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Show 40 expires 013037 7 e ciDNF EOOKBIIMDERY, I IMC. R HfRflIL ROAD STREET ,,'-nR- T MI A9S34 ten mmnt mmuw . Vol. 8, No. 41 Wednesday, October 15, 1986 50 cents a single copy UTA cdDialdl Ibrieg tas service to area By SHARON MOKKKY It was a small crowd - less than 20 people - that showed up to the Utah Transit Authority hearing Oct. 9, but that crowd was for bringing the bus service into the local area even though it would mean a quarter of one percent sales tax increase. Although Mayor R. Kent Evans of American Fork expressed some dismay at the small numbers, a straw poll of those present showed all but one want to see voters given the opportunity to participate both in riding and pay for the system. "As these type of meetings go, this is a good attendance," commented UTA representative Richard Terry. Mayors David Holdaway, Evans and others from Highland-- , Lehi and Alpine joined American Fork city councilmen Jerry Edwards, Don Hampton, Kay Hutchings, UTA General Manager John Pingree and Mountainlands Representative Karl Johnson to discuss the need and desirability of putting UTA service into the five city community. If invited, the Utah Transit Authority buses would add stops to their express bus route (running presently from Provo and Orem straight through to Salt Lake City) at the American Fork Park-and-Ri-lot and again at the Alpine, Highland Park-and-Rid- e lot. An intra-cit- y commuter service line would be added, running along Highway 89 from BYU and the Orem University Mall, through Pleasant Grove, American Fork and Lehi, with stops in all towns along major routes, such as Stale Street. The UTA is not proposing an extensive inter-cit- y bus service for each community. The commuter service would also stop at the American Fork and Alpine-Highlan- d Park-and-Rid- e lots - providing transportation to and from the express bus stops. Time for travel from American Fork to Salt Lake would be ap-proximately 90 minutes for the commuter bus passenger and one hour for the express. Schedules will be set up to put the businessman or student into Salt Lake by quarter to eight in the morning. UTA representatives estimate that round-tri- p fares to Salt Lake and back would cost $2 - based on current rate schedule. The express bus and the commuter line runs would be designed so that people could transfer from one to the other at the Park-and-Ri- lots. Feasibility studies conducted by the Mountainlands Association of Governments show a ridership probability of 1000 persons per day. "We used a little different ap-proach in our calculations," ex-plained Karl Johnson of Moun-tainlands. "We have one in three that commute out of North Utah County. We looked at the total number of people in Provo and Orem when there's one bus rider for every 5.2 people and took that ratio and applied it to us. That gave us UTA's own estimate is more conservative at 600 riders per day, but representatives said they were encouraged at the figures they found. "The only way to know for sure (what kind of ridership there will See UTA on page 2 - . ',..- - - - , '. ".:.. ; - it' - :l - - . , t t " - MVU-a- J - mv--- U.., ;',- - . x k I C rTi " ;f rv--- . '"-- -: ''--;-.- ,?" "', ' i I Vr, ' - " j.V7 " . i. - ' . , y Lindon boy scouts take shovels and rakes to this ATV trail on Mohogany Mountain as part of "Tread Lightly," a Forest Service program to stop ATV abuse and restore land. Scouts to Tread Lightly' About 20 Boy Scouts from Lindon helped kick off a local effort Friday to encourage off road vehicle users to have more respect for the env-ironment. The scouts were part of an Eagle f Project, coordinated with the U.S. Forest Service and Utah Power and Light, to keep motorcycles and vehicles on proper paths . The program is called "Tread Lightly." Working on Mohogany Mountain, scouts built barriers in existing unauthorized trails that scar the hillside and planted wild flower and wild grass seeds to help restore the land. They also built up areas in the trail to trap run-of- f so the seeds would have a chance to grow. Lindon's Jason Roundy, 13, headed up Friday's effort - an effort that in Utah County will eventually spread from Pleasant Grove to Spanish Fork. "This is the beginning," said Jay Roundy, Jason's father who also serves as an assistant scoutmaster. Roundy, Lindon, is a former U.S. See Tread Lightly page 2 Council favors new library The city property behind the old city hall on Main Street is the suggested location for a new library, according to the Pleasant Grove City Council. This site was recommended by all members of the city council Tuesday night when they discussed library ideas with an architect and in-terested citizens. The city council had been con-sidering an addition to the present h brary, a new. structure,, or using the .;. i old Alpine School District building on 100 South 100 East. A poll of the councilmen at the end of the discussion showed that all of them favored a new structure and that a highly possible location was the old track area between Main St. and 100 East and north of the new city hall. Harvey Smith and Kay Jacobs, Main St. businessmen, suggested that the old city hall be made into a library. They said that this would preserve a nice old building and would bring people to Main St. and this would help the downtown businesses, too. The city council argued that the old city hall would require too much work and they doubted that it would be feasible. Roger Roper of the Historic Preservation Committee said that the old city hall was built in the 1930's as a WPA project and it would be well for the city to keep it. In addition, he said it was an excellent example of el greco architecture. It was designed by the same architect who did the Scera Theater in Orem. Even though one councilman joked that the front of the old city hall could be kept as a facade and that the library could be built behind that facade, the councilmembers all slated that they felt no qualms about knocking down the old city hall. They did not feel that its ar-chitecture was of such a nature that it should be saved. The council would like to sell the old city hall as a retail establish-ment or professional offices. If it gannot be sold, .they recommend that the building be razed and that lawn, trees and park benches be placed there. The