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Show j Residents give approval on special improvement proposals I By MARCELLA WALKER f When the protest votes were ' counted Wednesday night it showed j that the four special improvement district proposals in Pleasant Grove' i had passed by a majority. ! Cascade Meadows Subdivision . ! received only 4.3 percent protest 'j .rote fur the installation of, sewer . lines; Crystal View Subdivision had : no protest for installation of street ' improvements; 1400 E. Street had ; 26.6 percent protest for installing curb, gutter and asphalt; and Firwood Estates Subdivision had I 40.6 percent protest for installation of a sewer line. ; There was a good turn out of citizens from the four areas at the meeting held Wednesday to reveal the results of the protests. Those who objected to the proposals were i allowed until 5 p.m. on that date to i put their protests in writing at the city hall. One vote was allowed for I each foot of frontage of each ; property owner. Those who approved ap-proved the proposals did not have to notify the city hall. Mayor David Holdaway gave the results of the Crystal View Subdivision Sub-division first. There had been no protests in that area. The results of the 1400 East ' proposal were given next. The I majority were in favor of a special improvement district to place regular height curb and gutter on west side of that street, rolled curb and gutter on the east side of ne street, providing a 24-foot street om the north end to the Lynn iear,e property where a proposed rad to LDS Church property was al'owed for. From that point the road will be widened to 36 feet and fegular curb and gutter will be P'aced on the east side of the street to 200 South. Several asphalt parking areas will be installed on the east side of the street. The property owners were told that installation of this parking will raise the cost estimate about 10 to 15 percent. . Cascade Subdivision was reported next, where there was only a very, small protest. The city will pay for extension of the sewer line through the subdivision. This subdivision has not been allowed any building permits since the new septic tank ordinance became effective last summer since the property would not meet ordinance requirements. The few properties not in the subdivision which will have the sewer line pass their homes will pay a foot frontage fee to the city at the time that they hook on to the sewer as they were not included in the special improvement district. The largest number of protests were from the Firwood Estates Subdivision where the north end were in favor of the district and the south end was mostly not in favor. The north end has had continual high water problems for the past two or three years with septic tanks failing and raw sewage sometimes reaching the surface of the ground. Some of the residents of the south end felt that they were being forced to pay for someone else's problems against their will. The estimate for the installation of the sewer, the lateral and the connection fee is about $4,500 per property. The homeowner will be responsible for disconnecting the septic tank and brining the sewer line from the lateral to their house. These property owners wanted a guarantee from the city council members that they would take the absolute lowest bid for the project and the council assured them that they would. Some residents wanted the city to accept responsibility for disturbance distur-bance of the terrain which might allow ground water onto their properties where it. now may be excluded by a natural barrier in the soil. The council said they could.iiot make a broad statement on that question but that they hoped that the situation would not develop. The mayor reported that construction con-struction could begin by Sept. 1. They assured the property owners that the work would be completed before winter so that they would not have mud and dust to worry about. The Community Block Grant- in the amount of $150,000 which the city has been awarded will be used to extend the sewer line from 1300 W .and 1100 North to the Firwood Subdivision. Work on this phase of the project could begin before the special improvement district work, the property owners Were told. Those who own property along the route where the sewer extension will be placed with community block funds will not have to pay a front footage fee as it is illegal for the city to receive money back for work paid for by the grant; These property owners will have to pay a connection fee when they do decide to hook on to the sewer, the mayor explained. The city council also assured the property owners that should the bids come in 10 percent or more above the engineer's estimate they will either ask for a rebid or drop the project. |