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Show Improvements I considered for 1 700 East j Citizens living on 700 East in Pleasant Grove were asked to contact Edward Sanderson concerning con-cerning their views on curb, gutter and sidewalk installation on their street following a meeting with the City Council Tuesday night. Last fall the residents of that area had asked the city for help in providing more safety for children 1 walking to and from school on 700 East. They were concerned about speed, heavy traffic, the narrow i street and the large number of children who use the street as a walkway to Pleasant Grove High School, Pleasant Grove Junior High School, and Central Elementary. At that time a four-way stop was put in at 100 North and 700 East. This has slowed the traffic somewhat, it was reported, because drivers must prepare to stop whereas before they had a straight shot from 200 South to 500 North. In addition, the street wasstriped ' and a walking strip was provided at the side of the road for children to iij use on their way to and from school. 5 Since 700 East is the furthest east ! through street from 200 South to 500 i North, it has become a major ac- cessway for traffic coming from the north east section of town. : Development of housing in that area has compounded the problem, the residents feel. Councilman Dale Warburton reported that it would cost each I homeowner about $15 per linear foot J to have curb, gutter, sidewalk and asphalt installed on the street. This 1 did not take into account the interest J for a Special Improvement District 1 which allows 10 years to pay for the I improvements, nor covering an irrigation ditch on one side of the n road. The cost for curb, gutter and i asphalt only would be about $10 per ; linear foot. If the Special Improvement i District was .approved the road ' would be about 66 feet wide which is i considerably wider than it is now. Concern was expressed for those on a fixed income who would not See '700 East' on page 3 : 700 East improvement ;n e Continued from front page S rait r being replaced with a 10 inch line as part of the Central Utah Project in cooperation with Pleasant Grove City. The larger line will make it possible for the city to use all of the water which comes from Wade Springs whereas in the past, when the run off was high, the city lost a large portion of this water. . The work is nearly completed on the line and cleaning and testing of the line should be done in the next few days. Following that, the new water line will be turned into the Monson System. conu-ave the money to pay for the im-ong im-ong totovements. One widow had a large Pack fjece of property with extensive ncnic,pont footage. The possibility of a sidewalk only ie adveeing installed with the residents : on cutting up the money for the project boring ind the city doing the work was thatyiiscussed. This was an alternative to igar aifle SID. A similar project was un-es, un-es, yuertaken on 200 South above Loader ly fawve. A number of years ago residents thing aicl for a sidewalk to be put in for picioi hildren to use to walk to Valley priajfiew School. No curb and gutter was pons fjnstaljed,., and probably never wil jringi , ln th3' area because of large, meaj;tretches of orchards fronting on the used!oad- jfs Residents were asked to contact ril,s Sd Sanderson at 785-5785 to express at9 i(tjheir opinions on what should be U,j lone on 700 East and Ed will report jock to the City Council. i(Xj(orr In other matters, Mayor David ioldaway reported that the Public iafety Committee had met with the rffcedar Hills mayor and council to Wiscuss the cost of fire protection ' vhich Pleasant Grove provides to itor aCedar Hills. sympli Currently, Cedar Hills pays about Out 5700 per month for fire protection. sehold Pleasant Grove City feels that this is , wJin equitable rate and the mayor said he city did not feel that it could 3e jjc.ower the fee. The costs of the equipment, the distance involved and other considerations con-siderations were used in determining deter-mining the monthly fee, the mayor explained. He said that Cedar Hills officials had indicated that they would probaly ask for bids for fire protection from other cities and will get back to Pleasant Grove with a decision before the next budget year. The First Response officer discussed emergency medical services with the Cedar Hills officials, of-ficials, explaining the equipment the city has available now and the services they can provide'16 Cedar Hills. 7' ,' " " ''" "'" Mayor Hbldaway also noted that the Pleasant Grove Police Department Depart-ment is desirous of providing seminars to the businesses in the community on . shoplifting, bad checks, fraud, etc. The mayor also explained that the Postal Service has indicated that they will move the mailbox, presently located behind the City Complex, to the northwest corner of the building so that those who use the drive through to pay their bills and others can more easily deposit mail in the box. The mailbox would be more visible at this point, it has been suggested. The Wade Springs water line, which has been a six inch line, is |