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Show J Af GMT CAF-PT L0TC-018 UfAi! Pf'CSS ASSOCIATION 1 1521 F 3'700 S STE 100 SALT L Af"E CITY, UT 84124-1301 L ?lcrolti A N Wm YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER City considering ways to spend By Megan C. Wallgren Arts programs leaders from American Fork touted the need for a concert hall to house the city's arts programs, pro-grams, hoping to convince city leaders to use RDA money for the construction. Terry Hill director of the American Fork Symphony called for a 600 to 700 seat concert hall with fine arts facilities attached to it. ' Hill said a concert hall that size would be adequate and affordable. He thought the cost would be $4 to $5 million. . , ' ' Hill t- proposed the city look into grants to defray part of the cost of the facility. facili-ty. Sydney Thomas of the fine arts board said she has seen tremendous growth in the city over, the last 12 years that she has served on the board. "We use the library, senior sen-ior center, and veterans hall extensively but still need more space to do the things we need to do," Thomas said. Thomas compared fine arts in the city to the old saying "always a bridesmaid, brides-maid, never a bride." "We would like to be married mar-ried to a beautiful facility of our own," she said. Resident Dale Gunther compared the money the city has invested in other facilites with that invested Neighbors support council in narrowing street Barbara Christiansen City Editor You can't see it, but now there is a little bit less of it. American Fork's 600 North has yet to be built east of 200 East, but its proposed pro-posed width has been reduced by a little less than four feet. Plans when the city was platted called for the road to be 66 feet wide, including Political parties, brought diversity to American Fork By Betty G. Spencer In the midst of the turmoil tur-moil of the national election fraught with charges, counter charges and debates, American Fork residents res-idents can be grateful their municipal elections are non-partisan. Most residents are grateful grate-ful that we have moved beyond partisan politics on a local level. The political parties of American Fork have been notjed by the diversity and interest they contributed to community life. Although some candidates candi-dates have claimed "Independent" "Inde-pendent" affiliation, up until October 1993 candidates candi-dates were required to file for nomination as either a Democrat or a Republican. The 1993 Municipal Election Elec-tion marked tBte first election elec-tion in American Fork history histo-ry to be conducted with every qualified candidate permitted to file an applica 3C Aw '04 c CO US?!) VZSHCLt mmcma jmr tax m& ucmsi arnimi . mi i. .sw''"J?"""?wi.yj POOR COPY 1 1 j " i -r t i . i ti I i w rf 1 Pnoto py Kent pavis Fitness Center members Cindy Moody, Dan Symmes, Norman LaBaron ana Mlchaun Torgersen work out in the cramped weight room. in arts. He estimated city arts facilities, namely the ampitheater worth $.5 million mil-lion while recreation facilities facili-ties are worth $10 to 15 million. mil-lion. "I would like to exhort the council to consider something some-thing major for the arts, lets give them a facility they can use that can be a benefit to them like the other (city services)," Gunther said. A community-run concert hall like the one being proposed pro-posed may be the first of its the sidewalk, curb and gutter. gut-ter. The current standard is 60 feet. A request for development develop-ment on the north side of the road at 240 East indicated indi-cated that the land could best be laid out if approximately approxi-mately 3.6 feet of the property, prop-erty, 297 feet long, scheduled sched-uled for the road were used in the subdivision, Old Mill Estates. Members of the Planning tion for nomination. The 1993 election brought a distinctive change in the method of selecting candidates for office in Municipal Election. For more than thirty years many residents of the community had expressed a need tp move from the strict party-line methods of selecting Candidates. This ' had always been done at the Democratic and Republican Nominating Conventions (Caucus) held on a Precinct level. This meant that a relatively rel-atively few individuals chose the candidates. In some instances, it meant that valuable candidates candi-dates did not want to be labeled as either a Democrat Democ-rat or Republican. They refused to run for office. In some nearby communities, commu-nities, "non-partisan" elections elec-tions had been merely the same political parties, identified iden-tified with alternative names for the municipal election. CLDS ALER0S f PER MONTjjM 0o! - r,Tryj?y''!'1F ?l,'?lS!2li,w ,4 (14 V if i t Bl ft,. ft. ' ' V V'- kind in Utah Valley. Shawna Smith who directs American Fork orchestras said there would be great demand for the facility as the Junior High and High School auditoriums auditori-ums are always in use. Council Member Keith Blake said the city will look into property and money it may be able to earmark for a fine arts center. Directors of the American Fork Recreation Center also asked that RDA money be and Zoning Commission agreed and recommended the move to the City Council. Coun-cil. The planners tabled action on the eight-lot subdivision sub-division until the council took action, anticipating there could be vigorous resistance to narrowing the roadway. Instead, neighbors turned