Mayor breaks tie to require ground-floor commercial on 200 South in TOD; Knife River gets $577,800 Main Street water line
March 10, 2020, 7:00 p.m. · American Fork City Hall, 31 N. Church St.
With Clark Taylor absent, Mayor Frost broke a 2-2 tie to require that buildings fronting 200 South in the TOD mixed-use core devote the equivalent of their ground floor to non-residential uses; Kevin Barnes and Rob Shelton voted no. The council adopted 2020 sewer, pressurized irrigation and culinary water master plans and impact fee facilities plans, tabled the transportation plan, approved IFA Subdivision No. 2 and a Bank of America/Apollo Burger site plan 3-1 over Staci Carroll's concerns about a new 900 West signal, and awarded Knife River a $577,800 West Main Street water line contract.
From the approved minutes.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item CC · Subdivision
Consent agenda: minutes and improvement releases
Approved · 4-0
Approved Jan. 28 minutes (Feb. 18 held for review) and releases: $6,669.70 durability retainer for Northshore CC Plat F - HK Ties (926 S. Auto Mall Dr.); $79,565.58 for South Point Phase 4 (740 E. 340 South); notice of acceptance for 900 West Project 1.1 (900 W. 200 South).
- Payment$6,670 to Northshore CC Plat F developer
- Payment$79,566 to South Point Phase 4 developer
Item 1 · Budget
Ratify payments Feb. 18-March 3 and purchases over $25,000
Approved · 4-0
Ratified.
Item 2 · Other
Alcohol license for Bandera Brisket
Approved · 4-0
Approved.
Item 3 · City code
TOD mixed-use core ground-floor commercial requirement (Section 17.4.608(6))
Approved · 3-2
Ordinance 2020-03-11 requires buildings fronting 200 South in the mixed-use core (700 West to 1000 West, north of the FrontRunner station) to devote 100% of the ground floor, or an equivalent area, to non-residential use, and 25% on other streets. Senior Planner Adam Olsen said two pending developers proposed no commercial at all. Shelton cited 25-55% retail vacancy and vacant Easton retail space and feared it would slow 200 South development; Barnes objected to government dictating uses at that detail.
Item 4 · Zoning
Rezone 1254 E. 300 North to PO-1 Professional Office
Approved with conditions · 4-0
Ordinance 2020-03-12 from RA-1, conditioned on dedication of right-of-way for 300 North and 200 North; Shelton asked that the road exhibit of the city's agreement with the hospital be attached.
Item 5a · Subdivision
IFA Subdivision No. 2 final plat
Approved with conditions · 3-1
Approved in the GC-2 zone. A median will extend to Costco and a new signal will be added on 900 West (reimbursement agreement to follow). Carroll said the light is too close to the others; Barnes said drivers cutting across lanes by IFA scared him.
Item 5b · Development
Bank of America and Apollo Burger site plan
Approved with conditions · 3-1
Ordinance 2020-03-13.
Item 6 · General plan
2020 Sanitary Sewer Master Plan and Impact Fee Facilities Plan
Approved · 4-0
Resolution 2020-03-03R, prepared with Horrocks Engineers; upsizes lines for higher density. Impact fee adoption to follow.
Item 7 · General plan
2020 Pressurized Irrigation Master Plan and IFFP
Approved with conditions · 4-0
Resolution 2020-03-04R, including a future facility to reuse treated TSSD wastewater for irrigation and $7 million in meter installation (2024-25). Shelton said the PI fund runs about $1 million short a year and asked that metering and TSSD reuse costs be re-evaluated.
Item 8 · General plan
2020 Culinary Water Master Plan and IFFP
Approved with conditions · 4-0
Resolution 2020-03-05R, with language clarifying the transmission line and a renewed cost-benefit look at the 36-inch water line.
Item 9 · General plan
Transportation and Trails Master Plan and IFFP (tabled)
Tabled · 4-0
Tabled over questions about impact fee eligibility, including widening 200 South to five lanes from the west city limits to 300 West ($11.1 million) and a $20 million Pioneer Crossing/1020 West flyover with $284,000 impact-fee eligible; the plan introduces "legacy roads" such as 700 North. Carroll and Christiansen asked for signals near the high school on 300 North and at 400 East.
Item 10 · Contract
Reimbursement agreement, Estates at Fenn Farms
Approved · 4-0
Reimburses the developer for city-requested upsizing; amount not stated.
- PaymentAmount not given to Estates at Fenn Farms developer
Item 11 · Contract
Reimbursement agreement, Gardner Batt warehouse (GB AF Industrial Investment LLC)
Approved · 4-0
Approved; amount not stated.
- PaymentAmount not given to GB AF Industrial Investment LLC
Item 12 · Contract
West Main Street water line contract to Knife River
Approved · 4-0
Accepted Knife River Corporation Mountain West's bid for the West Main Street Water Line Replacement (WA201807), tied to UDOT's Main Street project.
- Contract$577,800 to Knife River Corporation Mountain West
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