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Show L ei T i R-OOl 1 : '' 1 i , '. s n - n V T Mr- 1 ! 1 192 ORYOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2004 50 CENTS VOL 26, ISSUE 42 A LjLgITI OF the DmhtHcvalfi Mill r ill if 1 I F II ' ; fwo H -hair 8 1- 'sta Qd is Pacitr fast istr;:. 1 Hi; I j 5 re eaj? k ; Sc- iea:: i pc. is tf ed ;;; ffiri ages : sae: !&: or i or t 145 ;ars : life 3D fi' pis: Jenr;: a pe sed : ersq iicii- res' our.; is fa rten e-ba: 3 V rrafc ed i set-' itipf , tb re tbi )S v iup CO jjsb. ce A avel tion ' jisb s-ons s-ons Oct'- alt fir : i!: for1- it left ' Robert Cunningham Pleasant Grove Correspondent pleasant Grove resits resi-ts Bill Timothy and jjobert Williams don't tant 800 North to inter- ..,;tv, 100 East. ;c 1 IL. J.l - For several munms, me f0 have visited Pleasant Groves j. .ion and City Council meetings using the open ;e55ions and public hearts hear-ts trying to persuade the city to take some action. At a work session on Sept: 30, Timothy and Williams failed to sway the City Council. "There is a road there, and nothing I've heard tonight has told me anything any-thing different," said Mike Daniels, council member. An 800 North extension would run asphalt through Timothy's and Williams' property. The neighbors would like to develop their land, and have spent time, money and effort designing design-ing a workable plat that ends 800 North in a cul-de-sac. Unfortunately, no one ever consulted the city's master street plan, which according to the city attorney, attor-ney, gives proper notice to the public in order to avoid these disputes. All developers must defer to the city's master plan. The 800 N. 100 East intersection has been in the books for more than 32 years. The members of the Planning Commission believe that the street plan is valid and that the road should go through, for lack of another east-west connector con-nector between 400 North and 1100 North. According to the master plan, 800 North has the potential to connect 100 East to 2000 West. The planned intersection intersec-tion also has the support of UDOT, which will help with the construction of the road and the erection of signal lights. Timothy and Williams argued the safety of the proposed road and the logistics of a four-foot downgrade without avail. Timothy and Williams have the right to appeal the master plan by formally formal-ly petitioning community development, the Planning Commission and the City Council, in that order, to remove the street from the master plan. There are forms to fill out and fees to Pay- ,; "If that process has not yet been followed, respectfully, respect-fully, why is this brought before us again," Daniels said. Despite the difficult and perhaps futile task ahead, the two neighbors plan to begin their appeal to the Community Development Department. "The ball is now in their court," said Daniels. ' k tale of two cities; residents in limbo Karissa Neely Tonya Morrison's glim-ler glim-ler of hope faded into the ;igb.t sky late Oct. 5, as ie Cedar Hills City Coun-jl Coun-jl tabled any action on her utility problems until Oct. 19. Morrison previously received a recommendation recommenda-tion from the Planning Commission on Sept. 30 that she be able to access utilities for her almost-finished home, upon deeding the undeveloped road at east end of Monson Place to the city. The area, iitbbed The Elliot Fields Subdivision, technically lies in Pleasant Grove, and ras given a Pleasant Grove building permit, but irnst be serviced by Cedar Hills utility lines. Pleasant Grove cannot service her Some with water and ewer because it lies in the Mar Hills service district. dis-trict. Because her home is caught in the middle of these two cities, and affected affect-ed by the pending Interlocal Inter-local Boundary Agreement between them, Morrison has a shell of a home, but no running water, electricity, electric-ity, sewer, or phone. "And now I can't move forward," Morrison said after the City Council's decision. "As much as you want us to be the solution, we