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Show Dale Despain Speaks to Lindon People on Planning for Future Growth and Expansion of City "Realize that we have a community com-munity that will be here forever & that the things that we do now will have a tremendous effect on future generations," advised Dale Despain, Provo planning consultant, consult-ant, who met with city planning commissioners, counc-ilmen, and residenets to discuss proposed roads designed In "make possible mure satisfactory development of property as time goes by." The meeting, called by Planning Commission Chairman Kenneth H. Gillman and held last. Friday evening, eve-ning, was the first of a series of public hearings staged for the purpose of bringing Lindon citizens citi-zens and planning commissioners together in order that they may discuss and come to an agrreement on vital measures which the commissioners com-missioners feel are bound to influence influ-ence Lindon's rate of growth anil progress. A community "does not grow by automatic trying. It takes leadoishin and coooeration. Roads thus cm-tailing desirable urban development. Members of the planning commission, com-mission, along' with Mr. Despain, feel that they have done the best that they know how with what they have had to start with in drawing up this new map with proposed pro-posed roads and revised zoning' ordinances. They have tried to place proposed roads (wherever it was at all poshible) on property lines in order to allow property owners the best use of their land and to avoid construction problems. prob-lems. Unless it can beshown that a road will be of value to the community the city planners will not propose it for construction. That no road will be constructed unless a property owner desires one was another point emphasized by the consultant and commissioners. commiss-ioners. Still another matter which planning commissioners wish property prop-erty owner to understand is that the proposed road plan is a long- give great value to fronting property prop-erty and serve as a means of getting get-ting from one place to another. It is important that we do a good job, for the things that we pass on are the thing's that the people after us will remember," Mr. Despain reflected. Mr. Despain stressed the point that a community loses its identity without wisely planning roads and becomes a barrier between cities, leaving the highway a speedway, range program something which will not take place overnight or in the very near future. Friday's planning session was tearmed as very satisfactory by citizens and officials in attendance. attend-ance. "I think you're on the right track," said Robert H. Ostergaard, State street resident. Problems arose mainly among two or three citizens living within what is termed the nucleus of the town stretching from the road which leads to the park and north to Al-roy Al-roy Gillman's home. However, planning commissioners felt that the complaints voiced by the citizens citi-zens were justified and granted them further time to contemplate the proposals. It was the opinion of a couple of these residents pesent, who protested a proposed road through their property, that had a plan such as this one now underway been imertaken 10 years ago their present problems would be non-existent. Following the public hearing council members and planning commissioners agreed that the need for adoption of specific building' build-ing' permit regulations would be a worthwhile topic for consideration and discussion by the city council members. Councilman Owen Hool-ey, Hool-ey, planning commissioner representing1 repre-senting1 the city council, will present pre-sent the porblem at the next city council meeting. The next planning commission meeting is scheduled for Wednesday Wednes-day March 14, at Chairman Gill-man's Gill-man's home at which time they will set a date for the next public hearing for residents of another section of Lindon. Only those living liv-ing on Locust Avenue auu North of Ivan Walker's service station on State Street were in attendance at Friday's meeting. |