59] with you like like they were employees

[2:04:01] of the quarter?

[2:04:01] >> You guys need to go down there. He just

[2:04:03] wants me up here.

[2:04:04] >> Just kidding.

[2:04:08] [snorts]

[2:04:09] >> So,

[2:04:10] >> you're not going to get it. It's rigged.

[2:04:12] [laughter]

[2:04:12] Hey, let's have all of his family first

[2:04:15] come on up.

[2:04:15] >> Those that are here, you kids

[2:04:18] get up here.

[2:04:37] » Let's have the council go this way a

[2:04:39] little bit.

[2:04:41] >> Right here, John. That's perfect.

[2:04:43] >> Jack, you can't even see me.

[2:04:45] >> That's not good.

[2:04:46] >> That's perfect.

[2:04:50] » That's good. Right there. [laughter] I'm

[2:04:51] just gonna take a bunch of

[2:04:53] >> change

[2:04:54] >> more. Stacy, scoot over more towards

[2:04:56] >> That's where I was.

[2:04:59] >> No,

[2:04:59] >> take your hat off. Let's do Let's do

[2:05:01] like

[2:05:05] that. It's like perfect.

[2:05:07] >> This side of this

[2:05:09] means have one more month.

[2:05:14] say without mic.

[2:05:15] >> All right, we're doing another version.

[2:05:19] >> He's got a bunch of his great employees

[2:05:21] that are here. Will you guys come up as

[2:05:22] well? Hi, Joe. That means you too.

[2:05:25] >> Yeah.

[2:05:26] >> Come on. Come on.

[2:05:30] » You can come up and sit by me then.

[2:05:33] >> I know. I even offered her candy.

[2:05:37] >> Am I really blocking your face?

[2:05:38] >> No, you're fine. No, I

[2:05:41] >> you could put it on your

[2:05:43] >> I hid behind you and he said, "Okay,

[2:05:44] looks good."

[2:05:53] » Can you stand in front of Stacy?

[2:06:04] » All right.

[2:06:13] Yeah, Stacy, move over a little bit.

[2:06:18] » You guys are great. [laughter]

[2:06:21] Thank you. You guys appreciate

[2:06:23] >> Thank you.

[2:06:29] » The the amount of times I've cussed Dell

[2:06:31] that he didn't know about,

[2:06:33] I feel bad. [laughter]

[2:06:36] Well, we have closed session, so we'll

[2:06:38] have Jesse take it a minute, dismiss us

[2:06:41] to that, and then Dell can leave and go

[2:06:43] visit with all of his friends and

[2:06:44] family.

[2:06:46] >> I move that we adjourn to close session

[2:06:48] for strategy sessions to discuss

[2:06:49] purchase, exchange, or lease of real

[2:06:51] property or strategy session to discuss

[2:06:53] pending or reasonably imminent

[2:06:54] litigation in the explorer room.

[2:06:57] >> Second.

[2:06:58] >> Motion made by Councilman Carden, second

[2:07:00] by Councilman Oiler. All in favor say

[2:07:02] yes.

[2:07:02] >> Yes.

[2:07:03] Is that a roll call?

[2:07:06] >> Is that a roll call? Okay. Councilwoman

[2:07:08] Beck. Yes.

[2:07:10] >> Councilman Carden.

[2:07:11] >> Yes.

[2:07:12] >> Councilman Marshall?

[2:07:13] >> Yes.

[2:07:13] >> Councilman Oiler?

[2:07:15] >> Yes.

[2:07:15] >> Okay.

[2:07:16] >> I like that you went first after you

[2:07:17] knew everybody was already going to say

[2:07:18] yes.

[2:07:19] >> Yeah.

[2:07:20] >> One day I'm saying no to that. Tyler,

[2:07:22] did you win?

Spanish Fork City Council | July 7, 2026

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