Harrington Center for the Arts

Every hearing and vote

1. February 18, 2020 · City Council work session

   Mid-year reports from PARC tax recipients

   Discussed

   New Friends Quilt Group spent $5,440 of a $6,050 table budget and asked to use leftover money for two folding cutting tables. Timpanogos Symphony reported school assembly concerts. The Harrington Center for the Arts reported three grants (a $7,300 summer concert series, Fork Fest and Chalk It Up, which returned $500 of its $4,000) and asked for more 2020 concerts at about $2,600 each; Shelton saw the roughly $25,000 cost as minor, while Taylor warned about bypassing the PARC committee process. Alpine Community Theater reported a sound board purchase and using $14,500 of a $20,500 grant. Timpanogos Arts Foundation reported new youth groups and marketing. Library Director Cassandria Crane presented a community assessment, and the council gave the go-ahead to spend set-aside PARC money on architect design for a children's space facing Robinson Park. Parks Superintendent Jason Thomson proposed curb and gutter instead of a fence at the Quail Cove entrance, about $3,000 to $4,000 cheaper. Members agreed that groups getting less than $25,000 can report yearly through the PARC committee, while TAF and the city report twice a year.

2. November 17, 2020 · City Council work session

   Harrington Center for the Arts long-term facility proposal

   Discussed

   Spencer and Summerisa Stevens, Mr. Miner of the center's facilities committee and financial adviser Kevin Bradburn presented a plan to renovate the 1903 Harrington School, owned by the Bell family trust, as a for-profit opportunity-zone investment leased to the nonprofit arts center, which would later buy it back. Phase 1A would add a connector with elevators; Phase 1B a nonprofit black-box studio theater north of the school on land the group wants to lease or buy from the city; Phase 2 a civic and arts plaza created by closing part of Church Street between Harrington and City Hall. Fire Chief Brems said the station handles about 11.5 calls a day and objected to lost parking, narrowed access, deliveries and noise; he also noted Church Street has only a 6-inch water main and Center Street none. Council Members Shelton, Taylor, Carroll, Christiansen and Barnes supported pursuing it; Shelton favored a land sale over a lease and Taylor opposed closing access between the police and fire stations. The mayor asked for a list of what the group needs from the city; the group will prepare a site plan and share its financial model.

   • Building: Harrington School, built 1903, owned by Bell family trust
   • Fire station call volume: about 3,650 calls so far in 2020, expected to exceed 4,000
   • Requested from city: land lease or sale for studio theater, parking agreement, partial Church Street closure, plaza participation

3. March 1, 2022 · City Council work session

   Harrington Center for the Arts concept and downtown parking code

   Discussed

   The council discussed a concept for a new Harrington Center theater beside the historic Harrington building and City Hall. A proposed code amendment would let projects on Center and Church streets count adjacent on-street parking. Most members supported surplusing city land west of City Hall for parking; Hunter opposed shared parking and Carroll regretted paving open space but supported the project. An old agreement to replace 17 stalls lost to the fire station expansion also needs resolving.

4. April 26, 2022 · City Council

   Off-street parking standards, Section 17.05.133(E)

   Approved · 5-0

   Amended the map of the area where on-street parking can count toward off-street requirements, removing a no-parking-requirement provision. Shelton asked to exclude state roads UDOT may widen (Main Street, 100 East).

   • Minutes record the ordinance number as 2021-04-18.

   Moved by Councilmember Barnes, seconded by Councilmember Taylor. Vote: 5-0

5. November 7, 2023 · City Council

   Harrington Center for the Arts parking reduction, 50 N. Center St.

   Approved · 4-1

   The planning commission approved the performing arts center's site plan on condition the council cut required parking. Using time-of-day shared use, 95 stalls (staff report: 96) are required; the applicant provides 89: 51 on site, 18 on Church Street and 20 on Center Street. Shelton questioned whether shared parking with the city-owned fire station is a private agreement; Carroll said planning commission minutes seemed to land the other way and asked for clarity; the mayor asked legal counsel for an opinion.

   • Parking: 89 stalls provided vs 96 required (51 on-site, 38 on-street)
   • Site adjoins Historic City Hall and fire station headquarters

   Moved by Council Member Rob Shelton, seconded by Council Member Clark Taylor. Vote: 4-1; Hunter voted no