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Show Council grants J-4 easements Mayor David Holdaway was expected to sign documents Monday which would grant easements to allow the construction of the J-4 and A-3 aqueducts through Pleasant Grove. The city council gave the mayor the authorization to do so if he was satisfied that the Central Utah Water Conservancy District was acting in good faith to provide for a fence on both sides of the Murdock Canal where it wends its way through Pleasant Grove. Mayor Holdaway said Friday that the papers would be signed Monday. Stating that they were concerned about the impact of the two pipelines passing through the communities which already have the Murdock Canal and Salt Lake Aqueduct bisecting them, the board members of the CUWCD agreed to fencing the canal. Property owners along the canal right-of-way will receive notification this spring regarding the fencing project, Mayor Holdaway explained. Mayors of the neighboring communities were also expected to sign for the sale of the easements through city owned property. Mayor Holdaway said that it was planned to have an eight foot chain link fence installed. Although city leaders had hoped to have the Murdock Canal covered and the J-4 and A-3 aqueducts piped through the canal channel, the mayor said he felt the agreement to fence the canal was the next best thing. See Easements page 3 lE&SGlXIGlltS Continued from front page Lee Wimmer, city engineer, told the city council; that he had met with representatives of the Bureau of Reclamation regarding installation in-stallation of the aqueducts. He said that the BOR had agreed to reimburse the city for expenses incurred because of installation of the aqueducts. They also said that the Wade Springs six-inch pipeline will be replaced with a 10-inch line at no expense to the city. The diversion struction for Grovecreek into the Murdock Canal was agreed to and the BOR said the city has the right to set an excavation ex-cavation fee on any excavations the BOR will make during construction. The BOR will make no changes to the present specifications without the approval of the city council. ' Mr. Wimmer said that there are three locations in the city where the project will cross city utilities and roads. Mayor Holdaway also stated that it would be about one year at least before installation of the fence could begin. The J-4 and A-3 acqueducts pipelines will cross the Murdock Canal in about five places through the Pleasant Grove City Limits. . Signing of the easements ends a lengthy struggle the city has had regarding the installation of the aqueducts in the city. Previous and present city councils have held out for .using the present Murdock ' Canal channel to hold the aqueducts so that more pipelines do not need to go through the town. The Salt Lake Aqueduct already transverses the community on the east side. |