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Show Thursday, September 20, 2007 Library, Martin Conover SPRINGVILLE HERALD The swimming pool and library ad hoc committees both gave reports at the regular Springville City council meeting Tuesday evening. The swimming pool 'committee report contains plans to construct an indoor-outdoor pool complex com-plex along with a double basketball court, offices and other facilities. The committee studied several other cities in the state, held meetings, and Proposed Continued from page 1 would be determined. "At this point, I'm just puzzled by what the city is trying to do with this and I guess we'll just have to have the meeting and find out exactly what their intent in-tent is and see if they offer us any kind of a compromise," compro-mise," said Daryl Tucker, president of the Springville Playhouse Board of Directors. Direc-tors. If the playhouse were charged the proposed $50 an hour to rent the theater, the group would not be ' able to survive, he said. The Springville Playhouse Play-house has used the north half of the Springville City Center's basement free of charge since it was granted grant-ed that area by the city council approximately 40 years ago. Ticket prices are kept low and all proceeds pro-ceeds go back into shows, Tucker said. Likewise, the Springville Historical Society would close its doors if the city began charging fees for use of its space in the basement base-ment of the historic Carnegie Carne-gie Library at 175 S. Main. Run entirely by volunteers, the society takes care of historical documents, photos pho-tos and books - and has very little funding. "We'd just have to close it down. We have no money," mon-ey," said Glenn Alleman, president of the Springville Historical Society. Steven Oakey, president of the Springville Rotary Club, said his club can easily meet requirements to provide service to the city. The club currently organizes regular service projects in the community and club members have completed major projects at Rotary Park in Hobble Creek Canyon, including raising money for and building two pavilions. Rotary Ro-tary members currently use the park once a week for meetings throughout the summer. "I feel really confident about it, but there's a lot of guys that are worried because they have put in a lot of effort, a lot of time into what they've built and there's a lot of pride in what they've done," Oakey said. "They don't want Springville Spring-ville just to jerk the towel out from under us and say, 'Hey, you're going to have to pay $100 every time you use.the facility.' That's really re-ally kind of a smack in the face." Roylance and Springville City Attorney John Penrod both said it is not the intent of the city to keep groups from using city facilities. Instead, the city is trying to come up with an overall policy that will protect the city's interests and the users' us-ers' interests. The city needs to know who is using the city facilities, facili-ties, and all facility scheduling sched-uling needs to go through the city, Roylance said. There have been instances when activities have been going on in city facilities swim pool committees report to city council discussed their options. They are at a point where they have asked the city for $10,000 to pick a firm to help guide them with specific plans concerning a site, construction costs and general designs for a facility. . Generally speaking, the committee felt they are looking at about $19 million to build a facility which will meet the needs of the community. This figure comes from their discussions with the cities Non-profits fees without the city's knowledge, knowl-edge, he said. In an e-mail regarding the subject, Penrod wrote that the issues the city is trying to address include ensuring that city facilities facili-ties are available for public use, addressing the growing grow-ing demand for using city facilities and grounds, tracking who is using city ' facilities and what they are being used for, and making mak-ing sure the city receives "adequate consideration" for facility use. Currently, the city has a few vague policies attached at-tached to some city facilities, facili-ties, but no overall facility facil-ity policy, Penrod said. He emphasized that the policy and fee schedule are merely mere-ly proposed at this point and nothing has been set in stone. Penrod said he, Roylance Ro-ylance and others drafted the proposed policy. "A lot of these groups think we're trying to push them out or charge them money, and that's just not the case," Roylance said. He anticipates the policy will ultimately 'include a procedure through which groups will have their fees waived through providing in-kind donations of service ser-vice to the city. A definition defini-tion for "in-kind" service has not yet been developed, devel-oped, he said. Kevin Scholz, chairman of the board of trustees for Youthnet, said the city has generously allowed his organization or-ganization free use of the Spring Acres Arts Park once a year for a battle of the bands event. Youthnet strives to provide positive activities for teens and also hosts monthly forums on topics such as drug and alcohol abuse. A charge of $500 per day to use the arts park would severely strain Youthnet's shoestring budget. However, How-ever, if his organization could count the events it hosts as the service it provides pro-vides - rather than having to come up with additional service hours on top of GREAT NEWS! State Farm has reduced auto rates in UTAH Oeana Hill Deana Hill. 