Essentially, the city will borrow from itself and pay itself back as impact fees are collected over the next few years. City manager John Thacker says the city will be back in the positive with impact fees by 2014 with this proposed schedule. Improvements for the park presently being funded need to be done as a package, he says, "to make the park buildable." Other amenities can be added at any time and don't have to be done in sequence.
Vance Garfield, city parks and recreation supervisor, says city staff members feel good about this funding schedule. A federal grant of nearly $150,000 is being used to offset some of the cost of the park.
Heritage Park, located at the old Clover Club site on 200 North and Fairfield Road, will celebrate the history and heritage of Kaysville. Along with a new library planned on the south end of the site, the park will include amenities such as a playground, a fire pit, and a pavilion.
But the most important features will connect the park to the history of the city. "When you come to this park you'll learn all about the history of Kaysville," says Councilmember Lynn Galbraith. Light posts with signs will identify each sidewalk in the park, named for places of historical significance in Kaysville. Other outstanding features include a water wheel, natural gardens, a clover-shaped garden, murals, and an orchard of peach trees in honor of a Kaysville man who developed a special variety of peach.
The council seemed pleased with the funding solution and is enthusiastic about the park. "Some citizens didn't even dream that this would happen," says Councilmember Ron Stephens. Councilmember Gil Miller told Garfield, "You've put together a masterpiece."
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