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Show Wew Development Flan T Be Aired By GARY R. BLODGETT BOUNTIFUL A comprehensive Fourth Year Plan for redevelopment of Bountiful - being publicly released for the first time - was announced today by Redevelopment Director V.A. (Kit) Bettilyon. DETAILS OF the,plan will be presented to the Agency Board of Directors at an RDA study session tonight. The public meeting is planned for 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Bountiful City Hall. "There's been a lot of confusion and many complaints com-plaints about proposed redevelopment of Bountiful," Bounti-ful," said Mr. Bettilyon. "Now I'd like to bring the Agency and the public up to date as to what is being planned - some of which has not yet been made public." TAKING THE proposed redevelopment plan area-by-area, Mr. Bettilyon outlined in detail some of the proposals being considered including several projects pro-jects not tried in with a proposal for a downtown ' shopping mall. Referring to the 5-Points Shopping Mall, Mr. Bettilyon Bet-tilyon explained that negotiations are underway to relocate Albertson's Warehouse to a new store at the corner of 500 South and 200 West on the Palmer Property. "IF THIS transaction is successful," said Mr. Bettilyon, Bet-tilyon, "Albertson's Warehouse in the 5-Points Mall and a similar store in Centerville would be closed and the new Albertson's would be a full-service store to compete with Alpha Beta and other like stores." With the closing of Albertson's Warehouse in the mall, it would enable the 5-Points Shopping Mall to be expanded by about 60,000 to 70.000 square feet; he explained. THIS WOULD include the 34,000 square feet of the existing Albertson's and an additional 30,000 to 35,000 square feet of a major department store which would extend east of Albertson's into the parking lot. This development could also include a family-style restaurant, said Mr. Bettilyon. "We should then give the mall at least one year to become established after expansion, before becoming becom-ing actively involved in major redevelopment of the downtown area," the director said. HE EMPHASIZED that a new Albertson's would attract business to the area of Grand Central and the Fashion Village Mall across the street. At the same time, the expansion of 5-Points would enable new business to come into the mall and enhance all businesses within the mall. Planned in conjunction with the Albertson's de velopment on the Palmer property w ill be a proposed development of a middle-class complex of condominiums condomi-niums on the Lund property - previously referred to as the Turtle Creek Development. "THERE WILL probably be approximately 100 units of condos in a price range that would be feasible for our young marricds and elderly," said Mr. Bettilyon. Betti-lyon. "And this is something that is badly needed in this community." He emphasized that the condominium complex would be designed to protect the creek that flows through the property. "This will definitely remain a green-belt area," he said. HE NOTED that Albertson's would be built facing west (onto 200 West) with the parking lot in the front i of the store, similar to Grand Central. In fact, the Btfl. To Study New RDA Plans CONTINUED FROM FRONT store would be constructed straight north of Grand Central on the north side of the creek. Reams Market has asked to be expanded from 12,000 to 40,000 square feet by either expanding at its present location - while taking in the property of the vacated service station on Main Street - or to relocate relo-cate at a site between 100 and 200 South and be een Main and 100 West. THE LATTER would place a large grocery store adjacent to the proposed 100-unit high-rise apartment apart-ment complex planned for development between Center and 100 South and east of 100 East. The apartment complex is slated for construction to begin be-gin "within six months," said Mr. Bettilyon. The new Reams Grocery would be about 40,000 square feet, making it one of the largest in south Davis County. The Albertson's store, if built on the Palmer property, would be about 35,000 square feet, and would be convenient to the proposed condominium condomi-nium complex, the director noted. ALSO SCHEDULED in the Fourth Year Plan is an attempt by the RDA to assist Colonial Square merchants mer-chants to get "out from under" a $2 million debt. "We would help relocate the Colonial Square merchants mer-chants into downtown Bountiful and then close down the mall." said Mr. Bettilyon. HE NOTED that the RDA would eventually redevelop rede-velop the site of the present (Colonial Square) mall with a major -- but still undisclosed redevelopment project. Meanwhile, a study by a Salt Lake City developer is being conducted to determine the needs and feasibility feasi-bility of a downtown mini-mall, proposed on the east side of Main between Center Street and 300 North. REHABILITATION ANQ remodeling of existing . businesses in the downtown area also are being proposed. prop-osed. Also in the planning stage is the locating of a hotel-convention center complex at 500 South just east of Interstate Highway 15. The latter, however, is still being negotiated, the director emphasized. The only proposal for a mini-mall suggests an indoor in-door facility of 321,000 square feet of which 210,000 square feet would be utilized by three major department depart-ment stores. One proposal being considered is to relocate J.C. Penney Store on Page's Lane back into the downtown mall, according to Mr. Bettilyon. THE REMAINING 90,000 square feet would be used for small shops, averaging 2,000 to 2,500 square feet each, he said. "Something has got to be done soon," he said. "Decisions have got to be made as to what direction the Agency (RDA) is headed and what support we have for our actions. We have spent a great deal of time and money on planning and it's time that we get moving on some development projects. "DEVELOPERS have not gotten serious with us, and the only reason that Machan, Hampshire and Pruitt is the only firm to give us a confirmed plan for a mall is because we as an agency and city officials in general have not been taken seriously. Developers just don't think we are for real. "Nothing concrete has been done in redevelopment redevelop-ment to this point and now it's time to either take the ball and run with it or drop back and punt - thus forgetting what redevelopment is all about." THEN HE added, "I'm a firm believer in redevelopment rede-velopment and I think that if we can make the Fourth Year Plan work, within another year we will have major development plans, and interested developers, develop-ers, for the west side of Main Street." Public is invited to the Agency work session tonight (Wednesday). |