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By Tyler Riggs
PARADISE -- Paradise residents not in compliance with the town's trash and waste storage ordinance have 30 days to become compliant, or further action will be taken. That was the message hand-delivered to four Paradise homes Wednesday night as the town council visited residents' properties to spread word of the ordinance. "We've gone through a junkyard and trash ordinance and redone it," Mayor Lee Atwood said. "We're doing that tonight, going around and trying to see if we can't get those folks to become compliant." The mayor and Councilman Dave Anderson visited two homes along with Cache County Sheriff's Deputy Holly Black while Councilwoman Margaret Obray and Town Recorder Amy Winn visited two other homes. The main issue the council said existed with the residents was junk vehicles in public sight on their properties. According to the ordinance, abandoned vehicles must be screened from public streets and adjacent property with a privacy fence, or kept within a closed building. Both residents Atwood and Anderson visited said they were in the process of becoming compliant by either removing their junk vehicles or building fencing to store them behind. Atwood said the council will return in 30 days to check on their progress and make sure they are attempting to become compliant. In other council business, a public hearing was scheduled for Oct. 1 to discuss what would be done with up to $150,000 in Community Development Block Grant money, if received by the town. Atwood said the money could be put toward a new fire station or toward additional water storage - perhaps even both. The key to receiving the grant, however, is qualifying, Anderson said. Over the coming weeks, a survey will be given to 180 Paradise residents. Anderson said that for the town to qualify for the grant, 51 percent of the town must be at or less than 80 percent of the poverty level, an income of $42,000 a year for a family of four. "If we can show high need of low-income families and the fire station fits within the needs, then we can qualify," Anderson said. "There are some issues that we need to look at and say, 'is this what we need to do?'" The issue to be discussed at the public hearing is what will benefit the community the most, Anderson said. "If we decide the fire station is the No. 1 capital improvement necessary, you're looking at a $300,000 facility, plus your property," he said. "We would have to bond for $150,000 and I don't know how you would pay for that without raising the cost on property taxes." Anderson presented the survey to the council and explained how it was to be administered to the town. Each copy of the survey was to be hand-delivered to each home on a randomly-selected list and be completed and returned on-site. Winn suggested enlisting a local scout troop to help with the delivery of the survey. The public hearing in two weeks will take place at the city offices at 8 p.m.
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