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Show jfh if , i - - . y ,., , , - I SERVING PAYSON. SANTAQU1N, ELK RIDGE, WEST MOUNTAIN, SPRING LAK Wednesday, February 10, 1993, Number 6 Volume 106 j M2 . .. . 12 i w 467 SALT 424-16- 0 ar fice. Basketball vs Cedar City Question: What departments fall under your PHS Gym 3:30, 5:30, and 7:30pm guidance? Councilman Swain: Im over the Electrical Department, Planning and Zoning, Board of Wednesday, February 25 Adjustments, Beautification Committee (now being organized) and Redevelopment District Agencies (RDAs). Pay son Town Meeting Center BanquetRoom Question: How is the residential growth of Payson affecting the Cityfinancia lly? Councilman Swain: The rapid growth is a genuine COMMUNITY CALENDAR Continuous Events: Every Tuesday 5:00 p.m. Peteetneet Academy Scottish Bagpipe Chanter Lessons Every Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. Peteetneet Academy Scottish Drumming Lessons 5:45 p.m. every Wednesday Call Helen at 465-3714 for information . Doil Collection Historical Society Room Peteetneet Academy Friday 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Appointments: r , UTAH now beginning his second term of ofyear of a four-ye- PHS Girls Scottish Highland Dancing i tf served three years with the Onion Days Committee (two as Chairman) before his election to City Council. He is Call 465 9221 To Include Your Group's 465-246- 3 H t ' ' ? - - - IL 4, s 500 PRESS ASSOC E 300 S LAKE, IJT rtiuniL 84111 4U3-- 7i Payson City Councilman Fred Swain Feb. 3 - Feb. 25 ' USP P Chronicle Powers That Be Interview Community Calendar Payson City 7:00 p.m, A i of Hometown information dfor 3om: Friday, February a'-- M M Interviewed Friday , February 5, at 3:30 p.m. in Fred Swain's living room at 955 West 450 South, Payson. Councilman Fred Swain was bom in Payson in 1940 and has lived here most of his life. He and his wife, Carma, have seven children: three married, one leaving for an LDS mission this month, and three still at home. In 1958, Fred began an apprenticeship in a machine shop in Salt Lake City and later became a coowner in United Precision Machine and Engineering there. In 1966 he decided to work for Geneva Steel, where he landed what he feels was the best job at Geneva and the machinist shop as a tool and die maker. When Geneva shut down, in 1986, Fred took an early retirement and settled full time into his own machine shop, where he does custom work for various companies. Fred has held a wide variety of church-relate- d positions, including service as Bishop of the Payson Eighth Ward and Bishop for Transients in the Payson area. He was Chairman of the Swimming Pool Committee when the Payson Pool was constructed in the late 1970's, and he nial problem for the City financially. Our hookup fees and other fees do not cover the actual cost to the City for a new construction. Studies show that it takes seven to ten years before taxes paid by the new home or other construction covers the cost to the City. We participate in the costs involved with curb and gutter, and there are many hidden costs, those that involve an impact on the system and at the City Office. And even though weve updated many water and sewer lines, there are still areas of the City that are inadequate due to the new growth. We have had to be p ticularly careful in dealing with the k er developments to make sure ordinances are followed and requirements met so that the City doesnt end up paying unnecessarily for utility lines and other installations that become a burden on all taxpayers. Question: How would you characterize Payson's Planning and Zoning Commission? Councilman Swain: There is now way the City Council could keep up with the growth without the volunteers who man the Planning and Zoning Committee and the Board of Adjustments. These people do the screening, the checking on ordinances and compliances that are so time consuming. They meet in a regular session on the second and fourth Thursdays ofeach month, but they also spend much time researching and going to the sites. They are now in the process of completing a new Master Plan, and they attend training sessions conducted by the Utah League of Cities and Towns. The Planning Commission consists of Planning and Zoning Administrator Cindy Wright, Chairman Pam Wilson, and Board Members Richard Bell, Patricia Orchard, Brant Tuttle, John Cowan, and Bob Provstgaard. I represent the City Council in the meetings, and City Building Inspector George Stanton attends the meetings as well. The Board of Adjustments is chaired by Gary Crouch, and the Board Members include John Cowan, George Tuck-et- t, Jay Thomas, and Richard Call. Question: High density housing has been a concern for some people within the past year. What proposals have reached Planning and Zoning recently regarding such housing? Councilman Swain: There are approximately 200 homes in two subdivisions that were approved last year. The Committee recently turned down in the one proposal for four northeast part of town because the plans did not comply with the ordinances. Ten two-stostructures have been approved for the block north of Smiths along 1 00 West, and that will be coming up for approval by City Council at the next regular meeting on February 17. There has been a tentative approval for 60 homes with restrictive covenants just south of the South Stake Center in southeast Payson. Those homes would be restricted to at least 2,000 square feet. Another proposal in the works is for 80 to 90 homes in the area between 680 and 930 West south of 1 100 South. And in various places around town there are approximately ten proposals in the mill for small subdivisions, duplexes, or four-plex- es ry four-plexe- s. There is a great demand for the ability to build around Gladstan Golf Course, but at the present time utilities are not available, especially water. Question: What is the City doing to help meet the future utility needs? Councilman Swain: Weve investigated the possibility of developing hydro power from our culinary and irrigation flow in the canyon, and weve applied for 2,000 acre feet of CUP water through the Bureau of Land Management Were also watching the Straw- berry Water Users "Last Chance" prospect in Diamond Fork, where a major electrical power generating plant is foreseen. |
