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Show Residents voice opposition to multi-housing people have called him asking that he sell the land to the city for what he paid for it. Jones has countered by asking three times what he paid for it. 4I have been working on this project for almost a year now. If I had known that it was going to cause such a fuss I would never have gotten involved,' said Jones. Allred disagrees. "Mr. Jones knew that the city wanted to buy the property before he closed the deal on the purchase from Zions Bank. We're not faulting him for his desire to make money, that's perfectly American. We just wish that he would reconsider in this instance," in-stance," said Allred. The city council has been reluctant reluc-tant to condemn the property. Instead In-stead they, have been working on a compromise whereby half of the six acres in question would be traded to the city and made into a park. The other half would be allowed to be developed. A firm deal has yet to be struck. "I just wish that a decision or agreement will be made soon, so that I can either get going on this or be done with it," said Jones. An open meeting will be held on April 18 to review the zoning and receive input on plans for the development de-velopment of the property. ; By JOHN W. CANNON Many Farmington residents are not happy. Land that the city promised prom-ised to make into a park has been purchased by a developer who plans to build multi-unit housing. Property owner, Blair Jones, purchased pur-chased the land with the intention of building eight fourplexes and four - duplexes. ' 'It seemed like a good idea at the time," said Mr. Jones."My son and I recently finished some duplexes in ; the Farmington area. We have long waiting lists for each unit. I feel that there is a real demand for multi-unit housing in this area," he said. "I think that this development would be a significant contribution to the community," Mr. Jones continued. con-tinued. "I had no idea when I began this project that the city had promised prom-ised to use it for a park," he said. Farmington resident, Brian Allred, along with many others, feels that the the land should be made into a park to benefit the area's small children. "No one in this area is fully in favor of the proposed pro-posed housing development," said Mr. Allred. "There are lots of young families with small children in this area. Kids are playing in the streets as it is. We feel that the area is already densely populated, and to bring in more housing units would only create greater traffic and safety r-problems r-problems for the neighborhood children," he said. Residents have overwhelmingly supported a petition circulated to help fund the park. Some 70 to 80 people showed up at the Jan. 28 city planning meeting to voice their opposition op-position to the housing development. de-velopment. Pressure from citizens successfully suc-cessfully blocked some of the zoning zon-ing changes needed for Jones to proceed. An effort is also being made to have the land condemned so that the city can purchase it. Mr. Jones said that some 15 different , |