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Show co i TheSalt Lake Tribune UTAH Sunday, June 20, 1999 CentervilleKeeps Baseball Fields as Developers’ Contract Expires Selling park creates new beautiful gatewayinto thecity,” through. “It’s almost a miracle.It’sa little park that didn’t want to die,” hesaid. Putnam and Dan Barber, also of Centerville, havefiled a lawsuit said against the city in an effort to The citystill wants to sell the land. ‘We are continuing to talk to them and other developers,” gateway,officials claim Thackersaid. “We plan to make that land a BYSCOTT NOLAND THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE CENTERVILLE — Thecity’s effort to develop an old park full of baseball diamonds maybe back to squareone. The Centerville Redevelopment Agency's exclusive contract with Salt Lake City developers Woodbury Corp. and Ralph Folland Evans expired June 8, setting back plans to turn the old Parrish Lane ballparkintoan office park — giving other developers a chanceto get in the game. “When they got to what they considered their bottomline, we were not able to accept it.” said City Manager Steve Thacker. And on their side of the divide, the developersdid not want to meet city requirements. “We'restill interested, but we Centerville Mayor Frank Hirschi. He said since the con- tract with Woodbury/Evans expired, other developers have expressed interest in the 12-acre plot on Parrish Lane near Inter- state 15. Thacker said the city’s master plan depends on making a deal. As much as$1.5 million from the sale of the old ball fields will go toward buying parkland in more appropriate locations. That way, sale and subsequent commercial development of the old park will raise Centerville’s tax reyenues and ensure more, are successful, Putnam said he also wants to raise money for parks through a new fund-raising organization, the Centerville Parks Fund. “We're focusing on helping the city to get new parkland,” he said. “We already have Pledges of $100,000. It’s our start.” Putnam long hasbeeninterested in saving Centerville’s green spaces but often his ideas are impractical, said Councilwoman keep the park from being sold. Putnam said he and Barber took the action on behalf of residents of a mobile-home court next to the park. But becauseneither of them lives there, Putnam acknowledged they may not have standing — the legal right — sue the city. “This is another ploy on David’s part to draw attention to his Francine Luczak. “We welcomehis efforts,” she said, but in the past Luczak has cause,” said Councilman Michael Barton. He said council members “seen his mouth move, but he’s neversaid anything.” have not yet seen the suit, but Putnam also has suggested discussed his intentto sue the city turning the old ballpark into a community center, with a county their lawyer and Putnam’s have THE ASSOCIATED PRESS library and a retirement center. Thacker and Luczak say while CEDAR CITY — Police have uncovered an indoor marijuanagrowing operation theysayis the largest in Iron County, possibly worth $285,000. thatis not impossible, neither isit likely. Current plans call for such a multi-use community development aroundthe old City Hall or possibly a private/public partnership, which would include a library and a performing-arts theater, farther up Parrish Lane. Cedar City police and the IronKane County Drug Task Force say the haul, found just up the street from the residence of Southern As for Putnam’s new plans to help the city, Thacker said the council is withholding judgment. He and the mayor pointed out Utah University’s president, included 185 plants. Preliminary chargesof cultiva- tion, intent to distribute and pos- that the Putnam Foundation has given generouslyto thecity’s park system in the past. Councilman Ron Russell will attend the session of drug paraphernalia were filed Friday against Ray- mondA. Gentile, 38. Because the residenceis within 1,000 feet of a Centerville Parks Fund organizational meeting Tuesday to hear Putnam'slatest plan to keep Cen- school and a church, the charges will be bumped up to a seconddegree felony. terville’s diamondsin the rough. not less, green space for resi- dents, he said David Putnam Jr., head of Centerville’s Save Our Parks Effort, havekind of an impasse economi- has a master plan of his own. The would-be park conservationist WoodburyCorp. with eally,” said Rick Woodbury of to keep the park. 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