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Show Monday, February 20, 2006 DAILY HERALD Orem cemetery limits burials and decoration details Reva Bows n h STAFF Oremistightening the reigns on when People can be buried in thecity's cemetery and howlong decorations may remain on graves. City Council members approved the changesin a recent meeting. « The numberof holidays whenintermentsordisinter: ments would be prohibited will be extended to includeall cityobservedholidays, said Orem public worksdirector Bruce Chesnut. In addition, no Sunday burials will be allowed. Changes also would permit cemetery workersto go in one week after a holiday and removedecorations from gravesites. The changesare in keeping with thepolicies of other communities such as Provo, AmericanFork, HeberCity, Lehi and Payson, Chesnutsaid. Councilman Les Campbell, who wasoutofstate but participated in the meeting bytelephone,asked how the public will be informed about the newtimelimit for grave decorations. Chesnut said signs will be posted in the cemetery. People alsowill be informed when they purchase gravesites, and information will comethrough local funeral directors. “If this is adopted,” Chesnut said before the vote, “the word will go out to the funeral directors, who will know when there can and can'tbe burials. Wewill workclosely with all funeral directors to makethat happen.” Councilwoman Karen McCandless said the city might wantto include notice on waterbills and onits Website aboutdecoration disposal to avoid misunderstandings. Someresidents may mistakenly believe thatif items are elaborate, or large and heavy, the city would store them, whenthatis not the case, she said. Items cleared fromgrave sites will be discarded, she said. 7 Chesnutsaid the information could bepublished in thecity’s quarterly “Water Watch” bulletin, as wellasin theutility bill and on the city’s Website. FRANK BOTT Oa Brian Chipmanof the American Fork Cemetery cuts long grass along the grave stone markersearlyin the morning on May9, 2005, American Fork Cemetery lookingfor more land Barbara Christiansen | NORTH COUNTYSTAFF American Fork considers transportation impactfee Barbara Christiansen | fair share — no more,noless,” Burningham told council members at a recent meeting. AmericanForkis considering charging transportation impact fee on new homes and consultants suggestit should be huge. Consultants hired by the cityto figure out how much the impactfee should be.are recommendingthecity charge 34,856to $5,014 ‘ively, CedarHills 5 and Eagle Mountain requires $1,988 to $2,428, depending on the property. Ata recent meeting, City Council memberssaid they _ Will continue to study theissue. It was unclear how soon they would vote onthefee. “We recognizethis fee is high.” said Jason Burningham of Lewis, Young, Robertson & Burningham, the firm the city commissioned to study thefees. “The purposeis to assure new growth is paying their Innertube Continuedfrom D1 sport wasthatthere is not muchto doat night in Hawaii.” Whittakersaid. “In Hawaii, it wasreally aggressive and there waslots of fights and strong emotions,” Whittakersaid, in contrast to Provo’s version, whichis “a little more gentle.” Hesaid the firm brokethe city into two service areas, north andsouth, using the freeway as the dividingline. Thestudy takes into considerationthelevelof service thatexisting residents receive, then calculates the cost of maintaining that samelevel for future residents,hesaid. The firm cameup with the proposed fee amount bydividing by the numberof expected additional households,hesaid. Followingthat formula, the city may charge no more than that by law,although it may impose lower fees,he said. Howard Denney, directorof public worksforthe city, said othercities with established road impact fees may not have kept up with expenses and are chargingtoo little. American Forkalready charges impactfees for water, sewer,storm water and parks. Team Party on Tubes,led by the experience of Whittaker and Jonesare currently 2-1 on the season with a few weeksto go until tournament play begins to determinethis year’s best. The BYU Richards building pool hosts inner tube water polo gameson Tuesday through Thursday, starting at 7:30, 8:15, or 9:00 p.m. Championship tournamentplay begins March14. About 24,000 burial plots havebeen created in the 25-acre American Fork City Cemetery sinceit was established in 1860, said