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Apple Valley OKs bond issue
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from the private association that
DON AHERN STAFF WRITER currently owns it.
"Then we can put in improve-
Apple Valley voters approved a ments, a road and fence and some
grab bag of recreation facilities water service," Gretz said. "It has
and a much expanded cemetery to be a city-owned cemetery to
o Tuesday. spend the money. But then if we
W The $8.37.million parks and rec- later want to lease it to a private
reation bond issue was approved concern to operate, or sell it, that
by a vote of 1,971 to 1,682. would be a decision for the fu-
A $795,000 proposal to expand ture.
Lebanon Hills Cemetery from two Lebanon Hills, the city's only
}acres to 10 acres passed 2,104 to burial grounds, is running out of
1,527. space in its existing area. Expan-
"It's good to have the referen- sion is expected to provide enough
dum out of the way, but.now the space for much of the next centu-
4 work starts," said John Gretz, city ry.
44'administrator. "It will take some Some of the recreation-related
± time to put it together,but we will work, such as development of the
start working on plans that will two parks,construction of the teen
• ; detail how and when to sell bonds. center attached to an existing
We are just getting into the plan- school building, ordering play-
ning process. We didn't want to do ground equipment, and asphalt re-
a lot of that before we knew we surfacing can be done this sum-
could proceed." . mer if contractors have time.
0 The favorable vote means the But the land on which the swim-
city can now start drawing up de- ming pool and some of the ball
tailed plans for construction of fields will be located still has to be
ball fields, a swimming pool, and cleaned of contamination by the
a teen center near the new East- former owner. That could delay
view High School, a community the start of work there. And
t-center at 144th Street and Hayes whether work can start this year
Road, improvements and equip- on the $1.3 million community
:,:ment for undeveloped Cedar Isles center is dependent on whether
wand Greenleaf parks, resurfacing plans and specifications can be de-
of several parking lots and trails, veloped quickly enough.
I;and replacement of play equip- "The main thing is putting to-
ment in 24 playgrounds. gether plans, and we have to take
M- The vote also gives a green light advantage of a good time to sell
or the city to buy the cemetery bonds," Gretz said.
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