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Show City Council sets annex hearing Evelyn Dettamonti, homeowner in the Highland Park area, stated she wished to have the subsidence question on the agenda for next week (tonight). In other action, the council set May 4, 6:30 p.m. for a public hearing to consider the annexation of 80 acres of land immediately west and south of the Cove. The purpose is strictly residential, developer Larry Daniels said. m Ideas surrounding the formulating of the city council agenda and setting an annexation public hearing highlighted Cedar City Council meeting Thursday. Councilwoman Barbara Starr publicly protested the elimination of a discussion of the Highland Park subsidence from the agenda. She said she had the "distinct impression" the council had put the item on the agenda the week previous. "I didn't realize I needed a written Jack Whiting told Daniels he believes homeowners in that area will eventually have to pay a fee for the pumping involved for sewer and water. Whiting indicated it may even be a special service district someday possibly amounting to an extra dollar per water bill. The council indicated the present pumping stations in the area will handle the new proposed lots. Public comments on the annexation are welcomed. The council referred a request to purchase city owned property on the corner of Airport Road and U-56 to the planning commission for their recommendation. The proposed sale would be to enable a machine shop to be built. Councilman Harold Shirley reported on the evening previous meeting with the president of California-Pacific. Shirley said Ross Workman had stated CPU will "cooperate" with the asibility study, "but will not do the work for the engineering firm." Two of the engineering firms being interviewed by the power board attended at-tended the CPU informational meeting. (See related story). request to get it on the agenda," she stated. "I thought we had put in on the agenda last week. You didn't have to make a decision-you could have tabled it. But I protest the way it was handled." Several weeks earlier the council had set Monday afternoon as a "cutoff" "cut-off" for listing agenda items. Only emergency items could be considered after the deadline, they said at that time. Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Willard Lunt suggested the council place an "automatic spot" on the agenda following his committee's meetings, which are held on Monday evenings. Rather than hold the Planning Commission business for a week, it should be considered as soon after the meeting as possible, Lunt said. |