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Show City votes for proposal "Were going to play this marathon game even if we have to wear snowshoes and play with orange balls,'' commented Church. The Council thought that the idea of citizens to have the initiative to go after a project and come up with the funds without asking for money from the City was a tremendous accomplishment, and with that it unanimously gave support to Church and gave encouragement for fund raising and early completion of the project. In other business Eloyd Marchant, represnting his family corporation, approached the Council for inducement bond resolution for a development project. The Council expressed excitment to have a local group do something of this nature for the City, and unanimously gave the Marchants its support. The Marchants plan to construct a 125-lfiO unit motel-restraunt at the middle interchange of Interstate 15, on the southwest Conner. City attorney Robert Braithwaite, received Marchants plans to obtain industrial revenue bonds for the property and said that he didn't have any concerns with it. The Council called for a hearing for the changing of city ordinances so that a liquor store could legally be constructed in Cedar. The planning Commission recommended the Council look at the zones of CC1, CC2, HS1, and HS2, and make them the zones that a liquor store could be built in. The hearing is schedueled for such is Jan. 7. The Council nominated several individuals to the Historic Records Committee to look at the possibilities of how to store the various old records the City lias. T h e C o m m i 1 1 e e members are Inez Cooper, Morris Shirts, Barbara Starr, Wayne Hinton and Jackie Bulloch. The City Council meeting dates lor next year were approved. The Council will meet Thursday at (::!() p.m. on the first and third weeks of each month for Council meeting and the second and fourth Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. for work meetings. This is a change in the work meetings which were in the mornings this past year. Con Hatch will replace Starr as the negotiator and will work with Raymond Prestwich who has been a negotiator for the power issue for some time. A group of downtown merchants petitioned the Council to adopt a resolution establishing a parking and improvement district in the area which lies north of Center Street, south of 200 North, east of 100 West and west of 100 East. Basically what they want to do is to improve parking and add some landscaping to the area. No City funds or redevelopment funds will be used for the project. The funding will be done by the merchants themselves. -i - i m?M . ' W i Existing Existing I 'Istlna I Bottling plant Armory I Bldg. AIRPORT '" ROAD" "' . f ..1 ... .... CEDAR CITY - The Cedar City Council last week unanimously agreed to accept the first phase of the proposed Cedar Industrial Park and to enter into agreement with John Price Industries, making the company the private developer of the park. Paul Whetman, chairman of the Industrial Park Committee, recommended the City sign with Price and go ahead with phase one of the park which would consist of approximately 40 acres of land located around the present airport road entrance and behind the National Guard armory. Whetman indicated that after the contract has been entered into the Committee will develop some protective coroenants to regulate the park. ' Earlier in the day, Peter Cook, a Price representative, told the Committee that his company planned to enlarge the entrance of the airport to a four-lane road and add greenery, a sign and landscaping to the park to make it a pleasant place to show prospective industries (see map on page A4). In total, Cook stated that Price was planning to spend $400,000 for improvements to the park right off 'the bat. In another matter, John Westwood, a Kiwanis Club representative, approached the Council to ask for help and advice concerning the bicycle moto-cross race track located on the end of Fourth South. Westwood commented that the races have been very successful, but that some problems with the local residents have come up. Local resident Frank Stobbe was present to testify to the fact that the boys racing at the track "have caused nothing but trouble." Stobbe said since the track was installed, his property has been vandalised; handlebars, rocks and dirt have been thrown on his tennis courts; and the boys, along with parents attending the races, have "been more than a nusicance," causing many parking problems. However Stobbe indicated he wasn't against the races, he was at the meeting to support the Kiwanis Club in seeking a new location for the bike races. The Council admitted that there was a problem and asked the Club to with the City Recreation Committee and come up with a recommendation on exactly what land is available by the City ballparks to build a track there. In another recreation item, Barry Church, representing some soltball players, sought the Council's blessings as he announced plans to have a new softball facility constructed using individually-donated money to fund the park. The land for the proposed park will be donated by Cedar High School and is located in an undeveloped, "weed patch," near the school, said Church. According to Church the group will have to raise between $50,000 and $60,000 to fund the park. To kick off the fund raising, some softball players are going to set a World's record for the longest softball game in history to be played in the middle of winter. !l The map above by the planners of the Cedar City Industrial Park shows the three phased areas of the plan to the south east of the airport. Phase I development could begin relatively soon, and will include widening and improving the existing road into the airport. |