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Show City seelcs CDGB for park By JUDY JENSEN Editor NORTH SALT LAKE-The City Council has decided once again to apply for a Community Development De-velopment Block Grant (CDBG). Although North Salt Lake has applied ap-plied in the past, the city has not yet received any of the funds that are available to communities for various projects. "We'd like to try to get something for our city this time," said Mayor Jake Simmons. m In this year's application, the city will ask for funds to upgrade and expand the main city park located on Center Street near city hall. An estimated amount of $178,000 is needed to complete phase one of a planned park improvement. Phase one includes a. new concessionsrecreation con-cessionsrecreation center which will house new restrooms, parks and recreation storage and a concession con-cession area. The plan also includes four new ball diamonds which would be surrounded by concrete bleachers. Eventually, the newly renovated park will include basketball and volleyball courts, a horseshoe pit, four new tennis courts, shuf-fle shuf-fle board, expanded parking, four picnic pavilions and upgraded playground equipment. In a recent city newsletter, residents were asked for their opi- , nion on financing the proposed park SEE CDGB PG. A-2 CDGB CONT. FROM PG.A-1 r improvements. The entire project will cost approximately $1 million. Residents were asked to choose "Plan A" bonding for the project and completing it immediately, a plan which would require a tax increase; in-crease; or "Plan B" completing the project in phases without a tax increase. in-crease. According to City Administrator Collin Wood, voting to date has been seven-to-one in favor of Plan B. City Councilman Stuart Hatch, chairman of the city's Beautifica-tion Beautifica-tion Committee, said he would like to include beautification of city entrances en-trances in phase one of park improvements. im-provements. The City Council agreed. The city may choose to submit proposals for more than one project, and the council members agreed that the second project they would like to see completed is planting sod on top of the new one million-gallon million-gallon water tank located on Valley View Drive. Plans to develop the area around the tank into a mini-park mini-park with a jogging track have been put on hold due to lack of funds. Public hearings have been scheduled for Nov. 6 and Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the possible projects before a final decision is made. |