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Show nfflff Ideas for New Pleasant Grove Civic Center Discussed the city without counting 1-15 and State Road 89, the council and architects want to do it the best way possible. In other matters, City Administrator Ad-ministrator Scott Darrington and City Finance Officer Dean Lundell discussed the proposed budget for the next fiscal year. Scott said they are considering con-sidering several programs and seeking to maximize the city services which could bring large savings to the city. The council seemed happy with the plans that were mentioned. Ideas for the planned Pleasant Grove Civic Center were discussed at length during the city council work session held April 26. A representative of VCBO, which is helping Pleasant Grove with the plans for the civic center, was on hand to show the council the possible arrangements of the planned construction. Council members gave their input and discussed the various possibilities. Miniature buildings could be moved around on the display dis-play so that council members would get an idea of how the area would look when the project proj-ect is finished. The proposal is to use the two city blocks from Center Street to 200 South and from Main St. To 200 East. The plan eliminates 100 South from Main St. to 200 East. An underpass un-derpass is planned at the area of 100 East and 100 South so foot traffic could avoid crossing 100 East where traffic is usually quite heavy. Council members listened to ideas from VCBO and inter jected their own conceptions of how the project could best be done. The entire plan is to include a city hall, police department, de-partment, fire department, library li-brary and fine arts building in the project. The public works department would stay where it is as would the Senior Citizen building. The construction will be done in phases as the city cannot can-not do them all at once. The city hall will be the first building build-ing constructed, it was noted. The city council wants to preserve pre-serve what is now on Main St. and hopes to extend it. Council members have stressed that they want to have lots of green space and open areas in the project. They also mentioned the need for a secure se-cure place for police vehicles. Underground parking was also discussed, along with the height of city buildings. The object of the meeting was to give the architect some idea of what the city desires, where they want buildings to be located, etc. Since 100 East is about the busiest street within |