sexton Ray Garrett. Today there are around 150 left. Thecity is trying to finda wayto expand — andis asking residents who know ofavailableproperty to call the city. ‘We havebeen looking for land for about eight to 10 years,” Garrett said. “Wehavethis high on our priority list,” Mayor Heber Thompsonsaid, “Wewillbe lookingintoit very soon.” Garrett got permission from the city’s finance committee on Feb:9 to prepareland north of 700 North for morelots. When the cemetery expanded about nine years ago, the road was curved to meet 700 North to the Mapleton Continued from D1 west, leavinga triangular piece of property. The staff has_been storing dirt on the land and Garrett said removingit would getrid of an eyesore. “Wehave been usingit to keep excessdirt and topsoil we use to backfill the graves,” he “We needto getat least 25 to.30 acresright now to coverus for the /e needto getat least 25 to 30 acres right now to cover Us next hundred years.” for the next hundred years.” he Ray Garrett cemetery sexton said. “Wewill dressit up with concretebins andputin landscaping with trees and shrubs and makeit looknice.” Garrett estimated about 450 burial spaces could be addedin thatsection. Hetold the Finance Committee that numbercould last oneto twoyears. Thosecalculations were based on maintaining the mora- torium onlot purchases that allows family membersto buy a lot for a deceased memberplus one more. “If we tookthatoff, we would besold out within a year,” Garrett said. One of the most recent pro- Thecitywill need to double the sizeof the 25-acre cemetery to handle future demand. he said. said. A computer program the is purchased iggmaking record keeping easidland more accurate. Garrett said. Trans: ferring information to it has also identified empty lots posals to provide morelots was to use the ball field between the cemeteryand the fitness center. Cemetery personnel passed out We have located around 151) lots that weren't claimed.” he said. “The old records didn't bring that to view. Weare still questionnaires to property ownersin the vicinity. “The response cameback that they werenotin favor,” Garrett in the process of updating all the records. The new program said, “Onlyone'said weshould eran information. We ave in the process of making surethat is right.” go ahead.” City officials had been negotiating for purchase of other properties in thevicinity, but those havefallen through, Garrett said. anapple,” he said. But developmentis on the way, and thecity needs to look at all its options. “Youalmost needa crystal Spanish Fork would buy Maple| ,ton’s shares — about 23 percent ball nowto think ‘Can we eke —andthe city would be fine, out the facilities we've got now?’ ”he said aboutthedifHeapsaid. No details have been drawn ficulty of forecasting how fast Mapleton will develop. “That's up on howthe city would find the additional funding to buy the conundrumwe'refacing in out Mapleton, but Heapsaid he the moment.” In addition to considering isn’t worried about finding a building a newplant, Mapleton solution. Thebenefit Spanish Fork _ officials are lookingat the legalities of drilling a fourth well to wouldsee is additional cap: that canbe allocatedto S; in the city’s water supply vi ell driller, Robert Forkresidents. Fy; woulddrill a well on Mapleton’s City Council tinues to consider additional’ 2608 West. Bradshaw said. The cost ofthis project has not been costs a new plantbringsto th table, such as maintenance, si but should range from to $500,000. whetherit istoo burdensome‘ a re excited about the for the city, Bradshaw said. “They just want to makesure prospect of the well coming on | they are cémpdring andpple to stream,” hesaid, showsthe buried person. loca tion,parents, spouse. and vet Garrett asked that anyone who knowsofa parcel of land thecity could purchase contact himat 763-3095. Reliable Delivery: Great Customer Service 375-5103 DailugAcrald Your Town. Your Neighbors Your Newspuy ‘Every family hasa crazy.aunt. PUBLIC LOG Help thousandsfind theirs D INDUSTRIAL INJURY — A workerfell 10 to 15 feet from an overhangingstructure at MyFamily.com Geneva Steel on Sundayafternoon, according to the Orem Fire Now Hirinc! Department. The man sustained injuries to his face and head and stole an undisclosed amountof cash from a Provo movie theater near 4800 North on Sunday evening, according to police. 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