Meeting
City Council · 2018-01-17
City Council meeting
Decisions
0
1 motions in all
Split votes
0
at least one no
Discussion
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no recording
Residents spoke
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introduced themselves
Agenda items and what happened
| Item | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Schools - Hillcrest/Scera Park Elementary Consolidation other session |
discussed only | p.1 |
| Recreation - Parking/Facility Coordination with Alpine School District other session |
discussed only | p.1 |
| Peg Development Request other session |
discussed only | p.2 |
| Declining Neighborhoods other session |
discussed only | p.2 |
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 adjourn the meeting. | Brent Sumner 2nd Sam Lentz |
✓ Passed | p.3 |
Text extracted from the minutes PDF (scanned pages via OCR). The PDF is the official record.
OREM CITY COUNCIL/ALPINESCHOOLDISTRICT
SPECIALJOINTMEETING
56 North State, Orem, Utah
January 17, 2018
This meeting was for discussion purposes only. No official action was taken.
CONDUCTING Mayor Pro Tem Tom Macdonald
OREMELECTEDOFFICIALS Councilmembers Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Mark
Seastrand, David Spencer, and Brent Sumner
OREMSTAFF Jamie Davidson, City Manager; Brenn Bybee,
Assistant City Manager; Steven Downs, Assistant
City Manager; Gary Giles, Police Chief; Karl Hirst,
Recreation Director; and Donna Weaver, City
Recorder
ALPINEBOARDOFEDUCATION Mark Clement, Sara Hacken, Paula Hill, JoDee
Sundberg
ALPINESCHOOLDISTRICTADMIN. Sam Jarman, Superintendent; and Rob Smith,
Assistant Superintendent; and Jess Christen, Admin
of Operations; Theron Murphy, Administrator of
Secondary Bromley,
Schools, Rhonda
Administrator of Secondary Schools
ABSENT/EXCUSED Richard F. Brunst, Jr. and Mark Seastrand
Mr. Macdonald called the meeting to order at 12:03 p.m. He asked Mr. Lentz to provide a
blessing on the food.
Items of Common Interest
DISCUSSION-Schools
Mr. Jarman reported on the school board's vote to consolidate Hillcrest and Scera Park
Elementary Schools. A new two-story school will be built on the Scera Park property. It would
allow the students to remain in the old building during construction. The two-story plan was a
good, safe model and met the needs of a school population very well. He noted that the size of
the lot would not accommodate an 80,000 square foot single-story building. Trying to do so
would require encroaching on the Scera Park property. The Hillcrest property had not been sold
and was still valuable to the District. The new school would open in the fall of 2019.
DISCUSSION-Recreation
Ms. Bromley said they merely wanted to let everyone know about a meeting they had had with
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families and wanted to have a great working relationship. They want to meet everyone's needs.
Mr. Jarman provided an example of an issue that needed coordination relating to parking at the
Fitness Center when the parking lot was being used by families who went to both the Fitness
Center and Mountain View, but the car was towed. They needed to have a dialogue to come up
with good options that were mutually beneficial for situations like that.
Mr. Hirst said the high school had done many things to address some of the City's concerns. He
indicated that the company that had been contracted to tow cars from the Fitness Center parking
lot was required to record what they did. If people had concerns, the tapes were available for
review. He said he had dealt with people who asserted things that did not bear out upon checking
the video. The City was trying to be a good neighbor, but they also needed to protect the parking
lot.
Mr. Davidson expressed concern that the district was negotiating differently with different cities.
Recognizing differences between cities, he said he believes every community in the district. He
stated that it was appropriate that all communities in the district were treated the same, that a
school resource should not be paid differently at one school versus another or one city be
charged a different fee to use school facilities than another city. He said he did not like that it
was done behind closed doors. Their intent was to share negotiations with the District with other
municipalities.
Ms. Bromley said that was something she had been tasked to “clean up.'
DISCUSSION-Peg Development Request
Mrs. Sundberg referenced the Peg Development high density request that the Orem Planning
Commission would be hearing that night. She said many residents had voiced opposition to it
because of traffic concerns. She noted that much of the current traffic issues related to students
driving to the school from other areas. People living in the complex would not have to drive.
In response from a query from Mr. Lentz about the District's position on the project, Mr.
Ss s d n s
They had not been coerced by Utah Valley University (UVU) to support the project.
Mr. Davidson said the City shared the concerns of the neighbors. They had prepared a
development agreement that would provide guarantees. At that time, the agreement had not been
signed. There were currently 1200 parking stalls for the complex. One of the problems was that
some complexes were charging for parking space separate from the living space.
DISCUSSION-DecliningNeighborhoods
Mrs. Hacken noted that she represented residents with children in Title One schools. She said
that many were in “declining" neighborhoods and would ask her if there were any avenues to
help them improve their homes.
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Mr.Davidson noted that there was a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program,
therewerehomeimprovementloansthatmightbeavailable.
Mr.Downs said those were now handled through Habitatfor Humanity.Interested residents
should contactScottyWhitethere.
Mr.DavidsonthenreviewssomeofOrem'seffortstoaddamenitiestoolderneighborhoods,
such asthenewPickleball courts atSharonPark.Therewas a strategyinchoosingwhere to
place amenities.It wasnot always recreation-relatedbut might include things like upgrading the
size of waterlines for better fire suppression, sidewalks, curb and gutter,tearing out old
irrigations canals, and putting in bike lanes. They wanted to send a message to the residents that
theywereinvestingeverywherein Orem.The challengewas that the Cityhadmoreneed than it
didresources.Hesaid thatsometimestheywouldhear fromresidentsofother communities
saying that theyhad great homes and lower taxes than Orem.Mr.Davidson said itwas easy to
keeptaxes low if the communityhad few amenities.By example,Oremmighthave an older
housing stock, but it also had a great library.
Mr.Jarmansaidtheyunderstoodthat,andtheywerecommittedtorebuildingschoolsinOrem.
Mr. Clement complimented the District administration for coming up with creative ways to fund
therebuildingofschools.
SetDateandTimeforNext
The next meeting was scheduled for March 21, 2018, at noon in the Orem City Council
Chambers.
Adjournment
Mr. Sumner moved to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Lentz seconded the motion.The motion passed
unanimously.
Themeetingadjournedat12:58p.m.
CORPORATE
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Donna R.Weaver,CityRecorder
Approved:February13,2018
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