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Show ' ' City Council Relays action that she was left with the impression that it prefers a city-wide housing authority approach, rather than a county one. However, Robinson also felt it wise to approach ap-proach the County Commission again, and the motion to ask Orton to gather more data and once again meet with the commission was passed unanimously. 'Several citizens appeared ap-peared at the public hearing to express their support for the city housing authority, including in-cluding John Rutoff, who stated that after he pays rent and utilities he only has about 22 percent of his income left with which to buy the other necessities, such as food, clothing and medical needs. 1 He noted ithat he hadn't appeared jto get sympathy sym-pathy or tcj criticize, but only to poirjt out the need for low-income housing for citizens; like himself. Several Residents also pointed out that Beaver and Garfieljd counties had housing authorities which enabled th6 residents to have housing which cost only 25 percent of their income, j In other .business, the Council also put off making a decision concerning con-cerning the hiring of a joint consultant for Iron County and the several municipalities in the County to work with the Four-County MX Policy Board. i Cedar Qity Manager Joe Melling met with the Council to explain the need for isuch a con- i sultant, saying that the individual would coordinate coor-dinate master plans and zoning ordinances of the various entities to ensure a well-coordinated administrative ad-ministrative process. Melling stated that communities in Iron County should be preparing for the population growth on a county-wide basis and they should be requesting funds to handle this growth now. He added that Cedar , City and Iron County wanted to proceed with an application as quickly as possible. The Council voted to have Melling submit a letter to the Council to be considered at its next meeting. In other action, the Council Adopted Ordinance 81-2, City Code Title 20 Subdivisions, and Ordinance Or-dinance 81-3, City Code Title 24 Zoning, as amended by City Attorney At-torney J. Phillip Eves. Approved the writing of a a letter to the Utah Department of Transportation Tran-sportation pointing out excessive speed problems on 200 South Street, from Main Street to the 1-15 interchange. Police Chief Wayne Townsend brought the problem to the attention of the Council and asked that a letter be written requesting that the speed limit there be lowered. Accepted the resignation of A. Hills Orton, city meter reader. A motion was passed that the city contract for the services after proper advertising. PAROWAN - The Parowan City Council Apr. 1 delayed action on establishing a city housing authority in the hope that the Iron County Commission could be convinced that it would be better to have a county-wide authority. The action was taken at a public hearing where several citizens expressed ex-pressed a need for such a housing authority in Parowan. Mayor James Robinson opened the meeting by stating that a need existed if unsafe or unsanitary un-sanitary inhabited dwellings existed in the city or if there was a shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings available to persons of low income at prices they could afford. Marie Orton, representing the Utah State Coalition of Senior Citizens, stated that if Parowan City were to establish its own housing' authority, it would expedite ex-pedite the obtaining of low income housing funds from state or federal agencies. Councilman Gayle Wood first brought up the idea of a county-wide group, rather than city-by-city. Orton replied to his suggestion . that she had tried to interest the County Commission in the matter before and |