Posted on Dec 15, 2023
‘It’s un-American’: Vineyard residents decry changes made by City Council members during their...
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The Vineyard City Council met late into the night Wednesday as they tried to cram several contentious measures into one of their last meetings of the year, weeks before half the council members get replaced.
The city posted notice of the meeting exactly 24 hours before it took place, the bare minimum required by state law. Some residents were shocked to see all the proposals included in the meeting’s 200-page agenda packet. One draft resolution made it nearly impossible for the incoming council members to remove the controversial city manager. There was also a hearing about a potential inland port in Vineyard, and two resolutions to make quasi-governmental public infrastructure districts with unelected boards.
“To change the complete power structure and form of city governance after an election that you lost is undemocratic,” said council member-elect Jacob Holdaway in an interview. “It’s un-American. It’s not what the voters voted for. They voted for transparency.”
The city posted notice of the meeting exactly 24 hours before it took place, the bare minimum required by state law. Some residents were shocked to see all the proposals included in the meeting’s 200-page agenda packet. One draft resolution made it nearly impossible for the incoming council members to remove the controversial city manager. There was also a hearing about a potential inland port in Vineyard, and two resolutions to make quasi-governmental public infrastructure districts with unelected boards.
“To change the complete power structure and form of city governance after an election that you lost is undemocratic,” said council member-elect Jacob Holdaway in an interview. “It’s un-American. It’s not what the voters voted for. They voted for transparency.”
‘It’s un-American’: Vineyard residents decry changes made by City Council members during their...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Under the agreement, owners of those parcels totaling around 650 acres would form their own quasi-governmental PID boards and have the authority to borrow up to $1.5 billion. The landowners and their developers would use the funds to build infrastructure like roads and utilities, which they would pay off with increased property taxes over a period of 25 years. The improvements would then get deeded back to Vineyard City.
The city signaled its intent this month to turn the east half of the site into the potential inland port industrial project, although it is unclear whether those plans will move forward.
The west half would become Utah City, a dense mixed-use development that would serve as Vineyard’s downtown core.
Both proposals are controversial for Vineyard residents who sat through Wednesday’s meeting, as well as the two incoming council members.
The council voted to table the PID votes until Dec. 27, mere days before those new members get sworn into office. The meeting ended just after midnight."
..."Under the agreement, owners of those parcels totaling around 650 acres would form their own quasi-governmental PID boards and have the authority to borrow up to $1.5 billion. The landowners and their developers would use the funds to build infrastructure like roads and utilities, which they would pay off with increased property taxes over a period of 25 years. The improvements would then get deeded back to Vineyard City.
The city signaled its intent this month to turn the east half of the site into the potential inland port industrial project, although it is unclear whether those plans will move forward.
The west half would become Utah City, a dense mixed-use development that would serve as Vineyard’s downtown core.
Both proposals are controversial for Vineyard residents who sat through Wednesday’s meeting, as well as the two incoming council members.
The council voted to table the PID votes until Dec. 27, mere days before those new members get sworn into office. The meeting ended just after midnight."
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That's an insane situation. I hope that the project doesn't go through, because the land grab was done without state approval.
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