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Show Architectural Firm Seeks City Council Advice on New Civic Center Needs Brent Tippets, a representative representa-tive of VCBO, which has been given the challenge of coming up with ideas for the proposed new Pleasant Grove Civic Center, Cen-ter, spoke to the city council last week regarding what the council would like to have in this new facility. Mayor Bruce Call stated that the proximity of the court to the holding cells and police department depart-ment is one example of what the city would like to have. In addition, he stated, the city council room needs to be large enough to hold about 150 people, at least, with a glassed back wall which would allow for overflow. He also felt that a consultation room nearby would be wise. There was a question about a combination court and city council room. It was noted that after the complete study is done there will be three different differ-ent options proposed and the council can choose from those. There can be separate rooms for the court and city council, too, it was explained. A court case could overlap city council meeting if it went loo long. Another suggestion was for a large multi-purpose room which could serve, too, if needed. They will need to keep options open, it was slated. slat-ed. The representative from VCBO said that his company has found that the city council coun-cil room should sometimes be kept separate. City Administrator Scott Darringlon said he thought that 100 seats might be sufficient. suf-ficient. The council agreed that they do not want to have to use the junior high school any more when a large crowd is anticipated at a city council meeting. Mayor Call said he likes the Springville City Council room. The mayor also mentioned men-tioned the Promenade which the city holds in the summer for people to sell their wares on one evening a week. This is presently held in the city park but they need a better place to hold this event. The VCBO representative said the things the council had mentioned were enough for his firm to begin the study. |