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Show say County residents owners and study recommendations. recommenda-tions. A formal proposal would then go before a public hearing later this fall. In one related item, a July 18 public hearing is scheduled to receive input on rezoning the 12-acre 12-acre city property siterhich-in- eludes city hall and ball diamonds, to commercial. The city is planning a new recreation complex on the frontage road, and would like to sell its current site to help fund development de-velopment of that project, along with a new' city hall and public works facility. By TOM HARALDSEN CENTER VILLE-The first step in forming a redevelopment agency v for Centerville took place Thursday afternoon, when property owners adjacent to the city hall property and along Parrish Lane met to discuss the issue. Centerville City hosted the owners at a luncheon in city hall. The meeting ""will be followed up with a similar gathering in August, at which time a formal proposal fqr establishing an RDA will be discussed. r Centerville is finalizing a blight study it conducted earlier concerning concern-ing the area on Parrish Lane east of 1-15. This so-called 'gateway to the city has prime commercial real estate possibilities, and the RDA would help coordinate the development de-velopment of those possibilities. Following a welcome by Mayor Dcafi'" Argyle, city 'iadmihistratof David Hales told the residents that, . "just as I can't treat my 1 1 year old daughter as a child anymore, so we can't treat Centerville's growth with methods it's outgrown." He said the city's population has increased nearly 50 percent in the last 10 years, and "will probably double in the next 20. With 80 to 100 new homes being built each year in the city, growth has become a key issue." Pointing to the large amount of sales and franchise taxes collected by Centerville this past year, he said "we feel we 'have a strong economic tax base. We've made it attractive for businesses to come : here with reductions in business license and building fees." rr The Mayor followed by pointing out five goals he's held for the city in hisT administnuion: First, he said,-was said,-was to reach a common understan-: understan-: ding and commitment to city needs, adding, "the way we did things in the past isn't necessarily how we... heedtodomirigsinmefun'"''.. Second, "we needed a united effort to meet the needs of the community. We've started that pro-cess pro-cess with master plans for parks and recreation, and analysis of city facilities and lands, a look at land and street scapes, and a dedication to public safety." A third area of concern has been long-range planning for the city's capital improvement needs, such as culinary i: water,, street repairs and ' " replacement, riarks and recreation, physical facilities, equipment, and storm drainage and retention. Improvement of the city's tax base, was another priority, along with the fifth goal of developing sffategies for implementing them. Attorney Bill Oswald then explained ex-plained the purposes of an RDA, explaining how 44 cities and two counties in Utah have formed them. He discussed the methods of forming form-ing the agency as well. ", With the final blight analysis draft due this week, the next step rwill be to reconvene the property |
