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Show Elderly residents seek help in quest to save trailer homes According to West Bountiful Mayor Carl Johnson, that was not the only parcel of land in West Bountiful, and the city would gladly look at alternate proposals. In the meantime, the residents of the mobile home park have received letters from Price Development, a - partner in the project, stating they have until March 1991 to vacate the premises. The concern of the residents and Joyce Smith, director of the Golden Years Center in Bountiful, is for the health and future of the tenants. "In the beginning they were told they wouldn't have to move. Then they were told they would move to a new West Bountiful site. They were also told they wouldn't have to move in the winter. Now all of those things have not been true," said Smith. SEE RESIDENTS A-2 By JUDY JENSEN Editor WEST B OUNTIFULElderly residents living in the City Center , Mobile Home Park 'are worried ; about their future. Developers of J the Nonhgate development, which includes ShopKo, being built adja-j adja-j cent to the mobile home park, have j purchased the park from Lawrence Barber, and residents have received letters telling them to move. One 85 -year-old woman said she was very surprised to receive the letter. "Mr. Barber assured us all along that he would not sell because we were his friends. Now we have to move.' She explained that many of the residents are older than she, "and they are very upset. Some of them have lived here for 25 years and they don't know where to go,' she said. Where they will go is a question that has had several answers during the past six months. Originally the residents were told they would not have to move. As the construction on the project continued Barber's five acre parcel was under condemnation condem-nation by the RDA. ' T wasn't about to move those people out in the street. We made some commitments com-mitments before I would even talk about selling,' he said. That "commitment" was a guarantee by Sky Properties that if the residents of the trailer park were asked to move they would be paid to do so. The guarantee is $400 for a single-wide single-wide trailer, and $800 for a double-wide double-wide trailer. Barber said they also discussed the possibility of Sky Properties building a new trailer park in West Bountiful for the residents of the City Center Park. Attempts to build a new trailer park have failed. According to Scott Kjar of Sky Properties, they petitioned peti-tioned the West Bountiful planning commission for rezoning a parcel of property to allow the new mobile home park. The planning commission commis-sion felt the area chosen would not be suitable for the mobile home park, and the request was denied. "You can only build a place if you have a place to build," he said. Residents CONT. FROM A-1 She said she is working on behalf of the tenants to try to mediate the problem. One spokesman reported that since the project began one tenant te-nant has died and two others have been hospitalized as a result of the situation. Another concern of Smith is that the stipend allowed for moving is not enough to cover the costs. Otto Sanborn of Morgan Drive-Away Inc. in Salt Lake itemized the costs of moving a mobile home. The "move only" cost for a 12x60 trailer is $134.08, for a 14x70 that cost is $208.70 and for a 24x 60 the cost is $340.86. In addition there is a $300 tear-down and set up cost for a single-wide trailer. That cost is $1800 for a double-wide. There area a variety of additional charges. The total is approximately $1 ,089 to move and set up an older model single-wide with an awning and a carport, and $2,995 for an older model double-wide mobile home. Smith said she would like to work with the city and the developer de-veloper to try to alleviate the problem prob-lem that has been created for the elderly residents. Mayor Johnson said he will speak to Kjar, "to discuss the project." |