Show I Sale of Prison Site Hinges on Price City it County Cite Desire for or Land an Pick Purchase Negotiating Unit Development of oC the Sugar House prison site for public purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses hinges on the price the state stale asks for the property it was agreed Tuesday by Salt Lake City and county officials Meeting l at noon in the city commission chambers to discuss purchase of the site representatives of the city and county in addition addition addition addi addi- tion to representatives of civic groups took steps to appoint a committe to negotiate the price I with the state The seven-man seven committee willbe willbe will willbe be comprised of three representatives representatives representatives represent represent- each from fpm the thc city and the county and one member of the Salt Lake City board of tion lion The group was unanimous inI inthe in the opinion that the property I should be for public use but at a fi figure ure easily within the tine reach of the city or county Mayor Shocked Mayor Earl J Glade said he was shocked to lo hear Gov Go J. J Bracken Lee places value of the property properly at I 1 I II I If th this s property is to lo be used I II for public purposes we should I I get it for a nominal price he declared If the price is high there should be bc no strings attached attached at- at I said the mayor George Georgc II hI county I planning director asserted that he lie believed the state has a fundamental fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental responsibility in seeing the property properly is made available for recreational purposes He lie I I pointed Hinted out that neither the city cily or the county has enough open area for recreational onal development development development develop develop- ment and with the prospects of an even lar larger cr increase in population population I lation lalion that such facilities ties would be wholly inadequate It will be unfortunate if the price is too loo high and the state sells to private interests he said I I Horace A A. A Sorensen declared that the prison property was the key to development of the entire southeast section of the city cily Mr 1 Sorensen is chairman of the thc county planning commission and of oC the Citizens' Citizens committee a civic group interested in development of a park Bark on the prison site Joint Development He lie told the group that in his Ills opinion the property properly should be a joint development of both city and county I This sit site is a heritage that did not cost the state stale a dime and should be preserved for the public pub pub- I 1 lic lie he said Senator Elias L. L Day R. R Salt Lake member number of the legislature legislature legis- legis lature which passed the bill giving giving giving ing the city and county an option on the thc property said the price should be placed at a low Ii figure ure |