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Show v Carnival moves to Lindon, other council business but couldn't get the job he wanted. He did what he could do best and has a very successful business. They gross over $2 million with that little show. The equipment will be sitting in Arizona and will continue to be parked at the rodeo grounds during the five weeks in the area. Pleasant Grove has not requested pay but he pays the city $300 a year to park there for 20 days. "Our family wants to be in this area, that's where they grew up and went to school. They enjoy the people and the climate," Lou explained. ex-plained. Conditions discussed included curb and gutter on the north side, 30 inch pipe, waste water piped or maintained and an eight foot chain link fence. Melendez explained they will meet the conditions. They don't have employees during the winter. They will do the work themselves. The building plans have been submitted to Dennis HOughton. If they are approved by the city engineer and zoning officer, the Planning Commission can set any other conditions on Oct. 13. Melendez stated that given a timetable, he would meet the deadline. The council agreed to give him until April 1 to get the pipe in. By KALYN SECRETAN ii Melendez of the City of Fun rnival met with the Lindon City r! ncU Oct. 7 and presented the site J 7fl for location of his business, ! P' Lh were revised to comply with i fitions given at the Planning mission meeting. Brad Melendez met with the incil earlier after the Melendez 1 ooerty in Pleasant Grove was ?f phased as the new post office 5 9pamphlets were distributed to the : council explaining what the family hones to accomplish. , jieiendez presented the plan and t minted out improvements made to ; lply with objections raised at the 5 Wanning Commission. A row of Ls will beautify the area on the s JJest and roses or shrubs will be P ' WTT..--rnv.r...... planted between the trees. Melendez explained when the post office came along it was good for them. They are coming to Lindon to improve themselves and the quality of work they do. He is proud of the fact the family business has accumulated ac-cumulated 15 to 16 acres in Pleasant Grove. "Not too many people knew we controlled that much land in town. We would like to build a supermarket and a shopping center," cen-ter," he explained. When they move to Lindon they are asking for a seven car lot for employees and a five car area for visitors. One controversial issue is to have every piece of equipment under the building. They would like to be allowed to park five trucks and trailers at the back. They own 70 '' mm trucks. They would like to use the front part of the building to unload the rides, set them up and repair them in the building. The building will have four big alley ways to park two rows of tractors and trailers. Part of the building will be used as a maintenance main-tenance room. Actually, the family would like to get out of the family business. They have been traveling with the carnival car-nival 30 years and are ready to retire. After two years they plan to use the building as a machine shop to refurbish equipment and sell it. The show was sold seven to eight years ago at a little under $1 million but they had to take it back as the money was not available. Melendez stated the carnival has the nicest route in the U.S., with 44 stops. They are not in the area 52 weeks a year. They start out in Tucson, Ariz, on Jan. 31 and finish in Arizona in Nov. The carnival is parked in Arizona and the equipment equip-ment needing repair will be brought up to work on during the two months ' at home. They do like to come home, he said. Melendez praised his son, Brad, who has met with the council previously, saying he is a good craftsman, a hard-working, likable young man. The council pointed out they would like to change the image of Geneva Road. This is the same type of business they are trying to get away from. They have equipment and repair shops all along Geneva Road. They are not attractive. Councilman Blackhurst felt there are hundreds of acres below Geneva Road that fit nicely with machine work and they are located on one or two major streets in Lindon. Melendez stated Pleasant Grove apologized for everything and stated if they had any problem in Lindon, come back to Pleasant Grove. They said they would find them a place. The land has been purchased for $96,000 in cash. Melendez said they need to get the ball rolling as they'll be leaving the area in five weeks. Clive Beck accompanied the Melendez's to the meeting and stated he has been associated with them for 15 years. "When Lou says he'll do something, he does it. We have never had a situation when he broke his word," Beck stated. Mayor McMillan asked the council if the issue was parking, and could they work with it? Blackhurst reported one issue is that the neighbors don't want it. Their main concern is all the equipment and they want the site kept up. Melendez explained that on Sundays he moves his equipment 300 to 400 miles. Everything is repaired and ready to move. My employees are not college kids. They may be what some call dropouts drop-outs but they are hard working guys. Melendez started out as a migrating farm worker. He worked in the beet and tomato fields. After serving in the Armed Forces, he decided that farm work was not for him. He graduated from college, |