Show Di a 7 Friday Nov 22 1974 Page 5 People to be moved “We sent a copy of the letter to each of the six county and city Blair said that since many of commissioners There was no the property owners were response at least from the city” elderly extra steps in helpTng he said them to relocate were taken by In May the homeowners group the school board invited the county and city With the passage of the commissioners to a meeting to recreation bond additional land discuss the problem County is needed to complete the Commissioner William Hyde was community-schoo- l the only one of the six who atcooperative project Mrs Nebeker’s land is tended one of the four additional pieces “Our group informed Comof land needed missioner Hyde of our unanimous “Mrs Nebeker had not been opposition to selling our land He contacted because a member of took our viewpoint back to the her family asked me personally com missTOTS paying that as long not to contact her to try to work as such opposition was clear no through him Also until the bond force could be used by the was passed I wasn’t sure the county” said Humpherys property would be needed” Blair “Again there was no response said from Logan City” “It’s a tough business We will The homeowners group be reasonable but there will questions the legality of the city naturally be pain for those who using the right of eminent domain must move from their homes” to purchase land outside the city he said limit The tract of land is of which is south River Boyd Humpherys Logan Mary Griffin Howard are of and the southern Yancy boundary the city in owners the involved not “We are property part of Logan City of a of or River proposed purchase Heights but of Cache tract of land west of River County” Humpherys said Heights? Thirteen other lanvary opinions “Legal downers are also involved depending on who you talk to” “We first became concerned Mary Yancy a member of the that our property was being eyed homeowners group said “Some by the city last March when we lawyers say the city cannot force saw an article in the paper us to sell our land since we are in concerning the minutes of a the county jurisdiction Others County-Loga- n Cache City have told us that the city can buy Commission meeting” Mr our land” Humpherys said County Attorney Burton H “The paper reported a proposal Harris said: “The city can claim to acquire land in ‘the area west eminent domain on any land it of River Heights’ After some needs for public use” thought we decided that our land Humpherys said that the only was the property in question” he contact that many of the said homeowners have had from the Humpherys said a homeowners city has been the arrival of apgroup was formed which drafted praisers at their doors without a letter stating ‘TOO per cent prior notification “This was very upsetting to us opposition” to the sale of their land Fourteen property owners all We found out later that our land had already been appraised signed the letter (cont from page 1) Mrs Ilah Nebeker's house is one of eight houses to be moved to make way for a recreation complex "I think it's just a crime that we are being moved out" she said Photo by Bryan Shiffer 60-ac- re without our knowledge When we asked for the results of the appraisals the appraiser said only that he was working for the city and could not divulge the information” said Humpherys “Only two homeowners that I know of have had any contact from the city other than the appraisal and they sought out the contact themselves in an attempt to find out what was going on” said Humpherys “It’s really unnerving to find that our property may be pulled out from under us The worst thing is that we feel we are being ignored by the city as people 60-ac- re derson came to ' his home to the problem discuss Saturday He said there was “a very frank discussion” in which Mayor Anderson admitted that the city had made no contact with the homeowners and that some important “We want to have the land ‘in the bank’ for future use” he said “We don’t want to acquire this land details had been overlooked in the planning Anderson said that he had been talking with some of the individuals over a long period of time Lately he has been visiting the homes of the families involved “I’ve been spending one or with each of them My principle purpose is to allay the Instead we are merely regarded anxieties of the homeowners and as ‘x acres of land at x longitude to clear up misunderstandings and latitude” Mrs Yancy said thathave arisen” Anderson said Now the city and the He said the city is anxious to homeowners are beginning two-wa- acquire the land as quickly as communication Humpherys possible but is not in a hurry to said that Mayor Desmond An develop it two-hour- y s through intimidation threats and force but through discussion and negotiation” he said “We do not want to resort to condemnation of the land We want to acquire it through negotiation if we can” Anderson said It appears that Logan City is more than willing to negotiate with the homeowners to reach agreements satisfactory to both sides But if necessary they will condemn the land in order to obtain it The homeowners west of River Heights feel they have a legal basis for resisting the purchase of their land They seem willing to fight for the right to remain in their homes "TT & LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC THE Following their Sept & Oct tour of Europe USU proudly hosts the LA PHILHARMONIC Monday 25 Nov at the Spectrum FINE ARTS LECTURES COUNCIL Reserved jfs for you Seating: It's Free Pick up It's fantastic Free tickets now at the UC ticket Planet PRESENTS mm Me®® SPEAKING 10:30 FAC 1:30 Sunburst It's Philharmonic Lounge office If you have A miracle of orchestral sound the Los Angl es Philharmonic performs with complete artistry which is not the result of over-refine- d of intutive perfection but thorough musicianship THE “ASSOCIATION” - DEC 6 -- Spectrum ever wondered about an Issue this man was probable reporting on it So come and Hear What's New |