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The letter sent by Roylance Ro-ylance stated that one of the reasons for the new policy "is that the Utah Supreme Court has concluded con-cluded that a city has a duty not to allow free use of any City owned facility or grounds. We know that many groups have been enjoying the cost-free use of City facilities for many years. Because of the Supreme Su-preme Court's ruling, this practice can no longer continue. con-tinue. However, the law allows the City to accept in-kind considering in lieu of fee payments." Penrod, however, said that information was an "overstatement" and should have been corrected correct-ed when he reviewed the letter before it was mailed. In the e-mail mentioned earlier, Penrod cited three Utah Supreme Court cases and pointed out that those cases dealt with the disposal dispos-al of city property, not the use of property, although the court discussed principles prin-ciples relating to a city's duty to manage its properties prop-erties properly and make sure adequate consideration consider-ation is given for their use. "The Court has not specifically spe-cifically held that a city cannot allow free use of a city facility," Penrod wrote in the e-mail. Springville City Council-men Council-men Phil Bird and Ben Jolley Jol-ley both said the proposed policy is a long way from being finalized and a lot more discussion is needed. "To my way of thinking, that is something that is not a done deal and I think the council still has a lot of questions ques-tions and a lot of discussion At Stale Farm, you II gel more than a great rate. 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Some groups or individuals indi-viduals that utilize city facilities fa-cilities as part of a business or making money should be charged a fee, Bird said, but it makes no sense to charge groups who are operating only to create something good for the city. "I think members of all those organizations need to be there (at the Oct. 3 meeting) and put' their two bits into the discussion," Bird said. Jolley said a policy needs to be in place so the city can be responsible for the facilities it manages, but more discussion is needed to determine what should be included in that policy. That includes determining how to continue the relationship rela-tionship with nonprofit organizations or-ganizations that have been serving the community for years, he said. "I think there are a lot of things we can do, but there is no final decision, nobody's saying, 'That is the way it's going to be,'" Jolley said. 1.1 Events. ! , A! - WED., SEPTEMBER 26 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. at Dave's Bernina 268 W. 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They have consulted with a designer. The mayor did comment that he, speaking for the city, wants both of these projects driven by the citizens citi-zens as to what we want and not what the council or departments want because be-cause we, the citizens, will be paying for the facilities. In other business the council passed several house keeping measures including selling an 18.61 acre piece of ground to Richard Sumsion for $1 million at 2300 South and Highway 51 and a 6.321 acre piece of ground in the industrial park for $295,400 to Colmar Properties Prop-erties DBA In The Paint. ( JXlViortgage Zy Company "A name you can trust" 78 E. 100 S. 14 Payson, Utah 84651 Ryan Devenish Deb Devey Loan Officer Loan Officer Residential & Commercial Toll Free: 888-965-3422 Office: 801-465-3422 Fax:801-465-8270 Cell: 801-318-0486 www.rmcut.com Email: ryanrmcut.com or debrmcut.com A. V and ierm- The council also passed a master concept plan for the canyon parks with little lit-tle change as to how they now exist. . The major change would be a separate entrance to the camping area at Jolly's Ranch. A new archery range was talked about, also at Jolly's Ranch, behind be-hind the white barn and on the south side of the creek. The council also approved ap-proved the results of the Primary Election making the numbers official as reported re-ported in today's Springville Spring-ville Herald. Hope is itself a species of happiness and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. - Samuel Johnson Have you had a kindness kind-ness shown? Pass it on; "Ttwas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears, Till in Heaven the deed appears, ap-pears, Pass it on. -Henry Burton Member presents... 3 j ' all MACHINES ON SALE FOR This v |