out in support of the proposal. Their response seemed to be more centered The City Council finally changed the ordinance in May 1993, under the administration of Mayor B. Kay Hutchings. For the first time selection of candidates was through a non-partisan primary election. This first election on a non-partisan basis drew many newcomers to the. political scene. '- ' '5 ' 1 Mayor Hutchings, who was completing his first four-year term of office, declined to run for a second term. ' Mayoral candidates included Councilman Kent Walker, Jess Green, Chairman Chair-man of the American Fork ' Planning Commission, and Councilmen ' James S. Hansen and Grant Parker. . Eleven candidates filed for the two Councilmen, 4-year 4-year term seats, including Councilman Larry Lassen, John McKinney, Nicholas Casavaugh, Don Greening, Phil Collins,lark P. Taylor, George E. Brown, Jr., '04 CKEVY ISfiPAUU PtR MONTI mmm. wmi vm VJLwi'm m eoc THURSDAY, OCTOBER RDA funds ' i fi' - frii' .!.;.'. 1 ' J. I MHlrl -1 til - " ? poured into their facility. There are waiting lists for the swimming and. tumbling tum-bling programs and some of the building's rooms could use remodeling since they are inadequate for their present uses. Swim Coach Janet Oles is confident that a new swimming swim-ming pool and gymnastics floor would be a lucrative investment because it would allow those programs to expand. "That's more revenue rev-enue for the city," said Oles on the development instead of the road. The property in question has many trees and neighbors cited past problems in the area. "My daughter lives two houses north of this jungle," said Glen Wagstaff. "This has been nothing but a fire hazard. This is- a good chance to get it developed and cleaned up." The proposal was approved unanimously. Jess Green first American Fork Mayor to be elected under Primary Election. Michael Privett, La Von Laursen, Tom Miller and Don Hampton. ' , The October 5 Primary narrowed the field to two candidates for Mayor, Jess Green and James Hansen; four candidates for Councilman: Council-man: John L. McKinney, George E. Brown, Jr., La Von Laursen and Larry Lassen. '04 CRAK3 AMS r f PER MONTH 0! f iA-V 7 mm m urn on imam am. m tm THwoaomi y im 7, 2004 50 CENTS VOL. 26 NO. 41 City Council tables rezoning for duplexes , By Megan C. Wallgren The City Council voted unanimously at its Sept. 28 meeting to table a zone change request on Robinson Avenue that would disallow duplexes and accessory apartments on the street. Council members argued that a zone change from R2 to Rl would be unnecessary if current ordinances regarding regard-ing accessory apartments, duplexes and parking were enforced. Homeowners in attendance atten-dance at the meeting said they were alarmed that homes in the neighborhood were being bought by real estate investors who were turning the once single family fam-ily homes into two or more apartments. "What is American Fork's stand on accessory apartments?" apart-ments?" asked resident Gayleen Southwick. "A lot of ' 5, .... . " X I i f ! i ' 'If ' .., f More than 25 band, orchestra and choir members from American Fork High School were selected for the All State Music Concert. Top, Insturmentalists, above choir memebrs. For a full list see story below. AFHS sends musicians to All-State concert By Sherilyn Frost The Utah Music Educators Educa-tors will present their 2004 All State Music Concert on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square. Band, orchestra and choir students from American Ameri-can Fork High School auditioned audi-tioned last spring to be a part of the concert. Twenty band students were selected select-ed statewide to represent their school in this prestigious presti-gious event. The groups will rehearse on Thursday and Friday with special guest conductors in preparation for their concert on Saturday. Satur-day. The concert is free to the public. All State band members include Taylor Adams, Andrea Nunamaker, Rebecca Rebec-ca Williams, and Clayton concern on Robinson is that there are accessory apartments." apart-ments." Tm very concerned about the double rentals," said resident res-ident Donna Smith. "There is not adequate parking. It's unsafe for children. The yards are a mess. The outside out-side is unpainted." Residents asked the council coun-cil members to do anything they could "to save our neighborhood." "Downtown American Fork will turn into a slum," said Smith. In a memo to the council, the city attorney recommended recom-mended the council deny the residents zone request change because it would create cre-ate piece zoning since the areas surrounding Robinson Avenue are in the R2 zone allowing duplexes. In fact a new twin home See ZONE on page 3 ff I j 1 1 ( U '; 4 Bird, French Horn; Skyler Carter, Chade Miller, and Billy Pierce , Trumpet; Erin Duersch, Rebekah Frand-sen, Frand-sen, Stephanie Thayne and Lisa Larsen, Clarinet; Erica Kenney and Adrienne Ted-jamulia, Ted-jamulia, Flute; Ellen Magle-by, Magle-by, Tenor Saxophone; Jonathan Keith, Samuel Passi, and Jonathan Wright, Percussion; Matthew McFadden, Trombone. Allstate orchestra members mem-bers include James Boyer and Kevin Stephenson, Trombone; and Michael Johnston and Alice Seiter, Strings. Allstate choir member! include Brittany Adams, Aubrey Allenbach, Tiffiny Bartholomew, Zack Burrell Chris Fox, Aaron Gau, Teresa Tere-sa Hatch, Derek Lundahl, Jeannine Maddox, Mike Shepherd and Allanni Smith. : AM AWTRTAM CUT I mfYJ ' |