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River Heights City River Heights City Council Agenda Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Notice is hereby given that the River Heights City Council will hold their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m., anchored from the River Heights City Office Building at 520 S 500 E. Attendance can be in person or through Zoom. Pledge of Allegiance Adoption of Previous Minutes and Agenda Mayor, Councilmembers, and Staff Reports Public Comment Entertain a Motion to Reconsider the Rezone of the Taylor Property Discuss and Decide on a Rezone Request from Kelly and Kay Taylor Discuss and Decide on the Boy Scouts Request to Use the City Basement for Weekly Meetings Declare iMac Computer as Surplus Property •^^uss'draJ Approve finonetng for 000 5uutli ReslUeiilidl Sewer I lookup? Council Approval of a Citizen Planner for the Development Review Committee (DRC) Executive Session for Pending Litigation Adjourn Posted th>$ 27'*' day of February 2025 Sheila Lind, Recorder Zoom Link: httos://us06web.zoom.us/i/81065946057 In compliance with the American Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify Sheila Lind, (435) 770-2061 at least 24 hours before the meeting. — 520 South 500 East River Heights, Utah 84321 Phone & Fax (435) 752-2646  River Heights City 1 3 Council Meeting 4 March 4, 2025 5 6 7 Present: Mayor Blake Wright 8 Council members: Lana Hanover 9 Mark Malmstrom, electronic 10 Janet Mathews 11 Chris Mllbank, electronic 12 Lance Pitcher 13 14 Recorder Sheila Lind 15 Treasurer Michelle Jensen 16 17 Excused Public Works Director Clayten Nelson 18 19 Others Present: Dru Taylor, Ivan Banov, Noel Cooley, Heather Lehnig 20 Electronically Present: Britt's IPhone, Debra Banov, Kelly Taylor, Liz Taylor, and 21 Tyson Glover 22 24 The following motions were made during the meeting: 25 26 Motion #1 27 Councilmember Pitcher moved to "adopt the minutes of the council meeting of February 18, 2025 28 with one revision, and the evening's revised agenda." Councilmember Mathews seconded the motion, 29 which passed with Hanover, Malmstrom, Mathews, Mllbank, and Pitcher in favor. No one opposed. 30 31 Motion #2 32 Councilmember Mathews moved to "reconsider the rezone request of the Kelly and Kay Taylor 33 property." Councilmember Hanover seconded the motion which passed with Hanover, Malmstrom, Mathews, 34 Mllbank, and Pitcher in favor. No one opposed. 35 36 Motion #3 37 Councilmember Hanover moved to "Approve the Taylor rezone request to rezone their property from 38 agricultural to R-1-12." Councilmember Mathews seconded the motion which passed with Hanover, 39 Malmstrom, and Mathews in favor. Mllbank and Pitcher were opposed. 40 41 Motion #4 tt 42 Councilmember Pitcher moved to "declare the city's IMac computer as surplus property. 43 Councilmember Hanover seconded the motion, which passed with Hanover, Malmstrom, Mathews, Mllbank, 44 and Pitcher in favor. No one opposed. Klum iiuigiiis eiiy cuuiilHBBtl ¥ 520 South 500 East River Heights, Utah 84321 Phone & Fax (435) 752-2646 47 Motion #5 48 Councilmember Pitcher moved to "enter into an executive session to discuss pending litigation. 49 Councilmember Hanover seconded the motion which passed with Hanover, Malmstrom, Mathews, Milbank, 50 and Pitcher in favor. No one opposed. 51 52 Proceedings of the Meeting: 53 54 The River Heights City Council met at 6:30 p.m. in the Ervin R. Crosbie Council Chambers in the 55 River Heights City Building on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, for their regular council meeting. 56 Pledge of Allegiance 57 Adoption of Previous Minutes and Agenda: Minutes for the February 18, 2025 meeting were // 58 reviewed with a change made on line 251: "Mathews" was changed to "Hanover. 59 Mayor Wright explained that the 800 South agenda item would be postponed. 60 Councilmember Pitcher moved to "adopt the minutes of the council meeting of February 18, 61 2025 with one revision, and the evening's revised agenda." Councilmember Mathews seconded the 62 motion, which passed with Hanover, Malmstrom, Mathews, Milbank, and Pitcher in favor. No one 63 opposed. 64 Reports from Mayor, Councilmembers, and Staff: 65 Recorder Lind 66 • She informed that the April newsletter submissions were due by March 15. 67 Mayor Wright 68 • He discussed a temporary banner on the Old School which had been drafted by the property 69 manager. It had a graphic of a school and the words, "Old School Business Complex." He asked the 70 council how they felt about how It looked. They agreed to the design. 71 • He had received a lease for the Cache County School District Audiology Department. He would 72 review it and have them sign it. 73 Councilmember Milbank 74 • The 2025 RAPZ grant application had been submitted. 