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Show -new sidewalk- - u, S I new dewa I , I I n I 1LJJ 55- J !: I i -1 j I - I lh i ""III! 1 1 1 ! ! ! 1 1 II ! ! 1 ' ' .. . : : ' :. 'J' i'lWmiW ; : ' ! :m ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r;;i 'I: . - - new sidewalks ' . . , ;' ,n, i n,,.., w . - - new wheel well ' "IflfliiisJi I. Vat nL) Ai ' - -; f- painted center line . - iiiini'iiiairiy painted crosswalk . . 1 " ' 'i information kiosk xEE $ 'oQP llir,M-QK3-i- x:fSll 'I'll mi 'LJ L t t & t I I ll S i H bollards B HU i Ju y , Ito dun?tountari: !. .J0 t IS 1 i ? ' frashrecepta I y, 'g a a ' benrfi , jnew sidewalk- S j T tv trees - r" ) r , C T I" " ' Sf-C Kgl 1 1 u iniirrLj Lr t- Downtown Improvement Sets First Phase of Plan in Spring The improvements shown on the photo of downtown should give you some idea of things that will and could happen beginning next spring. From the time we first fir-st began until now there has been a lot of input and changes made. There also might be a few more made before the project is complete. com-plete. i Still, as you might suspect there are some who would prefer things a different way. That is natural and should probably even be expected. However, let's get to the business of explaining just what this proposal is. First: You will note the proposal is in three phases. The first phase includes what will be done next spring, the businessmen willing. Phase 2 deals with the parking on the east side. Phase three includes the building of a civic center and police building. Second: In phase one which will primarily deal with Main Street improvements, they include new sidewalks, where needed. Uniform fountains foun-tains and trash receptacles, I benches to sit on while you are waiting or just shopping. (Note: the businessmen were not really in favor of benches). ben-ches). Other items include several information kiosks, mature trees, of a special variety which work well in these kinds of areas. Brick pavers on the corners and to set them off as well as in the middle of the block. The brick pavers are set in cement to avoid unevenness. New striping of the parking spaces by pros, and the striping at crossings will be bold. On the east side of the street the curb will be adjusted ad-justed to prevent cars from roling across the road to the west side as they have in the past. The financing will be through a special improvement im-provement district composed of the businessmen and property owners involved. Third: Phase two deals with changing the campus site into in-to parking. 156 parking spaces are shown along with some more that would go in with the proposed police b uilding. Frank Mills has ap-(Continued ap-(Continued on page 6) V n- H "71? t? 100 East -"i 4 Building IJr JZ U, I fp cri cd qp ocpo --rreCftyHa" - i o , 'jess ib ? " y r"J ; Ya) ;- o c c ( " Cx3 C u O C!-aL) CC) " -yC1 C-r phase one Ma,n str2it ii 1 1 f I ii I 1 1 -i-s i ! r1 1 tr "Tf: 1 t LJ ! a n i Downtown Plan Gets Lined Up, Only Meeds Money Now (Continued trom Page 1) plied for a grant to build the proposed building which the citizens also approved in a recent bond election. Frank feels that the city has an excellent chance of getting nearly 100 percent funding on the building. Phase two would be paid for by the businessmen involved in-volved and the city would pay for their share of the parking needed. That way the city would not have to sell the full amount of the bonds citizens approved this fall. Phase 2 could be initiated as fast as the businessmen are willing to move ahead and work with the city. Any surplus sur-plus property would be used to strengthen our tax base. Fourth: Phase three involves in-volves the proposed police building and a future civic center. The drawing shows all of the old school building demolished and a new city t hall in its place. Our initial studies indicate that it would cost as much to remodel part of the old Jr. High for a city hall as it would be to tear down the building and put up a new facility that is better suited for our needs. Councilman Jack West did some initial drawings of how the old buildings could be converted. Those drawings are in the council chambers at the city hall. The school district has retained the shop and lunch room area as a sheltered workshop for the handicapped. handicap-ped. They have indicated a willingness to sell the building to the city when we need it worse than they do. The biggest problem with the old buildings is that they would have to be updated to meet current fire, electrical and building codes. Structurally Struc-turally they are pretty sound. Presently the city architectural architec-tural consultant is investigating in-vestigating the size a city complex would have to be to house city offices, public hearing facilities, an old folks center, a new library, and all the other things a good civic center should have. The court facilities are presently being planned in the police facility. Financing could come from the solar energy people who would like to see facilities built in various areas of the country. Councilman Bezzant is checking these options out. While none of these things are certain yet, one thing is certain. Once we buy the old buildings we either have to occupy them or tear them down. Vandals are a real problem. Overall you will note that what we wind up with is basically a village green. A full block of business on the north of the park and a full block to the south. In the center you have a potential civic center which becomes the hub of your community to strengthen the heart of our community, the downtown business area. If you have looked around you will find that Pleasant Grove could have the best planned downtown down-town area in the county. You probably have a lot of questions that will be answered an-swered in other articles as we go along and it might even be good to have another public meeting to let you ask the questions of concern. Needless to say we have looked at many options. The new semifore to be installed in-stalled along with the redesigning of the intersection intersec-tion at Main and Highway 91 should help a great deal to solve some of our traffic problems. |