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Show City Council Hears Requests From Delegations. Discuss Many Matters At the Monday night meeting of the Parowan City Council that group received delegations who met with them to present requests re-quests for services, and also considered con-sidered many other items of city business, according to Mayor Ralph Orton. Foyer Olson of the Dixie Forest For-est Office in Cedar City met with the council to discuss the water and power situation at Vermilion Castle recreation area. After discussing dis-cussing the matter, the city proposed pro-posed a deal whereby it will fur- ' obsolete as of now. It was also stated that a now one would cost approximately $25,000 and where this amount of money can be acquired was the big question. ques-tion. The old truck was purchased pur-chased under a cooperative agreement between Parowan City Ci-ty and Iron County. Councilman Bunn also reported on the swimming pool operation, with the statement that use of the pool is higher than ever before be-fore but expense of operation was also up. The heating of the water in the pool is running rather high because of cold nights and defect in the water heating equipment. Also some minor repairs have had to be made at the facility this year.. But Mr. Bunn still reported that the overall operation of the heavily used facility look good for a very success season. More improvements in the city ci-ty culinary water mains were discussed and it was reported that there is now on hand in the water fund enough money to lay new and adequate steel pipe lines in the northeast section sec-tion of the city, at an estimated cost of $10,000. The mayor states that this project will be undertaken under-taken right away. Councilman Charles Burton, chairman of the streets and sidewalks side-walks committee reported that plans for seal coating all oiled streets in the city are' going ahead. He stated that the Parry Sand and Gravel Co. will move in its crusher soon to crush chips for the project and that the seal-coating seal-coating will be done with use of city and county equipment on a nish electric power to the camp with the power to be paid for by the Forest Department on a commercial rate basis, and to furnish culinary water to the area free of charge. Mr. Olson indicated that such an agreement would probably be acceptable to his office but that the Forest would like an agreement in writing writ-ing to this effect, signed by both parties. Also discussed by the two was the water from the Five Mile spring which has been used in the city culinary system. We understand un-derstand that this spring, which was in the system but is now out, has shown contamination since the rest room facilities were installed in-stalled by the Forest at the upper picnic area. Realizing this fact, the Forest has removed the rest rooms there and in order to further fur-ther clean up the conditions at the spring the state health authorities au-thorities has instructed the city that all foliage must be removed for a 50-foot radius around the spring, that it be fenced and that the concrete box at the source must be raised 18 inches. These things or in future plans of the furnish oil and chips. The council also instructed the city attorney to revise a section of the Parowan City ordinances dealing with the use of bicycles on city streets. He is to include in the ordinance a provision that all bicycles . operated at night shall be equipped with a light on the -front visible for a distance dis-tance of 500 feet and also have a reflector on the rear visible for a distance of 750 feet. Kiiy, iviayui uiiun siai.es. Elmer Bettridge and Howard Joseph appeared before the council coun-cil to protest the closing of the roadway leading from their street up past the state road yards and paralleling Highway 91 as it enters en-ters the city. They stated that this road couldn't be closed without with-out a hearing for those effected by the closing. It was finally recommended that the road remain open, that a stop sign be placed on the street where it emerges onto the highway, but placed in such a way that it cannot be seen from the highway, and that the stop sign be observed by users of the street. D. Watson Adams appeared before be-fore the council with a request that the city furnish power and culinary water for a proposed land development plan he is instigating. in-stigating. The land involved lies west of the property owned by Mr. Adams, but east of the farm to market road running across the bottom of the West Field and north of Highway 91. The land is owned by Alma Evans. The proposition was studied by the council and taken under consideration con-sideration but was unfavorable to it because of the cost involved and the current water supply. A discussion of the need for new firefighting equipment for Parowan City and Valley was discussed, and the urgent need for a new fire engine was described de-scribed by Councilman Earl Bunn of the public safety committee. The old truck, which has failed to fill its purpose recently must be replaced or undergo extensive exten-sive overhaul, it was reported. Overhaul is about out of the question because the truck is |