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Show f letters to "- L the editor ) ManUa mugt haye j Q . ... Editor The following is in response to Mr. Backlund's letter of last week , regarding the Master Plan of the Manila area As a lifetime and now disillusioned resident of the annexed Manila area of Pleasant Grove, I would like to express some of my thoughts and feelings regarding the Master Plan of that area. I have lived in the Manila area all of my life and have fond memories of when it was truly agricultural. I never gave much thought to planning and zoning until the acreage across from us was sold to a sub-divider. I attended a county planning meeting to hopefully have a voice in the discussion of that sub-division, but the meeting was a sham and the citizenry had no voice or opinion with any clout I literally cried the day they broke ground for that development-my country home was being invaded. Three more sub-divisions have been established since. What used to be one ward is now five wards and a stake of its own my very neighbors are almost strangers because they live "in the other ward." I voted for the annexation because I hoped Pleasant Grove City would take a little more personal interest in our area and we would have some representation on the city council. Representation we finally achieved last year, and last year we also received some "personal" interest when the city tried to instigate a special improvement district which was totally absurd for anyone owning more than a building lot. The Manila Elementary opened its doors last year also, and our once quiet serene neighborhood became a clamor of children's voices, school buses and cars. Our privacy invaded, children "cutting thru" to school property rights disregarded, our fences opened up and our livestock set loose. The bottom line is that we are no longer agricultural, we're not even rural, we are a haphazard bedroom community. We want sewer and sidewalks but can't afford it because we do not have the tax base. We can't sell less than five acres without having to subdivide. We can't have septic tanks even if we have five acres because of the stringent septic regulations applied by the city. Another subdivision has been approved for 34 homes on 10 acres and that is going to be the future of Manila. The Planning Commission was da: approached for a spotzoneti the a research and develtp all laboratory to be built on (ex between the Manila Stake fez ino and Elementary School. bal, This is a clean, quiet n' Ser laboratory, not a manufaAS yea plant, that wants to estate E beautifully designed building legi a park-like landscaping, a Alp . break to the high density) that is encroaching the enta- The only thing I knowthat'J-be knowthat'J-be better would be a city part the city did consider but table because of lack of The property in fluefW"; sale and will be sold eitte5 research firm or a buMi' add more homes suburbanized agricultural s Manila citizens, W K planning is a must! Janeen Listen ft" j |