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Millcreek Community Council (MCC) Minutes Tue, Nov. 7, 6:30 PM (MDT) Meeting was held at new City Hall on the 6th floor Meeting was also made available on line. 6:30pm Introductions: a. Mayor: Attended b. City Council members: Tom Desirant attended. c. MCC members: Jeremiah Clark, ROBERT BROUGH, Kristy Chambers, Eric Allen Sowards, Chip Spencer, Dan Donahoe, Jacob Richardson attended. i. Members excused: Emily Wright, Jamie Walker ii. Moderator : Robert Brough iii. Minutes taken by: Chip Spencer iv. 3 minute timer: Jeremiah Clark 6:40 Mayor and City Council report: The Mayor stated that the City Hall grand opening will be Nov. 16, 2023, from 4:00 - 8:00pm. The ribbon cutting will be held at 7:00pm, and fireworks will be held at 7:30pm. 6:45 pm Police Report: UPD not present. 7:00 pm October 2023 Minutes were approved. 7:10pm Planning Commission Items: 7:10pm - CU-23-005 This project having to do with Jordan River improvement was unanimously approved as recommended by the City. 7:20pm - CU-23-007 This project has to do with a proposal to place a drive-thru only coffee shop in the shopping center located near 900 E. and 4500 S. The City stated that a favorable parking study had been conducted. There was much discussion about the difficulty of navigating the parking lot by car and walking at most all times of the day. Multiple residents came to the meeting to voice their opposition to an additional drive through coffee shop in that shopping center due to traffic concerns. A motion was made not to recommend the project due to visibility and traffic pattern issues. Eight were for the motion not to recommend and one was against the motion. 7: 50pm - ZT 23-012 and ZT-23-015 ZT-23-015 - Community Council Memo - Summary - RM Zone.pdf ZT-23-012 -Community Council Memo - Summary - Commercial Zone.pdf Brad Sanderson from the City discussed newly proposed C and RM zones. These matters can be found on the city web site. Comments regarding these zones can be made using Konveio, and Sanderson recommended that Community Council members do so. Additional discussion is forthcoming and a recommendation from the Council will be requested. 8:15pm Subcommittee reports: ---PAGE BREAK--- Allen Sowards of the Emergency response committee talked about the three emergency caches that the council has placed in the city. Donations have been received and items purchased to stock them. Several CERT graduates will supervise the caches. See the link to his PowerPoint below. 2. 8:30 pm Discuss budget items. The following will be discussed in the near future. See the subcommittee reports above. Rita Lund asked for the prioritized (top three) infrastructure projects from the MCC. The top three were sent to Quentin Wells to send to Rita. a. Allen to coordinate transfer of accounts and review budget from past discussions - (Emergency Preparedness: $3,500 per container to fill with emergency items: (Proposing 4 total containers)= $14,000.00) i. shovels, garbage bags, goggles, gloves, sheers, facemasks, bandages, see list from Millcreek city emergency specialist. Two additional shipping containers : $5,250.00 each, $200 delivery, plus tax ($5,856.00) x 2= $11,712.00 3. The December 2023 and January 2024 MCC meetings will be held on their regular dates. Reminder: Review of 3 minute timer and meeting process: a. application presented by staff (5-10 min.) b. clarification by applicant (3 min.) c. questions/comments by city members (3 min. timer) d. close citizen comments e. open comments by mcc members (we will go in an orderly fashion once you have been called on) (3 min. timer) f. motion made and seconded by g. further discussion/comments on motion h. vote taken Meeting ended at 9:04pm