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Show Review - Wednesday, April 30, 1986 - Page 12 PG supports Geneva resolve Pleasant Grove City Council agreed to sign a resolution in sup-port of a feasibility study being made in regards to possible future plans for Geneva Steel. Bob Stringham of the Geneva Utah Advisory Board asked the city council to support the resolution openly and publicly. The resolution does not call for monetary support. He reviewed the options that are being considered for Geneva. They include proposals for an employee buyout, a buyout by another com-pany, making it into a mini-mil- l, converting it into an industrial park, or doing nothing with it, dismantling it andreturning the property to farm ground. Funding for the feasibility study will be made available by the state and the union. It is estimated that it would cost about $250,000 for an study which would take five or six months to complete. The council members felt that they should go on record indicating their support for the study and authorized the mayor to sign the resolution. In other action, the council discussed options for use of the old city hall building. The council will seek input from a commercial real estate company on what would be the best thing to do with it. The council members felt they did not have the expertise to make a judgment on the future disposition of the building without expert advice. They felt there were possibilities to sell the building, lease it or tear it ' down. If the building remains it will need renovation, especially in the electrical and plumbing systems of the building. The council approved a resolution which would indicate the city's interest in a capital improvement fund to be established by the League of Cities and Towns. The resolution did not constitute a committment, but would just let the League know that the city might be interested in applying for such funds. The council also signed a resolution which formally states that the city will accept the sales tax increase to 58-6- 4 per cent presently being held by the state. On July 1, the sales tax increse which was authorized by the state for the municipalities several years ago, but which was held back by the state, will be coming to the city. Accepting this tax is a local option through ordinance. Lindon council reviews county commission issues Monte Williams met with the Council concerning the Burnham project. He requested to put up a metal building sign company and lease the property to Grant Bur-nham. One problem is trying to obtain UDAG funds for road im-provements. The city is anxious for the development to occur, another concern is securing improvements will be put in if the development occurs. The development was approved for the Burnham project including a participation agreement upon appropriate security and escrow agreements. In considering possible development along State Street, City consultant Cole Durham ex-plained there is a limitation on how much area can be in a redevelop-ment area. The maximum amount of land in a city redevelopment is limited to 15 percent. Developers have requested to come in, it was suggested an area be selected working from the Orem side down hill to about 400 North. An area must be formally selected, the planning commission will review the proposal. Initial joint consideration meetings should be held around the first of. June with further deliberation in the following meeting where plans are finalized for the final joint meetings with property owners and the decision will be made whether to adopt the plan or not. By KALYN SECRETAN Ctah County Commissioner Robert Warnick met with the Lindon City Council on April 16. Newly appointed to the position, Warnick is getting acquainted with the city councils in the north part of the county. In an effort to improve the ef-ficiency of county government, the commissioners started holding monthly information sessions in various parts of the county. The first two were held in Payson and Pleasant Grove with the next one scheduled in springville. The informal meetings were attempted to become closer to the concerns within the county. The previous two sessions proved to be valuable and successful. The Commissioners meet each Monday and Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Provo in required decision making meetings. Major con-troversial meetings are held in the evening. Recently an internal audit program was instituted where in- - ternal performance auditors are working with all county employees and presenting an analysis of all county rolls and revenues. The County Assessors Office was anxious for the service and ask to be first. The task force will com-plete the analysis and make a report this summer. The state has authorized the construction of a regional govern-ment center in Provo where all departments could be housed in one building. The building site is proposed just east of the current, courthouse. The present building would be used strictly as a court. The courts are crowded and some offices ex-tremely cramped. The county has advertised for proposals from developers, 17 different developers have shown an interest, the state has authorized the go ahead which will be deter-mined by the cost estimates. Pleasant Grove will become the site of the northern county J.P. Court system in Jan 1987.. Spanish Fork will be the center for the southern part of the county. The County feels the central system will allow the court system to be better trained and more available to area citizens. Four people are running in the northern part of the county to fill the new position. Local councilmen requested in-formation on the Traverse Ridge proposal. The 10-1- 5 year develop-ment proposed around the point of the mountain would become a special service district with utah County providing police protection. The projected total population would include 4500 in Utah County and 1500 in Salt Lake County. The Council expressed concern about the residential area in Utah County while the industrial area located in Salt Lake County would receive the industrial revenue. Warnick admitted Salt Lake would receive industrial revenue but the Utah County property on a hillside would not be suitable for industry. The City Council questioned Warnick about the canal behind the landfill, north of the boat harbor. The area is programmed to be cleaned by the County and the City does not have the equipment to clear the canal. City employees opt for status quo Dennis Carter, president of a Pleasant Grove City Emnlo Association, told the city cousin Tuesday that they would like tn;as the city holidays the same as ? have been over the past few year, Dennis said he had talked to a employees and they were not favor of celebrating Martin ' King's birthday in January bec2 no one wanted to take a holidav that month, especially since it i. long after the New Year's n holiday anyway. af Earlier the city council discussed the y possibility of dropp Arbor Day and, perhaps, Vetera! Day and giving the employees day after Thanksgiving and the Z after Christmas off. Mayor David Holdaway said thai " since the state and federal govern ments do not call Arbor Day . holiday anymore, it is confusing the public to find the City Offe closed that day. The council decided to keep ft. present holiday schedule for mostof the city employees, but allow fte city hall staff and police department to work on Arbor Day and take their holiday at either Thanksgiving 0r Christmas. At present the city workers have 12 paid holidays during the year including New Years, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Arbor Day Strawberry Day, July 4, July Labor Day, Columbus Day Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Community concert series at BYU BYU will open its concert hall stage to the Utah Valley area this summer by a Com-munity Concert Series with the Utah County Council for the Arts and Humanities. The new series will begin May 1 with Opera West's production of "Aida" and continue with a presentation of "Cinderella" by the Utah Regional Ballet later in May. "The university concert com-mittee hopes to achieve three ob-jectives with the joint effort," said Paul Duerden, BYU concert manager. "It wants to provide a professional stage for community arts organizations, to develop closer ties between BYU and its local - community regarding the arts, and to offer summer performances for the community as well as our spring and summer students at a time when arts events are not normally occurring." Plans for the series include an opera, three dance performances, a choral group and one or two solo concerts. "Aida" will open the series May 1 at 8 p.m. in the deJong Concert Hall. A second performance is scheduled for May 3. Gene Larsson, artistic director, selected "Aida" for "its obvious link with the recent Ramses II exhibit at BYU. "We at Opera West thought the grand opera would be a fitting way to help the ancient Egyptians come right off the walls as three- - dimensional characters," he said. Utah Regional Ballet, under the direction' of Jacqueline Colledge, will bring "Cinderella" to the deJong Concert Hall stage for six 8 p.m. performances beginning May 21. Other concerts, including two by the Payson Civic Chorale in June, are still being negotiated. Tickets and additional concert information are available through the music ticket office, 378-744- "I Just Get On The Phone" Bob Wright and his son Bill are owners of the B-B- ar Dairy . in Elberta, Utah. They milk several hundred cows and for fun, raise prize Belgian draft horses. "To run an operation this size, we sometimes need to borrow a whole bunch of money. When I go to a bank around here a kid I've never seen before asks me to fill out papers. In dealing with the Bank of American Fork, I just get on the phone.' ' " 1 f , Bob Wright - ;- -' ' K - " ' ' r---: : ? , v i : i v 14'' i'.- - t f'F . if 'V - . , , : J. . X I ! h ' ' y --p?V - Q V' A - v M t t X ; I , I I. 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