Meeting
City Council · 2017-08-08
City Council meeting
Decisions
3
5 motions in all
Split votes
0
at least one no
Discussion
–
no recording
Residents spoke
–
introduced themselves
Agenda items and what happened
| Item | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tour - Library Auditorium/Amphitheater Facilities other session |
discussed only | p.1 |
| Appointment to Heritage Advisory Commission regular session |
approved | p.3 |
| Appointment to Library Advisory Commission regular session |
approved | p.3 |
| Appointments to Summerfest Advisory Committee regular session |
approved | p.3 |
| Personal Appearances - Oak Canyon Junior High crosswalk safety concerns regular session Direction: Residents requested the City conduct a traffic study of the crosswalk, including outside of school hours. |
discussed only | p.4 |
| Communication Items - UIA additional debt/bond discussion regular session Direction: Follow up once the UIA meeting agenda is received. |
discussed only | p.4 |
Items and outcomes were extracted from the agenda and minutes by Claude (Anthropic); each links to the minutes page. The minutes are authoritative.
| Motion | By | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| To approve the June 27, 2017 and July 11, 2017 City Council meeting minutes. | David Spencer 2nd Sam Lentz |
✓ Passed | p.3 |
| To reappoint Russ Snedon to the Heritage Advisory Commission. | Mark Seastrand 2nd Debby Lauret |
✓ Passed | p.3 |
| To appoint Mary Stovall Richards to the Library Advisory Commission. | Mark Seastrand 2nd Debby Lauret |
✓ Passed | p.3 |
| To appoint Katie Patty, Brent Wignall, and Crystal Wylie to the Summerfest Advisory Committee. | Mark Seastrand 2nd Debby Lauret |
✓ Passed | p.3 |
| To adjourn to a meeting of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Orem. | Mark Seastrand 2nd David Spencer |
✓ Passed | p.5 |
Text extracted from the minutes PDF (scanned pages via OCR). The PDF is the official record.
CITY OF OREM
CITY COUNCILMEETING
56 North State Street Orem, Utah
August 8, 2017
1:00 P.M. TOUR -LIBRARY AUDITORIUM/AMPHITHEATER FACILITIES
CONDUCTING Mayor Richard F. Brunst
ELECTEDOFFICIALS Councilmembers Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Mark
Seastrand, David Spencer, and Brent Sumner
APPOINTEDSTAFF Jamie Davidson, City Manager; Brenn Bybee, Assistant
City Manager; Greg Stephens, City Attorney; Richard
Manning, Administrative Services Director; Bill Bell,
Development Services Director; Karl Hirst, Recreation
Department Director; Scott Gurney, Fire Department
Director; Gary Giles, Police Department Director; Charlene
Crozier, Library Director; Jason Bench, Planning Division
Manager; Steven Downs, Assistant to the City Manager;
Jackie Lambert, Deputy City Recorder; and Vanessa
Palmer, Management Intern
EXCUSED Tom Macdonald
TOUR - Library Auditorium/Amphitheater Facilities
Mr. Bybee and Mrs. Crozier, assisted by Mrs. Palmer, organized a tour of library auditorium
and/or amphitheater facilities at Lakeridge Junior High School in Orem, Hillcrest Junior High
School in Murray, the Murray Park Amphitheater, the Viridian Event center in West Jordan, and
the Sandy Amphitheater. The purpose of the tour was to continue the Council's discussion about
the proposed library auditorium. Each venue had a unique layout and characteristics, which gave
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plans. Some factors included seating capacity, storage space, parking capacity, location and
indoor/outdoor advantages, ticket prices, and mixed uses.
Those in attendance on the tour were: Mayor Richard F. Brunst; Council members Debby Lauret,
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Brenn Bybee, Charlene Crozier, Greg Stephens, Karl Hirst, Gary Giles, Scott Gurney, Bill Bell,
Jason Bench, Jackie Lambert, and Vanessa Palmer. Mr. Tyler Curtis, Event Center Manager,
conducted the tour at the Viridian Event Center, and Ms. Kristy Sandy, Event Coordinator for the
Sandy Amphitheater conducted the tour of that facility. .
