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Show By GARY R. BLODGETT , BOUNTIFUL - By a split vote of 3-2, Bountiful City Council de cided last week to provide rock-foundation rock-foundation "Welcome to Bountiful" Boun-tiful" signs at six street entrances into the city. 1 The rock-foundation concept . "best depicts the atmosphere of .the city," according to Mayor Dean SL Stahle and Council members Phyllis Phyl-lis Southwick and Harold Shafter, who voted in favor of the rock design. de-sign. Mayor Stahle cast; the tie-breaking tie-breaking vote when the council vote went 2-2 with Councilman Bob Gramoll absent c'' ' "I would have liked a iinanimous vote of the council with such an important im-portant issue as this," said Mayor . Stahle. "But it looks like I will have to cast the deciding vote." . 1 With that statement,, former Mayor Elmer W. Barlowsitting in the audience, jokingly yelled to the mayor on the bench, "that's what you're there for." The newly approved sign concept was designed by Carpenter-Stringham, Carpenter-Stringham, , Bountiful architects, one of four designs, submitted for council consideration. Councilman Keith Barton said he was not ready-to ready-to cast a vote on such an important matter and Councilwoman Barbara Holt said she favored a more "modernistic" design. , e -: The design chosen by the council was not the most expensive, nor was it the most inexpensive, design being considered. Total cost for the six signs will be $40,610 compared com-pared to the most expensive design estimated at more than $95,000. : r The approved sign will have a rock foundation with the inscription of "Welcome to Bountiful" in the center. The interior design also depicts de-picts the arches of the Bountiful IDS Tabernacle. Bountiful will soon have new "welcome" signs to greet visitors. The city council voted to allow the rock-faced signs to be erected at the city entrances. i Larger signs sign will be about six feet above the rock foundation and the letters of "Welcome to Bountiful' will be 10 to 12 inches high. Other inscriptions on the sign will be decided later. Discussion, by the' council centered around Bountiful being a "City of Beautiful Homes and Gardens" Gar-dens" or Bountiful being the se- cond pioneer settlement in Utah. The sign will be lighted by several spotlights placed around the base of the rock foundation. ' Three larger signs will be placed at the following primary locations; (1) the south side of 400 North just east of 500 West; (2) the south side of 500 South outside the Gateway Park Plaza; and the north side of Slim Olsen's north parking lot where 400 West begins. Secondary signs, probably slightly smaller, will be placed on the south side of 2600 South about 200 feet east of 500 West; on the -west side of Main just, south of Page's Lane; and about 300 feet north of the Val Verda Arch on Orchard Or-chard Drive. |