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Show Council Action Centers On Canal Route At the March meeting of the City Council on Monday night a' decision was reached to take action ac-tion which will eventually reroute re-route the Parowan North Field water through a portion of the city. It Is contemplated that this can be done through the cooperation cooper-ation of the city and field water owners, which if worked out to a successful conclusion, will eliminate elim-inate the ditch which carries the water for the two west streams through the northwest section of the city. I Such a project has been consid-1 ered for some time and the mat-, ter was" brought up again at Monday night's meeting of thej council by John H. and Warren Pendleton, who own property along which the ditch runs. They presented the argument that the ditch is unsightly, grown up with brush and willows, narrows the! streets through which it runs and eliminates pathwalks along two, blocks of its' course. They also stated that the banks of the ditch are infested with musk-rats musk-rats which are becoming a nuisance. nui-sance. After much discussion, which touched on the legal angJe of the problem, it was decided to hold a special meeting of the council with field captains of the streams Involved and see if through some cooperative action this ditch can be routed straight north from the intersection of First North and Second West streets to the edge of town. This meeting has been set for next Monday night. Mar. 19. At the same meeting a decision was made by the council that there is great necessity of a city planning and zoning committee, and also a committee similar to coordinating councils In other ci-ties ci-ties of the state, and it was decided de-cided to call a second special session with heads of civic and church organizations to work toward to-ward forming such a council or committee. A former planning committee for Parowan City will be revived reviv-ed by the city to help in working out a planning and zoning program pro-gram for the city. The Mayor was authorized to name this committee commit-tee and arrange for a meeting with the council within the next I two weeks. |