The tour ended at 5:45 p.m. for the study session held in the Public Safety Training Room.
City Council Minutes - August 8, 2017 (p.1)
5:30P.M.STUDY SESSION-PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING ROOM
CONDUCTING Mayor Richard F. Brunst
ELECTEDOFFICIALS Councilmembers Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Mark
Seastrand, David Spencer, and Brent Sumner
APPOINTEDSTAFF Jamie Davidson, City Manager; Brenn Bybee, Assistant
City Manager; Greg Stephens, City Attorney; Richard
Manning, Administrative Services Director; Bill Bell,
Development Services Director; Karl Hirst, Recreation
Department Director; Scott Gurney, Fire Department
Director; Gary Giles, Police Department Director; Charlene
Crozier, Library Director; Chris Tschirki, Public Works
Director; Steve Earl, Deputy City Attorney; Jason Bench,
Planning Division Manager; Steven Downs, Assistant to
the City Manager; and Jackie Lambert, Deputy City
Recorder
EXCUSED Tom Macdonald
PreviewUpcoming AgendaItems
Staff presented a preview of upcoming agenda items.
Agenda Review
The City Council and staff reviewed the items on the agenda. City Council discussed the
appointments to boards and commissions and considered the recommendations from the current
Summerfest Committee. Mr. Tschirki shared the names of those recommended by the committee
and the respective positions they would take on the committee.
City Council New Business
The Council had no New Business.
The Council adjourned 5:57 p.m. to the City Council Chambers for the regular meeting.
6:00 P.M. REGULAR SESSION -COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CONDUCTING Mayor Richard F. Brunst
ELECTED OFFICIALS Councilmembers Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Mark
Seastrand, David Spencer, and Brent Sumner
City Council Minutes - August 8, 2017 (p.2)
Jamie Davidson, City Manager; Brenn Bybee, Assistant
APPOINTEDSTAFF
City Manager; Richard Manning, Administrative Services
Director; Greg Stephens, City Attorney; Steve Earl, Deputy
City Attorney; Bill Bell, Development Services Director;
Scott Gurney, Fire Department Director; Charlene Crozier,
Library Director; Gary Giles, Police Department Director;
Chris Tschirki, Public Works Director; Jason Bench,
Planning Division Manager; Karl Hirst, Recreation
Director; Steven Downs, Assistant to the City Manager;
Pete Wolfley, Communications Specialist; and Jackie
Lambert, Deputy City Recorder
EXCUSED Tom Macdonald
INVOCATION/
INSPIRATIONALTHOUGHT MattathiasWestwood
PLEDGE OFALLEGIANCE Brady Hendry
APPROVALOFMINUTES
Mr. Spencer moved to approve the June 27, 2017 and July 11, 2017 City Council meeting
minutes. Mr. Lentz seconded the motion. Those voting aye: Richard F. Brunst, Debby Lauret,
Sam Lentz, Mark Seastrand, David Spencer, and Brent Sumner. The motion passed
unanimously.
MAYOR'SREPORT/ITEMSREFERREDBY COUNCIL
Upcoming Events
The Mayor referred the Council to the upcoming events listed in the agenda packet.
Appointments to Boards and Commissions
Mr. Seastrand moved to reappoint Russ Snedon to the Heritage Advisory Commission. Mrs.
Lauret seconded the motion. Those voting aye: Richard F. Brunst, Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz,
Mark Seastrand, David Spencer, and Brent Sumner. The motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Seastrand moved to appoint Mary Stovall Richards to the Library Advisory Commission.
Mrs. Lauret seconded the motion. Those voting aye: Richard F. Brunst, Debby Lauret, Sam
Lentz, Mark Seastrand, David Spencer, and Brent Sumner. The motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Seastrand moved to appoint Katie Patty, Brent Wignall, and Crystal Wylie to the
Summerfest Advisory Committee. Mrs. Lauret seconded the motion. Those voting aye: Richard
F. Brunst, Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Mark Seastrand, David Spencer, and Brent Sumner. The
motion passed unanimously.
