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Council members said the fire district preferred a site across from Desert Gardens and is happy with the location. Staff said the fire district's five-year capital plan included the station and that the district was prepared to bid an architect to prepare plans. Council members discussed using the remaining back acre of the property as a town yard for public works storage; staff said alternative town-yard locations were being explored and that a different location might be identified.

Staff reported the town had received final documents from a consultant (Michelle) and expected staff (Heath) to record a property transfer with deed records soon; staff said they would check in a few days to confirm the recording and whether the grant-funded reports were posted online. No formal council action was taken at the work session; staff said a contract for the gate at a nearby HOA would return to council once town legal and staff finish drafting the town contract.

Council members asked staff to return with any contract drafts and to continue coordinating with the fire district on station plans.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Town Council Work 9- 10 -25","oneSentenceSummary","Liberty County staff told the council they expect a property transfer to be recorded soon that will permit a future fire station across from Desert Gardens and leave a back acre for a town yard.","taxTitle","Virgin , Washington County, Utah","taxId",7486,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6465986,"Council to consider adopting regional water-conservation plan required by state",305,1071000,1376000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5826727-892c2f8ba2682c4a41af5f7bf30a954b&start=1071&end=1376","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5826727-892c2f8ba2682c4a41af5f7bf30a954b/thumbnail_1071000.jpg","/articles/6465986/Virgin/Washington-County/Utah/Council-to-consider-adopting-regional-water-conservation-plan-required-by-state","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6465986-37e3f2bf54c8a46efa2734701d276d0a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771183834&Signature=PSD~ymZOw0ovoa17s2GjyAw4E8ekgXonTTzi7Nl-BYhgy7DDRwaQAbSefu-HYEyvIZ2e2th9zYpi5VSNkZJP1o5-xUn1KXPXPdoD1bx-M7cRIYseQT1RximTbT8kzNyOT15jdL9JfSH4NId88LzVcdKjR5ClC273CDeib78mCRPIOe4OihtUWsptiFHvKCZZ6UI5F3zwmlHb-d9vynPvDswlHiQAhe731kRfoEUXxu7f3OOApo2V-c9cotK695jZgLADGt2IRHY7bbgymPbS1G1~jYlGccMV7nKD~3V~iMvqVOscQ9pOU2UU9FbRfYpGgIE7Mc-MEO0uMmx5YxKqAg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Council members at a Sept. 10 Liberty County work session reviewed a regional water-conservation plan prepared by the local Water Conservancy District and discussed next steps for adopting it at the municipal level. Council staff said the district asked member municipalities to adopt a single regional plan rather than prepare individual plans, and that the district is submitting the plan to the state for review and inclusion in the state legislative process.

The council was told the district obtained a state grant to produce the plan, that grant funds have covered consultant bills, and that the draft must be complete in time for the district to send it to the state by the district's timeline. A town official told the council the district’s deadline for the consolidated plan will require Liberty County to adopt the plan within weeks so the district can meet the state submission schedule.

Members raised several substantive questions about the draft. Councilmember Lee Mallard (mentioned during discussion) noted the plan includes provisions limiting swimming-pool size; council members said the proposed limit appears to target very large, commercial-sized pools rather than typical private pools and asked staff to confirm the numeric thresholds. Members also asked staff to clarify a “transparent water billing program” and the automated metering/AMI or AMR systems described in the plan and whether Liberty County’s existing Badger metering and customer app satisfy the plan’s recommended systems.

Council members flagged a public-agency water-efficiency rebate in the plan that would pay municipalities for measured reductions in annual water use (the draft lists rates such as $2 per square foot or $50 per thousand gallons of annual reduction, depending on program metrics). Members suggested the town could consider replacing some turf at town hall with native xeriscape landscaping to pursue rebate dollars and asked staff to follow up on eligibility and funding sources.

Town staff said the Water Conservancy District had approved the regional plan at its board meeting and recommended that municipal customers adopt the district plan by resolution rather than hire their own consultants. The council discussed timing for a public hearing and vote; staff recommended holding a public hearing and adopting the plan no later than the next month to meet the district’s submission schedule. Council members asked staff to circulate the plan’s appendices and the district’s correspondence, and to contact Doug Bennett at the Water Conservancy District for clarification of technical items.

