FRUIT HEIGHTS — Fruit Heights City Council members are making progress on various projects to improve the city.

Council member Julia Busche attended the Great Utah Shakeout in April and helped display cards in residents’ windows the day of the event.

Additionally, council member Jeanne Groberg helped the youth council get ready for its Easter Egg Hunt in April and will be attending the Civics Committee meeting this month, where meeting attendees will discuss the upcoming July 4 celebration.

Details for the celebration are still up in the air, but as of right now, committee members are still planning to hold the Kaysville Musical and are not planning on holding the block party. The committee is still uncertain on the parade, and they do expect the devotional to happen, but are still working on securing a speaker. The 5K race will not happen and the annual breakfast is uncertain. However, as things have changed since the committee last met in February, Groberg is expected to give the council a more recent update later this month.

Council member Gary Anderson said he has visited the city’s mountain biking trails with City Manager Brandon Green. They both agreed it was important that the city have some oversight over how the trails are developed, as to ensure safety. Some of the trails had made improvements, but several have been worn down and are not safe, Anderson said.

As for council member Diane Anderson, she told other council members she visited the Vietnam War Dog Memorial dedication in Layton. Despite bad weather, Anderson said the memorial saw good turnout and “the memorial is amazing,” she added.

While council members have made progress, city staff have also progressed on a variety of projects. City planner Jeff Oyler said he is finalizing a grant with Green about possible plans for the new detention basin south of the city building. The plans could potentially include a basketball and pickleball court, open space for a future culinary well, a splash pad, a half mile loop walking path around the perimeter and a memory grove full of trees to be planted by the city.

Green also told the council Nicholls Road will be closed in July for a long period of time due to Utah Department of Transportation construction on the road.