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Show LETTER TO ED Since Mayor Haynie apparently ap-parently chose to attact me personally rather than give citizens an account of what hapened to approxamitly three acres of Anderson Park I wish to state a few facts about the "subdivision?" road. After spending considerable con-siderable money (The city was reluctant to give me the amount) PG City completed plans for an urban development develop-ment road on first south to provide access to a large development above the Mur-dock Mur-dock Canal on first North and possibly install a 12 inch sewer main from the subdivision sub-division to connect with the large sewer main on second south near eight east. This city planed raod has been placed on the PG Zoning map. These plans were also presented to and approved by the urban development group in Provo. After returing from Spokane, Wash, where we spent several weeks helping to care for a grandaughter aflicted with terminal Leukemia I found that city crews and equipment had pushed old fruit trees, a large walnut tree and about 250 feet of mesh fencing which divided the park property from my property onto an existing pile of wood on my property below the North Union canal. Above the canal they had pushed brush, trees, etc. from the edge of the park property and the land right-of-way some 200 feet onto my property disrupting an irrigation ditch and destroying a colvert under the land road. Since that time I have not used my four shares of Battle Creek water, it has been rented out to pay assessments. Two property identifing corner fence posts were also disrupted. This work was apparently done in preparation for the road and before we recieved any notification that a road was being planned through our property. Permission to tresspass was never requested. At a meeting called by a city councilman Aut 30, 1974 conserning the development of this city planned road one councilman inferred that funds fun-ds were available to help this road. This is as I recalled it and has been varified by another person who was in attandance at this meeting. Objections to the road were expressed by three citizens none of whom had property directly involved. Two property owners east of us had some objections to the exact location of the road. A city councilman was asked by one of the objectors if the available funds might be lost to the city. As I recall his answer an-swer was, "I don't know". It was at this meeting that I offered to donate 1.173 acres including two small pieces located between the road and the park. About 90 of the road is located on my property but I have frontage fron-tage on only one side of the 889 foot road. About two years later after a strong protest by me the city did return and install temporarty fence to identify line and graded a new ditcy, the culvert was never replaced. They helped burn the two piles of wood they had pushed onto my property. proper-ty. I did appreciate their help in re-identifying the property line and burning the wood. I personally had to dig the 250 feet of fencing from the ashes and dirt and haul it to the dump. I maintain that this urban development road instigated, planned and started along my fence line by the city is not a subdivision road and the soul responcibility of the property owner. Neither is the 880 feet of 12 inch sewer main along the original road plan (except for the difference in cost of 8 inch and 12 inch pipe) my soul responsability as the Mayor indicated to me in much the same tone as his attact at-tact on me. It was not until after this conversation that I recalled my offer to donate the 1.173 acres to the city for the road and Park. Now, if the Mayor has completed his attack on me; I have offered my rebuttle; Maybe we can get back to the original issue I was concerned about. Why was the 7.28 acre "PI. Grove City Anderson Park" as is was desiginated in the contract, reduced to about 4 acres. Was the seller and public notified before the reduction was made? Were the deals properly and legally consumated? If I have offended anyone in this attempt to defend myself I offer my sincere public apology to them. Daryl Huish |