No formal vote was taken at the Sept. 10 work session. Council members directed staff to obtain clarifications on pool-size thresholds, the rebate program, and the automated-metering language and to place the plan and a proposed resolution on the agenda for the next regular meeting so the council can consider adoption.","Liberty County Council members discussed a regional water-conservation plan drafted by the local Water Conservancy District and the town's steps to adopt it before the district submits the plan to the state; questions were raised about pool-size limits, rebate programs and automated metering.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6465977,"Council to host consultant presentation on Scenic Highway corridor management plan",1448,540000,1988000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5826727-892c2f8ba2682c4a41af5f7bf30a954b&start=540&end=1988","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5826727-892c2f8ba2682c4a41af5f7bf30a954b/thumbnail_540000.jpg","/articles/6465977/Virgin/Washington-County/Utah/Council-to-host-consultant-presentation-on-Scenic-Highway-corridor-management-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6465977-fcb0cbc852da217f10ed5bcafb714320/orig.mp4?Expires=1771183834&Signature=gzQFFqg0OsHJPwyxs~F2riQo3GPj4LA7bYypJgS0pJ~HqYjWQuIKfM4JdqHhsWJEqhura1kr5nDprWLzkTKasKhEsT~Ba8h3gcL9Qwm1yW0K8Piy~fvuCrdx7X6jAJKqJtY2lb0ogfLueMV9rInS0sM23XeNxEOu0fBkpcoYzngy5wIL2NRTes4~xzFKUwIy8t3uv3fVEbFDFWEr8RS1~8Pe1qbWSwFO-pCCBNel6i3cHAHrz2H-V66h-YEjEP~zM~z3i5qQ8PBwRmWxc2w6mLkde1Lf~53ImLgZmUF1pzfu6bvq2zRCuF1tWvSyFp~BgN-TAHMtuMsBsdNc7TiKdQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Council members discussed a draft Scenic Highway corridor management plan at the Sept. 10 work session and were told a consultant who prepared the plan will make a slideshow presentation at the council's regular meeting. Staff said the communities along the corridor must each adopt the plan by resolution; once all local resolutions are in place, the Water Conservancy District and local representatives will introduce enabling legislation at the state level.

Staff reported the plan was produced with state grant funding and that consultant invoices have been paid from the grant funds held in a PTIF account; adoption by local jurisdictions will not require additional local funds. The consultant was conducting a final round of presentations across corridor towns and would appear at Liberty County's next meeting so council members and residents can ask questions.

Council members said they had not yet read every section in detail and asked staff to prepare a proposed resolution and sample whereas clauses included in the plan appendices. Members also discussed timing, and staff said the district wants the local resolutions in hand so the plan can be referred to the state legislature by the district's legislative representative.

No vote to adopt the corridor plan took place at the Sept. 10 work session. Staff will place the consultant presentation and proposed resolution on the agenda for the next regular meeting.","The council reviewed steps needed to adopt a Scenic Highway corridor management plan and heard that a consultant will present the draft at the upcoming regular council meeting; the plan is grant-funded and must be adopted locally before the state considers it in the legislature.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6465981,"Council debates possible compromise on duplex requested for commercially zoned lot",1587,2702000,4289000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5826727-892c2f8ba2682c4a41af5f7bf30a954b&start=2702&end=4289","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5826727-892c2f8ba2682c4a41af5f7bf30a954b/thumbnail_2702000.jpg","/articles/6465981/Virgin/Washington-County/Utah/Council-debates-possible-compromise-on-duplex-requested-for-commercially-zoned-lot","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6465981-45d668e47b634fe13ac898caf4940422/orig.mp4?Expires=1771183834&Signature=KBxdSTK-RJRNHF~2jgCrvtVKjwJrsKfZtp1dYThknITcmS6V859OQPIY-GIh9eVyisb-bjO-s4YZ-jL0wpzoEkMmmECZakuP4O-QD--1ytd9uQoi4u-eoELvcKer2M90UP91GBh5Cj-Xfo4xPzVZYFaF20QRLHtiWo3L104qYHomxZVZQTbHyl7bAAakG7I7asZAxuDIK2MBWb95cVnVmTitnIrItaDPeMvbRwI5FtBlyzppweqLir8WRg4QOH7Lkcz-yp9Rh5lBBorNJd1H1Z7Xf~bIk41DUUsDvOSyA-AxA90rFrsTQUMB~xqUJDK2WC~QIRY~-cGWucnAId9SfA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Council members spent the largest portion of the Sept. 10 work session debating a request by a property owner, Tom (surname not specified in meeting transcript), to build a duplex on a parcel currently zoned commercial. The proposal prompted questions about rezoning, development agreements, septic capacity and groundwater-protection density rules.