can't," City Planner Rod Despain told Morrison, referring to the legal aspects of the situation. Cedar Hill? cannot approve this subdivision ' because it is not in the city. City utilities also cannot go into a road not owned by the city. "If the road is deeded to the city, then we can put utilities in that road. If not, we have no right to put them in a road we don't own." See LIMBO, page 3 City denies Meadow Court project twice The Harlow Clark WON CORRESPONDENT Lindon's Planning Com-Jission Com-Jission turned down J&N Homes revised plans for a 3ve- or six-unit subdivi-fion subdivi-fion 1.25 acres at 234 East Sept. 8. commission felt Either design fit the lot Abetter than an earlier fIOPsal it rejected. lot has only 105.5 eet of frontage and the mission felt it was too Jjow to fit road, side-, side-, J. homes and required JJacks from other prop- w.rk Jones and Evan hen they presented J new design Aug. 25. otn commission chair sweeten and com- 4e oner Jim Peters felt Pfoperty ' ad deep for six units. asked Nixon not est a continuance, saying he couldn't think of any design that would fit six homes and a street on a lot that narrow. Nixon was confident he could show some acceptable accept-able designs, and said he and Jones felt they should have asked for a continuance continu-ance of the earlier proposal propos-al the commission turned down, rather than appealing appeal-ing to the City Council. In his presentation, Nixon listed objections raised by commissioners and neighbors and how J&N would meet each one. The commission didn't challenge most of them, but did object to how J&N defined its setbacks. The front of a house usually faces the road, but the lot is too narrow to fit 30 feet between the sidewalk side-walk and house and 30 feet between the house and the rear property line. See DENIED, page 3 The Golden Touch J 9 v "A J Photo by Kent-Qqvls The Highland nth Ward Primary group visits He Haws in Pleasant Grove. Left to right are Brig Johnson, Sydney Diamond, Amand Connell, Cassidy Diamond and Dani Van Wagoner playing in the grainery shed. PTA funds Manila students' library Cathy Allred The Pleasant Grove Region PTA Council met on Oct. 7 at Manila Elementary Elemen-tary School for its monthly meeting. John Burton of the Alpine School District, case systems administrator, was the honored guest. Laney Benedict, PTA council president, pres-ident, conducted the meeting. meet-ing. Canda Mortensen presented pre-sented the Manila Elementary Elemen-tary School library for students stu-dents with unique needs created by donations from the PTA over the past three years. Other announcements and presentations were: Council membership money is due by the fifth of every month. Ra'shelle Wilson, Valley View Family Life commissioner, commis-sioner, gave a Family Life PTA presentation to council. coun-cil. Kathy McDonald, founder of Hope of America program and executive director of the American FACE Foundation (Family and Community Education), Educa-tion), gave a presentation on FACE and its programs. PTA members can still register for the state resolutions resolu-tions conference Oct. 21, 22. Members were reminded remind-ed that Oct. 28, 29 is UEA Conference and students have a school holiday. The next region PTA meeting is Nov. 4, 10 a.m., at Lindon Elementary ; School. ; . . . j.l. i. ..j... . ,i- y. t i .... ' . ': ,.. ... - :.t.i f , L' i -v v-r J g, ' 1 1 ill h. :.:?"': : h . . ; f 1 n. " -T..v. ni J3 It-1 " ' I "iir.'.. i v''.' J t t- ess ' " ' .: - : ' ' J s ' ' ' ' ' L mm i. " ' '- ..-. it .r , 1 Photo by Cathy Allred Canda Mortensen shows council members what Manila Ele mentary School has been able to do with its PTA donations for a library geared towards students with unique needs. ; .VDrr - & INTEREST! fOB 45 DAYS! '04 OLDS ALEROS r; t ' .J 7'M CHEVY IKPALAS SrISTINO AS ICW AS I f '04 GRAND AMS STARTING AS 10 IV AS P3J S'iJ Sv- .. I i . - .. . , f mini UfLLLJL ..... ' iminie , OCDUT M MONTH FINANCING, PLUS SALs"taX, UCENSE AND DOC FEES. 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