City Council Regular Meeting

MINUTES OF COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING APRIL 23, 2024 -1- THE WEST VALLEY CITY COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR ELECTRONIC SESSION ON TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024 AT 6:37 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WEST VALLEY CITY HALL, 3600 CONSTITUTION BOULEVARD, WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AND CONDUCTED BY MAYOR KAREN LANG. THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT: Karen Lang, Mayor Don Christensen, Councilmember At-Large Lars Nordfelt, Councilmember At-Large Tom Huynh, Councilmember District 1 William Whetstone, Councilmember District 3 Jake Fitisemanu, Councilmember District 4 ABSENT: Scott Harmon, Councilmember District 2 STAFF PRESENT: Ifo Pili, City Manager Nichole Camac, City Recorder John Flores, Assistant City Manager Eric Bunderson, City Attorney Colleen Jacobs, Police Chief (electronically) John Evans, Fire Chief Jim Welch, Finance Director Steve Pastorik, CED Director Layne Morris, CPD Director Dan Johnson, Public Works Director Jamie Young, Parks and Recreation Director Jonathan Springmeyer, RDA Director Sam Johnson, Strategic Communications Director Ken Cushing, IT (electronically) Travis Cosby, IT OPENING CEREMONY- COUNCILMEMBER JAKE FITISEMANU Councilmember Fitisemanu invited Reverand Filimone Havili Mone of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga to lead a prayer. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING HELD APRIL 16, 2024  MINUTES OF COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING APRIL 23, 2024 -2- The Council considered the Minutes of the Regular Meeting held April 16, 2024. There were no changes, corrections or deletions. Councilmember Nordfelt moved to approve the Minutes of the Regular Meeting held April 16, 2024. Councilmember Huynh seconded the motion. A voice vote was taken and all members voted in favor of the motion. AWARDS, CEREMONIES AND PROCLAMATIONS A. PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE 26TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 AS ARBOR DAY IN WEST VALLEY CITY Councilmember Fitisemanu read a Proclamation Declaring the 26th Day of April 2024 as Arbor Day in West Valley City. COMMENT PERIOD A. PUBLIC COMMENTS Randy Lucero stated that he lives behind Western Gardens and expressed concern regarding noise from events held there on the weekend. He indicated that these events end at 10 PM but limit his ability to have family get togethers and impact his hours for work. Jim Vesock encouraged Council to attend the Clean and Beautiful SpringFest event at the Cultural Center this coming weekend. He also stated that the first My Hometown days of service will begin on April 27th with participation from the Granger High School football and basketball teams. Mike Markham encouraged the City to reach out to Ryan Smith regarding the new NHL hockey team coming to Utah. B. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS Ifo Pili, City Manager, stated that staff would look into the noise concern mentioned by Mr. Lucero. C. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS Upon inquiry, members of the City Council had no comments. RESOLUTION 24-63: APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO A CITY PARK Mayor Lang presented proposed Resolution 24-63 that would approve an agreement With Rocky Mountain Power to Provide Service to a City Park.  MINUTES OF COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING APRIL 23, 2024 -3- Written documentation previously provided to the City Council included information as follows: West View Park Expansion is located at 4059 S 6000 W. It is between West View Park and the grass field installed by UDOT with Mountain View Corridor. This project will begin to combine these properties into one larger park complex. The homes that were purchased for this park had overhead power lines. As we are developing these lots into a park, we will be removing the overhead power and putting it underground. As part of this, we will need to install infrastructure and have a new agreement with Rocky Mountain Power. Costs for this will be $32,126.00. Upon inquiry by Mayor Lang there were no further questions from members of the City Council, and she called for a motion. Councilmember Fitisemanu moved to approve Resolution 24-63. Councilmember Huynh seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken: Councilman Fitisemanu Yes Councilman Whetstone Yes Councilman Harmon Absent Councilman Huynh Yes Councilman Christensen Yes Councilman Nordfelt Yes Mayor Lang Yes Unanimous. MOTION TO ADJOURN Upon motion by Councilmember Huynh all voted in favor to adjourn. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS OF THE WEST VALLEY COUNCIL THE REGULAR MEETING OF TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024 WAS ADJOURNED AT 6:54 P.M. BY MAYOR LANG. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true, accurate and complete record of the proceedings of the Regular Meeting of the West Valley City Council held Tuesday, April 23, 2024.  MINUTES OF COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING APRIL 23, 2024 -4- _______________________________ Nichole Camac, CMC City Recorder