Council discussion summarized three pathways: (1) allow a duplex in the commercial zone subject to conditions, (2) rezone the parcel back to rural residential and require septic and lot adjustments as part of a development agreement, or (3) deny the commercial-depth change and allow only residential development below the 400-foot commercial-depth line. Council members said they were concerned about setting an unwelcome precedent if two-family dwellings are allowed in commercial areas without clear safeguards.

Town staff explained a recent planning-commission recommendation and a separately submitted councilmember-drafted ordinance (Cameron’s draft) are both pending; the council will review those competing texts at the next work meeting. Members noted the draft village/neighborhood overlay contains standards that could permit two-family dwellings as an overlay zone, but the overlay itself and related standards have not yet been finalized and adopted.

Council members discussed wastewater and groundwater protection constraints. Staff recalled a wastewater study and a groundwater-protection study (several prior studies dating to the mid-1990s and a 2005 update were referenced in discussion) that informed a de facto one-unit-per-acre density guideline. Members said advanced onsite septic systems that reduce nitrates are available but costly (speakers estimated roughly $30,000 per system) and that higher-density development commonly depends on access to sewer service or approved advanced treatment systems.

Several possible compromise terms were floated: requiring a single upgraded septic system sized for the duplex, combining parcels through a boundary adjustment to reach an acre, or making a development agreement that limits commercial depth and ties any density increases to installation of an approved wastewater system. Staff was directed to gather the planning-commission materials, the two competing ordinance drafts, and public-comment records so the council can shape any development agreement or ordinance language at the next meeting.

No formal vote was taken at the work session. Council members asked staff to prepare documentation, to circulate the planning commission report and Cameron’s ordinance, and to draft options for a development agreement to consider at the next meeting.","Council members discussed a request to build a duplex on a commercially zoned parcel, options to rezone or adopt a development agreement, and implications for septic capacity, density limits and future precedent for neighborhoods near the aquifer.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6465972,"Tourism office seeks council letter of support for three pedestrian underpasses on Sheep Bridge Road",193,777000,970000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5826727-892c2f8ba2682c4a41af5f7bf30a954b&start=777&end=970","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5826727-892c2f8ba2682c4a41af5f7bf30a954b/thumbnail_777000.jpg","/articles/6465972/Virgin/Washington-County/Utah/Tourism-office-seeks-council-letter-of-support-for-three-pedestrian-underpasses-on-Sheep-Bridge-Road","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6465972-2178b304ba442b4659932360764cc259/orig.mp4?Expires=1771183834&Signature=oEoFHfH~GeMCL3nmj8F1gQwF8GlGTHD0aX8tjxr7AAUFBy0q7P1ncHUiJ9GofPirHjNzZN4028qH6iecNcmh4a7TjY3OjDGm27affZNKqfXjOETYA~DP7dIjtUbXjaQm3P7sE~Ql8I7~9E-6RDBoUGxiPPkrth-ArDjqdM9ioy630~b27Bixr0vTiJxU6vw0PT3TErmMqv8NWqQzMNrOcr0JSbVgaCqMfvFppWhjbgtvn85nG4uZfklNdn1lzTdeQnX-lcwarjMOlv~CMekhxB-yKXgbN8lHRaO74KbB2lbc9H4qK4tbH-f~Z2q-MG4XrxphgRcyhbHdYAqeMhApow__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At the Sept. 10 work session, council members discussed a request from Greater Zion (Washington County's tourism office) seeking a letter of support for a UDOT grant application to build three pedestrian underpasses along Sheep Bridge Road. Staff circulated a map showing the proposed underpass locations and recommended the council consider supportive correspondence to accompany the application.

Staff described the underpasses as intended to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety by allowing trail users to cross Sheep Bridge Road without negotiating high-speed vehicle lanes. Council members noted plans call for a path on each side of the road and said the underpasses would benefit cyclists and pedestrians given higher vehicle speeds on that corridor.

Because the request is a standard letter of support for a regional grant, staff said it did not necessarily require a formal agenda item for the regular meeting and could be handled by circulating a draft letter for council members to approve via e-mail or text. Council members asked staff to draft a letter of support, gather project contacts and circulate the draft for approval ahead of the grant deadline.

No formal vote occurred. Staff will draft the requested letter and circulate it to council members for approval.","Greater Zion, the Washington County tourism office, has applied to UDOT for funds to build three pedestrian/bicycle underpasses on Sheep Bridge Road; Liberty County staff proposed drafting a letter of support and circulating it for council approval.","actionData","errors"]

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