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Show State Press P.O. Box: 1327 . Salt Lake City, Jjtch ;6-l9l6 Volume Eighty SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 84663 i- SEPTEMBER 16, 1976 Price 20c Number Thirty-eight City mmidl sff5 School board results told iff! i -. '4 ' IFw(si mm befa ff m$ mmh The regular meeting of the Springville City Council was held Tuesday, September 7, at :ju p.m. in me council room 01 . the civic center. Mayor Kenneth B. Creer presided. Roll call showed the following present: Cf. Jerry Ollerton, CI. Calvin Baxter, CI. Edward Murdock, CI. John T. Marshall, CI. Jerry Smith, Recorder Verl S. Dallin and Attorney Robert Sumsion. Prayer was offered by CI. Murdock.- The minutes of the previous meeting held August 17, 1976 were approved by motion of CI. Smith and second by CI. Marshall. Mar-shall. . According to council meeting minutes, City Engineer Robert Gunnell met with the council to discuss bidding time for the Industrial Park project. The time set for bid opening is October Oc-tober 12, 1976 at 7 p.m. Also, discussed the storm drain bid . opening for Center Street from Main to 400 East Street. - Fritz Boyer, representing a group of citizens in the neighborhood neigh-borhood of 200 North and 1100 East, met with the council concerning the traffic problem in that area of the community. The problem was referred to Police Chief Leland Bowers for his study and recommendation. Tamara Ivory of the. High School drill team, met and requested permission to use the Savers Building for, a car wash. me council. .explained mar because of the work . of remodeling going pn in the building . that would not be They suggested that they might consider the area just east of the fire station and gave them permission to use' this area if they so desired.' ' Corine Phillips, one of the participants in the County Fair, expressed appreciation to the Mayor and City Council for their financial support of $500 to the fair towards prizes for entrants. Burl Peterson met to request consideration on the water bill on his property in Hobble Creek . Canyon. His bill was high as a result of a leak and he has now corrected the problem and wishes to be given credit on his bill. This was granted on the basis of prior years usage. Principal George Puckett and Coach Mike Jacobson of the . High School met to request that the city give consideration ' to placing the swimming pool on property near the high school. After some discussion the Mayor called it to a vote with CI. Baxter making a motion, and a second by CI. Murdock to locate the pool on the triangler piece of city owned property near the high school. With a . second by CI. Ollerton the pool be placed on Memorial Park and the results of this voting was three voting yea and two voting nay. Motion carried to place it on Memorial Park. CI. Marshall made a motion with a second by CI. Baxter that the city decline participating with the Dominques-Escalante . marker, which had earlier been passed by the Council. This motion passed unanimously. CI. Murdock made a motion with a second by CI. Baxter authorizing the Mayor to sign the Articles of Incorporation of Southern Utah Valley Power Project a non profit corporation. Said document is on file in the office of the city recorder. This motion passed unanimously. CI. Marshall made a motion with a second by CI. Baxter the city go on record as agreeing to v paying Evon and Valeria Averett only $4,000.00 for property in Spring Creek Canyon area. If this is not satisfactory to them the city will decline purchasing pur-chasing the property. This motion passed unanimously. Blair Sargent and Ross Johnson met with the council to-review to-review the activities and plans of the Art Board. Kenneth Christensen of Burrows Corporation met with the council concerning the bonding procedures for the power project of the four communities Springville. Spanish Fork, Salem, and Payson. CI. Baxter made a motion with a second by CI. Marshall to proceed with the formalities of having a bond election to be held with the general election on November 2, 1976. This motion passed unanimously. CI. Baxter made a motion with a second by CI. Ollerton authorizing the Mayor to sign 1 .C.C .m x d ( it j According to Reverend David Mote, nobody knows just how long it had been since the Springville Community Presbyterian Church got its last new roof. None of the members remember when the last re-roofing job was done, and records have not revealed the year. But crews worked this week to give the 83-year-old building a nice new face-lift. Utah Valley Roofing was low bidder on the project which Fvhlpktim LBS Stefr quarterly, metsei- Elder S. Dilworth Young, Senior President of the First Council of Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will preside at the Mapleton Utah Stake Quarterly Conference Saturday - and Sunday September 18 and 19. S. Dilworth Young -S3 r y ) the aggreement with Department Depart-ment of Transportation for the improvement of North Main Street with a side walk and curb and gutter. This motion carried. CI. Murdock made a motion with a second by CI. Baxter that all bills properly signed be paid and the meeting stand adjourned. All adult members of the Mapleton Utah Stake are invited to a special conference meeting to be held Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The public is invited to the Sunday session at 10 a.m. All meetings will be held in the Second-Third Ward building, 1000 West 1200 North, Mapleton, Utah. Elder Young has been a member of the First Council of Seventy since 1945. He was born Planning Springville Planning Commission Com-mission Tuesday night unanimously denied a request to rezone 400 South Street, from Main Street to 400 East Street, from R-4 residential commercial, com-mercial, to CC-1, central commercial. com-mercial. Cecil Zimmerman of the Planning Commission made a motion to study the R-4 zone for clarification and change after the commission acknowledged that a problem does indeed exist in the area. The commission further stated its desire to seek a solution to the problem rather than just continue to deny the zone change. The 400 South Street is unique Hugh Hjorth, Clyde Swenson, and Maurine Hiatt were declared high vote getters in the Nebo School District Board of Education election Tuesday. , Mr. Hjorth represents District : two covering Springville and Mapleton . Mr. Swenson was high in District three, with Mrs. Hiatt garnering top vote in District one. Hugh Hjorth, 710; Jon O. Hunter, 241; Walter Fredrick Hurst, 200; and La Mar L. Adams, 183. Clyde Swenson, 799; Blaine H. Moore. 