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Show New sewer line will open southwest PL Grove A sewer line extension into the area of 850 West, south of Center Street was approved by Pleasant Grove City Council Tuesday and it is expected that this will open up this entire area to development. Lee Wimmer, city engineer, said that all of the property owners have gone along with granting the easement. The extension was needed for the development of the Westcon property north of the present Westroc site. The company plans to build their corporate headquarters in that area. The project will be funded by Pleasant Grove City, the Pleasant Grove Industrial Development Commission and Westcon. The council noted that the extension ex-tension of the sewer line which will continue through to Sam White's Lane, is badly needed and should generate more development through this industrial area. One of the property owners asked if he could use the drain which will be installed around the sewer line through his easement for irrigating his ground. The council approved him putting in turnouts for this irrigation water. In other action, the council set the bid opening for Thursday, May 26, at 6 p.m. followed by a public hearing, on the fencing of the Murdock Canal through Pleasant Grove. The fence is being installed at the expense of the government as part of the agreement between Pleasant Grove City and the Bureau of Land Management for the J-4 pipeline going through the city. This meeting will probably be held in the meeting room in new library and senior citizen center. The council decided that bids for the the landscaping of the railroad underpass area must be in by June 7. The council has agreed that the native plant landscaping would be the best way to go since irrigating the area would be extremely dil-I dil-I it-nil as well as expensive After the first year, the native plants would require little maintenance. main-tenance. The UDOT has agreed to expend $40,000 toward the landscaping project. It will be available after July 1. The planting probably will not be done before fall, however. The city council voted to ask the Post Office to move the mail collection box, which is presently located west of the city hall, to the northwest corner of that building. The councilmembers stated that it is difficult to see and difficult to get to at the present site. At the proposed location people could come through the city hall drive-up window area and reach the box easily. The council approved the appointment ap-pointment of Danny Smith to the Tri-City Tri-City Golf Course Committee. Another person will be added in the near future. City Recorder K. A. Driggs and Deputy Recorder Charmaine Childs have been asked to serve as representative and alternate to the Utah Finance Cooperative II Agreement for the city. The council declared the week of May 2 through May 6 as National Drinking Water Week. Mayor David Holdaway noted that the city is seeking exemption from some of the new water testing regulations because the city's water has tested out so well in every test. He said that the new EPA tests will be quite expensive and the city would like to save as much as it can through the testing procedures. The new library and senior citizen center update was presented by Councilman Lloyd Ash. He said that they plan to move the books from the old library to the new one on May 23. An open house for the public to see the library will probably be held on June 4 if all goes as planned. He also noted lhat the power poles west of the new structure will be removed and Ihe power lines will be placed undergrounH Thn irawr IpvpI of the building is already completely carpeted. The Council gave approval to Jim Gillman of Deseret Bank to move an easement in the Autumn Cove Subdivision. He said that the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City had received the easement in 1941 for a water pipe line blow off which goes through one of the lots in the subdivision. sub-division. Without the easement being moved, it would be impossible to develop lot 12, Gillman said. The proposal was to move the easement on the city's master plan as recommended by the city's Planning Commission. The water district was requiring authorization from Pleasant Grove City to run water down to a catch basin. The easement was granted as platted. The area will be developed later and when it is the city agreed to require the developers to pipe water down to the proposed dedicated street. Liability for flooding in case of disaster would not stay with Pleasant Grove City but would revert to the Metropolitan Water Dist. of Salt Lake City. The blowoffs are located about every quarter mile. The council was told that the original easement was based on the lay of the land and the natural drainage. Since 1941 there has been a lot of changes and the drainage is different than it was then. The council approved the conditional con-ditional use permit for construction of the Pleasant Grove Fifteenth Ward chapel near 745 N. 600 West. The council also was told that certification classes are required by the state now for those who operate day care centers. Those who have a day care center will be allowed three months to complete the training and then they will be required to have a business license and comply with the state law. |