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Show Citizen task force studies capitol improvement projects Mayor David Holdaway, Pleasant Grove, has announced the formation of a citizen task force to study the proposed Capitol Improvement projects for the city. Ken Packer has been named as chairman of the committee with Dennis Rasmussen, Paul Burgon and Guy Fugal as members. Mayor Holdaway said the group has been charged to review all proposed projects and alternatives. The committee will report back to the City Council when their work is completed. Mayor Holdaway said he anticipated an-ticipated the study would take two or three months, perhaps, to complete. He noted that the Planning Commission is responsible to see that capitol improvement projects are reviewed and brought to the city council. The mayor added that the city council does not have to take the advice of the committee, but they will certainly take the study under consideration before any decisions are made. Chairman Packer said that the committee had met two or three times over the last couple of weeks. He reported that they have reviewed all the suggestions for capitol improvement im-provement projects which were submitted by city departments. They have heard input from the City Building Inspector who made the original assessment of priority projects. Mr. Packer indicated that they have made a tour of all the buildings in questions and made a rough draft of the site evaluation for each one. He noted that in their study, the committee will be looking at solving the immediate housing needs of the city departments and also at the long range facility needs. The committee has centered most of their study on the needs of the City Library which was listed as perhaps the number one priority by the City Council. The growth of the city has had a great impact on the library and now the structure is judged to be way too small for the needs ofthe city. Several organizations have already contributed to a fund to enlarge the present library or build a separate new building to house the books, periodicals, and other library material. Another suggestion has been to move the city offices to the basement of the Public Safety Building and put the library in the. present city hall. The library was located in the City Hall many years ago. The city has also listed an addition to the fire station as a priority item, a new city shops, and an alternate site for the City Offices. City Intern Bryan Anderson has suggested the city try to lease or purchase the Alpine School District Building where the present Central High School and Young Mother's School are located. He explained that there would be sufficient space to house the fire department and the city offices in this structure. Mayor Holdaway has held some preliminary discussions with the school district about this possibility. Another suggestion has been to move the city offices to the basement of the Public Safety Building but this has raised some problems because of providing an entrance for the handicapped to the lower level of the building. The city recorder has indicated that it would be out of the way to have a utility payment area on the main floor while the computers and other needed equipment to assist citizens would be downstairs. Every city structure is faced with providing entrances for the handicapped han-dicapped before the 1986 deadline mandated by the state. Other than the present fire station which is located on just one level, no city building is equipped with a ramp for' the handicapped. The city shops has serious problems with a leaking roof, inadequate storage space, poor office space, and inadequate lighting and plumbing. The city council members have indicated that they are desirous of putting any capitol improvement funds into the project that is most needed by the city. A study by a citizens group is deemed the best way to get an impartial priority list for capitol improvement projects, Mayor Holdaway concluded. |