City Council

EVANSTON CITY COUNCIL Second Regular Meeting May 20th, 2025 The official record of proceedings of the second meeting of the Evanston City Council for the month of May was held in the Council Chambers of City Hall on the above date. These proceedings were video recorded and streamed live. Mayor Williams led those in attendance in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The roll was called and with a quorum being present, Mayor Williams called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. and welcomed everyone present. Those present from the governing body at the start of the meeting were: Mayor Williams; Council members, Henry Schmidt, Jesse Lind, Dave Welling, Mike Sellers and Jen Hegeman. Evan Perkes was excused. Staff members present at the start of the meeting were: City Attorney/Prosecutor, Mark Harris; City Clerk, Diane Harris; City Treasurer, Trudy Lym; City Engineer, Damon Newsome; Public Works Director, Gordon Robinson; Police Chief, Mike Vranish; Senior Planner, DuWayne Jacobsen; Director of Parks and Recreation, Kim Larson; Community Development Director, Rocco O’Neill; Information Technology Coordinator, Preston Sheets and Facilities & Business License Technician, Micki Cox. A group of interested citizens was also present. Approve Agenda Council member Schmidt moved, Council member Sellers seconded, to approve the agenda. The motion passed unanimously with 6 yes votes: Willliams, Schmidt, Lind, Welling, Sellers, Hegeman. Approve Minutes The official record of proceedings for the City Council Meeting held May 6th, 2025 and City Council Work Session for May 13th, 2025 were approved as presented. Bills Council member Lind moved, Council member Hegeman seconded, to approve the following bills for payment: May 07, 2025 to May 20, 2025 VENDOR FOR AMOUNT AXA Equivest Payroll 188.00 Evanston Peace Officers Payroll 248.00 Health Equity Payroll 2,509.16 IRS Payroll 58,934.42 Orchard Trust Payroll 3,368.32 Parks & Recreation Payroll 206.31 Wyoming Child Support Payroll 264.92 Payroll 04/20/2025 – 05/09/2025 Payroll 180,463.75 All West Phones/Internet 3,471.12 Scott Blood Reimbursement 90.00 Cassidy’s Weed & Pest Services 325.00 Cazin’s Supplies 2,579.99 CCI Network Utilities 88.11 Century Link Utilities 1,521.36 City Employees Reimbursement 80.00 City of Evanston Utilities 2,536.73 Cleveland Golf Supplies 210.50 Court Bonds Refund 450.00 Crest Services 11,299.50 D&L Supply Parts 8,551.00 DLL Public Finance Contract 2,096.41 Dura Edge Products Contract 26,412.90 Easy Picker Golf Supplies 540.84 Eaton Corporation Services 13,612.00 Enbridge Gas Utilities 8,931.61 Energy Laboratories Supplies 2,484.00 Evanston Parks & Recreation City Subsidy 123,807.00 Evolution Construction Services 7,146.00 Fastenal Parts 133.17 Freeway Tire Tires 18,972.51 Gladiator Materials Supplies 2,090.00 Green Source Supplies 1,480.00 Highland Golf Supplies 197.30 1 IWORQ Contract 4,500.00 JC Golf Supplies 1,104.31 Kallas Automotive Parts 3,047.31 Kickin Grass Services 65.00 Lawrence’s Screen Printing Services 87.50 Morcon Supplies 304.39 Mountain West Business Solutions Service Agreement 382.41 Murdochs Supplies 2,540.73 Nalco Supplies 29,598.05 Northern Lake Services Supplies 840.00 Office Products Dealer Supplies 128.25 One-Call of Wyoming Tickets 153.30 PGA of America Dues 389.00 Prestige Flags Supplies 365.22 Real Kleen Janitorial Supplies 1,634.05 Reladyne Oil 3,464.42 Rocky Mountain Power Utilities 15,795.44 Sanchez Professional Painting Services 2,875.00 Seagull Diesel Parts Parts 1,845.86 Sirchie Finger Print Lab Supplies 254.35 Skaggs Uniforms 273.99 Smith’s Food & Drug Supplies 1,025.23 The Lumberyard Supplies 22.97 Titleist Supplies 4,201.08 Uinta County Jail Fees 1,710.00 Uinta County Solid Waste Landfill Fees 33,652.20 Walmart Supplies 780.78 Westar Printing Supplies 279.18 Western Wyoming Beverages Services 133.25 Wheeler Machinery Parts 620.04 Wright Express Fuel 1,068.54 Wyoming Department of Transportation Contract 491.44 Wyoming Department of Revenue Sales/Use Tax 1,074.89 Wyoming Waste Systems Dumpster Fee 91.74 The motion passed unanimously with 6 yes votes: Willliams, Schmidt, Lind, Welling, Sellers, Hegeman. Revenue and Expenditure Report Council member Sellers moved, Council member Schmidt seconded, to approve the Revenue and Expenditure Report for March 2025. The motion passed unanimously with 6 yes votes: Willliams, Schmidt, Lind, Welling, Sellers, Hegeman. Council Comments Council members spoke about Memorial Day, checking on Veterans, congratulations to Seniors graduating from High School, having a safe summer, and the Historic Preservation Open House at the Roundhouse on Thursday, May 29th. Consent Agenda Council member Lind moved, Council member Hegeman seconded, to approve the following Consent Agenda Items: Street Closure requested by Downtown Evanston for School’s Out – Summer’s In, Downtown Evanston’s Promotional Event on Main Street from 9th Street to 10th Street, on Friday, May 30th, 2024, from 11:45 am to 4:00 pm. Limited Malt Beverage Permit requested by Katy Sommers – Live a Little Productions for the Monster Truck Insanity Next Level Tour to be held at the Uinta County Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 31st, 2025 from 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm. The motion passed unanimously with 6 yes votes: Willliams, Schmidt, Lind, Welling, Sellers, Hegeman. Ordinance 25-02 Council member Schmidt moved, Council member Lind seconded, to pass Ordinance 25-02 on second reading. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A ZONE CHANGE FOR PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF EVANSTON FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL-DEVELOPING, HIGHWAY BUSINESS- DEVELOPING, AND COMMUNITY BUSINESS-DEVELOPING, TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL- DEVELOPING, AS REQUESTED BY GTR PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC, OF THE LAND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN. 2  WHEREAS, GTR Property Holdings, LLC filed an application with the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Evanston, Wyoming to change the zoning of the property described below from Low Density Residential-Developing, Highway Business-Developing, and Community Business- Developing High Density Residential; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission scheduled a public hearing to consider said application on April 7, 2025; and WHEREAS, notice of the public hearing and application was published in a newspaper of general circulation and notices of the hearing were mailed to affected landowners pursuant to City Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the public hearing was held on April 7, 2025 by the Planning and Zoning Commission to consider the application for the proposed zone change; and WHEREAS, after receiving testimony and evidence from the applicant, affected landowners and the public at large, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend to the governing body that it approve the zone change. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, WYOMING, THAT: Section 1. The request of GTR Property Holdings, LLC to change the zoning of the property described below, from Low Density Residential-Developing, Highway Business-Developing, and Community Business-Developing High Density Residential is hereby approved and authorized. Said real property being more particularly described as follows: A tract of land located in the NE1/4 of Section 19, Township 15 North, Range 120 West, 6th P.M., City of Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming, being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of Lot 1, Block 1 of the Centennial Valley Estates Subdivision as said Subdivision is platted and recorded in the Office of the Uinta County Clerk and running thence N 12°58'30" W, 570.85 feet along the East boundary of said Block 1; thence leaving said East boundary N 76°42'50" E, 362.42 feet; thence N 13°28'57" W, 575.32 feet to the point of curvature of a curve to the left having a radius of 60.00 feet; thence northwesterly 70.52 feet along the arc of said curve through a central angle of 67°20'33", the long chord of which bears N 47°09'14" W, 66.53 feet; thence N 20°58'08" E, 145.56 feet to a point on the South boundary of said Block 1; thence N 73°42'00" E, 94.75 feet along said South boundary to the Northwest corner of Purple Sage Planned Unit Development as said Planned Unit Development is platted and recorded in the Office of the Uinta County Clerk; thence along the boundary of said Planned Unit Development the following eight (8) courses: S 16°18'01" E, 111.78 feet; thence S 74°32'24" W, 32.88 feet; thence S 13°42'37" E, 222.18 feet; thence S 7°04'53" E, 32.33 feet; thence S 13°28'57" E, 98.81 feet; thence N 75°33'06" E, 104.02 feet; thence S 12°27'15" E, 91.46 feet; thence N 77°32'45" E, 125.94 feet to a point on the West right-of-way of Constitution Avenue; thence S 8°52'00" E, 428.53 feet along said West right-of-way to the Northeast corner of that tract of land described by Warranty Deed in Book 1019 on Page 626 of the Uinta County Records (SDS Management Tract); thence S 77°42'00" W, 230.00 feet along the North boundary of said SDS Management Tract to the Northwest corner thereof; thence S 8°49'42" E, 382.09 feet along the West boundary of said SDS Management Tract to a point on the Northerly right-of-way boundary of Wasatch Road, said point lying on a curve to the left having a radius of 2331.48 feet, from which point a radial line bears S 3°23'24" E; thence westerly 397.84 feet along arc of said curve