75 • He had started to fill out a DNR grant application but stopped when he noticed it required a match 76 from the city. 77 • He had talked with PWD Neison about maintenance on the new park. They decided to check on an 78 outside landscaping company to take care of the lawn. 79 Treasurer Jensen 80 • She reportedly met and discussed the budget with Mayor Wright and Finance Director Sanderson. 81 Due to the budget situation in the coming year, they decided to ask the county about the 82 possibility of reallocating the 2024-25 RAPZ grant ($120,000) to go towards finishing up the Heber 83 Olson Park Pavilion, rather than a new pavilion at the new park. The County set up a meeting to 84 discuss it on March 11 at 5:00pm. So far, the city had spent $72,000 on concrete at the current 85 pavilion and still needed to pay for sprinklers, sod, and landscaping. Councilmember Milbank had 86 applied for next year's RAPZ funds to go toward the new pavilion at the new park. 87 Public Comment: Brittany Cascio expressed support for Taylor's rezone. She was surprised that 88 their application was denied at the last meeting. She felt the city should be welcoming to them and she 89 liked their plan. She felt there were some biases at the last meeting. She didn't feel the Taylor's were 90 trying to take away from the quality of open space in River Heights. She also loved the new banner idea at 91 the old School. River Heights City Council Meeting, 3/4/25 2 92 Entertain a Motion to Reconsider the Rezone of the Tavlor Property; Mayor Wright explained that after the Taylor rezone request for R-1-8 was denied at the last meeting he talked with the city attorney who said the council had the authority to adopt, reject or modify the Planning Commission's recommendation to 95 rezone the property to R-1-8. He determined that the Commission's hearing notice Informed that the Taylors 96 desired a residential zone with single family lots. This allowed the council to rezone it to R-1-10 or 12 since 97 both zones were less restrictive than the initial request. He said the council could reconsider the request 98 without the Taylor's going back to the Planning Commission. 99 Mayor Wright pointed out that any of the three residential zones would work on the property, but he 100 hoped the council would consider the whole 800 South area and the zone they wanted in the General Plan for 101 this area. 102 CouncMmember Mathews moved to "reconsider the rezone request of the Kelly and Kay Taylor 103 property." Councilmember Hanover seconded the motion which passed with Hanover, Malmstrom, 104 Mathews, Milbank, and Pitcher in favor. No one opposed. 105 Discuss and Decide on a Rezone Request from Kelly and Kav Tavlor: Mayor Wright reminded the 106 Council they were reconsidering the Planning Commission's recommendation to rezone the Taylor property to 107 R-1-8. 108 Councilmember Milbank highlighted some points from the mpderate-income housing section of the 109 Genera! Plan. Cache Valley needed affordable housing. The General Plan stated that River Heights City would 110 strive to have options available to meet the needs of the residents. It also stated that the city would encourage 111 a wide range of development, including duplexes, townhomes and patio homes and the allowance of a range 112 of zones. He felt to zone the Taylor's property other than R-1-8, they would be setting a precedence for spot 113 zoning because the surrounding property was currently zoned R-1-8. He said they would be making a 114 subjective preference for large homes on larger properties which would make financial affordability difficult for many. _ _ Councilmember Mathews asked if they rezoned the whole area to R-1-12 if that would be spot zoning. 117 Councilmember Milbank noted that a portion of Taylor's property was already zoned R-1-8. 118 Councilmember Hanover observed there already seemed to be a number of other areas in the city that 119 had been spot zoned. 120 Councilmember Malmstrom pointed out that most of River Heights was zoned R-1-8, including the 121 upcoming Heritage development. He didn't see a problem with adding R-1-12. 122 Councilmember Pitcher was in favor of the R-1-8 zone in the area. 123 Councilmember Hanover moved to "Approve the Taylor rezone request to rezone their property 124 from agricultural to R-1-12." Councilmember Mathews seconded the motion which passed with Hanover, 125 Malmstrom, and Mathews in favor. Milbank and Pitcher were opposed. 126 Mayor Wright asked Commission Chair Cooley if he could have a discussion with the Planning 127 Commission to change the zone of the 800 South area to R-1-12 in the General Plan. 128 Discuss and Decide on the Bov Scouts Request to Use the City Basement for Weekly Meetings: 129 Councilmember Milbank said he and Recorder Lind had finalized the rental contract. Mayor Wright discussed a 130 PO fora lock system in the amount of $2,395.47 which would allow renters to use a programmed card to 131 access the building. Councilmember Hanover said they would want the new locks regardless of if they allowed 132 the scouts to use the building for free. Councilmember Pitcher asked what budget the lock system would come 133 out of. Treasurer Jensen said it would fall under repairs and maintenance in the general fund. 134 Councilmember Milbank said he was in favor of allowing the boy scouts to use the building rent free. 135 The other council members agreed. The PO would be on the next agenda for formal approval. 