282; Eldon G. Andrus, 254. Mr. Swenson and Mr. Moore; Mr. Hjorth and Mr. Hunter; and Mrs. Hiatt and Mr. Rowley now will oppose each other in the ; Noevember 2 elections. ' totaled $2500, Reverend Mote said. "An interesting in-teresting question," he added, is, "how did they do it the first time? I presume they used scaffolding." Incidentally, it cost more to reroof the church tower than it did to shingle either the north or south sides, Reverend Mote said. The project is being paid for through voluntary contributions by the church members, mem-bers, who are "responding very well." in Salt Lake City, September 7, 1897, a son of Seymour B. Young, Jr. and Carlie Louine Clawson. Elder Young is the author of several books written for young people, a biography of Brigham Young, a long poem about Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and numerous articles. Stake President Jay M. Smith, Jr., President," Mapleton Utah Stake, will conduct the conference. con-ference. commission in that it is the only one in Springville to have the R-4 zone, it was explained. R-4 is an extension ex-tension of R-3, residential, and allows for certain restrictive types of business. CC-1, or central commercial, is less restrictive in the type of business allowed. The action followed a public hearing held here last week where a petition signed by 100 percent of the property owners fronting 400 South Street on the south side requested the change. The petition also was favored by 80 percent and signed by 70 percent of property owners residing on the north side of 400 South Street, it was reported. Trustees of the Southern Utah Valley Power Project (SUVPP) have set a Sept. 21 goal to complete preparations for a four-city bond election which needs to pass to insure Southern Utah County an adequate supply of reasonably priced electricity in the future. A timetable was adopted to meet legal requirements necessary to qualify the question for the Nov. 2 general election ballot. . Involved jointly in the proposed power substation to be constructed in Spanish Fork , Canyon near the existing Strawberry , Water Users Association (SWUA) power plant are Springville, Spanish Fork, Salem and Payson. Costing an estimated $800,000, it would reduce voltage of power from federal dams on the Colorado River so the energy can be distributed by municipally owned electric departments. The total amount trustees of the non-profit SUVPP are expected ex-pected to ask the voters for authority to borrow probably ; will be about $1 million. That would provide for the inflation factor as well as permit some improvements to city power systems between now and when the substation becomes : operative in about twb years. ; Voters in each city would be ' asked to allow their community ' to borrow enough money to pay :" its percentage share of the total - substation cost Amounts would j range ' from about $50,000 , Salem to nearly a quarter of a million dollars in the other three municipalities. ' . ' Much of last week's regular meeting of trustees was devoted to a lengthy explanation of bond financing by Payson native Dick Christensen, an executive of Burrows, Smith and Co. of Salt Lake City, municipal financial consultants. Prevention week set The Springville Volunteer Fire Department invites all interested in-terested groups, clubs, and school classes to come to and participate in the 1976 Fire Prevention Week by visiting the Springville Fire Station during the week October 3 to 9. There will be guided tours of the fire station and its equipment. equip-ment. There will also be a short movie on home fire escape made by Walt Disney. Please contact the fire station at 489-5676 to make your appointment ap-pointment for both the time and day that your group can attend. Fire Chief Larry Sanford reports that even though we have had a very dry summer this year, everyone has been very careful with their fires and he would like to thank all of the citizens of Springville City for the fine job they are doing. "Please keep it up," the Chief adds. Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, make our earth an Eden like the heaven above. denies zone change request-again Those favoring the change cited studies which indicated that a great deal of Springville retail dollars were being spent in Provo and Orem. Public hearing Those opposed indicated they feared the rezoning would lower property value and cause an eyesore eye-sore condition for homes that would have to look onto the back of stores. Ray Sanford, speaking for the zone change said he hoped the problem could be solved without emotion. He referred to conflicts over rezoning the same property over the past 4Vi years. "Springville must and will grow," he said. "And we must Notice of the plan to borrow money must be published in three issues of newspapers in New private school to open here Jefferson Independence School, owned by R. G. "Stoney" Hodges, is presently in its final stages of preparation with an October 1 opening date planned. The kindergarten through sixth grade school will be located at 800 South Main Street, in the old Jefferson School in Springville. The school will emphasize the fundamentals R's with phonetic reading, grammar, traditional arithmetic, patriotism and accurate American History being given special attention, in an atmosphere of strong discipline. The remainder of the school curriculum will include the sciences, cultural refinement and physical education. While starting with kindergarten kin-dergarten through grade six, it is' Mr. Hodges's intention to exand the school to include all 12 grades and a Montessori Preschool Pre-school within the next five years. The establishment of Jefferson Jef-ferson Independence School in Springville is the culmination of a three year effort that has taken Stoney and his wife, Marie, through five states seeking answers to the growing educational difficulties in America today. Stoney, Marie and their four children, formerly residents of (Colorado, are planning to resip;.chil(fren.age5.through 11 and., permanently in Springville and may be contacted at the temporary tem-porary phone number of 489-5811. 