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Show Planning Commission wants city to acquire Manila Water Co. The Pleasant Grove Planning Commission asked the City Council last Tuesday to make an offer to the Manila Culinary Water Co. for possible acquisition of the system. The city council and the directors of the Manila Water Co. had discussed the possible sale of the company to the city some time ago. The parties involved could not reach an agreement on the terms of the sale at that time. The Planning Commission said they thought it would be in the best interest of the city to purchase the company. David Gaines, a resident of North Pleasant Grove which is on the Manila system, said that he believes that the water company board of directors might be interested in-terested in a proposal from the city. Mayor Pro Tern Lloyd Ash said he was not sure that it was the city's responsibility to approach the Manila Water Co. He said he felt they should come to the city. Gaines noted that the water company had expected a letter from Mayor David Holdaway before this time but had not received one. Gaines indicated that the Manila Water Co. was concerned about liability expenses. He said he worries all the time about whether the water company will continue to be able to provide water to their shareholders. He added that it is the responsibility respon-sibility of Pleasant Grove City to see to it that those residents in the north part of the city have water service. Councilman Ash said that it probably would have been better if the water company had come into the city when the Manila annexation occurred. In earlier meetings between the two parties concerning . the acquisition of the water system by the city, the main disagreement revolved around the request of the water company to have the shareholders receive money for their shares of stock in the company. The city council felt that the citizens of Pleasant Grove should not have to pay this fee to the stockholders. The council said that the amount the stockholders had paid for their shares was comparable com-parable to what the other residents had paid to hook on to the water. The council discussed the Planning Plan-ning Commissions request at length but did not take any action on the recommendation at this time. City Recorder K. A. Driggs, who has also been placed in charge of redevelopment for the Main St. area of Pleasant Grove, said he would like the council to give him an idea of how much they would allow him in the budget for promotion of the redevelopment project. The council members suggested he put an amount of his choice in the budget and they would take a look at it at that time. The council indicated that they were in favor of encouraging the promotion of Pleasant Grove in as many ways as possible. Driggs said he had thought about taking out some advertisements in the local papers encouraging the citizens to shop in Pleasant Grove first. The council gave its approval to ordinance 87-5 which concerns the penalty for violation of the city ordinances. The ordinance brings the city in line with state ordinances and was approved by the city attorney at-torney as written. The architectural firm of Walker, Lee and Hollander was given the go ahead to proceed with plans for the new library and Senior Citizen Center. The city council formally appointed this firm as the architects for the project which they hope will be started this summer. . The council was told that the Police Dept. is concerned about the door-to-door sales in the community. They said that if the city grants people a license to sell then some citizens construe that to mean that the city condones the product or service that is being sold. The council encouraged residents to check with the Police Dept. if they are approached about products or services which they feel are questionable. The Planning Commission reported that they had discussed some possible zone changes in the community. The recommendations were designed merely to clean up some nonconforming areas in the city. The city council felt that since residents had not asked for the changes they might as well leave things as they were until such time as their was a requested need for the change. The Planning Commission was also concerned that people are moving into homes without the final inspection. About 50 per cent of the homes are being occupied before they are given an occupancy permit. The Planning Commission said the city needs to devise a way to get the final inspection done before people move in. The council discussed getting permission from the power company to pull a power hook up if the occupancy takes place before the inspection. This has worked in some cities, the council was told. The council decided they will visit with some of the people who have not had the inspection yet and see why they haven't allowed the inspection to take place. The council members said that if necessary they might have to take the cases to court. |