City Council Minutes - August 8, 2017 (p.3)
PERSONALAPPEARANCES
Time was allotted for the public to express their ideas, concerns, and comments on items not on
the agenda. Those wishing to speak should have signed in prior to the meeting, and comments
were limited to three minutes or less.
Nicole Brown, resident, said she was before the Council to address concerns she had about the
crosswalk in front of Oak Canyon Junior High School. The crosswalk was right in front of her
house, and so she was very familiar with the dangerous conditions there. Cars going down the
hill tended to speed, and cars coming up the hill could not even see the crosswalk until they were
practically upon it. She said that at times even she struggled to recognize that the flashing lights
were on and many others missed it completely. Children were risking their very lives using that
crosswalk. Mrs. Brown said she had known of four separate incidents of children being hit in
that intersection, including her own 7-year-old son. Luckily her son was merely grazed, but other
children had sustained many more injuries. She thought it was strange that these incidents had
happened, but there seemed to be no reaction from the City to correct the problem. She hoped
they would consider a traffic study for the area.
Dustin Brown, resident, wanted to echo the concerns his wife had shared and said he would
focus his comments on the dangers of this specific crosswalk after school hours. His family
Trail. They wanted a traffic study done not just during school hours but all ours, and hopefully
the City could find a reasonable solution.
CONSENTITEMS
There were no Consent Items.
SCHEDULEDITEMS
There were no Scheduled Items.
COMMUNICATIONITEMS
Mayor Brunst asked if the Council had any communication items they wanted to bring up.
Mr. Spencer asked Mr. Lentz about the upcoming UIA meeting. He was wondering if they were
going to vote on a $13 million amount for the difference between the bond and the taxes. He
wanted to hear whether or not each council member was in for or opposed to the amount.
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votes or amounts being voted on. He was not clear on what Mr. Spencer was asking.
Mr. Davidson said UIA had been talking about issuing additional debt and using system revenue
as a means to retire that debt. In order for them to do that and move forward, the UIA Board
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debt. He added that he also had not yet seen an agenda for the UIA meeting, but said they could
follow up on this topic once they received the agenda. Mr. Davidson said this would be part of a
City Council Minutes - August 8, 2017 (p.4)
process to move forward with additional debt on the part of UIA. This was an internal issue for
UIA, and so the cities would not be required to pledge anything above and beyond what was
currently pledged. This would not require any action on the part of any of the governing bodies
other than UIA.
Mr. Spencer said if they were going to vote, he wanted to know. where the-other council
members stood.
Mayor Brunst said that the Council had not been given this information, but:he felt if.they had
the information it would be beneficial to find out the Council's feelings. Mr. Davidson said he
CITYMANAGERINFORMATIONITEMS
Mr. Davidson said that former City Council member Karen McCandless served as the Executive
Director of Community Action Services. She had recently reached out because they needed a
new member on the board to represent the City of Orem. Stella Welsh had served in that capacity
for many years and was retiring from that board, and asked Mrs. McCandless to help her find a
replacement. Mrs. McCandless had approached Mr. Davidson and asked that he work with the
Mayor and Council to find a new representative. The representation on this board by the Orem
community had traditionally been by a non-elected official at the encouragement of former City
AttorneyPaulJohnson.
Mr. Stephens explained that the reasoning behind a non-elected official serving was that CDBG
resources had been provided to the Community Action group in the past, and a currently serving
elected official would have to recuse themselves from those votes.
Mr. Davidson said there were occasions where elected officials did serve in that capacity, but he
felt the Council could recommend someone that would be well-suited to serve. He said the
feedback Mrs. McCandless provided as to what kind of applicants they were looking for to serve
in this capacity was, “someone who cares about people in all economic classes and is willing to
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recommendations.
Mr. Seastrand suggested that people interested could submit an application through the same
process they used for volunteers on boards and commissions.
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Mr. Seastrand moved to adjourn to a meeting of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of
Orem. Mr. Spencer seconded the motion. Those voting aye: Richard F. Brunst, Debby Lauret,
Sam Lentz, Mark Seastrand, David Spencer, and Brent Sumner. The motion passed
unanimously.
City Council Minutes -August 8,2017(p.5)
The meeting adjourned at 6:23 p.m.
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