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Show Centerville Council approves Parks' Master Plan formation way. The approval meant a victory for the Parks committee, who, along with members of the city's Planning Plan-ning and Zoning Commission, have sought formation of such a plan for some time. Parks chairman Neal Johnson joined Planning chairman Ann Ziegler at Tuesday's meeting. Continued on page two By TOM HARALDSEN Editor CENTERVILLE City council has given unanimous approval to a revised scope of work that will clear the way for a Parks and Recreation Re-creation Master Plan to be created. Tuesday evening, council approved the revised scope, authorizing au-thorizing city staff to prepare a solicitation soli-citation for proposals. Councilmen did ask the city staff to estimate the costs involved in the preparation of the proposals, but that cost is ex-, ex-, pected to be low. Much of the work will be done through citizen participation, partici-pation, with the city's Parks and Recreation Committee leading the Centerville Council action continued from page 1 seeking council support for the revised re-vised scope. "The scope has been significantly significant-ly revised," stated city administrator administra-tor David Hales. "Council seemed to agree with the need. Their only concern was the cost for using city staff in preparing the documents of the plan. We feel they can remain low." Once documents outlining the new scope are finalized, solicitations solicita-tions will be issued for consultants wishing to prepare the plan. A recently-announced sale of city property, prop-erty, which will in turn create the need for a new city recreation complex, com-plex, brought the issue back to the surface. Now, it appears, the long-awaited long-awaited Master Plan will at last become be-come a reality. In other council business, a proposed fall clean up, similar to the clean up held each spring, was tabled. Council felt it might not be cost-enecuve this year, and voted to stay with the once annual pickup. pick-up. Council also began a two-year warranty period with developers of Benchmark Village Phase I, subject sub-ject to final installation of street lights. That procedure is used on all subdivisions as they are completed. com-pleted. One final action was approval of an amended lease agreement with Davis County on the Smith Park land. The new agreement allows the city to use the property for "any and all public purposes," It will run through Sept. 30, 2037, with an option for an additional 50-year 50-year period. Centerville had asked the county to deed the land to the city last spring, but the county decided that it could not without monetary compensation. com-pensation. This new agreement gives the city some flexibility on use of the land, which the city leases from the county for $l per year. |