July 27, 2007 by Todd Christensen.

I wanted to post some comments regarding our meeting last night, but at the same time clarify that my comments aren’t the official record of the meeting, nor are they to be used for anything official such as the purpose of the actual meeting notes that get reviewed and adopted by the city council each meeting.  Here is a link to the agenda of the meeting last night from the main Perry City website (www.perrycity.org).

Anyway, that being said, last night’s city council meeting went really well I think.  Through the course of the general comments section that is a part of each meeting, there were a handful of comments regarding the big rainstorm on Wednesday night.  The mayor commented that he was out and about in the south end of the city seeing various neighbors out helping each other.  Quite a bit of rainfall came down in a short period and caused a lot of dirt and mud to be moved down the hillsides in various places.  There were several comments later in the meeting thanking everyone in the community and in Willard who helped out with the sandbags in providing help and assistance in activities related to the rainstorm.  Most of what was talked about indicated that the storm drainage system withint the city was functioning as planned - but also outlined the importance of maintenance of drains and continued system upgrades and improvements.  The City Council recently adopted some much needed changes to the storm drain impact fees accordingly to help keep the city roads and drainage areas updated and properly sized for the growth in the city.

The agenda item that covered the parks and recreation impact fees was tabled since it’s quite a complex issue and the council felt that we needed some more information and input before passing any additions to the park impact fees.  Another work sessions will be scheduled in the future for the City Council to go over the proposed fees and discuss what the best options are for the community.

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July 26, 2007 by Todd Christensen.

Tonight there is an open planning meeting held under the direction of the planning commission with UDOT.  The discussion is covering the funds available to upgrade and address traffic flow and safety issues along Hwy 89.  As it stands now, UDOT is planning on starting @ 1100 South in Brigham City and head south as far as possible.  They hope to be sending out to bid the construction specifications sometime around November 2007.  Depending on whether or not there are needs or requests for additional features such as curb and sidewalk on both sides of the road - all will go into determining the length of Hwy 89 that will receive the updates.

UDOT is looking to work with the city and community to determine the scope and needs of this project.  This is all exciting news for the community as we can now hopefully address some of the issues that have arisen over the past with the growth of the community and increased traffic.

 And for everyone’s information, UDOT is planning a 2nd follow up meeting next week to meet again with the planning commission, city council and anyone else interested.  It will be Thursday, August 2nd @ 5:30pm at the City Offices.

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July 26, 2007 by Todd Christensen.

This is the first blog ever setup for the City.  It’s our vision to provide an easily updatable site for residents and businesses to return to again and again.  Please help with your positive suggestions and recommendations on how to continue to improve our community!

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