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Show Parowan housing could grow PAROWAN Three substantial new housing developments may be just around the corner for Parowan, Mayor John C. Pendleton advised members of the city council at its Nov. 3 meeting. "We all need to be aware of some of the develoment projects being contemplated," con-templated," Pendleton told the council. Then he listed three projects which are currently being planned: A large condominium project is being proposed on the "Old Red Mill" property in the mouth of Parowan Canyon. The Nautilus Corporation, located in St. George, is working on the extensive project which could include as many as 200 new units. A "log cabin subdivision" is being planned for location on seven acres of property west of Utah Highway 143, just west of the city's culinary water tanks, also in the mouth of the canyon. A developer is attempting to purchase a parcel of city-owned property on the north side of town. The plan is to develop a low-income housing subdivision under a state-assisted program. a- Other items dealing with development develop-ment were also discussed by the council. Ken Masters is seeking a decision from the council on the best way to get water service to homes he plans to build just south of U.S. highway 91 at about 200 West. Masters is planning plan-ning to construct about three circular-style circular-style homes beginning late this month or in early December. He and City Foreman Woodrow Decker will recommend a water service plan to the council later. A comprehensive look at a proposed annexation of about 600 acres north and west of town was postponed until this week when Gary Jones, a consultant on the development of Parowan's new masterplan will be in town. Jones is partner in Architect Planners Alliance, which drafted Parowan's masterplan, which is less than three years old. In other business the council: Arranged to meet with representatives represen-tatives of the Intermountain Power Project to disucss the possibility of and impact of cutting the size of the IPP from four generation units to just two units. Because of the cost of the project and a demand for electricity which has not met projections, IPP is seriously considering reducing the initial size of the project, according to Earl Bunn, chairman of the Parowan City Power Board and a member of the board of directors of the Intermountain Consumer Con-sumer Power Association, a major partner in the IPP project. Parowan was scheduled to recieve up to seven megawatts of power from IPP when the project was completed. If cut in half, Parowan's share of electricty from the IPP will be about three and one-half megwatts, still enough for a considerable time into the future, Bunn pointed o out. The exact date of the meting was not determined. The council also agreed, at the request of city employees, to trade Veterans Day for the day after Thanksgiving as a city holiday. The city crews will now take a long Thanksgiving weekend, rather than take Veterans Day off. The council voted to make this a permanent change in the city's holiday schedule. |