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Show Pag 2 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday, August 23, 2007 r e3 ri NEWS AND NOTES TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND INVOLVED Road Poor record keeping Cathy Allred NORTH COUNTY STAFF Thirty-five-year-old bills and rxKir record keeping may be the hold up for a $2 million mil-lion clubhouse at Tri City Golf Course aka Fox Hollow. The bond purchaser was ready to close the deal to fund the construction, but without an agreement between the three cities, the bonds won't be sold. Pleasant (irove Mayor Mike Daniels invited American Fork Mayor I leber Thompson and Ix'hi Mayor Howard Johnson to resolve the "consternation" that has slowed progress for the municipal golf course upgrades. up-grades. Officials were to have brought homework issues back to the table Wednesday an exact amount of acreage acre-age for the property owned by American Fork within the course, its estimated value and proposed solutions, a copy of the audit report, and a list of possible in-kind work done on the course by the cities. "It's hoX' in two to four weeks we can get this squared away," Johnson said. Each mayor brought his attorney at-torney to the Aug. 15 meeting. Water issue's were quickly resolved, re-solved, but the mayors agreed to meet again, last night, to hammer out a solution for the properly and billing issues. Thompson presented a letter let-ter listing concerns American Fork had regarding finances and property ownership. "There have been some bills that have been sent to the other cities and other cities have ignored them basically," he said. " Then we have gotten some new council and looked at this thing independently and feel more strongly about this." Four main points of grievance griev-ance were listed in the letter property ownership, American Ameri-can Fork owns some 67 acres of the Tri City Golf Course 172-acre 172-acre property and hasn't received re-ceived compensation yet from the other two cities; culinary well safety, there are two wells Wright Continued from Page 1 funny than fun, however. "I was representing a city, not in Utah County, on a simple zoning case," he said. "The question was whether you could have an animal there." He explained he was questioning ques-tioning a witness, trying to lay the groundwork about an area that was zoned for farm animals. 1 le asked about specific spe-cific animals, to get a definition what a farm animal was. NorthCounty NEWSPAPERS ' 399 E. State St. Pleasant Grove Phone: 756-7669 Fax: 756-5274 Marc Haddock 443-3268 North County Editor mhaddockheraldextra.com Cathy Allred 443-3262 Lehi, Saratoga Springs, PI. 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" ' "..im s-.-.y-, - ' ' -s.."- V-Sw'-" ' - " Hum "it -' .i - ' -'V! -. : j -: -r-' ' i - . : i Braving improvements on the front nine, JeffBeajeau walks to City. on the course property the city would like to have secured for the purity of its municipal drinking water along with free access; water use, American Fork has been supplying the irrigation water for 30 years; and lastly, bills issued to the other two cities that have no record of payment. "Some of our council members mem-bers feel we should make it equitable eq-uitable with the ground lease, comparable acreage with the ground cost," Thompson said. "It's not that we want to be a stick in the mud. That's not it at all. We know we need to proceed fairly smartly." Tri City Golf Course was created by American Fork, Eehi and Pleasant Grove cities in the 70s with much of the property being on former state land which all three cities own together. "I asked if a llama was a farm animal, and he answered it was," he said. "I tried again about a mountain lion and the response was still yes. Not yet being sharp enough to cut my losses I asked about a hippopotamus hip-popotamus and he still said it was. At that point I figured my case was in real trouble." His partner in the law firm is Tucker Hansen, who serves as a prosecuting attorney for American Fork. The two can join forces when necessary. "We help each other and work together on the needs of DAILY HERALD PUBLISHING CO. ITCH 3 Jennette Esplin 756-7669 Office Manager Julia Fullmer 344-2570 Project Coordinator, DesignerCopy Editor Megan Carleton 344-2570 DesignerCopy Editor Jeremy Harmon 344-2585 Photographer Issue 85 may hold up Tri City Golf Course V "How do we make that equitable?" eq-uitable?" asked Daniels of the issues. Each mayor thought he could supply a share of water for the water use problem. Allowing Al-lowing access and providing a zone of protection for the two wells was readily agreed upon. Perhaps the most controversial controver-sial issue was the $10,206 bill American Fork officials presented pre-sented to Pleasant Grove and the $53,935 bill to Lehi. A 1991 audit report supposedly suppos-edly reported the two cities had not contributed an equal amount, but American Fork City representatives did not have a copy of the audit report, only a letter stating such was the case. "Talking to Frank Mills it wasn't an even split," Kent Wells of Pleasant Grove said. "Some of the