Wellsville council grants preliminary approval to subdivision

By Angel Larsen

September 8, 2005 | WELLSVILLE -- The City Council approved two preliminary plats, one for a home and the other for a subdivision, at Wednesday night's meeting.

Andy Shock received a building permit on preliminary plats for a house at 523 South 200 West with the sidewalks requiring investigation.

Again the sidewalks needed more attention in Rob McFaden's 24-lot Highland Subdivision west of Center Street from 1450 South to 1600 South. The council wants to look into if the money required for a subdivision or home's sidewalk can be used on another sidewalk at the time, if they deem that sidewalk unnecessary at the time.

The council approved preliminary plats for the Highland Subdivision with $270,000 given to the city to buy water for the open space and no final decision on how the city will use the open space until the final plat.

The council also approved donating "30 to 35 truck loads" of gravel for Bridgerland Radio Controlled Airplane Club's new airfield at about 3700 North at the intersection.

"This is a responsible hobby, not like skateboarding," Mike Smith, Bridgerland Radio Controlled Airplane Club representative, said. "It is also educational."

The gravel is scheduled to be picked up by three trucks from the Wellsville gravel pit on Sept. 17 and taken to the airfield about 12 miles away.

The council granted Vonda Laurenson a business license for an art studio/gallery she wants to display in the old post office building she purchased. Laurenson is also considering teaching art classes as well in the building.

Councilman Richard Wells expressed concern with parking for classes and Laurenson stated there was plenty of parking behind the building.

A right-of-way was granted to five homeowners on 500 South and 300 West to install perforated pipes around their homes to prevent flooding, with the end of the pipe running to a city ditch on the south corner of 500 South and 200 West. The concern was running into buried gas or power lines, but the council approved on the condition of careful research before digging.

The council approved splitting the cost of $325 for Matt Stewart's Eagle Scout project of curbing, laying weed barrier and bark chips around the "New Well" building.

City Manager/Recorder Don Hartle made a list of election judges with the council's help. The judges will be used in the primary election on Oct. 4 as well as the final election on Nov. 2. Hartle said he would work with the county judges as well.

The council decided to find costs of comparing moving the city shed to the gravel pit or just tear down the existing shed and build new ones. Hartle rejected the idea of moving the city shed to the gravel pit because of the location being directly over an aquifer pump for the city. "We annexed Sherwood Hills for crappin' in our water and then we put our oil and diesel above it," Hartle said.

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