Blalock and Partners hired to design Fire Station 52 for $278,450; council tables Lake City Row parking deal
April 14, 2020, 7:00 p.m. · Held electronically (COVID-19 emergency)
The council hired Blalock and Partners for $278,450 to design Fire Station 52 after staff scored seven proposals, and tabled a memorandum of understanding allowing reduced parking at Lake City Row until a work session, with Clark Taylor and Barbara Christiansen skeptical that reduced parking ever works. It also accepted a watershed agreement for American Fork River rehabilitation studies and approved a UDOT signal and access agreement on 500 East.
From the approved minutes.
Decisions at a glance
| Item | Result |
|---|---|
| Consent agenda: improvement guarantee releases | Approved · 5-0 |
| Ratify payments March 24-April 7 and purchases over $25,000 | Approved · 5-0 |
| Vacate rear easement at 927 W. 980 North (Cottonwood Heights Lot 15) | Approved · 5-0 |
| Lake City Row memorandum of understanding (tabled) | Tabled · 5-0 |
| Detailed drawings (Section 15.01): 4-inch PI meter detail | Approved · 5-0 |
| Watershed agreement for American Fork River rehabilitation | Approved · 5-0 |
| Fire Station 52 architectural design contract to Blalock and Partners | Approved · 5-0 |
| UDOT agreement on 500 East signals and access control | Approved · 5-0 |
Agenda, item by item
Item CC · Subdivision
Consent agenda: improvement guarantee releases
Approved · 5-0
Approved March 10 minutes and releases: $7,956.63 durability retainer for American Heritage Plat D Phase 1A (736 N. 1100 East); $13,278 construction guarantee for JCW's (580 E. State Road); $293,764.44 durability retainer for Stonecreek Plat A (100 W. 900 South).
- Payment$7,957 to American Heritage Plat D developer
- Payment$13,278 to JCW's
- Payment$293,764 to Stonecreek Plat A developer
Item 1 · Budget
Ratify payments March 24-April 7 and purchases over $25,000
Approved · 5-0
Ratified.
Item 2 · Other
Vacate rear easement at 927 W. 980 North (Cottonwood Heights Lot 15)
Approved · 5-0
Ordinance 2020-04-15 vacated part of an unused 10-foot utility easement so the owner can build a pool; utilities consented.
Item 2b · Development
Lake City Row memorandum of understanding (tabled)
Tabled · 5-0
MOU with master developer MDP Land (partner Buck Swaney) would allow 1.8 parking spaces for studio and one-bedroom units, shared parking with future commercial buildings, limits on units until more water is available, and standard reimbursement for water lines. Taylor and Christiansen opposed reducing parking; Barnes worried about precedent and enforcement; Shelton wanted a work session. Tabled to a work session no later than May 5.
Item 3 · City code
Detailed drawings (Section 15.01): 4-inch PI meter detail
Approved · 5-0
Ordinance 2020-04-16 added a standard detail for a 4-inch pressurized irrigation meter.
Item 4 · Roads and utilities
Watershed agreement for American Fork River rehabilitation
Approved · 5-0
Accepted a grant-funded watershed agreement for environmental studies needed to qualify for future grants to rehabilitate the American Fork River channel and replace box structures; no cost to the city.
- GrantAmount not given
Item 5 · Contract
Fire Station 52 architectural design contract to Blalock and Partners
Approved · 5-0
The fire chief, police chief and public works director scored seven proposals with and without cost after a mandatory pre-proposal meeting advertised on SciQuest and the city website. Shelton asked why JRCA, which had contacted the city after the bond, did not submit; staff said JRCA attended the pre-proposal meeting. Kevin Blalock said the firm designed Spanish Fork's new fire station and several Salt Lake City stations.
- Contract$278,450 to Blalock and Partners
Item 6 · Roads and utilities
UDOT agreement on 500 East signals and access control
Approved · 5-0
Formalized signal and access rules on 500 East (a state road) in front of the Osmond development; a similar agreement for 100 East is coming. Shelton asked to keep a 400 South connection through a vacant parcel possible.
What residents said
Reduced parking at Lake City Row
Michael Rhodes and River Pools of Salt Lake asked the council to vacate an unused rear utility easement at 927 W. 980 North so a pool could be built. Heidi Rodeback, chair of the Library Board, thanked the city for keeping the library open during COVID-19.