cities put in time the city," Wright said. "That , has been a good thing about this arrangement." Although Wright was only recently named as the city's civil attorney, he has been doing do-ing work in that area since spring. "I filled in for Kevin (Bennett) (Ben-nett) in March and April," he said. "We worked on an as-needed as-needed basis." At 6-feet 5-inches tall, Wright is hard to miss in the courtroom or the basketball court. He enjoys watching games and used to play basket For the love of roller y first experience with a roller coaster still lives with me, even though it took place almost 50 years ago. I was 8 at the time, but the event is burned in my memory. Still, it was not much different from the experience experi-ence I had last week with my 8-year-old grandson, Scott. In 1959, as I remember, I was with my brother, Jimmy, who is seven years older than I am. We were on a family trip to Lagoon, but it was a very different Lagoon from the one we visited Thursday. Only a few rides remain from those early days, the most notable being Lagoon's sig nature white wooden roller coaster. That white roller coaster was the big ticket ride, and for the first time I was tall enough to ride. As the youngest child, and something of a Momma's boy, I must have annoyed my older brothers. Maybe that's why Jim had goaded . me into taking a seat next to him on that white roller coaster. "It's no big deal," he told me. "It will be fun." But when the car took the turn around that first corner and then started clickety-clacking its way up that first hill, I wasn't having fun any more. I wanted out. "Get me off!" I screamed. "I don't want to do it any more. Please get me off." "What do you want me to do?" asked my brother. "Throw you out?" He said it with the bemused, big brother smirky tone older brothers broth-ers have that tell you they are having the time of their life watching you suffer. Of course I didn't want him to throw me off. But I screamed, "I don't care! Do anything you have to do! Just get me off!" Of course, he didn't. On the contrary, once we reached the top of that first hill and started speeding down, and I realized I wasn't going to die, I fell in'love with that sensation. I ended the ride happy and hoarse. I rode it five more times that day. J1 f' , . ... . ' the eighth tee at Fox Hollow Golf in kind." He said the financial records wouldn't show what labor the cities put into at that time. "We're not keeping track of who did what, so figuring it out is going to be a nightmare," Wells said. COMMUNjTY NOTES I Residents express concern about 900 East traffic Two residents asked the city for help with traffic on 900 East, near Barratt Elementary School. Lane and Patty Taylor said they represented a group of their neighbors in their concerns. "A group of us were concerned con-cerned about increased traffic in the area," Lane Taylor said. He said they were worried that a pending annexation on Bamberger Bam-berger near 900 East would ball in high school in Nephi. "I am a big sports fan, particularly football and basketball," bas-ketball," he said. "I enjoy high school and collegiate athletics more than professional. I am a big BYU fan and I also like the Jazz. I enjoy Notre Dame as well." He started following that team when BYU played them four years ago. "My dad and I watched BYU play them and we had an incredible in-credible experience," he said. Sports have been a big tradition tra-dition in his family. His grand Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN f i up and straight down again. I like to be moving forward. So when we drove by Lagoon and saw the new ride, Wicked, for the first time, with its preposterous first hill, which goes straight up, makes a 180 degree turn and goes straight down, it looked like trouble. I figured I was safe though until Scott's family invited us to join the family at the amusement park. He knows I love the coasters, coast-ers, and said he wanted to go on Wicked with me if he was tall enough. Just my luck, he was tall enough, by about half an inch, and that's how I found myself sitting sit-ting next to an 8-year-old screaming my lungs out. "Get me off," I screamed as we turned the corner, but there wasn't time to say any more? Because Wicked doesn't drag you to the top of the hill and then drop you. It launches you straight up at about 50 mph, throws you over the top, and drops you straight down into the rest of the ride. That first hill was over so fast, all I remember remem-ber is that I almost lost my hat at the top of the hill and I ended the ride happy and hoarse. I took the ride twice that day; Scott rode it five times, and didn't scream once. He's a lot braver than I was at that age. But then, he had a better fellow rider than I did, too. .' 