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Show 5 jndon crowd hears proposals $ for two different golf courses .,.lVNSECRETAN Wd appeared at the Lindon I -' council meeting August 3, Jtoringinto the foyer to hear Lis about not only one, but 39 mIS courses in the community. Lfl and Brett Frampton Ki Jled a golf course through Hollow," and DeLance Squire, - Za mayor of Orem, asked the ' : to de-annex 320 acres along hillside above Lindon to be r ptaped int0 a golf course for f. Mpton stated his father-in-law -jj the hollow 25 years ago and : lised, "Don't feed the quail." The jiposed golf course was mapped - jit throughout Lindon involving Bme 17 property owners. He stated 1 (itudy was made by the Utah Golf PI ksociation and Utah County can sustain three more golf courses. A long look was taken along with aerial photographs of the 65 acre area. Jimmy Thompson is on the board of directors. There is not enough land for a full conference course, but a regulation nine and executive nine course was outlined on the property starting in the hollow where the ball diamonds and rodeo grounds are located. The area was designed leaving the existing homes around the course with the exception of one home to be purchased as a clubhouse. The Hollow Water Board has been , contacted with a desire to purchase every water share with plans to pump water out of the ponds and sprinkle the grounds. Brett Frampton put a lot of time into the plan which was first drawn up as a proposal for a project at BYU. Property owners have been contacted. Some are interested, some are not. Brett is excited. The area is beautiful and the natural terrain lends itself to the project. They stated it would be a public golf course and should be publically owned and operated. It will sustain and pay for itself. As far as the time schedule, one year was proposed for everything to be tied up and another year for construction. In answer to the question, "What does this do to the tax base?" the council was informed that 65 acres would be put in "green belt," while sales tax will not be received in golfing fees, it would be received in the clubhouse where taxes would be collected in the golf shop and food sales. The Framptons have received many favorable comments from property owners and the coun-cilmen coun-cilmen seemed in favor of the proposal. Stan Walker approached the group with the proposal from Orem City to put in a golf course on the hillside above Lindon. He stated that rather than have 1,000 homes on the hillside, 160,000 acres of open ground could be developed into an 18 hole golf course with homes around the outside. Walker introduced DeLance Squire, chairman of Commission for Economic Development in Orem to give the proposal. Walker said he hasn't talked to anyone who would not be in favor of a golf course in Lindon but not one person who wanted to pay for it. Squire stated they certainly would not pursue the proposed golf course if Lindon City does not want it, but they are prepared to invest $2 or $3 million in developing an 18-hole golf course within Lindon City if they will de-annex 320 acres to Orem City. Orem City bought a Research park about three years ago and sold the property. In an effort to provide three or four thousand jobs, an aerospace company would like to locate where the current golf course is located. Orem is looking for possiblities to move to a new location. They are looking at two places, along the lake and the foothills. Oem City has a developer who will buy the property and donate land to the city if they guarantee they will build a golf course. Orem is trying to build a base to provide good jobs for 30 to 4,000 people. With 48 percent of the population under 18, they are looking towards providing jobs at home. The council questioned why a developer came to Orem and made a proposal concerning property in Lindon. Scott Cullimore as mayor pro tern in the absence of Mayor McMillan stated, "We must maintain the integrity of our boundaries." He feels the area is a prime area for Lindon City and did not feel they would be doing their citizens a favor if they de-annexed 300 acres. Blackhurst questioned the advantage ad-vantage of the proposal to Lindon City and Squire answered, "We'll build you a golf course." Citizens in the area had different view. They were not offended by the proposal, many were in favor. A citizen stated, "We are all the same people whether we live in Orem or Lindon. They have the money and will enhance the surrounding area." Another stated, "Do most Lindon people work in Lindon? Lindon doesn't provide jobs. We have to look in Utah County." Council members felt in time they would have the money and financing finan-cing to build a golf course, but they would have to talk awfully hard to get the council to de-annex. There was a general feeling the Hollow area would not be suitable for homes and would be a natural setting for a golf course. Squire left the meeting stating he was just there for information and not to blame him for trying. i . . , - . i "I j f v t 4 I . 'f f " i ' S ' i S , - . . $ :., , :. -J A crowd follows DeLance Squires into the parking lot following the Lindon City Council meeting. Many residents were in favor of the golf development in Lindon Hills. |