136 Declare iMac Computer as Surplus Property; Mayor Wright informed that when Mayor Thompson took 137 office, he wanted an iMac computer in the mayor's office, rather than the Dell which was provided. After his resignation he offered to purchase it from the city. Legally the Council would need to decare It as surplus property before they could sell it. River Heights City Council Meeting, 3/4/25 3 140 Mayor Wright had talked with an employee of Expercom who said the computer's trading value was 141 $400-$650, based on the specs. CouncNmember Pitcher moved to "declare the city's iMac computer as surplus property. // 142 143 Councilmember Hanover seconded the motion, which passed with Hanover, Malmstrom, Mathews, 144 Milbank, and Pitcher in favor. No one opposed. 145 Mayor Wright asked for the amount they wanted to sell it for. The council agreed to charge $400. 146 Discuss and Approve Financing for 800 South Residential Sewer Hookups: Postponed. 147 Council Approval of a Citizen Planner for the Development Review Committee (PRC): Mayor Wright 148 reminded that the new subdivision approval process required a review by the DRC which included a citizen 149 planner on the committee. He presented two names of planners he felt would both be good. Chris Sands was a 150 planner and landscape designer for BioWest, and agreed he could help the city, on the side, as needed. Levi 151 Roberts (a resident of River Heights) was currently Nibley City's Planner and was willing to help. The mayor felt 152 it a good idea to have two planners lined up, in case one wasn't available when needed. 153 Each council member gave their advice and consent for both suggestions. 154 Executive Session for Pending Litigation: Councilmember Pitcher moved to "enter into an executive session to discuss pending litigation. M 155 156 Councilmember Hanover seconded the motion which passed with Hanover, Malmstrom, Mathews, Milbank, 157 and Pitcher in favor. No one opposed. 158 The Council left the open meeting at 7:18 pm and returned at 7:45 pm. 159 The open meeting also adjourned at 7:45 p.m. 160 161 162 163 Sheila Lind, Record 164 165 Blake wMght, Mayor River Heights City Council Meeting, 3/4/25 4  RIVER HEIGHTS CITY 520 South 500 East * 435-752-2646 Application for Project Review Type of Appikation Subdivision Minor Subdivision Flag Lot X Rezone Boundary Adjus^nent Commercial Developmer^t Commercial ParVir^ Applicant Phone Number email address Kelly & Kay Taylor Mailing Address, City, State. Zip Property Owr^r of Record Phone Number K & K Taylor Revocable Trust (settlement date Feb 11) Mailing Address, City, State, Zip same Project Name Rezone Parcel 02-28-0046 Property Address County Parcel ID Number 440 East 800 South 02-28-0046 Size of Lot Size of Building Number of Dwellings/Units/Lots 2.32 Acres NA NA Describe the proposed project • Rezone parcel from AG to R-1-8 in preparation for a future minor subdivision application. • The parcel is under contract with a Feb 11 settlement date between the Bird Family Trust and the K & K Taylor Revocable Trust. We certify we are the developer and record owner of this property and we consent to the submittal of application. Kelly & Kay Taylor Jan 28, 2025 Developer Date Property Owner Date  Cache County Parcel Viewer (1 of 2) Applicant property is outlined in red. 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UJ V >! 1 - .fO I UJ .* a: riliiS :?.°r i \ ^ 02 • 0 a ^ - uu 7 0 RIVER HEIGHTS ClTYi ^SrCr-.-y itf : V . ...^ j I >  ORDINANCE 3-2025 AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE PARCEL 02-028-0046, OWNED BY KELLY AND KAY TAYLOR AT APPROXIMATELY 440 E 800 S FROM AGRICULTURAL TO R-1-12 WHEREAS, Kelly and Kay Taylor own parcel 02-028-0046, which totals 2.32 acres, and WHEREAS, this property is currently zoned Agricultural, and WHEREAS, Kelly and Kay Taylor have requested their property be rezoned to R-1-8, and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Planning Commission on February 11,2025, to address the request, and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission recommended to the City Council that the above stated parcel be considered for the R-1-8 Zone, and WHEREAS, the City Council preferred the property to be rezoned R-1-12, and WHEREAS, Kelly and Kay Taylor agreed R-1-12 would work for their future plans for the property. NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVER HEIGHTS, that the above property be zoned R-1-12. ADOPTED BY THE RIVER HEIGHTS MUNICIPAL COUNCIL THIS 4‘^ DAY OF MARCH 2025. Blake Wright, Mayor Attest: Sheila Lind, Recorder