'i . - . MARC HADDOCKNorth County Course, formerly known as Tri add to the traffic. He said the city's plans show that 900 East would eventually extend south to State Street. Director of Public Works Howard Denney confirmed that. "In the plan, it starts at 1100 South and bends to 860 East, continues to about 850 North," he said. "The master plan says it would be connected, going across the tracks." Taylor said that would increase in-crease the impact. "If it does cross (State Street), traffic will definitely increase," Lane Taylor said. Mayor Heber Thompson said the city could offer several ways to slow traffic in the area, particularly near the school "With the school in the area, there are lots of options for law enforcement to slow traffic," traf-fic," he said. father, Golden Wright, was mayor of Fillmore and died during a high school football game. "It is just kind of fitting," Kasey Wright said. . The tradition may continue, but with a twist. Wright and his wife, Kris-tiAnn, Kris-tiAnn, have four daughters, ranging from 4 to 10 years old. "The oldest is a dancer," he said. "The others are working in to see where they fit. It is not near the level I did growing grow-ing up. They are fans, but they just don't play sports." coasters And I haven't stopped. I still enjoy en-joy a good roller coaster ride. The one time we visited Coney Island, I made Sharon and Kari ride the granddaddy of all wooden roller coasters, the Cyclone, with me. It still thrills. My favorite roller coaster ride of all time was Superman at Darien Lake in upper New York. It's just what I like fast, smooth and with lots of wide turns and a high point of 200 feet before you launch into the breathtaking ride What I don't like are the rides that take you round and round. They make me sick. Put me on the Octopus once, and I'm done for the day. And I don't like going straight Continued from Page 1 planning f,or the future. "There is no immediate action that will take place," he said. "The master plan did identify that at some point in the future this would be part , of a collector. There is nothing noth-ing immediately proposed to do any widening. I don't know what the time frame ' would be. It would probably be 10 to 15 years at the earli-. est, just because of funding." , Franson said even the revision revi-sion to the general plan had . yet to be adopted. "It probably will be at least six months," he said. , More than Highland and American Fork are involved. Mountainlands Association of Governments is studying 9600 North as a possible loca- tion for an east-west corridor' in northern Utah County. American Fork mayor Heber Thompson said the study was in the preliminary stages. "There is nothing specific about the number of lanes or widths," he said. "It is just that this should be seriously , considered as an east-west artery." Only two portions of the ; roadway touch property in . American Fork, Thompson , said. "We have no jurisdiction outside of our city boundary," bound-ary," he said. One of the residents who attended the City Council meeting Aug. 14 asked for I the city's help anyway. J "I want you to represent me as a part of American Fork City and not just hand it' off to another city," she said. Franson said it was impor-' tant to plan to anticipate the needs. "If you don't plan for it today, to-day, there is a problem in the ; future," he said. "It is really some long-range planning." . Skate park Continued from Page 1 to be completed are some sprinklers and a valve box. i She explained one of the reasons for the delays. They want this to be , one of the best narks in the state," she said. "That is why, sometimes things take a little longer." , Brvce Reinhold of Fron- tside Skate ShoD served on the citizens committee which, helped design the park. He ; agreed that it has taken a long time, and said he receives re-ceives about 20 calls a day from people asking when the. park will open, since construction con-struction of the skateboard part of the park was com- , pietea in tne spring. "I think it is long past due," he said. "Evervbodv has been real patient. A lot of DeoDle can't figure it out. They don't plan ; on opening tne parK until after the kids eo oack to school." The nark is a mixture between a street course and a vertical section (bowl), he . said. "It is a pretty all-around park," he said. "There are . different stages to it. It will be good. Any kids could start out there. Advanced people can be there as well. . It is going to draw all kinds , to the park." He anticipated there would be all ages coming. "A lot of Deorjle think that '. skateboarding is just for kids. I know many adults who do it. You want some , adult influences around the park. It will draw families. When we were designing mat we had it m mind it would be a familv nark." They included picnic tables ana snaae trees tor that purpose, pur-pose, he said. "We want it so the parents ' can come and relax, sit in the. shade and read a book while their kids are skating," he said. Brodie Penrod is one who will use the park. "I think it is amazing." he said. "It has got a lot of ev erything. It kind of sucks it ' has been closed for a while It is one of the best parks in man. I his place is amazing Justin Long agreed. "It is the best one in Utah ! County." the 17-vear-olH said. "It has got a little bit of everything so anybody can come skate there. I am excit-' ed it is in my town. Skating gives me something to do. It is more than just skating. it is rjeing witn tnends. It keeps me from doing drugs."' |
