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Show April 27, 2011 v --TIMPANOGOS TIMES 7 - nZttiv ttzzzzz: :: .. war ' -- - "''' J ,r- -; " iri: i; Mri'l' 13 I:'- - - fcUi .1 --.m " r-'- i. : . k H .. 'I' Cedar Hills Approves Irrigation Water for American Fork Residents by Harlow S. Clark Sometimes it seems no one wants to annex into Cedar Hills. Several years ago when Pleasant Grove couldn't pro-vide sewer services to a small group of residents because the city couldn't run pipes under the Murdock canal, it pro-posed to annex the area to Ce-dar Hills. Residents flocked to a public hearing and said they would rather use septic tanks than annex. More recently, American Fork residents who will be get-ting pressurized irrigation wa ter from Cedar Hills decided not to make a boundary adjust-ment. Cedar Hills City Engi-neer David Bunker told the city council April 5 that the ir-rigation canal was meant to be the boundary between the two cities, but 100 per cent of the nine residents, who would be annexed to make the boundary adjustment, did not want to. American Fork staffer Eric Castle told the council that city officials didn't want to force a boundary adjustment on their residents and would prefer to work out an int&r-loc- al agree-ment. Another option was not to provide the service and have the residents use culinary water Cedar Hills is already provid- - ing them through an inter-loc- al agreement. A third option was to pro-vide the service based on the city's current non-reside- nt sewer service policy and rates, up to eight times as high as normal. The council directed staff to work out an inter-loc- al agreement. The council approved the inter-loc- al agreement April 19, with some modifications. It had originally called for $1,000 yearly administrative fee, but Bunker told the council that was probably more than Ameri-can Fork would collect for the water and $400 was more rea-sonable. American Fork will also reimburse Cedar Hills the $89,000 that the system cost to put in. The agreement does not rule out a future boundary ad-justment. "When the residents see how our southside commer-cial develpoment looks, they'll be begging to come in," City Manager Konrad Hildebrandt joked. PG City Calendar Wednesday, April 27 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, South Route Tuesday, May 3 City Council Meeting, 6 p.m. 86 Eost 100 South Wednesday, May 4 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, North Route Tuesday, May 10 City Council Work Session, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South Wednesday, May 11 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, South Route Friday, May 13 Pleosont Grove Chamber Of Commerce Monthly Member Meeting, 12 noon Tuesday, May 17 City Council Meeting, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South Wednesday, May 18 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, North Route Tuesday, May 24 City Council Work Session, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South Tuesday. May 31 City Council Meeting, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South Beautification Committee Names Appointees At Council Meeting Several Pleasant Grove residents were named to po-sitions on the city's Beauti-fication Commission during a city council meeting held Tuesday, April 19,2011. Appointed to serve were Louise and Allen Austin, Lisa Coombs, Jill Fichialos, and Gene and Sandi Henderson. Louise and Allen have lived in their home in Pleas-ant Grove for 35 years. They said they enjoy the land-scapes in the town and the efforts and hard work that it involves. They stated that they appreciate all of the hard work the city has done to make Pleasant Grove a beau-tiful place in which to live. . They said they would like to be an active part of the community and help the city to decide how to continue to improve and beautify it. They added that they would like to learn more about the city and are willing to serve. The Austins stated that they love planting flowers and gardening in their own yard. They added that they are not afraid to get their hands dirty and they will learn to help others. They are members of the Good Sam's Club for eight years and have held many positions in it. They have organized and done a lot of charity work for the commu nities. At the state Samborees they have been in charge of auctions, games, dinners, cuke walks, etc., to raise money for charity. Lisa Coombs stated that Pleasant Grove is a beautiful city in itself, and she wanted to be a part of not only main-taining its beauty but also con-tinuing to help our city thrive. She has lived in Pleasant Grove for almost 20 years and there is something so invit-ing about being here. She is proud to be a Pleasant Grove resident and wants to help have it to be the best and most beautiful city in Utah. Lisa added that she has a lot at stake here because she has raised her family here and has enjoyed being part of the PG family. Lisa continued that she loves Spring and all the new life it brings. "I love to have flowers every where and enjoy finding new vegetation to add. She likes to be involved, giv-ing and listening to new ideas and she is willing to learn and be taught. "Words cannot even ex-plain how excited I am to be a part of something bigger in Pleasant Grove. My only re-gret is it's taken