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Show 1- - 340 84107 Vol. 19, No. 10 Wednesday, March 12, 1997 Council OKs annexation after e Dee Ray R:sson to develop a outline, which he wanted to submit to the city attorney to review for legal counsel. Russon, with a second from Councilmember Reed Sunderland, made the motion to approve the request to annex 21 acres located at approximately 1000 E. 1300 North; the motion was approved by a four to one margin, with Councilmember Frances Comer voting against the request. Comer told Clark that she had By RUSS DALY After considerable discussion by the council and input from the citizens in public hearings, the Lehi City Council recently approved two annexation requests. returned to the counafter being asked two weeks prior to that to formulate restrictive covenants for his development. He told the audience he had worked with members of his family and with Councilmember Ron Clark cil on Feb. 25 road in the Je fiery subdivision (1040 North). "I was up there at the time school let out and I couldn't believe the number of kids that were up there," she said. She suggested that the access road to Cedar Hollow be created "at the beginning of the second pliase and long before the 24th home goes in." According to the previous discussions, neighbors were concerned because the Development Code 'jcV i l! ' - v Xn ; - "v r! - -- 4 m fi' . - fill- - 4 ' " ' . . - - I of the many Junior Jazz teams compete near season end for the opportunity to represent the community at county tournaments next week. Nearly 800 Lehi youth participated in the program, which officials say has grown steadily in its eight years. City Rec program serves needs of 3000 kids Lehi Recreation is completing the annual Junior Jazz basketball program, which had 83 teams in kindergarten through twelfth grades. This year, the program served nearly 800 boys and girls, the highest enrollment since it started with 250 youth in 1989. "This is the highest percentage, with about 10 or 11 percent growth each year," said director Mike Hansen. "The girls program is growing at leaps and bo'unds." Lehi offered a full girls league for sixth graders with seven teams, allowing the teams to play each other rather than competing The logistics of run- ning the proare gram staggering. boys teams in the Date March 12-1- 3 held Monday March 17 through Saturday of each week at Lehi High March 18-1- School, Lehi Junior High School or the March 19 March 20 National Guard Armory; on at In addition to the youth in the program, Junior Jazz Recreation Calendar Games are 3 Ken Kelter, representing himself and his brother, said that in his 4.96 acre development at approximately 2800 N. 1200 West, the project would have a single access to the property and that the orientation of the homes would be away from the street. The FjellstromGleios project includes 77.68 acres at approximately 3000 N. 1200 West and the Taylor Smith request includes 17.9 acres located at approximately 3200 N. Center Street. ject would entail, depending on where they start and stop the project. City administrator Ed Collins said that engineer Lorin Powell had estimated the cost at a total of $7.5 million and added that a bond for that amount would mean about $200 per home per year in additional taxes. "I think it would be very difficult for us to take a general obligation bond," said Councilmember Frances Comer, "because everyone in town would have to pay for 12th East." or not to flood: Weather is the key : - against the same grade. In other annexation matters, the council also unanimously approved preliminary resolutions to proposals for more than 80 acres to the R-- zone and nearly 18 acres to the Business Park zone. Improvements on 1200 East will not be forthcoming soon and will not be adequate if and when they do occur, according to the Lehi City Council. band-aid,- " said a "It's Councilmember Reed Sunderland in response to citizen concerns about the road. He explained that Lehi City could put three feet of asphalt on the shoulder of the road at some time in the future. He said that the city is at least $40,000 short of the $100,000 to $145,000 that the pro Two City Edtior For about 1,000 Lehi youth, the season has come to a close, but another 1,000 will likely be waiting on the sidelines for the next sport. 1200 East. With no public hearing, comments were not officially taken from the audience, but neighbors who had been in attendance at previous meetings spoke up to than the council and the developer for working out a compromise. on Lehi's 1200 East fwm, ' Pholo by Russ Daly By RUSS DALY 9 To flood - 756-766- 1 No improvements soon "... ' , Development Review Committee. The council unanimously approved Russon's motion to grant the request from Patterson Construction to annex 33.69 acres located at approximately 2400 N. A ' subscribe call deliberations long-standin- g ... . To cents a single copy indicated that Clark would not have to construct the road until after 23 homes had been built. Russon suggested that the Cedar Hollow access be put in by the time the 12th home was put in Sunderland said that place; request would be a matter for the some concerns, which included the two-pag- City Editor 50 Event Baseball registration of whom volunteer their 7 p.m. Lehi City Offices Basketball tournament said the ratio is currently one LHS gymnasiums Soccer Clinic players. Baseball registration 7 p.m. Members of Lehi the High School Baseball registration 10 a.m. 2 p.m. least time. Hansen 5:30 p.m. LHS gymnasiums Basketball tournament 6 p.m. Lehi City Offices ' March 22 has also about 200 adults, some about adult every for four Recreation the Committee, trained the high school players to officiate for the sixth grade program. Brent Joyner, an arbiter for Junior Jazz officials, recently moved to Lehi and also became involved in the program. The top two teams in the 7th-8tgrade program and the 11th-12tgrade program, and the top three teams in the grade program, will advance to county h h 9th-10t- h tournaments. Lehi will host the 11th-12tgrade quarter- - and semi-fina- l games Monday, March 17 through Wednesday, March 19. Games begin at 5:30 p.m. on Monday and on 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. The public is invited and encouraged to attend h basketball team have been also involved in the program as well, providing not only assistance but an exam of three those days, games are held at all three ple for the youth as well. Johnny Barnes, president of Lehi City Offices See RECREATION on Page 4 If current weather conditions prevail, flooding should not be a problem in north Utah County, Bob