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Show JaiLdevelopmentokayed By RANDY DANIELS Record Reporter The Cedar City Council gave its support last week to the building of a new Iron County-Cedar City jail and law enforcement facility, and its okay for hiring a private developer for an industrial park for the City. The action came at the regular meeting of the Council, when County Commissioner James L. Clark approached ap-proached to gain Council members' support in the building of the new jail before it goes "to the citizens." According to Clark the jail architects were very conservative in their figures, "possibly saving 5 percent." "The operation of the jail will be the greatest cost, but by putting the sheriff and the police together it will save $174,000," Clark added. In other business, the Council, on the recommendation of Paul Whetman, chairman of the Cedar City Industrial Park Committee, voted to go ahead and have a private developer construct an industrial park for Cedar City. Speaking to the Council, Whetman said, "What I need from the City Council is the go ahead to bring the private developers down to see the land and the area. "We have two big assets with the Western General Dairy and the National Guard. These are the things that will encourage the private developer to look at developing our park," said Whetman. According to the research done by the Industrial Park Committee, to build a park it will cost the private developer from $10,000 to $15,000 just to improve one acre of land. "If the city were to develop their own industrial park, it would take two and a half years, and it will only take a private developer from nine to twelve months to get a park underway," added Whetman. Concerned with the city's control over a private developer, the Council questioned Whetman on this aspect. Replying, Whetman said "protective covenants would be applied between the developer and the City, allowing for the control needed." The total square feet will be 26,375. Of that 9,786 square feet will be for Cedar City. Iron County's cost will be $3,042,781, and Cedar's will be $743,736 for the new building, which will include a jail, courts and sheriff and police offices. However these costs don't include the land acquisition price, reported Clark. Not being able to bond in this coming general election, Clark said the County would try for the last of November or the first of December. "In looking at the cost of a special bond election, there will be only a very minimal cost since special ballots would have to be printed anyway," Clark stated. We're looking down the road and we're looking for the possibility of expansion. The new jail will be able to hold 40 prisioners, with the possible expansion capability to 60. The present jail capacity is only 24; the new jail would double the capacity of the old one," he continued. |