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Show No declaration; zone changed As they had indicated earlier in the week, the Cedar City Council reported Thursday on a visit to housing and lending agencies, but did not consider the possibility of a disaster declaration. The council emphasized the uniqueness of the Highland Park subsidence problem and the variety of answers and opinions various state and federal agencies gave them during their Salt Lake City visit. "This problem has been called everything from a mud slide to a dust bowl," Mayor Jack Sawyers explained. ex-plained. "There is no precedent for it anywhere." He said the city officials asked representatives of the Community Affairs Office, Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Administration Ad-ministration Housing, State Emergency Services as well as representatives from Utah's Senators and others several prepared questions. "We found they weren't really prepared to answer us," Sawyers stated. Not one answer "We asked them if they would help those who have already moved; if the Small Business Administration loans covered only the first mortgage or additional mortgages; if the SBA loans could be applied to improvements; im-provements; what good a declaration would do; what size the declaration could be; and how long the declaration would last. "And we didn't get one answer to our questions," Sawyers said. He said the only possible disaster declaration that "might work" for Cedar City was a mayor to govern declaration that does not involve the federal government. He said an appointment ap-pointment with the Assistant Director of the SBA has been set up to further explain the subsidence problem. Representatives of the Redhills Homeowners Association present indicated eight homes have already been moved from the Highland Park area and about 20 will be moved by the end of summer. Recommends firm In other major business, the Cedar City Feasibility Study Board (often called the Power Board) recommended recom-mended three firms to the city council for the feasibility study to be conducted con-ducted this summer. The council had requested three firms be recommended recom-mended in an order of preference. The unanimous choice of the board for the number one slot was Ford Bacon and Davis, who have an office in Salt Lake City, Power Board Chariman Louie Tong said. Tong also said the feasibility board will have a scope outlined for the council's consideration in two weeks. Scope has been a questioned area in the board's work, with the ad-vantegeous ad-vantegeous of a study looking beyond Cedar City's limits being debated. On a 4-1 vote, the council approved an ammendment to the present Highway High-way Service-1 zone which would allow a convenience store (grocery store) up to 1200 square feet and a minimum of 10 parking spaces. "Times change" Councilman Gordon Slack cast the (Continued on Page 3) jxzone change (Continued from Page 1) dissenting vote, saying, "We promised (the people living in the HS-1 HS-1 zone) we wouldn't adjust the zone when we made it 10 years ago." Councilman Arlo Larson countered by stating times change and the council has to be equally flexible. Responding to a letter from Carl Palmer, cheap power advocate, the mayor indicated the council "is not in a position" to align themselves with any cooperative groups at present nor to help participate in cooperative funding for a larger scale feasibility study. But, the council added, options will remain open pending the outcome of the feasibility study. Other business included: -unanimously approved the tavern closing time within the city limits to be 1 a.m. during the daylight savings period. Fence questioned -tabled decision on a controversial curb and gutter question on the south side of Three Fountains. Cedar Knolls developer Larry Daniels said he is being asked to install the curb and gutter when, in fact, it lies on Three Fountains property. Daniels also said, the Three Fountains fence breaks city ordinances. The council indicated they would research city council planning commission minutes, and the fence ordinance before rendering a decision. -appointed Georgia Beth Thompson Thomp-son to fill a vacated seat on the City Planning and Zoning Commission. -authorized the city attorney to clear the city legally so the destruction of the unsighly "Cox property" on South Main Street can be razed. ' , |