and said northerly right-of-way boundary through a central angel of 9°46'36", the long chord of which bears S 81°43'18" W, 397.36 feet, to a point tangent; thence S 76°50'00" W, 14.60 feet along said Northerly right-of-way boundary to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Said tract containing 10.217 acres, more or less. Section 2. The City of Evanston is hereby authorized and directed to take all action necessary to implement said zone change and amend the City of Evanston Zoning Map accordingly. PASSED AND APPROVED on Second Reading this 20th day of May 2025. ____________________________________ Kent H. Williams, Mayor ATTEST: Diane Harris, City Clerk 3 The motion passed unanimously with 6 yes votes: Willliams, Schmidt, Lind, Welling, Sellers, Hegeman. Ordinance 25-03 Council member Sellers moved, Council member Welling seconded, to pass Ordinance 25-03 on second reading. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A ZONE CHANGE FOR PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF EVANSTON FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL-DEVELOPING TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL-DEVELOPING, AS REQUESTED BY GTR PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC, OF THE LAND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN. WHEREAS, GTR Property Holdings, LLC filed an application with the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Evanston, Wyoming to change the zoning of the property described below from Low Density Residential-Developing to Medium Density Residential-Developing; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission scheduled a public hearing to consider said application on April 7, 2025; and WHEREAS, notice of the public hearing and application was published in a newspaper of general circulation and notices of the hearing were mailed to affected landowners pursuant to City Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the public hearing was held on April 7, 2025 by the Planning and Zoning Commission to consider the application for the proposed zone change; and WHEREAS, after receiving testimony and evidence from the applicant, affected landowners and the public at large, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend to the governing body that it approve the zone change. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, WYOMING, THAT: Section 1. The request of GTR Property Holdings, LLC to change the zoning of the property described below, from Low Density Residential-Developing to Medium Density Residential-Developing is hereby approved and authorized. Said real property being more particularly described as follows: A tract of land located in the NE1/4 of Section 19, Township 15 North, Range 120 West, 6th P.M., City of Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming, being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of Lot 16, Block 1 of the Centennial Valley Estates Subdivision as said Subdivision is platted and recorded in the Office of the Uinta County Clerk, and running thence N 73°42'00" E, 401.89 feet along the South boundary of said Block 1; thence leaving said South boundary S 20°58'08" W, 145.56 feet to point of curvature of a curve to the right having a radius of 60.00 feet, from which point a radial line bears S 9°10'30" W; thence southeasterly 70.52 feet along the arc of said curve through a central angle of 67°20'33", the long chord of which bears S 47°09'14" E, 66.53 feet, to a point tangent; thence S 13°28'57" E, 575.32 feet; thence S 76°42'50" W, 362.42 feet to a point on the East boundary of said Block 1; thence N 12°58'30" W, 729.75 feet along said East boundary to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Said tract containing 6.092 acres, more or less. Section 2. The City of Evanston is hereby authorized and directed to take all action necessary to implement said zone change and amend the City of Evanston Zoning Map accordingly. PASSED AND APPROVED on Second Reading this 20th day of May 2025. ____________________________________ Kent H. Williams, Mayor ATTEST: Diane Harris, City Clerk The motion passed unanimously with 6 yes votes: Willliams, Schmidt, Lind, Welling, Sellers, Hegeman. Resolution 25-20 Council member Lind introduced Resolution 25-20. Council member Lind moved, Council member Schmidt seconded, to adopt Resolution 25-20. A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE FINAL PLAT OF THE SAGE INDUSTRIAL PARK NO. 9 SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF LOT 4, BLOCK 1 OF THE SAGE INDUSTRIAL PARK NO. 6 SUBDIVISION, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN. 4  WHEREAS, JayGee Bros., LLC (the ASubdivider@), has made application to the governing body of the City of Evanston, Wyoming for approval and authorization of the proposed subdivision entitled the “Sage Industrial Park No. 9 Subdivision”, located in Uinta County, Wyoming; and WHEREAS, said Subdivision plat is of land located within one (1) mile of the boundaries of the City of Evanston and requires joint approval of the City of Evanston, Wyoming and Board of County Commissioners of Uinta County, Wyoming; and WHEREAS, the Subdivision does not contain and does not require the completion of any public improvements and the City of Evanston has provided comment relating to impacts of the subdivision to the City’s infrastructure or development plans and any impacts identified have been addressed by the Subdivider and the plat can be approved pursuant to Section Wyo. Stat. § 34-12-103. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, WYOMING, THAT: Section 1. The final plat of the Sage Industrial Park No. 9 Subdivision is hereby approved, accepted, and authorized and described in particularity as follows, to-wit: A tract of land being all of Lot 4, Block 1 of the Sage Industrial Park No. 6 Subdivision and part of the NE 3 SE 3 of Section 15, T15N, R120W, 6TH P.M., located in Uinta County, Wyoming, said tract being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at the East one-corner of said Section 15, said point of beginning also being an angle point on the East line of said Lot 4, running thence S 0°07'41" W, 1190.85 feet along the East line of said Section 15; thence S 89°23'55" W, 394.47 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 3, Block 1 of said Sage Industrial Park No. 6 Subdivision; thence N 0°26'05" E, 427.27 feet along the East line thereof to the South line of said Lot 4; thence the following four (4) courses along the boundary thereof: thence N 89°52'19" W, 337.54 feet; thence N 0°54'14" W, 625.71 feet; thence N 41°58'34" E, 1108.59 feet; thence S 0°00'52" W, 682.82 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Said tract containing 21.422 acres, more or less. Section 2. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the final plat and are directed to enforce the mandates of Wyo. Stat. Section 34-12-103 with regard to the filing of the final plat with the County Clerk of Uinta County, Wyoming as by law required. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of May, 2025. ____________________________________ Kent H. Williams, Mayor ATTEST: Diane Harris, City Clerk The motion passed unanimously with 6 yes votes: Willliams, Schmidt, Lind, Welling, Sellers, Hegeman. Resolution 25-21 Council member Sellers introduced Resolution 25-21. Council member Sellers moved, Council member Welling seconded, to adopt Resolution 25-21. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF EVANSTON, WYOMING TO ENTER INTO AN OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH THE EVANSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT FOR THE OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND REGULATION OF RECREATION WITHIN THE CITY OF EVANSTON FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. WHEREAS, the City of Evanston and the Evanston Parks and Recreation District have negotiated an agreement for the operation, management and regulation of recreation within the City of Evanston; and WHEREAS, the City and the Recreation District have set the agreement in writing, a copy of which is attached hereto; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, WYOMING THAT: Section 1: The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized to attest, the Operating Agreement with the Evanston Parks and Recreation District, according to the terms of Appendix “1” attached hereto. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of May, 2025. 5  ____________________________________ Kent H. Williams, Mayor ATTEST: Diane Harris, City Clerk The motion passed unanimously with 6 yes votes: Willliams, Schmidt, Lind, Welling, Sellers, Hegeman. WAM Voting Delegate Council member Sellers nominated Council member Welling to be the Official Voting Delegate for WAM’s Summer Convention Business Meeting and Council member Welling nominated Council member Sellers to be the Alternate. The nominations passed unanimously with 6 yes votes: Willliams, Schmidt, Lind, Welling, Sellers, Hegeman. Department Comments Gordon Robinson, Public Works Director, commented on the Spring Cleanup and Rocky Mountain Power assisting with picking items up. He also commented that it is National Public Works Week. Public Comments Citizens spoke about use of public funds supporting organizations that have lobbyists, supporting Seniors in our Community, appreciation to Public Works for cleaning up the Evanston City Ditch, and handicap accessible parking and doors. Adjournment With no further business to be conducted at this time, Mayor Williams adjourned the meeting at 6:54 p.m. Kent H. Williams, Mayor Diane Harris, City Clerk 6