489-5811. Scoty? Richard M. 'Dick' Sumsion was installed Tuesday night as Hobble Creek District Scout chairman. David Gledhill of the Kolob Stake presidency conducted con-ducted the installation ceremonies at the district executive council meeting. Other officers installed were Ed Roundy, Cubbing; Fred Erickson, Scouting; Edison Breckenridge, Explorers; Oneita Sumsion, public relations; Jeff Roberts, finance; and Bruce Mendenhall, manpower man-power resources. Reports and goals for the coming year were explained by each. Mr. Sumsion has long been active in the Scouting program and is currently serving as scoutmaster in the 16th Ward. He has previously been a district commissioner and has received awards for supporting Scouting. He is an Eagle Scout, as are two of his three sons. In the highway construction business, he is president and general manager of J.M. Sumsion & Sons and Valley Asphalt, Inc. A lifelong resident of Springville, he is a son of the late J.M. Sumsion and Mrs. Lela Sumsion. He married the former accept the responsibility to see that it grows in a manner that will be good for the people of Springville." Ted Seal, also in favor of the change, cited information gathered by a group of economics students at Brigham Young University. He said they found that Springville has only 60 retail stores with a pay roll of $1.25 million per year. The report also indicated that figure is one third the figures on just the grocery stores in the Provo and Orem area. Others in favor of the change expressed concern for the types of businesses that might come into the area. They expressed Payson, Spanish Fork and Springville not more than 35 days nor less than 21 days prior 1 ,? Stoney Hodges A special meeting will be held Friday, September 24, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the old Jefferson School in Springville. The Jefferson Independence School will hold an open house and preregistration information meeting for all parents of all persons interested in a private alternative to public education. Refreshments will be served. Joann Blackett and they are the parents of four children and grandparents of two; Mrs. Alan mid&k Richard M. 'Dick' Sumsion, In scout uniform, is being sworn in as chairman of Hobble Creek District Council by David Gledhill. Installation ceremonies took place Tuesday night at the district's executive council meeting. 1 satisfaction with those businesses already in the area. Mont Allman, a developer, said that new businesses do not want to locate along Main Street and that there was a need for more commercial property in good locations. Some against Deon Dove, who is building a new market on Main Street -valued at $2 million - said he would have liked to enlarge his store on 400 South and would have waited to start his building had he thought there was a chance the area would be rezoned commercial. Residents adjacent to the proposed commercial zone to the general election. Since there is no newspaper in Salem, posting can be used to notify the electorate there of the proposal to borrow money. But before the public can be noticed of the plan, Mr. Christensen told representatives of the cities and SUA that city councils individually must adopt resolutions of intent to bond. Trustees decided to conduct an extensive public information and education program between now and the general election to inform the voters of the advantage ad-vantage of SUVPP, both immediate im-mediate and long range. It will be conducted in cooperation with and under the guidance of the Salt Lake City financial consultants. con-sultants. In other action, Blair Hamilton of Spanish Fork told his fellow trustees he has been assured by Mayor Tim Moran that Spanish Fork will sell SUVPP a three-acre site for the substation. No sale price has been determined and an appraisal probably will be needed to fix its value, he said. W. Howard Riley of Payson, SWUA director who served as board chairman before it was discovered the association cannot legally become an active member of SUVPP, chaired last week's session in the absence of Chairman Doug Holt, also of Payson. Riley scheduled the next meeting of trustees for Sept. 21 in the conference room of Strawberry High Line Canal Co. in Payson. Before that time, each of the cities is expected to. adopt a lormai Dond resolution. All four city councils earlier signified their desire to join in financing the electrical cooperative. (Sharee) Bird,' Brent Sumsion, Steven R. Sumsion, and Scott Sumsion. expressed concern that the change would lower property values and cause an eye-sore for many who would have the back ' of businesses to look at. Those against the rezoning also expressed the opinion that traffic along 400 South was already a hazard and that more businesses would increase that danger. Joe Reidhead, superintendent of Nebo School District, expressed ex-pressed concern for middle school students, both from the traffic problem and over potential problems In discipline. Noble deeds that are concealed con-cealed are most esteemed. ' |