Present: Chair Anna Andregg, Commissioners Allen Bice, Dan Howard, Michael Hinckley, Alternate Richard Hirschi; Staff: Derek Imlay, June Jeffery, Kyle Gubler; Public: Ray Justice

Commissioners Joe Webb and Robert Holland were not in attendance.

Call To Order: Chair Anna Andregg at 6:01 p.m. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance by Michael Hinckley.

Approval of Minutes: Corrections to the minutes: Michael Hinckley did not arrive at the last meeting until after the election; Page 5 second paragraph, sixth line "If it is put back on the ground it has used" needs to be changed to mean that it is better to use the water than just put it back into the river. Motion by Commissioner Hinckley to approve the minutes of the June 9, 2010 regular meeting with the stated corrections, second by Commissioner Hirschi. Motion carried with Hinckley, Howard, Bice, Hirschi, and Andregg voting yes.

Approval of Agenda: Motion by Commissioner Hirschi to approve the agenda, second by Commissioner Bice. Motion carried with Hinckley, Howard, Bice, and Andregg voting yes.

Reports:

Beautification Committee: Allen Bice reported that the committee discussed the three plans for the crescent that were presented by David Bell. The committee has tentatively chosen the plan using Cortens steel and colored concrete. It is expected that Bell will create a specific design and plan that will have a price attached to it. The committee will work towards that goal. Commissioners discussed that the crescent area is on the NE corner of the intersection at 500 N. and State in front of the old Silver Springs trailer park. The committee would like to make that a "gateway" intersection, with plans to involve all four corners in the future.

Economic Development Committee: Kyle Gubler reported that he had attended the Washington County Economic Development Committee meeting. A SITLA representative reported that they had acquired the Coral Canyon project. The transaction included everything but the golf course. SITLA is looking for developers, but they are in control of the development. There are 7 parcels of undeveloped area including the commercial area in Hurricane city limits on the north side of the highway. That area is to be put on hold, given the economy. There are plans to redo the interchange. It is SITLA's intent to keep the CCRs in place, but there will be modification to the development agreement. The modifications will be in keeping with the integrity of the Coral Canyon project. The golf course has a 75-year lease with the same company that manages the Hurricane golf course.

Gubler reported that the last County Economic Development meeting took them on a field trip to the new airport. The runway looks good and the terminal is in the sheetrock stage. This is the only airport in the nation that has been built from "scratch" or at ground level since the Denver airport was built 25 years ago.

Trails Committee: No report. This committee is on hold.

Director of Operations: Next Monday should be a final walk-through of the State Street Water Project. Representatives from UDOT and the Division of Water Quality - who gave the loan to the city, will be there. They will walk the entire project. Hopefully this will push Hawker to finalize everything. All pipe and valves are done. The contractor is finishing clean-up, patching asphalt, restoring landscape etc., and working to get property owner sign-off so that those affected will not be able to come back with complaints to the City at a later date. Andregg was concerned about the asphalt patching on 470 West. Imlay agreed that the contractor had a lot of "fix-it" notes on that road. The patches are very uneven and need to be ground down or cut out and replaced to level.

The irrigation filter project is supposed to go to bid this month. The project is to begin work on October 15^th and should take 45 days to complete. The filters will be installed in the same location as the existing station. Irrigation water will be turned out of the system and the station will be demolished. There will be new concrete pads, with new manifolds, chain link fence, tin roof, and a crane to lift the filters out for maintenance or repair. The mayor has been working with Ron Thompson to put in a SCADA system to measure the flow of water. It is expected that the District will charge the city if there is over-use. Other years, the irrigation water has been in the pipes until it gets too cold - generally November. That will not be the case this year so the installation can be done.

The City has not heard anything more from Prairie Hollow School. They will have to do the subdivision from the Interstate Rock property before they can proceed.

Unfinished Business:

Hillside Ordinance: Allen Bice read the hillside ordinance pages 13 of 36 through 20 of 36 starting with "Concept Plan" and ending with Item "H. Subdivisions of Record".

Imlay pointed out that item (4) on page 15 talked about detention systems. The city is working to push development away from detention basins and toward underground piped systems that flow the drainage to existing gutters and waterways. The part of this paragraph referring to detention systems will be deleted. There was discussion that the city Storm Water Master Plan is almost completed and detention will not be part of it. June will review the part of this Hillside Ordinance that has already been reviewed to see if there are other references to detention that should be addressed or deleted. There was discussion that Paradise Park Subdivision ran underground to the 100 West ditch. Chaco Ridge with its flooding problems because the waterway was installed wrong, takes water to the city's drainage system.

Item (5) should read "Underground pipe systems shall be designed..."

The next item - (6) was about detention and should be stricken.

Page 18 item h. - "Construction Standards" should not be capitalized.

Page 19 item E. - Discussion that a penalty should be mentioned or referred to. June and Derek will review zoning and subdivision code to find out what the penalty would be. That will be added to this paragraph.

Page 19 item F. - Included the current requirement for bonding and restoration. There was a typo for "letter of credit".

Page 20 item H. - There was discussion that subdivisions that have not received final approval and have passed expiration will not be grandfathered under a previous code, but will fall under whatever code is in place with their reapplication. Derek stated that all the hillside subdivisions - Sunset View, Valle Vista, and Chaco Ridge have passed the one-year expiration point. Mosaic is a PCD and would also start from scratch.  There was a question that this item is needed at all. June and Derek will look at the ordinance as it has already been reviewed to see if the concern is covered elsewhere. Item H. will be the starting place for next meeting's review.

Page 20 item 2 under F. Bonding: There are several types of vegetation suggested for restoration. There was a question if the City Council would be the right body to give approval for alternative plants. The City Council is the land use authority and would give that approval. Discussion that cuts already made in the hillside may not be fixable. Bice said that the city should not make it easy for cuts to be made without permission.

Adjourn: Motion by Commissioner Howard to adjourn, second by Commissioner Hinckley. Motion carried with Hinckley, Howard, Bice, Hirschi, and Andregg voting yes.  6:55 p.m.

Minutes taken by June Jeffery

Planning Commission Chair, Anna Andregg

Date Approved, August 11, 2010