PARC board pulls $150,000 from Boat Harbor; council weighs whether to match $1.4 million county grant
May 19, 2020, 4:00 p.m. · Held electronically (COVID-19 emergency)
The PARC tax advisory board redistributed $150,000 once earmarked to match a Utah County grant for the American Fork Boat Harbor, restoring arts groups and the Quail Cove restroom; Clark Taylor said he would vote against putting PARC money into the harbor. The council heard quarterly PARC project and Timpanogos Arts Foundation updates (Art Dye fields delayed by a sod shortage) and reviewed fiscal 2021 strategic goals including a possible property tax increase, a five-year infrastructure plan, a fiber survey and funding 200 South.
From the approved minutes.
Decisions at a glance
| Item | Result |
|---|---|
| Quarter 3 PARC tax project update | Discussed |
| Proposed PARC tax allocations and Boat Harbor | Discussed |
Agenda, item by item
Item 1 · Parks
Quarter 3 PARC tax project update
Discussed
Community Services Director Camden Bird said Art Dye phases were delayed by a sod shortage, with a July 1 target; Hindley Park parking was paved; Quail Cove entrance got curb and gutter, with its broken rock wall repaired through insurance; Robinson Park got a playground. The three existing Art Dye fields get only overseeding. Reggie Walker said the Timpanogos Arts Foundation canceled seven of nine programs because of COVID-19. The city receives about $14,000 a year in small Utah County recreation grants.
Item 2 · Parks
Proposed PARC tax allocations and Boat Harbor
Discussed
Brian Thompson of the PARC advisory board said $150,000 first earmarked for the Boat Harbor was redistributed: restoring Youth Choir ($20,000), Wasatch Winds ($23,000) and other TAF groups, funding the library Book Fairy project, the Quail Cove restroom and scoreboards; the library programming room would get $110,000. Utah County offered about $1.4 million (half the city's $2.9 million request) as a matching grant from tourism tax; a $500,000 state match was not won. Taylor said he would vote against PARC money for the harbor and suggested asking the county for a 3:1 match; Shelton asked that such grant applications come to the council first. Mayor Frost said the decision could wait a year. Christiansen backed $6,400 for quilting circle sewing machines.
- Grant$1.40 million to Utah County
- Budget$150,000
Item 3 · Presentation
FY2021 strategic vision
Discussed
Staff reviewed goals from the February retreat: evaluating a property tax increase (Shelton and Taylor favored a truth-in-taxation process soon); a year-one infrastructure plan by July 1 growing to five years; a Y2 Analytics fiber survey; funding 200 South (water, sewer, storm drain, road and trail), possibly by reviving the CRA with the school district by November, with Shelton asking for a bonding plan B by August; Everbridge opt-in notifications; water metering and reuse; and Art Dye Phase 4, which needs a lease of Fox Hollow land. Shelton said residents were promised public works operations would leave Art Dye when the salt dome was built.