Easton, ranger on the Pleasant Grove District of the Uinta National Forest, said Tuesday. "The weather right now is helping," Easton said. "The warmer temperatures is melting the snow so the water at won't come at once. "It all depends on the weather but right now it looks pretty good but if it turns out cold again and storms and we get more snow, it will be bad again. Ameri.Mi Fork Canyon is one of the high risk areas because of the amount of snow up there, however, and officials are watching the situation closely. Dry Canyon above Lindon is probably another area of concern, although there isn't a history of flooding out of that canyon. The one area where fire swept through during the summer has recovered which will help absorb the moisture. and Grovecreek The Battlecreek areas of Pleasant Grove are both potential food areas, and also Dry Creek up above Alpine are also risk areas as well Rock as Canyon City Editor Some people talk of community service, others lay their lives on the line for it. Mac Powell, a member of the Lelu and president of Block Lehi Company, has given service to the community in a variety of ways. His story starts in his high school days when he worked part time at the plant which Art Powell had started in 1945. After completing an LDS mission in western Canada, he returned to work with his father between studies at the College of Southern Utah and later at Brigham Young University, where he studied business management. In 1965, Mac made the business e his career, and in 1981 became the president when it was formally organized into a corporaFire Department, the family-owne- d full-tim- tion. He particularly enjoys the closeness of working with his family and e 20 the other employees employees and as many as 10 part most of whom are time employees Lehi natives. He said his father is a driving force in his life. full-tim- Today, Lehi Block makes the equivalent of 2.5 to 3 million pieces each year, or enough block to construct 20 two-ca- r garages each day. Their product can be seen locally at Lehi Junior High School and some of the buildings at Thanksgiving Point, as well as numerous Shopko, and stores in Utah. Mac also assisted his father in the development of their patented ArtStone flexible retaining wall rt Wal-Ma- rt block. A member of the Lehi Volunteer Fire Department for 27 years, Mac has worked in all positions, including president of the department's social organization to fire chief He was assistant to Fire Chief Grant Smith for eight years and fire chief himself prior to Dale Ekins being named as a fire marshall. At his 25 year mark, he had spent e over 4,500 hours, or two years of work, in service to community. He currently serves as the Safety Officer for the department and is responsible for the training of the of the firefighters. About crew have certified ' as Firefighter I, with about 10 having received the Firefighter II certifica full-tim- e full-tim- two-thir- n tion. Many of the crew members have also taken specialized training courses dealing with areas such as hazardous materials (HAZMAT), arson investigation and incident command. Two of the most outstanding fires he recalled during his service were the Lehi Cereal Mill and Laney's store. He said the most difficult ones to deal with were those where they couldn't get to the fire in time before people lost possessions, but said that only one life had been lost during his nearly three decades with the department. "There have been lots and lots of neat people that have given service through the years," Mac said of his colleagues on the department. "The dedication for life safety and protecting people's property is unbelievable. I like to classify the guys down there as modern-dadragon slayers." The family atmosphere he feels at the block plant is duplicated in the fire department. "They become like brothers, because you depend on the person behind you to back you up 100 percentile said."It becomes a close-kngroup." y District to name new elementary The naming of the new elementary school now under construction in north Lehi was on the agenda of the Alpine School District's March business meeting held last evening at board headquarters in American Fork. A local committee has been working on suggestions for naming the new facility which will open its doors at the beginning of the upcoming school year. Perhaps one of the fondest associations he has with a colleague is in having his son, Mike, serve with the department, especially since Mac and his wife, the former Barbara Phillips, were expecting Mike at the time the elder Powell joined the crew. The Powells now have five children, four of whom are married, and six grandchildren. Their youngest son is currently serving an LDS mission in Boston, Mass. A graduate of Lehi High School, Powell played both football and basketball and credited Coach Jim Crittenden with showing him the philosophy that the school could succeed despite its size with the 'heart of ) In other action, board members were to consider a request by Rocky Mountain Elementary in Orem to move from a traditional attendance schedule to a more space productive extended-damodel. Under this schedule, students would attend in two overlapping sessions during the day, but would maintain the traditional summer vacation. y He also cited former Fire Chief Grant Smith as an example by being dedicated to public service and to handling situations in a calm man- with the community itself. Despite the rapid changes in the community, he accepts the growth in a positive maimer. "No matter how fast it's growing it's still a great place to life," he said. -- r. 'f a lion.' ner. Powell has seen many changes in both aspects of his life, as well as Provo. 105-inch- Mac Powell dedicates life to public service By RUSS DALY above There is a debris basin at Rock Canyon to collect the water and a drain out of the bottom of that which helps a lot. Easton said all of the areas are "potential" because there is such a big watershed behind them. Snow last was measured at week at the Alpine summit. Water content is 160 percent of normal. "This is the most snow I've seen in 10 years or so," the ranger said. To help prevent flooding, crews are clearing logs and debris from the channels, under the bridges and the culverts, and preparing sandbags for placement, if needed. "We are trying to get 3,000 sand bags ready in Pleasant Grove and Utah County also has some sandbags they are getting ready," he said. Volunteers will assemble at the Pleasant Grove Ranger Station on Saturday to fill the sand bags and place them on pallets, ready for delivery to whereever they are needed. 7 Mac Powell ).' ": I |