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Show Council Attempts to Solve CP Dilemma Cedar City will pay some of the additional costs incurred by the California Pacific power company since filing of a condemnation co:npLaiiit ' against the utility, - .the -Cedar City Council decided July 3. The approved resolution, which allows for payment of costs "a direct result of ordinary growth" of the electrical system, highlighted the council's actions at their regular biweekly meeting. Value of CP National's property was frozen upon issuance of the condemnation complaint June 6, making construction of additional lines, in the words of the utility's Cedar City District Manager Pete Paris, "not practical" This resulted in complaints from some residents, particularly those living in areas outside Cedar City limits. While the resolution would allow for the addition ad-dition of lines, it only applies, of course, to projects within city limits. Whether or not the resolution will be used hinges on a decision pending from the Utah Public Service Com-Tiiission Com-Tiiission after their hearings on the matter Monday and Tuesday. City Councilwoman Barbara Starr also reported that the Southwest Power Federation met in LaVerkin June 26, and requested that Assistant Attorney General James Barker "represent theif point "ofiewv before" the Public Service Commission's hearings. Barker agreed to do so, and Cedar City, as a member of the federation, was to have sent a letter to the PSC also expressing their approval. ap-proval. In other significant action, the council unanimously voted to toughen the city's weed abatement statute. According to City . Attorney Robert Braithwaite, the new ordinance is based on a similar state ordinance, will deal basically with vacant lots and will be easier to enforce as no court action is required. The new law grants the city inspector in-spector power to "investigate the growth and spread of injurious and noxious weeds and of garbage, refuse or unsightly.. .objects or structures," and to issue written notice to those felt to be in violation. A certain amount of time will be given to clean the lot, after which, if not taken care of, the city will hire crews and bill the owner of the lot. The council also considered bids to replace deteriorating water lines in Cedar Canyon, then awarded jobs amounting to over $90,000, (or the project. Materials for the project will be '""-provided by Waterworks Equipment -which submitted a bid for $46,111, some $1,000 less than the city estimated the cost would be. Low bidder for installation of the system, at $44,421, was Western Rock. This figure was about $1,000 less than originally estimated by the city. The project, which begins about six miles in Cedar Canyon, is scheduled to take a maximum of 120 working days to complete. Approval was also given an ordinance or-dinance giving the mayor descretion, with the council's approval, to . remove any member of an appointed city board who is absent from three consecutive board meetings. Additionally, the council approved: an ordinance restricting approval of subdivision construction in low water pressure areas, a schedule for repayment of city revenue bonds, the appointment of Lewis Webster to the city's Water Board and payment of nearly $28,000 to Ashdown Brothers Construction, for work done for the city, until bonding can be arranged. |