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Show i ! City Complex Site Ok5d 1 jATHRYN JENNINGS 1ARM1NGT0N - Locator Loca-tor Farmington's new Hall Complex and Public ty Building were decided j-'' special meeting of the Islington City Council. K- COUNCIL approved purchase price of $42,000 M3-acre 0f property, in-VH in-VH a residence, for decent de-cent of the new City Hall ;;pex adjacent to and north ::.eoldciiyhall at 100 North ' . said Mayor Merrill R. ' said the community cen- Jm oe comprised of city esandacouncilandmulti- hall. THE same time, a public iV building --including fire -fatus area and fire and f tac"ities -- will be con-e,f con-e,f next to the existing Jla" complex at 286 S. 200 'r Petty said an 1 ual firm for the two s will be selected within -"couple of weeks. Con-ls Con-ls expected to be $;? ltls summer and corner corn-er this fall. C'TY hall complex will a cost of $550,000 coming from generalisation gener-alisation municipal pur-";:v,0nLds pur-";:v,0nLds which were ,;'ved by public vote last Cost of the public safety buildings will be about $200,000 with money for this project coming primarily from a Community Development Block Grant which was approved last week by the Davis County Council of Governments Gov-ernments (COG). CONTINENTAL Bank and Trust is the apparent low bidder bid-der for work on the city hall complex. The Salt Lake bank offered the low interest rate of 8 817326 for the payoff of bonds over a 15-year period The proposed City Hall Complex is a scaled-down project from the original proposal, prop-osal, it was explained. However, Howev-er, the approved project is expected ex-pected to serve the community well for the next several years. PAYOFF OF the bonds will mean an increase in property taxes of about $10 to $15 per year -- or an average of $1 per month increase, property owners were told at a prior public hearing. This would be based on current property taxes of $500 per year. Property owners with taxes averaging about $1,000 would have a tax increase of about $24, or $2 per month; and those with property taxes of $1,500 per year would have an increase in-crease of about $34.50 -- or a little less than $3 per month. EXPLAINING the need for -7. f .PM.g,TTff"nrarnrag,,m new and larger facilities, it was noted that Farmington's population popu-lation has increased from 2,500 in 1970 to 5,600 today. The projected population is ex pected to double to more than 10,000 by 1990 and should reach 18,000 by the year 2,000, said City Manager Max For-bush. |