me this long to do this. I'm excited to jump in feet first and do what it takes to make PG the best city in Utah," she concluded. Jill Fichialos noted that she loved the "old feel" of the area. The mix of resi-dential and small pastures is something that is so rare now, she added and I love the huge old trees and I appreci-ate how many parks we have. She noted that she feels it is important to serve in your community. In addition she has an interest in garden-ing and landscaping, so it would be great to serve and enjoy some of her hobbies at the same time. Jill is currently working on her Master Gardener cer-tification through Utah State. She has also taken many classes over the years and she is especially interested in organic gardening. She serves at her daugh-ters' school and is actively involved in her church. Gene and Sandy Hen-derson have always been impressed with the beauty of Pleasant Grove. They love living here and would like to serve on the commission. They feels it is important to keep our own homes and neighborhoods looking good and promoting and help-ing with this would be very worthwhile. They have recently re-turned from a mission and feel they would like to serve in the community. They noted that they have been impressed with the work of Rue and Mary Neilson and Lynda and Dave Monson on this commission. The Hendersons noted that they transformed a 100 year old building into a luxury Bed and Breakfast in Provo. They know the im-portance of making the out-side of a building look just as beautiful as the inside. They said they gained a feel for landscaping old historic buildings and they would like to continue help-ing others who might be in-terested in landscaping their historic buildings. The Henderson's chaired the 2002 Interna-tional Ice Carving Com-petition for the Salt Lake City Olympics and have served on the executive board for the Utah State Bed and Breakfast Association. Gene was also president of the Utah County Lodging Association and on the Ex-ecutive Committee of the Utah State Lodging Asso-ciation and was also on the board of the National Bed and Breakfast Association. Sandi was on the Ex-ecutive Board of the Provo Orem Chamber of Com-merce and co-cha- ir of the Provo Sesquicentennial Committee. PG City Council Approves Three City Proclamations Pleasant Grove City Coun-cil approved three proclama-tions at the meeting of the group on April 19, 201 1 . The first proclamation to be approved was the celebra-tion of Arbor Day on April 30, 2011. The proclamation listed many reasons for the participa-tion in this holiday including the good that trees provide to the community through giving beauty, shade, reducing ero-sion of soil, producing oxygen and providing habitat for wild-life. Also, trees help to purify the air in Utah's arid climate, beautiful trees are desired by the citizens, and the city, Pleas-ant Grove, was named that because of the lovely grove of trees in the community. The city is designated as Utah's City of Trees, characterizing the scenic landscape the trees provide. The second proclama-tion was to celebrate National Library Week. The Pleasant Grove Library, like others, play a vital role in providing our res-idents with resources that they need to live, learn and work. Libraries bring dynamic places and libraries are the ul-timate search engine, helping people of all ages to find the in-formation they need in print or online. They bring you a world of knowledge and you receive personal service and assistance in finding what you need. National Library Week is April Another important proc-lamation was "Clean Out the Medicine Cabinet" Day which will be held on April 30. A container will be located at the Pleasant Grove Police Station and residents are urged to dis-pose of their unused medicines at this location. People will break into homes to try and find drugs to satisfy their addictions. You are urged to dispose of drugs safely at this location. In fact, the police station keeps a bar-rel for unused drugs which need to be discarded in their office all the time. The proclamation notes that Utah has one of the high-est pain pill abuse rates in the country. There are an esti-mated seven million leftover and unused pain pills in Utah County, and 70 per cent of youth are abusing pain pills that they get from friends or relatives, often from medicine cabinets. It is estimated that this event has helped 347 families remove 68,220 prescription pain pills and 84,510 other abusable pills from their medi-cine cabinets. Drug abuse costs Utah County residents, county and local governments over $800 million per year, making it critical to educate the community about the sub-stantial benefits of investing in prevention. The city council urges all parents to take particular no-tice of this event and get rid of unused medicines safely dur-ing this special week. tf t 1 1942) rr " . r i ' - ' J i fl r lift i . Ajfl mpti - ; .. . - j ! j : ? A "".:! : . , ij- - i : itc 'ikitttH-- mi ' tit'' - X T ' I fWl ' .Mi- L v . k - t, w: i itii S? 1 --v T Cards & Gifts Compounding LDS Greeting Cards Free Prescription Delivery Yankee Candles Pleasant Grove Copy Machine Lindon, Manila Fax Service Cedar Hills Smith Rexall Drug 10 South Main, Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062 Phone: 801-785-32- 21 Pharmacy: 801-785-23- 51 |