council was concerned about adding onto the present library and then having to worry about children crossing the busy 100 East to get to the library. At the same time they were greatly concerned about leaving the building now being used as a library without a functional purpose as it would deteriorate if it is not used. Doug Bezzant, parks foreman for the city, suggested that a brand new building be constructed for the library. He said that if any old building was renovated to be the library it would not serve nearly as well as having a new library con-structed for that very purpose. Councilman LLoyd Ash agreed and stated that he thought it should be built on the city owned property between Main St. and 100 East. All of the other councilmembers then agreed that it should be a new building and that this site was probably the best place to build it. This location would have access available from Center Street, Main Street, 100 East and 100 South. There would be space for adequate parking and this would be an aid to Main St. businesses, too. If the old city hall was taken down, a nice landscaped area would make a beautiful en-trance off Main St. to the new library, councilmembers explained. Architect Kent Walker of Walker, Lee and Halander was asked to prepare drawings showing (he si'e of a new, building, the old city hall sm.i adding on to the present library as a' comparison. Councilman Dale Warburton said he felt that preserving historical buildings was nice but some place needs to be made for new, modern structures, too. He would like to see the new library face onto Center Street. Mayor Holdaway indicated that the city could finance the project either through Capital Improvement Funds, by bonding without having to raise the mill levy, or by a com-bination in conjunction with donations from the public. Knocking down the old city hall would create a problem for housing of the ambulances. The council said some thought had to be put into what to do about that situation, too. The architect had indicated that it might be wise to put the fire trucks and ambulance in an addition to the west side of the Public Safety Building. If this was done and the library was built north of the new city hall, it would put all the city services in close proximity to one another which would be an asset. ! Thompson calls it quits as Trrfity pro V A;f - v jl By MARC HADDOCK Jimmy E. Thompson, golf Professional at the Tri-Cit- y Golf - urse since it was opened 14 years a8. resigned Thursday night after months of unsuccessful contract j foliations. The Thompson offered j ' vrbal resignation at the regular i tmg of the Tri-Cit- y Golf Course "rnmittee after delivering his usual r?irt. j And although Thompson and ' j ,mittee members have been at a aalock over renewal of Thomp-- i " s contract for over four months, i cornmittee members said his u en announcement caught them surprise. c' feel at because of cir-'- ! stfnces beyond my control, I "W continue as your golf pro," j 'mpson told the group. "I am tfik. 1 wiU for the betterment i sons'I!16'6 Monday, Thomp-- , esa ne had been the subject of closed-doo- r sessions by the andt!nimiUee in recent months, anoth didn't want 10 8 through UiriSession Thursday night, hold allows Public boards to p Per,, ,utlve sessions to discuss ,,0n,1el matters. ardTv.tired of bein8 a dart had ' lnomPsn said. "They have res0, months to contract issue, and they J 'done anything." . . omy npson's current contract -- the "Perat6 under which he has at Tri-Cit- y - expires on Dec. 31. Thompson operated at the course for eight years without a contract until 1980, when he signed a four-yea- r contract, with two years renewable. The contract provided Thompson with all the proceeds from the golf course's pro shop, the golf cart rentals, the driving range receipts, golf lessons and the majority of the receipts from the vending machines, in addition to his salary as golf professional and course manager. also has to While Thompson maintain the carts and purchase the inventory and fuel for all the con-cessions, no one is sure how much revenue is generated by the various ventures. And that's one of the major barriers in the contract negotiations. The golf committee s proposed contract included a degree of accountability that hasn't existed in the past -- asking for 10 percent of the golf cart rentals and dnving range receipts. The committee also proposed a one-ye- contract, while Thompson holding out for a tour-yea- r was contract similar to the one that expires in three months. negotia ions When contract hired a oca started, Thompson to represent him. He ex lined that he didn't want to be put fn the position of negotiating with jtta ndividuals he counted as and wanted to play golf wth. there have been few meetings and a most no movement between the two positions since they started talking earlier this year. "I suppose we are at the same deadlock," Lewis said about the inability of the committee and Thompson to come to an agreement. Local mayors and city council representatives have scheduled a meeting for Monday, and invited Thompson and Lewis to attend, hoping to iron out differences bet-ween the golf pro and the com-mittee. Thompson is also receiving support from former committee members like Lehi's Morgan Evans. "This is a much better golf course than it was originally, and this man has done that," Evans said. "If this thing is allowed to happen, everybody loses." American Fork Mayor Kent Evans said, while the city is not taking sides, he supports Thompson. "We are regretful that things could not be worked out," he said. While expressing respect for Thompson, Lewis said he felt the transition to a new pro could be worked out smoothly. "It's something that's inevitable. It's going to be very difficult for us to find a professional the caliber of Jimmy Thompson." But he said plans were moving ahead. "We've notified the PGA that Mr. Thompson won't be returning," Lewis said. But the committee has taken no definite action to advertise for a new professional to take his place in 1987. Jimmy E. Thompson, golf pro at Tri-Citi- es Golf Course, looks over collection of old and new clubs he keeps in basement of pro shop. Thompson told the Tri-Cit- y Golf Course Committee he would not continue negotiating to renew his contract and would leave the course as pro in December 1986. |