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Show ! i ?(kk nfc" Imml fedfei Amml Fww lt. . u Taxpayers flo decide $450,000 bond for city improvements donated from time to time by various individual families. Under Un-der supervision of the Daughters Daugh-ters of the Utah Pioneers, this portion of the building has been maintained by the city as a Relic Hall. Tentative plans now are to ; house the relics in the present library building which might also be used as an informa- tion center. The present landscaping at the City Park comprising the trees and statues will undergo very little change in erection ! of the civic center. Only one ! or two trees which might have j to be removed at an early date, must be taken out to ! make room for the new building. build-ing. The statues will remain at their present locations and their beauty emphasized by modern landscaping. I The library will be on the north portion of the building. City offices will occupy the ; west part of the south wing and the Council chambers and other facilities will be on the east portion of the south wing. The main driveway will be on the west with ample parking park-ing facilities arranged on either side of the roadway. There is also a drive-up win- j dow planned for the convenience conven-ience of customers. The unfinished basement I may be used at a future date for club and other civic meet- ings, according to building plans. Voting districts are listed in j another portion of the Spring- j ville Herald today. The polls will be open from 7 a.m., until 8 p.m. and everyone who paid a property tax last year and is a qualified elector of Springville Spring-ville city, may vote. : It is important that every- j one votes, city officals point out as this is the way they j will determine if the majority of citizens favor present plans for a new civic center, and the means by which they expect to finance it. j Springville citizens will go to the polls next Tuesday, July 16, to vote for, or against, a new Civic Center, building, replacing the old City Hall, on the city park. - Under direction of city officials, of-ficials, plans for the new building which is to include city offices, a public library and other facilities have been under consideration for many months. In addition to the civic civ-ic center, the project is to include in-clude quarters for the fire department de-partment and the police department, de-partment, across the street from the park at the site of the present fire station. According to present arrangements ar-rangements made by the city council, the $450,000 project which comprises $280,000 for the civic center and $120,000 for the firemen and police departments, de-partments, plus $20,000 for furnishings, will not necessarily necessar-ily increase taxes. Plans are to pay for the building project from Springville's portion of the one-half of one .percent optional op-tional sales tax. Last year, Springville's portion of the tax was $36,500. Voting Tuesday, citizens will indicate whether or not they approve a bond for the amount necessary for the project. The bond, according to plans is to be retired in 18 years at $35, 000 per year. Interest is not to exceed 5 percent and considering consid-ering the fine credit rating and financial condition of the city, interest on the bonds may be as low as 3, officials indicated. If the bond for the project, is approved, work will procede as soon as possible. The second story of the city hall houses a number of pioneer items which have been |